Chapter 132: The Fall of the Sacred Tree
While visiting Rucia, Vincent did not shy away from telling her about the decisive battle.
After all, without her behind her traceless push, the Grand Magus would not have been defeated so badly.
Rukia, like her brother, is all about revenge, but they really didn't expect that they would live to see the big devil behind the scenes.
Even Shiram, who is an undercover agent and plays an irreplaceable role in this war, is the first time to learn about some secret deployments of the demon clan, and the young man is shocked, but also a little more happy in his heart - being able to hear these words shows that the lord of the demon clan attaches great importance to their sister and brother.
Returning to the gate of Herodes has been completely closed with the destruction of the army, and they have no way out except to be loyal to the demons.
At this delicate moment, Vincent's choice to take them in, rather than exchange them for some kind of benefit with the angry Herodes, was already an unimaginable act of mercy.
As for how to serve this lord in the future, the siblings are not qualified to speak of conditions, but Vincent promised not to turn them into demon dependents who have lost their will, or to restrain them with curses, which also made Shiram grateful to Dade.
In the absence of a choice, it is entirely a gift, not a deal or compromise.
"You have friends in the woods?" Rukia asked incredulously, "Elves are notoriously stubborn and xenophobic, and they don't befriend other races at all, let alone demons...... Your race has never dealt with them before."
Vincent knew that her words were not groundless, as a powerful magician and a key figure in the war, Rukia certainly did not lack relevant information, including the exchange of interests between demons and elves.
The Hualin tribe is isolated from its peers, and in desperation, it has to send people under the fence, and it is impossible for such a short time to want that group of arrogant long ears to have a strong friendship with the lord of the demon clan.
According to the magic detection of the Grand Magister Gasni, except for Seid, who briefly stayed in the homeland of the Flower Forest Tribe, the other demons have never entered the dense forest at all, let alone have any interaction with the dignitaries of other tribes.
"Sincere friendships can transcend races and even species." Vincent pretended to sigh mysteriously, "Those who are sincere, the way of heaven, those who are sincere, the way of man, sincerity, gold and stone are open."
Rao was a genius magician who thought she knew all kinds of languages, and she didn't understand what Vincent was saying, but she still vaguely sensed an unimaginable possibility, that is, the friend Vincent was talking about, obviously beyond their imagination.
The strength of this friend who was able to die with the Grand Magus was absolutely beyond imagination, but what she couldn't understand was that if there was such a strong person in the dense forest, why hadn't the Herodian invasion been prevented before?
Thinking too much and being puzzled, Rukia habitually showed the eager face of a good student to ask the teacher for advice when he encountered a problem, which made Teacher Wen feel an indescribable satisfaction from the bottom of his heart.
How can any teacher refuse such a humble and sincere attitude? Although he originally wanted to use the fate of the archmage to beat her, but seeing the studious eagerness carved into Rukia's bones, Vincent couldn't bear to create suspense anymore.
To let a magician whose strength is not necessarily inferior to that of the Great Magister, and who has a promising future, humbly ask for advice in front of him, Vincent's sense of accomplishment arises spontaneously.
Unlike Miss La Nina, who was overwhelmed by reality and had to bend her knees, Rukia's humility was innate, and she had to seize every opportunity to enrich herself in order to survive, and there was no trace of arrogance in this woman.
Vincent's pleasant eyes seemed to be an encouragement, and before he could say an answer, Rukia widened her eyes and let out a soft exclamation, then she felt rude again and covered her lips.
"Isn't it...... This friend shouldn't be any elven priest or elder, they don't have such power," the sorceress's eyes were flustered, as if taken aback by her own speculation, "Could it be, could it be the Tree Spirit Body of the Tree of Life?"
is worthy of being the number one student in Genting City, and she actually guessed it.
"It's the Holy Tree Spirit,
Please be careful with your words," Vincent corrected in all seriousness, "to protect the forest, the venerable Sacred Tree Spirit, with a great sacrifice, annihilated the invaders."
"But, but...... Why the Tree ...... The Sacred Treant hasn't appeared for so many years, but at this time......" Rukia spoke a little incoherently, "Besides, she should have been on the verge of death and lost her strength."
