Under one person: Get the Beiming magic skill at the beginning

He slowly walked towards the sacred tree. Elijah and Alfonso, who had arrived, showed slight changes in their expressions and immediately prepared to make a move, but were stopped by the woman.

Not only that, but they also made way for Stephen White to come to the sacred tree.

Stephen White slowly extended his gloved hand, touching the withered tree trunk before him, his tone one of ecstatic joy and awe, as if he were witnessing a great ancient sage: "Amazing!"

"I can feel it!"

"That power that permeates the entire island, that is the core of Nathan, this tree, it influences everyone on this island."

"It is this that makes you different! You... are all children of the tree."

Stephen White finally saw what he wanted to see.

Nathan's Sacred Tree!

The most flourishing period of ancient witchcraft was a time when countless top wizards created miracles!

Through the trees, Stephen White seemed to see those incredibly talented and powerful individuals, one after another, doing their utmost to create extraordinary scenes that belonged only to them in the world.

It can be said that the Nathan Tree is the culmination of the efforts of the powerful rulers of the ancient Roman Empire!

It is a great will that has continued for more than two thousand years!

This will made Stephen White tremble, and tears welled up in his eyes.

He was moved that humanity possessed such a skill!

No, this can no longer be called a technique.

It is life!

"I want to protect it... I want to protect it with you all!"

Stephen White exclaimed, "I cannot tolerate it! I cannot tolerate this magnificent life falling into the hands of those greedy, inferior creatures!"

The woman watched this scene with a complex look in her eyes.

Stephen White turned to the woman with tears in his eyes: "But... I can't accept being defeated by those inferior creatures again. I'm sorry, King Nathan!"

He finished speaking.

Where his palm touched the tree trunk, red cracks suddenly appeared like a spider web.

And the cracks spread rapidly, eventually engulfing the entire tree!

Wandless Magic - Annihilation Curse!

The most terrifying and deadly magic in black magic.

This is magic that is extremely difficult to learn.

Not to mention not using a wand.

It can be released without a staff.

This is enough to prove Stephen White's exceptional skill.

Swish!

The next second, the divine tree, which was five or six meters tall, suddenly turned into sand and dust, disappearing into this space.

puff.

Stephen White knelt down, breathing softly.

He looked at the tree hole left in front of him, his expression complex and indescribable.

"Spencer, you old fox, you knew I would make this judgment, didn't you...?"

Although I don't want to admit it.

But the reality is that Spencer anticipated his actions.

That's why they released him from the dungeon.

suddenly.

Stephen White's expression changed.

"Wait...why hasn't that feeling from before gone?"

"Impossible! My Annihilation Curse should be able to destroy the tree roots as well!"

"No, not only is it not there, but the feeling has changed... What is that chanting in my head!?"

In his mind.

If the previous feeling was like looking at flowers through fog, you could see them, but you couldn't see them clearly.

But now, countless mixed chants of men and women echoed in his mind.

It was filled with holiness and peace.

wow——

Stephen White seemed to see a tree rising from the ashes in the dark space, its countless fine branches spreading out, flames and golden light shimmering on it, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

The golden light and flames burned him along with them.

For an instant.

Stephen White's expression changed several times.

Finally, I understood.

"I see... So that's how it is..."

Stephen White's face fell silent; he understood the meaning and message contained within the tree.

At the same time, what is the witchcraft of the 'Divine Tree of the Forest Kingdom'?

ka ka ka-

Suddenly, sounds began to emanate from the deep tree hollow below. Dry branches extended out of the hollow, merging and growing upwards.

Finally, the divine tree grew back.

Not only that.

A broken branch, about the length of a hand and gleaming with golden light, fell beside Stephen White.

Seeing this, the woman said softly, "Mr. White, whatever your purpose in coming here... congratulations, you have successfully obtained the Golden Branch."

"Have you heard the call of the 'tree'? Hello, my challenger."

That's right.

At this moment.

Stephen White has become a broken branch, qualified to challenge the current King Nathan, and has the potential to become a candidate for King Nathan in the future.

At that moment, Elijah pulled out his alchemical revolver and aimed it at Stephen White's head.

Stephen White ignored him and continued, "Those born from the influence of the tree are all gifted children of God."

"In exchange, the divine tree attracts those divine children who possess certain strong qualities, and they serve the divine tree for their entire lives."

"And this quality... is 'sacrifice'."

He smiled wistfully and looked up at the great tree before him: "When the divine child with the quality of 'sacrifice' receives the call of the tree, the loyal Iron Guard and the selfless Holy King are born."

"In this way, we can build an ideal world that belongs only to the 'gifted ones'."

"No wonder...you deserve to be rejected by the world. There is no place for those rabble and greedy people in the country you have built."

The woman did not refute, but lowered her head and said softly, "The challengers who break the golden branch are the same. No matter what their original intention was, they risked their lives to challenge the king... In the end, all they got was the opportunity to enter this system of 'sacrifice', and nothing else."

She looked at Stephen White and smiled slightly: "Mr. White, you are a person with this quality too."

"Hmph... 'Divine Tree'... I see. Now I know the true nature of the 'Sacred Forest'..."

Stephen White closed his eyes.

Elijah behind him was about to pull the trigger.

But at that moment...

Boom!

Suddenly, a loud bang, accompanied by a violent tremor, resounded in the sacred forest.

Everyone stumbled.

The expressions of the woman, Elijah, Alfonso, Garcia, and others changed.

I couldn't help but look back.

Suddenly, a hole four or five meters in diameter appeared in the thick fog released by the divine tree, as if it were a tunnel made of fog.

"How is this possible?!"

A look of shock and disbelief crossed the woman's calm face: "The 'fog' was pierced by an external force?!"

Not only her, but also Anthony, Elijah, Alfonso, and Garcia were all shocked.

But what shocked everyone even more was...

A figure appeared among them at some point, standing behind Stephen White.

Nobody saw it.

It was as if it appeared out of thin air!

"Your Majesty! Watch out!"

Elijah and Alfonso shouted, and the magic of light formed a protective shield around the woman.

Elijah, Garcia, and Anthony, on the other hand, fired their guns and conjured alloy blades, throwing out thunderous spears.

They attacked that figure.

Even if the attack affects Stephen White, there's nothing that can be done.

Moreover, this is especially true for someone who has broken a golden branch.

He was going to be killed anyway.

however.