Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Ventricles of the Ancient Tree
"You want to go to the heart of the ancient tree!"
The Patriarch of the Ancient Tree glared at Flitwick angrily, pushed Anos who was holding him aside, and said angrily, "You have been so dazzled by this kid that you dare to disturb the deep sleep of the Spirit of the Ancient Tree!" β
"I will not allow it, I want to go to the ventricles unless I step on my corpse!"
Flitwick's face was firm, and he didn't flinch because of his patriarch's words, he looked at Anos, who was still hesitant, but when he saw Flitwick's face, his cheeks flushed slightly, and he also firmed.
"Father, you should trust us, you know that only by finding the spirit of the ancient tree can you solve everything..."
"You rebel, have you forgotten the clan motto, you can't disturb the sleep of the spirit of the ancient tree!"
"Mmmmmm A thick vine wrapped around the elf patriarch's body, binding him immobilized, and even his mouth was sealed, stopping his noise.
"Maybe you can take your father with you, it's all said anyway, it's not bad." Brie said to Anos, then smiled, and turned to walk towards the passage he had agreed upon.
Who has the time to move affection and reason with this stubborn old man, it's a waste of time.
"Well, keep up, Anos, and hopefully the movement here doesn't attract other elves."
Anos silently carried his father, and now there is no turning back, the only thing he can do is to quickly find the source and end this disaster.
These dead spirits will kill the whole clan.
It is a passage made of vines, and the fresco is engraved on the stout, inky black vines, but it is not magical.
"This is the history of the birth of the ancient tree fairy..."
Anos followed without saying a word, while Professor Flitwick and Brie followed the pace, telling them about the origins of the Elven race of the Old Tree Elves.
"You've already read that parchment, it records that the goblins were greedy for Mithril and gold, precious magical materials, and there was civil strife, and the first patriarch of the ancient tree elves led some goblins who still had their hearts to leave the original goblin swamp and pray beside a magical giant tree, hoping to get help from nature, willing to give up the power of gold and stone minerals, and use plants to cast magic on the basis of plants, bringing peace to nature...... Nature responded to the original group of nature-loving goblins, in addition to giving the goblins special magic, but also left the spirit of the ancient tree to take care of them, and finally the goblins settled here and became the goblins of the ancient tree. β
"Nature has given the ancient tree elves' unique plant alchemy and plant blessings and curses, allowing them to use more conventional and flexible magic, which has allowed them to resist foreign enemies again and again, and even defeated some magical races, allowing them to stop the war and keep the peace."
"This history has lasted for thousands of years..."
Professor Flitwick sighed a little as they arrived at the mossy vine-covered gate, which recorded a tragic history of defeat.
Seeing this history of defeat, Anos lowered his head, Professor Flitwick stopped talking, and the fairy patriarch gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes, trying to struggle down.
Looking at the mural, Brie analyzed it according to his own perception.
On one of the frescoes, the elves are complimented by the rest of the race in a splendid hall, with good food and wine, and a lot of pleasure - "The ancient tree elves also began to sink in peace under the great victory. β
Professor Flitwick added, "It's a succubus who love to enjoy treasure, and the ancient tree elves have attacked this place, intending to bring natural tranquility, but have been in a state of confusion for a while. β
And in the next place, the goblins began to scatter and manage the races that had been defeated, and although they claimed to be the guardians of nature, they also began to consume the trust of nature, constantly demanding, building their own palaces, and promiscuously.
"Once desire, it's hard to end, and I think the goblins will soon be backlashed."
Brie was right, because the old tree elves who had gone out to camp were captured and burned alive by the magical races, and these races were still united, and the old tree elves fought and retreated until they were forced to their ancestral land, which is now the territory of the ancient tree elves.
The Ancient Tree Fairy King awakened the spirit of the ancient tree, the huge ancient god tree emitted a strong light, sealing the ancestral land, and the swamp filled with poisonous gas blocked the army, and the lost ancient tree goblins finally came back to their senses, but everything was different, they returned to weakness again, and survived.
Because of the powerful magic of the Ancient God Tree, it became weak, and its root system that originally stood on the high mountain collapsed, and the stones around the mountain collapsed, and a large pit appeared, and the Ancient God Tree was completely hidden in the big mountain pit.
"The spirit of the ancient tree also fell into a deeper and deeper sleep at that time." Anos finally spoke, this matter can only be known to the patriarch of the ancient tree clan, and awakening the spirit of the ancient tree again is likely to make the ancient god tree even weaker, or even die completely.
"I told my father to awaken the spirit of the ancient tree, but he didn't agree, he didn't think it had come to this point."
The elf patriarch on Anos's shoulder closed his eyes, even if he acquiesced to the current situation, he couldn't stop anything, but it was not easy to awaken the spirit of the ancient tree, and there was still room for maneuver.
"Oude, use your power now to try." Flitwick hesitated, and he didn't know if it would work.
