My Magic Age

The battle in this valley has long since subsided, but what was left in the Sunfury Bridge forest area is devastated. If you look at it from the air, you can see that there are some dead woods everywhere on the mountainous area of ​​Sunwrath Bridge. After these dead woods were baptized by fire, they left a scorched mark. Moss seemed unable to grow on the scorched trees, so it only invaded the edges of the dead woods.

Our team was walking on the edge of the dead wood forest. Through the charred dead trees, we could see some small saplings sprouting from the ground. It was these saplings that added a touch of new green to the dead forest.

The Niburu spider people have established a total of four spider camps here. They are trying to connect these camps together to form a huge encirclement. Nearly 10,000 giant spiders once opened up camps here, but now they can only be found in the charred soil. The remains of some giant spiders.

A tentacle covered with cracks was buried in the soil, and only a short part was exposed. It might just be a severed limb, or it might be the remains of an entire giant spider that had been pushed into the soil.

It was precisely because of the disastrous defeat of the Niburu Spider-people in front of the Bridge of Sunfury that the clarion call was sounded for the Niburu Spider-people to retreat from the southern part of the Black Forest on the Hierro plane. A large number of Niburu Spider-people retreated to the southernmost part of the Black Forest. swampy sea edge.

In the woodland surrounding the spider camp, some giant trees fell to the ground. Some of the giant trees were tree spirits imprisoned in the forest, and some were just ordinary giant trees.

The ancient war tree guarding the bridge of the Wrath of the Sun sprouted a lush new green at its roots, but the chopped down trunk could no longer stand up again. Next to the huge tree roots, a The small green sapling is absorbing nutrients from the huge root system of the ancient war tree. In just over half a month, the sapling of this ancient war tree has grown like an oak tree in about ten years.

The leaves on the thick tree trunk lying across the head of the Wrath of the Sun Bridge have all withered. The giant tree is like a hundred-meter-long tree wall lying across it. The bark of the dead tree is covered with a thick layer of moss. Our knights are stationed on the south side of the tree wall.

The indigenous warriors on the Bridge of Sunfury showed great enthusiasm for us. They sent our construct knights some special fruits from the Ring of Thorns Valley, and couldn’t wait to invite me into the Ring of Thorns. In the woodland by the lake.

When I passed the Bridge of Sunfury, I said hello to Dirang, the ancient war tree guarding the Bridge of Sunfury. An old face emerged from between the cracked bark at the roots of the tree and smiled kindly at me. laugh.

"Young human warrior, is everything going well on this trip?" The ancient war tree greeted me in a gentle tone.

I stopped in front of the big tree stump, and then I saw clearly that the tall oak tree rising from the ground was actually a branch growing from the tree stump. I said to the ancient war tree named Dirang: "It's okay. , although there were some twists and turns along the way, the results were still satisfactory.”

After hearing my affirmative answer, he said with some excitement: "So... you have obtained twelve keys of power?"

"Yes, Mr. Ancient War Tree." I said with a smile, opened the collar of the hard leather armor, and showed him the heart-shaped pendant on the necklace.

"Haha, you can just call me Dirang, young human warrior." Dirang smiled happily.

"The wise man Dirham is waiting for you by the lake..." The indigenous warrior standing next to me couldn't help but remind me.

I cast an apologetic look at Dirang: "Sorry, Mr. Dirang..."

Dirang nodded slightly to me, and the tree face gradually disappeared from the roots of the tree.

We continued on our way along the Bridge of the Wrath of the Sun, and the surroundings fell silent. The four indigenous warriors were holding black iron spears. Their expressions were serious and not funny at all.

When passing the Bridge of Wrath of the Sun, I saw thousands of indigenous warriors stationed on the bridge looking envious. They were whispering to each other as if they were talking about me. I passed by Puyaka's indigenous lover when I was a girl, and saw that the young Gilda tribe warrior looked a little embarrassed. When he saw me looking at him, he turned his head to avoid my gaze.

