As he spoke, Mr. Meloni took out a wide-mouth glass bottle, and the leaf-shaped flames in the bottle were burning brightly:
"But I have to admit, this is a good source of fire."
Miss Denister took the bottle and examined it:
"So this is the trouble you are encountering. You can't deal with such cursed objects, right?"
The great elder, Mr. Davis, nodded:
"We have tried using holy water, rituals to expel evil spirits, freezing and other methods to deal with them, but none of them work. As for destroying the tree directly, we are worried that this will cause other consequences. We have detected the
There is a very high temperature in the heart of the tree. Forcibly destroying this cursed object may cause it to self-destruct.
So I hope you can help me and try to see if I can dispose of this thing safely and harmlessly. Now is the end of autumn, which is the time of year when forest fires are most likely to occur."
"I'll give it a try."
Miss Denister said and was about to extend her hand, but was stopped by Shade:
"If you want to try, I will try."
"Be careful, direct contact with this tree and this deer will cause burn marks on yourself."
Mr. Meloni reminded him, but Shade still directly touched the tree trunk with his right hand. Almost as soon as his palm touched it, fine crack marks appeared on the back of his right hand, and then red light radiated from the cracks.
came out.
The palm of his hand did not feel much pain. Xia De raised his eyebrows and whispered in his ear:
[This is a curse derived from some kind of cursed fire. Do not touch these burnt things for a long time. 】
Shade then let go of his hand, and the protective effect his body spontaneously produced, that is, the traces of "embers of the first fire" slowly disappeared on the back of his hand.
"I probably have some ideas, please move back."
Shade said to his companions again, so the two hermits immediately retreated, and the red-haired girl hid behind him and did not go far.
Shade then took a deep breath:
"Chloe's Ice Breath."
The cold air sprayed from the mouth even caused ice crystals to condense in the air, which caused the air to quickly atomize. The frost directly hit the big tree that could not move, so the big tree itself was scorched.
The surface of the deer was immediately covered with frosty white.
"When we tried to freeze it, only Mr. Davis had the highest level, and the cold could still have some effect, but be careful soon!"
Following Mr. Meloni's reminder, under the white frost, the orange-red fire on the charred tree trunks suddenly rose, and with a loud "bang", flames blazing around the big tree soared into the sky.
Fortunately, the rituals arranged around him were still functioning and did not let the dense sparks fall to other places. Only the explosive flames still broke through the ritual blockade, but nothing happened after they struck Shade.
"Something's wrong."
Mr. Davis reminded, and at the same time sent a signal to the camp to prepare for support:
"The last time I froze this tree, there was no such big movement."
The shaking ground made the four people look at their feet, but they soon understood that it was not the ground that was shaking at all, but that the tree deeply rooted here was trying to pull out all its roots.
The charred deer made a dizzying cry. As the flames surrounding them grew stronger, the thick burning roots were finally pulled out of the ground one by one. It seemed to be aware of Shad.
It is dangerous to pull out its own roots so that it can move, but this also means that this thing is not a complete plant, but also has the characteristics of an animal.
Mr. Davis, who had twelve rings, had already revealed his life ring and was about to take action, but Shade stopped him:
"Since this thing is afraid of my cold air, it means that my thaumaturgy is effective. Please let me come, Mr. Davis. I am afraid that there will be an explosion soon. Please make sure that the flames do not ignite the forest."
"no problem."
So the twelve-ring warlock cast a spell, and all the surrounding trees were activated into treants and then retreated further away. This formed a large open space with dense holes in the forest.
The burning black giant tree was squirming and trying to pull out all its roots. At this time, it almost had full mobility. But in addition to the burning roots, there were also four of the burnt deer that were pulled out of the ground.
hoof.
Shade told Miss Daniste not to come near, took off his coat and shirt and threw them to her, and then walked towards the tree with his upper body naked. He put his hand on his chest and took out a ball of golden light and then
He pressed it back on his chest to increase his fire resistance.
Then as he shouted, his body gradually grew larger as he walked, until when he came to the tree, he had swelled into a four-meter-tall little giant.
Even if it pulls out its roots and becomes a tree, its movement speed is quite slow. When Shade approaches, it can only let the flames surrounding its body form a fireball and rush towards Shade, but it is all extinguished by Shade's slap.
.
