Chapter 199 Forest Princess
Everyone was stunned as they stared at the girl in front of them who claimed to be the princess of the Spirit Rat Clan.
The girl in front of him was very short, or at least from the outside, she was about the same height as a dwarf, maybe even shorter. And the figure is not as strong as a dwarf, but very slender. To be honest, in Duanmu Huai's view, this girl is more like the size of a walking Barbie doll...
"We are just a group of travelers."
Duanmuhuai came to Milfi and stared at her. To be honest, in front of Duanmu Huai, Milfi looked even smaller, almost as big as a figure.
"Then, please leave here."
Although looking at Duanmuhuai made Milky a little uneasy, she still took a deep breath and stared at Duanmuhuai calmly.
"This is a cursed place. Anyone who walks into it will be cursed."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.
"If you don't mind, how about you tell us in detail?"
"…………Of course."
Soon, Melfi explained the situation of this underground world to everyone in detail.
According to Melfi, this underground world was once an extremely hot furnace, and the blazing flames gathered into a red river, burning day and night. Later, a sapling appeared in this scorching place. It was not wiped out by the flames. Instead, it thrived and turned into a towering tree. Under the influence of this big tree, the originally roaring and raging flames gradually disappeared. Then countless grass and trees grew out of the dust-covered earth, forming a brand new, wonderful and huge underground world.
At that time, many races were attracted here. Later, these races also received the blessing of the golden tree, became more and more powerful, and formed civilized countries one after another.
Among them are humans, orcs, giants, and even existences of the spirit rat race such as the Moon Rabbit Demon and Melphie. They were in this underground world together, living a peaceful and peaceful life without any disputes with the world.
Soon, however, all this changed.
One of the tribes suddenly claimed that they had obtained the guidance of the golden tree and required all races to believe in the golden law - this immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of many other tribes, although each tribe did regard the golden tree as their belief Partly, but because of different civilizations, their interpretations of the golden tree are also different.
The actions of this tribe looked to others like they were planning to monopolize the golden tree, which was naturally intolerable, so soon a war broke out.
But I have to say that this golden tribe is indeed powerful. They finally defeated other tribes, captured their faith and power, and used this power to cast the Golden Law. Only a few tribes escaped, such as the Spirit Rat Tribe of Milfi. After all, rats are good at escaping. When the Golden Tribe came over, the Spirit Rat Tribe immediately moved their families and fled underground. On the periphery of the world, a small city was built here to hide from the influence of the Golden Clan.
After that, the Golden Clan flourished for a while, occupying almost the entire underground world known as the "Borderland".
However, what goes up must come down. The Golden Law, which was once the source of the power of the Golden Clan, was completely broken for unknown reasons. Then a terrible curse suddenly broke out and swept the entire Golden Clan.
Melfi didn't know what happened. She only knew that the golden clan who were once blessed under the Golden Law had now turned into half-dead monsters. Their wills had fallen into madness and turned into monsters full of hatred and distortion. . The remaining leaders of the golden clan seem to be collecting fragments of the golden law to reshape the world's laws.
Of course, those races that had escaped the slaughter of the Golden Clan did not want to take advantage of this opportunity to recapture the Golden Tree. They organized an army and tried to enter the royal city of the Golden Clan and recapture the Golden Tree. However, the curse and madness on this land exceeded their expectations. The entire expeditionary force was completely wiped out, and only a few unconscious survivors reluctantly returned.
However, that's not all that's terrible.
Those survivors who finally came back brought back a terrible infectious disease that could infect everyone close to it, turn them into madmen, and then turn them into ashes in the flames. This disaster also severely damaged the vitality of those races that had not been wiped out. After that, no one dared to approach the golden tree again, and the same was true for the spirit rat tribe led by Melfi. They had been lingering at the junction. On the outside, monitor everything and prevent outsiders from entering the border area.
"Therefore, please leave here immediately."
