Chapter 142: Paradise Lost (2-in-1)
Chapter 4000...... Yesterday I saw a friend who was very interesting, saying why this book is not on the shelves yet, and specially left me a monthly pass - moved. But after thinking about it, uh, wouldn't it be better to read it for free, why does this friend still want this book to be charged!Haha, anyway, I'm still very grateful for this friend's support! It should be too early to put it on the shelves, and I don't know much about the mentality of the big family, so I continue to support "It's God")
"Yes, the legendary kind and beautiful elves, honest and hard-working dwarves, brave and warlike orcs, evil and bloodthirsty dark races, and extremely brave dragons, why are only dragons rarely appearing on our Eden continent now, and other races have disappeared, if the legends are false, why are there so many stories about them......" Gaia has also read a lot of books, and he also knows a lot about the mysteries of the Eden continent, in fact, he is also very eager to explore these mysteries, but he now has his own mission.
"Gaia, shall we solve this thousand-year-old mystery that has plagued the continent of Eden?" Céline may have lost herself in these antiquity and poignancy, and a strong desire for exploration surged in her heart.
"We'll talk about that later. Gaia shook his head, and although he also wanted to know these wonderful stories that had drawn mankind's curiosity to knowledge, he felt that he should first solve the mystery of the destruction of Matu Village, because he already had a vague sense that Matu Village was probably involved in the conflict of the Holy See.
Selene originally wanted to argue with Gaia, but when she saw that Gaia's expression was a little pale and melancholy, she swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, and thought to herself: Does this guy also have any untold stories?
The deeper you go into the psychedelic forest, the taller the magical ancient trees become, and the giant vines that are connected together are crisscrossed in the sky, like a passage, leading to the ancient trees farther away, and there are many slender whiskers hanging down on the rattan and the treetops, and some small fibers float around these whiskers, and the small fibers flutter slightly with the breeze, which makes the forest more beautiful.
Following the guidance of the parchment scroll, the two of them can continue to go deeper, and the beauty of the lost forest is too shocking, as if it is all real and illusory, too sad, too illusory...... It makes Gaia feel that such a world must be given by God to the kind and beautiful elves in the legend.
Gaia was still a little puzzled about whether the elves had survived here, but when he followed the method of the parchment scroll into the depths of the psychedelic forest, and saw those miraculous trees forming an empty layer similar to habitation, Gaia was truly sure of the existence of the elves, those small and delicate tree houses, the forest walkways made of rattan, the garlands hanging on the treetops, and the budding blue bones...... None of them prove that there was ever a nature-loving race here.
"It's unbelievable how you can know the simplicity and beauty of the elves without actually visiting this place, they are the people of the gods of nature......," Gaia exclaimed, such a stunning view can only be explained by the paradise of the elves.
"Why can't you see them, where have those elves gone?" asked Selene, there were many ancient books in the Imperial City, and Celine had read many legends about the beauty of the elves, and was very eager to meet the elves with transparent butterfly wings on their backs.
"Maybe there are indeed some secrets hidden in the Eden Continent, and you can understand why those other races that only appear in legends have disappeared in the Eden Continent...... "The Eden Continent is dominated by humans, the four empires and the Warcraft Mountain Range in the center of the Eden Continent, except for the extremely rare dragon clan that occasionally appears in a forbidden place, other races have not appeared in the human world again. That's why Gaia would have thought that these races were just fabricated by bards to beautify the world. But in the home of the elves, Gaia had to believe that only they could make the natural world so beautiful.
"Sacred Tree!" When the two of them walked into the center of the psychedelic forest, they saw a huge sacred tree, this tree was unusually wide and tall, like a mountain towering between the jungles, and its branches covered the sky and the sun, intertwined in the sky. The canopy of the tree is unimaginable, and when you look up, you can't see the top!
The view was so magnificent that both Gaia and Celine froze in place, unable to recover from the shock. Gradually, however, something more strange happened to them, and all these beautiful pictures suddenly became distorted!
