A large number of trees around were burning with flames, making crackling sounds, and the smell of burning permeated the surroundings. In an open space, three figures stood.
"it is finally over……"
Enzo murmured to himself, with a flash of throbbing luster in his eyes. In the deep pit not far away, the petite body of Sapa, the son of the forest, was curled up, surrounded by a layer of green crystals.
"A second-order life form is nothing more than this!"
On the side, Kelun'en's face was pale, but there was a hint of pride in his eyes. Even though his body was overstretched by magic power and even began to tremble, he still stood there forcefully.
"Jie Jie! It's better to stop talking nonsense!"
The evil insect hunched over and stood there with difficulty. One of his arms was torn apart at the shoulder, but he still had a weird smile on his face.
"It's so hard to deal with a child of the forest, I can't wait to bring her back to the tower!" The evil insect licked his lips, a glint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
After a difficult battle, the three wizards joined forces and finally defeated the Son of the Forest in front of them.
Although she was not completely killed, the Son of the Forest had fallen into a state of self-protection, and the situation was somewhat similar to a deep sleep.
Enzo had seen this scene once before. When the giant tree matrix attacked the seventh tower a few months ago, he formed a team with other wizards and faced a child of the forest together.
Finally, after paying the price of several wizards dying in battle, the Son of the Forest was finally subdued, and green crystals condensed all over his body, falling into a state of self-protection.
"It seems that this is also one of the abilities of the Son of the Forest!" Enzo's eyes flickered and he used the chip to record this information as experimental data for the Son of the Forest.
"That's fine!"
Hearing the evil insect's words, Kelun En also nodded, the corners of his lips raised and said, "A second-level life form as a trophy is not bad!"
After that, he stepped forward, raised his hand and threw out a bolt of lightning that turned into a long whip, entangled the crystallized child of the forest, and planned to drag her back to the seventh tower.
At this moment, Enzo suddenly frowned.
There was an alarm from the chip in his mind, and a light blue glow appeared in his eyes. Through the ultra-long distance vision, he saw several blurry green figures.
"Children of the Forest!"
Enzo's eyes flashed, and he quickly stopped Colon's behavior and said in a deep voice: "Leave her alone, we must leave here immediately. The Children of the Forest in the Sixth Tower area have already caught up!"
"What?!" Colon frowned immediately.
"Damn it!" On the side, there was also a trace of unwillingness on the face of the evil insect, but he did not dare to waste any more time. His body twisted and turned into a big insect, shaking its wings and flying quickly towards the distance.
Coron gritted his teeth, his face full of unwillingness.
But as a rational wizard, he had no choice but to make a choice, give up the loot he was about to get, and disappeared in the same spot as a bolt of lightning.
"Wings of Shadow!"
When Enzo saw this, he no longer wasted time, controlled the shadow to turn into wings, took a deep look at the crystallized child of the forest not far away, and decisively turned around and left.
…
After a while, three children of the forest arrived.
"Sapa!" Sai, the eldest son of the forest, exclaimed when he saw the crystallized Sapa and ran over quickly.
"Still alive!"
The other two sons of the forest also came closer. After checking Sapa's condition, they breathed a sigh of relief. Sai raised his head and looked around, looking at the messy Noel Forest, with a trace of anger mixed in his eyes.
With fear.
"To actually destroy the forest to this extent..."
Next to him, another son of the forest frowned and murmured in a low voice, "It seems that the power of those outsiders is more terrifying than we imagined!"
"Stop talking about this now."
Sai's face was gloomy, he shook his head and said, ": Sapa has entered the crystallized state, and the natural power in her body has been severely depleted. We must return her to her mother's arms as soon as possible!"
The other two sons of the forest nodded, and the three of them raised their hands, and their fingertips turned into vines that intertwined around Sapa in the crystallized state, dragging her away from the messy Noel Forest.
…
Lital area, the seventh tallest tower.
The solid wall is a hundred meters high, with metal magic artillery mounted on the edge. The dark muzzles are pointed downwards, ready to fire cannonballs at any time.
On the wall, squads of extraordinary knights were patrolling back and forth. The security was extremely tight, turning the entire Lital area into a fortress.