"I'll try it first." Anos stepped forward, he was a pure-blooded ancient tree elf after all, if he couldn't, then he would have to try Brie's strange powers.
Anos placed his hand on the gate and induced the magic, but the gate only flashed a flash of light, and soon calmed down.
Brie touched the door and felt a magic similar to that in the stone chamber, with a sense of weakness that was dying of old age, but it was clear that the ancient god tree was still in the prime of life.
As Brie channeled the natural magic of the environment into the gate, which gave some life to the Ancient God Tree, it frantically absorbed the mana, but soon Brie disconnected.
"Can't you open it?"
Flitwick was not reconciled, but soon, the door that coveted the natural magic of Brie's guidance slowly opened, and a bright green light shone through the faces of everyone.
Flitwick was pleasantly surprised: "Sure enough, I didn't feel wrong, what a great power!" β
The warm green light sprinkled on Anos and the fairy patriarch, and Anos was also excited, but the patriarch who knew the secret of the ancient tree clan was dumbfounded, knowing that when he first awakened the spirit of the ancient tree, it was the ancient tree fairy king at that time who sacrificed himself to succeed, and this boy!
The fairy patriarch looked at Brie again, but only saw the back of Brie as he walked through the door.
What a mysterious boy with a powerful power that does not belong to a wizard, and who is so in harmony with nature, perhaps...... The hope of the Ancient Tree Clan is really here.
Everyone stepped into the heart chamber, this is the center of the trunk of the ancient god tree, the inner wall of the trunk extends countless roots to spread to the stone altar in the center, rooted in it, but in the center of the altar is only some torn roots, obviously, what else is growing here.
"What's going on here!" Anos panicked.
The elf patriarch on Anos's shoulder struggled violently with his eyes, and Anos also panicked at this time, and hurriedly put his father down.
Knowing that something had happened and an unexpected accident, Brie was very knowledgeable, and with a wave of his hand, the vines turned into magical starlight and disappeared, leaving only a seed that he had collected with the levitation technique.
"How so!" The fairy patriarch crawled to the side of the altar, stroking the vines of the altar that still insisted on transporting magic to the stone chamber below.
He stared at the torn roots of the tree on the altar and almost fainted.
"Father!"
Anos held his father up, but Professor Flitwick plucked open the roots and saw the ancient scripts spreading on the altar.
"This is a natural carved magic script, a natural magic altar, and it was supposed to be a plant representing the spirit of the ancient tree growing here, but now it is gone......"
There was silence, not a single sound in the ventricles.
"Yes, Anos, we must find the Spirit of the Ancient Tree, or our Ancient Tree Clan will be finished!"
"That's right, ring, ring!"
The fairy patriarch crawled up to Brie like a madman and pleaded, "Give me the ring, give it to me!" β
"Nicol." Brie frowned and called out to Nicol.
Nicol obediently threw the ring away and landed in the hands of the fairy patriarch.
"Professor Flitwick, I have a bad feeling that we need to get out of here, and if we can, I hope the old tree elf will keep its promise and give me the ring to study for a while."
Brie didn't wait for Professor Flitwick to reply, and prepared to pinch the parchment and leave.
"Do you want to go along?" Brie asked, but Professor Flitwick just shook his head with his mouth open, after all, he had the blood of the ancient tree elves, and this was also his home.
Brie crushed the parchment roll, but nothing happened.
Flitwick immediately looked at Anos, who turned his head and said, "I've never been to the ventricles, I didn't think there would be an accident... Sorry, Filius. β
Brie snorted and took out his notes, but just then, the elf patriarch put the ring on his hand.
"As the ancient tree fairy king, I sacrifice with my body and beg for the return of the spirit of the ancient tree!"
"Winter!" The fairy patriarch slammed the ring on the altar with his ring, blood staining the altar red, and he began to exude a breath of death.
"Father!"
Brie hurriedly opened his notes and was about to leave the place, when he heard a dull whisper.
"Naturally, naturally, you abandoned Adotte ... No, I'm not Adotte... Yes...... Adotte wants to destroy everything you hate...... I beg your forgiveness ......"
Brie is suddenly locked by a force that makes him unable to move, and Nicol also notices Brie's anomaly and hurriedly flies out.
"Dad, what's wrong with you!"
Brie couldn't speak, and asideβ
"Anos, I agree with you and Flitwick, you have to hurry, I'm not worried about the ancient tree fairy handed over to you after I leave......"
The fairy patriarch is getting weaker and weaker, and the altar is absorbing his power while also performing a ritual to awaken the spirit of the ancient tree.
"Kacha!"
The altar cracked one after another, and gradually spread, the entire ventricle continued to vibrate, the fairy patriarch seemed to hear something, his eyes were startled, and he shouted: "No, the spirit of the ancient tree has abandoned us, it wants to destroy the ancient tree elf, quickly, quickly take the people away, quickly, Anos!" β
The elf patriarch pushed Anos away and threw the ring on his hand to Anos, who was already watched by the spirit of the ancient tree and could only let himself fall into the abyss......