He seemed a little embarrassed. Among these young indigenous warriors, he had the best weapons and equipment. He wanted to hide the black iron spear behind his back, but he couldn't take off the fine chain armor no matter what. It fell off. The chain armor he was wearing was not in the list of transactions between me and the Ancient Trees of the War at the Bridge of Sunfury. I guess it was given to him by fellow Gilda tribe members who came here.

After all, he came from the Gilda Tribe and would become the leader of the Gilda Tribe in the future. Even at the Bridge of Sunfury, he would receive the best care from the tribe.

The Ring of Thorns Valley is still the same as before. Countless tree spirits are crowded in this valley. Walking in the forest of the Ring of Thorns Valley, I feel a strong sense of oppression, as if I am standing in a lively square with people everywhere. It was a crowded scene, but there was a wide forest road where I passed.

Although the tree spirits on both sides of the forest road did not show their faces, they gave me the feeling that "I am the focus of all eyes." Maybe this was just an illusion.

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Thorn Crater has a central lake covering an area of ​​nearly 100 acres, and most of the rainwater in the entire crater is collected here.

After entering summer, the water level of the lake continues to rise, and the lake water has spread to the roots of the wise man Dirham. Standing at the feet of the ancient war tree Dirham Elder, you can clearly see the grass covered by the lake hidden under the water. It's like a green grass carpet growing at the bottom of the lake. Between the green mountains and clear water, the lake and mountains are beautiful. It is a good place with beautiful scenery.

The last time I came here, I wasn't in the mood to enjoy the view of Thorn Crater, so I didn't notice any of this.

This time it was different. After gathering the twelve Keys of Power, the Niburu Spider-men fled towards the swamp sea at the southernmost point of the Black Forest. The big stone weighing on their hearts suddenly disappeared. Looking up at the gray clouds above their heads, they felt... Not so depressing.

The huge face of the wise man Dirham appears on a tree trunk 60 to 70 meters high. It is the tallest ancient war tree in the Crater of Thorns. The diameter of the umbrella-shaped crown even exceeds a hundred meters. It looks like a huge tree. The umbrella has two thick branches tens of meters long, just like people's arms.

"Young human warrior Jijia, have you brought back the twelve keys of power?" When it said this, it looked expectantly.

I looked up at him with difficulty and said, "Yes, Elder Diram, but when I gathered the twelve keys of power, these keys of power came together and turned into a heart-shaped pendant."

After saying that, I took off the necklace around my neck, put the heart-shaped pendant in my hand and showed it to Elder Dirham.

Sure enough, Elder Diram recognized the pendant and immediately called out its name: "Oh! You actually got this 'Heart of Power'!"

After finishing speaking, he added: "Yes, when the keys of power in the hands of all the ancient war trees are gathered together, a key will be formed to open the sealing circle. We call it the 'Heart of Power'. This key The 'Heart of Power' once had extremely powerful magic, but it can no longer be felt."

I asked Elder Diram: "Does that mean I can help you lift the banning circle under your feet? What should I do next?"

I stood on tiptoes and raised the Heart of Power in my hand high, signaling Elder Diram to take it, but Elder Diram did not do so.

Elder Diram asked Catalina and I to stand in its hand, and it lifted Catalina and me up until we were eye level with it.

He said with emotion: "Someone has to help us enter the altar in the center of the lake. You only need to place the key of power in the gem groove of the magic center of the altar, and the sealing circle will stop." Operation no longer draws our strength, nor does it constrain us. The word 'freedom' has been missing for us for a long time."

"Do you just need to put it on? No need to recite the magic spell?" I asked.

Elder Diram said to me: "No, it's not necessary at all. When the World Tree laid out this sealing circle, it made a prophecy: One day in the future, it will be able to gather all the ancient trees of war. The one who holds the Key of Power must be a warrior from outside the tribe. He will step forward when the Black Forest is in greatest danger, gather all the Keys of Power to unlock the sealing circle, and will also help the ancient tree elves survive the crisis. "

Hearing it say this, I felt a little embarrassed, because I had no intention of letting the construct knights of the North Wind Legion walk out of the Black Forest to fight those Nibru Spider-men.

