You are all my wings...

“The words have already been spoken. If he really has a problem, it's not good to needlessly arouse his suspicion. Here’s what we’ll do: I will maintain a state of readiness to exercise my authority from now on, monitoring him at all times. If he really wants to make a move, I will suppress him immediately!”

Castigia transmitted her voice.

Mshiluna replied, "Alright, I'm relieved to hear you say that."

She felt strange about herself; she had subtle feelings for Leon, but didn't want to admit it.

That's why she encouraged Castigia to keep a close eye on the silver-haired, nameless man to prevent any real problems from arising.

While the two were having a private conversation, the four of them quickly flew across a large area of ​​withered sacred forest and approached the sacred tree.

At this moment, Lyon spoke up and asked, "Your Excellency Cheng Erheli, since you say that the power of this Holy Land has been taken back by the original Holy Land Lord, Terena, do you know where she is now?"

Cheng Erhe raised an eyebrow and said, "Why do you need to know this?"

"Can't we know?"

"That's possible, but you'd better explain your purpose for understanding it clearly."

"Personally, I'm more interested in the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. After all, he's an existence at the top of this world, isn't he?"

"Just don't ask around. Sometimes, if you talk about them with malice, they can sense it."

"Then you don't need to worry. As long as they don't mess with me, I won't talk about them maliciously."

Cheng Erhe thought for a moment and said, "I can only tell you that Her Majesty Terena is a powerful being who is enthusiastic about research and despises all low-intelligence species. Since she has regained a lot of the power of the Holy Land, she will naturally be silently researching ways to continue to seize the power of the Holy Land in the core area. In our Holy Land, in addition to the Holy Tree, there are two other core points, namely the Pool of Imprisoned God and the Holy Heaven Clouds."

Lyon nodded and said, "Understood."

The Pool of Imprisonment should be the place he went to with Jiajia Li ten thousand years later, only the name has obviously changed slightly.

As for the Holy Heaven Clouds, that should be a dimensional space near the top of the Holy Tree; he had heard of this place before.

By this time, the four of them had approached the edge of the slightly withered, wide sacred tree.

The scene of elves frequently flying back and forth in the majestic tree god that Lyon used to see was gone. As Lyon's eyes flashed, he noticed that some of the elves were languid and seemed to be seriously ill. They were lying flat or curled up in the tree holes inside and outside the sacred tree, and their condition was really bad.

"It seems this curse of withering life has also affected many low-level elves who have not yet become gods?"

"Leon asked."

"Those who were undeified spirits who happened to be around the sacred tree that day were affected; the rest who were unaffected have been relocated."

As Cheng Erhe spoke, a hint of heaviness flashed in his eyes.

"Even someone skilled in life-related techniques is powerless to help?"

“I have treated some of them, but I cannot cure them completely. They will fall ill again after a few days. Only those who are physically strong and of higher rank can withstand it. Many of the weaker ones, including some newborns, have already died.”

Cheng Erhe lowered his eyes, his voice low and deep.

Leon turned his head and saw that Kastiga and M'shiruna also had solemn expressions, and he knew that the Curse of Withered Life was more troublesome than he had expected.

Although the three Kastiga sisters are only at the twelfth level and have not yet advanced to the thirteenth level of true godhood, even with their great power, they are unable to remove the curse on their bodies, which shows just how troublesome this thing is.

'It seems that Cheng Erheli sent me back to this era so that I could change this rapid decline of the Holy Land?'

'But if that's the case, how did they manage to get through it all?'

'No, that's not right. Brelita and Sengheri both asked me before if I was the silver-haired hero, meaning I was supposed to appear in their timeline!'

'So, my time travel was predetermined?'

'Or perhaps the future Cheng Erheli wants me to change something, thereby influencing certain future events?'

Lyon pondered for a moment, but still had no clear clue.

Then, he approached the sacred tree and activated his [Space-Time Miracle Divination] and [False Truth Deduction] techniques, extracting information from the area around the sacred tree while using that information to perform divination.

Because the workload of this divination was extremely large, a large amount of time, space, and life force quickly flowed out of his body, causing his soul to become distorted.

Kastiga and M'shiruna were on high alert, keeping a close eye on Leon.

After a long while, Lyon slowly opened his eyes.

Cheng Erhe asked with a tremor, "Did you gain anything?"

Leon shook his head: "There's a strange force stopping me. It seems I have to go see Her Highness Terena."

