Protagonist: You will come back to me in the end.
The blood-red human-shaped rune disappeared into the forest, as if it had been absorbed by the forest. In an instant, it disappeared without a trace.
Xiu sat on Zaphion's shoulder, holding his chin as he watched. This was the fifth time he had summoned and released his blood contract beast. He knew that the person he was looking for was inside the Elven Forest. Although the blood contract beast could pass through without any obstacles, the person could not. The entire Elven Forest was like a large magic array that would expel all unwelcome guests.
In that case, he might as well destroy it all.
The flaxen-haired gnome straightened his body, looked at the lush forest in front of him, and patted the mechanical puppet's head.
From now on, there will be no more Elven Forest in the Chaos Continent.
***
Light shone through the interlaced branches and leaves, hitting the stone wall of the altar, illuminating the strange and beautiful runes and statues. It was an open-air altar. Flowers covered the road, and the branches and leaves weaved into a wall. On the circular altar, there was a golden branch growing in the middle of the pond. The top of the branch was hanging down naturally, and a golden liquid was seeping out from the top bit by bit. After a long time of accumulation, it finally formed a small water droplet and dripped into the pond. The small pool was not large, about three meters in radius, and it was filled with a golden liquid – the sap of the Tree of Life. Legend has it that a drop of the sap of the Tree of Life can restore a person to their peak state and greatly strengthen their physique.
At the foot of the altar, a beautiful elf knelt. She had long golden hair, was dressed in an elegant white robe, and the flashing platinum forehead ornament on her forehead indicated her identity as the Elf Queen. The Elf Queen crossed her hands against her lips, closed her eyes, and assumed the most pious posture. After a long prayer, the Elf Queen looked up at the Tree of Life. Except for the branches around the altar which were green, the rest of the tree was completely black.
The leaves rustled and the Elf Queen stood up, her golden eyes flashing with displeasure. She walked outside and soon saw her most loyal guard, Simon, and the disgusting necromancer. They came with a black-haired human, pale and unconscious. As for Ariel, she was directly ignored by the Elf Queen.
"Your Highness, I have something important to report." Simon bowed to the Elf Queen and said hurriedly. "The dwarf I told you about last time seems to have signed a blood contract with this human. He should be here soon."
The Elf Queen was slightly startled. Simon had reported to her everything that had happened in the Gnome Ruins. Although the Elf Queen was surprised by the sudden appearance of the Gnomes, she did not think too much about it. The most important thing now was to heal the Tree of Life. The Gnomes and the Elves had always minded their own business. The Elf Queen believed in Simon's ability. The Gnome would never find out that it was the Elves who did it. But now, because of the Blood Contract, the midget with the five-star and six-star mechanical puppets had come looking for him?
For the Elves, who had three Martial Gods and two Magic Gods, although a Sword Saint and a Martial God couldn't shake them, they were still a big problem. The elven queen turned her gaze to Anat. If it wasn't for this undead …
Anat noticed the Elf Queen's gaze. She touched her red lips with her hand and smiled charmingly. "Why are you glaring at me? How would I know that they signed a blood contract?"
"When will you get rid of the 'dirt'?"
"That depends on when you bring me the person I want. The person I want is the dwarf. As long as you catch him, I will naturally fulfill my promise. "Anat smiled mysteriously. "Anyway, for the Elves, a dwarf is nothing, isn't it?"
Yes, it was nothing, but even if she was the Elf Queen, she could not command the elven elders who no longer cared about the affairs of the Elves.
At this time, the earth suddenly shook. The Elf Queen held onto a branch and looked into the distance with some surprise. The Elven Forest looked like it had been hit by a huge meteorite. The raging fire reflected the sky blood red. A green ball of light flew over from afar. This was the soul of the Ancient War Tree. The Elves planted hundreds of Ancient War Trees in the Elven Forest to protect the Elven Kingdom. When the Ancient War Trees died, their souls would pass information to the Elves before they dissipated.
