This darkness was similar to a puddle after rain. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't see the bottom. While she was blinking desperately, something slippery and rough brushed against her boots. "Snake, there is a snake!" Tiede said.

Lit screamed in fright. If she had been calmer and followed the example of her dark-skinned kin, she would have recognized it as just a vine that could move but not bite. The elf grabbed Tanis' arm and wondered why he didn't

Help. Deedlit pulled angrily a few times, until he couldn't pull anymore and realized that he was hugging a tree and struggling with the branches.

"Tancellus?" Teed was worried and scared. She couldn't see anything. Her lover was gone, her friends were gone, and even the red-haired Leon, who was always full of confidence, was nowhere to be seen.

Where have all the people gone? The elf raised his head and shouted again.

Raindrops dripped into her mouth, and the smell was bitter, fishy, ​​and disgusting. The elf frowned.

Where did the rain come from? What’s more, the rain didn’t smell like this. The darkness dispersed without warning, allowing her to see the naked horror clearly. It was leaves. The leaves above her head were dripping water, and the color of the water was dark red. She didn’t wait.

When De came back to her senses, the branches she had hugged earlier turned around her, tightened her neck, wrapped around her waist, and tied her legs.

"Help! Tanserus!" An experienced mage will recite a spell first instead of shouting for help, like a scared little girl.

The branches covered with mucus wrapped around her tightly, stuffed her ears, blocked her mouth, and blindfolded her eyes.

The breeze ruffled her bangs on her forehead, and she stepped onto the neatly manicured lawn. People passing by bowed to her, and Deedlit nodded in return. She had more important things to do, and when she got to a place with few people, the girl couldn't bear it.

He held up his skirt and quickened his pace.

"Dad?" She found her target.

The star chanter turned back and smiled at his daughter. The elf felt heartbroken when he saw it. The corners of his father's eyes were densely covered with wrinkles. He was only three hundred years old, but he was already so old. Not only his father noticed Deedlit, but also his eldest brother Brother Bo.

When he saw her, unlike his father, his brother rarely welcomed his little sister happily.

The chanter's heir always frowns and is always unhappy.

"Tide, why are you dressed like this? You should join the patrol." My brother asked unhappily. "The migration will start soon, and your task will be very heavy."

"Migrate?!" The girl's blue eyes widened.

In principle, unmarried elven women were not allowed to attend meetings. She only occasionally passed by her parents' room and overheard a few words, but never took them seriously. She left the home she never gave up during the War of the Ancients? What should Tancellus do?!

"What about Tancellus!? Why doesn't he go with us instead of going with those outsiders..."

The elder brother returned the silent glare. He had always hated the rangers, but he only did not publicly forbid Tanis from getting close to Deedlit.

Before the brother and sister could fall out, their father intervened in time.

"Come for a walk with me?"

The Starsinger took the angry little girl away so that her elder brother could do more important things.

The father and daughter were walking along the plane trees. Every tree here was old, and the oldest tree was even older than Tiede.

"Tancelus has his own mission, daughter." The chanter patted her hand gently, as if comforting a cat with explosive fur.

"Then if we leave, where will he find us in the future?" Tiede was still young and could not hear the meaning behind his father's words.

"Isn't that better? He can go back to the same kind of people. Maybe he can live a happier life this way." The father stopped, and he took Deedlit's hand. "Daughter, Tanserus is depressed.

It's because he never belonged here."

"If he can complete the mission." The daughter repeated her father's words, looking into the chanter's eyes in disbelief, only looking at the profile. The father and daughter looked really alike. "You simply sent him to die!" the daughter accused.

.

"He is your nephew." If Deedlit intended to use these words to regain her father's feelings for Tanis, she was totally wrong.

The chanter threw off his daughter's hand, and a trace of anger climbed onto his face, making him look even older. "Tancelus is a child born to my sister-in-law. He has never been a member of this family, and neither have you.

Better remember that!"

The father's ruthlessness frightened the daughter, causing Deedlit to run away crying. The hem of her skirt that was too long caused her to fall on the grass halfway. The chanter rushed over and stretched out his hand to help, but Deedlit opened his father's hand and walked away.

As they ran further and further away, the conversation between father and daughter broke up unhappily.

Legolas loved Deedlit deeply, and this was reflected in all aspects. The necklace around Deedd's neck was very beautiful, a string of pure white pearls set off against the rubies hanging down to his chest, and every aspect revealed the painstaking efforts of the craftsman.

The value of this necklace cannot be estimated, and it was so precious that it drove the emperor's daughter crazy.

It is not just a decoration. Tiede once used it as a prop to open the guiding stone into and out of the Eternal Forest. This is just one of its uses.

The magic gem emits a warm light, gradually covering the elf's body. Wherever the light goes, it is like a raging fire, twisted branches, pricking vines, and bloody leaves all shrink back and retreat into dark corners.

