Witch, don't be so lazy

...Actually, I really don't need you to accompany me. Just leave after you go. Following me will only prevent Evil Encore from moving freely...

An Ke sighed inwardly, but it was hard to say it, so she could only nod and watch Rapunzel move forward.

nothing to say.

Don't try to resist, just bleed them. Use the blood you volunteered, not the blood you spilled in battle, to stop the thorns from attacking.

As expected, the thorns became thicker after absorbing blood.

After successfully walking across the road and reaching the platform, use blood to remove the thorns that are wrapped around the elk. The rose bud on the elk's head will bloom, and you will get a crystal of white "Spring Dew".

Finally, she healed her wounds with tears, and Rapunzel stood on the platform and waved towards this side from afar.

The soldiers remained motionless, turning their heads to look at Miss White Snake.

An Ke had no habit of procrastinating or repeatedly persuading others, so he set off directly.

Cutting wrists, bleeding, quickly walking through the thorny road.

Her blood was also very strong, and the thorns grew half a circle larger.

When they arrived at the platform, Anke turned his head to look at the soldiers. He knew that most of them would probably be trapped to death here, but they did not feel any regret or fear. Instead, they felt more ashamed, as if they were ashamed that they could not help.

...Alas, it really is a fairy tale kingdom.

A sigh.

An Ke looked at the elk, which was entangled in thorns again and covered with wounds, walked forward and cut its wrists.

Similar to Rapunzel's process, she also successfully obtained the "Spring Dew".

however.

When she picked up the token and was about to leave, the elk cried out again. The word "again" was used because the elk also cried out when Rapunzel took the thing just now.

It was just that they were too far away and Encore couldn't hear clearly.

But now that she was closer, and with the skill "Animal Conversation", she could hear very clearly what the elk said:

"It hurts, help me."

...You are pricked by thorns all day long, how can it not hurt? It hurts me just looking at it.

An Ke was thinking this in his mind, but his eyes met the elk's.

It was so pitiful, his eyes were filled with tears and full of pleading.

My heart softened.

Anke cut his wrists again, letting blood drip, to prevent the thorns from wrapping around him.

The roses are in full bloom, but there is nothing inside.

Now take a closer look at the "Spring Dew" in your hand. It looks like something made from elk tears, sorrow and pain.

The wailing continues.

"help me."

The elk looked at the girl pitifully.

"...How can I save them? I can only make the thorns retreat. When I lose too much blood and can't hold on any longer, they'll come back."

Those thorns connected the entire "Spring Path". Perhaps the magic power of each individual thorn was average, but the overall scale was very large. It felt stronger than the Lord of Kunda and the withered and transformed Abyss Serpent. And she didn't have a great hero with her as her grandfather, so it was impossible for her to destroy these plants.

The elk just repeated its previous words and continued to cry.

An Ke sighed and was about to leave, but her eyes swept across the wound on the elk's body, and it was as if a flash of inspiration came to her.

She tried to sprinkle some blood on it, and the hideous wounds healed a little. The elk stopped wailing and looked at her with anticipation.

Eh? Could it be?

An Ke had an idea and began to bleed profusely.

This is a very painful process.

On the one hand, the feeling of losing blood is very terrifying. Even with the "White Snake Scarlet Jade", it is still a painful process. On the other hand, the demand is very large. I don't know what happened to the elk's wound, and it is very difficult to heal. The thorns also become more and more hungry because of absorbing blood.

Encore tried to call on Rapunzel, after all, she could bleed and her tears could heal, but as soon as the latter showed any intention of moving, she was trapped by thorns all around, as if she was not allowed to intervene.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Anke could only grit his teeth and persevere. Maybe it was out of pity at first, and then he thought it was some hidden mechanism that could drop rewards, but in the final dazed stage, he was simply reluctant to give up the sunk cost.

She won't give up easily unless she feels she can't hold on any longer.

fortunately.

As Anke's body began to stagger, the last of the wounds on the elk healed.

It stood up, looking extremely tall, and affectionately touched the girl's face with its head, as if to express gratitude.

It seems like something is left behind.

