Perhaps no one in Teresa would have imagined that the Holy Son of Light and the head of the Holy Knights who fell in Shifer would appear in the Forest of Eternal Night intact.
—Of course, except for the Dark God.
I don't know what agreement the elves and the dark god reached. In short, shortly before the dark god came, the elf queen sent a cryptic message to the elves in the clan: When the dark god appeared on the continent of Delan This is the opportunity for them to return to the elves.
And things were really as the Elf Queen said, in the battle of Shifer, the dark god who couldn't see the true face didn't hit them hard, he was just bluffing and doing superficial tricks.
And he and the blood elves followed the elf queen's wishes and took this opportunity to let the Son of Light and the head of the Holy Knights "die" in front of everyone.
Come here, there is no need to hide your identity anymore.
He Yan opened his hands, allowing the blood elf to take off the large cloak he was wearing to conceal his identity, and used a devouring technique to turn them into a plume of black smoke, which was dispersed in the cold air by the wind.
Because the Holy Son of Light and the Paladin had already "dead", they no longer wore clothes with the logo of the Holy See of Light, but simple clothes like ordinary people.
He Yan raised his head slightly, facing the not too dazzling sunlight.
A petite bird-shaped monster that landed on the treetop met his gaze, immediately widened its beaded eyes, and fluttered its wings and flew away.
The blood elf reached out and rubbed his pitch-black hair, and pressed his head down with a little force to prevent him from hurting his eyes again, "Don't look at it."
He Yan let out a meaningless hum from his throat, but looked away obediently.
The two did not rush on their way, but walked slowly in the forest.
The Forest of Eternal Night in the spring finally showed a rare vitality, dark green small bumps can be seen faintly on the dark brown branches, and it won’t be long before there will be small green buds protruding from them, blooming all over the tree vitality.
Finally getting out of the muddy waters of the Teresa Empire, He Yan felt happier than ever.
Although the blood elf beside him was as calm as ever, from his slightly relaxed body movements, it could be seen that the blood elf was also very relaxed.
After walking in silence for a while, in order to avoid wasting too much unnecessary time on the road, the blood elves picked him up and quickly arrived at the territory of the elves.
After two years, I came to the elves again. It was as peaceful as ever, and it was not affected by the turmoil outside.
Regarding his coming again, perhaps because he received the news in advance, the elves' eyes did not appear to contain vigilance and hostility like last time, but were full of... goodwill
There were even elves who tentatively tried to approach them, perhaps to strike up a conversation, but after being stared at by the blood elves with warning eyes for a few seconds, they retreated silently.
Feeling the rigidity of the relationship between the blood elves and the same race again, He Yan couldn't help laughing from the bottom of his heart.
But the most important thing now is not to adjust the relationship between the blood elves and the same race. The first thing they need to do is to meet the elf queen and settle some matters.
When she came to the mother elf tree again, the elf queen sensed it and got out from the luxuriant leaves of the mother elf tree.
He Yan's eyes paused for a moment, and then he slid around the Elf Queen unobtrusively.
Compared to the last time we met... Has the Elf Queen's body grown a little bigger
According to the blood elves, the elf queen became so small because she needed to heal the elf mother tree. Now that the elf queen's body began to grow, it showed that the elf mother tree was indeed recovering slowly.
The elf queen didn't mind his sizing up, and there was a gentle light in her green eyes, watching him calmly.
Under the gaze of those eyes as transparent as green agate, He Yan realized his impoliteness, coughed lightly, and wiped lightly on a simple ring worn on his right index finger.
A green spar appeared in his palm.
The spar looks no more than the size of a grape, and its shape is an irregular oval with countless small cut surfaces. Even if there is no direct sunlight, it still emits a soft light-colored light. warm stream.
Without the slightest hesitation, He Yan handed this small spar to the Elf Queen.
Finally, a touch of emotion appeared in the elf queen's usually calm eyes.
She stretched out her slender white arms and hugged this green spar, which was not too small for her. The translucent wings on her back flapped frequently, bringing her light body back to the elf mother tree. .
She reached out and touched the rough tree trunk, then reached out and sent the spar in her arms to the body of the elf mother tree.
The moment the spar sank into the trunk, the mother elf tree was instantly enveloped in a layer of light green light that was the same as the spar.
Then the ground shook slightly, and in He Yan's sight, the already huge mother tree started to grow rapidly!
