Sure enough, the green dragon is a creature that is completely untrustworthy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Lily sneered like this, turning into a swift in the air, flying in the direction from which it came from at lightning speed.

She counted the time silently in her mind. Three minutes passed quickly, and just as the mercenary feared that the device would fail, a violent storm swept her in with a suffocating heatwave.

She was like a boat in a storm, drifting back and forth in the storm. From time to time, scorching sand and dirt lapped against her back, and there was a burning pain and the smell of burnt feathers. She struggled to maintain her balance, navigating the storm as fast as she could, avoiding the branches of the trees in front of her while being careful not to be hit by the flying dead wood and branches.

Fortunately, although Swift's form is small, she still retains her physical qualities as a demigod, otherwise the scorching air around her close to the temperature of boiling water alone is enough to make a normal person quickly lose consciousness.

I don't know how long it had been—maybe only a few minutes, but it was already a long time for Lily—and the storm around her had finally subsided. The mercenaries breathed a sigh of relief, shook the dust off their wings, slowed down slightly, and headed back to the clearing where they had camped.

A light blue curtain was erected on the south side of the camp, keeping out the incoming storm and most of the debris—apparently the work of the organists. The first to catch her eye was Alphonse, who stood alone outside the veil, looking in the direction of her return, with a clear and recognizable concern on his face.

She landed lightly on the man's shoulder, then turned back into her human form and sat directly on the other's shoulder, "We're back safely, Al." ”

"I'm sure you'll be fine, Lilianor." The machine man raised his face and looked at her seriously, "So, you succeeded, right?" ”

"It's your work, most of it." Lily jumped to the ground, grabbed Al's arm, turned her head, and looked in the direction she had come-

The gloomy sky seemed to be completely broken, and the storm broke away the thick clouds, allowing the sunlight to fall back on the bitterly cold land. The faint rancid stench in the air had dissipated, replaced by a faint smell of burning heat.

However, that burning heat is dissipating at a visible rate. Lily sniffed hard, hoping to reclaim a trace of the scent of snow and pines in her memory, but unfortunately she was still disappointed.

Sunny is also only a moment. In a moment, a thick cloud returned, once again obscuring the light from the sky. The storm slowly subsided, and dead branches and wood chips were scattered all over the ground, looking very bleak.

The mercenary took several deep breaths to calm herself, "What about the greenstone?" She asked.

"I'm here." Turquoise in human form stepped forward, "What I promised you has been done, now I can leave, right?" - I've been here for too long, and I don't want to see this gloomy forest anymore. ”

"One more thing." She stared at the green dragon's face, "Tell us everything you know about that cliff to the east." Don't forget, the smoother things go on our side, the better the chances of helping you take out that black dragon. ”

The green dragon snorted and raised his chin towards Lily, "Ask me everything, do you have a brain on the soles of your feet?" He shook his head indifferently, "What's going on there, you'll see for yourself." ”

"Honestly, you don't know, right?" Lily pierced his disguise mercilessly, "Forget it, we don't feel at ease if you stay here—don't forget, if you cause something outside, you'll have to eat the bitter fruit yourself?" ”

"I've got my own measure." After saying this, Bi Changshi ignored Lily. He reverted to the form of a dragon, rose into the air, circled around the crowd for half a circle, flapped his emerald green wings vigorously, and headed for the edge of the forest.

"Let's go." Elio said with some regret, "He's actually a good guy...... No, it's a good dragon. ”

"In that case, how about you obediently become his attendant?" Elena said amusedly, "We don't have to trouble a black dragon." ”

"This won't work!" The young knight immediately objected, "I want to be a dragon knight, how can I be a servant of a dragon in turn!" ”

Lily didn't care much about how the feldspar was evaluated by her companions. That dragon wasn't too bad, and it wasn't good, but it didn't matter. For her, the Green Dragon, like the countless people she met on her journey, was just a passerby in her life.

She took the mechanic's hand and walked towards the lake, "Let's go see what has become of that place, Al." ”

The two of them walked slowly through the forest, and the noise of Elio and Bell behind them was gradually absorbed by the pine forest, leaving only silence. There was still some residual warmth in the air, and Lily knew that it was the residual heat from the explosion of the core, which would also turn into nothingness over time.

They came to the lake. From here, you can see the middle of the lake. The thick fog that had always covered the surface of the lake was gone, and the murky water was slowly clearing, and it was expected that it would soon calm down. Lily crouched down, picked up a handful of water with both hands, stuck out her tongue and licked it gently.

The water of the lake is no longer mixed with the magic of corruption, but it is not as moist and delicious as it remembers, but it carries the breath of death that seems to have been placed for hundreds of years.

She didn't get the lake back to its original state, just made it "the way the forest is". So, how did Huruman Stark transform the entire forest into what it is today? What's more, he has to contend with nearly a hundred "living gods" at the same time, as well as other powerful beings who inhabit the forest.

It was a power she couldn't have imagined - and it dawned on Lily that perhaps the doppelganger she had seen called himself 'Earl Stark' was in some crucial way different from the mastermind in the 'Grey War' from the start.

"Al, do you think we can do it?" She asked a little uneasily, and at the same time squeezed the hand of the machine man, "Let our hometown ...... Back to what we remember? ”

This time, the agency did not directly give a positive answer. As a reason-driven arcane creature, he could have feelings, but 'white lies' still seemed to be a little more difficult - in fact, Lily didn't need that.

"I don't know, Lilianor." He said with a serious face, apparently after some thought, "If you can't do it, Lilianor, will you be sad?" ”

"Probably...... Angry, right? Angry, why can't we do what a human can do? Lily shook her head and said what she really thought, "Then we have to continue to work hard, or find more partners, and if we continue like this, we can achieve it one day?" ”

"This is the Lilianor I know." Alphonse smiled gently, "In that case, I also have to work hard to train myself to be able to help you better." ”

Exactly. It may take years, decades, or even longer to get there—but they have time, and they have the partners to move forward.

She turned, pulled Alphonse, and walked briskly, "Let's go, there's still half of the bet with Jill, don't make everyone wait." ”