The Elf Queen reached out and touched the ball of light, feeling the information in it. No one could see anything from her expressionless face. In the end, the green ball of light disappeared. The Elf Queen was still calm, but it was more like the calm before the storm.
"Simon." The Elf Queen's voice was cold. "Go and invite the Third Elder and the Fifth Elder here."
Simon left. Anat saw the Elf Queen's cold eyes turn to her. She knew that she had to give a carrot after being slapped. Anat snapped her fingers, and a bat flew over.
"The child I gave you last time is about to die."
Anat waved her finger, and the bat flew to the Tree of Life. It lay on the trunk of the Tree of Life and began to suck the 'dirt'. The Elf Queen watched all this, and a trace of helplessness finally flashed across her calm face. If not for Anat's bat, the Tree of Life would have been completely contaminated by the 'dirt'.
The beautiful vampire smiled with incomparable delight.
"Happy working with you."
***
The Fire Phoenix flew over the forest, sweeping its long tail feathers. Rich fire elements fell on the trees like blooming crimson flowers. The Fire Phoenix landed on a tall tree and saw that the surrounding green had been replaced by red. All of this was the result of its efforts. The Fire Phoenix was very happy and spread its wings. Then it seemed to think that its' mother 'could not see its masterpiece, so it folded its wings in disappointment.
"Water Cage."
By the time the Fire Phoenix realized that something was wrong and wanted to take off, it was too late. The water elements in the air formed a water rope and tightly wrapped around it. At the critical moment, a figure jumped to the top of the tree, grabbed the Fire Phoenix, and rushed out of the water cage. It was Old John.
A figure gradually appeared in the air. It was a male elf in a blue robe. He looked at the Fire Phoenix in Old John's hand and then at the forest that was ravaged by the fire. Finally, he decided to solve the problem of the Elven Forest first, and then capture the Mythological Beast that had not yet recognized him as its master.
The elf took out his wand and simply spat out three words: "Rainstorm."
In an instant, a large number of dark clouds gathered over the Elven Forest, and heavy rain poured down, extinguishing the forest fire. Xiu looked up at the elf in the air. This ability to use high-level magic just by saying its name could only be that of a Mage God. For a Mage God, magic is as instinctive as breathing. They can even instantaneously cast intermediate and low-level magic.
"Yafjiejie."
When the mechanical puppet heard the order, it stopped killing the ancient tree of war and looked up at the elf in the air. The elf didn't seem to mind being stared at by the mechanical puppet and continued to manipulate the water elements to extinguish the forest fire. The mechanical puppet leaped up and slammed into the sprite. At that moment, it was as if someone had pressed the slow-motion button. The mechanical puppet's hand approached the sprite bit by bit, and the moment it touched the sprite, a beam of light shot through it.
When Xiu turned around, another elf appeared in a tall tree behind him. The elf once again put an arrow on his bow, aimed at Yafjiejie, who was struggling to get up, and let go. "Don't get in the way."
Xiu looked at the Yafjiejie that had been pierced a second time. There were two dazzling holes in the silver-white shell of the mechanical puppet, destroying its beautiful arc. Only a War God can cause damage to a six-star mechanical puppet. Attacks under the level of a War God cannot break the defense of a War God. Obviously, the elf in the tall tree was a War God.
Being stared at by a Magic God and a War God, Xiu's expression was very strange. He raised his head and the corners of his mouth rose high, revealing a treacherous and ominous smile.
"Finally, someone has come to play with me." Water dripped on Xiu's hair, turning the maroon color into a dark brown. He stretched out his small hands and bent them down one by one.
"Blue Side Elf 1, 2, a total of two people; Red Side Mechanical Puppet 1, 2, 3, 4 …"
The hands of the elf in the tall tree began to tremble. Ever since he became a War God, he had never felt this kind of despair and fear. As the gnome counted, one mechanical puppet after another appeared. One could feel the oppressive power in their actions. Their chests were painted with six stars, all of them were … War Gods.
"… 9, 10, a total of ten people." Xiu put down his hands and softly announced: "We can start the game."
