Blue Sword

"Then I'll go back first, brother."

After finishing the visit to St. Peter's Basilica, Nora said goodbye to Varian and prepared to go home.

The Lateran Palace, the seat of the Holy See, is not close to the Licinius Tower. If it had been normal, Nora would have gone home by car.

However, what she saw on this visit was so shocking that she needed to think carefully on the road, so she declined her brother's invitation to send a car to pick her up, and just walked back alone and silently.

The inner city of Solomon City is very safe even in the evening. After all, unsafe factors (such as homeless people) have been expelled to the outer city. Nora walked along the sidewalk of the commercial street, still thinking about what happened before:

Will extraordinary beings really endanger human civilization?

Go back one hour:

"Nora, what you are about to see next is one of the most important secrets of the Holy See, with a deterrence level as high as R3." Varian led Nora into the elevator and said solemnly, "I can't tell you about this for the time being. Anyone on the team, including your leader.”

"Can't even the leader say it?" Nora was surprised.

"Yes." Varian said carefully.

The elevator began to move downwards, and after more than five minutes, there was still no sign of stopping. Nora looked up at the elevator display, a little surprised.

Are we heading deep underground?

"Nora, do you still remember the changes you encountered in Stuttgart?" Varian asked.

"Stuttgart?" Nora recalled for a moment and finally remembered.

It seemed that he was helping the Falcon family hunt down the Fishbone Count, but he encountered some green-skinned monsters. They were extremely powerful, not afraid of pain, and liked to bark, which left a deep negative impression on Nora at the time.

"Are you talking about the citizens of Stuttgart who were transformed by the mutation?" Nora asked with confirmation, "The monsters are green, very strong, and like to yell 'wow' before attacking?"

"It's not 'Wow'." Varian corrected her pronunciation, "It's 'WAAAAAAAAGH'... like this."

Nora:………………

I know I didn't imitate it well, but there's no need for you to correct me again. She thought a little feebly.

"Do you know the cause of that mutation?" Varian continued to ask.

"I don't know." Nora shook her head.

"The green skin was caused by infection with a certain substance." Varian's voice was deep.

"Its name is 'Sefirot', also called Sarmatian Sefirah."

The elevator door suddenly opened, startling Nora. There is a dark passage outside, without any lighting source at the top, only the emergency exit signboard, emitting a faint light near the skirting below the wall.

"Speaking of which, this is related to the Life Religion." Varian took the lead and stepped forward. "You joined the Life Religion last year, right?"

"Yes." Nora followed carefully, "Is there any problem?"

"No, there's no problem." Varian replied, "They don't dare to do anything to you. After all, you are a Licinius."

"Let's go back to the source of matter. This substance can be traced back to the year 311 of the Fourth Age. At that time, in the Eastern Solomon Empire, a demigod from the Order of Life set out from Constantinople and traveled north through Thrace. The province, the province of Dacia, came to the north of the province of Sarmatia.”

"I remember it should be the Principality of Kiev, right?" Nora asked.

"No, in the early Fourth Age, it was still the territory of the orcs." Varian replied, "There were nomadic orc tribes in the wasteland."

"In short, the demigod had reached level 39 at that time, and was only 1 level away from the legendary threshold of a true god who condensed his godhead. But on the one hand, the demonic tide had receded, making it impossible for her to continue upgrading; on the other hand, her rationality was also close to On the verge of out-of-control madness.”

"So according to the records of the Order of Life, this demigod chose to go alone to the north where humans have never set foot, looking for the 'Tree of Origin' that is said to be able to give birth to orcs, to pursue his own promotion opportunities. Of course, it is understandable if he fails. Go to death to prevent your own death from causing changes and harming others."

"As for the Essence Tree, according to the limited records of orc legends, their ancestor was the first orc, who grew out of the spores emitted by the Essence Tree and fell into the soil."

