Volume 2: Empire Chapter 78 Ancient Twigs Covered in Scorched Earth
After taking down the Yueyong tribe, there will be no obstacles to the next thing to do.
As the chief of the Moon Song tribe, Qingkong ordered all the elves to retreat to the grassland outside the desert, leaving only Modesti to follow him to prepare for the upcoming battle.
After hearing about the preparations for war, Modesti asked Qingkong, "Qingkong... Chief Qingkong, there are only warriors from the Moon Song Tribe and your followers here. Who are our enemies?"
"You'll know in a moment." Qingkong didn't tell Modesti what he was going to do, but said, "Let the warriors of the tribe spread out and set up a cordon to keep out any possible interference."
"Yes, Chief Qingkong."
Modesti gradually adapted to the change in her status. She knew that something big must have happened here. Losing her position as the chief also relieved her of her responsibilities, which made her feel more relaxed. Modesti blew a few rhythmic whistles, and the elves on the periphery immediately rode their horses and galloped away.
High in the sky, a goshawk hovers and soars, surveying the grassland.
After Modesti had sent all the tribal warriors away, she looked up at the clear sky and saw that she was already standing above the World Tree Ruins. Her feet were on the suspended ice surface, and the wind was blowing her coat into the air.
Then, circles of magic circles spread out from the ice layer under her feet. Each layer of magic circle rotated in different directions and speeds, and the complex magic symbols inside flashed alternately. As the spell was released, the magic circle continued to expand until it covered the entire 100-meter-long World Tree Ruins.
When the magic circle stopped, all the magic symbols on it were highlighted. Beams of light shone vertically downward from the magic circle, and round wooden platforms rose up from the sand.
There are about a hundred wooden platforms, and the shadow of an object appears on each platform.
Jennifer called over Kelhain, who was still in a daze, and together they unloaded the packages from the pack animal's back. Inside the packages were large, light and solid cartons that were reinforced with magic, and inside the cartons were neatly arranged small boxes.
Each box is about one cubic decimeter in size and is filled with soft straw, with a mysterious prop in the middle.
Among these props are home decorations, animal specimens, minerals, plants, and elemental crystals that contain mysterious energy.
Jennifer pulled out a black cane from the bag on the beast of burden and said to Kalhain, "I will draw the magic circle, and you will place the mysterious items on the wooden table. Look at the shadows on the table and place the identical mysterious items on it, making sure they are in the right position."
Kelhain held a round pen holder in his hand and said in embarrassment, "Is this a secret technique? I have never come into contact with secret techniques. What if I put it in the wrong place?"
"As long as you place it correctly, the phantom will disappear. The difficulty of the secret technique lies in how to find the correct secret words, and releasing it is a very simple matter. Miss Qingkong has completed 90% of this secret technique, so you can do the rest with confidence."
"I'll help..." Modesti walked over and picked up a mysterious item, then asked, "What is this secret technique? What does Chief Qingkong want to do with the World Tree Ruins?"
Jennifer released a ball of fire to ignite one end of the black cane, and then said to the two: "I don't know, I just know what to do based on the knowledge I learned from the occult.
Put it up quickly!
Miss Qingkong, save more energy so that you can calmly deal with emergencies after the secret technique is activated ."
After saying that, Jennifer walked to the edge of the magic circle, and a beam of light appeared in front of her, shining on the sand. Jennifer stuck the burning cane in the lighted position, and the sand was set on fire. Then the light began to move, and Jennifer held the cane and drew a line on the sand along the light trail. Wherever it passed, the sand burned to form a winding line of fire.
In the sky, Qingkong stood at the center of the entire formation, watching the three people busy setting up secret codes, and his thoughts couldn't help but recall the time when he had just entered the Era Game.
Descending to the grasslands of the ancestors as a ferocious war song elf, the main task is to revive the disappearing world tree.
Such a huge world mission cannot be completed by one player alone. There are countless puzzles, explorations, experiments, and all kinds of obstacles to deal with. Any node can get stuck and the player cannot move forward.
Fortunately, there is no competition for resources in the Anno game, and everyone likes to share their experiences. Everyone has their own world, and everyone can create infinite possibilities. The wisdom of the group is magnified in infinite trial and error.
Finally, I compiled a series of detailed strategies and shared them selflessly.
Since the World Tree Revival Mission in the First People's Grassland is the main mission of Clear Sky, Luke basically participated in the entire process of making the guide. This time when he really came to the Epoch World, he always kept this mission in mind and kept collecting the props and magic he needed.