The trunk became thicker, the branches extended, and countless new green leaves bloomed on the same new branches one by one, gushing out vigorous vitality.
There were even branches extending to the direction where they were standing. Those thick or thin branches made a half-circle in a very humane way, avoiding their position in an empathetic manner, and continued to expand their territory outward.
Seeing that they were about to be imprisoned in the "cage" made of branches, the blood elf at the side gently wrapped his arms around his waist, jumped lightly, and led him back.
Temporarily retreating to a "safe" place, driven by curiosity, He Yan's eyes did not move away from the elf mother tree.
He Yan blessed himself with a low-level light technique that can improve eyesight.
In the cracks between the wildly growing branches and the layers of leaves, he vaguely saw the figure of the Elven Queen.
With the mutation of the elf mother tree, the elf queen who lives with the elf mother tree also emits a gentle green light, which is connected with the light on the elf mother tree, like an inseparable and indivisible body that has never been separated since its birth. Overall.
And her body also quickly elongated and extended in just a few seconds, and finally became the same size as a normal person.
…
After the green light completely disappeared, He Yan finally saw the true appearance of the Elf Queen.
Different from the small miniature version, the magnified Elf Queen looks more elegant and charming. Every part of her face seems to be carefully carved by the gods, so delicate and perfect that no flaws can be found.
Her beauty is gentle and inclusive, without a hint of aggression, making people feel peaceful and untouched by time.
The elf queen closed her eyes, showing a very serene expression, her body leaning against the mother elf tree, her slightly curly long hair like seaweed pouring out, winding and twisting on the dark soil.
As if feeling He Yan's gaze, she lay down on the tree trunk and fell silent for a while, then suddenly opened her eyes, and her green pupils looked straight in his direction.
With the movement of her getting up, the branches between them were withdrawn to both sides, leaving a path for passage.
Glancing at the blood elf, He Yan accepted the wordless invitation, and walked along the path made by the branches.
He noticed that there was a thin branch protruding from the crowded leaves above, dexterously circling the elf queen's long hair, and then the branch was cut off in the middle, completely turning into a simple hair rope, Gather the elf queen's long hair down to her ankles.
He Yan's gaze paused for a moment on the retracted broken branch.
For some reason, he always felt that the elf mother tree had always been too considerate to the elf queen.
Including the last time we met, those branches cleverly weaved themselves into small chairs and sent them behind the elf queen, no matter how you look at it, there is a hint of flattery.
The elf mother tree is also degenerated from the gods. Although the elf queen inherited the last part of its divine power and is its symbiotic elf, in the final analysis it is also one of its descendants.
Showing such kindness to a descendant always gives people a lingering sense of disobedience.
The elf queen bent her eyes, lifted the skirt made of fine vines, and gracefully gave him a slightly solemn courtesy, "Cecil, on behalf of the elves, I thank you for your help."
He Yan was startled, and turned sideways to avoid it.
Just kidding—how can there be any reason to ask the object's parents to salute you
However, the elf queen cheated and used her divine power to fix his body in place, forcing him to accept this ritual.
He Yan: "..."
He felt that at this moment his heart was a little... broken.
After the restraint on his body was released, he pursed his lips, held the arm of the blood elf, and took a step back with lingering fear, "You... you can say that, even without me, Ambrose can complete this task alone .”
In fact, he didn't feel that he had helped much.
The Goddess of Light is an extremely domineering god. After making an agreement with the elf mother back then, she undeniably divided the elf heart degenerated from the godhead into two, and kept one half in the elves, and the other half as a trade. The collateral of the Vatican was buried in the central Holy See.
Before that, he and Ambrose stayed in the Teresan Empire for two years, the main purpose was to find this half of the elf heart.
Two years ago, the Elf Queen gave him an energy crystal extracted from this half of the Elf Heart in the Elf Clan, and asked him to find the other half of the Elf Heart in the Central Holy See through the mutual induction between the Elf Hearts.
Although he did make some efforts for this, logically speaking, the most effective of them should be the energy crystal given to him by the elf queen.
However, upon hearing his words, the Elf Queen shook her head slightly, and said softly but firmly: "No, Cecil, it's all due to you..."
