He put his hands behind his back and continued to say with a smile: "Then... I would like to ask Devil's Hand, if I really don't want to die... can you let me live? You see, I have not offended you.

In the foreseeable future, I should have nothing that can offend you. So, can you let me go?"

The dead tree in front of me shook slightly, as if it was thinking about this very unworthy question.

After hesitating for a long time, the voice in my mind said again——

(Let you go? Well...Human, I don't care whether I kill you or not. It's just that the dark power in your heart makes me feel very uncomfortable. And besides that darkness, there is also a strange power in your body.

The power of. Well, that reminds me of one of my "old friends". Alas... Although there are various reasons, I still can't figure out what I want to do many times. These things are really

It’s too complicated. Since it’s so complicated, it’s easier for me to just die.)

This is no longer possible to communicate, is it?

Ai Luo took a deep breath, allowed himself to show that gentle attitude again, and said with a smile: "Dark power? Mr. Devil Hand, are you mistaken? Any magician can see it at a glance.

You see, I’m just an ordinary person with no affinity for magic power at all?”

The dead tree shook slightly, as if trying to move itself to a more comfortable position.

(Ah, I’m not talking about magic power. It’s a quality. Human being, you have a quality that makes me feel very uneasy. Although this quality is very weak, it still exists after all. A long time ago, there was a being

Having that kind of nature in you. It was really such an "interesting" time...)

(So, in order to not have to recall the days full of fun and bad things, please kill yourself quickly. I will use my tree roots to purify your soul, so that you can have the cleanest life in the next life.

soul.)

It’s really tiring to talk to such an old guy!

However, as long as there is dialogue, the problem can be solved.

And judging from the words of this dying tree, it seems that it is only a little afraid of itself, but this kind of fear is similar to the feeling of seeing a hook-toothed rat.

Of course humans want all hook-toothed rats to die, but as long as they don’t appear in front of them specifically, humans will kill hook-toothed rats for fun. Sometimes when hook-toothed rats appear in front of humans, humans just hate them and hope they will hurry up.

Die, but once the hook-toothed rat escapes, nothing will happen to humans.

Thinking of this, Ai Luo exhaled slightly and said with a smile: "That... devil's hand, I really don't understand what the dark nature you call is... If possible, you can talk to me

Can you explain me?"

The dead tree trembled slightly, and the voice sounded in Ai Luo's mind again——

(Um...Human, do you want to talk to me? Ah, something is wrong. In fact, you just want to survive. Well, in fact, there were many people like you a long time ago who wanted to talk to me.

I want to live. Actually, your life doesn’t mean much to me. I’m doing okay here, except for being a little lonely.)

As soon as he heard the word "loneliness", Arrow's eyes immediately lit up! He didn't care that the tree did not answer his question, but took advantage of the situation and said: "Loneliness? If it is loneliness, there are many flower fairies in front of it.

Live there. As long as you are willing, you should be able to get along well with them."

(Ha! Those poor little things?)

When it comes to the flower fairy, the mood of this dead tree seems to become a little irritable all of a sudden. Its branches are raised one after another, and even the wet soil under Airl's feet now seems to be bumpy, giving people a sense of

Something is crawling out of this wet and cold underground!

(Those flower fairies are essentially a group of parasites! They parasitize on the bodies of other creatures, kill them, and then bloom and reproduce. How can these parasites get along well with me? Fortunately, I saw them appear before

, I thought that after such a long time, there was finally a life coming to chat with me, but as soon as they saw me, they turned around and ran away. What did they think of me?! It’s a shame that they had admired me more than 3,000 years ago.

Woolen cloth!)

Since the flower fairy ignored the dead tree, which looked like a grumpy old man, Ai Luo immediately decided that he must do the opposite. He tried hard to lift his feet, and pulled his feet, which were already mostly stuck in the mud, from the black

He pulled it out from the rotting mud. Looking at the large piece of smelly, black and rotten shoes on his feet, and it seemed to be mixed with some bird droppings, insect corpses and the like, Airl couldn't even imagine that he was wearing shoes.

