Caroline's inner uneasiness was verified. Lying on top of Et the brown bear... she heard the sound of the forest crying.
It wasn't a metaphor, Caroline could feel the sadness and anger that the forest conveyed to her.
Maybe because of the reason she was chosen as the priest of the World Tree.
Et the brown bear took Carolrie to the square around the World Tree. Thousands of black wood elves gathered in the square, holding longbows in their hands as if they had entered a state of combat readiness.
"Elder Sepphan! The flames... The trees around the forest were swallowed up, and I saw a monster burning with flames, a demon... It must be a demon!"
A seriously injured young elf was helped by his companions and walked to the head of several elf elders. He was in a trance and even lost control.
Before being seriously injured, he must have seen a terrifying vision.
"Demon... Why did the demon attack the forest?"
"What do they want by burning the forest?"
This remark caused the surrounding elves to fall into an anxious discussion.
Today is undoubtedly the day of disaster, which is far more dangerous than the intrigue between the black wood elves and human beings for more than ten years.
"Don't be blinded by anger, the realm of the devil is in the Land of Frost, which is thousands of miles away... If it's really a devil, tell me... Where did you get attacked."
Standing in the center, Elder Sepphan stretched out his hand, and the shining green light overflowed from his palm to heal the injury of the young elf.
While Elder Sephard was taking care of the wounded, the other elders had already begun to make plans to meet the enemy.
demon…
As a human being, Caroline should have believed what the young elf said, but during the filming of "This Demon Is Not Too Cold", Caroline got along with the Chaos Demon named Joshua. time.
She found that the devil is not as brutal as the church said. On the contrary, Joshua is very humorous and talented. It is not only the script of "This Devil Is Not Too Cold", but the invention of the magic net is enough for him to load Annals of Human Civilization.
Caroline jumped off Et the Brown Bear's back and was about to tell Elder Sephard what she had just encountered when Et the Brown Bear roared angrily again.
This roar attracted the attention of all the elves present, and Aite rushed towards one of the elves. When the elves thought the brown bear was out of control, the "elf" quickly pulled out the dagger beside him to resist The shock of the brown bear.
But the slap of the three-meter brown bear is enough to destroy any shield made of steel.
The "elf" who was attacked by the brown bear Et was overturned by the huge power of the brown bear. After rolling on the ground for a few times, his appearance suddenly changed from an elf to a black robe. figure.
"Mororka! Damn it... What did you do to Moroka!"
It seems that someone knew the elf who was attacked by the brown bear, but unfortunately his familiar friend has disappeared, replaced by a despicable pretender.
Looking at this scene, Caroline instantly remembered a novel she had read in the immovable library section of the Spellcaster Forum, a novel called "Diary of an Inquisitor of Heresy", one of which clearly appeared in the into her mind.
"The most despicable ability of judges is that they can change into the appearance of any human or humanoid creature, a disguise that even the best mage in the world cannot see through insight and discrimination. I used this ability to disguise as an assassination. Target's wife, stabbed through Target's heart, greeted by Target's smile... I don't like these memories."
Inquisitor... The Inquisition of Heresy, the Church.
"Elder Sepphan! Those who attacked this forest were heretical judges under the command of the Holy Kingdom! They... have the ability to transform into other people's appearances!"
Carroll shouted loudly to Elder Sephard who was standing in the center of the square.
Her voice replaced Et the brown bear and once again became the focus of the entire square. At this moment, Carroll heard a faint sound of breaking through the air.
A premonition of danger suddenly rose in her heart, and an arrow shot from a crossbow was aimed at her.
Carroll had nowhere to hide. She closed her eyes but no pain came from her body. When Carroll opened her eyes again, the brown bear named Et was in front of her.
"Et, are you… all right?"
Caroline saw an arrow sunk into Et's fore paw, and the brown bear let out a light roar, saying that there was nothing wrong with her...
The judge who had been slapped by the brown bear got up from the ground and took out his staff from his black robe.
The tip of the staff was inlaid with the pupil of an unknown creature, and just staring at that pupil made people feel extremely disgusted.
When the judge was about to release some kind of spell, a large number of vines and roots stretched out from the ground and tightly bound him, making him lose the ability to move.
"Why did the inquisitors of the church invade this ancient land?"
The pale green inscription on Elder Sepphan's hand was shining. It was he who used magic to imprison the judge. The roots with thorns directly cut through the hood covering the judge's head, revealing his original look.
When seeing the true face of this judge, all the elves present showed expressions of disgust.
The appearance of this judge has lost the appearance of a human being, the skin on his body has begun to show traces of scales, and his mouth has been stitched up by something, unable to speak any words.
But Elder Sepphan had not yet received any information from the judge, and tentacles made of magic power suddenly stretched out from under the ground... These tentacles rushed towards the elves gathered in the square.
Most of the elves immediately chose to dodge, but a small number of elves suddenly pulled out their weapons and swung at their compatriots.
Even Elder Sepphan did not expect this sudden change, but when he saw the tentacles made of magic power, he realized that things would not be so simple.
The light composed of emerald green inscriptions flickered in his hand, and the other elf elders also tapped heavily on the ground with their staffs.
The entire forest was trembling. Caroline turned around and found that the tree behind her had grown a face and an arm. She stood up from the ground, raised her arms made of trees, and waved at the few compatriots who attacked her. the elf.
After a brief panic, the black wood elves gathered in the square also began to organize a resistance against the invaders.
But what really made Carroll feel hopeless... was the gray fog that suddenly struck in the distance, and... more and more judges in black robes appeared around the forest.
The straw that finally overwhelmed the camel was the roar of the brass dragon inside the World Tree. This was not an angry roar, but a hysterical roar.
Carroll suddenly understood at this moment that these inquisitors from the Heresy Tribunal did not attack suddenly, but had already prepared for it. For this attack, they may have been preparing for ten years, or even a hundred years.
During this long period of time, they not only corrupted the guardians of the World Tree by some means, but even a large part of the judges disguised as black wood elves and mixed into the group.
A camouflage that even the World Tree can't spot...
A gray fog covered the entire forest. At this moment, the thought in Caroline's mind was that she regretted not joining the urging team of "The Inquisitor of Heresy".
Otherwise, maybe she could read about the reason for the Inquisitors' invasion of the Elf Forest from The Inquisitor's Diary, but it's too late, and it's no use complaining about the slow update of the author of The Inquisitor's Diary .