"I have to say, 'The Streambreaker is a difficult enemy, in order to prevent my friend from launching a desperate 'Expedition of Ancient Trees', to let the whole forest move to drown the army, and to blow sand and destroy the forest from a safe distance, it is really cruel and patient, if it continues like this, the tree of life will only wither...... By the way, the sand magic is also your creation, right?"
Hearing Vincent's question about the forbidden spell, Rukia nodded in shame.
"It's a great innovation, but it's a pity that it was used in the wrong place and didn't benefit the people," Vincent didn't criticize, but smiled and affirmed, "If you improve it, you can create more land on the coast, and maybe you can turn the reef into an island, which is exactly what my territory needs."
Hey, how can forbidden spells be used for this? Rukia looked at the lord in surprise, and saw that his expression was sincere, not like he was joking, and her heart was really full of mixed feelings.
Unexpectedly, when the demons saw the terrible forbidden curse, they didn't think of killing and destroying for the first time, but they seriously started the idea of reclaiming the sea and creating land.
This was not as pleasant as conquering a city for the nobles, but it was indeed a real blessing for the people.
What an incredible demon......
"The Sacred Tree Spirit is the patron saint of the jungle, the spiritual will of the Tree of Life, who has been protecting her tribal believers for thousands of years, in order to maintain the forest, she has consumed too much power since the invasion of the kingdom, and she is no longer able to launch a counterattack, under normal circumstances, the 'Streambreaker should be able to get what he wants. Actually, I also have a question, what is the use of him asking for the core of the tree of life?"
Rukia hesitated for a moment, but finally closed her eyes and slowly told Vincent.
"He's old, he wants to regain his youth, this kind of magic requires a lot of spell materials, even a noble magister can't collect them all, after many years of preparation, he still lacks two key materials."
"One is the core of the tree of life, the immortal root that nourishes all things." Vincent asked quietly, "What is the other one?"
"The heart of the young dragon's magic, the Heart of the Red Flame." Rukia replied weakly, "Unfortunately, you're holding him back again."
"It seems that the dragon hunters are not lying, and their buyer is really Gasni." Vincent triumphantly said, "In my territory, the law prohibits the poaching of rare animals, and they are more than worthy of death......
Just as Vincent was beginning to popularize the law, a terrifying force suddenly appeared behind him, frightening the Rucia siblings, whose faces turned pale and did not dare to move.
By the time the lord himself noticed it, a long, terrifying claw was placed on his shoulder.
"Who do you say are rare animals?"
A beautiful girl with strange horns and red eyes came out from behind Vincent, and everyone could tell that she didn't seem to be in a good mood, and even her nostrils were on fire.
"He is the patron saint of the realm, the great dragon revered by all the people." The speed at which the lord changed his words also opened Rukia's eyes, "Great dragon, let me introduce you, this is Miss Rukia, the Magister of Herode."
"Cut, I'm not going to meet someone you want to hunt for Yu." Yinlong snorted coldly, not caring about the occasion at all, and asked Vincent himself, "I just want to know what to eat for lunch!"
"Roast duck, it's roast duck!" Without thinking, Vincent blurted out, "The classic delicacy I mentioned before, selected from the best fruits of the forest grilled over charcoal, ruddy in color, fat but not greasy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with an endless aftertaste, served with pancakes and sauces......
"Roar! So what are you waiting for?" The silver dragon wiped his saliva roughly, pulled Vincent and left, "This Herodian will not die for a while, you will go and make food for Yu first."
After speaking, the silver dragon also glanced at the trembling brother and sister, the dragon's
The coercion suddenly increased, and suddenly the two of them felt that their blood was stagnant, and their heartbeats were about to stop.
This is the rumored female dragon who shapeshifts?
She seems to have an extremely close relationship with the demon lord, and in a sense, it is simply inseparable.
"If you want to harm him, you will be the enemy of Yu," the silver dragon stretched out its beastly claws and pointed at the two of them, "I promise you, your fate is ten thousand times worse than that of the ten thousand Herodians."