"You mean, the power left behind by Lady Therena interfered with your divination?"

Cheng Erhe frowned and asked.

"That's right."

As Leon nodded, he suddenly noticed that light particles condensed in front of him, instantly transforming into a familiar, graceful figure.

This person was slender, with blond hair and black eyes. She wore a simple short dress, her skin was exceptionally delicate and fair, her features were youthful and beautiful, and her expression was indifferent. She was Terena, who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Upon seeing her, the three women were all stunned.

Chapter 526 Terena: Could it be that he and I have some special relationship?

Lyon was also somewhat surprised, not expecting to encounter Theraena from ten thousand years ago so soon.

In this timeline, her appearance is almost identical to that of ten thousand years later, but her aura is even stronger, with a faint divine light emanating from her body and an exquisite demeanor. She is truly a perfect grown-up version of that six- or seven-year-old little girl from the more distant future.

After she appeared, her gaze swept over the group before landing on Leon, and she said, "You're the one who just triggered my spacetime seal?"

"Indeed, Your Excellency must be the renowned Lord of the Holy Land, Terena?"

Lyon nodded.

"Impressive skills, to have penetrated to such a deep spacetime dimension."

Terena said coldly and indifferently:

"I recently need someone with both talent and wisdom to help me research some issues. Your understanding of time and space and your overall qualities are quite good, so you can work with me."

As she spoke, she turned to leave, seemingly without considering that Leon might refuse.

The three women were somewhat surprised. "Your Excellency Terena, how long has it been since you last saw a person before you want to recruit someone for an experiment?"

And it was a man?

Did Her Majesty Terenas ever use men for experiments in the past?

The three women couldn't help but wonder about this question, because as far as they knew, Terena would often appear in various parts of the Holy Land to pull in some gifted elves for experiments.

As Terena's strength recovers, the Origin Goddess is temporarily unable to descend upon the Holy Land for some reason, and Terena's requirements for the talents of her test subjects are becoming increasingly higher.

Until three months ago when the Sacred Tree was cursed, Terena had rarely appeared to recruit people for experiments. The goddesses all guessed that Terena probably looked down on the current test subjects in the Sacred Land.

Today, the nameless sage's divination caused her to appear. Could it be that this nameless sage's talent is extremely high?

Since Terena has personally appeared, doesn't that mean that the Nameless One is most likely not an alien god or a divine abomination?

Thinking of this, Castigia felt a sense of relief; it wasn't the best outcome.

[Goddess Castigia's affection level increased by 2%. Time-space disorder detected and corrected. Current affection level: 113%]

[Event and affinity requirements have been met, triggering the Castigatia main quest "Breaking the Sacred Tree Curse"]

[Mission Details: Help Castiga break the curse of the Sacred Tree and avert the fate of the elves being massacred by the dragons in the Sacred Land]

[Mission Rewards: Divine Energy Capacity +100, Magic Power +100, Spirit Power +100, Stamina +80, Strength +80; Learned True God-level Life System Secret: Reversal of Fate]

The moment the favorability rating was recalculated, Castigia felt a slight jolt in her heart!

She suddenly felt a strange thought flash through her mind, perhaps a deep love, or perhaps some desire that compelled her to embrace it wholeheartedly.

Out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently glanced at the silver-haired boy next door, and a feeling of excitement stirred within her.

She couldn't help but think: 'Something's wrong. How could I be like this? Could I have already fallen deeply in love with someone I've only known for a day? But is that even possible?'

To avoid overthinking, Castigia spoke up to divert attention, saying, "Your Excellency Terena, may I ask why you placed a time-space seal on the Sacred Tree?"

Terena paused in mid-air, turned her small face to the side, and glanced back at Castigia out of the corner of her eye. She said calmly, "Do you think you can resist the withering curse that sacrificed a twelfth-order true god, or even a nature god, with your current rank?"

Although she didn't say it explicitly, Castigia understood what she meant.

That is, Terena's spacetime sealing technique was essentially used to alleviate the power of this withering curse for them.

It should be understood that even a curse released by a thirteenth-level true god might not be able to harm such a majestic and enormous life form as the Sacred Tree.

After all, the Sacred Tree was originally a divine seed transplanted from beyond the world by the Goddess of Origin, and then watered with the power of the world for several eras, which is why it has formed such a majestic and towering form.

In terms of life potential alone, it is stronger than most celestial bodies and has extremely high growth potential.

