Chapter 14: A Tree Hole

Sun Xiaofei sat next to a bonfire, holding a branch in his hand, fiddling with the fire expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking?

Vickery walked over from a distance, sat down next to him, and smiled, "Why is it here alone, is there something on your mind?"

"No, no. Vickery, how long do you say this war will last?" Sun Xiaofei shook his head lightly and asked.

Vickery heard Sun Xiaofei's question, was silent for a while, and said, "I hope it can end sooner." ”

"Did the girl wake up?"

"Wake up. However, she is still a little emotionally unstable, and Moore is taking care of her. Vickery nodded back.

"Let's go, then. We went over to see her and asked about some of the situation by the way. Sun Xiaofei threw away the branch, stood up and turned to leave, letting it fall into the bonfire and burn.

Wickley glanced at it, got up and walked towards one of the houses with Sun Xiaofei.

Sun Xiaofei and Vickery walked into the room, and there were two women in the room, one with a gorgeous face, but with an obvious scar on his face, with a well-proportioned figure, and a slender long sword on his back. The woman was a member of their team, Moore.

The other was younger, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a fair face and a faint sadness between his eyebrows, which looked very moving. It was the girl Sun Xiaofei rescued.

Moore was startled when he saw Sun Xiaofei and Vickery both coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, and then went over and whispered to the girl about the identities of the two, especially about Sun Xiaofei coming to save her.

"What's your name, and where are you?" asked Sun Xiaofei and Vickerley as they sat down and looked at the girl.

"My name is Katie, and I'm from the Chris family in this Sycamore Town. The girl stepped forward and saluted, and replied.

"Thank you, sir. The girl turned around and bowed to Sun Xiaofei.

"You don't have to be so polite. Sun Xiaofei let out a gentle force, supporting her body and preventing her from kneeling down.

Katie saw that she couldn't kneel, so she had to take a picture of Sun Xiaofei, and then stood aside with her hands tied. Judging by her performance, it is clear that she was educated in good aristocratic manners, etc. Between the manners, they all show the elegant temperament of ordinary aristocratic women. However, all the people present were people who only knew how to practice martial arts, especially Vickery had a very straightforward temper.

After meeting and getting acquainted at the moment, Vickery asked directly: "What's going on here, you tell us quickly." ”

Katie seemed a little frightened, and looked at Sun Xiaofei and Moore helplessly with panicked eyes. Sun Xiaofei comforted her with a smile and said, "Katie, you don't have to be afraid. We are sent by the Empire, and we will not hurt you, so tell me quickly. ”

Katie heard Sun Xiaofei's comforting words, her body suddenly gained a little more courage, and she began to say everything she knew about what happened in Wutong Town.

When Sun Xiaofei and the others had not yet arrived here, the three major families guarding Wutong Town had already faintly noticed the actions of the beast clan, and after several fierce battles, they lost a large number of men and horses, which could withstand the crazy attack of the beast clan. The price they spent was too high, the number of people was constantly decreasing, and all kinds of food were consumed, and the entire Wutong Town was subjected to an unprecedented severe test.

Originally, all the horses in the three major families in Wutong Town were able to hold on and resist for some time. However, a few days ago, from the troops of the beast clan, a group of black-robed people suddenly appeared, everyone was strong, and none of the three major families was their opponent, and the defense of Wutong Town was quickly breached.

As soon as the defense line of Wutong Town was broken, the orc army poured in, killing people when they saw them, destroying what they saw, and the people in Wutong Town were killed and injured countless times, and some of them were chased by the orcs and fled from Wutong Town.

Katie didn't have time to follow the others to escape, so she was hidden in a secret basement by her family. Katie persevered until the food inside was eaten and the orcs had left, before slowly walking out of the basement. Later, it was Sun Xiaofei who found her and saved her life.

Listening to what Katie said, Sun Xiaofei and Vickery couldn't help but feel a little pity, if they could have arrived here earlier, then the outcome of Wutong Town might have been different.

Wickley comforted Katie and asked, "Do you know that there are still people hiding there?"

"Hmm...... There was a sycamore forest behind the town, and if anyone was alive, they would all be hiding there. Katie thought for a moment and said hesitantly.

"Oh, we'll go over with you tomorrow. Hearing Katie's words, Vickery and Sun Xiaofei glanced at each other, and their faces were a little happy. Vickerley nodded and said to Katie.

"Yes, sir. ”

After getting the news from Katie's mouth, Sun Xiaofei and Vickery were very happy, and after chatting for a while, they left under the pretext of not disturbing the two of them to rest. After leaving the room, Sun Xiaofei and Vickery separated and returned to their residence.

Early the next morning, Vickery gathered some strong men, leaving some people to stay where they were and wait for news. Under the leadership of Katie, go to the mountains behind Wutong Town to find out if there are any survivors.

