Chapter 54: A New Hope
The next day, when the sun returned to the earth, the armored soldiers slowly sat up from the few trenches that had been temporarily cleared, and in the sunlight, the dead remains of the dragons and goblins were evaporated, and the flesh and skin were reduced to a cloud of black gas, leaving behind the white bones and the corpses of the soldiers and horses of the Third Legion who had died last night. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Under the baptism of the sun, the core also opened her eyes, the weak state caused by the excessive wear and tear last night has basically subsided, but the devastated land in front of her makes the core of the heart also full of emotion, in the past she has seen humans wage war for the faith of the goddess, but she has never experienced it herself, now, when she stands in the middle of the battlefield, she sees the soldiers numbly gather the corpses of their companions, and then bury them, and feel sad in her heart.
"What about Russia and Germany, and Senna, Sulla—" Xin asked a soldier who was looking at the battlefield in a daze.
"The surviving generals are all in the town to negotiate with the elves, and if General Ode and Senna hadn't been killed, they should have been there, Sulla-Sula-" The soldier stopped abruptly as he said Sula, "Sulla and the mages were reduced to ashes together-" With that, the soldier bowed his head and left, and with the other soldiers, began to search the battlefield, hoping to find some surviving companions, although there was little hope.
And when the core stepped on the corpses all the way back to the center of the town, he found that the streets of the town had been completely occupied by the wounded, the sounds of pain came and went, and from time to time there were some wails and sobs, as the core continued to go deeper, he came to the temple of the goddess of life and death in the center of the town, where rows of corpses covered with white linen were neatly placed, and the priestesses were reciting prayers for the soldiers who died in battle, "May the sky leave an open space for you, and may the spring wash your filthy body for you—" The priestess would carry the corpse out for burial or cremation after reciting a prayer for the corpse, but even so, the corpses of the warriors were being sent here in a steady stream, and as far as the eye could see, the white linen had lined up at the entrance of the town, forming a path to the sky.
Walking into the church, there are still several corpses covered with white linen lying here, needless to say that the core also knows that nine out of ten of the corpses lying here are the corpses of fallen generals, among these corpses, the core saw Senna who was missing his left arm and right calf, and there was a very obvious stitched mark on his neck, but his expression did not look hideous, on the contrary, it was somewhat peaceful.
"General!" the generals scattered all over the church saw that Xin was identifying the dead, and they all gathered, and Ode was among them, but his left arm was missing. "It's okay, I'm much better than Senna!" Rode said with a relieved smile as he stared at his empty left arm.
The summer sun was as enthusiastic as ever, but now when they entered the church, it seemed so silent, the golden light was imprinted on the cold bodies, and the armor on their bodies also bloomed with divine light, but everyone knew in their hearts that even if the goddess came, it would not be able to resurrect these dead compatriots, but even so, everyone's tone of voice still seemed so soft, as if they were afraid to wake up their sleeping partners.
"How are you doing over there?" At this time, Xin saw Ver who was kneeling in front of the statue of the moon and praying, so he came to Vere's side and offered a prayer with her, and then asked.
"There is not one in a thousand!" Vere said in a calm tone, "except for what you can see, all are dead!"
"Except what I can see?" Xin thought back to the scene when he walked through the street before, if as Ver said, everything but what he could see was dead, then the elves of the Ancient Tree of Life Clan would probably not even be a hundred.
"Uh-huh," Viel replied, her tone still calm, as if nothing had happened, but the smile on her face was gone, as if she had lost her emotions.
"I'm going to re-enter the Ancient Tree of Life!" said Viel, seeing that Viel's expression could no longer be described as despair.
"Then allow me to come along!" Vere's gaze flickered slightly, but quickly returned to her previous form.
After agreeing, the two stepped on the traces left by the flames of last night, and as far as the eye could see, the green color was long gone, replaced by a black ruin that could not be seen, and overnight, the verdant dense forest disappeared, and in less than a month, a whole elven tribe was destroyed, and the core and Vere walked on the ruins, but their hearts seemed extraordinarily calm, as if they had nothing to do with themselves.
Because the dense forest no longer exists, the time for the two to arrive at the Ancient Tree of Life has also been greatly shortened, and the original time of two days has been shortened to two hours, of course, there is also a lot of water in those two days, such as the illusion or misguidance of the elves.
