But Roman's situation was not as optimistic as Brando imagined, and the atmosphere gradually became tense as time went by. Only then did Brando understand that there must be some secret that he didn't know hidden in the heart of this future business girl -
- This kind of secret may be subconscious - the deeper it is hidden, the greater the hurt at this moment.
For a moment, there was only the sound of the two people breathing nervously in the air. The businesswoman herself slept peacefully, but Brando was really afraid that she would just fall asleep and never wake up again.
He couldn't help but look at the Golden Demonic Tree. The connection between dreams and reality was already quite fragile, and the Golden Demonic Tree might wake up at any time.
"Freya?"
Freya clenched her fists and was so nervous that she couldn't say a word. Brando said that they only had five minutes, so it was not much time, but Roman still seemed to be immersed in his nightmare. But she
Knowing this cannot be blamed on the young man, because only she knows this secret in Butchi.
She only regretted that she didn't tell Brando in advance, but how did she know that this dream was so complicated? Brando didn't say anything because he was afraid of affecting their mood, but he didn't expect that it would be self-defeating.
But the young man did not fall into blind panic. His mind suddenly changed and he suddenly threw the Thorn of Light in his hand.
"Let her hold it."
"What?"
"This sword has the power to exorcise evil, let her hold it." Brando said this verbally, but he knew in his heart that the only thing he could rely on was the increase in the willpower level of the Elf Sword, which could turn the business lady into good luck.
Martha! He couldn't help but pray in his heart to the omnipresent Supreme Being, Warnd, hoping that she would be more tolerant to Roman. But maybe the sword had an effect, or maybe Brando's prayer was affected by Martha.
After a while, the business lady actually said "yes" and blinked her eyes to wake up.
She rubbed her eyes and looked at the two people, was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Freya, you are here too. Let me tell you, I had a nightmare just now!"
"Ah——!" Freya was stunned, and then she seemed to let out a low cry of surprise from her chest. She didn't listen to what the merchant lady was saying at all, but hugged Roman and cried with joy. She originally thought there was no hope.
, but I didn’t expect Brando’s method to really work.
"Roman, you idiot!"
"F, Freya, what are you talking about! I'm not an idiot!" Roman defended hurriedly and seriously as if he had received a fatal blow.
On the contrary, Brando looked at the business lady who was in a hurry when Freya suddenly cried out and calmed down. With the help of faith and the thorn of light, Roman, no matter how deep the nightmare, was very likely to wake up.
What he was more worried about was how she would be affected by this.
But looking at her blank look, Brando knew that he was worrying too much.
"Okay, don't cry anymore." He said: "The golden magic tree will wake up soon. If you have anything to say, please leave it until after the battle."
The ponytail girl put away her tears and nodded. "What are we going to do, Brando?" she asked.
"We are not the protagonists in this battle. There is a stone coneworm in this valley——"
"what is that?"
"Roman, don't interrupt! Stone coneworms are a kind of elemental creature from the Earth Axis (Earth Elemental Plane). They are born to be the nemesis of the Golden Demonic Tree. However, the Golden Demonic Tree can still rely on itself until this stone coneworm reaches adulthood.
It has a huge root system to isolate it from the outside of the valley. Of course, it takes 80 to 120 years for the stone trypanosome to reach adulthood, and we can’t wait that long, so we have to help it.”
"Help it?" Freya asked.
Brando took the elf sword from Roman and replied: "The golden magic tree itself is very weak. Its only means of attack is to use its roots to extend out of the ground to pierce the intruder. So we have to force it to do this.
The more roots it extracts, the less root systems there are to defend against the stone trypanosome. Over time, the stone trypanosome can enter the interior of the valley——"
"But we only have ten minutes. The first batch of Blight Beasts will flood into the valley in ten minutes at most. If we haven't succeeded within ten minutes, you must run to the west without hesitation. The secret passage is in a valley.
, very conspicuous.”
"What about you?" Roman raised his head.
"Leave the post-breakup matters to the men. This is how you behave as ladies." Brando saw her smooth forehead and couldn't help but tap it lightly with his hand. He looked at Freya again, and the girl was looking at her.
He pulled back his ponytail with both hands to facilitate the fight later, noticed his gaze, looked at him and nodded.
Brando was startled. He thought that Freya would be brave enough to stay again. However, he saw that her expression did not mean that she was unwilling. Instead, she was more calm. It seemed that the other party had gained a little in the dream.
.
The capable Freya looked like a future Valkyrie. He couldn't help but smile happily, then turned around and said: "Roman, put on your ring."
The business lady immediately raised her little hand proudly and shook the black and white ring.