I just didn't expect to use it so soon.
Qingkong's thoughts returned to the three people below, and the secret language was deployed very quickly. The fire circle encircled the entire sand, and the runes composed of flames on the sand corresponded to the main pattern on the magic circle in the air.
All the auxiliary words of the secret language are in place, and the subject is naturally the ruins of the world tree below.
Qingkong took out the Book of Disaster and let it float in the air.
This secret language has an important auxiliary language, which requires going to the main ruins of the World Tree and taking a piece of the heartwood to refine. The fierce war song guarding the main ruins will not allow anyone to enter the remaining roots of the World Tree casually, let alone damage the roots and take the heartwood.
So the universal auxiliary book of disaster came in handy again.
Once all the subjects and adjuncts are in place, the pre-ritual begins automatically.
The fire circle at the edge of the sand rose sharply to form a fire wall that reached a height of 20 meters, tightly wrapping the sand in the middle. The high temperature heated the air, forming a large illusion, a branch of the World Tree with lush branches and leaves burning in the flames.
There were collapsed tree houses in the flames, and some elves used up all their magic to cast spells in an attempt to put out the fire. Large burning branches and broad leaves fell down, and the bodies of dead elves fell with them.
A doomsday scene.
Jennifer, Modesty, Kalhain and the sheriff, who has turned back into a cat, are in a hallucination, shocked by the disaster of the past.
The location where Qingkong was was also shrouded in illusion. She blocked out all influences and focused all her attention on the secret technique that was about to be released.
In front of him, the Book of Disaster changed its form under the influence of the secret technique. It turned into a green wooden heart that radiated vigorous vitality, and the green light spread out, pushing away the invading fire.
Everything was exactly the same as it had been before.
When the time came, Qingkong recited the words of the secret technique.
“Ancient Twigs Covered in Scorched Earth”
The secret language was activated, and the core of the World Tree's roots turned into a green meteor and shot downwards. It pierced through the rock-hard remaining bark of the World Tree ruins and drilled into the ground.
Then, the magic circle in the air pressed down, and the symbols made of flames on the ground moved, connecting the wooden platforms where the auxiliary words were placed one by one. The flames spread upward along the wooden platforms, wrapping up the mysterious props one by one.
The mysterious item decomposed into ashes in the flames, and the mysterious energy that was stimulated mixed with the fire to form egg-shaped objects.
Looking at the World Tree Ruins again, under the pressure of the magic circle, the World Tree Ruins that had stood for thousands of years collapsed like a rotten tree. It also dispersed into black powder and gathered towards the hundreds of flame eggs.
Seeing this, Modesti was horrified. The ruins of the World Tree that her tribe had guarded for generations had collapsed just like that!
She screamed, "No, no, you destroyed it!"
Modesti wanted to rush up and do something to stop Qingkong from destroying the World Tree Ruins, but Jennifer stopped her in time: "I know what Miss Qingkong is doing. She is separating the World Tree Ruins. She is absorbing the mysterious energy containing fire and destruction, allowing the pure World Tree energy to break free and sink into the ground.
After absorbing the destructive mysterious energy, these flame eggs will give birth to powerful monsters. We must destroy them all as soon as possible to prevent them from polluting the energy of the World Tree again. "
Although Modesti did not understand the secret arts, she could understand Jennifer's explanation. She also saw that the flame eggs, which were originally only the size of a fist, quickly expanded after absorbing the charred dust. Through the flame shell, she could see black monsters being bred inside.
"I hope you're right!"
Modesti understood why Qingkong was determined to seize her position as the clan leader, because no Fierce War Song would allow her to do such a thing to the World Tree Ruins.
Soon, the falling magic circle crushed the last remnant of the World Tree, and then dissipated as the energy was exhausted. The clear sky fell back to the ground, and under his feet was the hole drilled in the heart of the World Tree's roots. Suddenly, a violent vibration came from below, shaking the entire sand.
The illusion of the burning World Tree disappeared, and the wall of fire surrounding the outer edge of the sand dropped slightly, but was still more than ten meters high. The ashes produced by the collapse of the World Tree ruins were all absorbed by the flame eggs, and grew into elliptical spheres that were three meters high.
Qingkong took off her smock and took out the Ancient Rock Chopper. The white light from the angel's right arm shone through the black long-sleeved gloves. Then the half-armor component covered her right half of the body, and the holy flame flowed along the blade, bursting out with a stronger light.
