Merriel struggled hard to fight the leather rope that was tied firmly to her hands, but it could not change her current situation except for leaving a scratch on her white white wrist.

She looked up at the place, and the gray woodland was covered with elves-style ruins - this place was originally a village, but since the mortality began to spread, there were not too many such abandoned settlements in the forest.

The land on which they live has lost its vitality, and people have to leave their hometowns and go to Sanshak, Silver Port or even further away to struggle to survive. She has seen with her own eyes that people who have lost hope in life, either lost their property or land in disaster, or health and relatives, or everything. The withered forest borders have spread to the periphery of Silver Port, and people have set up barriers to barely block the spread of the ubiquitous epidemic.

Later, Ninimel rose to the ground, and the situation around Linnorir and Sanshak further deteriorated, disasters spread, and criticisms broke out. People could not see hope in despair. She had to pray to the goddess day after day - praying that the disaster would subside and that everything would return to the past.

But the quiet woodland of the Holy White did not respond - outside Silver Wind Harbor and outside the sky barrier, a grey world seemed to be the footnote to the doomsday of this giant tree.

But she is different.

The elf girl is slender and weak, with long silver-gray hair, braided into several thin braids behind her ears, and is said to be a mixed race of the Misterville Moon Elf; her eyes are also unique, a pair of beautiful, light purple eyes, and the eyes are like a deep pool, always so calm, and full of confidence in the world.

"Don't be discouraged, I heard that the Council has plans for this."

"Have you heard that a few more gray areas were recovered outside the city today."

"It is said that another dragon knight has arrived in Sanshak, and they have planned to launch a counterattack against Ninimer."

"Everything is developing in a positive direction. The goddess will protect us. The holy tree is far from irreversible. As long as we make a little more effort."

"Although our strength is insignificant, we can also fulfill our responsibilities. As long as everyone fulfills their obligations, those who are truly capable can devote themselves to the counterattack against Ninemeer without distraction."

She was always so patient, as if she was never defeated by the despair in life:

"Merille, don't care so much about criticism."

"Rumor is only temporary, it cannot become a fact. Don't worry, time will always prove everything."

"Have you ever seen the Holy Maiden? I have seen her once, and I believe that such a gentle person will definitely not be a bad person."

"Think about it, even His Highness the Princess is on our side. Didn't we join the Saints' Association because we responded to her call?"

"When one day in the future, the disaster will pass, and we will one day become important figures like the Bishop. By then, we can repair people's views on the Holy White Woodlands in our own way."

"Because the Holy Woods are not really arrogant and indifferent, Ms. Aimeya has never abandoned any of her people. You and I know that Merell, the Temple has just been away from the world for too long and too far away."

Merriel looked down at the wrinkled letter laid flat on his knees, with only one sentence in crooked words:

“…Merille, don’t…believe them…”

Her handwriting has always been very beautiful, but she has experienced so much torture in this short sentence. How weak she has to write this way, and she can only vaguely recognize her notes.

Merriel's tears burst out from her eyes and fell on the letter paper. She cried weakly for a while, as if she had become the same person as before, until someone came back from the ruins.

It was the man named "Nether". She only heard the nickname once and then wrote it down.

At other times, others called the other party the "captain", and he was the leader of this group.

The man walked up to her, his face not very good: "Miss Merell, you have been thinking enough, and you should be able to recognize that this letter was handed to you by Miss Linseya Starlight-she is still alive."

"Now you only need to help us take down the Holy White Tree Heart, and she can survive and even come back to you. As long as you nod, we will send you back to Silver Wind Harbor immediately."

Merell wiped away the tears with the back of his hand, but he didn't say a word. There was a faint sense between the unicorn girl, and when she came to this place, she already understood everything in her heart.

She asked softly: "You have brought her here before, have you?"

"Yes, I might as well tell you that this is just a temporary place to settle down," Youming nodded and replied coldly, "You don't have to count on those people outside. They have been under our surveillance since the moment they left Silver Wind Harbor. They can't save you, and they can't even protect themselves."

But Merell never cared about his safety.

Just a heart-wrenching sting came from her heart.