The mountain behind the town of Sycamore is a forest planted with many plane trees, and the town of Sycamore is also famous for relying on these plane trees. It is said that the sycamore tree is the favorite place for the mythical beast phoenix, and where there is a sycamore tree, there is not necessarily a mythical beast phoenix. However, where there is a phoenix, there must be a tall plane tree.

The sycamore tree has two attributes, wind and fire, and the weapon or magic wand made from the branches of the sycamore tree has a great amplification and auxiliary effect for the magicians who cultivate the wind and fire systems. The plane tree as a weapon material is definitely a luxury thing, the price of the plane tree is very expensive, the main thing is that the growth of the plane tree is extremely slow, there is no decades of time, don't want to see the mature plane tree.

When Sun Xiaofei and others came to the back mountain, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. The whole mountain has become bare, the ground is full of potholes, there are many messy footprints, most of the plane trees have been cut down, and even the seedlings of those plane trees have been pulled out and taken away.

The breeze blew, and there was a strong scorching smell in the air, the smell of trees after they had been burned.

Sun Xiaofei walked up with everyone, and everything he saw made them feel very bad. The plane trees here have been seriously damaged, Sun Xiaofei heard what Katie said, in order to protect these plane trees from being obtained by the beast clan or the people of the Night Empire, they discussed a way, that is, to transfer these plane trees to other places.

However, they didn't expect the orcs to attack the town so quickly, and there were still many plane trees in the plane forest that had not been taken away, so the men and horses of the three major families retreated here, and started a fierce battle with the enemy, protecting the team escorting the plane trees away.

However, judging from the signs that happened at the scene, those strong men who stayed behind to cover were only afraid that they would be more than lucky. Most of the places in the back mountain have traces of being burned by the flames, and the scene is a mess. Many of the plane trees were left with only a blackened stake burned. One of the stakes was unbelievably large, and it would take at least a dozen people to hold it.

At this moment, Katie was standing in front of the largest stake, folded her hands, and slowly knelt down against the stake. Sun Xiaofei and the others looked at this scene, and no one went over to stop them, because they all knew what the origin of this huge wooden stake was.

Katie says the stake turned out to be the largest and oldest sycamore tree in their town, and they usually affectionately call it the Trevi Tree. Katie, like many young people in town, spent some of her best childhood living under this ancient wishing tree.

Now that the wishing tree was gone, she felt very lost. Sun Xiaofei walked over to her and comforted her softly, hoping that Katie would feel better.

Sun Xiaofei looked at the only thick sycamore tree stumps that had been burned by the fire in front of him, but he unexpectedly found something. His gaze suddenly sharpened, and he pointed a little towards the stake.

"Boom!" a sharp sword shot out, blasting open the stake at lightning speed, revealing a large black hole.

"What's wrong?"

When everyone heard the sound, they all rushed to Sun Xiaofei and asked what was going on? Sun Xiaofei didn't speak, but looked at Katie on the side.

Katie's eyes stared straight at the big hole that was blasted open by Sun Xiaofei's sword, and the first part of her memory suddenly appeared. She screamed, knocked down the hole, and shouted inside.

Everyone didn't know why, and they all silently watched Katie's strange behavior. Vickerley walked up to Sun Xiaofei and asked in a low voice, "Ryan, what's going on?"

"I've found a hole, but, I guess Katie might know something? Let's not rush, just wait and see. Sun Xiaofei said.

Suddenly, Sun Xiaofei's figure flashed, and he appeared beside Katie very quickly, grabbing her body with one hand and retreating. At the same time, a blue curtain of light emerged, sealing the entrance to the cave.

"Puff puff!"

The moment Sun Xiaofei and Katie got out of the hole, he heard countless swift arrows breaking through the wind, and then slammed into the light curtain, making a low muffled sound.

"Who's in there, get out of here, or we're welcome." When Vickery saw this, he exclaimed. His voice penetrated into the cave, and after several echo amplifications, the entire cavern emitted a loud buzzing sound.

"Don't!"

Seeing that Vickerley and the others looked ready to attack, Katie broke free of Sun Xiaofei's hand and ran over, opening her hands to stop Vickery and the others from attacking the people in the cave.

"Katie, what's wrong with you? Get out of the way!" Moore, who had a better relationship with her, asked.

"No! there could be people from Sycamore Town in there. This tree hole has been around for a long time, and they may be hiding in it. Katie diggs back.

"Whew!"

At this time, Sun Xiaofei's body moved, and he flew into the cave. All of a sudden, everyone in the audience was shocked and nervously watched the development of the situation.

There were some noises coming from inside the cave, but they quickly died down. After a while, with a whoosh, Sun Xiaofei shot out, holding two people in his hands.

"There's some people in there, Katie, go in and call them all out. After Sun Xiaofei landed, he said to Katie.