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Chapter 3012

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Miss Pawo raised her eyebrows in surprise:

"You should have noticed that what you put forward is not one, but four questions. So I can only answer you like this: The Ancient One of course only has one, and he has been mentally normal for hundreds of thousands of years from the Second Era to the present.

All your questions can be answered when you see him in a moment. He came to the present across the long time, and most things were decided long ago. As for your doubts..."

Miss Pawo sighed this time:

"It seems that you don't know the most important thing yet, but this is also normal. This shows that our world is still very safe. However, this matter cannot be told by me. The Ancient One said that he has been looking forward to telling you in person for a long time, and then observing your expression. I am not the kind of person who spoils the fun.

Let's put it this way, after the ancient war in the Second Era, the coalition did not eliminate this World Tree remnant but sealed it here, not just because this World Tree remnant could not be completely eliminated. There were also holding-fire nuns in the team that year, and the initial fire that year was much more vigorous than it is now."

"What else is here?"

Xia De immediately asked, but Miss Pawo did not answer:

"Don't be so impatient, you will know in a moment. However, seeing that you didn't bring anyone else to see me, I can tell you what might happen in the future. You saw the five thrones under the tree, right?"

"Of course."

"Perhaps the end of the story of this forest requires someone to sit on the World Tree throne and never leave from then on. Imagine the scene, if the story ends with such a result, it would be great."

She shook her head with a smile:

"Of course, the premise that what I said can happen is that you can really win against that Ancient One. I look forward to you being able to defeat him. Compared to that old gentleman who is getting on in years, I appreciate young people with vigorous vitality more."

She waved to Xia De:

"Then goodbye, God Caller, thank you again for the suggestions you gave. I look forward to you being able to choose an interesting ending at the end of the eighth chapter of the 'Whispering Poem'."

After speaking, she turned into a streamer and disappeared. Xia De stood in place and looked up at the figure of the silver moon behind the dark clouds:

"Sit on the World Tree throne?"

He turned and looked in the direction of the escort team's camp, and it took a long time before he stepped back.

After Xia De returned to the camp, he did not mention what happened just now, and others did not ask. Because this might be the last rest opportunity, most people just waited silently for the order to set off.

Xia De originally intended to wake up Emilia when setting off, but Emilia, who was held by Bella, woke up by herself before the team set off.

She opened her eyes in a daze, sat up straight, stared at the fire in front of her for a few seconds, and then looked around as if she realized that this was not a place she was familiar with.

She found Xia De and Little Liana at once, and then realized that she seemed to have been held by a witch to sleep just now:

"Where is this?"

"We have entered the forest. I think the Ancient One is not far away, and we should be able to see him soon."

Xia De said, and explained the current situation slightly beside Emilia. However, because there were other people here, he didn't elaborate on the situation on the Radiant Messenger:

"Emilia, how do you feel now?"

"I am very good."

The little elf who had just woken up said while resisting the urge to yawn:

"Just now I saw the whole process of that great ancient war. This is about the same as the process we saw in the murals."

"What was the reason for the coalition's choice to seal the World Tree remains after the war?"

Xia De asked, and Emilia said firmly:

"Because the power of this remnant is too strong, people at that time couldn't completely eliminate it."

"Is that all?"

Xia De asked again, the little elf blinked, and nodded quickly in the firelight:

"Yes, that's it."

Bella didn't know the content of Xia De's conversation with Miss Pawo just now, so she didn't know the meaning of Xia De asking this question. What she cared about was other things:

"Did you only get memories?"

"And some knowledge and power. I have many ancient elf secret techniques in my head now, and I know many things I didn't know before. Those ancient Elf Kings are willing to lend me power. If we fight in a moment, I can temporarily become a Thirteen-Ring Shushi, a real Thirteen-Ring state!"

She said so, so the people in the camp were all rejoicing, only Xia De looked at Emilia who was communicating with everyone with suspicious eyes, very suspicious that she didn't tell the truth.

"Help me pay attention to her in a moment. If Emilia has any abnormal behavior, tell me immediately."

Xia De said in his heart, and "She" promised with a chuckle.

Xia De and Miss Oulannuode checked Emilia's situation afterwards. Her state was indeed good at this time, and even her spirit had recovered more than half. After the "Angel Elixir" carried by the witches was drunk by Emilia, she approached her peak state full of energy.