"It seems that this place has not escaped the baptism of flames either!" The two came to the World Tree, and Viel looked at the prosperity of the past that had been turned into ashes, and the withered Ancient Tree of Life was only a thick char at this time, and the branches and leaves had already been burned by the flames, and the Ancient Tree of Life was buried with countless goblins in the city, because they were also burned to charcoal, so the remains did not turn into white bones.
"No, it's different!" Core suddenly interrupted Vere's sad memories, "This tree is not completely dead, there is hope!"
"But I don't feel any breath of life—" After hearing Core's words, Vere closed her eyes and felt it for a while, but still couldn't feel any breath of life.
"But I felt it, a very strong breath of life, in the flames that were still burning!" Wick drew his long knife and slashed the ancient tree of life that had become charred before Ver could react.
"What are you doing, even if it's dead, you can't blaspheme—" Viel saw that the core cut off the ancient tree of life without saying a word, drew her own weapon and stopped it in front of the core.
"See for yourself!" Seeing that Vere seemed to be very nervous, she pointed to the ancient tree of life that collapsed, the flames only ignited the bark of the ancient tree of life, but the heart was basically intact, and even the black aura did not erode the inside of the ancient tree.
Vere turned her head suspiciously, in a splash of black dust, a tender green seed was lying quietly in the middle of the severed ancient tree, no matter what could not get close to the seed, seeing this, Viel withdrew the weapon, and then accompanied by the core to the seed of the ancient tree, stretched out his hands to hold the seed in the palm of his hand, although the seed itself did not have any weight, but Vere's expression was solemn and heavy, the core carefully stood beside Viel, for fear that something would suddenly come out and take away this last hope.
In fact, the core is still too worried, and now there is not even a single insect around the ancient tree of life, let alone any goblins or the like, and when the core continues to look around, a huge cave appears at the end of her vision, if it weren't for the fact that the hole is constantly emitting black gas to block the purification of the sun, the core really can't see the black cave in a piece of black coke.
"Let's go, hurry up!" After seeing the black cavern, the core began to urge Vere, who was still immersed in hope, and when Ver also looked in the direction that the core was guarding, she immediately stopped the ink, and after collecting the seed into the ring, she ran with the core to the stronghold that had risen up a small hill.
"I'm sorry I was suspicious of you just now!" Vere said to Core on the way back.
"It's okay, I've used betrayal to face trust in the past, and your suspicion is nothing!" Xin said lightly to Vere.
"What are you going to do next? stay here, or go back to the stronghold?" Viel didn't continue with the topic, but moved in a more realistic direction.
"The elemental elves will help us build the barriers, and there may be more legions sent here in the future, you have already paid too much for this, it's time to enjoy some peaceful days!" Xin replied.
"Well, I'm going to plant the Ancient Tree of Life next to the World Tree, they used to be together, just like a mother and child, and now we can finally get together!" smiled back to Ver's face, although the Ancient Tree of Life clan was almost extinct, there was at least one hope, and the remaining Ancient Tree Elves of Life would live with this hope.
"That's fine, I think even if you don't say it, maybe Fei Yue will ask for this!" Then, Xin told Xin about the information that Fei Yue knew, especially the current situation of the Wisdom Ancient Tree and the War Ancient Tree Elves.
"Alas--in the end, I'm going to have to trouble Feiyue in the end-" Vere sighed, and then stopped talking, but just rushed to the border town that could no longer be regarded as a border town, and the core followed her carefully, and at the same time paid close attention to the wind and grass around her, the closer to the end point, the easier it is for people to relax their vigilance, the core knows this, so as the two of them get closer and closer to the town, the core's vigilance is also becoming more and more careful, until the two return to the town, the core of the guard has not been put down like this, in fact, the core does not have to be cautious to this point at all, because the two of them have been watching from the beginning of the town, the phoenix is watching from a high altitude, as long as there is any problem, it will immediately swoop down, according to the current height, If it hits accurately, I'm afraid Feiyue's tears will have to be pecked out of a groove.
After arriving in the town, Xin immediately arranged for the elves to get ready, and then packed all the elves into several huge boxes, which were made up by Feiyue and Meow, and last time Yayu and they returned to Fei'er in this thing, and now Vere will also suffer the same treatment.
After everything was prepared, the core whistled, and the phoenix descended from the sky, carrying the two huge boxes that had been prepared, and flew in the direction where Fei Er was, unless the god himself came, it would be difficult for even a dragon of yesterday's level to kill the heavily armed phoenix in a short period of time, this is the crystallization of the alchemist skills of all races, not to mention that in terms of flight, the dragon was also thrown a few streets by the phoenix, except for a few types.