The Players and the Protagonist Want to Kill Me – Chapter 774

Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)

To enter the Emerald Forest, Xi Wei performed five spatial jumps. Each jump involved tearing open a rift with his bare hands, smoothing the transition, and opening the next space towards the spatial coordinates before leaving the current one.

“Buzz!”

A warped, silver gate opened in the sky above a patch of grass intertwined with golden roots.

The Elf Elder flew out first, feeling disoriented from crossing dimensions. She landed face-first on the ground.

Xi Wei was the second to emerge from the Teleportation Gate, landing steadily with Loli and Ruo Yi in his arms.

“Master, as we were coming over, I think I heard Connie’s voice. She said something about milk, what was it…” Loli rubbed her slightly swollen head. Even in Xi Wei’s arms, the dizziness from spatial jumping was unavoidable, though much milder than for the Elf Elder. Ruo Yi felt no discomfort at all; space and time sometimes had overlaps, and she was already tired of this teleportation ability.

She recalled how she could instantly teleport away when she used to hide under Xi Wei’s desk. After Loli left, she would instantly teleport back to continue her unfinished cleaning work.

“Milk? Is that so?”

Xi Wei was Stunned.

However, in the next moment, a large pile of milk bottles filled with Dragon Milk tumbled out of the still-open spatial gate. The three of them moved to catch them, each holding seven or eight bottles. They were quite heavy.

So, the question was, how did Connie manage to make so much at once? It didn’t look that big…

Xi Wei decided not to dwell on the matter.

“Whoa! Master, Connie is so good to you! She even brought you so much milk!” Loli giggled. This milk had a rich flavor that she also liked, but it was only available from Connie in Winter City, and production was limited.

The last time Loli caught Connie and asked where these milk came from, Connie cried and refused to say.

Seeing how sensitive Connie was about it, Loli didn’t ask again, considering it might be a secret.

“Hahaha! I think it’s great too.”

Xi Wei scratched his head, chuckling.

Ruo Yi beside him looked thoughtful. She *had* heard something about Dragon Milk… Moreover, the milky fragrance was similar to the scent when Connie made flower cakes last time. Dragon Milk… Dragon Milk… Could it be?

Could it be that Connie had captured a Mother Dragon!

Ruo Yi smacked her fist into her palm, thinking she had found the crux of the problem. No wonder Connie was reluctant to talk about it. Kidnapping a Mother Dragon, on the surface, was quite evil, and she probably didn’t want to leave a bad impression on Xi Wei.

“Connie is truly devoted to Master!”

Ruo Yi nodded, echoing Loli’s words.

Xi Wei: …

Why did he feel a chill down his spine? He needed to change the subject quickly.

“Ahem, the moon is so round tonight.”

Loli: “Master, it was daytime when we came out…”

Ruo Yi: “And we should be underground now, so we can’t see the moon…”

“Ah? Oh, I mean, the moon will definitely be very round tonight, hahaha~” Xi Wei’s feet were practically digging a hole in the ground.

Loli narrowed her eyes and looked Xi Wei up and down. “I feel like Master has been a bit suspicious since just now~”

“Mmm, mmm.” Ruo Yi stroked her chin and nodded repeatedly.

“No, you’re overthinking it.”

Xi Wei’s expression turned serious, and he looked around. “So this is the wound of the World Tree. Just looking at this gaping wound sends shivers down my spine!”

As Xi Wei said.

It was a wedge-shaped gap that stretched as far as the eye could see, surrounded by numerous golden tree roots. The thinnest root was over ten meters thick, but most of the roots were already dead. The broken ends were dry and black, showing signs of impact and gnawing.

“It is said that the World Tree was overthrown by the Old Ones, and then the Black Dragon Níðhöggr took advantage of its weakness to gnaw at its roots, leading to its complete downfall.” Xi Wei walked to a broken root.

There were still traces of shadow energy on it, a power that had the distinct flavor of the Gloomy region.

“Yes… The Elves began to decline from that time onwards…” Adenasi appeared to have recovered from her disorientation. She looked up at the dilapidated roots, her eyes filled with an unshakeable sorrow.

“The one who overthrew the World Tree was Gatanothoa, one of the Old Ones, but the process was far from simple. At that time, to protect all Elves and the Divine Kingdoms of the gods, the World Tree erected a mighty shield, obscuring the entire starry sky. Vines intertwined with the Old Ones, desperately resisting the attacks of several dozen Old Ones, but in the end, it could not hold on. On a moonless night, the shield shattered, the gods fell, and Ragnarok began. The exhausted World Tree was overthrown, Níðhöggr, who had sided with the Old Ones, gnawed at its roots, and the gods, polluted by the Old Ones, slaughtered each other…”

Just listening to Adenasi’s description, they seemed to have witnessed that brutal scene. Compared to Adenasi’s description, the current World Tree looked like a shriveled sapling. The long years of recovery had not restored its former glory. The last time Xi Wei visited the Emerald Forest, more than half of the World Tree’s branches were withered, with only the core retaining cloud-like leaves.

“Can you still communicate with the World Tree now?” Xi Wei asked.

“No… The World Tree has been in a deep slumber. Every day, Her Majesty the Empress prays at the World Tree, calling out to it, but there has been no response. However, we believe that the World Tree will awaken someday.” Adenasi’s tone was a mixture of confusion and despair.

Just then, a roar interrupted everyone’s thoughts.

Followed by violent tremors, tinged with a chilling cold, the surrounding temperature instantly dropped by more than ten degrees Celsius.

“It’s Her Majesty the Empress!”

Adenasi’s expression turned grim. This was the power of a Forbidden Spell. Had Her Majesty the Empress been pushed to use a Forbidden Spell? After all, Forbidden Spells were extremely powerful magic with wide areas of effect and immense destructive capabilities. Using a Forbidden Spell in the Emerald Forest was tantamount to destroying the remaining habitat of the Elves. If not absolutely necessary, the Elven Empress would never have done so. The appearance of a Forbidden Spell indicated that the situation had reached an extremely intense and dangerous point.

“Your Majesty Winter.” Adenasi turned to Xi Wei, her gaze filled with pleading.

Xi Wei knew what the Elf Elder wanted to say. Without a second word, he planted a Resurrection Crystal on the ground.

And a Mission was disseminated through the King of Winter statues in the players’ backpacks. With the King of Winter statues, the distance restriction for issuing missions had been completely resolved.