The sword light touched Minotaur King Sauta's body, and the black power quickly expanded outwards, merging with his blood and Qi, as if forming a dark red armor. It tried to block the sword light, but in the end, it did not succeed.
From the first two swords in one to the current three swords in one, the increase in strength of Tang Hao's One Blade of Shura was not as simple as two plus one. Every superposition of the swords was a qualitative breakthrough, which magnified the power exponentially. In an instant, the dark red armor was cut open, and Sauta's body was torn apart …
Puff!
The next moment, blood filled the sky, and Sauta's body was almost split in half, falling heavily backward.
Bang!
As his body fell to the ground, Sauta's life energy began to fade. At the same time, the dark energy also began to dim, as if it couldn't stay in a dying body for long. Then, the Minotaur King's body began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon returned to its original shape.
At the moment of death, Sauta's violent consciousness finally woke up.
"I … I still have to … protect the forest …"
Sauta's hands pressed against the ground, trying to stand up. At the end of his life, his last thought was still to protect the forest. Perhaps, after being invaded by the dark energy, all the creatures in his eyes were invaders who wanted to destroy the forest, which was why he lost his mind.
But now, he didn't even have the strength to stand up.
"It's over." Celia walked to his side, ignoring the bloody scene, and said softly, "Everything is over. Guardian of the forest, you have completed your duty. Rest in peace."
"Is that so … Everything is over …"
As if he understood something, Sauta grinned and breathed his last.
Celia squatted down and gently closed his eyes.
On the side, Kirito and Asuna were a little upset. In the battle, they did their best because they had no choice. Facing a strong enemy like Sauta, if they didn't use their full strength, they would be the ones who died. But listening to the words of the forest guardian before his death, why did they suddenly feel like they were the villains?
Asuna's expression was gloomy. She walked to Tang Hao and helped him up. "President …"
Tang Hao shook his head and didn't say anything. The Blade of Asura just now had drained all of his energy. Even a seven-year-old child could knock him down. Talking was a waste of energy.
However, he still understood Asuna and Kirito's feelings.
It wasn't an illusion. Adventurers were villains!
Anyone who knew the story of the Arad Continent knew that the so-called adventurers were just puppets under Herder's control. All their actions were under Herder's control and calculation. In the game, the adventurers thought with their butts; they were brainless.
Perhaps this was what Amethyst meant by 'vision'. Most people in the world could only pay attention to the things in front of them, and then act because of the things in front of them.
Soon, Celia finished dealing with Sauta's funeral. She came to the three of them and said, "Are you adventurers? Thank you for saving me. If you hadn't arrived in time, I really don't know what would have happened. "
"You're welcome. We just happened to help," Kirito said with a smile. Now that it wasn't convenient for Tang Hao to speak, Kirito said on his behalf. "Speaking of which, is it okay to leave it like that? Should we dig a hole and bury it or something? "
"No need," Celia shook her head. "Everyone who lives in the forest believes in the law of nature. They are born in nature, and when they die, they will return to nature. They don't need to be cremated or buried. Their bodies will be eaten by other animals. It's also part of giving back to nature."
"That's not a waste at all," Asuna said in a low voice.
Asuna carefully looked at Celia. In her imagination, this girl, who was kidnapped by Sauta and then faced a death threat, should be panicking and want to go home immediately. But now, it seemed that Celia didn't panic at all. She was even calmer than them.
However, there was a hint of worry in her eyes, as if she had something on her mind.
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Celia Klumin."
'We already know your name,' Asuna thought.
"My name is Asuna, this is Kirito, and this is the leader of our adventurer group, Tang Hao … Also, is this your bracelet?"
The bracelet that Toby had picked up was given to Tang Hao. However, since it was a female accessory, Tang Hao didn't find anything strange about it, so he gave it to Asuna, who then gave it back to Celia.
"Ah, this is indeed my bracelet," Celia took a look and smiled. "I thought I would never see it again. Thank you."
"Anyway, it's good to return it to its owner. So, what are your plans now?"
"Plans …" Celia looked back at Sauta's body and frowned. "Actually, there is one thing I'm worried about. Sauta brought me here to repair the Great Magic Circle. He said that the Great Magic Circle was damaged and something bad flowed out."
