Shirley stared at the scene in front of her in amazement, as if facing a grotesque nightmare, and for a moment did not know how to react.

Shirin was slowly reaching out her right hand, and Shirley subconsciously walked over, as if trying to grab the other's fingers, but before she could touch Shirin, the elven girl's arm was completely covered with a bark-like substance - at the last second, Shirley only touched a rough and hard branch, and then the "branch" began to grow rapidly again, growing higher and higher into the air......

Shireen's face faded into the rapidly growing branches, and in the last moment before she was fully transformed, her eyes widened slightly, as if she suddenly understood something, understood something, and she looked at Shirley as if to tell her something—and then, her expression froze in this moment, and completely melted into the trees.

Now, she has turned into a small tree with slender branches.

Shirley looked at this unbelievable scene in a daze, subconsciously thinking back to the whole process of the other party's transformation into a tree just now, and the last look that the other party looked at her, for a long time, she stood there motionless.

What happened? Why is this happening? Genie...... How did it become a tree?

A faint sound of wind suddenly came from the vicinity, the sound of the wind mixed with the malice that was gradually approaching, Shirley finally woke up from her stunned, she suddenly looked up in the direction of the malice, in the dim dense forest, she saw a dark red light and a shadow like smoke and dust looming in the mist, and then quickly faded.

Ah Dog instantly sensed the aura that disgusted it—the aura of a dark demon.

"Annihilation of the cultists! They were hiding in the shadows of the sun's dregs! ”

Hearing the dog's low roar, Shirley finally realized what had happened-

It was the Annihilation Cultists who attracted those "Sun Residues" to here, either cooperatively or simply by exploiting, they wanted to use the hands of those Sun Residues to solve themselves and Shireen, but the situation developed beyond their expectations, when a Sun Residue tried to erode their consciousness, the captain's flames were alarmed, and they killed all the attackers - before the strong presence of the Sun Residue covered the breath of those Annihilation Cultists, and now the latter found that he had been exposed, so he decisively chose to run away.

Shirley glanced towards the gloomy forest, but suddenly hesitated before taking a step, her gaze swept over the surrounding clearing, and saw that the remnants of the sun that had been killed by the spiritual fire were curled up into twisted ashes, and were gradually dissipating into the air, and the little remaining dark green flames were slowly burning between the ashes, fading and extinguishing.

The captain's flames subsided—it was not a force he could control.

Shirley knew very well that the "victory" just now had little to do with her, and she was not very sure if the flame would appear next time she was in danger, maybe...... The "imprint" left by the captain can only be effective once?

Rush to catch up, in case you find that you can't beat it when you really fight, it's a lot of fun.

However, her hesitation only lasted for a second or two, and before the smoke and fog in the dense forest were completely out of the dog's perception, she gritted her teeth, then took a sip to the side, and strode into the dim depths.

She ran past the small tree that Shireen had turned into, and the branches of the treetops drooped down and swept over Shirley's shoulders, the branches and leaves swaying and making a subtle rustling sound.

After running in the dense forest for an unknown amount of time, Shirley and Ah Gou finally slowed down.

"Their aura is scattered in front of them, and it fades quickly," Ah Dog raised his head, his ugly head turning left and right in the air, and the blood-colored glimmer in his eyes flickered, "There must be a demon species among them who are good at concealing their aura, probably a dead bird...... Tsk, it's troublesome. ”

"Lost it?" Shirley muttered a little unwillingly, "I thought I could finally catch one or two this time......"

Ah Gou shook his head and didn't say anything, just tried to discern the true direction of the fading breath again.

However, at this moment, the sudden sound of footsteps from a certain direction in the forest interrupted it and Shirley's movements.

Shirley instantly became nervous, raised her chains and hunched over to look in the direction where the voice came from, but in the next second, the figure that appeared behind the bushes and bushes was not the cultist she expected-

An elven girl dressed in a light hunting suit and carrying a strange long-handled battle axe stepped out of the dense forest.

Shirley's tense posture instantly stiffened, she looked at the elf girl who walked out of the forest in astonishment, looking at the other party's familiar face, although she knew that she was in a strange "dream", she still felt a kind of absurdity quietly emerging from the bottom of her heart, and then, she heard the elf girl speak to herself with a hint of surprise-

"You didn't receive an order to evacuate? Why are you still moving outside the walls of silence?! ”

Shirley opened her mouth, and countless words seemed to pop up in her stomach for a moment to speak, but she couldn't organize a word when the words came to the end, she looked at the "Shirin" who appeared in front of her again with strange eyes, and instinctively wanted to say hello, but she quickly realized that the other party didn't know her at all - this was no longer the "Shirin" who took her to the Silent Wall before.

