Elden Gulong in American comics

Chapter 135: Holy Tree

Locke raised his head and saw the golden crown of the holy tree. Like the golden tree standing in the royal city, the holy tree also had the same golden leaves, but the branches looked much slender. Looking from a distance, it seemed like nothing more. It is a small sapling.

But it is this small sapling that supports a city that can accommodate tens of thousands of people. This is Holy Tree Town, a city that belongs to Michaela and Marlenia, a paradise far away from the border.

This place is located at the northernmost point of the junction, but the climate is not cold. The holy tree emits light and heat, and it has become a shelter for all living beings in this place where the golden tree never shines.

Once you get inside, you will see that the branches that are slender compared to the main trunk are actually large entities that need several people to embrace. The main trunk of the holy tree, above the crown, is supporting a city.

A suspension bridge stretches out from the city and is connected to other branches of the holy tree. There are also large and small buildings on those branches, forming a complex of buildings above the tree crown.

Everything seemed to come out of a fairy tale book. Humanoid creatures of different races and forms walked through the holy tree. In front of Locke, the members of the holy tree force had already lined up to welcome their king.

They looked at Mikaela beside Locke. The holy tree was a miracle created by her, and this invincible army belonged to her alone.

Among the welcoming knights, a path paved with flowers was left. Michaela stepped on it, and the cheers around her were like thunder.

She only left for an insignificant period of time, but for the people of the Holy Tree, their days were like years, tossing and turning over the disappearance of their monarch, without even thinking about food or drink.

In a sense, these guys are all Mikaela's crazy fans, the real deal, 100% pure.

"You don't need that kind of charm ability at all. You can coax these people into confusion with your personality charm alone." Locke followed Mikaela, like the opponent's knight, using a very light the voice whispered.

"I just gave them what they wanted."

Michaela smiled slightly. The knights in the Holy Tree originally belonged to another force. For example, the Holy Tree Knight Loretta riding on the horse at the moment was a former Calia knight.

She is a Platinum Son who is good at using bows and arrows. Michaela promised her that the Holy Tree would be the refuge of the Platinum Sons, so she became a member of the Holy Tree and guarded the Holy Tree loyally.

Due to Loretta's influence, most of the members of the Holy Tree Knights were once members of the Calia dynasty, while most of the Zunrot Knights came from the royal city. They were impressed by Marlenia and became her followers. knight

There are also some miscellaneous people who are also attracted by the concept of the holy tree, such as the Haimo mage who was responsible for maintaining the teleportation array before, and the red lion hybrid with a big sword in the team.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, an elegant silhouette ran from a distance and hugged Michaela into her arms.

"You should have waited for me at the end." Michaela hugged her sister and stroked her red hair: "This doesn't look like a king at all."

"I can't wait that long. I am your blade and should be by your side." Marlenia buried her head in Michaela's arms, feeling the other person's breath.

Then, under Michaela's comfort, Malenia stood up, followed the other party honestly, and walked forward side by side with Locke.

"Michaela brought you something good, go to a quiet place, there will be a surprise." Locke whispered to the Valkyrie. At this moment, the residents of the Holy Tree gathered around the road, surrounding the area with water, rushing to come. Look around at Michaela’s majestic appearance.

The Valkyrie nodded slightly, looked at the schoolbag on Mikaela's back, put her hands on the other's back, and then hugged Mikaela in her arms.

Swish!

The agile Valkyrie disappeared above the holy tree in just a few ups and downs. She hugged Michaela, stepped on the branches of the holy tree, and floated towards the bottom of the holy tree.

"Okay, okay, let's all disperse. Let's go back to our homes and go to work!" Locke greeted the people who lost the holy tree, spread his wings and flew towards the roots of the holy tree.

The holy tree is divided into several parts. There are city walls standing on the trunk below. Those walls can be used as defenses and can also support the young holy trees. At the root of the holy tree, there are walls that belong exclusively to Malenia and Mi. Keira's space.

There is a space opened up at the base of the sacred tree. The ground is full of white flowers. Next to the puddle in the center of the clearing, countless golden water lilies are blooming. Although these flowers are called lotus, they grow in Above the earth, at the junction, this plant has a nice name:

Michaela Waterlily.

At this moment, Valkyrie sat obediently on the chair, watching Michaela take out the medicine and syringe from her backpack, and then pushed the golden medicine into the syringe.

"I knew you would be here." Locke came from a distance. The sea of ​​flowers under the sacred tree was a room that only Valkyrie and Michaela could enter. Locke used some small tricks to get in successfully. , it took a lot of effort at that time.

