It was between spring and summer, when the soil was fertile. How could there be a fire in the forest? And it seemed that there was more than one fire!
"Leaf?" Vendy shouted.
"I don't know." Leaf suddenly came to her senses. "That place is beyond my fusion range. I can't sense the specific situation in the black smoke."
"If there's a fire, we have to stop it from spreading!"
"I... I know." Leaf's expression was a little strange, as if she had mixed feelings. She bit her lip and nodded. "Anyway, you go and meet with the others first. When the emergency plan is activated, the camp may be in chaos, and it won't be easy to leave by then. "
Now there were not only workers on vacation in the terminal, but also a large group of family members who had never been to the battlefield. It would not be easy to evacuate them in an orderly manner. Vendy soon realized this.
"You... will you be okay by yourself?"
"Don't worry. I know how to deal with it," Leaf said as she descended from the balcony. She glanced at Vendy for the last time and then jumped into the dense forest.
A moment later, a shrill alarm rang over the Misty Forest.
...
"Yes, yes, I got it." In the General Staff of Tower Station No. 2, Filin Schilt put down the phone and turned to report to Edith. "Madam, there's an accident on the Western Front."
"What did you say? There's a fire in the northern part of the forest? "The Pearl of the Northern Region frowned." Did Miss Leaf see it? "
"Yes. The evacuation plan has been activated. The soldiers of the First Army have entered a state of Level II alert."
"Inform the Commander-in-Chief and all the relevant senior officials." Edith thought for a moment and said decisively, "Tell them the General Staff needs to hold a pre-war meeting."
"Pre-war meeting..." Filin repeated. "Do you think it's..."
"Yes," Edith said seriously. "I suspect the fire is a new trick of the demons."
In less than a quarter of an hour, the generals of the First Army and the representatives of the Witch Union gathered in the underground conference room.
After the Pearl of the Northern Region explained the general situation, she told everyone the latest news she had received. "The sentinel at the forest terminus has confirmed that the cause of the smoke is indeed a fire. Affected by the wind, the fire is quickly spreading toward the terminus."
"Only a forest fire, no traces of demons?" Iron Axe asked in a deep voice.
"We haven't received any reports yet." Filin shook his head. "The smoke is blocking our vision. No one knows what's going on behind the line of fire."
"Miss Sylvie, can you see anything?"
"The Concealing Forest is too far from here," Sylvie replied, "Unless … I go there myself."
"Damn it... at this time." Iron Axe glanced at the map. "Where is Her Highness now?"
According to the original plan, Princess Anna and some witches would rendezvous with the flying team at the terminal of the forest and then take the "Seagull" back to Neverwinter.
"He should be on the returning DarkRiver One. After receiving the news of the fire, Miss Kant asked me to use the Sigil of Listening to inform them to change their itinerary. "
"Good job," Iron Axe said with a sigh of relief. "So only Her Highness and her party are left there?"
After getting a positive answer, he said to The Light Of Dawn, "Tell them to take off immediately. Don't wait any longer."
"Yes!"
After dealing with the evacuation, Iron Axe looked at the staff of the General Staff. "Now, tell me your opinion."
…
Leaf stood at the top of a giant fir tree, looking at the rolling smoke in the distance.
In just over an hour, the fire had expanded a lot. Now, not only was the smoke flying all over the sky pressing down on her, but she could also faintly see the flashing red light under the smoke.
She seemed to hear the cries of the burning trees. Although it was not within her control, the Heart of the Forest was still trembling slightly.
Because it was also resonating in her heart.
When facing Vendy, the word that she did not say was … fear.
After more than a year of annexing and merging, Leaf had gradually touched the essence of her ability.
In a sense, it could indeed make her an immortal existence — all the plants incorporated into the Heart of the Forest would become a part of her. In other words, as long as the area of integration was larger, she would be more difficult to eradicate.
After all, it was easy to clear a lawn, but it would be much more difficult to flatten a forest or an entire grassland.
As for making the world barren, it was almost impossible.
She remembered His Majesty once said that plants were the foundation of the natural world. Even if the whole world was destroyed, the earth was dug three feet deep, and the sky and earth were turned upside down, the first to appear on the surface would still be this group of tenacious creatures.
But the problem was that at that time, she could no longer be regarded as herself.
The clear spring flowing underground, the crawling insects in the soil, the trembling beehives on the trunks, the singing birds on the branches... These huge information constantly came from every corner of the forest and were engraved in her memory. If she suddenly accepted them, she would immediately lose her mind, which was why Leaf had to slow down the speed of integration.
However, she found that even so, it was impossible for her to record so much information by herself.
The reason why she had not become a lunatic was that the Heart of the Forest had made a choice for her. Countless intertwined roots and vines formed a huge consciousness, and magic power and memory were integrated into one, flowing in the forest.
This meant that once the integrated forest was destroyed, she might lose part of her memory. Even if new seedlings grew out of the ruins, what she had lost would not come back.
It might be her acquaintance with Vendy and Scroll; it might be her escape from the Witch Cooperation Association with Nightingale, Mystery Moon, and Lily; it might be the tender scene when she met His Majesty; it might also be her life in Neverwinter... She did not want to forget even Cara's stubbornness and prejudice, and the persecution and pursuit of the church.
Because these were her unique experiences and the proof of her existence in the world.
She was afraid of losing them.
At the thought that this fire might appear in the integrated Misty Forest, Leaf felt an indescribable pain in her heart.
But she could not retreat.
Because all of this was to defeat the demons and win the Battle of Divine Will.
She could not selfishly abandon her sisters for her own sake. They were also contributing their strength, and she could not let them down.
Thinking of this, Leaf took a deep breath, raised her hands, and looked up at the sky full of afterglow.
In an instant, a dazzling green light bloomed from her chest.
"Please listen to my call and take action!"
At that moment, the whole forest was like an awakened giant, slowly raising its body.
Countless trees bent backward and fell at the same time. Even the turf and soil were curled up like a carpet. It was hard to describe the momentum of the scene as an earthquake!
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