The importance of cannon fodder

Chapter 418 Alien Mission (24)

"Hey, are you lost?" Jiu Yao didn't know why she appeared here, but this is the palace of the elves. The girl in front of her was about seventeen or eighteen years old. Under the messy hair, she had a pair of beautiful eyes. Eyes like the blue sea.

The girl withdrew her raised gaze, her expression was not as joking as before, but a little serious, she grabbed Jiu Yao's hand, as if she wanted to tell Jiu Yao something, but the last thing she said , but still those two words: "Sasha, Sasha."

"?" Jiu Yao really didn't know what this girl meant.

She looked up and saw the place where the girl had just seen, where the leaves had fallen the most, and the branches were almost exposed—the leaves were gone, leaving only a bare branch.

Jiu Yao felt that the bare branch was a bit strange, and took a look at it with peace of mind, only to see a thin red liquid seeping from the branch, hanging on the surface of the branch, which looked like patches of red spots.

"The tree of life is bleeding?" Jiu Yao said with some confusion.

"It's not blood, it's devil energy." Shen Lian also looked at the tree trunk.

"The devil's energy is eroding it. At this rate, the whole tree will be soaked in the devil's energy before long." Shen Lian shook his head and said.

"Big brother, can't we do something?" Jiu Yao stood beside the tree trunk, her hand touched the trunk lightly, and she seemed to be able to hear the painful panting of the tree of life in her ears.

"I don't think we can." Shen Lian shook her head.

"Sasha, Sasha." The girl also stood aside, quietly looking at the gradually withering tree, and whispered in her mouth.

"Big Brother, I feel like we are confused." Jiu Yao said, looking at the Tree of Life in front of him.

"Big brother, although we have the tree seed of the tree of life, we don't know who to give it to. Who is the person with a pure heart? If we give it to her, will the tree of life grow back?"

"The tree of life will wither soon, and all the demons sealed by it will be released. At this time, what can we do?"

"Nine Yao." Shen Lian stretched out his finger to smooth out the wrinkle between Jiu Yao's brows, and said lightly: "Nine Yao, some things can't be rushed, and they must be destined in the dark."

"For example, we appeared here." Shen Lian gently shook the iron chain on his feet, "That's why we can get the seeds of the tree. When we came here before, it didn't show up, didn't it Is it?"

Jiu Yao nodded, recalling the first time they saw the Tree of Life, but they got nothing.

"But, big brother, there are too many mysteries in my mind." Jiu Yao said with some trouble holding her small head.

"Trust big brother." Shen Lian gently pressed Jiu Yao's little paw on his head with both hands, "Big brother will solve these mysteries."

Looking at Shen Lian's firm eyes, Jiu Yao always chose to believe in his heart.

I don't know why the big brother always gives her such a feeling, as long as the big brother is there, it seems that everything can be solved.

"Big brother, I believe you." Jiu Yao nodded.

Shen Lian smiled, Jiu Yao is still young, so she will be impetuous.

At this moment, the girl suddenly shouted towards the door: "Sasha, Sasha."

"En? Big brother, it seems that someone is coming." Jiu Yao heard the sound of footsteps.

I saw Sasha hiding in the grass beside her.

Shen Lian hugged Jiu Yao, covering the iron chain that was loosened under her feet.

A middle-aged man came in, wearing a golden crown with a dark green gemstone on his head, and several guards followed behind him.

Jiu Yao looked at it and felt that this person must be a very important person, with a crown on his head. Jiu Yao once heard Garner describe this person, this person should be the elf king.

"Your Majesty, these are the two people from the foreign country that the prince captured." The courtier at the side said.

"En." The king wearing the crown glanced at Jiu Yao and Shen Lian.

"Your Majesty, what will you do with them?" the courtier asked.

"Three days later, the high priests will be elected and use them to sacrifice the tree of life." The king looked at Shen Lian and Jiu Yao coldly, as if looking at the ants under his feet, and said expressionlessly.

"Your Majesty is wise." The courtier said in agreement.

Just at that moment a leaf fell from the king's head.

The moment it touched the ground, it turned into ashes.

"Ah! Your Majesty, the leaves of the tree of life have fallen." The courtier exclaimed in horror as if he had never seen this scene before.

"Shut up, I saw it." The king frowned, obviously he already knew about the falling leaves of the tree of life, but just because you know the problem is there doesn't mean you can solve it, so the king is still very concerned. anxious.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The courtier also felt that he had lost his composure, his eyeballs were rolling, and his face was full of panic. After all, this was not a trivial matter.

However, at this moment, another leaf fell.

"According to the legend, the tree of life seals eighteen demons, and the most powerful demon Soros among them is even more frightening. Your Majesty, according to the legend, when the leaves of the tree of life are completely dropped, that is when the seal is lifted. What should I do?" The courtier looked at the place where the leaves disappeared with some trepidation, and said vigorously.

"That's why I hope to elect a high priest as soon as possible. Only the high priest can communicate with the tree of life and find a way to solve this crisis." The king sighed and said slowly.

"But, Your Majesty, who in our family is qualified to be the high priest?" The courtier was not persuaded by the king, "Although there are royal women over the age of 12, there are almost no women with strong spiritual power. .”

"Let them all try. I remember my second brother's three daughters have good spiritual power." The king shook his head and said, "Let's go, let's go back."

"Yes." The minister followed the king and left with a team of guards.

It became quiet again in an instant.

They were talking far away, maybe they thought Jiu Yao couldn't hear them, but as a fox, as a fox with very sensitive sense of hearing, smell, etc., Jiu Yao said that they listened to every word of their conversation into her ears.

"Big brother, I don't think the king is a good man." Jiu Yao remembered the story he had heard from his big brother.

Perhaps, it was this elder brother who was jealous of his younger brother, not only killed his younger brother, but also made his younger brother's daughter disappear.

Perhaps, this catastrophe came for him.

(End of this chapter)