… …
Xiu poked the air in front of him, as if poking a bubble. The unchanging forest in front of him disappeared and a beautiful, dreamy world unfolded in front of him. Xiu once again summoned the Blood Pact Beast and the red humanoid rune began to run towards the distant lake. Zaphil put Xiu on his shoulder and followed behind the Blood Pact Beast along with the other mechanical puppets. Behind them, the charred ground was mixed with traces of blood. The terrible color of the blood was like minced meat mixed with the soil and crushed it.
Along the way, they did not see any living creatures. The elves were probably hiding. Xiu had no time to care about them. His mind was filled with the need to find that person. The Blood Pact Beast ran across the grass, crossed the lake, and finally began to climb the big tree in the middle of the lake. Zaphiel followed it to the crown of the giant tree and finally jumped into a place where the branches were sparse.
"Boom!"
The mechanical puppet fell heavily into the flowers, the falling wind blowing the petals into a shower of flowers. Xiu stood up and looked straight at the altar across from him.
Above the altar, that person was there.
Du Ze was in Anat's hands. He was still unconscious and his face was pale from the loss of blood. The moment he saw Du Ze, Xiu's eyes instantly turned red.
"Bang!"
The Elf Queen and the other elves involuntarily took a few steps back. Even though the mechanical puppets' attack was blocked by the light film, the terrible pressure that could have crushed them into meat paste was still pressing down on them.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "
More and more mechanical puppets joined the attack on the light film. The elves looked at the mechanical puppets lying on the light film in horror. The inorganic red light coldly looked down at them under the light film, as if it could make them disappear from this world at any time.
Fortunately, although the light film that enveloped the altar was shaky and looked like it would break at any time, it still withstood the attacks of all the mechanical puppets. The Elf Queen maintained a calm appearance. She stepped forward and said to Xiu on Zaphiel's shoulder: "You can't open it. This is a barrier laid by the Goddess of Life."
Xiu finally turned his eyes from Du Ze to the others. The Elf Queen looked at his bright eyes and somehow felt suffocated. Even speaking became difficult.
"We … there may be some kind of misunderstanding between us."
"Give him back to me." Xiu's voice was soft and sweet, but it made people shudder: "That's not someone you can touch."
"My student is not someone you can kill!" Anat suddenly interjected. Ever since she saw Xiu, she had received a message from the contract telling her that the gnome in front of her was the one who killed her beloved student. Anat stared at Xiu with hatred. Her fingertips scratched Du Ze's chin. Her bright red nails pierced the skin and picked up the flesh. "Make those metal lumps of yours leave! Otherwise, I'll cut his throat! "
Xiu was silent for a moment. He clapped his hands and all the mechanical puppets retreated from the light film. Anat giggled at the Elf Queen: "Why are you afraid of him? This person is in our hands, he won't dare to act rashly! "
"Anat," said the Elf Queen indifferently: "If I could, I would have never seen you."
"Hmm? Are you sure, my dear Queen? "Anat smiled:" If it weren't for me, your Tree of Life would have been dead. "
Four of the ten six-star mechanical puppets left and the rest stopped at the door. Xiu stood on Zaphion's shoulder and asked: "Was that a threat?"
Anat coldly snorted. The Elf Queen did not speak. She looked at the mechanical puppets guarding the entrance and the uneasiness in her heart grew stronger.
"Then I'll say a word." Xiu stared at the elves led by the Elf Queen: "If you don't give him to me, you will lose the Tree of Life now."
Boom –
There was a violent vibration from the bottom of the Tree of Life, as if someone was trying to uproot it. The movement was so great that it did not weaken even when it reached the top. Xiu smiled at the horrified elves.
"If he dies, I will bury the Tree of Life with him."