"Your mission is to listen to what's going on underground, and tell us immediately if you find anything."
"Okay, Brando."
"Then let's set off. We pass under the stone promontory and approach the Golden Demonic Tree. Looking at the terrain there, there should be a fault below that will allow the Golden Demonic Tree to detect our intentions at the latest." Brando said, leading the way.
After touching it, he first ran to a protruding rock, then turned back and gestured to Freya and Roman to follow them.
Freya grabbed Roman's hand and followed her, with an obvious meaning - don't run around, I'll protect you. She did this so that Brando would not be distracted, and he could let go of his hands and feet to attack the golden demon as soon as he seizes the opportunity.
The tree attacks.
The three of them quickly passed under the stone promontory Brando mentioned. His memory was correct, and they had not been harassed at all before that. But they had just entered the dividing line, and the businesswoman immediately heard a rumbling sound.
The voice came from below.
"Brando, there is a sound below."
Our hero was shocked and immediately shouted: "Separate, separate quickly."
Freya immediately pushed Roman aside, and the three of them stepped aside. The ground was immediately opened with a rumble by two thick vines. However, the golden magic tree obviously did not expect that several insects would see through her attack.
When its roots extended out of the ground, Brando's prepared sword was all that was waiting for him.
The young man got up from the ground, held up the elf sword with both hands and slashed into the center of the bucket-thick vine. The sword blade penetrated halfway, and silver flames suddenly spurted out from the blade. The purifying fire burned the vines and creaked.
The golden magic tree in the center of the valley almost trembled with pain, causing the entire valley to buzz with echoes.
It was calling for reinforcements again, and Brando's heart sank. As he expected, time was already very tight. He couldn't help but look back: Freya over there made a beautiful roll to avoid the sweep of the roots of the golden magic tree.
, and then slashed the vine with his sword. Although the sword was only one-third deep, he couldn't help but be impressed by this beautiful move.
This is at least the level of level 2 Eruin military swordsmanship. It seems that Freya gained quite a lot in her dream.
"Brando, there's another voice!" Roman climbed to the edge of the battlefield alone, then turned around and shouted.
"How far?" Brando shouted subconsciously, but he immediately realized that he had made a mistake. He actually subconsciously regarded Roman as the nightingale in the team, but after all, the business lady only had a keener sense and was not a professional spy in the game.
.
"One hundred meters, maybe seventy meters." Roman thought for a while.
"That far?" Brando was startled, and used his backhand sword to fly away the vine that attacked him. Only half of the root system that was left lost its vitality and fell limply, and the broken part was charred black.
"There are still sixty meters left."
Brando hesitated for a moment. Although it was a little unbelievable, he decided to believe Roman: "Freya, don't worry! Have you seen that path? Rush out from there."
Freya was just slightly startled, and immediately protected the sword in front of her chest, letting herself deal with the vine and whip herself out with a whip. The wind feathers surrounding her lit up leaf by leaf, forming a network of light.
, to protect her and reduce the impact - the pony-tailed girl just rolled on the ground a few times and got up again, landing next to Roman.
"Roman, follow me!" Then she grabbed the businesswoman's hand and rushed in that direction.
"Hey! Where is Brando?"
"He will follow!"
This girl finally learned to trust her teammates instead of trying to do it alone. Brando couldn't help feeling relaxed. He was really afraid that Freya would get involved with him at this time, but he saw the attacker attacking Freya.
The vine still wanted to catch up, but without thinking, he cut it into two parts along the previous incision with a sword.
After clearing the enemies, he did not dare to stay any longer. Even he could clearly hear the sounds from the underground, which showed that Roman's judgment was correct. However, he couldn't help but be a little shocked. How did the somewhat reckless girl hear this?
The sound that reaches seventy meters underground?
He estimated that there must be at least 5 levels of perception to achieve this level.
This thought flashed through Brando's mind, and he immediately turned around and ran away. It was not difficult to catch up with Freya and Roman with his dexterity, but the three of them were blocked by the root system connection of the golden magic tree. In the third
At this time, all three people heard a loud noise coming from the southeast of the valley, and then all the tree roots that were attacking them at that time all retracted.
Even if Brando didn't remind him now, Freya and Roman knew that this must be the stone coneworm entering the scene.
"We won?" Roman couldn't help but asked with some surprise.
Brando shook his head. They still had to enter the core area around the Golden Demonic Tree. In the following time, the Golden Demonic Tree will constantly weigh which side is more threatening to it, and then dispatch its huge root system to block one of them. But this
This kind of behavior of tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall will not last long, and they will eventually win.
But the only question is whether they can do it within the stipulated time.
