Xiao Chen and Maya were standing in the communication room of Hewan New City. A bust of an elf appeared on the communication array in front of them. That was the current head of the Elf Kingdom, the Elf Elder, Saint Krest.
"Sir Xiao Chen, I didn't expect that in such a short time, you have become a saint. You people from the Tower of China can really do some unpredictable things. What suggestions do you have for contacting me this time?" Krest still maintained the usual calm and indifferent attitude of the high elves.
Xiao Chen said: "Sir Krest, you must have seen the current situation of the continent. A large number of forests have been destroyed and animals have turned into monsters. If this continues, the continent will become a barren land. I hope you elves can send some people to help us appease those tree people and monsters."
"You want us elves to fight against the punishment of the God of Nature?" Krest asked, with a half-smile on his face. "We are the followers of the God of Nature."
Xiao Chen naturally knew that this was an excuse. If one were to pick out the elves who hated the God of Nature the most, this elder who knew a lot of secrets would definitely be one of the top ones. He asked back, "God's punishment is directed at the entire continent, isn't it? The elves were not spared from this disaster. I heard that although you quickly controlled the situation, many brothers and sisters died. Since the God of Nature no longer considers you as his followers, isn't it natural for you to fight against him? Moreover, I discussed this issue with you a few years ago. After the last incident where the God of Nature extracted the energy of the World Tree, how many elves still consider themselves to be the God of Nature's followers?"
"Yes. Lord Christ, the saints of the City of God are known as the right-hand men of the God of Nature. When they killed us elves, they had no hesitation and did not care why we appeared in front of them. Di Ning was killed by them just like that." Maya also said.
"There is still a long distance between being alienated from the God of Nature and fighting against the God of Nature. I believe that most elves are willing to stay quietly in the Elf Kingdom, neither becoming the swords and spears of the God of Nature, nor fighting against the God of Nature."
"I'm afraid there is no place for the middle in this war. When has the God of Nature ever been famous for tolerance? As a clan member, if you refuse to become swords and guns, it would be a betrayal. Having come this far, why don't you take another step and come to our side? If we fail, can you really escape the punishment of the God of Nature?" Xiao Chen said.
"Sir Christ, you should be able to feel that even the World Tree is unwilling to be controlled by the God of Nature anymore, right? Before I set out for the human world, Di Ning and I meditated under the World Tree for a whole night. We felt the anger and sighs of the World Tree. It was also unwilling for the God of Nature to come. After all, we are its children. Shouldn't we listen to our mother's advice?" Maya asked seriously.
Krest was as silent as a statue. After a while, he said, "Now, the forests of this world are crying... As elves, we really shouldn't stand idly by. But our power is limited after all. We can't fight against divine power. With the help of the World Tree, we can only suppress those relatively weak tree people, but we can't restore them to their original state. With the help of natural magic, we can turn them into a half-tree, half-tree person state, with their roots fixed to the ground, but they can move above. They may cause harm to people who approach, but they can no longer wander around."
"Will they remain in this state forever?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Yes, unless one thing happens." Krest showed a strange expression, "When the God of Nature really falls, as the divine power fades and decomposes into real magic power, they may lose this activity and turn back into real trees again."
Xiao Chen said: "Very good, this way we can at least save some trees from being destroyed in the bombardment. What about the animals?"
Christ said: "The situation of animals is more complicated. It mainly depends on whether these mutated animals can resonate with the spirits of the elves. This depends on their own luck.
Since I promised you, I will send a thousand elves to assist you in your actions. I hope you will not let me down in the end."
In a town in the western part of the empire, a vanguard of the guard army had just wiped out a large group of tree people.
They sent out several scouts to lead the tree people out of the town and into the ambush circle that had been prepared long ago. The tree people were greeted by a barrage of various bullets and artillery fire with burning magic. The recently developed flamethrower was a powerful weapon specially prepared for these tree people. The magic flame released by the fire magic crystal, under the influence of the wind, could be sprayed to a position fifty meters away, quickly burning the tree people from head to toe. The tree people would make strange wailing sounds and then quickly turn into charcoal.
After a round of attacks, there will be some tree people left who have not been killed, but most of them are injured and unable to move. At this time, an elven wizard appears, holding a branch of the world tree in her hand, and then she begins to chant to these tree people. The branch will emit a kind of pressure that is difficult for the tree people to resist. Soon, some of the tree people began to calm down, slowly sinking into the soil, and turned into a living tree planted in the soil.
Those tree people who were able to resist the pressure of the branches of the World Tree were completely burned by human soldiers.
This work is quite time-consuming. Ji Yijun started following them two days ago, and so far, he has only advanced less than 50 kilometers.
But this is something the committee has repeatedly stressed: it would be better to advance the front inch by inch than to make any omissions that would cause instability in the rear.
After the tree man was dealt with, Ji Yijun and the soldiers walked into the town full of ruins.
It turned out that a policeman like him would not act with the army's vanguard. However, as a high-level master, his combat power was much stronger than that of ordinary soldiers and officers, so he took the initiative to ask to join the most dangerous team.
Next to Ji Yijun was an officer named Major Li Zhu, who was also the commander of this team.
"This town used to be very prosperous, and the locals got rich by doing business with us in Alano. Now it has become like this, it's really tragic." Li Zhu said, "It looks like there won't be any survivors left."
He cast a magic to detect spirits, and then asked in surprise: "Huh? What is that?"