She seemed to have an illusion in front of her, as if she had seen the scene of the past with her own eyes—

The strange man walked towards Linseya and stabbed a bunch of crystal-like gray branches into her forehead. The bright red blood gushed out and turned into silent tears.

The severe pain seemed to split the girl's soul. The hatred was planted in silence, taking root and sprouting, growing gray branches all over the sky, condensed into a network, entangling everyone.

When Nether saw the elf girl's changing expression, he suddenly realized something, "Damn, the unicorn girl's sensing ability is really annoying, so you noticed it?"

Merriel looked up at him, "Why? Why do you guys do this..."

The girl's voice was a little hoarse, "Aren't you one of us too, what benefits can this disaster bring to you?"

You, why...

Want to kill her?

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Merell had tears in his eyes. They had clearly agreed to save the port together, enter the upper floors of the temple together, survive the disaster together, and change people's views on the Holy Woodlands together.

Although that power is insignificant, I believe that with a little effort, one day we will reach that height, just like the saint's crown. One day, they will also have the ability to change the land under the shade of the holy tree-

But everything became the past.

The girl disappeared, leaving only one mystery.

After the disaster of the Gray Branch at the Harbor, people from the investigative department came to tell him that the missing Saint White Tree had been found. It came from the Temple in Silverwyn. Her suspicion was lifted.

But her heart was sinking, and she knew the temple.

When selecting the Unicorn Girl, there is a gray-haired elf girl in the same dormitory as her.

She comes from Ravenell, a mixed-race of the moon elves. She is smart, calm, but still has no lack of enthusiasm and is always full of optimism about the world.

Later, he became an intern unicorn girl in the Temple of Weston District and the guardian of Saint Whitewood.

And the elf girl became the tree guardian of the Temple in Silverwyn.

That's the beginning of all the stories.

But Merell didn't expect it to have an end like this, and she thought the story in the tragic would not come to the ordinary herself.

Until she received the letter.

"This letter was handed over to you by Miss Linseya, and you should recognize her handwriting," said Youming in a arrogant tone when he handed the letter to her:

"I heard that there are some special sensations between the unicorn girls. You should detect the breath of your companion from the letter."

"Of course, she doesn't want you to go with us. If we hadn't allowed her to write these words, she wouldn't have written this letter to you."

"But if you want to see her again, Miss Merrell, this is your only choice."

"You have to think about it. You only have one chance to refuse. Once you turn around and leave, you will never see us again, nor will you see her."

Merriel stammered, "Who are you...?"

"us?"

Youming smiled, "We are just a group of employed and insignificant pawns. You can't learn any useful information from us. Have you considered it?"

Merriel held the letter silently.

As the man said, there is a special sense between unicorn girls, especially those who are close to them, and she can feel the faint breath in the letter.

But the message from the letter was far more than he had imagined. A mystery lingered in the girl's heart. She gradually made up her mind and wanted to figure out what happened when the investigation team disappeared.

The Council knew that the stolen Saint White Tree Heart came from the Temple in Silverwyn, and that temple had long lost its owner, but they still did not stop the spread of rumors.

They knew that all this had nothing to do with the Saints Association and Linseya, but they still had to pour sewage on them regardless of everything and let a missing person bear all this.

Merriel no longer believes that the Port Council would care about the life and death of a mere unicorn girl, maybe all this is exactly what those people want to see.

She was extremely disappointed in her heart, afraid that everything about her would be covered up—

Fear... I will lose that truth forever.

She hesitated for a while, but gritted her teeth and still didn't want to give up this only opportunity-

"I, go with you..."

The man looked at her and nodded.

...

The voice of Netherworld is gradually pulling her back to reality:

"Associated with disasters? No, on the contrary, we are not those cultists with empty heads and easily bewitched--"

He shook his head:

"It's better to say that we are the ones who are resisting this disaster. We are just not as black or white as you think, little girl."

But Merell turned a deaf ear to those words because she already knew the answer in her heart, but that answer was far from what she wanted.

Silent sadness flowed into a long black river in the girl's heart.

The river water swallowed everything, leaving only a seed of hatred, which was taking root and sprouting, and pulling out branches.

A wisp of silver dust fell silently into the ground, but the man seemed to be unaware of all this.

