rose nursery rhyme

Crossel looked back at the direction of the tree of life.

The shadows haven't woken up yet, and now these are just instinctive reactions after feeling the breath of the prey. They ran out of the sensing range of the tree of life, and the roots lost their target and retreated into the soil one after another.

The area around the tree of life returned to its original false and well-behaved appearance.

Several people were a little far away from the tree of life that was gradually waking up. Crossel came back to his senses and led Xidi and Bryce to a tree house in silence.

He was still worried, unwilling to let the tree of life completely leave his sight, but if he got too close, the pure life energy on his body would awaken the parasitic shadows in the tree of life again.So I had to choose this place as a compromise, not too far from the open space, and looking out from the window of the tree house, I could just see the huge canopy of the tree of life.

It is more obvious from here that one-third of the leaves on the canopy have turned yellow, and a large part has fallen down, and the baldness is obvious.

There is not much time left for them.

The tree house is not big, there are few facilities inside, and it is very tidy.

Sheedy didn't come in.

He didn't know much about shadows, and he couldn't help him, and he was even more impatient to listen to Brice and Crossel's long discussion, so he simply climbed to the branch on the other side, sat down on the top of the tree, and shook his head. Standing on his calf, he observed the mutated tree of life from a distance.

Brice sat down on a chair: "Where is this?"

Crossel was somewhat absent-minded, and would turn her head to look out the window after a while. Seeing that nothing had happened to the tree of life, she turned her head back and said in a low voice, "...my home."

He was not in the mood to chat now, and eagerly asked the question he cared about the most: "You said that the mother tree became like this because it was controlled by shadows?"

Brice nodded: "Now it seems that it should be so."

Hearing that the Mother Tree didn't give up the elves voluntarily, Crossel relaxed a little, but knowing this, he still couldn't solve the most critical problem, so he asked again: "Then, do you know how to get rid of the shadows? wipe out?"

If the mother tree is controlled, then as long as the shadow is eliminated, she should be able to return to her original state, and her own people will naturally be saved.

Crossel doesn't want to delve into where the shadows come from and how to control the mother tree. He just wants to know how to drive the shadows out.

There was nothing he could do, but Bryce gave him a glimmer of hope.

Brace: "About this..."

He paused subtly for a moment, and said again: "I do know some methods, but they may not all be perfect. Which one to choose depends on you."

Crossel didn't hesitate at all: "Go ahead."

No matter what the method is, he has to know before making a choice.

Bryce told him: "Actually, the fighting ability of the shadow itself is not strong."

The shadow is something that comes from outside the continent, it cannot merge with the continent and will be rejected by the whole world.

Therefore, although the shadow is very harmful, it never appears in a big way. At most, it divides into many parts and spreads to every corner of the continent. Occasionally, it prudently pops up and steals some things that should not belong to it.

It actually doesn't have the ability to fight directly. It can do this because it condenses the darkness and malice outside the world. Compared with plundering, what the shadow does is more like incitement and temptation.

This is the case with Joshua, the wraith who spread the plague, and the mother tree that is now taking away the vitality of the elves... is also the case.

If it directly faced any elves, the small shadow lodged in the tree of life would not be a particularly big threat.

What controls the elves now, in the final analysis, is the ability of the tree of life itself.

Crossel understood: As long as you know the method, doesn't this thing seem to be very difficult to defeat?

The elves just lost because they were unprepared. After all, no elves would attack the mother tree for no reason.

Crossel: "What do I need to do then?"

Bryce: "If you want to wipe it out completely, there is a way."

Those ignorant things stared at Xidi again, Bryce still had a gentle smile on his face, but there was a bit of shocking indifference in his eyes: "I can help you put it directly without your hands." It’s burned—make sure it burns cleanly, leaving no future troubles.”

He also said: "However, this method also has disadvantages. Although the elves can be completely rescued, the tree of life itself will also be affected."

After all, it is a plant, and it has been verified just now that even the tree of life itself will be burned by Bryce's flame.

Bryce's method is simple and rude. The shadow hides in the tree and cannot come out, so the tree of life and the shadow are all burned out with a fire.

Crossel subconsciously refused: "This will not work."

The tree of life is the mother tree of the entire elf family. If she is lost, the elves will never be able to return to the peaceful embrace of nature, and no new fetus will be born.

Although the elves were saved, it was no different from letting them gradually perish, and it was impossible for Crossel to agree.