If it weren't for Vincent's kind words and persuasion, who coaxed the menacing dragon away, the two sisters and brothers would probably have gone insane if they were scared to death.
"Thank God, thank you gods, thank you, lordship," Rukia said with a frightened heartbeat, "we can't afford to have such a powerful friend."
"Yes, if it weren't for greed, the most intelligent archmage wouldn't have died in the forest." Vincent sighed, "The orc mercenaries were only hired to protect the forest, and before they left the country, they were attacked by the king's *** team, and the war intensified, and the arrogant and greedy archmage gave up the original security strategy and risked a decisive battle in order to achieve a quick victory, which was really self-inflicted."
It was only at this time that Rukia knew the full intentions of the demons.
This is more detailed, more complex, and more shocking than what her brother told her.
Sending orcs to support, hunting and killing Herodian soldiers in the forest, harassing logistics in every possible way, and angering the Herodian nobles are the established strategies of uniting the orcs and rescuing the elves.
The asymmetrical war is endless, and the archmage has lost faith in the protracted war, intending to finish it all in one battle.
However, this was exactly what Vincent was looking forward to, as he had been able to communicate wonderfully with the Tree of Life itself through the sapling when Lilim had planted it in his territory.
When he heard that the Tree of Life was willing to destroy the evil invaders who had defiled the jungle at the cost of their death, and begged for the help of the demons, Vincent was also moved by this heroic and bleak end.
At first, he just wanted to keep the Herodians bleeding, and he didn't intend to annihilate them all in one fell swoop.
However, even if he had the consciousness of heroic sacrifice, if the Herodians did not enter the dense forest, Vincent would have no choice but to harass and provoke.
However, at this time, his undercover agent buried among the Herodians came into play, and the elven merchant Gagarin used his underground network to pass important information to Shiram in the military camp, so that he could find a way to get the Grand Magus into the forest for a decisive battle.
Truth be told, this is simply an impossible task for a small magic apprentice, but Shiram has a genius sister who is also full of hatred.
Since the Grand Magus and the nobles could not make up their minds to attack on a large scale, she came up with the idea and operation method of summoning a large-scale attack of magic clay puppets at the right time.
With the clay puppet group fighting, the harassment of the orcs and elves has lost its effect, and the herods, who were unable to move an inch, have made great strides, which also made the nobles and great magicians have illusory delusions, thinking that the clay puppets are invincible and the advantage is in me.
Under the persecution of the nobles, the great mage Gasni, who has always been cautious, also became eager for quick success.
Winter is coming, and the vitality of the Living Tree will be fleeting, and the Archmage finally gives up on his original plan, intending to raid the forest and take possession of the Living Tree in one fell swoop, digging up fresh cores for himself.
Although he had doubts about the reliability of Rukia's magic, every skirmish was effective.
The only thing that didn't satisfy him was that Rukia was clearly retaining her strength despite her complaints.
Loyalty is not absolute, that is, absolute disloyalty, and the illegitimate daughter does not contribute to the work, which makes the Grand Magus both dissatisfied, jealous, and helpless.
This woman is committed to him, not willingly, her strength is so strong, it will never be possible to swallow her anger in the future.
If she fails this time and is overconsumed by the resistance of the demons and elves, she may take the opportunity to take revenge or escape.
Such an amiable and capable assistant is gone, and the Grand Magus is really reluctant.
So in order to cut off future troubles, he forced his disciples to summon the most clay puppets to attack with the greatest magic power.
Anyway, as long as she goes all out
Once the mana is drained, there will be no hidden dangers.
In addition, the cunning old woman also retains most of her magic power just in case someone takes advantage of the chaos to pick peaches.
The dryads, who had lost their ability to act, could only sit and wait for death, but as expected, the army of Herodes rushed into the depths of the forest, as the lord of the Coastal Territory expected.
Except for the bizarre early failure of all the fiddles, everything is exactly the same as what the demon lord said.
The defenders retreated in pain, and the Tree of Life lost its last barrier.
In order to make the exit of the clay puppet look realistic, she increased and overdrew the output of her magic power, at the cost of the miscarriage of the fetus in her womb and the danger of her own life, in exchange for Gasney's belief in the truth and complete peace of mind for her.