Merell finally asked the last question in a somewhat tired voice: "...she, what did she do wrong?"

Youming sighed.

"Because the Holy White Forest holds the most power, but the saint's crown prince cannot bear the corresponding responsibility. This is nothing in daily life, but it is original sin in disasters. This is not a self-rescue, but a pile of weights on the balance. The big men have to consider more naturally, do you understand-"

"It's nothing to do with right or wrong. What would people think when they see the remnants of the stubborn old era of the Holy Woodlands that have become the only obstacle to resisting this disaster?"

"If you don't disappear, how can you replace those who are more capable?"

"And if the person who is on the stage is left alone, the disaster will never end. The Saint will not have done anything wrong. You just chose the wrong side, just blocked the pace of history."

He walked to Merry and raised her chin with his hand, "Go to blame the princess, her princess, she brought you in for her own selfish desires, and you are just some victims."

He let go of his hand and looked at Merell looking at him coldly, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

He originally thought the other party would be more desperate.

Despair is a good nutrient that is beneficial to his next steps. But he immediately shook his head, "Forget it, why do I tell you this? Since you are unwilling to cooperate, I have to use other means."

"It's not my fault, but you chose it yourself." Youming took out a bunch of gray crystals from his arms. The sharp branches of the crystal were exactly the same as what the girl saw in her memory.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind it! He raised his hand and was about to insert the crystal, but it was at this moment that the Netherworld's movements froze. He looked in shock as a gray branch behind the girl was growing taller and taller.

The withered tree seemed to have no life, but it grew like a snake. It grew bigger and thicker, until it spread out the roof and divided countless branches.

"Holy White Tree Heart!"

Youming finally realized what was going on, "You have always carried the Holy White Tree Heart with you!? You--"

The death and the holy tree are like two sides, like light and shadow, symbolizing prosperity and growth on one side, and withering and apoptosis on the other.

When the heart of the Holy White tree falls on the gray matter soil, the ash branches take root and sprout.

It quickly absorbs all the vitality of the surrounding land, destroys the starlight into ashes, and grows branches symbolizing death from the dead silence.

It is growing and growing, and the girl sits motionlessly before it, and the branches growing from it swallow the girl little by little, and the gray branches are inserted under the girl's skin, absorbing her life and nutrients little by little—

Youming's face changed drastically. Of course, he knew that the gray branch produced by a holy white tree heart was at least elite level, and the horror of its growth during its active stage is unimaginable to ordinary people.

What's more, a unicorn girl is still using her life to give birth to it.

He drew out his sword, but shot a branch from the ash branches and knocked the sword in his hand away.

The man himself is also a professional at level 21 swordsman and level 5 guard knight, but he didn't react when the gray tree blew.

Then another branch rose from under his feet, piercing his left shoulder, and Nether screamed.

His expression changed wildly, and he was also an elf. Once the relatives from the holy tree were injured by the gray branches, there would be only one fate.

He immediately raised his sword and tried to cut off his left arm, but it was at that time - he saw a monster growing from the towering gray tree.

It had a slender figure, thin and long claws, no head, and only one-on-one black and white pupils where it should have been a face, looking at him coldly.

"Tree Shadow..."

The heart of Youming was cold. Tree shadows grew so quickly. This was at least a disaster-level grey branch. Although it was still in its juvenile state, it could already determine their destiny.

"You're crazy!"

He looked at the girl and shouted at the latter hysterically.

But Merell had lost consciousness, and the girl lowered her head and almost became part of the grey branch.

Those big men almost never listen to their words. They only use rumors and misunderstandings to turn into sharp blades to hurt the things protected by the weak.

Then, they don't have to say anything.

This is her revenge.

From the moment Merriel received the letter, she actually understood everything in her heart—

As for those who originally used violence and imposed violence on others, they finally felt scared at this moment.

Youming subconsciously took a step back - he didn't want to die here, no, there must be any chance.

But the cold stinging pierced his chest the next moment. The tall tree shadow had already stepped forward, raised him with one claw, and Nether opened his mouth wide and looked at the scene in disbelief.

He coughed heavily and the communication crystal slid from his collar to the ground.