Shade directly stretched out his hands to hug the trunk of the burning tree. Bright red cracks appeared on the backs of both hands, and then the cracks spread to his whole body until his naked upper body was covered with burn marks.
The fire that once swallowed the Phoenix, coupled with the resistance provided by [Inner Fire] and the power of the first fire, even though the flames of the burning trees had fallen on his body, Shade still did not feel much burning pain.
"stand up!"
In his giant form, the muscles of his arms bulged, and then with a "ha" sound, he helped the tree completely break away from the ground.
This scene was quite powerful, and Shade, who was hugging the burning tree, also dropped the tree directly to the ground with a loud roar. The tree, which was already unable to move, temporarily lost all ability to move.
, even the burning flame became weaker.
Immediately afterwards, Shade, who was in giant form, exhaled cold air at the roots of the tree.
Because this form had been enhanced by spellcasting, the chill was even more terrifying than before. In an instant, almost all the flames at the roots of the tree were extinguished, and even the bottom third of the tree was covered with hoarfrost. .
Ga ga ga~
In the strongest flames at the top of the tree, several flaming crows flew out of the fire. This burning flame itself was not an ordinary flame because it had elements, but even if those flaming crows directly hit Xia Dechi's naked back, There were only a few black marks on his back, which was completely unable to stop him from continuing to cast spells and spit out chills.
He maintained this state, holding the bottom of the big tree in the raging fire and continuing to cast spells, until the white frost completely covered the entire tree without letting go. So after the white frost extinguished the flames, the continuous chill continued to suppress A few sparks burned on the trees and deer, and after all the sparks were extinguished, the cold continued to affect the high temperature inside the trees.
With a rustling sound, the frozen and charred trees finally broke apart inch by inch, and at the same time, the struggling deer finally stopped being active.
This continued for a full five minutes, before the trees and deer scattered a pile of black ashes on the ground, and only a small piece of smoldering black wood remained in Shade's hand.
No matter how much cold air is sprayed on this piece of wood, the nearly transparent flames are no longer affected. This is the cursed core of this big tree, and it is also the hottest part of the tree that the hermits feel.
If the tree is destroyed by other forces instead of cold, then the piece of wood will probably explode directly, and then ignite the entire forest.
"That's it."
Shade's body also returned to normal size, and the red-haired girl and two hermits holding his clothes hurried over:
“Is this wood the core?”
"Yes."
Shade held up the piece of wood with his right hand and let it fly, while Miss Denister helped him put his coat back on.
Shade frowned and continued to look at this dark thing. He hadn't felt it when he faced the big burning tree just now, but when he directly touched the core of the tree, he clearly felt a very familiar force:
"Visual Demon!"
As his eyes blinked, the originally almost transparent and colorless flame immediately turned into black.
"It was one thing after another. The Bronte incident had just ended, and the devil appeared again."
After getting dressed, Shade thought to himself that he did not hide this information:
"The curse comes from the devil."
The two hermits were startled:
"What devil?"
"Ancient evil spirits and demons."
He said softly, rummaged through his pocket and found a bottle of holy water. He drew the holy water out and wrapped it around the smoldering piece of wood. Black smoke immediately emerged:
"Chloe's Ice Breath."
The cold air was exhaled again, and then the holy water wrapped in the wood was frozen. The ice of the holy water continued to melt by the piece of wood, but as Shade used more and more holy water, in the end, although the wood was still burning,
But the ice cube still completely wrapped it.
Shade grabbed the piece of ice again and determined that there would be no problem in sealing it in such a short time:
"My eyes are unmistakable. This is a monster created by the power of the devil. The question now is, where did this devil escape? Who is this devil?"
As the Vesta Grove where anything can appear, evil spirits and demons have certainly appeared in history. When Shade and Miss Denister visited the Bennet family cemetery together, they learned from the ancestors of the Bennet family that
A slight amount of demonic power was detected on the bones, and Miss Daniste talked about the local demons at that time.
That was three hundred years ago, but according to reliable records, the demon that appeared in the local area that year had been sealed by the Thirteen-ring Warlock "Ranger Hunter" of the Church of Nature at that time using an angel-level relic. The demon is still being sealed by
Contained in the Holy See of the Natural Church.
Therefore, the first thing that should be determined is whether the demonic power that appears this time is the remnant of the demon from three hundred years ago, or whether it is an ancient evil spirit that has reappeared in the local area after three hundred years.