Chapter 474 The Memory of the Ancestors (5k)

In the depths of the fog, Roja Arkat was speechless as he looked at the black-robed priest kneeling in front of him.

At this time, in front of the black-haired boy, the old man's body has undergone a complete change. His legs have been continuously thickened into sharp roots and pierced into the ground. It no longer looks like bark, but actually turns into a rough tree.

After seeing the current state of the Savior's sacrifice, one question after another was solved in the young man's heart, why this guy is not a ghost or a ghost, why he can survive for so many years, and so on. There is an answer.

Because this priest is not a human at all, but a tree person.

When the savior had not fallen, one of his godheads was the sun god, which was nothing to other races, but for the tree people who depended on the sun for their survival, it was almost natural for them to follow the savior. .

Thinking about it now, it was almost impossible for a guy who could reach the status of a savior high priest in that ancient time to be a human being. After all, unlike now, mythical creatures in that era were still in the sky and the earth, and there was nothing special about the birth of human beings. The ordinary race is not the protagonist at all, and in terms of longevity, humans are far less than the tree people who are known for their longevity.

The real body of the enemy was surprising, but it did not cause Roja to have too much mood swings. What really surprised the young man was not this discovery, but the center of the expanding tree, a thing that was incompatible with the surrounding tree trunks and branches. .

offal.

In terms of size and shape, it is probably the heart of a human being.

"Uh--!"

The strange scream-like roar came from the mouth of the old man who had turned into a giant tree, making his eardrum tingle, and countless branches intertwined with each other, making the tree man's branches thicker and stronger, and the enemy kept coming. Restoring the state is extremely unfavorable for Roja, but the black-haired boy is indifferent to it.

Not because he despised the enemy, nor because he was too surprised. In fact, at this moment, Roja's heart was experiencing a strange feeling that he had never had before. The black-haired boy's golden pupils stared at the hidden heart position. , suddenly felt an inexplicable connection.

It was an indescribable sixth sense, as if there was an illusion that there was an extra line in the body connected to the weird heart. When Roja felt this feeling, he once thought that he was in a spell, but it turned out that The boy's body was not abnormal, and the strange heart was quickly covered by the enemy.

The combination of the body of the tree and the internal organs of the human being is undoubtedly weird, not to mention that Roja felt a strange connection. Looking at the hideous ghost tree, the black-haired boy released the magic power and quickly moved. I thought about it, and quickly thought of something.

"It turns out that you can pretend to be a human because of that heart."

Roja, who was talking to himself, narrowed his eyes slightly, and the first thing that came to his mind was the appearance of this tree man before the sacrifice. The disguise that Roja did not see must be realized because of this human part.

It can be said that the tree man is difficult to move and has a tall stature. This can be said to be common sense, but in the high mountains and mountains of Akate, the tree man who used to be a member of the Twilight Sage Society once said that some fallen tree people in ancient times could use a certain A special spell to walk freely in the world.

The drunken tree man did not explain the casual information in detail at the time, and it probably did not expect that one day Roja would be able to witness the incontinence technique that the fallen tree man would use. It's not important to the young boy. Compared with this disgusting spell, Roja is more concerned about another issue.

That's where this heart comes from.

Looking at the tree man whose body was almost fully unfolded in front of him, the black-haired boy frowned and his face was extremely gloomy. Combining all kinds of strangeness, Roja could basically make a judgment, that is the one used by the tree man for sacrifice. The heart should belong to a member of the Alder family in the past.

This is not an unfounded guess, but a reality pointed to by various clues.

In this incident, Lillian and Roja had fought against the tree man sacrifice several times, but no matter which time the other party did not use the almost instant erasure when dealing with other people, Lillian once said that it was because of the blood of the king. It has resistance, but now it seems that it is another possibility.

That ability was born from the blood of the king, and it belongs to the residual ability of a god who signed a contract with the awakener of the blood of the king.

Roja and Lillian did not have resistance, nor did they not get hit, but because the blood of both parties was of the same origin, the attack had no effect, just as the attack of the speller couldn't hurt themselves.

Thinking of these, Roja's face was heavy, and the wonderful induction in the tree in front of him kept plucking his heartstrings, which also made him more and more sure of his thoughts and produced great anger.

Killing the ancestor of the Alder family and using a part of his body as the material for the spell, this kind of hatred still makes Roja unforgettable even after more than a thousand years.

Roja could accept the death of his ancestors, but he couldn't bear the insults of their corpses. Thinking of the ancestors like Astrid who had guarded mankind all their lives, they were desecrated after death, and the anger in the boy's body could not be suppressed.

"Uh--!"

