Boom!
A giant black hand reached out from the roots of the tree. The monkey wasn't dead, but it had awakened the insects below. Everyone heard buzzing noises around them.
"Run!"
Rinchad shouted. Three identical swords suddenly appeared on his right. Reina ran as fast as she could. Just as she was about to be caught by the giant hand, an iron hand grabbed Reina's hand.
Reina was stunned for a moment. It was Mr. Ball. It stretched out its hand, grabbed her, and pulled her over, dodging a calamity.
In the next moment, Lynchad's sword struck the giant monkey's arm. With a few popping sounds, the monkey's arm exploded and the entire arm was severed into two.
The red monkeys were in an uproar, shouting madly without end. That giant monkey whose arm was broken didn't die. It became even crazier and rushed out. One could see that its body was dripping with blood and crawling with insects. It had been bitten quite badly.
"Lilith! We have no choice but to burn it down! "
Rinchad said.
Fire was their last resort. If they used fire in this dead forest, they would have to face a field of fire that could turn them into charcoal in an instant.
Lilith nodded, and the staff in her hand emitted a terrifying flame. At the same time, the giant monkey seemed to want to drag everyone down with it, rushing over with countless insects. At the same time, the monkeys on top of them climbed down one after another, attacking everyone with their fangs and claws.
Dodoro's bow couldn't deal with so many monkeys. Reina looked at Rinchad, who nodded. She then grabbed Mr. Ball, who had turned into a giant sword, and swung it to fight the monkeys.
The anger of the monkeys made these red-haired monkeys even more terrifying. They used suicidal attacks to attack the group.
Lynchard stood guard beside Lilith. Suddenly, he grabbed a monkey's neck with one hand and broke it in an instant. Then, he lifted it and threw it out, hitting another monkey that was attacking him.
Lena brandished her greatsword, but she couldn't display her full strength here. Suddenly, with a loud bang, she struck the tree trunk, causing it to shake and several monkeys to fall to the ground.
Greer, who was fighting against the giant monkey with Dodoro, suddenly thought of something.
"Find a good place to lie down!"
Dodoro grabbed Reina's clothes and dragged her to the root where Rinchad and Lilith were standing. Rinchad didn't know what was going on, but Dodoro grabbed her clothes and dragged her to the root where Rinchad and Lilith were standing.
Greer jumped to the right of the monkey. Dodoro had blinded the monkey's right eye, so it didn't notice Greer's attack. Reina turned around and saw a strange sword. It looked a bit exaggerated, like a hero's sword from a fairytale. It was flashy but not practical. She was so attracted by the sword that she didn't hear someone telling her to sit down.
However, when Greer stabbed the sword into the giant monkey's head, Linnai felt as if a large hand was pressing down on her body. Before she could react, she fell to her knees, while Lynchad and the others were already sitting on the ground.
"Ah!"
Reina let out a cry of surprise. The gravity had changed! The giant monkey and Greer immediately sank to the bottom of the roots, and the monkeys in the tree were also attacked by the sudden gravity, and fell down with a crackling sound. They were still holding the broken branches in their hands.
Hundreds of monkeys fell from the trees at the same time and landed at the bottom of the dark tree roots.
Everyone looked at the hole where Greer fell. Suddenly, they felt their bodies become lighter. A figure jumped up from below.
"We're doomed! Run for your life! "
Greer held his sword in his right hand and jumped up from the root.
In the next second, the swarm of black locusts suddenly flew out of the pitch-black hole. It was a black mass and extremely terrifying.
"Let everything turn to dust! Dustfire! "
Lilith stood up and raised her staff. The fiery red gem suddenly turned into a giant flame serpent. Suddenly, there was a loud rumble. Raging flames flew towards the black swarm of locusts. The high temperature instantly turned the locusts into charcoal.
However, the surrounding withered trees were also ignited. As the flame serpent writhed, the fire grew bigger and bigger. It was already out of control.
"Now!"
Rinchad shouted.
Just as the flames built a high wall behind them, blocking the black swarm of locusts, everyone took the opportunity to escape. They ran desperately on the tangled roots. Behind them, the flames chased. They could hear the buzzing of the swarm's wings.
Once they stopped, there were only two outcomes. Either they were burned to charcoal by the flames or eaten by the swarm of locusts.