Not long after, the group set off again. The little elf touched Little Liana and didn't ride on it again, but chose to walk forward with her.

The four branches of the World Tree were taken out again, but they were handed to Emilia by Xia De. After all, "leaves," "branches," and "roots" were items needed for this Chosen One ritual. As for the 【Youth Everlasting Leaf】, Xia De gave Emilia one after the Bay of Moon War ended, and she had been carrying it with her.

Xia De's premonition was indeed correct. After leaving the Resurrected Forest and continuing to walk forward, he gradually found that the scenery nearby was very familiar. This had indeed reached the vicinity of the destination.

After walking forward for less than five minutes, the small path that appeared abruptly in the forest was displayed in front of everyone. When setting off, Xia De described the specific situation of the destination to everyone in the team, so everyone understood that the front was the end after seeing this small path.

The adventure of going deep into the forest tonight was for this moment, so there was no need to hesitate and stay, and the team stepped on the small path and continued to walk forward. The dense grass at the end of the small path was covered with snowflakes, and when Xia De, who was walking at the front, separated the grass, the light came from the front.

The light was not strong, because the light source came from the four slightly smaller chair backs among the five thrones standing on the opposite side of the open space.

From right to left, the chair backs of the four giant thrones had four-color rune strings of earth yellow, sky blue, sea blue, and fiery red, and the runes were written vertically.

The fiery red rune on the leftmost seat - 【Light is like fire, time does not return】, had already appeared after Xia De and the doctor defeated the demon. The meanings of the other three rune strings were respectively:

【Earth is like a scroll, time is hard to unfold】

【Breeze is like a song, morning and evening pass easily】

【Flowing water is like a poem, years are hard to return】

Only the chair back of the most central seat was still empty, and in front of that most giant seat, the old man with his hands behind his back seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

"Yes, I have been waiting for a long time."

As the voice sounded, the tree hangings standing behind those thrones lit up with faint emerald green light. The light dispelled the large darkness, but it was still not enough to completely illuminate this long night. The glowing green light surged on the branches and leaves. Xia De noticed that in 1821, the tree behind the seat was a curse-eroded big tree, and now the tree seemed to be just an ordinary plant.

Professor Yuke Wood stood under that light with a smile. After everyone came to the open space from the small path, he shook his finger again:

"No, this is not an ordinary plant."

The old professor said to Xia De in the team as if he could read minds:

"This is the self-seal I imposed on myself. The giant tree you see now should be considered my body."

"Is this the remains of the former World Tree?"

Mr. Eldron, the elf, asked in disbelief. Professor Yuke Wood shook his head gently:

"The remains of the World Tree are under our feet, supporting the entire Vista Forest. This tree can only be considered a new sprout born from the dead remains, so it is just so small. I am the incarnation born from the remains, and also the new hope born from the remains. Oh, almost forgot, good evening everyone. Walking to here, you must be very tired, right?"

Except for Xia De, no one else had seen him, so they just regarded him as the human incarnation form of the Ancient One.

"Can you tell me, about when did you realize that I was your final enemy?"

The old man asked Xia De. Xia De didn't mind saying a few more words to the other party before officially doing it. He really had too many things he hadn't figured out:

"It's hard to say the specific time. But you didn't almost not hide your identity from the beginning, right? The surname Wood itself means tree, and the name 'Yuke' was taken by you from the first two syllables of 'Yggdrasil', right? World Tree, from the first sentence you said to me, you wanted me to know this."

"But in fact, this name itself was cursed by me. Under normal circumstances, people will not carefully think about the meaning of this name. So young man, your soul is indeed purer and greater than any mortal."

He praised without hesitation, and his spirit looked very excited:

"Do you know? I have waited for today for too long, too long. You defeated the Bennett I raised, eliminated the dragon beasts, demons, and Paradox Worms I controlled, and finally defeated the human allies I made friends with. This can indeed be called remarkable."

"But why do I feel that these were all sent by you to us to eliminate?"

Xia De asked, but the very excited old professor ignored him:

"I know you have many questions about the story here, so before we officially do it, please let me answer these questions for you. After all, the story must be explained clearly in the end."

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