What will happen to your feet!

No matter how difficult it was, he still persisted in taking a few steps towards the dead tree, stretched out his hand, and gently touched the bark of the dead tree.

(Don't touch me! Something of a dark nature!)

But the next moment, the branch suddenly rose up! It was thrown directly on Ai Luo's body, and his whole body was thrown away.

This time, Airl's entire body suddenly fell into the rotten muddy swamp. He didn't even have time to lift his neck, and some muddy water splashed into his mouth.

"Ah! Bah, bah, bah!"

(Hmph, dark things, do you also think my body odor is unpleasant? Do you also want to leave me far away immediately?!)

appreciate???

Ah...could this be the old smell of trees?!

Ai Luo quickly put on a smile and climbed up from the swamp with difficulty. He looked at the dark, dirty and smelly appearance on his body, and after taking a breath, he simply relaxed.

.

After all, the rotting smell of plants and the rotting smell of bloody insects are somewhat different.

"Flower fairies would worship you? Three thousand years ago? Devil's Hand, I really can't imagine it. Those flower fairies are such a race that loves cleanliness and beauty. How could they think of worshiping you?"

The dead tree shook slightly.

(Love cleanness? Love beauty? Hahaha! Don’t be kidding. Those parasites grow like that purely because you humans like cleanliness, beauty, and a face like that. If you humans are all like the era of chaos

Living in caves and underground, it is impossible for those flower fairies to like cleanliness and beauty.)

Ai Luo smiled slightly. He raised his hands and wiped his face slightly to make himself look more suitable for the "taste" of this tree.

(Well... you look much better? The power of the dark nature in your body seems to have weakened a lot? Ah, it seems that you still have some sense, human being. And I look very powerful too! I just wiped it off a little.

The old skin I shed can suppress the dark nature in your body. Yeah, yeah, it looks good!)

Of course Airl was happy to be able to make the old man happy, but he was not carried away yet. After all, the tree had not yet said that he would not die.

"Devil's Hand, since those flower fairies once worshiped you...then three thousand years ago, did you live as relaxedly as you do now?"

The branches of the dead tree were lowered, and the vigilance against Airlaugh seemed to be less strong. Seeing this, Airl moved closer to it again, until Airl stretched out his hand to touch its bark again, the tree

Neither of them got angry. It seemed that the danger to him was finally a little relieved.

(That time? Ah, of course not that time.)

(Let me think about it...I was still young at that time, but actually not that young anymore. I couldn’t figure out how old I was? Anyway, at that time, I felt that as a tree, I should live a meaningful life.

Be more dignified and live a cleaner life. So I chose a place surrounded by green mountains and green waters with a warm climate to live. At the same time, I also tried to keep my surroundings as clean as possible. After all, if you are cleaner, you humans, flower fairies, and...

Those other random races will come over to worship me.)

(I also thought this was great at first~~~! After all, I can enjoy the worship of you humans. But as time went by, I felt something was wrong with my lifting.)

Arrow's heart tightened! Could something terrible have happened?

(Well, it’s so tiring to keep this so-called beautiful appearance all the time! After all, I’m not you human beings, I’m a tree! As a tree, I just like to live in this kind of mud.

A place with sufficient nutrients, the ground is moist (harmony) and soft, and the sun can shine on me well during the day. Moreover, there are many things that you humans don’t like, but the things I like will come and be with me.

Living! When I think about it, I wonder why I have to be worshiped by you according to your human preferences? I just like the way I look now!)

Although he was a little scared at first, as Ai Luo listened, he suddenly felt like he was chatting with the lonely old man to relieve his loneliness.

To put it bluntly, when I was young, I felt that it was good to be admired by you all the time, but when I got a little older, I felt that I still had to live for myself and not care about other people's thoughts, right?

Ai Luo lowered his head and looked at his surroundings again.

It has to be said that the environment that trees like and the environment that humans like may not necessarily overlap at some times. Therefore, when you look at this forest, it has a rotten feeling, but from the look of these trees, is it possible here?
Chapter completed!