The Tree of Life, the Branch of Eugtrasil.

This towering tree, which the people of the Principality have seen since the day they were born, grows on the dragon's veins and has roots that stretch for hundreds of kilometers. Legend has it that it has endless magical powers, providing the perfect conditions for the transfer of professionals, and at the same time, the root system forms the Nibelungen Sealing Dragon Array, and its defenses, once activated, are enough to cover the entire territory of the capital city of Huttonmar.

This is the tree of life, and to occupy it is to be invincible.

However, now the tree has not only become the property of Midi's enemies, but worse, its nature has been altered.

If it was just a simple defense, even if it was an indestructible Nibelungen Sealing Dragon Array, there would always be a time when it could be cracked, but now, the Great Protector Array could not only defend, but also attack, and its effect was unimaginably terrifying.

Under the heavenly power brought by the purple-gold thunder and lightning, the battle of Rainbow City came to a hurried end in a cloud of gunsmoke.

Originally, the biggest winner of this battle was Midi undoubtedly -

Defeated the Seth family, seized the important gateway to the southern part of its territory, and at the same time deliberately showed weakness to find a third party who was eyeing the Iron Cavalry to destroy the Iron Cavalry, and also defeated it with the Falcon Regiment, and at the same time made the new army famous, and dug up the true face of the traitor, etc.

More than half of the 10,000 Destruction Horsemen were lost, and the three major legions of the Seth family were crushed, which should have been a brilliant victory, and even enough to establish the invincibility of the Hamilton family in the Duchy's civil war.

But now, with the baptism of those terrible thunderbolts, all the advantages that have been accumulated bit by bit since the beginning of the civil war have been burned out in an instant.

Because they did not receive any reminder and did not perceive any signs, the Golden Bough Legion was almost unsuspecting and was hit by a lightning bolt, and the number of soldiers directly hit by the lightning alone exceeded 10,000.

The Falcon Regiment is relatively better, after all, adventurers are already very good at self-preservation, and they have been reminded. But even then, the losses exceeded a thousand people.

Not only that, but the Fog Demon's "Night Feast" and the Demon Vine and the Demon Flower, these summoned beasts that were originally extremely powerful and could not be harmed by humans at all, were also hit hard. Alice had to send them back to their respective realms to recuperate, and it was estimated that they would not be able to be summoned again in the short term.

It can be said that under the attack of just tens of seconds, the losses on Midi's side exceeded the previous total, and the vitality was completely damaged.

And this is just the first wave of the offensive.

A week after the hasty retreat of the Golden Bough and the Falcon, lightning fell again.

This time, it was not for the soldiers hiding in the forest, but for the cities of the major families.

The first to bear the brunt of Hamilton's territory, the famous city of Rose Hill was bathed in countless lightning bolts, and although the family castle still stands, a small half of the city and countless houses have been reduced to ashes, tens of thousands of wives and families have been scattered, and many more have lost their homes and have to be displaced from the streets.

Then, naturally, it was the Ashrex family's eagle's nest. Fortunately, with the experience of Rose Hill City, most of the adventurers and residents have been evacuated. However, even so, after the lightning ransacked, the ruins of the city were still shocking.

Watching the city that he had worked so hard to build turn to ashes in the sea of fire, not to mention an impulsive type like Alice, Fina, who has always been confident and cheerful, was also full of monstrous anger in her eyes.

In the third week, it was the main city of the Seth family that was attacked. Originally, the parliamentarian faction thought that they could make a profit, so they had been in a wait-and-see state, but now, the thunder that fell from the sky completely defeated them.

Fortunately, when the entire Duchy of Belmar was in a state of panic, there was still such a pure land in the territory of the Asrex family.

That is the Autumn Ancient City Villa.

Due to Midi's long-term secrecy measures, the outside world did not know that this deserted small city was actually the largest place of the Asrex family, so he did not pay attention to it at all.

Moreover, even if he noticed, Qiu Gucheng still had a certain amount of resistance.

After all, the underground of this city is home to two county veins, with a protective circle, so even if the thunder really falls, it will not turn into ruins.

Now, Midi and the others, as well as the Falcon Regiment, are recuperating in this city.

"If this continues, it may not be long before all the castles and palaces of the nobles in the entire Duchy of Belmar will be reduced to ruins, right?" said Fina to herself.

The red-haired girl stood on the balcony, her hands subconsciously holding the railing, motionless looking at the southwest horizon, with a rare hint of anxiety in her blue eyes.