If Castiglione and the other three sisters of the Sacred Tree hadn't been born with wisdom long enough and hadn't yet ascended to the next level, there wouldn't have been any trouble with that withered life curse.

But the problem was that the curse was eradicated from a twelve-order nature god who had been sacrificed.

This is a curse that uses the immense life force and divine essence of a nature god as its resources, and its power is comparable to a curse cast by a true god with all his might.

Furthermore, since this curse originated from a knowledge system outside the world, it was extremely difficult to break. Therefore, neither Berylita nor Moriper could withstand it and could only transfer their life force to Castigia to temporarily ensure that a portion of their life could survive.

"Lady Therena, you also can't break this curse?"

"Cheng Erhe asked in fear."

Terena's tone was indifferent, her lustrous black eyes carrying a hint of coldness: "Why should I help you? Since you have already chosen to follow Petelides instead of me, you can't expect me to waste my energy saving you. You'd be better off asking Petelides for help."

"But as Your Majesty also knows, His Highness is currently facing a situation that has delayed him and he is temporarily unable to appear in public."

"Castiga said quickly."

Leon, witnessing this scene, knew that most of the Epoch Elves at this time were still unaware of their future fate. Even Wu Gong, who had only just entered the eleventh rank in Cheng Erhe Li, was probably not even a few hundred years old according to her talent, so she mostly still believed in the position of the Origin Goddess.

It is estimated that it will be a long time before they realize that they are destined to have their Origin God's blood and Origin Laws reclaimed after the era ends.

Then Terena turned her gaze to Leon: "Why aren't you coming with me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she tilted her little head as if she had realized something and said, "That's right, I haven't given you any conditions yet. How about this, from now on, you can follow me. I will let you experience the most wonderful knowledge landscape in the world and provide you with the best upgrade items. All you need to do is become my experimenter."

As she spoke, she casually tossed out a treasure that resembled a halo, throwing it at Leon.

As soon as this treasure was revealed, it emitted an astonishing divine light, freezing the surrounding spacetime and creating ripples of frozen spacetime like ice flowers, which was quite mysterious.

"This is... a 12th-tier Ice-Time Dual-Element Treasure?"

Mshiruna's eyes widened.

Isn't this a bit too much?

Lyon was also somewhat surprised. Such a powerful treasure, and they just gave it to him?

"As the lord of the Holy Land of Civilization, I am second only to the other nine lords of the Forbidden Zone in terms of wealth and the amount of treasures I possess. I have plenty of twelfth-grade treasures. As long as you serve me faithfully, what is this little reward?"

Terena said calmly:

"Alright, young man with silver hair, come with me. I don't like to invite someone a second time."

Leon's mind raced. Should he reject her?

But if Terena suddenly goes mad during this period, it seems that I can't handle her right now.

Judging from the fact that she has already taken back most of the power of the Holy Land, even if she is not at her peak, she can definitely crush a true god at any time.

Just as he hesitated, Cheng Erheli transmitted his voice, "Your Majesty, it's best not to anger her. Although Her Majesty Terena doesn't get angry over trivial matters, she dislikes those who fail to act rationally when they should. Once she dislikes someone, she'll be extremely vengeful within the Holy Land. Since Her Majesty Terena's seal has temporarily blocked the possibility of the Holy Tree being divined, Your Majesty should worry less about us."

Lyon understood what she meant.

He replied telepathically, "Do you have any solutions to the current problem with the Sacred Tree?"

"There's nothing we can do for now, but we'll use our own methods to maintain the status quo. You should prioritize your own safety. I'm already very happy that you're considering our needs."

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"Moreover, Your Majesty can rest assured that, as far as I know, Her Majesty Terena generally treats her test subjects quite well. Once you have completed the research she requires, she will set you free and reward you handsomely. And as far as I know, she can usually complete a research project in a few days. There is no need for you to rush. You might as well agree to her request first."

Lyon nodded. "If that's the case, then it's alright."

His main purpose in coming here was to increase Cheng Erheli's favorability.

"Then thank you for reminding me. If I have the chance, I will ask if you can resolve the issue of the Sacred Tree."

Lyon transmitted the message.

Cheng Erhe's eyes lit up: "Then I'll thank you in advance. If there's anything you need me for in the future, please don't hesitate to ask!"

[Goddess Cheng Erheli's favorability +2%, current favorability 40%]

M'shiluna actually wanted to say something to Leon, but she felt that her current situation was very delicate. If she really got involved with Leon more, she might really fall into a trap.