Chapter 19: The Underground Garden

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I saw the big strong man roar and punch at Kair, and the heavy fist slammed into his black gold armor, making a loud local noise. And the prince's body seemed to be rooted under his feet, and he didn't move at all.

His eyes suddenly became cold, and he was full of fighting spirit, although his hands were still behind his back, but the fighting spirit condensed into the shape of a wild bull, and threw the big strong man into the air with a bang, and then fell down and smashed the crate in the recruiting office.

It is the Moon Elf royal family's trick Douqi transformation.

"Our army is a mighty army that is about to conquer the Forest of Jinxi, and we don't need guys who are not strong enough. Just stay and hunt the lands, and stop daydreaming. ā€

The prince may seem brutal, but he skillfully prevents the people from stepping onto the battlefield and giving their lives in vain, and there is no trace of anti-war sentiment. Yuri couldn't help but admire the teenager.

The princess smiled lightly and said, "Eighty percent of the fat man who was beaten was also arranged by Kayl in advance. Although he looks like a wild man, he is actually very brainy. ā€

But although the people did not join the army, their anger and resentment still rose, and everyone cursed the sun elves, and their hearts were full of desire to devour and kill. The princess felt uneasily that the clouds of smoke that had obscured the sky might be the hatred they had gathered.

Yuri and the princess reached the place indicated by the returning hourglass, they placed the hourglass on the ground, and the surrounding scenery quickly reversed, and the figure of the black-clothed witch appeared in the virtual image, she slowly approached the abandoned factory, and drew an inverted pentagram on the door, and the dilapidated illusion of the factory slowly dissolved like rippling water, showing its real state of being renovated and in full operation.

Yuri said nervously: "The inverted pentagram is the emblem of the dark god Knox, fortunately I am the holder of the dark destiny, let me see if my dark power can break this emblem lock." ā€

Yuri drew the emblem, but the illusion of the broken gate did not change in the slightest.

"Let me try it. The princess volunteered.

"You, you're even more impossible, you're not Knox's men, you can't use magic to resonate with the emblem. ā€

But the illusion collapsed, revealing the entrance to the factory's black hole.

"You're a ...... It's amazing. Yuri applauded stupidly.

The princess smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, although there is nothing to be happy about being able to do this. Let's move forward. ā€

The factory was full of running steel machines, fiery boilers and steaming valves. Mountains of sinful solids were sealed in iron boxes, filled with an unknown blood-red liquid over the surface, and then neatly stacked by the robot on the wall. Dark brown sewage drains from the pipes directly into the creek near the slums, and the black and red smoke billows in the air, and the smell of blood fills the air with a nauseous smell. The factory is polluting Muntia with all its might, but it is obscured by an illusionary shell that is impossible to detect from the outside world.

Yuri and the princess are convinced that this is their destination.

"Put on the bombs and lift the whole factory into the sky, and let's flash people......" said the princess, frowning, "and though I would love to say so, it seems that just blowing up this place will not solve the problem." ā€

"That's right, it's just a packing shop. The point is where these heart-like fruits are grown. ā€

A large minecart dumps a large amount of fruit on the ground, and the princess and Yuri look at each other, quickly jump onto the minecart, and drive down the track into a pitch-black passage downward. The passage stretched infinitely underground, through the pitch-black terrain that could not be seen to reach the five fingers, and when it reached the deep mine, it suddenly accelerated, and the crystals and quartz shimmered with an evil dark red light in front of them like meteors, and a second before they almost hit the light green rock twisted like a demon's face, it fell suddenly, and it was not only the strong sound of the wind that resounded in the ears of the two men, but also the indescribable guttural voice of a ghostly whisper. Although the princess and Yuri were so frightened that their faces burst into tears, they could only grit their teeth and dare not shout, for fear that something strange would fly into their mouths if they were not careful.

After passing through the ore vein, the minecart clanged into a long, smooth passage, surrounded by plant roots, and mixed with white bones in the middle of the soil, and finally the minecart sped over a red underground lake on the bridge, turned a big bend and stopped at the end, Yuri lifted the stunned princess out of the minecart before the cargo machine poured a large amount of fruit down.

When they saw the scene in front of them, they were all stunned and suffocated at the same time.

Fruit trees are lined up, colorful flowers are arranged in a beautiful picture in the flower field, the dome is full of dividends, and the wind blowing is warm with the fragrance of flowers.