Everyone quickly fled, and the group of monkeys above them also fled for their lives. Just as they saw a light, which was the exit, a burning monkey suddenly fell from above them.
"Ga ga!"
"Reina!"
The monkey fell in front of Reina. Although she was very agile, she didn't run as fast as the others. Suddenly, she felt that she was stepping on air. It turned out that the roots under her feet had already been eaten by the locusts. It was already an empty shell. After being hit by the monkey, the surrounding area sank.
This also enveloped Reina. She fell directly.
In the midst of the crisis, Reina thought of her aircraft. But it was broken. What should she do?
In a panic, she threw Mr. Ball, who had turned into a sword in her hand, out.
"Little princess!"
The sword made an incomparably hoarse sound. Reina looked at the people rushing towards her and quickly fell into the darkness.
"Reina!"
Linchad's sword flashed behind him as he caught Mr. Ball with a backhand. Just as he was about to jump down, Linchad suddenly bounced out of the black hole in front of everyone. She looked like she had fallen onto a trampoline and bounced back. She also looked like she didn't know what had happened.
"Eh?"
Reina felt that she had bumped into something soft. Then, a strange force threw her up.
But before she could turn around, Lynchad grabbed her hand and pulled it back. The flames behind them immediately spread. Just as they were about to engulf them, a few transparent white rats pounced on them.
"Shift!"
Dodoro shouted. The four of them felt that the world around them was compressed into a circle. When they realized what had happened, they were already at the exit of the dead forest.
A strange owl landed on Dodoro's arm. A few transparent feathers floated by, and the light became brighter. Rinchad and the others were already used to Dodoro's shift. Only Reina felt a little dizzy.
Was she hit by something just now? She was puzzled, but the others didn't care.
Lena raised her head and suddenly saw the green grass that she hadn't seen in a long time. The soil wasn't black either. The feeling of lying on the grass was a little prickly and itchy.
Green grass?
At this time, she looked back and found that there were no burning flames, only a wall surrounded by towering trees, and it was the kind that was alive.
What's going on?
It was as if they had returned to the time when the dead forest was still alive.
"Have we come to another dimension?"
Lilith patted the dust off her clothes and helped Reina up. She looked at Rinchad and asked.
Rinchad looked around.
There were many incredible buildings here. They were all made of stone, but they were very beautiful. Even though they were covered in plants, they could still see the beautiful patterns on the walls. The first impression they had when they saw the buildings was elegance.
They were like sleeping beauties lying among the plants, waiting for their prince to wake them up.
Is this some kind of ruin?
"That's it!"
At this time, Dodoro let out a cry of surprise. Everyone followed her gaze and saw a huge mountain. However, this mountain was a bit strange. Why were there so many long things that looked like horns sticking out of it? And there were so many of them.
No! They looked closer and saw that they were branches! This was a leafless world tree, the divine tree of the elves.
Was this really the homeland of the elves?
Everyone looked at Dodoro. She was half-elf, so she should know something.
However, Dodoro shrugged and shrugged as if he didn't know what was going on.
"Are we here?"
Reina asked as she stood up. Mr. Ball walked up to her and looked at her with a gaze that seemed to be asking if she was alright. Reina shook her head in response.
The sudden change of environment surprised everyone. Dodoro suddenly squatted down and picked up something from the ground. It was a lump of mud. She swung her hand and wiped the mud off. It was a round coin.
"Let me see!"
Dodoro handed the coin to Lilith. "Alright," Lilith said impatiently as Dodoro handed the coin to her.
"This is the ancient elven currency!"
Lilith said excitedly. She raised her head and looked at Linchad. "This is indeed the homeland of the elves. Perhaps we can find many lost elven magic here! Maybe we can find a way to heal your body! "
Reina looked at Rinchad in confusion. Before she could ask what was wrong with his body, Rinchad said, "Don't forget why we're here. Where's the Heart of the Tree, Reina?"
"Oh! It's with Mr. Ball! "
Reina didn't want to lose it, so she left it with Mr. Ball. Mr. Ball opened his mouth like a small drawer and took out the dark red gem.
"I think we need to find a spring and put it in."
Mr. Ball held the Heart of the Tree in his hand.
"A spring? Hmm … I don't think that's a good idea. Why didn't the elves come here themselves? "
"Didn't you say they were afraid of curses?"