"Well, in fact, I think the first half of the prophecy of Mr. World Tree has been fulfilled, but it is still unclear whether we can defeat the Niburu spider people together." I said to Elder Diram: "Because once they Leaving the black forest and entering the swamp sea, without the help of the ancient war trees, our construct knights had no advantage in fighting against the spider warriors. In the black forest, we were able to defeat them every time, relying on It’s the tree spirit warriors under your command who help me.”

Hearing what I said, Elder Diram laughed and said to me: "Young human warrior, you may have overlooked one of the most important issues. After you help us unlock the sealing circle, those of us in the dark forest will The ancient war tree will regain its freedom, and so will all the surviving tree spirit warriors in the black forest. At that time, no matter where they go to fight, as long as it is the plane of Hierro, as long as there is soil, the tree spirit warriors can Use more power."

I actually forgot that these ancient war trees and tree spirits have the ability to move after the confinement circle is lifted.

So I asked Elder Diram: "Are you saying that after the confinement circle is lifted, your tree spirit warriors can follow us to form the knights and go to any place with soil in the Hierro plane?"

Then, some pictures appeared in my mind, imagining the dryads behind Elder Diram lining up on the battlefield, using their bodies to block the attacks of the Niburu spider warriors, and a row of barbarian slaves standing behind the dryads. The battle may become extremely simple.

Elder Diram of the Ancient War Tree said: "That's of course. After all, we have concluded an alliance. Regarding the issue of the Niburu spider people, we have a common goal: to completely remove them from the plane of Yero. Drive them out... But I think it is necessary to add some new terms to the covenant, such as the ancient tree elves and the Green Empire people living together in this black forest, and I also need some commitments from you."

Hearing Elder Dirham talk about my commitment, I asked, "So, Elder Dirham, what kind of commitment do you need from me?"

Elder Diram said to me: "It's very simple. The Green Empire people can no longer cut down trees arbitrarily in the Black Forest, and no longer hunt the supporters of the tree spirit family and the natives of the Yero plane..."

I said to Elder Dirham: "Of course there is no problem with this. Although I promise that I cannot represent the highest governor of our Green Empire stationed in the Hierro plane, we can invite the Duke of Samoyed here and everyone signs an alliance agreement. After all, we will live together in this dark forest for a long time to come, and mutual respect is the most basic code of conduct.”

Hearing what I said, Elder Diram's withered old face burst into a bright smile, and he said to me again: "Jijia Warrior, you are really different from all the Green Empire people I have seen, those arrogant Green Empire people. People will only make a lot of unreasonable demands, but no one will consider these things from the perspective of our ancient tree elves like you!"

"... Well, it seems a little too early for us to talk about this at this time. I think I should first untie the sealing circle under your feet." I said to Elder Diram.

Then I asked: "Elder Diram, you said there is an altar in the middle of the lake. Why didn't I see it? Could it be that there was too much rain in the valley in summer and the water level near the lake surged and submerged the altar? Then Do I have to dive underwater to complete the ritual of releasing the seal later?”

Elder Diram laughed, raised me up a little with his big hands, and said to me: "No, Jijia Warrior, you didn't see the altar in the middle of the lake. It's not nonsense that the altar was flooded, but you need to Stand taller."

Standing on the shoulders of tall ancient war trees, this time I had a bird's-eye view of this clear freshwater lake. This central lake is like an emerald embedded in the circular valley.

At this time, I saw that there was actually an altar close to the lake, or that it was the entrance to the altar. If I hadn't observed it from a high position, it would have been really difficult to find it, and it seemed that the five ancient war trees around the central lake The tree is probably also used to protect this altar.

Then I said to Elder DeRham, "Well, I see the altar, Elder DeRham."

Elder Diram put me at its feet. Originally, he wanted the indigenous warriors to carry a canoe over. Just halfway through his instructions to the indigenous warriors, he saw Catalina and I standing on the water with us. It waved, and then waved to us with a look of relief.

Then I took Catalina towards the entrance of the altar floating on the water in the middle of the lake...