Pillars of Ita

Chapter 1233 White Tide Attacks

There is indeed a road that passes through the quiet forest, passing through the white rock of Ilshaan, passing from the south of the 'Ancient Forest', entering the 'Trace of Yasha', and then entering the sacred woods.

Alsana remembered the strange-shaped rock that looked golden in the sun. It was located near the Wood of Quel'god, where the fragrance of the white forest formed morning dew and gathered to form a beautiful elven garden.

She often went to that place because the resting place of the Great Saint was also nearby. It led to the southern gate of the sacred grove and was the only way to enter the sacred grove from Ravenril.

But since the Mark of Yasha became increasingly unstable, shortly after the disaster of Old Norrisianen, the Sacred Grove completely closed its southern gate, and from then on, anyone going from Ravenril to the Sacred Grove had to cross the Mark of Yasha.

"Ever since the Guth Tree of Bane appeared, the Temple has deployed heavy troops there. A group of guards led by the Sons of Light are guarding that place. That road is no safer than other ways to enter the sacred forest."

"Your Highness, can you command the guards?" asked Elindor.

"I can't," Alsana shook her head slightly, "That guard is mostly made up of Knights Templar from the Temple of Nature, and they only obey the orders of the Council of Elders."

"Then perhaps Mr. Ed's identity will be useful?" The lord of the Sun Shadow Land looked at Fang He who was standing aside.

But Arsana interrupted him: "But we have no evidence unless the Lady is willing to appear again at that time."

"No need to go to such trouble." Fang He shook his head and gently pushed aside the bushes in front of him. This was one of the few woodlands he had seen that had not been damaged by the ash disaster. The trees were still green and there were even birds singing.

The rocks were covered with thick moss. The sunlight had just climbed over the treetops, and the morning light formed a narrow beam of light that shone through the gaps between the branches and leaves, forming spots of light that fell on the moss.

This woodland should be so warm and peaceful, full of life and vitality, as if sacred runes were whispering in the woods, shrouding it in a mysterious color.

But what we see is not entirely a thriving scene. A hint of gray has appeared on the soil, and there are some withered branches hidden among the green branches. The withered gray leaves are scattered on the paths in the woods.

Arsana was still pondering Fang He's words, but suddenly her expression changed. She picked up the leaf, and the gray-white leaf quickly withered and turned into ash in her hand, falling to the ground.

"Gray Domain, this is the Gray Domain?... But why, why is there a Gray Domain in the Divine Language Forest?" The face of the saint and princess was full of disbelief.

She looked at Fang He. But Fang He's face did not show any surprise, but was calm instead, with only a slight frown on his face, and his deep eyes seemed to have seen through many things.

Sylvie stood aside and looked at the people around her with some curiosity.

Even with her sharp mind, she couldn't guess what had happened. The proverb on the suitcase might be a footnote to her wisdom, but wisdom often cannot see through the future.

The noble daughter was only able to keenly sense what was happening because the people around her were behaving differently than usual.

As for Mia, she was completely unaware of this. She only put one hand on her dagger, standing between Zuliana, Elindor and Fang He, keeping an eye on the two of them.

The dragon knight lady from Lotao couldn't help but ask: "What is your relationship with him? Why are you so protective of him? Are you related by blood?"

But the wolf-like girl shook her pointed ears and did not intend to answer.

Zuliana couldn't help but turn around and look at Elindor, then shook her head.

"Mr. Ed, have you been to this place?" Elindor asked.

He was actually a little curious about Fang He's choice, so he led everyone to avoid the main road and come in this direction.

Many of them were familiar with this forest, but Fang He was different. Perhaps the eldest princess told him about this route? But even Alsana didn't seem to be familiar with this place.

But Fang Yu shook his head.

Maybe you can say that, just not on this timeline.

This was their third time arriving at this place. He had failed to break through the two dragon riders seven other times, and had not even been able to leave the Elf Court three times.

The future foreseen by the Crown of Hailin is confusing and always changing. The future is not static, and it seems that every branch on the white tree has subtle differences.

This time was undoubtedly the smoothest one.

