Chapter XXXIII The End of the Ancient Tree
Based on extensive knowledge of dimensional warfare, how to deal with the ancient tree of war belongs to the common sense that belongs in Norland. Nereus and Agamemnon dodged the branches of the Ancient War Tree with unpredictable movements, and the greatsword only greeted the roots of the Ancient War Tree that pulled out of the ground.
The black and heavy greatsword in Agamemnon's hand was no worse than the legendary greataxe in Neris's hand, and where the greatsword fell, a large number of roots were immediately thrown away.
The roar of the Ancient Tree of War was mixed with a cry of pain, and its branches whipped wildly, occasionally striking, pumping Nereus or Agamemnon far away. However, they immediately turned around and fought again, most of the time they did not fall to the ground, and when they were in the air, they could turn back in time, and it was obvious that the armor on their bodies that seemed to be full of cracks was extremely powerful. They also brought three family magicians this time, who would bless them with magic and heal their injuries from time to time.
When Nereus was pumped out again, he was still in the air, when suddenly a powerful healing and a quick reaction fell on him. Nereus rolled over, and stumbled to the ground. He was too aggressive just now, and after landing on the ground, he spurted out a mouthful of blood, but the healing magic came very timely, and this mouthful of blood spurted out to hurt it.
At this moment, there was a strong divine light shining on Neris's body, and he immediately felt that a huge amount of power was pouring out of every corner of his body, and the giant axe was even more intensely glowing, and the edge of the originally exaggerated axe was still expanding outward, which was the effect of a divine weapon.
"War puppet!" Nereus was surprised and delighted, and turned around and shouted, "I love you, quicksand!"
Then the prince rushed back to the battlefield with a cry, and his brilliant axe swung like the wind, cutting the branches and the bark of the trees flew in all directions.
The war golem is a divine skill that not all gods can bestow, and it is only available in the sequence of gods related to the war priesthood. And only the clergy with special gifts can fully grasp it and ensure a success rate. And in Norland, the ones who have the most war puppets are the priests of the Eternal Dragon Temple. For example, the war puppet released by quicksand has one more deification weapon effect than a normal war puppet, and the comprehensive power of magic has almost doubled. That's why Neres was excited.
Richard carried the nameless long knife, looked at the battle situation here, and couldn't help but feel the urge to hit his head against the wall. This Nereus was overexcited, he was already powerful and fast, and he relied on the puppet of war, and now he cut wherever the wood was thick, and the battle situation looked really shocking, but the actual effect was greatly reduced. It seems that the fourth prince was suffocated some time ago, for fear that the battle would end too quickly and would not be able to give full play to the effect of the war puppet, so he deliberately lengthened the battle.
However, Agamemnon refused to accompany him to mess around, and his sword was like the wind, cutting the roots and whiskers flying, and in an instant the ancient tree of war lost its balance and fell to the ground with a bang.
As soon as the ancient tree of war falls, it is basically in a situation of waiting to be slaughtered. Agamemnon jumped on the tree, found the fatal part, and stabbed down with a fierce sword, a heavy sword one and a half meters long until it was handleless! Agamemnon clasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, and suddenly let out a loud cry, and his whole body gushed like a tide, and rushed into the sky like an erupting fountain of fire! It was an extremely clear dark red frenzy, not so much a flame, but actually more like a river of blood. There is a trace of tiny golden light mixed in there, which is almost impossible to distinguish if you don't look closely.
Under the burst of fighting spirit, the trunk of the ancient tree of war shattered into a large pit, and Agamemnon's whole person sank by more than a full meter, which meant that the heavy sword went deeper than one meter.
The ancient tree of war let out an earth-shattering scream, its branches trembling continuously, but the eyes of the tree gradually closed.
The death of the ancient tree Ourano in the war means that the last hope of the tribe has been lost. The Elven Grand Elder had effectively fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the Druid Elders were all wounded, and in the best case, they were slightly injured. The elven warriors had only sporadic resistance, and many of them had begun to flee into the depths of the forest when they saw that the situation was not good. With the last War Treant being cut down, the battle finally came to an end.
After taking stock of the battlefield, it was finally confirmed that one ancient war tree, seven war tree people, three elven druid elders, more than 70 elven warriors, and more than 200 ordinary elves were killed. One elven elder was captured, one druid elder, more than ten elven warriors, more than three hundred ordinary elves, and the rest fled into the forest.
The biggest harvest is the huge tree of life.
Four of the original thirty strong men on Richard's side were killed in the battle, and most of the remaining were wounded. But with three priests here, no matter how seriously injured, it will be fine. The biggest loss was the death of one of Richard's constructed knights. However, compared to the huge gain, a constructed knight is nothing.