The freed elf knelt on the ground, breathing in the rancid air. When she came back to her senses, she found that she had reached the end.

There is a wooden house in the clearing in the forest that can only appear in nightmares. With a creak, the door of the house opens, silently saying: "Welcome."

The Eternal Forest has enjoyed peace for a long time. Thanks to magic and superstitions deliberately spread to humans, no one wants to set foot here. The most dangerous task Tanis has ever encountered was guarding the border more than ten years ago to prevent the evil dragon army from escaping.

Enter the forest.

The humans did a great job, killing all the damn lizards under the evil dragon before they could get into the woods. Tanis witnessed the entire process from a branch, and this was the closest he had ever come to actual combat.

Other times, it was endless patrols, training, and suffering from the cold eyes of Brother Bo, who warned, "Stay away from my sister!"

It's natural for a brother to protect his sister. Tanis doesn't blame him, but he can't do what he asks.

Tidlit is a princess, she can do whatever she wants, and she is quite willful. Elves' minds mature very slowly, and a hundred years old is no more than a human's eighteen or nineteen years old. The two are about the same age, but Tanis always feels that

Deedlit was childish, impulsive, and did things without thinking. He actually jumped out of the guiding stone in full view of everyone. Tanis was not afraid of offending the chanter. He had been assigned a mission with no return, but what happened to Deedlit?

So, if she disobeys her father in front of so many people, will she be able to go home in the future?

The longer Tanis was out, the more Tanis realized that Teed had never considered this issue at all. She might have thought that as long as she appeared again, the Starsinger would definitely open his arms.

She is really a spoiled little girl. Tanis felt the pull on his arm. She is also a frightened little girl, and I want to protect her. Tanis stroked Tiede's hair and comforted her softly.

He grabbed a handful of sticky leaves and spoke to a withered tree. The vines clinging to the trunk were like poisonous snakes, swimming toward him.

The ranger immediately took action, drawing his sword and slashing. He could not see through the darkness either, but fighting did not have to rely on the eyes. When the sword blade slashed, the tree screamed, and there was liquid dripping out of the area hit by him, smelling like

The stench was overwhelming. He continued to attack the place where the sound came from, and every blow felt like he was chopping away at the flesh.

Moonlight shone into the woodland again, and it looked like the rangers had fought off the darkness.

The trees in the forest are dry, cracked, and have been dead for a long time. The carcasses of small animals are hanging on the treetops, including birds and squirrels looking for food. It is their blood dripping on the leaves that nourishes the snake-like vines. It seems.

This ghost thing became the only living thing in the woods.

The appearance of light can be so full of malice.

A black bear walked with heavy steps into the middle of the forest. It was really big, but it was not much shorter than Tanis just on all fours. The priest mentioned the bear, and Tanis moved carefully to keep a safe distance from the big guy.

There are three snakes growing on the broad back of the black bear, each with its head held high, and red snakes moving in and out next to its fangs.

No natural creature could grow like this. The black bear's eyes were dull and white maggots stirred in them. The poor creature had been dead for a long time and had been stripped of its right to rest.

Let me send you on your way. Tanis raised his sword and saluted the black bear. The monster, which was neither a bear nor a snake, roared and attacked. The ranger swung past lightly and cut off two snake heads with one slash. He turned his sword upside down.

Pointed, the moment it passed by, he stabbed the black bear in the butt.

The injured black bear staggered, and its movements slowed down significantly. Very good, one more time will end the battle. Tanis is worried about Deedlit, and he is also worried about others. Since entering this ghost place, everyone has disappeared

.

The snake-bear monster became cautious. It no longer rushed to attack, but slowly approached, relying on its size to suppress Tanis. The rangers were forced to retreat. The black bear was too big to fight head-on. A vine quietly

It wrapped around his foot without any breath, and then another one. Seeing the enemy trapped, the monster howled with joy, and both the bear's and snake's mouths opened wide, vying to be the first to bite this fresh piece of food.

of meat.

He cut off the vine on his left leg, and then slashed at the one on his right leg. He just happened to step aside when the giant bear rushed up, but unfortunately his weapon fell on the spot. Plants don't have eyes, so they seemed to mistake the long sword for

Tanis, it gets tighter and tighter. A bear can't do that, it has four eyes.

I still have my bow, and Tanis is not alarmed.

The rangers retreated and shot, and it took more than ten arrows to bring down the monster. The bear's front legs died, and darkness came, and the road became blurry again. Tanis had no time to hesitate, and while he could still see, he

He rushed out of the woods as fast as he could.

The moonlight filled the clearing in the forest, turning the building that was integrated into the big tree pale, and also illuminated the two rows of footsteps leading to the cabin. As soon as the door opened, the ranger walked in.

One set of footprints was left by a nun, and the other set belonged to Deedlit. How could he not recognize it?
Chapter completed!