"Great Magic Circle? What's that? "Kirito asked.
"The Great Magic Circle was created by the late Master Mage Marr. Many years ago, the Arad Continent was still a continent in the underwater world. It was Archmage Marr and the Ancient Elves who worked together to pull this continent up and create the Arad Continent. "
"Arad was pulled up from the bottom of the ocean?" This surprised Kirito and Asuna. Although they didn't know much about this world, they had heard Tang Hao talk about it. This continent was inhabited by humans, elves, beastmen, and many other races. It was also divided into several countries. They didn't expect it to be pulled up from the bottom of the sea.
Not to mention the creatures on the continent, even if it was just the continent itself, it would take a lot of power to pull it up.
This was something they didn't even dare to imagine.
Tang Hao knew about this and wasn't surprised. However, after hearing it from Celia, he couldn't help but think that the legendary Master Mage Marr might not be any weaker than an apostle.
Celia nodded and continued, "At the same time, Marr also created a large magic array to protect the Arad Continent from being invaded by evil forces from the outside world. The core of this large magic array is in Grand Forest, which has always been guarded by the elves. However, something happened in Grand Forest, and the elves were all wiped out. Since then, no one has been guarding the large magic array."
"Isn't it very dangerous?" Asuna frowned.
"It's not like that." Celia smiled and shook her head. "After all, the Great Magic Circle is related to the safety of the entire Arad Continent. Therefore, when Marr created it, he used a very strong defensive method. Except for the elves who are with Marr, ordinary people can't affect it at all. This is one of the reasons why the elves are in charge of the Great Magic Circle."
Although ordinary people can't, it's different for an apostle … Tang Hao thought to himself.
"I see." Asuna suddenly understood, but then she thought of a problem.
The Great Magic Circle was the strongest energy sphere that Marr created, and it protected the entire Arad Continent. Now that Marr and the elves were dead, it was understandable that the Great Magic Circle was damaged for unknown reasons.
But since Celia said that only elves could manage and maintain the Great Magic Circle, and Sauta kidnapped Celia to repair the Great Magic Circle, could it be …
Asuna immediately looked at Tang Hao. He never told her that Celia was an elf!
She always thought that Celia was just an ordinary human girl.
Knowing that Celia might be an elf, Asuna became more interested in her. She immediately asked, "Can you repair the Great Magic Circle?"
"I don't know …" Celia seemed to be in a dilemma, but soon, her eyes became firm. "But I want to go and take a look. If the big magic array is really damaged, we must find a way to repair it. Otherwise, not only Grand Sons, but the entire Arad Continent will face a disaster."
Beep beep beep!
As soon as Celia's voice fell, before Kirito and Asuna could sigh about the fragility of the Arad Continent, a prompt sounded on their game interface.
Tang Hao also picked up his phone and looked at it.
[Stage Quest Completed]
[Current World Chat Room Member: 3, Invitees: 1]
[Invitees: Celia Klumin (High), Aganzo (High), Kelly Delaine (Medium), Apostle Loutes (Very High), Apostle Dirigi (Very High), Any Adventurer (Low)]
[Select invitees to trigger quest]
Looking at it, Tang Hao was shocked.
Putting aside Celia, Aganzo, and the other NPCs, they could even invite an apostle? Although the difficulty was expected, if they really invited an apostle, would their quest be to become an enemy of the adventurer?
Becoming an enemy of the adventurer … seemed to be even more difficult than fighting against Herder.
Moreover, it turned out that adventurers had no reputation at all. It was actually because the difficulty was low!
Who could they invite? Kirito and Asuna immediately looked at Tang Hao.
"Invite an apostle, of course!" Kaguya immediately expressed his opinion in the chat room.
Indeed, if they could invite an Apostle, the combat power of the chatroom would increase by leaps and bounds. Moreover, the two Apostles that could be invited were the most gentle among all the other Apostles, especially Derigi. No matter how one looked at it, it could be considered the kindest Apostle. But … would anyone really dare to come into contact with Derigi?
At least at this stage, Tang Hao didn't want to challenge this kind of impossible task.
But he still had to choose an apostle!
Because there was a third apostle, Celia!
Although the game didn't clearly state that Celia was an apostle, it was impossible that she wasn't!
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