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"Well, Olena, please inform Marshal Alfred of this news as soon as possible."

"By the way, Anna may bring pure-blooded elves and centaurs to the No. 7 outpost to rest temporarily in a while. You should make preparations in advance." Ryan thought for a while and said.

Olena, who was opposite the thin slice, seemed to be stunned for a moment because of hearing Anna's name, but immediately said:

"Understood, Lord Ryan, is it Miss Anna and her people? I will arrange it properly!"

"By the way, what about you?"

"I will escort them for a while, and then I plan to go to the nearby Walzig ruins. By the way, Olena, please help me keep an eye on the cult movements near the Walzig ruins."

"Yes, Lord Ryan."

After ending the communication, Ryan walked towards the location where everyone was.

It is natural that the imperial official should come forward to support the elves. In addition, he also knew that the top leaders had already arranged two imperial guardians in the nearby province.

His visit to Ferdinand Forest was actually a private matter. His original purpose was to ensure Anna's safety.

Later, under the coordination of the Sword Bearer Headquarters, it became a preliminary reconnaissance mission.

However, based on the current information, this reconnaissance mission has been successfully completed.

In addition, with his current 94% crystallization of mental power, he can impact the level of the fourth-level Dawn Wizard at any time, but the fourth-level Steel Heart Meditation Method has not yet been settled.

Coincidentally, he also happened to obtain two "Ancient Tree Hearts", so he planned to go to the Walzig Ruins.

As for Anna, Lambert and others, they can take this long-distance airship to the No. 7 outpost for a temporary rest.

Ryan said to the elf elder Aldiran:

"Mayor Aldiran, in my opinion, your people should find a place to rest first. After the situation becomes clear, we can make plans."

"I have a place to recommend, that is the Empire Outpost No. 7 near Ferdinand Forest. However, this is leaving home after all, so it might be more appropriate for you to come forward to communicate about this matter?"

"Okay, I think so too, but with so many people, Lord Ryan, can the outpost you mentioned accommodate them?" Aldiran was happy at first, but then he frowned and said.

"It should be no problem."

Ryan looked around, and just now he saw that most of the pure-blooded elves who survived in the town of Bashalan were the elderly, women and children, and there were few adult male elves, who should have died in the previous defense battle.

This is why the elf elder Aldiran did not propose any counterattack or request to rescue Ferdinand City just now.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but he and the surviving tribesmen have no fighting power to speak of. Let alone support or counterattack, even self-protection will be a big problem once Ryan and Lambert leave.

"That's great! Lord Ryan, leave this matter to me. I will communicate with the tribesmen immediately. Only by surviving can we rebuild our homes."

"That's right." Ryan nodded and smiled.

"Anna, you and Ms. Delanna should also go to the No. 7 outpost to rest first? It will be much safer there. Ms. Olena, whom you know, is also there. She will arrange everything."

"Ryan, what about you?" Anna looked at Ryan with a pair of bright eyes and asked with concern.

Just now, she vaguely heard some words about ruins from Ryan.

"Well, I joined a wizard school when I was in the imperial capital. Now the school is exploring the nearby Walzig ruins. I want the heart of the ancient tree because it can break the ancient wizard formation and enter the core area of ​​the ruins."

After thinking about it, Ryan did not choose to hide the exploration of the ruins from Anna.

"Ryan, then. Can I go with you? By the way, I have mastered the giant bear transformation of the druid, so I can join the battle."

As if she was worried that Ryan would not believe it, Anna immediately recited a spell and cast a spell beside her.

However, Ryan gently patted Anna's shoulder to stop her, shook his head, and said:

"Anna, it's really not possible. I know you have improved a lot, but there may be ancient witch formations and other dangers at the ruins. I am sure I can protect myself, but if you are included..."

"Anna, with Ryan's strength, it will be safer to go alone." Ms. Delanna on the side also said at the right time.

"Well, Ryan, you must be careful." Anna's big eyes could not hide the loss.

"Don't worry." Seeing that Anna was a little depressed, Ryan hugged Anna and kissed her forehead again in front of Delanna and everyone.

"Oh!" This made Anna exclaim, and shyly buried her head in Ryan's chest, not daring to lift it up.

As for the loss just now, it had disappeared.

After comforting Anna for a while, Ryan walked towards Lambert.

"Mr. Lambert, your injuries have not fully recovered. Why don't you take this airship to the nearby Imperial Outpost No. 7 to rest. I feel more at ease with you here."

"Thank you, Mr. Ryan. What about you?" Lambert smiled and said.

"I will ride the Blood Feather Hippogryph to escort you for a while, but later, I need to leave for a while. The school has something to deal with nearby."

"Okay, Mr. Ryan, go with peace of mind. I'm here. The safety of Miss Anna and others will be left to me." Lambert patted his chest and said with a smile.

Not long after, the long-distance airship originally belonging to Bostaf took off again, but this time, it flew to the outskirts of Ferdinand Forest.

And Ryan rode the Blood Feather Hippogryph and started the escort.

