Witch, don't be so lazy

“As for whether they have other plans, I haven’t found any relevant information in Lady Secinica’s memories.

The white mycelium stopped deforming and waited quietly for the girl's reaction.

An Ke was stunned for a long time, thinking for a long time, and asked several questions in one breath.

"What's the relationship between the Forest Goddess and the Ancient Tree God? Is [Goldenberry Blood] the same thing as Reimu? What's wrong with the elven tree god?"

Sinefe had no intention of keeping the audience in suspense and began to introduce the fungus by controlling its mycelium.

"They are the same entity, just in different states at different times. Initially, they were forest goddesses who gave birth to the laurel elves. After a long period of transformation and advancement, when they evolved to a certain level, they became the ancient tree gods, the pinnacle of life, the sublime world tree, as the elves call it."

"[Goldenberry Blood] is the result of the Ancient Tree God's continuous research into the physical form of all things. It can be considered an extension of power, allowing the elves gifted with this gift to quickly master transformations by devouring flesh and blood. Theoretically, there are two limitations: first, the transformation must be one that the Ancient Tree God has already mastered; second, it must be a physical being."

"Note that restriction one is equivalent to non-existence, because the Ancient Tree God is the pinnacle of the life system, the original and most powerful form of all things, and has completely exhausted all known material life forms in the present world. If there are new ones, they can only be born in the Life Forbidden Zone."

"What exactly happened to the Ancient Tree God? This is a highly secretive matter. Lady Sesinica has conducted numerous rounds of speculation and verification. From the memory spores I've come across so far, she explains that something may have gone wrong during the manifold normalization process."

Mycelium paused, on the one hand to give Anke time to organize her thoughts, and on the other hand for Xinefu to organize her own words.

"The Formless Flow is the pinnacle of Druidry, the crown of the Life Transformation School of the Natural School. By switching between different transformations at will, one can freely change life forms and master the corresponding racial talents. This is a power only Legendary rank can attempt to obtain. According to records, this is the power that the Forest Goddess attempted to develop in order to break free from the constraints of her tree body and yearn for the freedom of other creatures."

After the text was written, an illustration was added next to it. It was still the cartoon character with the orange umbrella, but his short arms had turned into bird wings.

...It makes some sense. If I were an intelligent tree, watching the birds and animals all day long, I would definitely wonder why I couldn't be as free as them.

Anke blinked and continued listening.

"The unification of manifolds is a further evolution of the manifolds of all things. Lady Cesinica speculates that this is probably a new approach the Forest Goddess has taken, having reached a limit in her mastery of nature and seeking greater power.

That is, to integrate all life forms, gather all talents and characteristics, and turn all forms into one, becoming the ultimate life form unprecedented in history."

After the last word, Sinefe added a "frightened" expression, and the cartoon character's umbrella seemed to be blown up by the updraft.

Besides thinking that the other person's self-created emoticons were cute, only one thought flashed through An Ke's mind -

Holy shit, there are people here who want to be Ultimate Creatures?!

But thinking back to the guards and monsters he had seen, they did indeed combine the abilities of three different transformations. The latter's image and narrative language were particularly consistent, no wonder they kept talking about "fusion of bones and blood."

"Lady Secinica speculated that the Ancient Tree God was the first being to embark on this path. He likely made some mistakes, compounded by numerous unexpected events, ultimately forcing him to fall into a deep slumber. The Laurel Dynasty also perished amidst this series of events."

Sneeff paused for a moment, then manipulated the mycelium to write on the ground.

"That's all I know for now. The memory spores contain a lot of information about elves and ancient tree gods, but very little about Fairy Tale Island because Lady Cesinica has never been there."

As one of the once famous eight legendary monsters of the North, the Grand Master of Potions of the Abbas Gathering, and the "Sage of Flowers" of the Tower, although Cesinica is not an elf, she belongs to the School of Naturalism. When she reaches a certain level, she will definitely have the willingness and ability to understand the affairs of the ancient tree gods.

As a descendant, Sinefe learned the secret through some special means of inheritance.

As An Ke sorted out her thoughts, she couldn't help but ask tentatively:

"I see. I thought you had received some mission to stay outside the fairyland."

The mycelium shook, like a tilted head.

After hesitating for a moment, Sinefe wrote out a few more lines.

"You're fighting among yourselves, and there are so many of you. I plan to get out first, go around to your base, and then wait for a suitable opportunity..."

She added an illustration of a cartoon mushroom man with half of its head sticking out of the mud, with a vicious expression and a knife in its hand.

"Through observation and eavesdropping on your expeditionary forces' conversations, I've roughly confirmed that you weren't lying. The Good Camp already has four contestants, and it seems you're truly from the Special Camp. Then, we noticed the arrival of the fairy, and you started fighting her, so I took action as well."

