The Path of Ascension to the Priest

The easiest way for the elves to reproduce is to take the blood essence of two elves and fuse them with the elves' fruits, and then put them into the stream where the tree of life is located.

The elf fruit will absorb nutrients from the tree of life and grow slowly until the elf develops self-awareness and cuts off the connection with the tree of life by itself.

The reproduction of elves is not affected by the gender of the two parties and other external factors. After the fusion of blood essence and elf fruit, whether elves can be successfully bred depends on the state of the tree of life.

Taking blood essence requires adjusting one's own state to the best, because it involves the next elf queen, so Patricia is very cautious, and deliberately extended the time used to adjust the state.

Although reproduction is the most important thing, it is not enough for a while. Delphine knew that Patricia had concerns, so she didn't put pressure on her, but let her adjust herself.

But I didn't expect that Patricia would discover the "secret" about the Tree of Life because of the delay for a few days.

The growth period of the tree of life is long and twists and turns, and if you are not careful, it will be affected by the darkness and wither, and Delphine has no other way except to use the vitality to support it.

After all... all the elf queens came here like this.

The bright red blood slid down the wrist, and the blood beads dissipated in the water and slowly condensed into a thin line, which was glued to the Tree of Life from all directions like a spider web.

Delphine could feel his vitality draining away bit by bit.

A sudden gust of cold wind came from behind, and Delphine's thoughts became a little dull due to the loss of vitality. She sensed something and wanted to take her hand back, but it was already a step too late.

The cold palm grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the range of the tree of life. Delphine stepped back a few steps following the opponent's strength, and just bumped into Patricia's arms. The soft touch made her startled. After a while, the sluggish thoughts gradually became clear.

"...what are you doing?" Patricia pulled Delphine's arm and looked down at the blood on her wrist, her voice high with shock.

The wound on her wrist was healed by a flash of green light, but her fair skin was still stained with blood. Delphine wanted to push Patricia away, but her body became exhausted due to the loss of vitality, so she couldn't easily break free.

"Let go of me first." Delphine said softly, licking her dry lips.

Her face was extremely pale, and her eyes were a little less bright. Patricia's brows were tightly frowned, and she silently took out a bottle of bright holy water and handed it to Delphine.

"I'm fine, I'll be fine after a few days of rest." Delphine took over the holy water of light but didn't drink it. She felt that Patricia was a little too worried, so she smiled and comforted her, "Don't be nervous, I have a measure of."

"Properity?" Patricia's face flashed with anger. Seeing that Delphine didn't even drink the holy water of light, her anger burned instantly, and her indifferent mask was torn off. Her lips were tightly pursed, and she said a word He grabbed her back to the tree house without saying a word.

The door was closed heavily, and Delphine raised his hand and rubbed his sore arm, and was about to reprimand Patricia for her rudeness, when he was suddenly pressed against the wooden door, because of his physical and mental exhaustion, Delphine didn't want to waste energy trying to break free, so she just frowned and stared at the person in front of her.

Patricia opened a bottle of bright holy water and brought it to Delphine's lips.

The mouth of the cold glass bottle touched his lips, his chin was raised, and the bright holy water stained his lips. Delphine was stunned for a moment, and passively opened his mouth to swallow the bright holy water in his mouth.

The tacit understanding between the two was mediocre, the holy water that was too late to swallow slipped down the corner of his mouth, wet Delphine's hair hanging on his chest, and left several water marks on his fair skin.

This may be the only elf in the elves who dared to feed her the bright holy water so forcefully. Delphine's tired spirit slowly recovered, and she unconsciously raised her hand on Patricia's back, unexpectedly He actually felt a trace of oppression and a slight sense of aggression from the person in front of him.

This feeling is very strange.

Even when they were in a state of hostility before, Delphine still looked at Patricia with the same eyes as the clingy and excellent little black elf when she was young.

But now... She intuitively felt that the other party was already an adult elf, and it was a very dangerous kind.