She stretched out her hand, and slowly stroked the rough tree trunk with her beautifully shaped fingers, and her tone became gentle: "... since the god came, it has been very weak. Originally, we didn't know the exact location of the half of the elf's heart. , we thought that the Goddess of Light brought it to a higher plane. It was not until you brought energy from another world two thousand years ago that we sensed that the heart of the elves is in the Central Holy See."
Energy from another world
He Yan pondered for a while in his heart... Could it be his mental strength
After all, apart from this, everything on him is a local product of Deland.
In this case, He Yan was unable to refute. He pondered for a moment, wisely skipped the topic, and asked instead: "Can I ask you about the God of Darkness? Of course, if you can't, then Please ignore this question."
The Queen of Energy smiled slightly and said, "Of course, there is nothing to keep secret."
She seemed to be remembering something from a long time ago, her eyelashes drooped slightly, and she began to narrate in a soft tone.
Since the heart of the elves was split in half by the goddess of light, the ability of the elf mother tree, which had fallen from the position of god, has declined even more. Not only has the scope of the predictions given become more and more blurred, the period of weakness after the predictions has also been lengthened , causing her to degenerate into a juvenile body to heal it.
In fact, at the beginning of this transaction, the elf mother tree was dissatisfied.
In this transaction with the Goddess of Light, in exchange for the right to stay on the continent of Deland, the price it paid was too heavy.
Not only was he overloaded with purifying the Godhead of the Goddess of Light, and gave birth to a mutated blood elf, he was also deprived of half of his elf hearts, which dragged down his symbiotic elves.
All gods are proud, even though they are mild-tempered, even if they have fallen from the throne of gods to become a speechless tree, but the pride is still deeply rooted in the heart, and this kind of transaction that contains the meaning of coercion and slavery gradually The seeds of resentment accumulated in its heart.
So when the God of Darkness first sneaked into the continent of Deland to inquire about the situation, the elf mother tree, who had been dissatisfied with the Goddess of Light for a long time, made a deal with the God of Darkness who was about to grab the cake from the Goddess of Light.
Although it is only a degraded low-level god with low strength, it has a very ingenious advantage.
In the past 900 years, it has purified the Godhead countless times for the Goddess of Light. This frequent contact has caused the Godhead of the Goddess of Light to not be so defensive about its power subconsciously.
It is conceivable that if its energy is used as a carrier, the chances of attacking the Godhead of the Goddess of Light can be greatly improved.
So he exchanged the chance of receiving asylum with the Dark God on the condition of his own energy crystallization.
Now it seems that compared to the tough and domineering Goddess of Light, this Dark God, who doesn't seem like a good person at first sight, is obviously more ethical. He not only fulfilled his promise extremely faithfully, but even cooperated with the Elf Queen in a considerate manner. , creating a chance for them to die.
He Yan blinked and suddenly understood why the Goddess of Light was pulled down by the God of Darkness who was one rank lower after hearing the Elf Goddess smile and explain how she and the Elf Mother Tree teamed up with the God of Darkness to entrap the Goddess of Light.
After all, from the perspective of EQ alone, the Goddess of Light is much lower than the God of Darkness.
After saying goodbye to the elf queen, He Yan and the blood elves returned to the small house they had visited two years ago.
The sky had completely darkened, and the elves didn't seem to notice the change in the elf mother tree just now. Most of them had already followed their instincts and fell asleep. Only a few were still peeking at him and the blood elves unwillingly under the cover of the trees.
Thinking of what the elf queen said about officially introducing him to other elves as a blood elf companion tomorrow, He Yan couldn't help feeling delicate.
However, he has already left his status as the "Son of Light". If there is no accident, he will live in the elves with his partner in the future, so this procedure is necessary.
After entering the door, the blood elf immediately locked the door, then picked him up by the waist, and gently placed him on the small wooden bed.
"Cecil," the blood elf pressed down his body, his blood pupils were extremely bright.
Because he got too close, the blood elf's light golden hair brushed against his cheek, bringing a bit of itching, and he couldn't help but reach out and brush the hair away.
But instead, the blood elf grabbed his finger, stretched out his fangs and bit the fingertip lightly, and blood gushed out instantly.
The blood elf licked off the pre-dinner dessert with a hint of milk cake flavor, then raised the corners of his lips, smiled happily at him, and said softly, "The night is still long."
Cecil, Son of Light, had completely died in Shifer, leaving only a little mouse that could no longer escape his territory.