A small, flickering light wanders in the dark forest.
Slowly but surely.
The migrating team coming from afar spotted the light like fireflies in the distance, and watched as it drifted into the depths of the terrifying forest.
【Utern Cottage】
Every forest cabin has its own name, and it’s no surprise that this wooden cabin sits on the edge of the north-south passage.
The name comes from the person who built it, it is part of their name, or it is chosen by their heart.
The dim light fell into the forest hut. When I took a short rest, I recalled the name of the sapling's shadow and the origin of the scratches.
It's called Anne, and it was once located in a manor in Himfast. The scratches on the trunk were carved by the little girls of the nobles of the manor when they were young. Later it was moved to Wanghai Cliff, and later it was located on Agate Lake Island in the Land of Light.
Heart.
From beginning to end, it seemed as if there was an erased figure accompanying me.
She must be very important, otherwise why would even the cursed title projection be related to her?
Leaving the forest hut, Lu Li headed towards the forest hut marked [a wooden house] at the edge of the north-south passage.
Here, Lu Li encountered a figure huddled in the corner of the wooden house, holding a musket and shivering.
Lu Li thought of Kaiser, who was also holding a faded musket. They might be from the same town.
Lu Li calmly faced the figure's fear and caution: "Do you know Kaiser?"
"Who...are you...?" The figure huddled in the darkness raised his head hidden in the shadows. He was as young as Kaiser. Then, Lu Li picked up the oil lamp on the table and screamed: "Don't...don't light the lamp!"
Lu Li stopped moving and stared at the figure that was curling up in the corner, trying to avoid the light.
He is afraid of being in bright light. Photophobia is one of the symptoms of low mental value syndrome.
"I'm Lu Li."
This name needs no introduction.
The huddled figure became as excited as everyone who met Lu Li, grabbing the life-saving straw: "Are you here to save me!"
"That's right."
A forest hut that has not yet been visited is located on the edge of the north-south passage four miles away. Lu Li can take him there and wait for other players to pass by.
"Thank you...I know you, right? You are an exorcist..."
He spoke incoherently, holding on to the musket tightly, and stood up slowly while holding on to the wall with his other hand.
Lu Li did not organize his memory, because everything about "Anna" had not yet emerged, so he turned around and walked out.
His hesitant voice came from behind him, and then when Lu Li stepped out of the wooden house and Anne's projection appeared, the dim light revealed his ferocious face as if he was stressed: "No... don't even think about it... don't even think about... tricking me out!!!
"
Bang!
The cabin in the forest trembled with the roar, acrid thick smoke spurted out with the muzzle flames, and the figure fell forward.
The scattered projectiles penetrated the projection, shattered clothes, and penetrated into flesh and blood. The shadows that filled the sky were disturbed by the noise, and descended into the earth with screams that tore the air. They ignored the shimmering light as if they were provoked, entangled and gurgling.
The broken body of blood rises into a shadow that blocks the sky.
"Here they come...they're coming!"
The frightened figure threw away the musket, his mind and heart were filled with fear and he shrank into the wooden house, hid in a corner and held his head, shivering.
Darkness and loneliness enveloped the place again, and the smoke gradually dissipated.
…
Layers of shadows wrapped around Lu Li like rough snakes, and the surging shadows enveloped Lu Li, leading him to nowhere.
Even though it was blocked, the dim light of the saplings still illuminated the dilapidated body, delaying the death of Lu Li who was comatose due to blood loss.
While he was dying, Lu Li's chest felt slightly warm, and his consciousness left his body and rose up, approaching an unknown place.
The sound of conversation sounded faintly from far away.
"He got another piece, just a little short of the last piece..."
"Give it back to him..."
"It's not time yet...the puppet on strings...go ahead as planned..."
"And then finish the last bit of our...plan..."
"He's almost done it... He's almost done it..."
The voice ceased, the warmth in the chest disappeared, and the surrounding gradually became dark and cold, falling into the cold and dead abyss.
Lu Li's final consciousness allowed him to infuse humanity into the sapling's projection.
No one has ever done this, or those who have done so have paid the price. Life is equally important as human nature.
Some kind of incredible change is taking place. Lu Li's consciousness seems to abandon the old broken body and get into a new body. The passage of time affects the sapling. The tree body is as crystal clear as agate. The trunk grows, the branches extend, and the buds crowd into leaves, turning into
Lush tree crown.
The surging vitality fed back to Lu Li, the bruises and scratches faded away, the projectiles were squeezed out of flesh and blood, the torn wounds healed quickly like closed eyes, and the gradually cooling body became warm again.
Consciousness returned, and the hot blood flowed through the body, melting the ice that had been frozen for some time.
"Return my memory..."
Faint whispers were buried among the rustling sounds.
I want to know her thoughts, her memories, her pain, I want to know everything about her...
The shadow that wrapped around the body became sparse as the moonlight's radiance receded, revealing the forest hut below.
But it was no longer the wooden house where Lu Li was attacked. The forest shadows chasing the uninvited guest took Lu Li to another cabin in the dark forest.
The figures in the wooden houses on the ground noticed the changes, emerging from the edges of the doors and windows, looking up at the light shining from the depths of the entangled shadows a hundred meters above.
The shadow was shrinking due to the saplings and would no longer wrap around Lu Li, but the only result would be that he would fall from the air and become a pulp.
Lu Li raised his palm, picked up a piece of soil stained on his collar where the seedling was growing, and treated the seedling like a projection of a sapling, instilling humanity into it.
His consciousness stretched over the seedling like a vine, and Lu Li felt that he could control its life and death, its fate, and everything about it.
Until now, the meaning of the cursed title message was to "accompany the king with them, like a guard guarding the royal court."
Then Lu Li let go of his hand, letting the soil fall with the seedlings, and used his last strength to penetrate his sleeves into the shadow.
The last shadow faded away, leaving only Lu Li hanging by his sleeves.
tear apart
The fibers, unable to bear the weight, begin to tear.
At the same time, the seedlings that were like light and dust fell silently into the soil.
The soil in front of the forest cabin suddenly erupted into a turbulent sea of green, with surging and roiling roots taking root in the earth. The vines grew wildly, and their thick knots extended upward to welcome its crumbling king.
As the shadows finally converged, the tight clothes broke, and Lu Li fell downwards
After a brief moment of weightlessness, Lu Li fell into the huge twisted vines rising below him.
The vine that exploded with all its life potential in just ten seconds completed its duty, withered as quickly as it grew rapidly, and fell back to the ground in a rickety state.
In the stunned gazes of the people in the forest hut, the hazy white moonlight shone down with the falling figure.