But Encore couldn't remember.

She only remembered that the surroundings were messy and noisy, as if a lot of people were rushing here.

I still remember that the thorns around me turned from green to a gorgeous purple. I don’t know if it was an illusion.

Oh, and the elk's huge antlers, the same color as my eyes, a beautiful crimson.

Bauhinia and deer horns, why do the combination look so familiar?

She was no longer able to think. Before she lost consciousness, only one thought lingered in An Ke's mind:

"Good people are rewarded. Is this also a kind of fairy tale?"

Chapter 173 Summer Valley

An Ke felt that she should have a good sleep, which was more comfortable than the summer vacation after the college entrance examination. After all, although she was comfortable at that time, she would occasionally mistakenly think that she was still in school and wake up in shock.

Until she suddenly came to her senses, she seemed not to be in the room of the lord's mansion, nor in the city of Asda in the real world, but on the fairy tale island in the spiritual world, in the four seasons trial of the forest fairy.

An Ke was so scared that she jumped up and down.

When he opened his eyes, he still saw the "Spring Path", not the familiar room, which meant that he had failed in the promotion.

All around were extremely excited crowds, all looking jubilant.

"Great! Miss White Snake VII氵零寺久（m七）t删四 has awakened!"

"You are so reckless. Even if you are kind and well-intentioned, you can't let yourself fall into a coma. If it weren't for us, if it weren't for the thorns left by the elk to protect you, what would happen if something happened?"

While celebrating, the expeditionary forces couldn't help but persuade earnestly.

...But I didn't faint from excessive blood loss. It was clearly the elk that gave me something, and then I lost consciousness instantly...

An Ke grumbled secretly in her heart, but did not say anything to defend herself. She just looked around.

There are big changes here.

The thorns in the "Spring Path" have almost disappeared. It is precisely because there are no obstacles on the road that the warriors can reach the platform easily.

The only remaining thorns covered her like a hood, and the color was not the previous green, but a gorgeous purple.

Bauhinia, elk, so...was that a reference to the Antlered God of the Bauhinia Dynasty? Was this simply a reflection of Fairy Tale Island, or did the other party actually meet their end?

After all, he is now the only active god in the Elf Forest and is in full control of Fairy Tale Island. He also probably knows that the Traveler Ticket has been given to the new Moon's Follower, so it is indeed possible that he will come to test or make contact.

That forest fairy above... is most likely the ancient tree god. Forest, nature, it's too obvious.

If my guess is correct, then the content of the Spring Trial could symbolize something?

An Ke blinked, recalling the scene before she fell into coma, and many questions emerged in her mind.

But the system didn't pop up any information, and the spirit world didn't give any hints, so she couldn't get an answer.

The elk were long gone.

According to others, it gently placed a blooming rose on the girl, then summoned a circle of purple thorns for protection, then leaped high into the air and disappeared.

The beautiful pink rose is the one on the elk's head. When it blooms fully, you can get the "Spring Dew". But it originally looked bigger than the wheel of a carriage, but now it has become smaller than Anke's palm.

As a token of Lu'er's gratitude, or rather, as a reward treasure of a hidden mechanism, it has surprisingly powerful abilities.

The moment Anke's fingers touched the rose, he understood its name and purpose.

【Spring Flower】: Heals and summons thorns.

They correspond to the eight petals and the three thorns below of the rose.

The life energy contained in each petal is equal to the total vitality that Anke spent to rescue the elk previously, which is equivalent to giving it back eight times. Every time a treatment is performed, a petal will fall.

Although he couldn't freely control the life energy inside, Anke was quite satisfied.

After all, this thing can be regarded as a treasure that can cast eight powerful intermediate healing spells. It doesn't even require magic power. You can cast it at will through consciousness by holding the [Spring Flower].

The ability above alone is outrageous, but it can also summon thorns three times.

The holder can freely control the thorns within a certain period of time.

Anke immediately thought of the elves' thorn magic. She had seen Kailai use it several times before. It was very powerful, with both offensive and defensive capabilities. It belonged to the plant control system of the natural school.

