Awakening of Rebirth

The tree of life, which contains a mysterious power, is undoubtedly the source of life for Vodo. It has nourished the vegetation and creatures of the entire Vodo Mountains for thousands of years, so it has also been believed and protected by the elves.

Legend has it that when the tree of life withers, Wodo will become a barren dead zone.

Today's Wodo, without the tree of life and the protection of the elves, has indeed become lifeless.

Feng Ling said that when the black dragon left, the fire of Wodo had reached the point where it could not be extinguished. The remaining elves tried all the methods they could think of, and even some people sacrificed their lives, but they couldn't stop it from spreading.

That fire burned the dense forest and countless birds and beasts to death.The burned hillside soil lost the stability of the forest's huge root system and was washed away by several heavy rains. The once clean river is now silted with sludge, and sometimes dead fish float on the water.

The surviving elves also thought about rebuilding their homeland, but after working hard, they found that the ecology of Voldo had been completely destroyed, and the most basic biological chain was broken. The barren land grows into forests, not to mention thousands of creatures out of thin air?

Originally, it was almost impossible to rebuild their homeland. Not long after the fire, Vodo became the only way for the demons to cross Ainota to other places. The elves were reluctant to give up. Reluctant, he still had to leave with the only remaining clansmen, and then sent people back from time to time to see if the person the priest was waiting for before he left could really come.

When Feng Ling said this, her tone was very calm, and Jiang Zheng followed behind her and listened quietly.

In the end, Feng Ling seemed to have finished talking, stopped talking, and only led the way in silence. Jiang Zheng hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back, and asked, "Are you blaming Changsheng?"

Feng Ling didn't respond, and her steps didn't stop at all. It was probably the struggle in her heart that made her fists clenched and then loosened. Jiang Zheng saw it and felt uneasy.

After an unknown amount of time, Fengling suddenly sighed softly and said, "Perhaps this is retribution."

In 2000, the elves sacrificed the phoenix for the tree of life, and after 2000, the elves tried to push Jiang Zheng to the altar of death for Wodo without telling Changsheng.They always think of sacrificing others to save themselves. When others start to fight back because they don't want to sacrifice, their fate will come to an end.

Now it seems that all these disasters are inevitable, and they are God's punishment for their selfishness for thousands of years.

Faced with such a response, Jiang Zheng didn't know how to comfort him for a while, but felt that his heart was filled with guilt, but he had nothing to say, so he could only keep his head down and move on.

In this way, Jiang Zheng was brought to the unnamed plain north of Wodo by Fengling.

Standing on the edge of the burned forest and looking into the distance, Jiang Zheng couldn't help feeling the corners of his eyes sore.

She had been here before, and with her former companions, she had been helped by the orcs here.At that time, Baozi and Blind were both there, and Changsheng hadn't become what it is now... The scenes of the past seemed to have happened yesterday, no matter how long it had been, she still remembered it fresh.

It's just something in memory, after all, things are different.

It turned out that the orcs took in the remaining elves after the fire. The elves built elf-specific houses here, planted exotic flowers and plants that were only available in Vodo before, and brought the civilization that the orcs yearned for. Take this in return.

Two races that have been irrelevant for thousands of years live in the same land and live in peace with each other.

But how long can this peace last?If this continues, the bet between Qianye Liusha and the black dragon will break this peace sooner or later. At that time, not only will the elves lose their final residence, but even the orcs may suffer from the black dragon for what their ancestors did. revenge.

Are they... not afraid?

Jiang Zheng was fidgeting when Fengling arranged a place for her. She learned about Qianye Liusha's bet with Heilong from Fengling, but she never waited for Fengling to mention the solution to her.

One day, two days, three days...

Time passed like years, and Jiang Zheng knew nothing about the news from afar, so he could only live in anxiety in this seemingly peaceful place.

Finally, she couldn't bear such suffering and took the initiative to find Fengling.

She said that she wanted the black dragon to die.

Feng Ling was silent for a long time, until her eye circles turned red, she gritted her teeth and replied, "You will die then."

"Is my life important?" Jiang Zheng said, and couldn't help laughing. She bent her eyebrows and looked at the wind chime, as if she wanted to pretend not to care, but she smiled and couldn't control the tears in her eyes anymore.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Jiang Zheng wouldn't even know what he got for his life.

It turned out that just by being alive, she caused so many people to lose their homes, relatives and friends, and even to the point of dying. Even the people she cared about the most became no longer like themselves in order to keep her "alive"...

It turned out that every day she lived was a continuation of a sin.

"The life and death of so many people depend on me, do I have a choice?"

