"Well, there's a staircase. Lukka's feet didn't move, but shouted upward, "Even if there are stairs, are you going to let us go through the ceiling?"

"Who is he angry at?" Phil asked in a whisper, tugging at Ollie's sleeve.

Before Ollie could reply, the planks on the roof seemed to hear Luca's question, and let out a creaking sound, slowly parting to the sides, forming a hollow.

"I don't even know there!" called out Garrenthel in surprise.

The staircase of tree branches continued to grow upwards until it reached the hole in the ceiling, which was still dark even in broad daylight.

Lukka was about to cast a spell of light when he heard a series of unhurried footsteps from above.

He paused for a moment, clenched his staff in his right hand, and the others took up their weapons and took up defensive positions. It was only after Garrenthel groped his waist for a long time that he remembered that his long sword had been used for the legs of the table a long time ago.

"It's you!" Ollie immediately called out at the sight of the figure appearing.

Wood Spirit Doran stopped on the stairs and said solemnly, "Come with me." ”

"Where are you going?" Lukka didn't move.

"If I don't say it, will you leave at once? Don't you have to see what's in here anyway?" said Dolan, turning and walking up.

"Well, we'll have to check it out, but I don't like it when someone on board is hiding this kind of secret, so maybe we can light a fire first. Luca said.

Dolan paused, bowed his head and was silent for a moment before he slowly said, "Let me remind you, you are now very close to the life core of the sacred tree, and if you damage it with flames or other things, the entire tower of calm may collapse." ”

Garanthel hurriedly stopped Luca, who was about to ignite the fire: "Let's see what he wants to do first, right?"

"I don't believe what he says. Lukka shook his head.

"I don't believe it either, but I don't dare bet on that. Garrensel said.

"If you're afraid of the dark, I can help you find light. Dolan said as he patted the wooden wall, which immediately flashed with a little fluorescence.

"It's a fluorescent fungus. Crete said. This glowing mushroom is not uncommon, and there are many of them growing in the underground caves of Yutian Island.

"What shall we do?" asked Ollie, hesitantly holding her greatsword.

"Come with him, at least he's right," Luca said, "and even if he doesn't show up, we'll go up and find out." ”

Although most people were still not reassured, Lukka was uncharacteristically bold and followed Dolan's footsteps up the stairs.

The lower part of the giant tree is home to about a hundred wood elves, but from the abandoned vault is a place where no sapient beings have ever set foot. The hole in the tree seemed to have been carved out of the wood, and the sap was still oozing out of the wood, and the fluorescent mushrooms on both sides had just been moved by Dolan to settle down, and many of them had fallen to the ground one after another.

The passage through the tree hole spun upwards, and Lukka felt like he had turned around for an unknown number of turns, and finally a slightly open room appeared in front of him.

It is said to be a room, but it is actually just a slightly larger tree hole, and there are no furnishings in it, only the dim light of fluorescent mushrooms reflects the wood grain of the house.

Dolan stood in the middle of the room, waited until everyone had walked in, turned and stared at the empty wooden wall for a moment, and said in a voice that was almost whispered, "I brought it back." ”

There was no sound in the hollow, he paused, and suddenly said loudly, "I brought back those two things!"

After waiting for a while, he suddenly deflated and muttered, "Did I come back too late?"

"Who is he talking about?" Phil scratched his head.

"I guess he's talking to the tree. Luca said.

"But the tree ignores him. Thea gloated.

"Hey!" Lukka shouted at Dolan, "if you don't have a good time communicating with this tree, can you talk to us about what you brought back?"

Dolan turned around, his face looked like a wilted cabbage, and he walked to a raised piece of wood and sat down, sighed and asked, "What do you want to know?"

"Who the hell are you, and what are you trying to get on our ship and bring us here?

Dolan said, "I'm not lying, at most I'm not telling it completely. I'm a wood spirit, you all know that, right?"

"Eh, aren't you an elf?" cried Garanther, the head of the garrison, in surprise, "no wonder I can't see that you're from that tribe." ”

Dolan ignored him, and continued, "Wood Spirits live in the form of plants for many years before they become animate creatures, and I used to be a tree that grew on the shores of this island, or rather, a set of branches of this sacred tree that fell to the ground, took root on the shore, grew into a not very tall shrub, and then became a wood spirit. ”

"Not every tree can grow essence, does it?" asked Luca.

"Of course not," replied Dolan, "if it had not been for the sacred tree that awakened me, I would have been a willow tree on the shore by now." ”

"This tree wakes you up? Why? Don't tell me it's too idle to find a companion for yourself. Luca said.

Dolan shook his head: "How is it possible! After the theft of those two secret treasures, the Tower of Calm is becoming more and more dilapidated day by day, and the condition of the sacred tree is getting worse and worse, you can see, now there is no one to prune even the branches that have been hollowed out by insects!"

"Isn't that a financial constraint?" said Garrenthal's face flushed.

"But even so, the sacred tree is still providing you with fruit!" Dolan blushed, but out of anger.

"Don't quarrel, you can solve it with your fists after a while, now let's talk about it well. Lukka stood between the two of them.

Dolan frowned and took a few deep breaths before continuing, "After more than twenty years of the disappearance of the Secret Treasure, the Sacred Tree finally felt that it could no longer sit still, so it decided to figure out a way for itself. It infuses its own life force into the offspring that grows on the shore, giving these plants the ability to act and a thinking soul, and then giving them a common task. ”

"Are you looking for a cure for insect infestation?" said Phil.

"No," Dolan shook his head, "it's going to tell us to get those two treasures back." ”