"Poison Ivy Summoning" and "Demonized Plants" performed by Withering actually all belong to this series. Oh, Sinef's control of mycelium should also be counted.

Apart from the fact that the "demonized plants" have no characteristics and are completely blank, the other three should all have their own unique features.

An Ke couldn't say how powerful the thorns summoned by [Spring Flower] were, because she hadn't used them yet. Moreover, this ability required life energy to activate, and its strength seemed to be linked to life energy, which was obviously linked to the development of the petals.

However, although she couldn't confirm the power, she had already thought that if she used it in front of Tali, the other party's reaction would definitely be very interesting.

A series of thoughts flashed through his mind, but they did not delay Anke's actions.

When she woke up, the purple thorns around her quickly burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

An Ke didn't sleep for long, maybe just a few minutes, but her condition in all aspects recovered to the best, and she also got the [Spring Flower] by the way.

"Kindness exchanged for kindness", a very fairy-tale unfolding.

The only pity is that since they can no longer get the "Dew of Spring", except for Rapunzel, the others can't continue to go to the "Valley of Summer" and can only leave the wonderland directly, causing many people to sigh and apologize.

Only Anke was quite happy. After all, wasn't this good? They wouldn't be trapped to death in the wonderland, and it wouldn't interfere with Miss Anke's actions.

"let's go."

Encore didn't waste too much time. She simply waved goodbye to the reluctant crowd, called out to Rapunzel, and then headed straight for "Summer Valley".

She originally thought that she was quite strong, and now that she had obtained the treasure, she couldn't say that she was inflated, but it was true that she felt more confident.

however.

When she walked through the door, faced the surging heat wave, listened to the noisy movement, and saw the scene in front of her, she couldn't help but exclaim "Wow".

……

Summer Valley.

That, or rather a torn magma rift, had obsidian embedded in the surrounding rock walls, reflecting distorted light and shadows. Red lava was boiling at the bottom of the gully, and when the bubbles burst, golden-red flames with a sulfur smell were splashed out.

And in the center of the rift, inside the boiling lava, there was a constantly pulsating "Summer Flame" core floating, with magma oozing from the cracks on the surface, and the light was as dazzling as the sun.

Of course, that wasn't real lava. Otherwise, just because of the terrifyingly high temperature, apart from some special life forms and third-level Flame School mages who had mastered special spells, most creatures who hadn't completed their life transformation would not be able to enter and touch the "Flame of Summer."

In reality, the lava was nothing but a fake, an illusion created by the Flame Spirits, who also released the heat waves.

Those translucent little things were wrapped in golden-red flames, and their shapes were like swaying human figures or rising white mist. Occasionally, they would make crackling laughter like sparks.

There are such creatures in the real world. They are natural spirits, and the burning they cause is mixed damage, not only on the physical level, but also on the soul and will level - "It may be like a thousand needles piercing the bones, or like a fire choking in the throat, which will evoke the most painful memories of the victim's life." This is the record An Ke read in the book.

And in the middle of that piece of fake magma, next to the "Flame of Summer", there is also an extremely tall, translucent flame spirit.

Tall, slender, and wrapped in flowing flame gauze. Those molten golden threads can be considered long hair, which will drift away as sparks with the heat wave. The face is illusory, without facial features, only two floating red crystals as "eyes".

The one guarding the token is the spirit of nature.

If I remember correctly, the Deer Horn God also seems to be a natural spirit.

An Ke'er Mio's father couldn't help but blinked.

She suddenly thought that the Moon Goddess clearly had three powerful followers, all of whom were fairies from paradise. Then... the ancient tree god, or the forest goddess, the forest fairy, could it be that the powerful followers under his command were all natural spirits?

There are four in total, one for each gatekeeper of a different area of ​​the "Four Seasons Trial"?

However, as the three gods fell into sleep one after another and with the demise of the Laurel Dynasty, the other three natural spirits all perished, leaving only the Antler God to shoulder the responsibility alone?

No, if that were the case, the Bauhinia Elves would probably not have lost so much inheritance. Moreover, according to records, the Deer Horn God became a god relatively late, and the Laurel God has been extinct for quite a long time.