[The side task has been completed, and you will receive a point reward of 20 yuan]
[The main mission "Purification" starts: There is something wrong with the World Tree, which leads to a disaster that spreads across the entire planet. You decide to end it all]
[Task 3: Rush to the trunk of the World Tree and follow the prompts to complete the task]
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After setting the fire last night, Cheng Lin already had this information in his mind.
He could have said goodbye and set off at that time, but considering that the battle had just ended, there must be a lot of things going on in the entire city, so he refused Lorgar's request to meet and locked himself in the room to play a card game with Ellu.
Until now, seeing that Groom City had temporarily settled down, he finally decided to go to World Tree.
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"I also need to go."
When Cheng Lin sent Luo Jia away and the door of the sacrificial hall was closed again, the great priest Ai Lu who was sitting next to the altar suddenly looked over and said in a serious tone.
"What?"
Cheng Lin was a little surprised.
"Purify the World Tree. The forest is very big. I can lead the way. You should need a guide, right?" Ellu stood up, clenching her fists. She probably took a lot of courage to make this request.
“Aren’t you worried about erosion?”
Cheng Lin leaned back in his chair and looked at her with interest.
Although Cheng Lin didn't know Elu as well as Margaret, he could still vaguely see that Elu's proposal to go to World Tree with him was probably not just to lead the way, but also had other ideas.
According to the information he knew, elves would be easily "corroded" into black elves when they entered a blighted area. Therefore, Ellu's request seemed even more bizarre.
"I...I can wear violet tree seeds, which can protect me temporarily from erosion." Ellu explained hurriedly.
Hmm, is there such a thing?
Cheng Lin was a little surprised. He was a little curious about Ai Lu's thoughts. However, after thinking about it for a while, he didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "Okay, then you pack up and we'll set off later."
"Yes." Ellu nodded vigorously and ran out.
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From the perspective of when he was still in the sky, Cheng Lin remembered that the World Tree was located in the center of the entire Elf Forest. It was not that close from Krum City, but for him who had the title of "Journeyer", it was not that close.
Not a problem.
As for Elu...
Lorgar gave her a mount.
It's a huge bird.
It has a wingspan of more than eight meters, blue feathers, and flies extremely fast. It was originally a rare bird domesticated by the Elf King. It was used for sky reconnaissance before, but its number was limited.
There are too few and the flying height is insufficient, so fixed-point reconnaissance can only be done.
Now that the enemy is gone, we simply give it to Elu.
"Woo~"
The never-ending wind blew through the boundless forest, and the city of Krum on the ground gradually turned into a small dot. It seemed that it was the first time for Elu to climb high into the sky, and she lay excitedly on the broad back of the bird, holding on to it with all her strength.
He had blue feathers, but he squinted and stretched his neck to look down.
Cheng Lin had already activated the "Journeyman" effect. He was suspended at a high place, holding a silver moon cane in his hand. His "tentacles" ability was activated, and a spiritual thread was already floating high into the sky. When he reached a sufficient height, he could
Show him the way.
"Let's go."
His voice blew from the wind and fell into Ellu's ears. Then she urged the giant bird to fly away in the distance.
It was also from this height that she was able to clearly see the ring in the forest that had been burned to ashes by the "Eternal Burning Ring" out of thin air. The dark mark was like a regular scar, imprinted on the forest sea that had existed for countless years.
For the elves, this boundless forest wrapped by mountains and oceans is the entire world. Elu once thought that this forest would never disappear. However, the withering of the World Tree changed everything.
.
Biting her lip, Ellu looked away, took a deep breath, cheered up, knelt on the back of the giant bird, and looked around nervously at the empty place: "Are you... here?"
"exist."
Cheng Lin's brief and powerful response came in the wind.
Elu breathed a sigh of relief and said in the tone of a professional guide: "Following this direction, going straight west, we will pass through two cities and then arrive at the World Tree. The one closest to the World Tree is the capital of Wangting, and the other one
It is the old capital, which was the center of the Royal Court when it was still a small kingdom thousands of years ago..."
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Between the clear sky and the dense forest like waves of wheat.
The elf girl began to talk a lot about the royal court.
Probably to relieve the boredom of the journey, once she started talking, she never stopped.
Cheng Lin listened quietly, occasionally landing on the back of the giant bird and sitting for a while. From Ailu's narration, he also learned a lot about the local customs.
For example, the origin of the "Moonlight and Forest Goddess" is said to be that a long time ago, a talented elf in a tribe was looking up at the twin moons one night, and was splashed in the face by the moonlight falling from the sky.
Received "divine enlightenment".
"Did you get splashed in the face by moonlight?"
When he heard this legend, Cheng Lin's expression became very strange.
Remember... when elves first appeared on this land, he poured a glass of spiritual water on the ground and splashed an elf in the face...