He had already verified the method of directly entering the sacred forest, and all of them ended in failure. He even met two great elven elders, Ferindor Rigen and Silmara Dawnweaver.

The Lord of the Sun Valley, the Master of the Dawn Forest, two archdruids, one of whom was a dragon rider, and the endless number of Templar Knights who followed them.

With the blessing of the holy land, those people even have the strength of the silver level.

The closest they came to success was when they even passed through the Quel'gorod Great Tree and were only a step away from the forest realm where the Gray Forest was located.

But an incredible white thorn forest blocked their way, and before they could react, the pursuers behind them had arrived.

The four elven elders, Felindor, Silmara, Ilando and Vonaris, joined forces to stop them, claiming that all this was arranged by Her Majesty the Saint.

As long as they were willing to stay, she would come to see them when the affairs in the gray forest were settled.

"Is there any possibility of survival after entering the gray forest?" Fang He turned around and asked Princess Alsana.

The elf girl shook her head.

"So they are lying to us?"

Arsana also showed confusion and puzzlement on her face.

The attitude of Holy Forest seemed very ambiguous, which was inconsistent with the usual style of the temple and made her very confused.

But Fang He already understood it in his heart. If he hadn't seen that image in the illusion, he would have almost believed that what the other party said was true.

Miss Elf may have made up her mind, but she did not stop them from entering the sanctuary, and Red also told them that she had something to say to them.

Faced with the endless stream of Templar Knights chasing after him, Fang He activated the Crown of Hailin without hesitation.

The Lord of the Sun Shadow Land was also in the team that time, but Mia was injured in the fight with Avani and Zuliana, Avani died, and the dragon rider of Rotao was not captured.

This time, not only did they have the Sun Shadow Land Lord, Mia was not injured, and he even persuaded Zuliana to join them, so the rest -

There is only the 'white tide' left.

Juliana was walking forward, parting the dense bushes with her sword, her eyes fixed on the front, and she suddenly stopped.

She looked at the scene in front of her in shock, turned around in astonishment, and asked everyone: "What, what is that...?"

The square plover looked up and was not too surprised by the scene in front of it. On the other side of the woods was a gray-white thorn bush that ran across the forest.

Gray branches that look like disasters grow out of the ground, and vines that sparkle with crystal-like luster are like sculptures, freezing a moment in the forest.

Wherever they passed, everything turned dry and gray. The trees lost their original color, and gray crystals grew on the bark. The branches and leaves had long since turned to ashes, leaving only bare trunks.

He had seen a similar scene in the Gray Domain of Gus. Pieces of gray wood took root and sprouted in the soil, replacing the original vitality of the Holy White Tree. Wherever they passed, all life was gone.

That is the scene of the disaster trees growing, their process of growth and development, and finally forming an unstoppable natural disaster, sweeping away everything, replacing everything, leaving only wasteland.

But they should only exist in a few areas. There were originally only three in the entire Giant Tree Hill, and the one where Ninimeier is located has even disappeared.

"Has the Gus Gray Domain mutated..." Alsana had heard the story from her sister and Fang He, but she didn't expect everything to happen so quickly.

When they left the Scar of Yasha, only a few areas near the center of the Gus Disaster Area had sprouted disaster branches, but it quickly spread to the edge of the sacred forest.

And they are not fully formed seedlings, but the entire disaster area has undergone some unknown changes. These mature disaster branches are no different from those in the center of the Gus gray area.

They will soon take root and turn the sacred grove into a white field.

Arsana finally understood why the attitude of the temple was so strange. This place was not only the core of the holy land, but also the place closest to the core of the holy tree in the entire Giant Tree Hill.

Once the Guth Scourge spreads up along the trunk of Terraka, eroding its heart and transforming the entire Holy White Tree into a Scourge Tree, the entire Hill of Giant Trees will be finished.

The Holy Whites and the Elven Court are also finished.

"Further ahead is the White Rock of Ilshaan," Fang He said, "but there are no guards of the Son of Light there. They have either died or retreated to the vicinity of the Denslo Courtyard—"

"This white tide is spreading towards the core of the Sacred Forest. It has blocked the path to the Ash Forest. The Temple is trying to break through it, but they haven't gotten deep enough yet."