Michaela ignored Locke, just stretched out her hand and took off the prosthetic leg on the Valkyrie's shoulder, revealing the other's missing right arm. A golden needle emerged from the Valkyrie's right arm, and Michaela flicked it and inserted it into the female. The golden needle in the God of War's body, the pained groan from the opponent.

"Hold on, sister." Michaela pulled out a section of the golden needle. In an instant, light red mist floated from the Valkyrie's body, and a smell of mold and corruption filled the surrounding air.

The flowers in the sea of ​​​​flowers are withering, fungi that love corruption protrude from the surface, and the shape of life is being distorted. Everything is so disgusting, but it seems full of vitality.

Maybe fungi like this kind of environment, but for people, this world is no less than a real hell.

This is a blessing and a curse. This is the scarlet corruption that resides in Marlenia's body. Mikaela's hands emit golden light, and the runes on the golden needle change, giving off a more dazzling color.

Locke waved his hand in disgust, and a stream of flames spurted out from his mouth, burning away the light red mist in the air.

Scarlet Corruption is most afraid of fire, so it disappeared in Locke's fiery dragon breath.

Michaela glanced at Locke gratefully, and inserted the adjusted golden needle into the Valkyrie's body. As the opponent's body trembled, the red mist pouring out of the Valkyrie's body was suppressed.

Michaela breathed a sigh of relief, inserted the syringe in her hand into the Valkyrie's neck, and injected the new Holy Tree potion.

"what!"

The Valkyrie let out a scream, and the reddish mist on her body was constantly billowing, but this was the bottom of the sacred tree and belonged to Mikaela's domain.

Golden light seeped out from the surrounding roots, suppressing the surging red mist. It was not until the Valkyrie's body collapsed that the terrifying golden light gradually disappeared.

Mikaela took off the Valkyrie's helmet and looked directly into the opponent's eyes. Gradually, the eyes that were blinded by scarlet corruption became a little color. She tremblingly stretched out her remaining left hand and took off Mikaela's helmet. Pull the veil.

"I, I see you, brother."

In the game, the leaves of the Holy Tree are red due to being eroded by scarlet corruption.

But Marlenia is not blooming now, so the leaves should be golden.

Finally, do you think Malenia’s eyes were blinded from birth, or did she lose sight gradually?

Chapter 136: The Junction in Amber

At the base of the holy tree, on a throne surrounded by countless flowers, Marlenia opened her eyes. Her eyes were no longer the chaotic mess they were in the past, but had a little bit of different brilliance.

The brown-red corruption faded from her eyes, and her eyes quickly recovered under the terrifying physical strength of the god, revealing their original color.

It was a golden eye mask like Mikaela's. Marlenia stretched out her hand and brushed Mikaela's face. It had been so long since she lost her light. It had been so long that she was used to using her ears to hear sounds and identify her location. , so long that she has forgotten the light of the golden tree.

But now, Michaela is standing in front of her, her face is the same as before, as if time has never left any trace on her body.

"I'm here, I've always been there." Michaela grabbed her sister's hand and put it on her face. The two stared at each other, unwilling to separate for a long time.

Locke curled his lips and turned into the cologne form and lay on the side. The effect of the medicine was very short, so he needed to seize this time to let Marlenia see more things.

Gu Long took out the gift he prepared for Marlenia, a set of simple projection equipment and a matching generator. Thanks to the magic of the universe and the magician of Kama Taj, Locke's pocket can hold a lot of things.

The white curtain opened, the generator rumbled, and light spilled from the projector onto the screen.

It was the bustling New York City, with people coming and going, the sun hanging in the sky, and a few white clouds floating beside it.

The scenery from another world caught Marlenia's eyes. It was a completely different scenery from the junction. She looked at the projected video and asked Michaela: "Is this the place you went to? "

"Absolutely. This guy Michaela said he wanted to show you more of other worlds." Locke replied, and the projected video continued, from the bustling New York, to the vast pastoral areas in Central America, to the tropical South America. The Amazon River in the rainforest.

"I was almost exhausted at the time. I ran around a lot." Locke pointed at the screen and said, walked to the two of them and lay down: "I still have to hide from those planes, but it's troublesome."

Michaela moved her position and leaned against Locke, while Malenia sat down on the other side of Michaela and leaned on her shoulder.

At this moment, the above picture has changed to a European scenery, with the ancient dragon flying over the snow in the Alps, and the god sitting on his back, taking pictures of the pine trees in the snow below and the huts dotted in the mountains.