"Everyone has the right to choose whether to live or not. Our family was able to steal our lives because of your secret, so I shouldn't, and I don't want to force you... Maybe in the near future, the black dragon will come as promised. But don't worry, I The clansmen and I have already made preparations, we will leave here and return to our hometown, and let this secret rot together with our corpses in the scorched earth."

As Feng Ling was talking, she suddenly remembered a person who had made an appointment with her to come to Woduo to see the mountains and waters, and to feel the singing of flowers, birds and insects in the forest... Fortunately, he could no longer see it, otherwise he would have seen it now Wodo, you must be very disappointed.

She shook her head, letting herself stop thinking about it, and just continued: "At that time, you just insist that you don't know anything, and the black dragon will not do anything to you."

Jiang Zheng didn't expect that Fengling had already made such a plan. He was afraid that after experiencing the catastrophe brought about by Changsheng's decision, his heart was already ashamed. No wonder Fengling didn't mention this matter these days.

However, Jiang Zheng knew that if Feng Ling didn't mention this matter, and the elves didn't mention it, it didn't mean that the slash in her heart would be easily passed.

"I don't have the right to choose. I left Talan and came here not to live in peace." Jiang Zheng couldn't help but smiled wryly, "It's ridiculous to say it. I want to kill Heilong and be with anyone in this world except Changsheng. It has nothing to do with her life or death... I just want her to get rid of the black dragon's control, and let her stop doing things that I will regret one day."

"Before I came here, I hesitated and was afraid, because I knew that you all wanted to sacrifice me to deal with the black dragon from the very beginning. My trip is no different from sending me to death. But when I saw the current Wodo, I Suddenly, my conscience was extremely disturbed... just because when I was struggling and hesitating whether to sacrifice for Changsheng, I completely forgot that there are more people who died because of me."

"Changsheng became what he is today because of me. Her kindness, her persistence, and the agreement between her and her former companions were all betrayed to Heilong in order to save me. I owe her all these. It should be paid back. It is also because of me that Wodo became what he is now. I was destined to sacrifice, but it was only a few days later that I killed so many people... You said, until now, I still have a choice right?"

Jiang Zheng said, bowed her head, and took heavy steps forward: "I brought her from one nightmare to another, it was me... step by step, step by step, that pushed her to the situation she is in today. She stopped by the wall, stretched out her hand to caress the cold wall, clenched her palm into a fist, pressed against the wall firmly, and said firmly: "But I don't believe that there is a dead end ahead. As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, I will." Do everything for the rest of her life to go, not in the dark."

"She sacrificed everything for you, and you sacrificed yourself for her in exchange for everything. Everything seems to have returned to the original point, but there is no more you at the original point...is it worth it?"

"I firmly believe that there is no one in this world who can't live without one." Jiang Zheng said, couldn't help but smiled bitterly, and said: "Changsheng has never known how to choose, and he is too emotional at any time... There are many things. , needs someone else to make a decision for her, so as not to go astray. Last time, she made the decision about my life and death for me, so this time I will make this decision for her. I believe... She will be relieved after many years. At that time, she will realize how correct this decision is..."

When there are no more black dragons in the world, Changsheng can get rid of the control of the devil energy.

At that time, Ainota will no longer be threatened by the demons, and her relationship with Knossus can be restored.The relationship between Changsheng and Mingluo will gradually ease, and those who refer to Changsheng as a faint king will slowly accept this king who has regained his sobriety.

Those close relatives and close friends who had sacrificed themselves and entrusted their dreams with their lives were not let down in the end, and they were able to rest in peace.

All this, only need to sacrifice one person, how could it not be worth it.

Seeing Jiang Zheng's decisive eyes, Feng Ling stepped forward and took her hand, and without a word, transmitted a ray of spiritual light into her body.

That was part of the memory left by Chiba Quicksand.

Jiang Zheng finally knew that the power in his body did not come out of thin air—it belonged to Hilda, and Qianye Liusha had seen it from Hilda hundreds of years ago.

It turned out that it was not by accident that I came to this world, it was not by accident that I obtained this power that ordinary people dare not imagine, it was not by accident that I met Changsheng... She was brought by Hilda, and she was destined to be Hilda's guardian Sheng.Everything was arranged early on, and the only coincidence was probably her falling in love with Chang Sheng.

No one expected that this accident gave Chang Sheng a fatal weakness.

"I will go to the black dragon, and I can end all of this." Jiang Zheng said, sighing softly: "I suddenly understood Qianye Liusha's almost heartless choice back then, and suddenly I was very fortunate that I only had to decide whether to sacrifice myself , no need to decide whether to sacrifice others..."