But the sun hanging in the middle of the dome is a pitch-black disk. When the black light shines on the green leaves and red flowers, these plants appear even brighter, as if they can be nourished by the black sunlight.

The flower beds are well organized, but I don't understand why the soil is a faint grayish-white color. The green leaves on the thorn vines are verdant, the roses on the green leaves, bright red like a girl's red lips, light pink like a shy blush on a little girl's face, pure white like late autumn green frost, a flush of purple and red, even in such a strange place, Yuri still has to praise this garden is really beautiful.

The rose garden is followed by a grove of swaying branches, and at the end of the grove is a white chapel. The woods and flower fields are equipped with an advanced irrigation system, and the canals flow with a light blue water.

"Isn't the witch in black still a gardener in private?" Yuri joked.

"There is no such thing as a gardener. ā€

"But the black-clothed witch is not a moon elf at all, and I remember that the missing human girl who looked like her was a gardener. ā€

The princess smiled, "That's worth playing." ā€

She was intoxicated by the delicate but intense fragrance of roses, and unconsciously wanted to reach out to pick them, but Yuri held them hard.

"I said that your heart is really big, can you pick the flowers planted by the black witch at will?"

Yuri picked up the crime: "Let's take the guy and destroy this place completely!"

The princess nodded, and took out the bomb, and there was a trace of unbearability in her heart before lighting it. The breeze sent the fragrance of the veins, and the princess's long hair was clear, and there was a trace of unbearable in her eyes. When she hardened her heart and lit the fuse, she suddenly raised her head, and there was a hazy feeling like falling into a dream, feeling that the veins and trunk lines of every flower and tree were like human faces.

Yuri was about to ignite the greatsword, but the princess stopped him and shouted, "Wait!"

And in the next second, in the middle of the flower fields and woodlands, there were already many people standing in the shadows.

"Are you, General Klose?"

The princess walked quickly to the bottom of the tree, and suddenly became distracted, and noticed that the man under the tree had a familiar face. Yuri saw the same man, his muscles tense and raised his greatsword.

"Don't worry, Yuri. The princess said sadly and gently, "General Klose is not a bad man, he is one of Prince Khal's most loyal generals. ā€

"But he's probably a ghost!" Yuri exclaimed.

The man lifted his pale face and smiled quietly, "That's right, I'm a ghost. When I was put to death for my opposition to the regent, Her Royal Highness the princess of a foreign country was present. I can't hide the fact that I'm a ghost. ā€

The princess said calmly, "It's a ghost, but it doesn't matter. General Klose was very upright and kind during his lifetime, and even after his death, he was a loyal and brave hero, and he will not harm us. ā€

The princess recalled that during her years as a hostage, the general had come to the aid of countless times, sending his own servants to repair the dilapidated palace that would leak into the snowstorm for the princess, and that when the princess beat the daughter of another general, if he had not secretly interceded, things would not have been so happily settled. Later, Klose was framed and executed for pointing out the regent's ambition to usurp power, and the princess was never able to repay his kindness. And now that she and General Klose are here, they have a different path of life and death, which makes the princess very sad.

Yuri put away his greatsword: "But why is the general's ghost here?"

The general sighed, "Because the trees that grow in this garden are our tombstones." ā€

The princess took a step back, and she saw that in addition to General Klose, there was also Lady Ella, who had always been kind to people, the former Minister of Propaganda who was cursed and mad to die in order to expose the identity of the black witch, and the old general Brown, who had been struggling to prevent the expansion of the army...... The souls of the loyal and righteous who died in the process of the regent's ascension to the throne are all gathered in this place!

"Are you supposed to ...... They're all buried here, aren't they?" said the princess, recalling the roots and bones she had seen on the minecart.

"That's it, kid. General Klose shrugged, "Our bodies have become the nourishment of these trees, and our souls are bound to the plants. There is no escape, and you can't return to the River of No Return to reincarnate as a sun elf and start the next journey of life. ā€

The princess had tears in her eyes: "How can this be!"

"This is the evil art of the black-clothed witch, who can gather the resentments of the world through the souls of the strong. General Klose blinked and asked, "But princess of a foreign country, why are you in such a place?"

The princess had intended to say that the purpose of her trip was to destroy the place of sin once and for all, but she thought to herself, and said, "What will happen to your souls if these trees are destroyed?"