And there was a sound of intermittent calls for help coming from inside:

"Captain, we were attacked..."

"Those people have attacked the village!"

Before the sound fell, suddenly the broken wall on one side of the ruins exploded, and a giant sword divided the wall into two.

In the smoke and dust, Miss Catman was carrying a giant sword and breaking into the hall.

She saw Merell at a glance and shouted:

"I found Miss Merell, she's here-"

But Dalier's face changed and his words stopped abruptly.

Only then did she notice the grey branches that were almost integrated with Merell, the huge trunk was still climbing up, and countless branches and canopies grew.

A strong wind hit the right side, and Miss Catman didn't want to raise her sword and blocked it. When a spark flew everywhere, the claws of the gray-white tree shadow flashed in the air.

"Be careful, there are shadows of trees."

The voice of the Elf Princess came from outside.

"Miss Dalier, go deal with that thing," she walked in from the smoke and dust and spoke, "I'll find a way to rescue Miss Merell."

"Are you okay?" Dalier looked at her with some concern, and then looked at Merrier who had completely lost consciousness.

The elf girl nodded to her.

At this time, Youming, who was lying in a pool of blood, suddenly burst into laughter hysterically.

He looked at the two of them with a little crazy look. He knew that his life would be soon turned into a monster by the gray branches.

But these people are also late.

"You come one step later," Youming said with a tragic smile, "You can't save her, nor can you yourself. I have warned you not to leave Yinfeng Port, this is your choice-"

When he died, he became particularly hysterical, as if he was not afraid of saying anything, and just wanted to see a trace of regret in these people's faces.

But he was disappointed.

He saw the elf girl not even glanced at him, and walked towards the gray branch. The other party pulled out his sword and held it in his hand, as if he was not afraid of the gray branches extending towards her.

"You can't save her like this..."

Youming groaned, he wanted to ridicule, but only made a meaningless noise.

It seemed that something was about to break free from his shackles and replace his consciousness.

In her sight, the elf girl took out a silver unicorn holy emblem from her arms. She held up the emblem, and the emblem emitted endless soft light.

But when the light approached the gray branches, the branches that were tangled towards Merrell were like they were scalded by boiling water and frantically pulled out.

But they still wanted to compete for the girl's final control, but Lian Quya Alsana waved the sword in her hand and cut off the branches behind the girl one by one. Her movements were a little unfamiliar, but very decisive.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The elf princess pulled Merriel over and carefully protected her arms. She covered the girl's bloody shoulders and back with her hands and looked at the surging gray branches.

Then a miracle happened.

The towering gray branch actually began to trace back little by little under her gaze. It retracted the branches, becoming thinner and shorter little by little, turning from a giant tree back to the branch, and then turned back to a sapling.

Finally it turns into a seed.

A grayish-white tree heart.

Youming was stunned.

The burning flame in his body seemed to be extinguished suddenly, and his consciousness returned to him, and the spreading gray matter disappeared.

But his eyes were almost glaring out, and he looked at the scene in a daze.

Nether couldn't believe his eyes. If the disaster of gray branches could be solved so easily, would it still spread to the entire giant tree hill?

But he suddenly saw the sword in the hand of Lian Quia Arthana. The more he looked, the more familiar he looked - the hilt wrapped in silver wire, with a star-shaped peridot embedded on it.

Its handguards spread out like a lily leaf, and the blade was like a ball of moonlight. Under the light was a line of tiny elf words.

‘Lead the light to defend against the enemy, walk with the light—’

‘The glory is eternal, and the darkness escapes from far away.’

Elf Holy Sword.

"You, you are..."

Netherworld opened his mouth.

Merriel also found her consciousness from her drowsiness, and she seemed to wake up from a long dream.

In that dream, an elf girl with long silver-gray hair was still by her side.

She looked at her with her purple eyes and smiled at her:

"You can't stop here, Merriel."

The intern single-horned girl slowly opened her eyes and faced Lian Quya Alsana's light silver eyes.

She remembered that it was the elf girl who was walking with Fang Ling, and the other party always had a unique temperament.

And she already knew who it was-

Only the girl favored by the unicorn can make the heart of Bai Shu grow up towering, and the mistress of the forest sets a contract with them to make them the real masters of Bai Shu.