Ahem, it can’t be such a coincidence, right?
But he couldn't be sure.
When the two of them flew far away and approached the dark "horizon", a clear change occurred in the forest sea below.
It's like two parts with "clear lines". The east side is still rich green and endless vitality, while on the other side of the "line", it is black and yellow withered. The branches spreading out from the World Tree are not
It is no longer green, but black, or withered yellow. The leaves are yellow and fall, with only a few leaves remaining.
Seeing this line, Elu, who kept talking non-stop, couldn't help but shut her mouth and remained silent.
Silently, the two flew across this line, and then entered the withered world.
West, then west.
Just like this, they chatted one after another, walking through the vast forest at an extremely fast speed, heading towards the magical life tree in the center.
I don’t know how long it took, but the first city appeared on the ground.
It was a larger and more prosperous city than Krum City. Apparently, it was the "old capital" that Ellu mentioned. However, at this moment, the old capital had been "eroded" and became dead and silent.
Rather than calling it the "Old Capital", it would be more appropriate to call it the "Abandoned Capital".
Cheng Lin noticed that when Ailu saw the city, her whole mood changed very clearly. She looked down at the abandoned city almost dreamily, her eyes quickly turned red, and big tears began to roll down.
, the hand holding the blue feather became very strong.
"Is this why you want to come with me?" Cheng Lin quietly emerged from the wind.
Ellu quickly wiped her tears and nodded while choking.
"Is it convenient to talk about it?" Cheng Lin was silent for a while, his tone was soft, "I... can be a good listener."
"Well..." Ai Lu responded, and then Cheng Lin heard a story about the sacrificial hall and about her.
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In Ellu's story, before the erosion occurred, she was lucky enough to be selected from the village to enter the sacrificial hall in the old capital for three years of study. If she followed the normal trajectory, she would graduate successfully and become a "lower student"
"Waiting for the priest", and then use time, effort and a little luck to move towards "medium" and "high".
However, "erosion" changed everything. The World Tree changed unexpectedly. A large number of blackened elves appeared in the royal capital close to the world tree. They gradually gained the upper hand in the battle with the royal court. Then... the royal capital was destroyed and a large number of elves evacuated.
Go to other cities including the old capital to resist.
Elder Shui Jing, who was the chief priest of the sacrificial hall at that time, withdrew from the royal capital and entered the old capital, and began to consume a lot of materials in an attempt to communicate with the gods. However, the gods did not respond. Ailu followed Elder Shui Jing during that time and was killed.
He took a fancy to him and had the title of master and disciple.
Then, the erosion suddenly expanded and covered the old capital. Under the attack of countless black elves, the old capital was destroyed. After receiving no response from the gods for a long time, the great priest Shui Jing became desperate and refused to escape again. Instead, he led the entire sacrificial hall.
All died in the battle against the enemy.
Before his death, he passed on the mantle of the great priest of the Sacrifice Hall to Elu, handed her over to the royal army, and protected her as the "last inheritance of the Sacrifice Hall" before escaping eastward.
After escaping, he fled to Krum.
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"I am the only priest of the sacrificial hall who escaped from the old capital, and there is no end to this escape. When the teacher died in the battle, I was protected and escaped. As cities fell one after another, the soldiers fought hard with the enemy.
At that time, I was protected and escaped... I just ran away and ran away. Gradually, I became the most famous deserter, a coward who relied on his reputation as a great priest to hide behind..."
"Many elves, especially those in the battle sequence, have strong opinions on me, and sometimes they will say very outrageous things, but... I know it's not their fault. Without them, I wouldn't be alive now. Maybe, as early as
He died in this city a year or two ago, together with the teacher and the others."
Under the blue space, above the vast black forest.
This young and excessive high priest knelt on the back of a thick flying bird, speaking softly with tears in his eyes in the wind, at an altitude of hundreds of meters.
It's not like I'm telling Cheng Lin, but more like I'm telling myself or Feng.
Tell all the priests of the deceased sacrificial hall.
"The teacher once said to me before he died that if...if one day we defeat the enemy and defeat the erosion, she wants me to come back here and tell her..."
As Ellu said, she suddenly stopped. She turned her head, looked at the figure beside her, and asked as if seeking confirmation: "Can you... really defeat it?"
"Of course, I promise."
Cheng Lin's black clothes fluttered gently in the wind, and his determined voice came from under the low-hanging white mask.
suddenly.
The giant bird beneath him opened its short beak and let out a bird song that echoed through the sky!
"Ouch!"
The two of them suddenly raised their heads and looked to the west!
I saw endless clouds and mist in front of me parting like waves, and the sun was splashing, covering the sky and covering the sun, standing tall against the sky and the earth.
The roots and top cannot be seen.
There are also huge tree shadows slowly emerging on the left and right!