Tree of Hearts: The Abyss

"Genos, shut up. ”

Brandon immediately stopped Genos, although Genos said what he wanted to say, but the surface work should still be done, after all, the elves can not offend as much as possible, even if he Brandon doesn't care who he offends, but the power of the elves in the Void City should not be underestimated, before figuring out the identity of the other party, it is better to be polite.

"I'll save you if you change places, as for the council's pass, I don't need their permission, my brother Ethel died for no apparent reason, the council has been investigating for so long but hasn't found anything, since you're a border keeper, then I want to ask, what are you doing?" she ignored Genos's questioning, and instead questioned Brandon.

"Lord Ethel's sister...... Are you Lord Sorrin?"

Ethel is the eldest son of Garrard, the king of Dono, in the Berland woodland, he resolutely accepted the commission of the council and served as the lord of the Void City, no one knows what the prince of the Elf clan has in mind, he can take over the throne and lead the clan, but he abandoned everything and chose to come to the Void City to guard the Void Abyss, and never left for the rest of his life.

Ethel's father Garrard did not block his choice, he just passed the throne to his only daughter Thorin the first hundred years after Ethel left, and then disappeared, as of today, Thorin has been the queen of the elves for more than 130 years, maybe in the eyes of others Ethel is noble, powerful, almost perfect, but to her, Ethel is just a liar, just a ruthless brother, he never keeps his promises......

Even after more than two hundred and thirty years, she still vividly remembered every word Ethel had said on the day she left.

At the end of the northern land of Belland, the snow is vast, it should be a place where plants do not grow, but there is about three acres of fertile land, it is called the sacred forest, it is covered with dense trees, like a dense canopy, and in the middle of the woods, stands an ancient red heart tree, it is rooted in a pool of black water, the bark is gray as bones, the leaves are red as blood, like thousands of blood-stained palms, the trunk is engraved with obscure patterns, full of dried sap to set off the pattern is very strange, these patterns are older than the Donoeln kingdom, legend has it that before the ban, the prophet of the elves, the son of the forest carved it。

Soreen doesn't like this place very much, this place is the only place in the whole Bellan that makes her feel repulsed, especially those weird patterns on the trees, looking at them more will make her have nightmares, but Ethel often comes to the Divine Forest, he sits by the pond, often stares at the patterns on the trees and looks at it for several days, at that time Sorine was still young, and he especially likes to stick to his brother, so he is no stranger to the Divine Forest.

Ethel's beauty even Thorin couldn't help but feel jealous, she couldn't even describe it, Ethel at that time was so flawless in her heart, even if it ...... Even if he likes to be in a daze with this annoying divine forest, it is better to play with himself.

"Sorin, do you like Bellan?"

"I like it. ”

"Why?"

"Because...... Because this is home, my father is here, my mother is here, and ...... And my brother is here, it's more beautiful than any other place in the world, if...... If it weren't for the Divine Forest...... "The more Soreen spoke, the quieter she became, if it weren't for Ethel, she would never have stepped into the Divine Forest for half a step.

"Yes, Bellan is very beautiful, the beauty makes people not get tired of it, it is unimaginable, it is also irrigated by blood, just like this red heart tree, you hate it because the evil it contains has not yet sprouted, you don't hate Bellan, because the former evil has sprouted and blossomed, and has become beautiful, you and I were born here, how can you hate it?"

"Will evil sprout and blossom?"

Ethel's words were like patterns on a tree of hearts, and Thorin couldn't understand them, but she could feel the helplessness and sadness between Ethel's words.

"Yes, evil will not only sprout and bloom, it will also bear fruit, Sorin, one day you will understand, all you see in front of you are evil flowers, and then you will no longer hate the Divine Forest, and you will no longer hate the Tree of Hearts. ”

Ethel did not keep his promise to Thorin, and he left Bellan, leaving the Elven Kingdom of Dono, never to return.

Some people say that the elves have always been united, advocating peace, and no one dares to invade, Ethel understands that even if he is not there, there will be no problems, but the void is different, it is hell, the birthplace of the devil, someone must guard it, otherwise when the devil is born, the entire continent will be destroyed.

Some people also say that Ethel's strength is too strong, Bellan limits his growth, he is unwilling to be like his father, obviously at the peak, but can only wait for aging and death in the forest, he longs for opponents, eager for challenges, eager for a higher realm, but unfortunately the outside world has reached a peace agreement, as an elf, he can't provoke a war for his own selfishness, so he chose to come to the abyss.