He planned to escort the airship for a while to ensure its safety, and then turn to the ruins of Walzig.

On Blood Feather.

Ryan casually checked the previous system battle prompts:

[Congratulations, you defeated the strong enemy and obtained 58 gold skill points! ]

[Congratulations, your will (hidden) attribute has been improved! ]

[Congratulations, your Dragon Vein Wizard (Legend) professional level has been improved! ]

[Congratulations, your Dragon Vein Wizard (Legend) professional level has been improved! ]

If the previous one-shot kill of the ‘Evil Snake’ can be regarded as a battle, then he defeated Bostaf and the Quileute of the Secret Snake Cult in succession, which can be regarded as three consecutive battles.

Especially the latter two, they are both real epic-level strongmen.

This made Ryan's legendary profession 'Dragon Pulse Wizard' rise eight levels in a row, directly from lv1 to lv9.

Ryan gained 8 attribute points and 8 skill points.

Because in the battle, Ryan added a total of ten attribute points to restore his mental strength.

So, after this in and out, his current remaining attribute points are 12 points, skill points are 10 points, and the gold skill points have reached an exaggerated 277 points.

However, due to the rocket-like increase in the level of the Dragon Pulse Wizard (Legend), although Ryan did not become richer and richer, the remaining attribute points only decreased by two points, and he could still support more than two medium-intensity battles.

This made Ryan full of confidence in the subsequent trip to the ruins of Walzig.

Half an hour later.

The capital of the Province of Dorne.

In a luxurious mansion in the center of the city.

A rugged man with long golden hair was standing in front of the window of the study on the third floor, overlooking the large tract of dense forest to the west.

"Lord Lothar, the Empire's urgent military intelligence is about Ferdinand Forest." A guard stepped forward quickly, bowed and handed over a piece of information.

"Oh? Finally there is news."

The sturdy man named Lothar opened the information and quickly scanned it, and was immediately shocked.

"Has Prince Sederlin of the Elf Tribe been seduced and corrupted by the Mother Tree Cult?"

"It is almost impossible to corrupt an epic-level strongman without the intervention of the power of the gods behind it."

"Is it the so-called Supreme Mother Tree that has set its sights on the elves?"

"It seems that the elves of Ferdinand Forest are in big trouble this time!"

Lothar's mind turned slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Notify everyone and the airship to get ready, and set off in a quarter of an hour to Ferdinand Forest Outpost No. 1."

"Yes, Lord Lothar."

Then, four guards came in one after another and put on full-body knight armor for the sturdy man. The surface of the armor had complicated golden patterns, which seemed to be some kind of inscription symbols.

After getting dressed, the lion-like man picked up the knight's sword and giant shield hanging on the wall.

The giant shield was a rare square shape, two inches thick, and made of some black and purple metal. The most eye-catching thing was the eighteen sharp spikes on the surface of the shield. Each spike was like an extremely sharp dagger.

It is conceivable that if such a shield hit the head or body, the picture would be very beautiful.

The lion-like man was named Lothar Elliot, the old guardian of the Dragun Empire, and was named "Imperial Barrier"!

A quarter of an hour later, an airship with a shield with eighteen spikes on a huge airbag slowly took off from the airship berth in the city of Dorne.

At the same time.

The capital of the Gironde Province.

At the highest airship berth in the city, there was also a large airship heading towards the Empire's No. 1 Outpost in Ferdinand Forest.

Two hours later, at the top of the No. 1 Outpost in Ferdinand Forest.

Two large airships arrived one after the other.

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The garrison soldiers in the outpost were so busy that they could not imagine that two imperial guardians would come in succession today.

The highest person in charge of the garrison, a middle-aged man in a colonel's uniform, was not even qualified to attend the meeting. At this moment, he was in charge of the guard duty at the door of the conference room with a serious face.

The spacious conference room that could originally seat more than 40 people actually gave people a sense of crowding after nearly 20 strong men in various armors, robes and uniforms sat there.

It seemed that because everyone's aura was very unusual, although there was almost a body space between the front and the back, it still gave people a full feeling.

"Everyone, the empire's top-secret intelligence just came in. A major incident occurred in Ferdinand Forest. Prince Seidlin of the forest elves was seduced and corrupted by the Mother Tree Cult. At this moment, Ferdinand City has fallen into civil strife."

Lothar, wearing a knight's armor with golden patterns, spoke in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, many people below took a breath of cold air.

"Hiss~"

"Prince Seidlin? This person is not from the forest elves."

"It is said that the opponent's strength has reached the epic level a long time ago. It's a bit tricky."

"No, didn't you hear Lord Seidlin say that the opponent was seduced and corrupted by the Mother Tree Cult. I think the most difficult side should be the Mother Tree Cult." The speaker was Luther, a good friend of Ryan, nicknamed 'Chimera Knight'.

"Yes, I agree with Luther. Unknown enemies are the most terrifying."

At the same time as an emergency combat meeting was held in the Empire's No. 1 outpost.

In the central area of ​​Ferdinand Forest.