***

The war in Knossus has lasted for four months. Three months ago, the Southwestern Army rushed from Ainota to Knossus under the leadership of the southwestern leader Mingluo and the protector of the country, Lagi. However, this Aino The tower's elite frontier defense did not slow down the speed of the continuous retreat of the front line. Facing Knossas' continuous loss of territory, continuous loss of elites, and continuous large-scale conscription, no matter whether it is Knossus or Ainota. Overwhelmed by despair.

Demons are not the name of a certain race. They are composed of three major groups and dozens of small groups. Back then, the black dragon brought them to El and the mainland from an unnamed island with an extremely harsh environment. , except for a few elites, most of them have low IQ, produce and create with each other, and are more keen on plundering and destroying, thus having the collective name of "demon race".

Each tribe of the Demon Race has its own specialties, and its physique is even stronger than that of ordinary people. Because the creed of the race is that the weak prey on the strong and the strong are respected, so they do not distinguish between men and women, regardless of age, no matter whether they have weapons or not, as long as there is an enemy in front of them , you can fight immediately, as if you were born for war.

However, the demons are like a sharp but thoughtless blade. In the thousands of years away from the black dragon, they have gradually lost the territory they had plundered, and were even replaced by the human kingdom Ainota, which was established more than 700 years ago. Banished to El and the barren land on the easternmost coast, bounded by the Far East, it has resisted countless times of their invasions for hundreds of years.

With the return of the black dragon, the "sharp blade" that had been silent for a long time reappeared in the world.

Under the sky where the black dragon circled, there must be an elite army of demons crossing the border, invincible.

Ainota kept sending orders from the king. At first, he asked Mingluo to withdraw his troops. After Mingluo failed to respond to this several times, Chang Sheng finally backed down and only asked Mingluo to evacuate Knossus alone. His generals went to take over the post of Mingluo and continued to support Knossus.

It's just that Mingluo didn't accept such a condition.

He didn't believe that Chang Sheng would give much attention to the matter of support now. He was afraid that once he returned to Talan and returned to Chang Sheng's control, it would be as difficult as climbing the sky to leave.

Whenever Mo Ni saw Ming Luo's preoccupation, she couldn't stop worrying. She had a bad premonition in her heart, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

Mingluo seems to be writing letters to someone recently, but every time he finishes writing and holds it in his hands for a long time to think about it, he will crumple into balls and throw them into the wastebasket without sending a single letter.

Moni didn't know where she got the courage to secretly keep these balls of paper every time she cleaned up the garbage for him, and every night when everyone was quiet, she peeked at the contents of the letter by herself under the candle.

Each of those letters was addressed to Nora.The content of each letter is very simple. It is basically a military report, but there will be one more line than the military report-I will do my best to protect your hometown. Take care of your health and wait for me to come back.

However, the last unsent letter was written a week ago.

The content of the letter is not the same as before.

——Nora, within ten days at the most, the demons will attack the imperial capital Feibosi. This time, the eldest brother is unwilling to retreat and vows to live and die with this city. Everyone is persuading him, but everyone knows that the dragon The power of human beings is too powerful, and it is difficult for human beings to contend with it. If we take one step back, we will take another step. One day we will be eaten away.Recently, I often think, is it only with that kind of power that we can protect our country?I suddenly began to be afraid, I was afraid that I would never go back.

Mo Ni has never seen Mingluo say the word "fear" to anyone. Over the years, he has grown very fast, and his figure is no different from that of an adult. It can make people around me feel at ease, reliable and trustworthy... However, this person who carries so much trust seems to be crushed by this trust unconsciously.

She didn't know how to encourage Ming Luo, so she could only silently follow behind him, in order to maintain a proper distance, she couldn't even summon up the courage to talk to him like before.

The black dragon didn't intend to give Knossus any time to breathe. The demon army arrived at the city of Fabos earlier than expected. Nicole had already ordered to defend to the death, because this was the place of Knossus' dignity. Fight, never give up half a step.

At this moment, there was a news that was urgently blocked, which shocked all the senior officials in the army.

Mingluo is gone.

No one knew where he went, and no one remembered when he left. He disappeared without a word. There was no sign of him inside or outside the barracks, or even in the entire imperial capital.

"His Royal Highness Mingluo just ran away?"

Someone made malicious speculations, and Mo Ni angrily retorted: "His Royal Highness is definitely not someone who would run away! If he is, then why should he wait until now when he had so many opportunities to leave Knossus justifiably?"

"Maybe it's because you're suddenly afraid? Life and death are on the line, who can tell people's hearts? After all, you are young and have nothing to do, so it's not surprising."