There were already five or six empty bottles piled up at her feet. Seeing that Delphine's condition had improved, Patricia slowly stopped, returning to her senses, her fingers holding the glass bottle tightened slowly, and she let Delphine go. Finn, his gaze involuntarily fell on her rosy lips.

She drank half of the holy water of light and spilled half of it. Delphine leaned against the door and wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand. The clothes were wet and stuck to her body with the holy water. She felt uncomfortable with the wetness. Downward, fingertips draw from chin to chest/mouth to evaporate the remaining water elements.

Her movements are natural, but unexpectedly a little seductive.

Patricia's eyes gradually moved down with Delphine's fingers, she glanced at it, and took the initiative to look away, she swallowed, and asked in a low voice: "...why do you waste your money?" vitality?"

Standing in front of her was an adult elf with a dangerous nature. She could no longer treat Patricia with the same attitude as before. Delphine frowned and took away the hand that wanted to touch Patricia's hair. When she got back, she pushed the person away, and after feeling less pressure, she said softly: "This is my duty."

"Duty?"

"It is the duty of the Elf Queen to ensure the healthy growth of the Tree of Life."

Patricia retorted, "What are you talking about...you are the most important to the elves..."

"It's the elf queen that matters." Delphine interrupted Patricia's words and said earnestly, "It's not me."

"This tree of life was raised by the three elven queens with their lives." Delphine stared into Patricia's eyes and said word by word: "You can't come to me and let it wither."

More than 1000 years ago, after joining forces with the werewolves and seriously injuring the traitors of the Holy See at that time, the elves completely lost the ability to go to the Holy See to regain the Tree of Life because of heavy losses.

At that time, the light of Startu Continent was no longer pure, and the young tree of life in the territory grew slowly. In order to reproduce the tribe, the elf queen at that time decided to use the vitality to support its growth.

This rule has continued to Delphine's generation, and before her, three elf queens had chosen to abdicate because of too much vitality.

The elf queen has a long lifespan, and it is actually a very strange thing to abdicate in just a few hundred years.

It's not that the older elves in the elves are unaware of this weird phenomenon, but they can't do anything about it, and if it is exposed, it will cause panic among the clansmen.

Although Patricia is powerful, she is too young after all and doesn't know many things in the clan. When she heard Delphine's words, she couldn't react for a while, but after digesting them, her expression instantly became serious.

"You want to reproduce for the sake of..."

Patricia stopped in the middle of her speech, a bitter taste spread in her heart, and she was selected as a guardian. Although Patricia acted calmly, she was actually happy in her heart. She thought that her identity had been The elves admitted.

She likes Delphine, and has liked it since she was a child. Unlike other people who just get close to Delphine, Patricia wants to have a different weight in this person's heart.

Being chosen to be a Guardian, Patricia thought she was one step closer to her dream.

But she didn't expect reality to give her a heavy blow, causing her to fall directly into the dark underground.

If Delphine sacrificed herself for the Tree of Life, what's the point of her facing the elves without Delphine?

I don't know if he saw Patricia's thoughts, Delphine said suddenly, and said in a serious tone: "You will raise the next elf queen, Patricia."

"I believe in you." Delphine raised his hand and gently touched Patricia's face, slowing down his tone, "If the darkness finally covers the Startu continent, the elves may only rely on the dark elves to continue. "

"I never felt that the dark elves were not my people."

"You are also an important existence among the elves."

She knew what Patricia cared about most, and thought that giving her would definitely make her feel more at ease, so as to dilute her panic about the elf queen offering the tree of life, but after she finished speaking, she waited for a while, and Patricia was nowhere to be seen. Xia responded, Delphine frowned, moved her fingers down to support Patricia's chin and lifted it up, wanting to see her expression.

With a snap, the palm was opened, and Patricia said with a sullen face, "I refuse."

Delphine looked at her in astonishment, "What?"

Patricia pulled her away, opened the door and strode away without looking back.

After Delphine chased her out, Patricia was no longer in sight. An elf came over and said cautiously, "...she seems to have left the territory."