The green eyes turned into an icy color, and patterns representing a fierce battle song appeared on his face.
Once again, the sand on top of the mountain shook, creating ripples.
Qingkong walked slowly around the small hole on the ground and said to Jennifer, "The energy of the World Tree Ruins needs to be further purified. Leave this big guy to me, and the miscellaneous soldiers are left to you..."
Jennifer held the magic wand and swung out a long electric chain whip, and replied to Qingkong: "Don't worry, as long as I am alive, no soldiers will disturb you."
Modesti held the scimitar, enchanted with fire on the blade, ready to fight. Now that things have developed to this point, there is only one way to go. If... if the ruins of the World Tree that she has been protecting are destroyed in vain, she will have no choice but to meet the high priests and commit suicide to apologize.
Kalhain still didn't understand what happened. He came to save Miss Clear Sky, so how could he destroy such a large World Tree ruins? Miss Clear Sky said she could revive the World Tree... could this be true?
But no matter what, this kind of big event has happened and you can't run away, so just fight with all your might.
Kelhain held the knife with both hands, and the muscles in his body nearly doubled in size. A roar came from his throat, and the sound waves brought air currents and rolled up the dust in a ring shape to spread outward.
The sheriff disappeared. Frontal combat was not the Shadow Clan's strong point, hiding and attacking by surprise was what they were best at.
Another tremor rose from the ground, and a huge bulge rose from the ground. All the giant flame eggs burst at the same time. The ugly black monster rushed out, and the smell of burning filled the entire space.
The monsters roared and charged towards the rising bulge in the middle. Jennifer, Modesty, and Kelhain took up their weapons, cast spells and used combat skills to meet the monsters.
The battle broke out in an instant, the corpses of the slain monsters were raised, and the three men tried their best to stop the monsters from approaching.
Clear Sky stood on the raised bulge.
The bulge rose rapidly, reaching more than ten meters in a blink of an eye, and the lifted sand flowed down like a waterfall.
What emerged from the ground also revealed its appearance.
It's an ancient tree man.
Its trunk was covered with dry, cracked bark, with cracks in some places revealing the dry wood inside. The branches were thick but sparse, and there was not a single leaf in the entire crown. After all the sand fell from the ancient tree man, Qingkong stood on the highest branch.
Seeing the ancient tree man appear, the monsters rushed even more fiercely. The tree man also seemed to want to join the monsters. It pulled out its root-like feet and walked away, while whipping its branches towards the clear sky. Sharp hooks grew on the branches, and there were tiny holes at the tips of the hooks, which contained highly toxic venom.
Qingkong moved to another branch through space teleportation, and slashed the poisonous branch with his knife. The branch that fell to the ground crawled towards the ancient tree man like a snake, trying to merge into the tree man's body, but the holy flames that were infected quickly burned all over its body.
According to the secret technique, this ancient tree man was formed by the World Tree's root core absorbing the World Tree's energy. However, the destructive mysterious energy penetrated too deeply into the World Tree's ruins, and it was not possible to filter them all .
What Qingkong has to do now is to use the sacred energy to draw the destructive energy out of the ancient tree man's body, and then burn and purify it bit by bit. During this period, not only must he be careful of the ancient tree man's various skills and sneak attacks, but he must also prevent the monsters outside from replenishing the ancient tree man's destructive energy.
Incorporate the Yueyong tribe and get Modesti, a skilled fighter. In Qingkong's plan, with the strength of Modesti, Jennifer, the sheriff, and his own help, they can stop the monsters.
But I didn’t expect that there would be another Kelhain, a very powerful orc at that.
To deal with those low-intelligence monsters that only knew how to charge, Kalhain relied on his brute force and broadsword to kill them more efficiently than Jennifer and Modesty.
The sheriff also found that this big guy was a good match for him. He hid in Kalhain's shadow or under the sand, suddenly rushed out and turned into an ocelot to finish off the enemy, and then quickly shrank back to hide. He didn't have to worry about being accidentally injured by Jennifer's magic and Modesty's fire fighting skills, and could easily reap the fruits of victory.
Qingkong observed the battle outside and felt that there was no need for him to help, so he devoted himself to the task of pruning the branches.
Having had experience in the main quests himself and helping other players through the quest process, Qingkong was familiar with doing these things. The feeling was simply more real than in the game, and there was a strong resonance with the energy of the World Tree.
The call of the World Tree is getting stronger and stronger. Will something unexpected happen this time?