The people who came to ski raised their heads and looked at the flashing dragon shadow in surprise, and started talking about it.

From west to east, through the deserts and oases of the Mesopotamia, to the tropical scenery of Southeast Asia, and finally to the majestic ancient city of China, Locke and Michaela spent a lot of time traveling around in black robes, and will meet The different natural scenery of the junction was photographed.

The seasons change, the sun rises and the moon sets. Marlenia is like a newborn child, looking at everything on the screen greedily. Finally, she turns her head, the golden light in her eyes has disappeared, and the brown-red corruption It filled her eyes again.

But Marlenia didn't care. She was satisfied to get a moment of light. She asked in a low voice: "Brother, is this the world you want to create?"

"It will be better than that. I have found a way to treat you. As long as you wait a little longer, your illness will definitely be cured." Michaela held her sister's hand and comforted her softly. Valkyrie didn't say anything. , just lying on his brother's shoulder and lowering his head, as if he wanted to make this moment longer.

Locke stretched out his tail and turned off the projector next to him. The wind blew under the tree roots, causing the sea of ​​flowers on the ground to splash with ripples. Michaela and Marlenia leaned on Locke until Gu Long felt that his body was squatting. Feeling numb, Michaela signaled to Locke with her eyes.

A faint purple mist was released from her hand, and Locke stretched out his head. The purple mist became thicker, covering the entire underground space.

When he opened his eyes again, Mikaela's appearance in front of him had changed. The originally short figure had become taller, and the exquisite figure stood out against the backdrop of tulle. Her platinum hair and purple eyes stared at Locke, making the other person Recalling Michaela's appearance after several transformations.

She is more mature than then, and now, she seems to be more like Marika.

At this moment, Michaela was wearing a black gauze skirt. The gauze skirt was very thin and exposed a large area of ​​skin. This may be imitating her mother, but Locke still grinned: "So is this what you dream of becoming? "

"No, this is what I have to be, Locke. I have something to explain to you."

Michaela looked solemn and motioned Locke to look around. It seemed that this place was still at the bottom of the roots of the holy tree, but the original golden roots turned white, and the golden water lilies on the ground also glowed silvery white. Everything looked like It is a replica of reality.

"This is the world of Saint Tolina, a saint who belongs to dreams." In Michaela's arms, she was holding a little red-haired girl. Judging from her appearance, she probably looked like Marlenia's in her dream. look.

"Some words will be heard by Marlenia, so they can only be said in dreams." Michaela put down Marlenia in her arms, and the flowers on the ground formed a bed, supporting the girl's body.

Michaela came over and got close to Locke. Gu Long turned into a human form and allowed the other party to hold her hand and pull her to the root of the tree.

"My current posture is that of Saint Tolina, the sleeping saint." Michaela gently stroked her chest and introduced to Locke: "This change is not just a change in strength and posture."

"Indeed, when you grow up, you are no longer that pure gold." Locke pointed out the other party's state to the point. Michaela nodded and continued:

"Remember what I said, stagnation brings corruption. Marlenia's corruption disease stems from the stagnation at the junction."

"This is my father, Radagan's law, the evil consequences of so-called fundamentalism."

Locke nodded. The serious Radagan was a lover of stasis. He wished that the borderland would always be the same, sealed in the amber of the golden tree, and kept pure forever.

"But this kind of stagnation does not only appear on the junction. In fact, I have also been affected." Michaela put her hands on the roots of the tree in front of her and said softly: "No, it should be said that I am the stagnation itself. This It’s a fate that has been imposed on me since I was born.”

"I will become a god, continue to stagnate everything in the border area, and become a truly eternal god."

"I actually understand what you said before. Stagnation is bad, but the price of lifting this stagnation is high."

With that said, Michaela grabbed Locke's hand and put it on her neck: "In order to lift this stagnation, Michaela must die. Now, are you still willing to continue?"

Only then did Locke realize that Michaela and Malenia were one and the same. One represented stagnation and fertility, the other represented change and corruption. They influenced each other and maintained a strange balance.

Only by killing Mikaela and ending the stagnation at the junction can the corruption affecting Malenia disappear completely.

Locke smiled, released his hand on Mikaela's neck, and hugged the god into his arms:

"I told you, dragons don't make choices."

"Trust me, I will find a way to keep you and your sister alive."

Chapter 137: Die the right way

In the dream, Gu Long hugged the god, and the other person's body became much softer, not as weak as before.