Midi knew that she was not anxious about her current situation, not even about the Hamilton family, but about the Duchy of Belmar, which had been struck by lightning and lightning.

"It's very simple, as long as we attack first. Another cold voice rang out, and the Witch of Mist's expression was still as indifferent as usual, only her black eyes revealed irrepressible anger, "That Great Dragon Sealing Array accumulates energy once a week, and after the next attack is over, we can launch an attack." ”

"There is still some information that needs to be understood before we turn defensive into offensive. Midi interjected, he looked at the two equally beautiful and powerful girls, and then nodded to the old butler Loterrand, who was waiting on the side, "Bring those guys up." ”

"Please wait, young master. The old butler bowed respectfully.

Soon, several pale elves in robes were brought into the villa.

During her exploration of the Elven Court, Midi had subdued the Elven Gardeners, who were also members of the Garden of Dawn, and sealed them away with the seeds of the Tree of Life for future use.

But Midi didn't expect that after only coming back for such a few days, it would be time to wake them up.

However, this is also the only option, after all, the one who knows the tree of life best is still the Garden of Dawn, even if it is Midi, who has experience in rebirth, he has not had much contact with this kind of social artifact that determines the fate of a country. If you really want to fight seriously and look for a chance of winning, you can only start with these gardeners.

"I think you already know the general situation. Midi glanced at the elves and finally stopped at the elven elder, and without greeting politely, he said straight to the point, "Now, is there any way to turn the situation ⊥ us?"

The elven elder had long expected this question, so he had already begun to think about it when he first understood the situation, and he also knew very well that this was a great opportunity to show his worth, to be sent back to the star chrysalis and frozen, or to be favored by the genius young man in front of him from now on, I am afraid it would depend on his own answer.

He coughed lightly, didn't sell it, and quickly replied: "From the old man's point of view, the tree of life itself is not the enemy, the key is the problem of the controller, as long as the controller can be defeated, then the situation can be reversed." And from the analysis of the current situation, it is very likely that the other party is a 'fallen gardener,'. ”

"Fallen Gardener?" Midi frowned, he hadn't heard of such a concept in his previous life

While digging into her memories, Midi turned around and exchanged glances with Fina and Alice, and found that the two girls were also slightly dazed.

"Maybe you haven't heard of the Fallen Gardener, but you always know the Curse of Blood, right?" the Elven Elder continued, "Those who fall under the curse of blood will become demons in human skin, and some of them have the ability to change the power of the Tree of Life, and this is the Fallen Gardener."

Listening to the words of the elven elder, Midi was instantly enlightened.

Isn't this the "pretender"?

In the previous life, Midi had also encountered many humans who had been cursed by blood, and they had already been occupied by demons in their hearts, and they were the most important enemies for adventurers to watch out for.

And the source of it, the curse of blood, comes from the god of chaos.

Reminiscent of the Iron Riders of Doom who confronted the Falcons, the Kazan curse on their bodies comes from the God of Destruction.

And there has always been a certain connection between the God of Chaos and the God of Destruction, and they are both great respects of the Demon Realm

Speaking of which, Midi can almost conclude that this earth-shattering conspiracy behind the Belmar Civil War must have the shadow of the Demon Realm. Otherwise, the shadow of both the Kazan Curse and the Blood Curse will not appear at the same time

And the branch of the scroll and Queen Skadi, I am afraid, were only tempted by these demons and became marionettes.

Now, now that we know this kind of information, we can equip ourselves with various weapons and armor in future battles, thus greatly improving our combat effectiveness. According to Midi's experience, if you use items such as silver weapons and anti-demon armor in the battle against demons, you can increase your combat power by at least 30%, and the high-level adventurers who were originally level 40 will be able to bring the combat power of the level 6 cap

However, before that, there is a more important problem that must be resolved, otherwise all combat plans will be in vain.

"Second question. Midi sorted out his thoughts for a moment, and said, "At present, we have investigated clearly, and the entire capital of Huttonmar has been blocked by the Great Dragon Sealing Array, and not even a single bird can enter. In this case, how are we going to take back the Tree of Life?"

The elven elder said, "The Great Protectorate Array built by the Tree of Life cannot be broken by manpower, but, Lord Midi, have you forgotten?

"You mean, the seed of the Tree of Life in the Elven Court?" Midi's eyes lit up.

"Exactly. The Elven Elder nodded deeply, "There is a proverb in the Garden of Dawn that the only thing that can fight against the Tree of Life is the Tree of Life itself. ”