Before Xiu uttered his last words, Anat was aware that something was wrong, but the elves still took Du Ze from her hands and she was suppressed by the two elves' War Gods. The Elf Queen's expression cracked for the first time. She shouted in horror at the demon outside: "Stop! We will return him to you in one piece! "
Xiu looked at the farce and patted Zaphion. The mechanical puppet's eyes flashed, as if conveying a message, and the movement below stopped. The Elf Queen almost collapsed to the ground. She forced herself to let Simon bring the unconscious Du Ze over. Anat looked up at all this and laughed shrilly. "Do you think he will let you go if you return him to him? Don't be silly! I can see that he is a devil more evil than I am! "
Although the Elf Queen did not respond to Anat's words, she was also affected. She stared at Xiu. "You must swear to God, or we will not believe you."
Xiu did not hesitate. "If you return him to me, I will not use any means to harm the Tree of Life." Xiu tilted his head and thought for a moment before revealing a meaningful smile. "Swear to the God of Light."
The Elf Queen saw a ray of light shine on Xiu's body, which represented the God of Light's oath. If they violate it, they will be punished by God. She breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the center of the altar, and used a leaf to extract a drop of Tree of Life sap from the pool. The Elf Queen carefully poured the drop of golden liquid into Du Ze's mouth. Almost as soon as the liquid entered his mouth, Du Ze's face became ruddy and he sobered up.
Du Ze looked around in confusion. His eyes were blurred and he felt a little dizzy, just like when he first put on his glasses. Du Ze had to take off his glasses to see if there was anything wrong with them. The moment he took them off, he froze. Xiu was staring at him from across the room. He could even see his own reflection in Xiu's eyes. It was small, but it filled the whole eye. There was no room for other people or things. Du Ze was stunned.
Du Ze didn't know if he should first think about why his highly myopic eyes suddenly became better, or what was going on. At this time, he heard Xiu say to him: "Come here."
Almost reflexively, he got up and walked towards Xiu. No elf stopped him. The barrier was opened and Du Ze climbed onto Zaphion's outstretched hand. The mechanical puppet brought Du Ze in front of Xiu. When some silly, cute person saw Xiu's familiar flaxen hair and small face, he suddenly became nervous and didn't know what to say.
This is Xiu, a living person.
At this time, Du Ze saw Xiu lean forward and hug his neck.
"You will come back to me in the end."
At that moment, Du Ze's heart was overflowing with emotion. In fact, he didn't panic when he was taken away because he was subconsciously sure that Xiu would come to him. Some silly, cute person thought that he had long forgotten what it was like to have friends, but the person holding him told him what true friendship was with his actions.
Du Ze was about to reach out and hug him back when he heard Xiu say in his ear: "Because I will destroy everything that separates us."
Boom … Creak … Crunch …
It was the sound of bones being crushed and flesh being crushed into minced meat. It was like stepping on a cockroach and then turning the soles of your feet to crush the corpse.
Du Ze had thought countless times: if he hadn't looked back at that time, would he not have seen the pool of blood gradually overflowing from the bottom of the mechanical puppet's foot? Would he not have been so clearly and deeply aware that everything was different – whether it was Xiu or the way he saw the world?
The Elf Queen stared at the mechanical puppet falling from the sky. If the two war gods hadn't been fast enough, Anat wouldn't have been the only one crushed. The mechanical puppet moved its foot, and the blood spread. Anat lay on the blood like a rag, but even though her head was flattened and all her bones were crushed into powder, she was still alive. To kill a vampire, other than using silver, the only way was to cut off its head. So the mechanical puppet picked up Anat. The necromancer's body hung limply and she made a strange sound, not knowing if she was laughing at herself or at the Elf Queen who was about to follow in her footsteps. Under everyone's gaze, the mechanical puppet pinched Anat's head with its thumb and forefinger – Anat's head was only as big as the tip of its finger – and gently tore it apart.
Kacha …
Blood rained down from the sky. When the Elf Queen saw the mechanical puppet turn to look at her, she screamed in anger and horror: "You have betrayed your oath, you will be punished by the God of Light!"
"I just said not to attack the Tree of Life." Xiu inserted his fingers into Du Ze's hair and stroked it soothingly. "I didn't say to let the elves go."
