Chapter 82 The Sacred Tree is Shaken
The Sacred Spring of Life remained clear and flawless. Countless rich life energies touched the air above the Sacred Spring, condensing into a crystal-clear jade light that poured down like a sun of life.
Bathed in the radiance, even Ig could feel the old injuries in his body slowly healing under the power of the laws.
And…
Holding his sword and sitting on a rock, Ig’s gaze shifted slightly.
Although the laws covering the surface of the Sacred Spring completely interfered with spiritual power, it was not difficult to sense the small figure of a girl in the spring water and the life divine power constantly entering her body.
However, Ig’s brows couldn’t help but furrow slightly.
“Ig!”
Suddenly, his shoulder was slapped forcefully by a smooth jade hand, and then a vibrant maiden’s voice rang in his ear.
Ig turned his head and saw the slender and beautiful dragon tail swaying slightly, his slender jade fingers picking up the ice-blue beautiful hair, and his gem-like brilliant pupils looking at him with joy, the Ice Dragon Girl.
“It’s Little Fei.” Ig revealed a smile.
The Ice Dragon Girl chuckled and slightly pulled at her fitted blue and white evening gown, closing her shapely legs in an arc and finding a spot beside Ig to sit down. She raised her big eyes.
“I feel like Ig is thinking about something. Are you worried about Veer?”
“Young Lady… perhaps so.”
Ig thought of the girl’s face, shifted the sword in his hand slightly, and nodded, not concealing it from Ophi.
“If you’re worried about Veer… but Veer is just absorbing the energy from the Sacred Spring of Life, there shouldn’t be any problem, right?”
Ophi’s slender jade fingers tidied her frost-blue hair, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, her beautiful side profile turned slightly in confusion:
“Moreover, they only asked Veer to awaken the Goddess of Life. The great elder of the Elf tribe, Beltan, is also here. He is a legend. If there’s any problem, he can definitely save that idiot phoenix.”
“Legend…”
Ig muttered it slightly, his gaze shifted. Beltan’s eyes were slightly closed, holding a scepter, he stood by the bank of the Sacred Spring like a statue.
Although Beltan was old and his life fire was almost depleted, no one dared to doubt his identity as a legendary powerhouse, whether it was the aura he exuded or his ferocious will.
Ig hesitated, unsure whether to tell the Ice Dragon Girl.
Just now, he suddenly discovered a lapse. Because Ain was their friend, and Lorienta was righteous and noble, and a truly trustworthy knight… For these days, he had instinctively placed the same trust in Beltan.
In these days of observation and interaction, Beltan might indeed be a venerable elder of noble character, but even with the slightest possibility, what if he also had ulterior motives for Verafia?
His eyes flashed, Ig put a hand on the sword in his hand and looked up at Ophi’s little face: “Moreover, I don’t know why, just now, I felt Veer was a bit strange.”
“Veer, strange?”
Ophi’s face was full of confusion. “Is that little girl Veer any different from usual?”
“No, it’s just a feeling.”
Ig shook his head, he looked at the sword in his hand and hesitated: “I just feel like Veer is hiding something from me…”
— Boom!
At this moment, there was a sudden earth-shattering tremor, a roaring thunderclap like collapsing mountains filling everyone’s ears. Ig quickly grabbed Ophi, who was almost falling, and then stood up with a solemn expression.
“Just now, was that an earthquake?”
Ophi raised her head in surprise, as if she felt the earth splitting open. Even the Sacred Spring of Life rippled with turbulence from the tremor.
“No.”
Ig raised his eyes with a slight focus. In mid-air, fallen leaves and broken branches of the Sacred Tree rained down like a storm. He looked up further into the sky, and could even see raging flames burning on the branches of the Sacred Tree.
“The Sacred Tree is under attack.”
The Sacred Spring of Life was located at the foot of the Sacred Tree. An attack that could shake the Sacred Tree would naturally cause ripples here.
“The Sacred Tree was shaken? Who was it, could it be that those fallen ones of the Dark Elves could unleash such a terrifying attack!”
The Elf guards and mages around the Sacred Spring were undoubtedly powerful individuals, and no one had fallen or been injured in the momentary disturbance, but their faces were almost horrified.
The Sacred Tree of Life was planted by the goddess Siru Sellys, not only carrying the “Enolal” of the Sky Royal City but also possessing near-divine power, serving as the last protective barrier of the Elf Empire.
Thirty years ago, during the tide of the dark moon, it was the “Miracle Maiden” Sylvia who awakened the Sacred Tree and repelled the fallen elves, preventing the complete disintegration of the Elf Empire.
However, thirty years later, the Sacred Tree was attacked once again, and even shaken to its core?
“If the Dark Elves really had such great power, they would have no reason to hold back until now!”
An Elf ranger said anxiously, pressing his weapon, “It must be traitors in the Royal City… Great Elder, this must be that the Gold Elves and Kainbol betrayed the Queen!”
“Could it be that the Dark Elves are preparing to attack Sky City at this time? Great Elder, we need to quickly support Her Majesty the Queen!”
…
The elves’ voices were so noisy that Ig’s ears ached. He simply drew the sword edge of the End, injected magic, and focused his gaze on the center of the Sacred Spring of Life.
“It’s not just the Sacred Tree, Enolal has been attacked.”
The Great Elder Beltan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, “Including the six fortress cities around the Sacred Tree, they were also attacked by the suddenly appearing Dark Elves. Hmph, these fallen ones were able to extend their claws to the Sacred Tree, they had planned for a long time.”
“Great Elder.”
Lorienta, the Sacred Tree Knight beside the elderly Elf, spoke with some concern.
“Only Ebroal was not attacked… but I don’t think this is an oversight by these Dark Elves, nor do I think they would be so hasty in planning to attack the Royal City.”
The elderly Elf’s aged and heavy voice startled everyone.
If, as Beltan said, the Dark Elves were not intending to conquer Sky City in one go, but merely to distract their forces, then their true objective was obvious.
Ig nodded slightly. If the true target of the Dark Elves was the Sacred Spring of Life where they were now, it was hard to say that it had nothing to do with Verafia.
However, those Dark Elves…
“Ig, look!”
The Ice Dragon Girl’s exclamation suddenly rang in his ear. Ig looked up, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
Like rolling ink, the entire sky was engulfed by the night sky, swallowing the golden brilliance of the sun and the World Tree. The dark and cold dark moon appeared, its icy light seeming to swallow the entire Sacred Tree!
