"Just me alone?" asked Leon.

"Yes, there is no point in having a lot of people, it's just a matter of taking a few things. ”

"How long will it take?"

"Soon. ”

"So what do I need to do to prepare?"

"Do you want to inform the others?"

Leon thought about it for a moment and decided that it would be better not to let the others know about this matter yet, so he just left a note on the sleeping bag - "I have something to do, don't worry, there is no danger, during this time, Caterina will help me take care of everyone." ”

"Okay, what do I do?"

"Your ability is too low, so just close your eyes......" The other party's voice seemed to come from all directions.

Leon sneered and closed his eyes, and the next moment, he felt the spatial elements around him change in an instant.

The sensation seemed familiar, and he couldn't help but open his eyes again.

In front of Leon, all the scenery gradually began to stretch, gradually forming strange long strips, and then they became more and more distorted, like flowing bands of light, in addition to all kinds of strange lights floating in front of him, fast or slow, exactly like the scene when he first awakened the power of protection.

But it was only an illusory scene in consciousness, and this time it was all a personal experience. Soon, even the element of time began to appear, and in front of his eyes, those scenes sometimes seemed to be about to freeze, and sometimes they seemed to be torn to pieces, forming a rather strange perception.

Suddenly, Leon seemed to have forgotten his purpose, completely immersed in the scene. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a breaking sound in my ears. The strange sights then crumbled, and he was plunged into complete darkness.

This did not last long. After a moment, Leon's eyes lit up, and the real scene around him gradually appeared in front of him.

It seems to be a small hill, and the ground beneath your feet is so hard that if you look closely, you will see that the ground is a deep black color, and it is covered with strips of different lengths, spreading out edge by edge, like the continuous waves of the seashore, or more like wrinkled skin. In addition to this, there are large and small honeycomb holes between these protrusions. The small ones are not as big as the size of a fingernail, and the large ones can fit into one leg at all.

And in such a terrain there was a large tree, although the trunk was at least equivalent to five or six adults, but the height was far less than those black rock trees in the depths of the Black Forest, only about seven or eight meters high, but the crown of the tree was quite large, like a huge cloud covering the entire hillock.

Looking further away, the young man found that he was able to see where he stood at best, and farther it was dark. What surprised him even more was that the battlefield map turned out to be the same, beyond the top of the hill was hazy, and there was no clear feedback at all.

"Finally officially met. Little one," the voice suddenly rang out, and it still came out of his head.

Leon was taken aback. At this time, the battlefield map was empty, and there were no creatures at all.

"Where are you?" he asked.

"Right behind you. ”

When this sentence sounds. The young man turned around suddenly, but saw that there was still nothing behind him. Only that lonely tree.

"Is it ......?"

Leon had a premonition in his heart, and he looked up at the trunk of the tree seriously.

The trunk of the tree was also uneven, with bulging pimples all over the place, and the folds of the bark were even denser than the strip-like protrusions on the ground. When he looked at the canopy again, he found that the branches and leaves that formed the canopy were also very different from the black rock trees, and his first impression was that it was "dense", and it was extremely dense, especially the branches of different thicknesses overlapped horizontally, leaving almost no gaps.

"Huh...... You've finally found me. ”

With these words, the trunk of the tree began to change, and several cracks slowly appeared, and after a while, two "eyes" and a "mouth" similar to a human face were formed, and a lump in the middle looked like a "nose".

The upper and lower bark of the mouth slowly opened and closed, and the voice of the unknown creature appeared again in Leon's mind.

"Welcome, little one. ”

Li Ang slowly closed his mouth, and his shocked feelings calmed down. To be honest, he had seen such a scene a few times, but it was in the plot of some movies and television or games in his previous life, but this time he saw it officially, and he was really shocked, but fortunately, he was able to adapt to it quickly.

"Little one, you're calmer than I thought," the tree exclaimed.

"That's it...... You've been talking to me?" Leon still wanted to confirm.

"Yes, it's me, and I'm going to introduce you this time, I'm Elite Deep Roots, an ancient tree that has lived a long time. ”

Leon made a formal salute to the "ancient tree" and said, "I am Leon, lord of the Campbell region to the west. ”

"Campbell...... "The old tree's eyes flickered a few times, and he said, "I've heard the name, alas...... I've been here for too long, everything outside has changed, and even the place names are different. ”

"So ...... you are now"

Leon wanted to ask the other party "Gao Shou", because Campbell's name should have been known hundreds of years ago, but he suddenly found that this question was difficult to ask.