"The reason they haven't gone deeper yet is, on the one hand, because everything happened too suddenly, and on the other hand, they want to prevent outsiders from entering the sacred forest."

"Stop... us?" asked Alsana.

"Stop everyone," Fang He replied, "but keeping us here is also their goal. It's more like one of the deals they made with the guild allies."

"So... this is why the Temple turned to humans?"

"They think the Guild Alliance has the solution to Ninimare?" But that solution...

It means sacrifice.

She is not afraid of sacrifice, and is even prepared for it.

The unicorn girls guarded the sacred tree and were willing to dedicate themselves to this land, but that should be their own choice, not someone pushing them out.

Especially the Great Temple.

Because it's not fair.

They cannot sacrifice themselves, but also have to bear the bad reputation behind them, or even become a knife to attack the Holy Maiden Society and become victims of certain people's conspiracy.

I see. There is a reason why Lady Aimaya didn't lower her eyes.

Alsana clenched her fists, her whole body was trembling slightly, and every knuckle was white - she turned her head and looked at Fang He with slightly red eyes.

Juliana couldn't help but open her mouth when she looked at Her Royal Highness the Princess. As a dragon knight of the guild alliance, although she was only a high-level tool, she knew some inside information.

Including this disaster, the Silver Wind Watcher might be behind it all, but she is not a player from the second division and has no right to blame him.

Moreover, even in Lotao, she could not be said to be free, otherwise, they would not have come here to attack a young man who was not even at the silver level.

She sighed slightly.

Fang He looked at the elf princess but did not say anything because all words were pale and powerless. Only when they reached that place could they talk about change.

He looked at the silver coin in his hand. The Crown of Hailin emitted a dazzling light in the space of consciousness. The blue light seemed to contain a warm power.

Besides, everything has not really reached a dead end yet. The Silver Wind Watcher may not be right. The echo is coming from the sea of ​​trees, and the goddess is leading the way for them.

Just reach the ash forest.

That was why he had gone upstream along the branches of the Holy White Tree countless times, just to find a glimmer of hope among countless possibilities, a way to bring everyone back.

"How greedy, little one," a gentle consciousness came from the silver coin, "but there is no such thing as a perfect ending in this world."

"But don't business ladies also want to win as much as possible?"

"Then you have to speed up your pace," the owner of the consciousness smiled slightly, "I can't speak in person, so as not to attract more attention to you, including that person."

"She looks at you for one more moment, that's already the limit," she changed the subject.

"However, there will always be an unnoticed silver coin in this world that will roll onto the tray of the scale and eventually change the balance, tipping the weight of victory to our side."

"Is that so, little one?"

Fang He raised his hand and held the silver coin in his palm. He looked forward, and the timelines that were advancing forward were like a huge chessboard, with countless chess pieces falling on it.

The infinite timeline that only he could see was like a forked branch, and under each chess piece, the longitude and latitude of space and time were so clear.

Only a silver coin fell from the void, rolling freely forward at the corner of the chessboard. And an unnoticed pawn was about to reach the bottom line of the chessboard.

"Miss Zuliana, Lord Elindor," Fang He looked at the gray and white woodland and said, "This is why I ask for your help."

"This is about the disaster area. We must reach the Gray Forest as soon as possible."

"I hope you can open a path in the disaster area so that we don't have to deal with the guards of the temple at all and can go directly through there and enter the forest where the ash tree is."

Elindor and Zuliana looked at each other.

There was not much to say to the elf lord. He saw with his own eyes that Aimaya lowered her eyes, so all this was the guidance of the goddess.

Juliana smiled helplessly and put her hand on her sword. All these were troubles caused by Ming. She would definitely settle the score with that good sister afterwards.

But when she grasped the sword, she couldn't help but think of the appearance of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and sighed slightly in her heart. Perhaps being here would make her feel more at ease.

She looked at the young alchemist beside her, the student of her good friend, and was still somewhat puzzled by his confidence. Was he so sure that Silver Wind Watcher must be wrong?

But somehow, she suddenly realized that she seemed to hope that the other party was right.

……

A roar was heard from the Resurrection Temple:

"Elindor, you bastard!"