She pointed to the direction Patricia left, and asked, "Chasing?"

Delphine frowned, was silent for a while, and sighed, "No need."

She thought she knew Patricia very well, but she didn't expect her to be so "rebellious". She really wasn't a qualified elf.

Delphine raised her hand and touched her lips. The memory of being forced to feed the holy water of light emerged, making her expression very complicated.

At the border of the Principality of Shas, the sky was covered by thick clouds and mist, and it was as gloomy as if it was about to usher in a rainstorm. A bone monument made of piled up skeletons was engraved with two big blood-red characters of "Witch City".

The strong smell of blood spread in the air, and there were groups of black crows lying on the dry trees, which made people feel disgusted.

There is a skeleton wearing a coir raincoat looming in the mist, and the eyes are shining with green light.

Tang Qiu, who came to Wucheng overnight from the Goss Empire, stood at the border of the Principality of Shas, observing the terrain under the cover of the hillside.

There are too many "eyes" at the entrance of Wucheng, and it is not easy to sneak in without anyone noticing.

And she wasn't sure if Irene was in Wucheng.

Coming down from the hillside, Tang Qiu gathered the cloak on his body, planning to find a foothold to make a decision.

The Principality of Shas had already abandoned the border next to Wucheng. There was no one there, only corpses that had turned into dry bones were piled up on the side of the road randomly. There was no vegetation around, and there were no living creatures.

It is not easy to find a foothold here. Tang Qiu searched for a long time, but did not find a foothold. Instead, he saw a group of "acquaintances".

The proprietress of the grocery store, the strange skeleton and the four generations of blood with silver curly hair who helped her save Irene... a group of more than ten people were walking towards her.

Although she had already guessed that the "villagers" in the small town of Masuli were related to Mark's grocery store, when she actually saw it, Tang Qiu still felt subtle. She stopped in her tracks and looked at them with a half-smile.

Lorna was the first to spot Tang Qiu. She reached out her hand to stop her companion, stared at Tang Qiu for a while, and suddenly smiled and said, "What a coincidence."

Tang Qiu smiled and nodded, "It's really a coincidence."

Rona coughed dryly, tried to conceal their identities, and said, "We have received a distress letter from Irene."

"Are you here to rescue Irene?" Tang Qiu pretended to be surprised, "What a coincidence, I am too."

Rhona: "..."

It was so fake that she couldn't even say what she said next.

Seeing that Luo Na was speechless, a tall, thin and tightly wrapped man standing beside the silver-haired blood stared at Tang Qiu and asked curiously, "Who is she?"

The silver-haired vampire stroked his hair and said absently, "The bishop of the Holy See of Goss."

The man was startled, "People from the Holy See?"

He wrapped himself tighter, gritted his teeth and said to Thor: "There are people from the Holy See, why did you ask me to come here?"

The two of them spoke in a low voice, but Tang Qiu's ears were very sensitive. When she heard the word "Holy See", she raised her eyes and looked over. The thin and tall man had a strange face, which she had never seen before.

but……

Tang Qiu took a look at the man, her sky blue eyes narrowed slightly, although the man tried his best to conceal it, but she still sensed a bright aura from him.

Not weak light breath.

It's very interesting... The corners of Tang Qiu's mouth curled into a nice curve. Seeing the man avoiding her gaze, she smiled at Lorna and said, "Can you introduce me?"

Lorna turned her head and glanced, with a strange expression on her face. She was about to speak but was stopped by the man. The man coughed dryly and said calmly, "My name is Abel, a wanderer who likes the magic of light."

A wanderer who likes light spells... Tang Qiu nodded slowly, smiled, and said friendlyly: "I also have research on light spells, we can discuss it when we have a chance."

Abel laughed a few times and said, "Okay."

Tang Qiu glanced at Abel again before turning her eyes away from him. Mark's grocery store really surprised her, and she would meet people from the Holy See here.

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(?????) It dragged on to the night again and it was embarrassing hahahahaha