"How could he be like this?" Hermione looked on helplessly as a living monster suddenly turned into dust in front of her. She found it hard to comprehend.
"I think he was controlled by the Gus Yas Tree. Therefore, once the Gus Yas Tree inside was burned, he could not continue to live in this world. If the two Treants were not killed by us, they would have ended up like this monster, "Allen speculated.
After waiting outside the cave for a long time, the crackling sound of the flames inside gradually stopped.
After waiting for a while, Allen listened carefully. It was silent inside.
"I'll go in and take a look." Allen went in first.
Everywhere was scorched black, and as far as the eye could see, it was empty. Only the residual heat in the air announced what had just happened here.
"Huh?" Allen walked towards the location of the Gus Yas Tree.
Under the scorched earth, a pitch-black hole was revealed.
After Allen probed, he did not hear any unusual sounds. He slowly slid down the hole, and finally only relied on his ten fingers to hold on to the edge of the hole.
He took a look at the situation below and let go of his hand. The cold, damp air whistled past his ears.
He fell down, down, down, and then —
An exceptionally bright room appeared in front of him.
The originally gorgeous granite reliefs on the walls of this room were basically broken, and large and small stones were scattered on the ground.
A huge statue of a woman stood on the west side of the room. The statue's deep eye sockets emitted a brown light, casting a dark shadow on the ground.
"The Goddess of Misfortune, Eris." Allen looked at the nameplate engraved under the statue and knew the identity of the statue.
Allen looked at the face of the statue, and the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed. He could not help but mutter to himself, "It's different from the ones I've seen before. This statue is obviously older, and the crown on its head makes it look a bit like Loina Claudia. Ravenclaw. "
Allen's eyes were fixed on the crown on top of the statue's head.
The brown gem in the center of the crown was faintly flashing, and Allen keenly caught this.
Allen stretched out his wand and aimed it at the gem. He carefully controlled his strength and dug it out from the crown.
Allen had seen many treasures, but he still couldn't help but be infatuated with this gem.
Brown light flashed on the gem from time to time, indicating that it was unusual.
With its earth-like hue, it was pure and flawless.
"This is the fourth gem that I have. I wonder what use it has?"
Allen stored the gem in his storage compartment and used the system to appraise it.
"Eris's gemstone has a miraculous effect on the growth of plants." Allen thought of the garden in the tower and looked forward to it.
After putting away the gemstone, Allen looked around. There was nothing else worth noticing.
This trip was not in vain. Allen felt that other than "Score Controller", he could also add "Gem Collector" to his nickname.
After meeting up with Hermione and Luna, the three of them returned the way they came.
The return trip was much faster than when they came.
In that prison, they brought Taragon, who was still very weak, with them.
Taragon was extremely excited when he saw Allen and the others. He didn't want to stay here any longer at all.
This place made him think of those depressing and despairing memories.
"How are my companions?" Taragon asked hopefully. "How are they?" Taragon asked.
Allen shook his head and didn't say anything.
Taragon lowered his head. He didn't cry, but one could feel the indescribable sadness from him.
When passing through the troll territory, Allen thought that there would be some trouble.
After all, Zhuo Geng was now following Luna and didn't want to return to the cage to be a holy dragon. But unexpectedly, there was no one in the troll territory.
The group didn't let down their guard because of this until they arrived at the Underdark that Mibo had pointed out that could lead to the outside world.
The passage to the Underdark was a mess. Huge, messy footprints, overturned living supplies, traces of things being dragged …
"It seems that the trolls have temporarily retreated," Allen said.
"It should be Mibo. He must have told Yusi Dayel about our strength and Zhuo Geng." Hermione guessed.
"We don't have any intention of settling the score." Allen shook his head. It was good that they avoided it. It was naturally best to have less trouble.
They left the underground castle without a hitch and arrived at the Great Rift Valley.
On a narrow platform full of sand, gravel, and small animal bones, a young tree was smashed into pieces.
"Its branches and leaves are the same as those of the Guthias tree. Compared to those withered young trees, it's like a carefully raised child. Its branches are lush, and its color is green. Even though it has lost its life, it's still full of color. "Hermione bent down and observed the young sapling with broken leaves.
"Perhaps this is the reason why Bellick is trying so hard to stall us. He wanted to buy time for this young tree to escape. "Allen sighed.
"But it still died here," Hermione said.
"These marks?" Allen looked at the scratches on the sapling. "So it's this."
Allen laughed. Hermione and Luna looked at him in confusion.
"It's a Quasit. It scratched these marks," Allen explained.
"Look at the scratches on the rock and the scattered gravel around it. This young tree must have been pushed down by a Quasit," Allen speculated.
"Tch!" The Quasit dragged its bat-like wings and appeared at the edge of the cliff above them.
Then, it laughed loudly and quickly ran away.
"Hermione, Luna, let's go." Allen shrugged and ignored the Quasit.
"Zhuo Geng?" Luna had already walked out of the platform, but Zhuo Geng remained in the darkness, unwilling to move forward.
Luna opened her light silver eyes wide and did not rush him.
Zhuo Geng tentatively stretched out its head. Sunlight shone on its head and into its eyes, and it instantly shrank back.
"Zhuo Geng, it's very safe." Luna stood in the sunlight and took a few steps back.
Zhuo Geng watched Luna walk away and growled in dissatisfaction. Then, it slowly moved closer to her.
The moment it walked onto the platform, it could not help but shrink back, but it still bravely approached Luna.
"Good child, Zhuo Geng." Luna showed rare enthusiasm and joy, gently stroking Zhuo Geng's head.
"Zhuo Geng, fly." Luna opened her arms and looked into Zhuo Geng's eyes with her light silver eyes. She made a few flying motions, then climbed onto Zhuo Geng's back and patted its wings.
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