Below, on the barren land.
A bolt of lightning fell in vain, and Corun appeared on the spot. Next to it, the beetles gathered together to form the body of the evil insect.
Immediately afterwards, a dark shadow slowly emerged.
"Back." Looking at the metal door hanging on the wall in front of him by iron chains, Enzo sighed in his heart and muttered to himself.
On the wall, the extraordinary knights saw several wizards. After confirming their identities, they quickly opened the metal door and welcomed the three people in.
After entering the Lital area, the three of them went directly to the tower without stopping and took the elevator to the 99th floor of the tower.
In the office, Gustav met with three people.
"...The process of this mission is probably like this." Corun told the information obtained by the wizard team during the mission in detail.
"So, wizard Yamos has fallen, and wizard Lakasha has also fallen into the hands of the children of the forest?"
Behind the desk, Gustav put his elbows on the table and frowned slightly.
"Yes, when the two of them sneaked into the sixth tower to obtain some important information, they were discovered by the alien race." Corunen nodded, then turned to look at the evil insects aside.
Upon seeing this, the evil insect understood what Coronen meant, shrugged, and spit out a scroll from his mouth.
"This is the important information that Wizard Yamos gave us before he died!"
Column took the scroll, took a few steps forward, and placed the scroll on the desk.
Gustav's eyes narrowed, he took the scroll and cracked the rune seal on it, and then looked it up directly, the expression on his face kept changing.
"The Tree of Airkila?"
After a while, Gustave put down the scroll, his eyes flashing with luster, and murmured: "The cradle of the Sons of the Forest?"
The intelligence information seemed to have a great impact. Gustav said nothing. After thinking for a long time, he slowly spoke.
"Okay, let's go down and rest first."
"You have done a great job in this investigation mission. The tower will reward you later."
After the three people heard this, they all touched their chests and saluted.
Just as he was turning around to leave, Gustav's voice came from behind again.
"Enzo, you stay!"
Enzo stopped and after Column and Xie Zhong left the office, he turned back and stood in front of Gustav.
"Teacher, do you have something to do with me?" Enzo asked.
"Of course!" Gustave nodded and chuckled, "You caused me a lot of trouble when you were out on missions."
"Me?" Enzo was slightly startled and looked confused.
"The laboratory on the 81st floor of the tower should be the experimental products you cultivated, right?" Gustav said quietly.
"Artificially twisted tree?"
Enzo's eyes flashed and he asked tentatively, "What happened? What happened to it?"
Gustav sighed and said, "Your experimental product went berserk and almost destroyed the entire laboratory, causing serious damage to the 81st floor of the tower. Fortunately, Wizard Herbert arrived in time."
"What!?" Enzo was shocked.
The artificial twisting tree went berserk, which was something he had not expected. What was even more serious was that the experimental accident caused great damage to the tower.
"how so?"
Enzo's face turned pale and he murmured, "I have obviously left a mark on the artificial twisted tree, it should be in a stable state!"
"No experiment is absolutely safe. It is inevitable that some expected things will happen." Gustave smiled and said softly without too much blame in his tone: "However, what you conducted
The experimental project has great research value, and even Wizard Herbert was full of praise for it!"
“It’s a bold idea to combine the children of the forest with the native plants of [Elkila World] to create a brand new creature in this way!”
"The instructor has given me an award."
Hearing Gustave's words, Enzo breathed a sigh of relief and said humbly: "I am just making an attempt. Whether the experiment will ultimately succeed is still unknown!"
"indeed so."
Gustav nodded and said, "Your experimental plan is indeed bold, but there are still many problems that need to be solved in order to be truly successful."
"For example, after the Son of the Forest merges with the Twisted Tree to form a new life form, how to control the remaining will that originally belonged to the Son of the Forest?"
"Although the experimental accident caused by the experimental subject's rampage was controlled by Wizard Herbert in time, as the living body continues to grow and develop, similar things will inevitably happen!"
Enzo frowned slightly, his eyes flashing with thought. Just as Gustav said, as a second-level life form, the Son of the Forest has been integrated with the twisted tree, but the remaining will is still very strong.