In this moment, Shirley heard a second footstep behind the elf girl, and she looked in the direction from which the voice came from, and a familiar figure in a black dress and a huge rabbit doll in her arms appeared in her sight.

Lucrecia...... Miss? ”

"Shirley?" Lucrecia walked out of the forest, and after seeing the familiar figure at the fork in the road ahead, the "sea witch" couldn't help but show a surprised expression, "I really didn't expect ......"

This unexpected convergence made the two of them a little surprised in an instant, Shirley dragged Ah Dog up and down to look at the "Miss Witch" who suddenly appeared, and then looked at the elf girl standing on the side, and after a while, she cautiously took a half step back: "To be on the safe side—"

Lucretia also spoke: "Confirm your identity." ”

Shirley said quickly, "Where was Alice's head at noon yesterday?" ”

"In the pot," Lucretia replied without hesitation, and then asked, "my father's greatest hobby right now?" ”

"Fishing, walking dogs, feeding pigeons—passed."

"Well, it's passed," Lucrecia looked relieved, she lowered the "baton" she held in her hand slightly, and casually placed the rabbit doll in her arms on the ground, "This dream is very weird, and it never hurts to be a little more cautious." ”

Shirley nodded, and at this moment, the elf girl "Shirin" on the side finally spoke: "You know each other?" ”

"Yes, friend." Lucretia replied casually.

Shirley couldn't help but glance at the familiar face of the elf next to her with a somewhat complicated expression, and then she looked at Lucretia and quickly spoke, "Did you find any trace of those Annihilation Cultists when you came over?" ”

"Annihilation?" Lucrecia frowned when she heard this, "I didn't notice - you met them?" ”

"It's not just the annihilation of the cultists, I also met a bunch of sun crumbs," Shirley said regretfully, "Unfortunately, the gang of annihilation cultists ran away in the end......"

Then, she quickly told Lucretia what she had just experienced, including how she was nearly contaminated by a sun's remnants and the captain's flame showed up to solve the crisis.

But she didn't mention the "Shireen" who was with her, let alone the unbelievable scene when the "Shirin" finally turned into a small tree.

Another elf girl named "Shireen" was standing nearby, and was curiously listening to the conversation between her and Lucrecia.

Until you find out what these "Shireen" are all about, try to avoid unforeseen changes in them.

"Ah Gou and I chased all the way here, and we caught up with them, but they still escaped," after talking about her experience, Shirley couldn't help but shake her head regretfully, "Among them is the 'Death Bird', which is a demon who is good at concealing breath and confusing perception, and Ah Dog is not good at dealing with that thing." ”

Lucrecia looked up and looked thoughtfully at the forest that looked similar in either direction, and after a moment of thought, she suddenly said, "They shouldn't have gone too far...... You mentioned that they fled after seeing the spirit fire kill the sun's dregs? ”

"yes," Shirley nodded, "I'm running fast, I don't care about 'allies' at all." ”

"So, they were frightened by my father's flames, and they must have been terrified when they fled, right?"

“…… I guess," Shirley said uncertainly, a little confused, "is there anything wrong with that?" ”

Lucrecia didn't answer her, but looked down at the rabbit doll sitting on the ground in a daze: "Rabbi, I know you're listening." ”

The rabbit doll shook its body slowly, making a small grumbling sound: "Rabbis don't like cultists, their minds stink, and there are disgusting things......"

Lucrecia didn't speak, just silently raised the baton in her hand.

The rabbit doll immediately stood up, patting the dirt on its body and muttering, "Okay, okay, Rabbi knows, Rabbi go find them...... Don't forget to bring the rabbi back! ”

"Go ahead...... While they still have lingering. ”

The rabbit doll let out an "oh", and then exploded with a thud in front of Shirley, and a cloud of white smoke with rough lines that seemed to be hand-drawn poured out of its body and rose and spread, instantly enveloping its comical and terrifying figure - as the smoke dissipated, the figure of the rabbit doll also disappeared from Shirley's sight.

(End of chapter)