The space seemed to be distorted, and the originally beautiful leaves on such a large sacred tree in front of them actually disappeared, and the branches of the sacred tree also carried a kind of void green, the reason why it was said to be nothingness was because it itself was withered yellow, but vaguely saw its original appearance, an illusion of color. Looking up at the canopy, the branches that stretch out in the air are also old, but they also give the illusion of luxuriant branches.
When Gaia and Serene saw this sacred tree, it was as if they had entered a natural world, with colorful leaves, lush vines, and fluttering little life...... However, when they looked closely, the picture was distorted, and those beautiful scenes disappeared like a mirage, revealing in front of them the remains of a huge sacred tree that was extremely depressed, without life and vitality, and the entire psychedelic forest withered in an instant, and the scenes that had trembled the soul before also disappeared!
"How so...... How could this be!" Célene cried out in disbelief, and the things that had been beautiful shattered like a dream, and all the flowers and trees withered, and the world of color was yellow, without any sign of life.
"What we just saw may just be a reappearance of the past, these purple mist show us what the psychedelic forest looked like thousands of years ago, and it is not until we see the sacred tree that the illusion of the mist disappears......" Looking at this desolate forest, Gaia unconsciously remembered the abandonment of Matu Village, and a sour feeling rolled in his abdomen, making him feel a strong sadness.
"What we saw before was fake?" Selene was also saddened, the original beautiful picture disappeared in an instant, and this gap was difficult for her to accept.
"I guess so. Looking at this lost paradise, Gaia unconsciously put his hand on the withered sacred tree, suddenly, he felt a confusion in front of him, and a desolate tombstone appeared in his mind, and gradually these tombstones became scattered in his mind, a pair of transparent butterfly wings fluttered in his mind, and the graceful figure of the elf danced around the sacred tree......
Hallucination, Gaia entered the hallucination again, those beautiful scenes appeared in his mind again, and the lively and lovely elves seemed to be around him, singing beautiful songs intimately and friendly.
Suddenly, one by one, the crystals fell, and these pearl-like tears seemed to drop into the depths of Gaia's soul, each drop containing a strong sense of sadness, migrating ...... Slaughter...... Discrimination...... Slave ...... The fall of the race, the destruction of the homeland, and the monstrous sorrow and hatred condensed by blood and tears hit Gaia's soul like a huge wave!
"They abandoned us—"
"God will not remember us any more—"
"Guys, where are you—"
"Where are you—"
A mournful and desolate call lingered in Gaia's ears, and these voices evoked Gaia's endless thoughts about the villagers of Matu, thinking that he was standing alone in the desolate Matu Village, kneeling in front of the tombstone at the back of the village and talking to himself, and he also wanted to call out in despair: "Where are you-"
Selene looked at Gaia with some ignorance, and at this time Gaia was completely hallucinating, his expression was constantly changing, happy, innocent, longing, longing, excited, guilty, shocked, sad, desperate, melancholy, pale......
All this is what Gaia has experienced, with the joy and beauty of childhood, the desire and longing for magic, with excitement to walk out of the village of Matu but return here with guilt, looking at the desolate village of Matu, all the good reverie is gone, sad to despair, and finally numb to the vicissitudes of life......
"Gaia, what's wrong with you?" Céline didn't know why Gaia was crying, she had seen the teenager so vulnerable in his indifference for the first time.
Tears slid down the corners of Gaia's eyes, and the pain that Gaia showed seemed to infect Celine, who seemed to feel his emotions......
Gaia still stood still, tears sliding down, and the twin emotional images of the disappearance of the elves and the destruction of the village of Matu were broken and intertwined......
"Gaia, what's wrong with you, are you okay?" Selene was anxious, and Gaia wept as if she was enchanted, completely ignoring her calls.
In this illusion, Gaia felt lonely like never before, his home was gone, his blind dates were gone, his friends were separated, and he was left alone in this world to walk alone, without purpose and direction......
"Where's my home—" Gaia, with tears streaming down his face, is completely swayed by the emotions of Paradise Lost, combined with his own story, he is like a prodigal son who has gone through vicissitudes, standing in the vast continent blankly, lonely and lonely.