Tears burst into my eyes. The death of my close friend and the resurrection made Merriel finally break down and turned back to the weak girl.

She whimpered:

"Your Highness the Princess..."

"Okay, I'm here."

Lian Quia Alsana gently hugged her people, and the girl she called for said softly, "This will not happen again, I promise, I promise to protect each of you."

At this time, the man who was lying on the ground and saved his life finally came back to his senses. He sneered: "So that's it, so that's it."

"So there are such interesting links..."

Dalier looked at the man with annoyance.

The gray branches were traced back to the heart of the tree, and the power of the dead cataract was naturally suppressed. The shadow of the tree in the air also turned into dust in the sky at the same time and disappeared.

It's like that thing has never existed.

If Fang Ling hadn't asked her to leave a living, she would have slashed such a scum long ago.

Youming couldn't help but applaud, "Princess Lian Quya Alsana, the most proud student under the Saint's Crown, is the only one who can make the Saint White Tree Heart trace back. I'll say how can anyone solve the gray branch so easily."

"So that's it. It turns out that it's your trump card here, the Holy Woodland."

"It's a pity that the elf king may not be in the same mind as you. Can you really protect them? You can't even protect yourself, Your Highness."

He sneered at Merell, "You are lucky, little girl, but I am not bad either. If it weren't for you, I would have explained here today."

"It's a pity that you're still a chess game, let alone what if you kill me? Your naive princess."

"Don't let him go..." Merriel couldn't help but shout weakly when he saw this scene, "There are other people behind him."

But a faint white light had risen from Netherworld, and his body gradually faded and finally turned into a starry sky.

Dalier did not stop him, and if the other party was determined to commit suicide, she really had no choice.

Miss Catman knew that Fang Yu had a silver box on her hand, but she didn't have time to use it in this place-

But for a moment, a sound suddenly came from the communication crystal on her chest.

The naturalist lady calmly described:

"The starlight reaction comes from the east here, the group leader."

"Where is the nearest resurrection point there?" the Paparal people immediately asked.

Then came the voice of Choi Xisi, "Wait, Ed, there is no resurrection point there."

She paused for a moment.

“It was wilderness, and there was no temple for Aimeya or the Lady of the Avenue nearby.”

"No, that's not the case."

Finally, Fang Zhu's voice came from the communication crystal: "There is a temporary resurrection point there."

“Temporary Resurrection Site?”

On the other side of the crystal, everyone was looking at him.

After a while, Marianne Chicken and Kailan on the side reacted - it was a floating ship!

"It's the advance team of Linnorir-Sangshak Parliament!"

"The Silver Wind Harbor Fleet has three floating ships in that position!"

The two looked at each other, and their faces changed at the same time. If all this was true, then there must be an amazing mastermind behind these people.

They were so confident in kidnapping the unicorn girl that they chose to resurrect at the place where the advance team was located, which was definitely not just about falling into the trap.

Fang Zhu looked at other members of the organization who were knocked out on the ground.

The common feature of these people is that they all wear gray robes with Hell Three-headed Dogs, but they have asked Marian and Kailan carefully before this.

Neither of them knew the origin of this organization.

As for Tianlan, I have never heard of such a guild, although these people include both indigenous people and candidates.

But it was at this moment that the voice of the elf princess came from the other end of the communication crystal:

"Ed, be careful of the advance team of the parliament. Miss Merell said that these people had known you for a long time, but they were fearless and probably had a backup plan behind them."

Fang Yu finally knew everything from the elf princess. His faint anger burned silently between his dark pupils, but he became extremely calm and turned around and asked Marian and Kailan:

"Which organization does the main force of that advance team come from?"

"Is it the Port Guard, or the private army of a nobleman in the Linnorel Council, the Silver Wind Watcher or a guild?"

Kailan thought for a while before answering: "It's a guild called the Indomitable Alliance."

Fang Yu nodded, "Take these people with us, let's go deep into the gray matter area and avoid the advance team first."

He decided to give those people a surprise.

If someone likes to play this game, then the Qihai Brigade will accompany you to the end.
Chapter completed!