"You're talking nonsense!" Mo Ni clenched her fists tightly, almost unable to suppress her anger, but suddenly Lackey grabbed her arm.

She looked back at Lackey, only to see that he shook his head with an extremely complicated look in his eyes.

She looked into Lackey's eyes and seemed to be asking—do you know where His Highness went?

Ke Lagi didn't say anything, just turned around and walked towards the center of the magic circle at the top of the tower - that was the place where he was going to fight for the magic circle.

In the distance, the demon army has arrived, and the black dragon is lying on the huge tower temporarily erected by the demon clan, with red eyes, ruthless and indifferent.

In the eyes of countless people, he slowly got up, spread his huge bone wings, and instantly soared into the air. The sound of the dragon's chant was accompanied by the drums of the human army, which was deafening.

Just as the black dragon looked down on the city full of despair with teasing eyes, another ear-piercing dragon chant came from afar.

A white dragon flew from afar and swooped down to the city.

The panicked generals defending the city had no time to think about it, so they ordered the catapults and archers to turn their targets towards it. For a moment, countless huge boulders and arrows shot at it, but it let out a low growl and shook them all away. Then he waved his sharp claws and giant tail, step by step into the formation of the demon army, the elite demon army also became powerless under this powerful force, and the formation was smashed to pieces in an instant .

In an instant, everyone including the demons lost their ability to react for a short time.

"It seems to be helping us!" Nicole reacted the fastest, and quickly ordered to transfer the firepower.

The next second, the gate of the city opened wide, and the human army, simmering in anger for a long time, rushed out of the city, shouting slogans that shook the sky, and followed the footsteps of the white dragon to chase the retreating demon soldiers.

The sudden joy of victory due to the appearance of an unexpected helper made them almost forget that the black dragon was still looking down on the city indifferently.

Just when they wanted to pursue the victory, the black dragon suddenly landed from the sky and stopped in front of the white dragon. With one claw, it knocked away countless human soldiers who were chasing after them. With a short breath, the ground was engulfed in flames, and everyone was burned to death A group of humans and demons also blocked the route of human pursuit.

At this moment, people looked at the two giant dragons looking at each other, and gradually returned to their senses. At the same time, the previous fear of dragons came again.

It turned out that the powerful white dragon who helped them was so small in front of the black dragon. The black dragon looked at it quietly, as if... an adult looking down on a child.

"Okay, I'll collect this city later." Heilong said, turned and left, leaving only one sentence: "If you're happy, just play with humans, and remember to come back when you've had enough."

After the black dragon left, the white dragon extinguished the flames in front of him, turned around scarred and looked behind him, only to see a pair of terrified and hesitant eyes, they held the weapons in their hands tightly, and started to retreat with extreme vigilance.

"It's a dragon! How can dragons help us? We are just their playthings, we have been played with!"

Suddenly, such a voice appeared in the crowd, and people raised their weapons one after another, yelling loudly to expel it.

In the next second, countless human arrows flew towards it, and it subconsciously fought back, but after injuring dozens of people, it was stunned for a moment, and turned away with scars all over its body.

Mo Ni stood in the distance, quietly watching it fly farther and farther away.

——The power of the dragon is too strong, and the power of human beings is really hard to compete. If you take one step back, you will take another step. One day we will be eaten away.

——Recently, I often think, is it only with that kind of power that I can protect you and my country?

——I suddenly began to be afraid, I was afraid that I would never go back.

She suddenly realized it in her heart, but it was accompanied by a heart-piercing pain, which made her eyes gradually turn red, and her vision was blurred due to the pain.

Lackey walked to her side and said in a low voice: "That's a young dragon, it doesn't have the ability to transform into a human form at will."

"In order not to drag his relatives down, he won't go home, right?" Mo Ni asked, tears slipping from her eyes unconsciously: "Did you ever think of stopping him?"

"His decision... who can stop it?"

Mo Ni couldn't help laughing at herself, she felt so stupid.

At first, Lagi tried to chase the dragon's breath when he was looking for Chang Sheng, so she should have been suspicious.

Later, Jiang Zheng said that the white dragon appeared in Volkris because she used the power of the keel, but how could the keel that was supposed to be a black dragon suddenly become a white dragon?At that time, she didn't even doubt it.

Nearly a year ago, Changsheng's temperament changed drastically after returning from Wodo, and the black dragon was also revived in Wodo that time. Mingluo has been preoccupied since she left Taran last time. She began to doubt everything, but there was nothing. Clue...

Until now, she finally understands who the white dragon that Volkris has completely disappeared is, and finally knows what Mingluo is afraid of, but she finds that she can't help him, she... can't do anything at all.