So you originally planned to ambush us from behind, using the large-scale attack treasure given by the magician, and surprise us while we were leaving the wonderland after the internal quarrel?

An Ke twitched the corners of her mouth, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

The new companion is smarter than Tully, so we should be happy; if he is not here specifically for the fairy, then he probably has no cards to restrain her, so we should be sad.

Taking a deep breath, An Ke pressed his brows and felt a slight headache.

"So what should we do now? Should we try again? Can you use the treasure again?"

She glanced at the chaotic battlefield in the distance, and the fairy trapped in the thorns seemed to notice her gaze and looked back. There was no anger on her face, but still that unsettlingly compassionate smile.

"I also have a cold crystal in my hand, which can cast a more powerful spell. Uh, although it was obtained from the crystal centipede you controlled, the effect I can cast should be much stronger."

The mycelium shook again.

"The [Steel Sword Cluster] is no longer usable. It only has a hilt left."

A bare sword handle engraved with spell patterns protruded from the side of the tree.

"My [Spring Flower] is the same. It's just a bud left, but it seems that if I feed it some potions, it can be recharged and bloom. Can't your sword handle do the same?"

An Ke thought about it and showed the equally bare rose in her hand.

The petals and thorns were all gone, only the small bud in the middle of the hair still existed, and according to the vague prompt, as long as it was watered with a strong enough potion, it would bloom again.

The only problem was that Anke had previously asked the expeditionary force for some supplies and poured all the potions on his body on it, but this thing had no reaction at all.

"...Yes, but it requires a rune to repair it, which I don't know. I'm a Potions student."

"I can! I know the runes!"

An Ke's eyes lit up, "That's perfect, let's work together to recharge the things, and then go settle the score with the fairy!"

But as she spoke, she frowned again.

"Or should we go to the king now? I've looked at the map now, and if we go at full speed, we should be there in half a day. If the trial isn't over yet, we can give it a try. One more treasure will increase our chances of defeating the fairy."

Fairies are pure shit monsters, a heaven-defying contraption specially created by the elves who organized the event.

Previously, An Ke directly used [Flower of Spring] and Flame Crystal, but still failed to defeat the opponent. Now the fairy has three more talents of "Summer, Autumn and Winter". Even with the addition of Sinefe and [Steel Sword Cluster], she still doesn't have much confidence.

But if we can get another treasure, there is still hope.

Apparently, Sinefe thought the same, and she replied "OK" with her mycelium.

As a result, before Anke could go and say hello to the expeditionary force, a new change occurred.

It has nothing to do with fairies, but the monument of destiny.

Above the old site of the fairyland, the shadow of the towering ancient stone tablet changed again.

Under everyone's gaze, a golden ticket appeared in the white area representing the good camp.

At this moment.

The black and white areas on the left and right sides of the stele all contain five tickets.

It’s flat.

The gray color representing neutrality is empty, without a single picture, making it seem as if the traveler is actually traveling.

An Ke couldn't help but let out a "tsk".

Not only did I feel that victory was a long way off, but I also felt the malice of fate.

Why is the good camp still strengthening?!

Prince Tusk, with Mr. Armor, was able to complete the King's Trial so quickly.

The two contestants from the dark camp are probably in great danger.

The only thing Wu Yiqi can expect in Mingqi 6 (1) is that the prince has other ideas. Not to mention that he can turn against the fairies, at least he won’t cooperate with them, otherwise there will be no fun for everyone.

Sinief also emerged from the shade of the trees, staring at the shadow of the stone tablet in the sky and frowned.

But the two of them had no time to continue their conversation.

Because there is an invisible force guiding their consciousness and taking them to a place.

The location of the Destiny Monument.

Without a referee, good and evil voted equally, as if some mechanism was triggered, directly summoning the consciousness of all the contestants into a palace.

In the center is a towering ancient stone tablet, surrounded by three huge seats for messengers of destiny, one of which is completely empty, while the other two are occupied by magicians and kings.

There are currently five contestants left.

The fairy of elves, the prince of Tusk, the witch of the north, the dying phoenix flower devil, and Encore who acts as a traveler.

Chapter 181: Space 104

Towering stone pillars stood all around, and the broad dome was completely obscured by fog. In the middle, an extremely ancient monument of destiny was so tall that only the bottom part was visible, and the rest was all shrouded in fog and could not be seen clearly.

There were three seats around, so tall that they seemed to be prepared for giants. One of them was empty, and the other two were occupied by different messengers of fate.

The Magician and the King.

After entering this strange space, An Ke, apart from glancing at the Stone Tablet of Destiny with the "Eye of Judgment" at the beginning, began to look at the two of them.

On the one hand, it is because their magic power is very strong, and it seems to be at the fourth level; on the other hand, their image is quite special.

The magician, he, or it, is an iron man.