"Growing on a tree? This is too..." Nora subconsciously wanted to say that this was too strange, but another picture suddenly flashed in her mind.

That was before the city of Stuttgart was invaded. Everyone had seen a big tree in the center of the town, and every huge fruit on the tree would have a green skin coming out after it fell to the ground.

She was lost in thought and heard Varian continue to say solemnly: "This demigod lost her whereabouts after arriving in Sarmatia. However, in the 27th year of the Fifth Epoch, she reappeared."

"Return?"

"Yes, she appeared at the border of the Principality of Transylvania, and within a few days of her appearance, she destroyed a city."

"At that time, our Holy See had just been established, and its sphere of influence had not expanded there. The first to react was the Life Religion. They sent a group of extraordinary people to try to capture the demigod and take him away, but failed. ”

"Fortunately, the demigod did not continue to go deep into the hinterland of civilization, but continued to wander aimlessly near the border of the principality. Subsequently, the Life Religion tried several times without success. Finally, in 174 of the Fifth Era, In 2008, the Order of Life asked the Holy See for help and joined forces with us to venture deep into Sarmatia and capture this demigod."

When the words fell, Varian and Nora had reached the end of the passage and stood in front of a heavy metal gate.

"His Excellency Bishop Varian, good afternoon." Raphael's voice rang.

"Apply to view the Keter-class project, number 682S19TW." Varian replied.

"The application is approved." Raphael replied, "Please be careful, Your Excellency Bishop Varian, Miss Nora."

Accompanied by Raphael's mechanical sound, the thick metal gate slowly opened:

"What you are about to face is a Keter-class containment object with a deterrence level as high as R3 and a threat index as high as 87%..."

"...Its alias is the 'Tree of Origin'."

What caught Nora's eyes was a huge opaque container nearly 30 meters high, connected to the outside world with complex pipes and circuits.

"Tell me about the project, Raphael," Varian said.

"The Tree of Origin is being contained inside the Destruction Device at this time." Raphael introduced, "This device is specially made to contain the Tree of Origin. It uses the high temperature and high radiation of nuclear fusion inside to immerse it in super-electrolysis." The Essence Tree in the corrosive liquid is destroyed for a long time to suppress the unique evolutionary ability of the Essence Tree."

"According to analysis, the predecessor of the Tree of Sesame should be the demigod Diolenna of the Life Religion who disappeared in 311 of the Fourth Age. Her bloodline is tree shepherd, and her major field law is 'evolution'. During her disappearance, due to the demon The rising tide led to a lack of observation data, and it is believed that Diolena must have encountered some kind of mutation, which caused her to lose control and fall while trying to be promoted to level 40."

"After her death, Diolenna mutated into a tree of Essence. Its appearance is similar to a giant walking tree man. It will continue to secrete Essence to infect surrounding creatures, causing it to be irreversibly transformed into a Keter-level project within 12 hours. No. 682S01TE, a creature aliased as 'green-skinned'. It is not afraid of pain, highly aggressive, has a natural desire to attack human civilization, and has a strong ability to further spread the essence."

"Therefore, the Sephiroth Tree needs to be tightly contained to prevent irreparable damage to human civilization. Any information about the Sephiroth will be put into Raphael's emergency queue as soon as possible and prioritized according to the R2 level. Processing. For example, since the Order of Life is highly likely to have secretly hidden part of the sefirah, its deterrence level has been recently raised to R2."

"Currently, there is no effective method that can kill the Tree of Origin. Due to its 'evolution' field, the Tree of Origin can adjust its own morphological composition and evolve so that it can quickly adapt to damage from the external environment. Therefore, it needs to be treated at high temperatures , high radiation and highly corrosive environment, to suppress their damage for a long time and continuously."

"However, over the past few hundred years, due to the influence of the rising demonic tide and the evolutionary adaptation of the Sesame Tree, this damage suppression has been continuously weakened."

"Human civilization is approaching its end, Miss Nora. We need your help."

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