Fortunately, the other party understood what he meant, and Gu Shu showed a thoughtful expression, and said slowly: "Have I been trapped here for a thousand years or two thousand years?"

"I'm sorry, little one, but my abilities have declined so much that my memory has become blurry, and I can't remember it. ”

The young man couldn't help but be speechless, listening to this meaning, the ancient tree has survived here for one or two thousand years alone, so how long did it live before?

What kind of life course is this...... It's unimaginable! And such a powerful and ancient creature is trapped in the Great Wasteland? Is there another more powerful creature hidden in the Great Wasteland?

He settled down and decided to put aside these things that he couldn't imagine and get straight to the point.

"You...... Can you give me the thing that will save Sophia?"

"Of course. Bub. ”

Ellett cracked her mouth, and laughter immediately appeared in Leon's mind. The next moment, a thick branch hung down from the canopy of the ancient tree.

Branches are not slow to fall. And it was quite nimble, and when it stretched out in front of Leon, the curled section at the very front slowly spread out, revealing three things that shimmered like emeralds with a faint green light.

"Take it," Illette said.

Leon took these three things in his hand and found that they felt exactly the same as wood, not heavy, but they seemed to contain extremely rich natural power.

"Is this ......" Li Ang suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and slowly raised his head to the other party.

When he sees this kind of thing. Immediately remembered what the Elven Elder Singal had said to him, and in this passage he mentioned a unique product, the Heart of the Tree.

It is said that the Heart of the Tree is only conceived in large forests with strong natural powers, and is quite useful to elves, near the Heart of the Tree, their injuries and fatigue will quickly recover, and they will hardly need to eat, just drink the water soaked in the Heart of the Tree, and they will not need to sleep, and can be replaced by more convenient meditation. Leon remembered this thing at that time. I also thought that there would be a chance to make one in the future, so that the ability of these elves under his command could grow rapidly, but as time passed, his knowledge also increased little by little. Knowing that the heart of the tree was extremely difficult, he slowly let go of this thought.

I didn't expect the ancient tree I encountered today to take out the heart of the tree, and there were three of them at once. What a bonus!

"Heart of the Tree?" he muttered.

"You know the name, too?" said the ancient tree's voice, which looked a little surprised, but he quickly understood. "Did the elves mention it to you?"

"Yes," Leon nodded.

"It is said that the elves have taken refuge in the Emerald Glades and the Whispering Forest. These two places are quite far away from the Great Wasteland, how did you get to cross paths with them?"

Li Ang held the heart of the tree in his hand, and felt that the attitude of this ancient tree was indeed sincere, so his vigilance gradually decreased, and when he heard the other party's question, he honestly recounted the situation at that time.

"I see, the race of elves was once extremely powerful, but because of complacency and arrogance, it has fallen to this point, and it has also divided into a branch of dark elves, which is really pitiful...... And pathetic. ”

"Did you hear all these things?" asked Leon.

He couldn't help but be curious, because the ancient tree said that he had been trapped for a thousand or two thousand years, but the information seemed to be very sensitive.

"I spent some time with them, but ...... Forget it, don't mention it," the ancient tree avoided the topic and said instead, "Actually, the intelligent creatures that enter the forest will be perceived by me as long as they go deep to a certain extent, and I can see them and hear what they say. ”

"Although this is not right," Elite winked at Leon, "but please forgive the frivolous act of a long life. ”

Li Ang couldn't cry or laugh for a while, but when he thought about it, whoever was trapped in one place for so long was probably like this, and if he didn't find some fun within his ability, he would probably be bored and crazy.

"Morning Star...... Morningstar Tribal ......" Ilett muttered a few words and suddenly said, "Ah...... I seem to remember this tribe, where there were a few powerful druids among them, and one of them even had a friendship with me. ”

"I also think that little girl has some potential, as an elder, since I have seen it, let's give her a gift. ”

The branch of the ancient tree reappeared, and this time when it stretched out in front of it, it was wrapped in a branch about one and a half meters long, and this branch had no branches and leaves, and it looked extremely smooth.

"Give this to her when you go back, but remember, just say you gave it to him, don't mention my name. ”

"What is this?" asked Leon in confusion.

"It's just a twig," they should know.

Leon rubbed the twig and found that although the natural power contained in it was far less than that of the heart of the tree, it was already quite strong.

“...... This should be another treasure! This ancient tree is really a tough guy, and he can take out this level of stuff casually?" (To be continued......)