It was like a statue coming to life, its facial features and skin glowing with a cold silver-grey light, its eyes were molten blue-white, and its clothing style was a classic wizard robe, but it looked like it was sculpted from flowing mercury. In its hands, it was holding a brass magic book with a gear as its cover.

The image is not much different from the illustrations in the school books. This is the most commonly used image of His Majesty Aceh, the "Sage of Steel" in the North.

As a stone descendant, His Majesty Aceh, regardless of his age, would hardly have any changes in appearance unless he took the initiative to adjust.

The Stoneborn, also known as the Stone People or Stone Spirits, are described by adventurers as "metals or minerals that have become spirits", which are relatively common natural spirits.

Of course, there is only one person who can finally reach the legendary Stoneborn and also rise through the ranks as a spellcaster. If we search through the vast history, we may only find such a person.

The magician has a unique look, and the king is not much better.

The moment she saw him, Anke knew that the king was from Tusk, because the royal family of Tusk and the noble wizards who believed in the "noble soul" had a style closer to Egypt and could be recognized at a glance.

But, Anke felt that even among all the wizards in Tusk, this one should be quite special.

Because he did not have a normal body. On the left was a gravel-like black skeleton, without any flesh and blood, and it was constantly turning into sand, continuously shedding black powder; the right was condensed from the pale soul fire, like water vapor or white flame, the edge of the outline was constantly swaying, and there seemed to be indistinct golden spell patterns moving inside.

Black symbolizes the purest negative energy, while white represents the highly condensed power of the soul.

The same is true for the face, half of which is a black skull with deep black eye sockets; the other half wears a golden jackal mask with completely pure white eyes.

The king even wore a double-snake crown, one made of black gold and one white gold. Fortunately, he only had one black-gold jackal staff in his hand. No, that's not right...

Anke's gaze fell on the prince of the good camp. This genuine Prince Tusk, Tokae Tusk, had obviously just experienced a great battle. His aura was a little weak and his magic power was relatively scarce.

The two treasures given to him by Fairy Tale Island were damaged to varying degrees. Many of the gray bandages wrapped around his body were broken, and the ebony staff was even worse off. The turquoise prosthetic eyes on the animal head relief were gone.

And in return.

Tokae got a ticket of the messenger of destiny and defeated the enemies of the dark camp. The bandits of the Cloud City died instantly, and the devils of the Phoenix Kingdom were also dying.

At the same time, he also obtained a new item very smoothly, a pure white scale. Judging from the scale of its magic power, it seemed to be not much worse than the [Steel Sword Cluster] and [Spring Flower].

The point is that this prop has not been used yet!

Tsk.

When An Ke thought of this, she couldn't help feeling depressed.

Is this round of Fairy Tale Island a little too outrageous?

The elves are cheating, the North is cheating, Tusk is cheating, and the Church... is also cheating a little bit.

On the other hand, Miss Anke wanted to ask sincerely where her plug-in had gone, and whether it existed or not.

I finally got a [Spring Flower] thanks to my kindness and strength, but now it's just a bare bud. I cleared two stages of the [Four Seasons Trial] in one go, and the rest should be no problem for me, but instead of getting a reward, the referee actually came out and beat me up...

Of course, she only felt wronged for a moment, and she was still observing the reactions of the others.

This space is very peculiar. You can see the identities of other people because everyone behind Lu Jiujia will show his or her own ticket, just like a ghost behind you. You will get a hint when you look over.

For example, Encore now has a phantom of a traveler, exactly the same as the one on the ticket to Fairy Tale Island. The phantom of the prince is a young man with a crown, the witch is a gloomy woman, the devil is a red tiefling, and the most special thing about the fairy is herself.

Because of this, everyone's reactions were different.

The devil of Fenghua Kingdom, this contestant is a girl with noble temperament judging by her attire, red hair, a dress with red base and white edges, and luxurious silver armor on the outside. Her weapon is an extraordinary rapier, and she has a golden whip on her waist. She looks like a military noble lady from the famous Fenghua family.

But her image at this moment was extremely miserable.

Because her entire arm was missing, her calf seemed to be affected as well. The black mist like a king cobra was entangled in her. It looked like a curse or erosion. She couldn't get rid of it even in the destiny space.

Fortunately, this space is indeed extraordinary enough that they cannot attack each other, and time seems to have stopped. To be more precise, the state seems to be fixed and will not get better or worse.

Judging from the girl's frail demeanor and her face, which had become distorted by pain, the feeling of torture was probably fixed on her, and she could only rely on her own willpower to persevere.

"...Seneve, this is... the ninth contestant? Or the tenth? A gray ticket? A neutral one? Why does she look so similar to a fairy? Are you sure she's not an undercover elf? Special tickets should only be given to those pointy-eared people, right?"

The red-haired girl supported her body with her sword, first glanced at Anke warily, and then gave a warning.

The mushroom sketched a concise answer on the ground—"Companion, White Snake, Ou Yuanluo."