The results were unexpectedly brilliant, even far beyond Richard's expectations. Richard's original minimum intention was to deal a heavy blow to the Green Forest Elf tribe, preferably to their foundation: the Tree of Life. But he didn't expect that he would not only defeat this tribe, but also take the tree of life intact into his hands.
In retrospect, that Thunder Hell Forest was the key, and no one expected that all the elven elders were actually in the treehouse on that floor, and as a result, they were severely injured by the powerful ninth-level magic. Richard led his followers in a quick assault, and hitting the lair directly was the second key. Throwing the Druid Elder off the canopy platform was even more ingenious. From the beginning to the end, the powerful elven druids simply had no room to make the most of it.
The joy brought by the glorious battle situation was diluted a lot by the scene inside the elven prison. It was already crisscrossed with vampire vines, wriggling and wringing around the corpses of human warriors, trying to squeeze out more flesh juice. However, there are so many bloodsucking vines that the human warriors have long been sucked into dry corpses, and there is nothing to squeeze at all. However, the thirsty vampire vines continued to twist, slowly twisting the corpses and then into smaller pieces.
No one knew how many human warriors had been held in this prison, but Lina knew that the more than 200 warriors who had gone missing could never be recovered.
Richard turned around and left the cage, and when he stood on the ground, he exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity, and for a moment felt indescribably depressed.
Behind Richard, people came out of their cages one after another, and no one wanted to stay in that environment for a little longer. A burly royal warrior spat hard and said angrily, "If you want me to say, kill all these damn greenskins!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Nereus scolded. The samurai shut his mouth in a huff.
He turned to Richard and asked, "Richard, what are you going to do now?"
Richard sighed and said, "What else can I do? Handle it normally according to the usual practice, the surrender is taken in, and the prisoners are held." We've just been able to gain a foothold in the Green Forest Plane, so there's no need for a massacre right away. Moreover, in the future, under no circumstances do I want to commit a senseless massacre, unless someone can convince me of the benefits of the slaughter. ”
Nereus shrugged and said, "Well, we'll all listen to you in this plane anyway. Hey, be happy, we've got one more important thing to do now!"
As he spoke, Nereus pointed to the majestic Tree of Life.
Truth be told, the tree of life is so big that it is about to become part of the world's background, so much so that it is easy to ignore it. But the entire elven tribe taken together is not worth as much as this huge tree of life.
A group of people stood under the tree of life, looking up at this behemoth, speechless for a moment.
After a few moments, Agamemnon finally spat out one word: "Sacrifice." ”
Nereus added, "Very nice offering. ”
"Top notch. "Quicksand made a judgment with a professional eye.
Richard looked at it for a long time and asked, "But how can this thing be sacrificed?"
This time, even the quicksand was silent.
The Tree of Life is so huge, too big to imagine. This thing is simply beyond the capacity to be transported. Generally, the Elves' Life Tree and World Tree either have a chosen place and never move again. This is the case, for example, for large multi-faceted world trees. Otherwise, they can move themselves, like the tree people. Some Living Trees that have not grown for too long can be moved, but when they reach a certain point in size, they lose the ability to move, and if they are forcibly moved, they will have to pay a huge and potentially unbearable price. And the limit of their growth is to become a world tree, a fulcrum of the anchor positioning surface.
The tree of life in front of me is not very old, and it can obviously move on its own. But not to mention whether it can pass through the gate of the plane, even if it can pass, it can enter the Eternal Dragon Temple, but is it willing? Go to the altar by itself and have people sacrificed? No life will do such a thing against instinct.
Tiramisu said, "Cut it into pieces!"
It's a huge project, but it's a viable way to build. The value of the Tree of Life that has been cut down and divided has definitely plummeted, but there is no way to do it. Even Richard, who has a dark blue heritage, couldn't find a way to make the complete Tree of Life pass through the Guò plane portal from the knowledge system, let alone what level of mage was needed to achieve such a huge passage.
Ogre has always been able to solve problems from angles that are not normally thought of, because it is the most straightforward way. No matter how huge the project is, it is worth it. For the sake of a high-ranking sacrifice, it is worth spending any price.
Just as Richard and the others were secretly assessing the feasibility of this plan, a captured elven warrior suddenly slowly floated into the air. Immediately, the tree of life shook its branches and leaves, and countless rays of light shot down from the canopy, shining on the elf's body.
Richard and the others took a few steps back, each on guard, but they were not alarmed. Neither the Tree of Life nor the World Tree have offensive power on their own, and they rely entirely on Elves and Treants as their guardians.
The elven warrior floating in the air slowly opened his eyes, but his eyes were confused. Then he spoke, and his voice was a vast and magnificent voice that did not belong to the elves.
"Visitors from another world, why do you have to bring destruction and killing to this world?"