When the crow's flame fell on the intertwined roots, the outer skin of the roots suddenly took on a stony gray-white mottle, and it no longer wriggled. Geralt's sword light took the opportunity to fall on it, and suddenly large chunks of tree roots broke into pieces and burst out everywhere.

The liquid that could extinguish the flames poured out from the fracture of the root of the tree, and when it was petrified, it was no longer useful, but it was like hot oil encountering fire, and the liquid that gushed out not only immediately turned stone, but also spread in other directions at a rapid speed.

These majestic roots, as if they had wisdom, saw that the opportunity was wrong, and immediately broke the wrists of the strong man, and immediately abandoned all the petrified parts, and the remaining broken root wounds quickly contracted and closed, and finally left a passage on the tree wall for the army to pass.

Clearing away the remains of petrified roots, the two of them walked towards the open hole, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of roots as thick as a round table, supporting a large underground cavern like pillars.

The roots of the tree shimmered with blood, waiting for the two strangers to break in.

The deeper the cavern went, the skin of the entrenched roots became weaker and weaker, revealing an unknown liquid that was visible to the naked eye.

In the eyes of the two of them, the roots had become like blood vessels, transporting nutrients to the deepest depths of the cave.

Finally, the two reached the depths of the cave, and they were greeted by a bunch of monsters that looked like a small mountain.

It would be inaccurate to say that it was a monster, because it was the size of a dozen wagons, and something resembling a heart was piled up. Unlike the common biological hearts, the shells of these hearts are covered with arm-length barbs.

These barbs open and close as the heart rises and falls, and there is no trace of fishiness in such a bloody and terrifying scene, and the air is filled with an intoxicating fragrance. It was as if the horror in front of him turned out to be a holy place.

The entire mountain-like monster was embedded in the wall of a tree where countless roots were entangled. The vines are like blood vessels that eventually connect to the heart, giving the inner space of the heart an intoxicating ruby color.

"Why are you here, why are you hurting me?" the mysterious voice sounded again, sounding like a question.

"Are you here to take my life, or are you here to set me free?"

In the face of this strange shape, which is neither a plant nor an animal, the voice becomes neither male nor female, very neutral.

"Who are you, why are you here?" Geralt began.

"Hehehehe, finally a wise man remembered to ask where I came from, instead of killing me as soon as we met. Who am I? I am the former Ancient Lord of the land of Willen, belonging to the Ancient Druid Order, a Order that has devoted its life to maintaining the balance of power in the world. However, the women from the other world have broken their oaths, killed me, usurped my territory, cursed my soul, buried my prestige in the earth, and stole my faith. ”

"I've never heard of any ancient druid orders in Valen. Geralt sneered and said, as a demon hunter, he lived for nearly a hundred years, and his companions were mostly old hunters who lived for three or four hundred years. Moreover, there are many books about the continent accumulated in the Demon Hunter Castle, none of which mention a single word about the ancient Druid Order. In his opinion, this tree-hearted monster was lying.

"I was bound by magic, wandering endlessly through the labyrinth of branches, helplessly paddling through the rustling of fallen leaves. Excuse me, who is the real one?"

Geralt was about to speak sarcastically again, but Luo Xian leaned over and said in a very small voice, "It may be a secret event about the intersection of worlds, we are not involved in it, we don't know the real situation, but, listening to its tone, those three witches seem to have come from another world, using the moment of the intersection of celestial bodies to come to this world, and then betrayed the agreement, killed it and exiled it underground, taking its place." ”

Geralt pondered for a moment, nodded, and continued to ask the Treeheart Monster, "Are you familiar with those three witches in the swamp?"

"Only they know I'm here, they've always wanted to kill me, but they don't have the ability, that's why they sent you to tempt, didn't they?"

"Are they outsiders?"

"Not only an outsider, but also a cancer for Willen. I am a druid who maintains the balance of power in the world. And what about them? look what they've done?" Treeheart seemed to have not spoken to anyone in a long time, and her tone became a little agitated when she talked about the witch who had hurt her.

"They have come here by abnormal means, and they must be cursed by the world, and even if they have my protection, they should not be able to move an inch. But they are so cunning that they not only hurt me, but they also deceive the believers by cutting off their ears as their own eyes and ears, collecting the hair of the believers to manipulate their fate, and devouring the flesh of the young and boiling the soup of the living to restore their strength. Do you say that they are evil or not, and that they have crowned me with the name of evil, and do you not know that what they do in private is a thousand times more cruel than mine, but who can know?"

"Cannibalism?" Luo Xian remembered the dim sum trail and the war orphans in the village, and behind the kind adoption was the truth of sin.

The reason for the kind take-in is just to be raised as food, which is really miserable.

"It seems that there are so many secrets in the wasteland of Valen. However, you and they do the same. Why should they kill you in such a hurry?" Geralt had seen the extreme luxury and cruelty of the aristocracy, and the war between the nobles because of boredom was fought by cannibalism every year, and I don't know how many souls wept bitterly during it.

He's seen noblewomen who like to bathe in the blood of young girls, and he's seen old men who only drink human milk... Behind the glamour and glamour are piles of human bones.

"They want to dominate the land, after all, I was the master of the land, and as long as I'm not dead, they can't take full control of it. Let me go, only I can save those orphans. ”

"If someone wants to do something bad to the orphans, we're going to help them, and it's not your turn to do that. ”

"What about the villagers? Don't you care about the villagers?"

"We don't believe you will save the villagers, and many of them have died at your hands. ”

"No, you are wrong, my duty is to balance the forces of the world, human beings are too much beyond other species, naturally they should be balanced with cuts, even if I don't do it, you will do it yourself, war, disease, hunger are all brought by you. As for those villagers in the village of Nizhny Valen, it is because they have turned their backs on the punishment of the ancient faith. Please, let me out. I will become a gale, through Willen, to other places. I am the strongest man in this world, how can you help outsiders rule Willen. ”

Geralt wanted to say something, but was suddenly stopped by Luo Xian's hand, and Luo Xian asked instead, "If we want to release you, what should we do?"

"Good travelers, your kindness will be rewarded with the most honorable reward. If you want to get me out of this cell, you have to perform a ritual that requires black crow feathers, my white bones, and a special horse..."

"What kind of horse?" Speaking of this, Luo Xian's eyes suddenly lit up, and sure enough, the master is like a god, no, no, no, the master is a god!

"A wild and free mare... I haven't been kept in captivity... You can catch it in the meadows and pastures in the northeast... As for the color, it must be as black as a bottomless deep well ... As dark as the endless night... Horses that must meet such requirements are sufficient... When you've collected all three things, bring them all. ”