"Gaia, wake up, wake up!" Selene shook Gaia's body, but Gaia's eyes were so vast and melancholy, no matter how the tears were washed, it seemed to be covered with a layer of unseemly separation.
Selene was a little overwhelmed, and suddenly found that Gaia was holding one hand on the sacred tree, so she pulled Gaia's hand from the branch of the sacred tree with a hard pull......
The images in his mind gradually dissipated, Gaia recovered from the illusion, although everything was an illusion, but the sadness that shook his soul Gaia still really felt it, he floated the corners of his mouth bitterly, and the low emotions continued to swell in his heart.
"Are you okay?" Seeing that Gaia had returned to normal, Celine asked softly, and Celine also felt the sadness that Gaia had shown before, and she suddenly felt that she couldn't see through the young man in front of her at all......
Gaia shook her head, slowly wiped the tears on her face with her sleeve, raised her head to look up at the huge sacred tree, and after a long while, she slowly spoke, "I saw the past of the Lost Forest...... The elves really exist, this is just a branch of the elves, they are separated from the real elves, and thousands of years later, this small part of the elves has also disappeared......"
"Where did the real elves go, and why did you leave this branch here?" Celine asked.
Gaia shook her head and said to Celine, "I don't know, you wait for me here, I'll go to the sacred tree to get something." ”
Celine originally wanted to follow, but seeing Gaia's somewhat bitter expression, she finally nodded and whispered, "Be careful." ”
Gaia didn't hear what she was saying, so she got up and jumped, stepped on the bump of the main trunk of the sacred tree, bounced herself high with the help of flotation and fighting energy, grabbed a trunk with both hands, and continued to climb up.
The sacred tree was very tall, and Cherine looked up at Gaia with the little purple dragon in her arms, and saw that Gaia's figure gradually shrank, and finally disappeared between the dry trees that crisscrossed her......
When Gaia entered the state of hallucination, he saw what the elves had left on the sacred tree, and Gaia did not covet their treasures in such a situation, but wanted to know the clues that the elves had left for the world about their disappearance.
Halfway up the tree, looking down at Celine, who was no longer visible, Gaia stepped on the thick branches and jumped up little by little.
"It seems that there have been people who have come here to explore......" When climbing, Gaia happened to see some obvious sword marks on the trunk of the tree, these sword marks should have been scratched by some people to mark the location, compared with the thousand-year-old history of this sacred tree, these scratches are relatively new, I am afraid that someone is spying on the treasures left by the elves.
"I hope it doesn't fall into the hands of those people. Gaia said to herself. Seeing the past of the elves with his own eyes, Gaia unconsciously linked his fate with these kind and beautiful races, perhaps after Nelan's matter is resolved, he will spare no effort to explore the secret of the elves' disappearance.
"Hiss ......"
"Hiss ......"
Suddenly, Gaia heard a few strange sounds, and the vigilance he had trained in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range made him immediately notice strange movements around him. The Lost Forest is difficult for other creatures to approach because of the purple mist, but there are also some creatures who have stumbled into this place by mistake, although the sacred tree has withered, but the body is still intact, and it is likely to be occupied by some demonic beasts as their own nest.
Gaia stood in a treetop, using the elements to sense the movement around him, but he never noticed the creature, so he subconsciously injected magic into the Hidden Ring, hiding his aura and increasing his speed.
Suddenly, a vine tree in front of Gaia opened its bloody mouth and pounced on Gaia's face with a red letter. The long body was like a spring being stretched!
Gaia has been vigilant, and he used his eyes to observe when the elements could not sense this creature, but he didn't expect this demonic beast to suddenly pounce on disguised as a tree trunk, if Gaia had just rushed forward, he would definitely be swallowed by this guy.
Gaia reacted immediately, flipping back, dodging the fanged mouth and landing steadily on the branch that stretched out below. At this time, he also saw the appearance of the beast clearly, and it was a brown one-horned python.