In front of Roja, the huge tree man roared again after a moment of regrouping. This time his voice was full of madness and murderousness. After restoring his body, the strength of the tree man sacrifice was finally brought into play, and layers of light shrouded in this huge monster

On his body, everything around him has also undergone tremendous changes.

As if absorbing the nearby vitality, the land where the giant tree was located began to rapidly become barren, the building collapsed into rubble, and other flowers, plants and trees were visible to the naked eye. Rapid expansion.

The dry wind blew across his face, swaying Roja's long black hair and went back. In the dimness, the teenager seemed to see the phantom of Death in this gust of wind.

Obviously it is a tree person that symbolizes vitality, but the breath of death is so strong that it is disgusting. Such a tree person can be said to expose the ugliness of the fallen, and under its command, the gray field that sucks everything is also Finally showing his fangs, he rushed towards the black-haired boy.

What was unexpected was that in the face of this strong aura of death, the black-haired boy did not evade. He stood there, calmly looking at the filthy fallen, like a handle stuck on the ground. The sword is like a spectator waiting for the death knell to ring.

Then the next moment, the world changed.

"boom--!"

Just at the moment when the gray field was about to touch Roja like the roots of a tree, a loud noise that seemed to drown everything suddenly came, followed by a fierce light rising into the sky, in front of the black-haired boy. In order to demarcate, countless firelights broke through the formation and sprayed upwards, completely submerging the huge body of the giant tree.

The ground fire and the lava were compressed to the limit and turned into scorching rays of light, rising into the sky from the broken stratum, lifting the entire ground into the sky, the sand, gravel and soil were melted, and the body of the giant tree was also torn apart with the roar, but everything was still there. not end yet.

"boom--!"

Amidst the violent earth chirping, the golden world snake bathed in magma and rushed out of the ground, approaching the tree man with a strange scream of unknown meaning. Facing the sinner who had fallen for thousands of years, the earth mother goddess opened her mouth. He swallowed a huge mouth and sent purification and an end to his sinful life.

The huge mouthpiece grabbed it by the waist, and a huge fire broke out. The figure of the sacrificial tree man struggled frantically in the fire. However, in front of the Earth Goddess, the weak resistance of the creatures relying on the earth was completely meaningless. The body of the sacrificial tree man was completely burned, and the screams mixed with the crackling sound of the burning trees echoed in Roja's ears, intertwined as a farewell song to the sinner.

Violent flames dissipated the nearby fog, and the chirping and shaking of the earth spread throughout the mountains, and the burning tree man was like a torch held high, showing the fate of the sinners to all the scheming people in the world.

"[Collector], you are looking at here."

Looking at the bright light in the sky, the black-haired boy spoke softly as he felt the gaze on his body, and his voice was calm and not fluctuating.

"Originally, I thought you who fought with the Alder family at least have the style of a strong man, but now it seems that no matter how you decorate it, the garbage will eventually emit a stench."

"Your goal this time is Senior Sister. It's a pity that I spoiled the situation, but this filthy vegetative person can't fully vent my anger."

"Next time, it will be you."

After saying this lightly, the black-haired boy fell into silence again, and as Roja's words landed, in the dark corner, the sight belonging to the [collector] slowly disappeared.

From the beginning to the end, Roja did not look back to check anything, but the enemy on the other side did not choose to make a move or reply, because the man in the distance knew that the black-haired boy was a bait, and once there was any rash action, the vicinity was completely monitored at this time. The Witch King who got up will never let it go easily.

At the same time, it was obviously unwise to confront Roja and Lilian, the two bloodlines of the Akate family. After the [Collector] chose to retreat and his eyes completely left, the figure of the witch beside the black-haired boy finally slowly disappeared. emerge.

"I didn't take the bait, he's a smart guy."

"Um."

The white-haired witch frowned as she said this, and Roja replied calmly, realizing that it was impossible to fight, the golden snake in the sky loosened its mouthparts, and dropped the burning giant tree to the ground. With a loud bang, the body re-entered the ground.

The hazy white fog dissipated with the wind after the death of the sacrificial tree man, and the upheaval that broke out in this small town on the edge of the Austin Empire also ended.

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In a village that was in ruins, the black-haired boy watched the burning giant tree in front of him without saying a word, and behind him, Lilian, who was under the protection of thousands of troops, had quietly arrived.

After the [eye of Potas] was sealed by Roja's permafrost, countless flame spirits disappeared, and the situation on Lilian's side was immediately relieved, and the girl who was worried about Roja's safety followed. The army came to help, but to the girl's surprise, the battle here seemed to end earlier.

Glancing at the nearby scene like a landslide, the black-haired girl came behind Roja under the cover of the cavalry, but it made her a little strange, watching the blazing fire in front of the boy seemed to have something on his mind, but he didn't notice it. her arrival.

