Chapter 180 Awakening within the World Tree
Outside the Moonlight Divine Domain, the ruins of the Ancient Life Tree stood in a falling silver waterfall. Fatter, Seraphis, and others had retreated to the boundary of the moonlight, their expressions solemn.
In the eyes of the legends, it was not difficult to see the color representing darkness within the silver moonlight. It was pure pitch black, colder than the dark moon, and as the moonlight fell, it began to erode the space it touched.
“Pure darkness, without life or heat… Heh heh, so that’s it, is this the world the Night Elves pursue?”
Fatter’s robes rustled in the cold wind as he stood with his hands behind his back. His eyes, surrounded by magical light, showed a trace of madness.
The Night Elf legends opposite them showed excited expressions. One of the mages stood proudly, about to utter a taunt, when suddenly a piercing storm hammer struck. The roaring wind and thunder tore through space, and the terrifying fluctuations greatly alarmed the mage’s face. However, his companions could not react in time and could only raise a black light curtain in front of them. The storm hammer hit, his chest caved in, and he coughed up blood and retreated!
“You little bastards of the Night Elves… How dare you blaspheme your deities with darkness! Do they want to pollute the entire forest?”
Dwarf King Mud, who had arrived with Lavros of the “Star Fire,” frowned irritably. He grabbed his warhammer and roared in anger. However, Mud did not attack the Night Elf legends pointlessly. He turned his face to look at Seraphis.
“Singer, you just said that that little girl Verafia and Ig, that kid, are also in this divine domain?”
The Wood Elf Girl nodded distractedly, her delicate white fingers clenching unconsciously. Her slightly emerald eyes were filled with anxiety. “Veer, she…”
“Lord Seraphis, please rest assured, as you said, Lotte… Miss Verafia has inherited the seat of the Goddess, so even if she is in Princess Elusia’s divine domain, the dark moonlight will not be able to harm her.”
A spirit girl in a white dress stepped forward, her soft emerald hair cascading down. She softly comforted Seraphis. Her face bore some resemblance to Ainse, and her clear emerald eyes flickered with the radiance of stars. She then turned to the magic monarch clad in a black robe, bowed, and said:
“Your Majesty, the Magic Monarch, can you help Our Goddess?”
“Hey, Miss Lavros, the one who forged a sword for Lotte back then?”
Fatter raised his face, looking at the spirit girl in front of him, a strange smile on his lips.
“I told the Singer earlier that if I were you, I would have taken your people and left as soon as possible before the dark moonlight eroded. However, since it is your request… Miss Lavros, as long as you agree to my request, and let this king personally step into this dark moonlit night, what’s the harm?”
Lavros’s pupils rippled slightly. Just as she was about to look up and promise, a gentle ray of light suddenly touched her hair and brushed against her face in the cold moonlight.
The spirit girl was startled and raised her eyes. The cold moonlight was still as dark and silent as the deep black. However, in the endless night, the sprouts of life subtly emerged, and in an instant, the color of life jade filled the entire night sky!
“Goddess of Life… this is her Tree of Life, no, could it be the World Tree in her hands?”
Fatter also raised his face. In a short moment, the giant tree rooted in the dark divine domain grew, its crown and branches almost entwined with the moonlight in the entire night sky. Emerald light rained down from the sky. As a peak expert among the legends, he could perceive that on the land at the intersection of the mountains and forests outside the World Tree, another life tree that carried the world was soaring into the sky!
In just a moment, the surprise in the Magic Monarch’s eyes subsided. He looked up at the sky dotted with brilliant moonlight, but through the myriad of life branches and the entwined magnificent scenery, a smile suddenly appeared. He looked at Lavros, who was also looking up, beside him.
“It seems your Goddess Princess no longer needs this king’s help… Perhaps, this king should propose a different reward?”
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Moonlight Divine Domain. The night still covered the sky, but a seed of life was planted in front of the girl. The giant tree soared up, capturing the stars and moon. Rays of moonlight were entwined by the leaves and branches, and the infinite colors of life almost dyed the entire moonlit world into a sea of jade.
Disregarding her noble body, the Goddess knelt before the Tree of Life, tears wetting her exquisite face. Drop by drop, she held the soul fragments of the young man, drawing him tightly to her chest, hoping to use her divine power, her divine spark, to reshape his shattered soul.
“Ig, you idiot…”
A faint voice came from the Goddess’s lips. It was the voice of life, but it made the flowers and grass mourn, the trees weep, and everyone could feel the Goddess’s deep grief.
She held the young man’s soul tighter, but it was all in vain. Even as the Goddess of Life, in her embrace, she had spent immeasurable divine power to retrieve the soul fragments for Ig, but they were still silently slipping away, and she was powerless to stop it.
Verafia forcibly wiped away the tears flowing from her face, stood up holding Ig, her tear-soaked eyes looking at the growing World Tree in front of her, and suddenly closed her eyes tightly.
She had no other choice… Even if it was true despair, Verafia could only place her hope in the World Tree.
The trunk of the World Tree opened according to her will. The Goddess of Life, holding Ig’s soul tightly, placed him in the core of the World Tree.
As the World Tree grew, and carrying Ig’s soul, Verafia’s divine power was continuously depleted, even consuming her origin. Even as a Goddess, Verafia’s face gradually became pale, but her pair of magnificent golden eyes became brighter and brighter, showing joy.
In the heart of the World Tree, within the light of life beside the Goddess, Ig’s soul stopped its depletion and began to solidify. Finally, in Verafia’s eyes, he slowly opened those familiar azure eyes.
The girl’s delicate fingers clutched slightly, watching him nervously, not daring to close her eyelashes even for a moment. Until the young man sat up on the wooden bed, his right hand reached out somewhat unskillfully, gently grasping her tender hand, and his face showed the usual gentle smile: “Veer, we’re both still alive?”
A brilliant smile bloomed on Verafia’s little face. She had worried that the young man reformed within the World Tree would not be the complete Ig, and she also worried that he would have lost the memories of being with her. It was only when she saw his familiar eyes and familiar smile that she showed joy again.
It was like the joy of regaining something lost, which made Verafia unable to help wanting to wipe away the tears gathering in her eyes.
However, Verafia suddenly thought that crying so casually was not at all in line with her image as a Goddess. So she suddenly threw herself onto him, covering her tear-filled little face in Ig’s embrace, and clenched her little fists, hitting his chest.
“Hmph, if it weren’t for this young lady, you idiot, you would have been reduced to ashes long ago… No, you were already dead. Idiot Ig, how could you directly block a Goddess’s divine domain like that!”