"...Is there no other way?" His complexion was very bad, "Mother tree...Mother tree is really important to us."

Even when it comes time to abandon one side, this decision cannot be made in a short while.

Brice had known that he would refuse, so he didn't insist, and said: "There is another way, but this requires your cooperation."

Crossel: "As long as I can do it."

Brace: "Anything?"

Crossel: "Anything is fine."

Even if it means his own life.

Brice looked at his death-defying expression, and smiled slightly: "Actually, the consequences of this method are not that serious, at least not fatal."

Crossel: "What do you mean?"

"It is the life force that attracts the shadow." Bryce said, "It stays in the tree of life for this reason. But if there are prey around that are more tempting to it, the shadow will naturally come out of the tree."

Crossel: "Prey? You mean..."

With a slight smile on his face, Bryce looked at Crossel: "In this forest, there is probably only one prey that can satisfy Shadow..."

Who else could it be?This is the problem of the elves themselves. It is impossible to expect these two travelers to volunteer and risk their lives to attract the shadow's attention for him.

Crossel was thoughtful.

"Don't look at it as it is now, but it is actually very difficult for the shadow to absorb the life of the elves through the tree of life. The energy obtained is not enough to support its large-scale activities, so it fell into a deep sleep." Brace said, "I have a magic circle here, which allows you to radiate all the power in your body to the outside world. The shadow can feel your breath. It is impossible for it to resist such a temptation."

After all, the shadow is not something on the mainland. To deprive people of their lives, it needs to go through a rather complicated and cumbersome process. Of course, it is not as attractive as the one delivered directly to the door.

What's more, Crossel is the most powerful person in the entire elf clan.

Brice asked for Crossel's opinion: "What do you think about this?"

Crossel: "Attract it out, and then?"

It's impossible to just get it out and end it.

Bryce: "Then of course it can be eliminated directly, but I still hope that you can consider another result."

Crossel: "...what?"

Bryce: "Once my magic circle is released, it cannot be retracted. Its influence on you is long-lasting, and it will cause the power and elements in your body to dissipate until it is empty."

The elves are basically composed entirely of natural elements, and the elements are exhausted, and for them, it means death.

The elves themselves don't have the concept of 'death', they will become a leaf on the mother tree after death, they call it 'return', but if there is no element at all, then of course the chance of return is lost.

Crossel: "So I'm still going to die."

It's nothing, he's not afraid of death, just sacrificing him, Crossel thinks it's very appropriate.

Although there will be some regrets.

Bryce: "This is the suggestion I want to make to you - I have another magic circle here, I hope you can consider it."

I don't know why, but after hearing what he said, Crossel felt a little nervous: "...What kind of magic circle?"

Bryce: "The one that seals the shadows."

He said slowly: "I can seal the shadow into your body, so that it can no longer steal life force from the outside world, and can only live with you from now on, and be closely connected with your soul."

The shadow does not belong to any element on the mainland, even if it is sealed in Crossel's body, it will not be affected by the first magic circle. In order to save his life, it can help him construct a new body.

"Of course." He added, "Because this is a very dangerous thing, I will add another layer of restriction. If it leaves your body, or you are dead, the restriction will automatically burn and will-- Your body perishes with it."

So no matter what, Crossel couldn't return to the mother tree in the end, and could only dissipate with the dust.

Crossel: "...if I accept it, what will I become?"

Brice raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know, after all, it's the first time I've seen an elf."

It's just that they all understand that the new body constructed by the shadow for Crossel cannot be regarded as the body of an elf anyway.

There was silence in the treehouse for a while, until Xidi poked her head in: "Are you finished talking?"

Bryce: "Yes."

He turned his head and confirmed to Crossel again: "So, what do you think?"

Crossel blinked slowly.

Today was the first time he had heard of the existence of shadows, and he was faced with the choice of whether to live with it or not.

What happens if you accept it?

Will he turn into a monster?Or has it become something like a shadow from now on, and can only live in a corner that no one knows?

It's hard to say.

The handsome boy was still poking his head into the room, as if wondering what the two of them were talking about just now.

"I accept." He finally heard himself say, "Try it first, if it doesn't work, please kill me again."

...It's better than dying directly.

The author says:

As I said before, this is not a tragedy.

It's getting colder, it's time for the nursery rhymes to end (suddenly)

After another twenty or thirty chapters, it will be over. I also want to write about succubi, dragons, etc., and then start the next novel (.