"Hey, here, go here..." When Lu Qing and Ling arrived at the gate of the old royal capital, a deliberately lowered male voice sounded from beside them.
"Is there someone there?" Lu Qing and Ling looked at each other in surprise. After thinking about it, they decided to find out where the person who spoke was first.
Recalling the direction from which the sound came, Lu Qing got into a broken hole on the left side of the city wall. Soon, a thin man with one eye infected by the power of the void and emitting a faint red light appeared in front of them.
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"Ah, the holy tree is up there. I didn't expect to see such a beautiful lady in the old capital." After seeing Lu Qing's face, the man was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but admire.
As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to Ling: "Is this... the son of the legendary holy tree?" The man looked at Ling hesitantly and said.
Son of the Holy Tree is another name for elves by humans. It usually appears in the mouths of priests of the Macro Sam Cult. Those who believe in the Holy Tree firmly believe that the elves born from the branches of the Holy Tree possess very mysterious and powerful power.
, so in addition to the Sons of the Holy Tree, the elves also have titles such as Sons of Gold, White Angels, etc.
According to the different customs and habits of each region, the name will also change. The most official name is the Elf Tribe, and the most widely spread name is the Son of the Holy Tree.
Without answering the man's question, Lu Qing looked at the man with some confusion and said, "Are you a normal human being? Why are you here?"
"Of course I am a normal human being, but my eyes have been eroded by a little void power. As for the reason why I am here..." The man paused, squinted slightly and said:
"It's okay to tell you. You may have probably guessed that I am a priest of the Manulife Sam Cult, but unlike those crazy colleagues, I have sufficient knowledge and experience, and a brain that relies on logic to think...
.....I'm sorry to say too much."
"The reason I stay here is because it is close enough to the Holy Tree, which allows me enough time to study the status of the Holy Tree."
"The status of studying the Holy Tree...?" Lu Qing said in surprise after hearing the man's words. Logically speaking, it is impossible for a pious priest to use the Holy Tree as research material.
Because this often represents blasphemy.
"Of course, as a priest of the Macro Sam Cult, how can you not care about the health of the holy tree."
"Those crazy priests are so stupid. There is something wrong with the holy tree. They don't do anything except pray every day. They also rejected my request to cut the rotten roots of the holy tree into samples for research.
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"Ah, of course, they are probably all dead now, and no one will come to stop my research again."
"Then have you researched anything?" Lu Qing asked curiously.
"Of course, are you willing to listen?" After hearing Lu Qing's words, the man seemed to be interested, and explained to Lu Qing eloquently: "The roots of the sacred tree were originally extremely difficult to cut off, but after it withered,
, because of the blood energy and void power filled inside, a large number of holes were corroded."
"As long as you find the location where these holes are densely packed, and then use a heavy sledgehammer to hit them, you can easily collect the roots of the sacred tree."
"After some research, I found that these roots actually still retain their original activity. As long as nutrients are involved, they will recover at an unimaginable speed."
"The reason why the holy tree cannot obtain nutrients is mainly due to the blood energy and void power that are blocked inside the roots, forming huge tumors one after another."
"If these blocked blood energy and void power can be eliminated, the roots of the holy tree will absorb a large amount of nutrients in a short period of time and eventually fully recover."
"Is everything you said true?" Lu Qing said with some doubts. She felt that the person in front of her might be bragging, or he might be telling the truth.
And there was one thing that she actually cared about. The man in front of her said that he was a priest of the Manulife Sam Cult. However, as a priest of the Manu Li Sam Cult, would he not be able to recognize the ritual costumes he was wearing?
She had walked all the way from the cathedral in the city to the city gate. Almost everyone in the city had seen her, not to mention the priest of the Macro Sam Cult.
There are two possibilities. One is that the other party really did not go to the Holy Tree Festival she held fifty years ago. The other possibility is that the other party is not a native of the royal capital, but went to the Holy Tree Festival fifty years ago.
I came here after the Holy Tree Ceremony.
Of these two possibilities, Lu Qing prefers the latter.
"Believe me!" The man's expression suddenly became a little excited. He roared and stood up, his scarlet right eye exuding a rich air of void.
"Have you seen my eyes? This is a fascinating and powerful power. I can use it to see things that ordinary people cannot see. That is a deeper world..."
"Huh...huh..." The man's voice gradually returned to normal. He looked very tired and panted. He gently covered his right eye with one hand and said: "Sorry, this eye
It always affects my mood and makes me a little... irritable."
"Is it really okay? You looked so scary just now..." Ling floated next to Lu Qing and couldn't help but say.
"Oh, this kind-hearted lady who is the son of the holy tree, please rest assured that nothing will happen to me." After hearing Ling's words, the man smiled and said.
"So why did you stop the two of us?" Somewhat worried that the other party would get angry again, Lu Qing thought about it and decided not to discuss the research on the holy tree for the time being, but asked the man why he stopped the two of them in the first place.
reasons.
"About this matter..."
The man seemed to have thought of something, his face changed slightly, and he said: "I mainly want to remind you that the old capital is very dangerous. There is no other living person here except me."
"Under the influence of the remnant souls of the king and queen of the old royal capital, the entire royal capital is filled with a thick fog full of undead aura. Once injured, the body will become very stiff, and there is even a risk of turning into a rotten corpse."
"Under the influence of this fog, the streets are filled with twisted flesh and blood monsters, walking corpses, and skeletons transformed into undead... However, these are not the most dangerous."
"The most dangerous thing is the Knights of the Old King, a patrol force composed of a group of ungrateful ghosts who have lost their minds. They patrol the streets of the capital every day. If anyone is killed by them, they will become theirs.
Part of it.”
"Of course, the Knights of the Old King also have patrol routes. As long as they don't make too much noise in the city, you can deliberately avoid them, but there is one place that you absolutely cannot go!"
"That is in the castle in the center of the old royal capital. The resentful souls of the king and queen after their death have always been entrenched there. Anything that dares to get close, whether it is a spirit body or a mindless flesh and blood monster, will be violently attacked by it.