The cluster of clay puppets is gone, but Gasni does not intend to stop, he summons the earth giants to destroy the trees, and the kingdom army and the powerful lineup of the earth giants are not at all able to defeat the remaining orcs and elves.
Then, just as Archmage Gasni was directing the earth giants to wreak havoc on the tree, a mutation suddenly erupted on the tree of life that no one could have imagined.
In the blink of an eye, countless branches and vines sprouted from the trees, roots, and ground without warning, entangled all the bewildered armies, even Gasni and his earth giants.
More and more branches and vines poured out frantically, and this was the last of the Sacred Tree Elemental's means of pinning down the enemy.
Seeing that the situation was not good, of course Gassney did not intend to sit still, but there were too many branches and too dense to be able to get out even if he used all kinds of magic, and even the spatial magic was offset by the powerful natural magic.
Later, the entire tree of life was transformed into a huge cocoon of branches, trapping the greedy Herodians in it, from which they could not escape no matter what.
Just by virtue of the entanglement of the holy tree spirit, even if he can kill most of the soldiers, it can't put the archmage to death, and can only temporarily make him unable to leave under the heavy surrounding.
Just when the Herodians were in despair, but Gasni was still planning to gather strength and find a way to break through, a devastating rain of fire fell in the sky!
Designed by Vincent, the Primorsky Territory's ironworks in the Howling Mountains, and then secretly transported to the dense forest, 10,000 small iron rockets licensed by the Tree of Life's Sacred Tree Spirits were ignited in rows under the operation of the orcs, dropping large quantities of gunpowder and other flammable substances of secret composition to the location of the Tree of Life.
No one knew that this time, in addition to the chasseurs brought by Brother Leopard in the early stage, there was also a small orc army called "Far Flame Grenaders" by the lord later.
Although the number is small, their appearance truly realizes the joy of the god of war for Vincent.
In the long history of the jungle, no one has ever seen such a weapon with gunpowder inside, which when ignited, can produce a high-temperature and high-pressure gas with incredible heat, which is discharged through the jet port and flies forward with a reaction force.
From the amount of gunpowder to the shape of the rocket, from the size of the vent to the guide rod, from the landing position to the killing range, all went through hundreds of experiments, and after being launched, hundreds of rockets maintained a stable flight trajectory and fell within the huge range of the tree of life.
The land of the Hualin tribe had long been destroyed beyond recognition by the Herodes, and the ground was full of sand, and dead wood and fallen leaves became the best fuel support, so under the bombardment of 10,000 rockets with tens of thousands of pounds of gunpowder, which lasted for a whole afternoon, the tree of life and the invaders inside were burned to ashes.
Because Vincent used too cruel weapons, he was locked up and protected by the stern Craftsman from the moment he developed the rocket weapon and began experimenting.
This means that if you only rely on your own protection value to rub your weapons, you will not be able to make up 10,000 rockets that will be punished by double the protection cost.
However, the current Coastal Territory is no longer what it used to be, since Vincennes established coal and steel production bases and laid workshops everywhere, even without his protection, the people of the territory can produce a large number of products that are not of high quality and cheap, but at least worthy of use.
Due to the addition of various very demonic ingredients, the flames on the tree could not be extinguished at all, and all the magic power of the mages in it was used up, and they were burned alive
Die.
One of the three remaining archmages of poor Herode, Gasni, who had been severely injured by the interruption of the Demon Land War, failed to escape the fire after consuming too much magic power after being entangled with the Tree of Life, and was buried in the dense forest like those lowly soldiers, becoming fertilizer to nourish the forest.
Burning trees is taboo in the jungle, but the power of hatred now overrides the rules.
The jungle didn't speak, and the elves didn't speak, just wept.
The old Tree of Life of the Flower Forest Tribe has fallen with its enemies, and the new Tree of Life will thrive in the territory, this is Vincent's solemn promise to the Sacred Tree Spirit.
The news of the death of the Grand Magus in the Jungle soon spread throughout the country, and the small Silver Dragon Castle once again became the focus of the world's attention.