With the news of Ethel's death, all kinds of questions have become mysteries.

"My brother has been the city lord for more than two hundred years, but is there anything incompetent?" asked Soreen in a cold voice.

"Lord Ethel has done his best during his tenure and has not been derelict in his duties. ”

Brandon said neither humble nor arrogant, but there was one sentence he didn't say, although Ethel was not derelict in his duties, but compared to the previous city lords, he didn't have much brilliance, he could only say that he was decent and well-managed, and he didn't let Void City completely become a paradise for criminals.

"Well, you take me to the council, and I'll find out the cause of my brother's death myself. ”

Thorin said lightly, but Brandon was a little embarrassed, it stands to reason that Lord Ethel's sister, the queen of the Donoel Elven Clan, came in person, and he had no right to stop this identity, but the problem was that Ethel's death made the people of Ether City panic, and it was in a sensitive period that no outsiders were allowed to enter or leave, and as a deacon of Winter City, it was naturally impossible for him to take Thorin to the council.

"Well, I'll write to the council first, and as for seeing or not seeing, I can't promise you that until then, you might as well go back to Winter City with me for a few days, and I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything. ”

Brandon proposed a compromise solution, there is only so much he can do, but the focus of his thinking at the moment is not this, Lord Ethel's sister is indeed Thorin, but the elves have a strong sense of territory and do not allow any foreign races to enter, so what does Thorin look like, no one has seen it with his own eyes, and how could the Donoel elves let their queen come alone?

Lord Ethel died more than a year ago, if Thorin really cared, how could she not come until now? I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, Bellan is the closest away, and Ice Forest City is more than three hundred kilometers away from Winter City, and there are twelve castles in between, if she wants to find someone from the Council, she should go directly to Ice Forest City, how can she appear in the Black Forest on the outskirts of Winter City?

Brandon still maintained a polite smile on his face, these doubts he can only suppress in his heart now, if she is really Sorin, it is really just for the death of Ethel, it is fine, otherwise if the other party is not Sorin, but the one who has not been investigated until now, specializes in the study of virtual organizations, or some other suspicious person, it is self-defeating, it is not that Brandon is afraid, but he is self-aware, Sorin, from the moment he appeared, he had a rough judgment of the strength of both sides.

He is the peak strength of the Burning Bones, Colin and the others are slightly worse, not long after entering the Burning Bones Realm and the Spirit Guide, as for Genos and Yulun, it is even worse, although it looks like a lot of people, but in fact it can be said that they have no combat power, and it is enough to deal with ordinary wolves and tigers, not to mention the unfathomable female elf in front of them.

And since the other party dared to appear directly, it was enough to prove that she didn't take them seriously at all, and of course Brandon didn't want to bring this kind of unknown person back to Winter City, after all, once something went wrong, as a deacon, even if he apologized with death, it would be light, but now he must stabilize Sorin.

Colin frowned when he heard this, and retorted, " Lord Ethel is a good city lord, we are all very sad about his death, as for what the cause of death is, the Council and the Void City have been investigating, but that kind of death is too weird, there is no precedent before, so it is really difficult to investigate, I can understand your feelings, but please don't worry, in addition, there is one thing I must tell you truthfully, even if you are Lord Ethel's sister, but the Void City is not only the elves, this year the cities have been under martial law, unless there is the permission of the Council, no one is allowed to approach the Void City, we also have difficulties, once you are investigated, your noble status is naturally fine, but we can't afford this responsibility。 ”

Colin's words have been said very clearly, although he knows that Brandon said this is just a stopgap measure, but if something goes wrong, who will be responsible for the lives of hundreds of brothers in Winter City? He has not spoken before to observe this female elf, she claims to be the sister of Lord Ethel, what is the evidence? Colin tried to judge the truth or falsehood of what Solin said by relying on experience, but unfortunately, those ice blue eyes did not change from beginning to end, and even the voice did not fluctuate at all.

Although it is impossible to tell whether what she said is true or false for the time being, Colin does not agree with Brandon's approach, if a random person claims to be a relative of the high-ranking people of the Void City, will they all have to be put in, so that the Void City is not a reality?

"Are you doubting my identity......"

Sorin's voice stopped abruptly, and she froze in place, her eyes glazed and she lost her breath, and this lasted for about three seconds, which was only a short three seconds, but it was like three years for Brandon.