Lilian, who found that something was wrong with the boy, raised her heart again. She thought about it for a while, and walked up to Roja in silence. While confirming the boy's state, she asked:

"Roja...Are you okay?"

"Sister... I'm sorry I just lost my mind. I'm okay here, how about you, senpai?"

"I'm fine, originally I was feigning, those flame spirits

Although they are powerful, they don't know how to cooperate with each other at all, so they didn't cause any trouble, but on your side, I didn't expect the battle to end so quickly. "

"Well, it's good luck, that is the true body of the savior's sacrifice, which was perfectly restrained by the earth goddess on my side."

The black-haired boy pointed to the red lotus fire in front of him and whispered about the battle, Lilian couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"It turns out that the tree man's words really can't challenge the majesty of the mother goddess, and after using a strange spell, but that heart..."

"..."

Thinking of Roja's speculation just now, Lilian couldn't help frowning her delicate brows, and anger and sadness appeared on her face illuminated by the fire.

If the boy's speculation is correct, then it represents the two ancestors killed by the Savior believers, whose remains have been used as curses for more than a thousand years.

Insulting the ancestors is a mortal hatred for any family. Even if the Alder family is gone now, the surnames of Roja and Lilian are different, but this incident still makes the teenagers and girls angry. flat.

Looking back and forth at the still burning corpse of the enemy and the heavy-faced teenager beside him, Lilian's face couldn't help showing a distressed look, the girl stretched out her hand to hold Roja's palm, and after thinking for a moment, softly persuaded:

"Roja, although this matter is very uncomfortable, but you are avenging the ancestors like this, don't look at it."

The girl who said so reached out and stroked Roja's cheek, not wanting the boy to witness these ugly and cruel things, but Roja shook his head after a slight stun.

"No, senpai, although it is indeed a little sad, but I have not yet reached the point of hurting the gods, fighting against these fallen ones, death in battle is the long-cherished wish of the ancestors, but unfortunately it is not sad, I am actually here waiting for these Burn it and take out the ancestor's heart."

"Huh? Take it out? In a fire like this?"

"Senior sister, have you forgotten? The ancestor's spells are ineffective against us, so conversely, the spells we cast through the blood can't hurt him according to this law, right?"

"Ah, so it is."

The girl with black hair and purple eyes nodded after hearing Roja's words, and the two watched as the corpse of the tree man sacrificed gradually disintegrated in the flames. After the fire was slightly extinguished, the thin golden snake that Petra transformed into entered again. into the ashes.

A moment's search soon yielded results. Under the slightly nervous gaze of the boy and girl, the golden thin snake successfully took out the red heart that Roja had seen before from the fire.

The heart stained with lava is still beating strangely at the moment, and the lava drips down the ground making a screeching sound. However, even under such a high temperature, this organ from a thousand years ago is not. Still unscathed.

The boy whose conjecture turned into reality looked at the heart in front of him and was silent for a while, and Lilian next to him didn't know what to say. After a while of silence, Roja took the lead in reaching out to him.

The two of them found the only remaining heart from the ashes naturally not for viewing. In fact, in addition to wanting to bring it back to the ancestral land of Akate for burial, the black-haired boy had another purpose, that is, save people.

Although the battle has ended, Paul and the others are still without a trace, so there is only one possibility, that is, the spell that made the search team disappear out of thin air has not been lifted, and now all clues point to this apparently still remaining divine power. Of course, Roja couldn't take it lightly.

Looking at the heart that was stirring in front of him, exuding layers of heat, the black-haired boy felt a little uncomfortable, but his expression did not fluctuate, and he still insisted on touching it, and at the moment when Roja's hand held the heart , belonging to others, countless memory fragments followed, completely drowning the boy's consciousness.

"This is!"

"Roja, what's wrong with you?"

Roja, who saw a lot of things in just a short moment, couldn't help but stretched out his hand to support his forehead and his body shook. The girl with black hair and purple eyes was startled by this situation, and hurriedly helped her up, and watched for a while. Immediately after getting close, a defensive spell was activated.

"[Ten Cities]."

In a voice with some anxiety and worry, Lillian built a city wall that was stronger than steel, and the soldiers and horses that had always surrounded the two put their weapons in a defensive position.

Although the enemy has been reduced to ashes in front of him, but as the saying goes, be careful, Lilian will not joke about Roja's safety, so in the ruined town, the boy and girl hugged each other like this, until a long time later, When the fog was about to dissipate, the boy who was relying on Lilian finally opened his golden eyes.

"Roja, are you alright? Just now..."

"Well, I'm fine, I just saw a lot of things."

The boy with a wry smile replied to the girl with black hair and purple eyes, then shook his head and whispered about what he saw.