Dodoro said.
"Then why aren't you afraid?" Greer looked at Dodoro.
Dodoro rolled his eyes. "I'm not going to be defeated by such a small curse. Who do you think I am?"
However, Dodoro's eyes rolled back and he suddenly fell down in front of everyone.
"What's going on?!"
Everyone immediately drew their weapons. The staff in Lilith's hand glowed faintly, but she suddenly swayed and fell to the ground.
"Lilith?"
Rinchad called out. She didn't respond.
Strange? What's going on?
He was sure that neither of them were directly attacked, but they just fainted.
Magic?
No. He should've noticed if it was a spell that knocked them out. Besides, both Lilith and Dodoro were strong enough to withstand the attack.
At this moment, Greer, who had pulled out his sword, suddenly showed a pained expression.
"Damn it! My head is spinning! "
He knelt on the ground and collapsed.
"What?! What's going on? "
Reina was shocked. Mr. Ball also shook his head. He didn't know what was going on.
Rinchad scanned the area while approaching Lilith. He checked her aura and found that she was still alive. There was no sign of poisoning. She seemed to have fallen asleep.
"Are you alright, Reina?"
Lena shook her head. She held a wooden staff in front of her. At this time, she had already cast a Magic Barrier.
Why is Reina fine? Why did the other three fall down?
Rinchad frowned. He put the three of them in a more secluded place and observed the surroundings.
There was no one around, let alone a sneak attack.
Strange?
Why am I fine? Why did they faint?
Rinchad didn't feel anything wrong with his body.
"If you feel something strange, tell me immediately."
He said to Reina.
"Okay. What do we do now?"
Reina asked.
"Don't panic. Observe the surroundings and stay alert."
Rinchad said. Reina nodded and looked around.
"There's no one around."
"Eliminate the possibility of a sneak attack. What else could cause someone to faint? Think calmly. "
How could Lina be calm? She frowned and looked at Lilith who was lying on the ground.
"A trap?"
She accidentally said the word that came to her mind.
"Yes!"
Rinchad said excitedly. He didn't expect Reina to think of it.
"But why are we fine?"
Reina's question was outstanding.
"That's a good question. Logically speaking, we should be affected since we're so close."
"So this isn't a trap?"
"No." Rinchad shook his head. He raised two fingers and said, "This doesn't eliminate the possibility of a trap. First of all, a trap usually has two parts. One is the trigger, and the other is the trap. The trigger is a very important part. It usually requires certain conditions to filter the prey and even distinguish between friend and foe. "
Reina nodded seriously. In the current situation, she was like a studious student.
"So it's also possible that the two of us didn't trigger the trap, and the three of them met the conditions and triggered the trap."
Rinchad said.
"Then, the two of us didn't trigger the trap. Could it be that we didn't have something on them?"
Reina scratched her head.
"Your line of thought is very good, but let's first speculate about the similarities between the three of them and find the key to setting off the trap," Rinchad said.
Rinchad said. Although he wanted to teach Linnai to find a safe place to hide when she encountered a problem, they didn't even know where the trap was. They could only find a seemingly safe place to hide, so he didn't tell her about it.
Reina furrowed her eyebrows and began to think hard.
It would be triggered as long as it was a woman?
No, Uncle Greer was a man.
"Could it be that Uncle Greer is a woman? I'm a man? "
Reina said something that shocked Rinchad. The next moment, his fist appeared a few millimeters above Reina's head out of habit.
But he didn't hit her. Instead, he quickly changed it to a palm and gently patted her head. "No, think about it again. I think it has a lot to do with magic. You suggest thinking in that direction."
After saying that, he glanced at Mr. Ball and found that Mr. Ball was also looking at him.
Hehe, it must be very confused. I should be its creator, but it feels a little different. Facing two creators, what should it do?
But fortunately, Rinchad's main body, which was the Demon King, Richard, had given it a commandment. It couldn't talk near him, so it avoided awkwardness.
He didn't want to continue the fight, and even his attitude towards Reina was different from before. This was to avoid his actions awakening Reina's memories.
"Could it be because of the difference in magic power?"
Reina suddenly said.
Hearing this, Rinchad frowned slightly and said, "Oh? Tell me what you think … "
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