Some mental imprints make it difficult to truly control her.
After a moment, Enzo raised his head and asked, "Tutor, do you have any good suggestions?"
The corners of Gustav's lips raised and he smiled and said, "Perhaps you can try the Soul Dividing Technique!"
"Soul-splitting technique?"
Enzo's eyes flashed, searching for information about this word in his mind, and hesitantly said, ":Are you talking about the Phantom Crow Soul Dividing Technique? One of the derivatives of the Phantom Crow Thousand Spirits!"
The full name of Soul Dividing Technique is [Illusion Crow Soul Dividing Technique]!
That is one of the derivative abilities of the advanced meditation method Huan Ya Qian Ling. By splitting a part of the soul, a personality will that is closely connected with the subject is formed.
"Yes, it's the Phantom Crow Soul Dividing Technique!"
Gustav nodded and said solemnly: "Only by using the derivative ability of Phantom Crow Qianling to split a soul of your own can you swallow the remaining will of the son of the forest and make the experimental subject completely controllable by you."
strength!"
"Relying on the split soul to devour the remaining will of the children of the forest?" Enzo murmured to himself, a glimmer of light gradually appearing in his eyes.
The suggestion given by Gustav seems to be a very subtle plan. Through the Phantom Crow Soul Dividing Technique, part of his soul can be fused with the experimental subject, thereby reducing or even swallowing the influence of the remaining will of the Son of the Forest.
"Thank you for your guidance, instructor!" Enzo stroked his chest and saluted.
Whether the soul-splitting plan will ultimately succeed is still unknown, but Gustav's suggestion gave Enzo a good experimental direction.
"Okay, let's go back."
Gustav chuckled lightly, waved his hand and said, "Although you have done an excellent job in this investigation mission, due to the previous experimental accident, which caused certain losses to the tower, the two offset each other, so there is no
No more rewards will be given to you."
"I understand, mentor!" Enzo nodded quickly.
Then, he stroked his chest and saluted again, turned around and left Gustav's office, took the elevator to the 81st floor of the tower, and quickly headed to the laboratory.
"...It's really a mess!"
After pushing open the laboratory door and looking at the scene in front of him, Enzo took a long time to sigh, and at the same time a trace of joy appeared in his heart.
Due to the rampage of the experimental subjects, the entire laboratory has been almost completely destroyed. Although the surrounding walls have been repaired, cracks can still be seen.
In the centermost position is a huge cultivation tank.
The nutrient solution inside has been exhausted, and the roots of the giant artificial twisted tree are weak and weak. Runes are attached to the trunk and branches to prevent the experimental subject from going berserk again.
In the center of the trunk, a naked girl curled up in the green light group, her eyes tightly closed, as if she was in a deep sleep.
"It seems that the experimental subject has been temporarily controlled by Wizard Herbert!"
Enzo murmured to himself and took a few steps forward.
At this time, the trunk of the tree was artificially twisted, and in the green light group inside, the petite green-skinned girl opened her eyes in vain.
Wow!
The branches hanging upside down on the crown of the tree shook violently, as if they were whips, attacking Enzo not far away.
However, the next moment.
As soon as the artificial twisted tree moved, the runes attached to it flashed with light, and a painful expression appeared on the face of the green-skinned girl.
rustle!
The sound of shaking branches and leaves sounded again, and the extended vines of the artificially twisted tree shrank back into the canopy. The green-skinned girl closed her eyes unwillingly, and the expression on her face returned to calm.
"The remaining will of the children of the forest?"
Enzo frowned slightly. Since the children of the forest captured during the war merged with the artificial twisted tree, the former has become something like a tree spirit.
The child of the forest lost her past memory and became part of the artificial twisted tree, but her remaining will still believed that Enzo was the enemy!
"It seems that the plan of dividing souls will be implemented as soon as possible..." Enzo murmured to himself, with a trace of determination flashing in his eyes.
Although the runes left by Wizard Herbert can temporarily restrict the remaining will of the Children of the Forest, this is obviously not a long-term solution. Enzo must split a part of his soul as soon as possible before he can completely control the artificial twisted tree.