The Elf Queen looked at the gnome incredulously, showing a mocking smile. Her sweet voice revealed extreme contempt and disgust.
"Oh … the God of Light is nothing."
The Elf Queen finally understood what Anat's last laugh was about – she was laughing at the elves who were about to follow in her footsteps, foolishly believing in a devil. She stood on the altar and did not notice the mechanical puppet waving its hand at her.
"Your Highness!"
Warm blood dripped on the Elf Queen's face, waking her up. Her most loyal guard captain said to her: "Your Highness, please escape first."
The Elf Queen looked at Simon's broken arm and could not say anything. The membrane of time can no longer be opened. Now the elven elders can't save the elves, they can't even protect themselves.
The chaotic situation finally brought Du Ze back to his senses. He resisted the urge to vomit and tried to persuade the Elf Queen to change her mind.
"You don't have to kill them."
Polluting the elves and killing them are two completely different things. The latter is more extreme!
Xiu let go of Du Ze. Under Du Ze's gaze, the Elf Queen smiled.
"Those who make me unhappy, die."
Two mechanical puppets tore an elf from the middle, flesh and organs fell to the ground.
"Those who stand in my way, die."
A mechanical puppet clasped its hands together and directly crushed an elf into minced meat.
"Those who have no value, die."
Under Du Ze's incredulous gaze, Xiu's lips curved as he said the last sentence.
Why can Xiu still smile?
No, no, what's wrong! Xiu shouldn't be like this, it's just like, like –
Du Ze thought blankly. His eyes fell on Old John. Old John noticed Du Ze's gaze, looked up at Du Ze, smiled helplessly, shook his head, and mouthed.
The little master has lost his mind.
Du Ze stared at Xiu's bright pupils. There was no sense in them.
“！”
Without the slightest precaution, Du Ze picked Xiu up. The black-haired youth jumped off the mechanical puppet with the gnome in his arms and rushed to the small pool in the center of the altar.
"Crash –"
The golden liquid splashed up high and then fell back down, as if a crazy stop sign had been knocked on.
The mechanical puppet waved its hand and threw Simon against the stone wall. It looked at the Elf Queen sitting on the ground and raised its fist. A slender figure trembled in front of the Elf Queen. It was Ariel. Without the slightest hesitation, the mechanical puppet slammed its fist down.
Ariel closed her eyes. The wind from the fist had blown away the hair on her forehead, but it stopped abruptly. Ariel cautiously opened her eyes. The huge fist was in front of her, but the mechanical puppet tilted its head and looked in one direction. It wasn't just the mechanical puppet. All the mechanical puppets looked at the center of the altar as if the pause button had been pressed.
Ariel covered her mouth in amazement. The sap of the Tree of Life in the pool had disappeared. Sitting in the middle of the pool were Du Ze and a strange elf. The elf had long silver hair draped over his back, his green eyes were like the latest buds in spring, and his delicate face was breathtakingly perfect. Although the elves have always been beautiful, this level of beauty is unprecedented.
The silver-haired elf propped himself up on his elbows and quietly looked up at the black-haired youth.
Du Ze sat on Xiu's body. His hand slightly loosened Xiu's broken collar and he asked softly.
"Have you calmed down?"
Xiu stretched out his right hand and the cloth slid down his arm, revealing his white skin. He held Du Ze in his arms, his long eyelashes drooping.
"En."
*****
*****
I will give you sunlight, let it weave into your hair.
I will give you moonlight, let it condense into your skin.
I will give you flowers, let it paint your beauty.
I will give you trees, let it form your house.
I will give you a harp, let it adorn your voice.
I will give you a bow, let it become your strength.
I will give you an Elf, let it become your name.
– excerpt from "Mixed Blood: The Song of the Elves"
The author has something to say: I'm in such a hurry that I'm vomiting blood. There's a power outage today, so I had to type it into the computer by hand. Also, this chapter is a bit dark, well, a bit dark. Tremble, mortals, the rotten author is no longer a short monarch meow hahaha.
Thanks to my friend Raisling for the picture = 3 =
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