Avani rushed out of the temple like a gust of wind holding his magic wand. He was filled with anger and wanted to go back and cause trouble for the Lord of the Sun Shadow Land as soon as possible.

Although there is still some distance from the Elf Court to the Holy Forest, this distance is just a snap for a true dragon knight.

But before he could cast the teleportation spell, Halsey, who had heard the news, stopped him and said, "Wait, Avani, you can no longer go to the Sacred Forest."

"Why?" Avani asked angrily. He only had two chances to revive, and now there was only one left. How precious was the Dragon Knight's Starlight? "Did you stop them? And what about that damned little bastard? You can't let him enter the Holy Forest. He has Aimaya's Chosen One on him."

Halsey was slightly startled, but soon calmed down. Aimaya had descended once in Istania, and some people speculated that one of her chosen ones was born there.

At that time, the Seven Seas Brigade was adventuring in the Land of Sand, and some people had guessed that it was them, but now it is just a confirmation again.

But he shook his head slightly, signaling the imperial dragon knight to stay calm, "We didn't stop them."

"What?" Avani was shocked. "What are you doing? You, Hades, and the four dragon riders from Ragnarok and the Pillar of Stars can't stop the Sea Witch and Elindor?"

Halsey hesitated to speak, but turned back quickly. Avani looked at the man who came up from the bottom of the temple and subconsciously closed his mouth.

There are a limited number of dragon knights in Attalia, and there are only about a hundred of them coming and going. Everyone sees them every day, and there are almost no so-called legendary masters who hide themselves from the world.

The one in front of him was the most elusive person in Giant Tree Hill. He shone for a while one or two hundred years ago, and then lived in seclusion in Kalmdal.

But Avani had also seen this legendary Elf Sword Saint in a competition in the Second World. However, at that time, the other party was the leader of the Giant Tree Hill team, and he was only a small Silver Rank.

"Soria Deepshadow," Avani was startled, "Why is he here?"

"He was the one who stopped all of us," Halsey said calmly, and there seemed to be no trace of regret in her voice.

Dragon Knights also have different levels of strength, and the elves have a long lifespan, so their dragon riders' combat skills are naturally better than those of mortals, not to mention that this one had already been crowned the title of Sword Master before becoming a dragon rider.

And two centuries have passed since he became a dragon rider.

Of course, even an old swordsman from two hundred years ago cannot be said to be able to fight four alone, but there is more than just this one dragon knight in the Elf Court. In addition to Elindor, there is also a dragon knight on standby beside the Elf King at all times.

In addition, he led the Sons of Light to fight against the local people, so even Haltsey, Hades, Ragnarok and the four dragon knights of Lothal could not say that they could easily defeat the opponent.

Besides, it was impossible for them to use their full strength. The battle between the six dragon knights was enough to destroy half of the Giant Tree Hill.

"So we just accept it?" Avani was still a little unconvinced. He never thought that he would be defeated by a junior, even if it was Elindor who attacked him by surprise. "If we let them enter the sacred forest--"

"They can't enter the sacred grove." Halsey shook her head.

"But that guy has Aimaya's Chosen One, so he might be able to convince those stubborn old men," Avani said anxiously. "Don't forget that the temple is so shaken, in fact, a big reason is that Lady Nature hasn't sent down an oracle for a long time."

"No," Halsey pointed to a corner of the forest, "the white tide is coming."

Avani stopped talking and looked towards the end of the forest. The speed at which the gray woodland was spreading in that direction was visible to the naked eye.

Endless numbers of withered tree men are pouring out of the forest, along with other gray-region monsters. The Sons of Light, who are affiliated with the Elf Court, are being urgently mobilized to block the entrance to the Autumn Woodland from all directions.

No wonder the Son of Light is not seen here.

Avani understood immediately. He was also a member of the Guild Alliance, so he naturally understood the arrangements made by the Silver Wind Watcher after defeating Ninimer. He couldn't help but fall silent as he watched this scene:

"If they can't stop this disaster, they will naturally understand that what we say is true."

He shook his head slightly. "I just hope the Elven Court won't be as stubborn as we expect."

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