A huge city with a green vegetation coverage rate of more than 80% is suffering from some kind of evil invasion.

Some kind of green giant vine plant with defensive function, similar to a creeper magnified dozens of times, grows around the huge city, but at this moment, a large section of several meters high vine wall in the south of the city has been destroyed.

Many huge vines in the gaps of the wall are still being corroded by some kind of flesh and fire energy, emitting bursts of burnt smell.

Looking inside along the gap, you can find it.

Most of the houses in the city are made of wood, distributed on the lawn, on the branches of giant trees, etc., but the original sense of patchwork has become dilapidated due to various damage, burning and corruption.

The sound of fighting, the sound of weapons clashing, screams and witchcraft explosions are still coming one after another in the distance.

Going along the broken streets towards the city center, you can see a beautifully carved white marble building near the city center.

The building is similar to a temple, magnificent, and stretches for several kilometers. It is the palace of the royal family of the forest elves Ferdinand.

In the central area of ​​the palace, there is a giant tree that looks like a banyan tree, but is hundreds of meters tall and has a semicircular canopy-like crown.

This giant tree is the 'Andashir', known as the crown of the Ferdinand Forest.

At this moment, directly above the giant tree Andashir, there is a gorgeous green barrier swirling around, covering the palace and the main buildings of Ferdinand City.

If you look down from the sky, you can see that five prismatic crystals more than one meter high are floating on the bases of the five directions of the palace.

It is these five crystals that shoot light beams with a diameter of half a meter towards the sky, and together, they form this green hemispherical barrier.

If the mayor of the small town of Bashalan, Aldilan, is here, he will immediately tell Ryan why there has been no news from Ferdinand City.

Because at this moment, Ferdinand City has already activated the last means of defense - the 'Crystal Barrier'.

After it is activated, relying on the five emerald crystals that have accumulated energy for thousands of years, it can resist the attacks of the demigod level for a certain period of time, but there is also a small problem, that is, it is impossible to send messages.

Not only can the horned eagles, carrier pigeons and blood falcons not enter and exit, even high-level witchcraft messages will be blocked by extremely strong energy fluctuations. While ensuring absolute safety for a certain period of time, messages cannot be sent in or out.

Simply put, the palace and the nearby core areas have become an isolated island at this moment.

Not far from the green barrier.

A group of people are discussing something. There are four people in the lead, three of whom are old men wearing black robes with big tree patterns.

The other person has a slender figure, dark leather armor, handsome appearance, and pointed ears, indicating the identity of the other party as an elf. In front of him, there is a fist-sized, transparent spherical film wrapped golden tree floating.

A very mini tree!

If Ryan was at the scene, he would immediately think of the golden tree that gave off the same aura after killing the flesh and blood tree spirit in the Night Song Forest.

"Prince Seidlin, as long as three of the five crystals are destroyed, this witch formation that has been passed down since ancient times will collapse, right?" asked an old man in a black robe on Seidlin's right.

"Well, the crystal barrier can only be destroyed from the inside. When the number of crystals is less than three, the barrier will automatically fail."

When Prince Seidlin said this information that should have been a top-secret information of the elves, his expression was strange, and his voice was hollow, as if he was immersed in some kind of world of his own.

If you look closely, you can find that his eyes have been staring at the golden tree floating in front of him, as if he is watching a rare treasure, or as if he is watching a peerless beauty.

I don't know if it's because he stared too long, Prince Seidlin's eyes actually exuded a faint dark red light strangely, and the whites of his eyes were covered with bloodshot like earthworms.

"Then, besides you, does anyone know about this secret passage you mentioned?" After hearing the method to break the crystal barrier, another black-robed old man on Prince Seidlin's left side was delighted and continued to ask.

Obviously, he wanted to ask if he would be ambushed if he sneaked in through the secret passage.

"No, even the great druids and the great commanders don't know. This is a secret of the elven royal family." Prince Seidlin said, while still staring at the mini tree emitting golden light, and said hollowly.

"Great! Once the crystal barrier is destroyed, the great mother tree Ganisil will be able to descend directly from the void to our world."

The black-robed old man who spoke, with a slightly disdainful look, quietly glanced at Prince Seidlin who was still obsessed with the golden mini tree.

This Prince Seidlin has been subtly changing since he gained some kind of secret connection with the great mother tree Ganisil in the void a few months ago.

Half a month ago, the other party finally became a loyal supporter of the great mother tree.

"Your Highness, by then, what you hope for and have been looking forward to, to give the crown of Ferdinand Forest, Andrasir, which is about to run out of life, a new life, can be realized immediately!"

When the black-robed old man said this, a sly look flashed in his lowered eyes.

And the corner of his mouth even drew an upward curve.

It is naturally not so easy to make an epic-level strongman change his beliefs and throw himself into the arms of the Supreme Mother Tree.

If it were not for the careful plan, if it were not for Prince Seidlin's obsession with giving Andashir, who has already reached the end of his life, a new life.

Then the power of the Supreme Mother Tree alone would hardly have much influence on an epic-level strongman with firm beliefs in the distant void.