After telling the story about this land, Melfi stared at them and spoke again.
"This land has been cursed. Anyone who steps into it cannot return. Please leave immediately!"
"Even if you say so, I will not give up."
Of course, Duanmu Huai would not just turn around and leave because of this. In fact, after listening to Milfi's words, he became more and more interested in the golden law. Moreover, Duanmu Huai just compared this land with the real map and found that the large land from the southern territories to the Skaven Demon City almost overlapped with this place.
Now that this world has become fragments, it means that this world has been destroyed in reality.
So what was the reason for its destruction?
It is now obvious that this world, like the Holy City and Manalia, has fallen into an infinite loop. However, every infinite loop has a reason.
The reason for the destruction of the Holy City was that the monks of the Mechanicum summoned the hell demon, the King of Ice Hell.
The reason for the destruction of Manalia was the war between Manalia and Regnis started by the evil dragon Fafna.
So, what about this borderland?
What led to its demise?
Moreover, is that power... related to the Skaven? According to Milfi, the golden tree initially gave many races power, which enabled them to open up their spiritual intelligence and even evolve into humanoid races. Like Milfi, Duanmuhuai and the others encountered them in the periphery. The rat guards who arrived were all still in rat form. But Milfi only resembles a mouse in its ears and tail, and is no different from humans in other places.
Isn't that what the Skaven are like?
Originally they were just rats, but later for some reason they developed intelligence and became an intelligent race - in fact, the Skaven seem to be the only ones on the entire planet.
After all, whether they are dwarves, humans, high elves or ogres, the orcs can clearly verify their origins. Only the Skaven belong to a race that appears inexplicably after birth.
It was as if there were no rat-men in this world, and suddenly one day the rat-men emerged from the cracks in the rocks.
They are not monkeys, is it possible?
Besides, there are so many animals, why don’t they have to be rat men? Not pigs, sheep, cows, nor tigers or lions. In terms of quantity, there are millions of times more cockroaches than rats.
But let’s forget about the cockroach star who is full of muscles. He will probably faint immediately after looking at it.
Duanmuhuai always had an intuition that this fragment of the world was likely to have some inseparable relationship with the birth of the Horned Rat and the Skaven.
And all the secrets are hidden in the golden tree.
"We have decided to go to the Golden Tree, Your Highness Milfi. You may think our choice is stupid, but we also have things we have to do, so I am very sorry that we cannot comply with your request."
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"Yeah..."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Milfi lowered her head dejectedly, but at this moment, suddenly, another voice sounded.
"In that case, how about I go with you?"
Hearing this voice, Duanmu Huai and others raised their heads and looked into the depths of the forest. They saw a girl walking out of the forest. Similar to Melphie before, she also had a pair of furry animal ears and She has long golden hair, but compared to the Barbie-like Melphie, this girl's body shape is not much different from that of an ordinary human girl. She wears a skirt and armor, and holds a huge shield with a long sword in her hand. . A pair of azure eyes sparkled with curiosity and excitement.
"I have seen what you did just now. You are able to defeat the guards of the big tree so easily. You are indeed an extraordinary traveler. Since you have decided to go to the Golden Tree, can you take me with you? ?”
"Your Highness!"
Seeing the appearance of this girl, Milfi screamed in surprise, and Duanmuhuai also looked at her.
"You are..."
"Ah, hello, this is the first time we meet. I am the forest princess, Mystrina, and I am barely the protector of this forest."
The girl named Mysterina smiled slightly at Duanmuhuai, and then bowed.
"I wonder if this powerful Iron Warrior will allow me to come with him?
"Your Highness, please don't make such hasty remarks!"
Before Duanmuhuai could speak, Milfi spoke with a pale face.
"You are the guardian of the forest. What would happen to the forest without you..."
"I know that very well, Melphie."
However, Mystrina interrupted Melfi with a serious face.
"You should also know very well that the current forest is becoming more and more weakened, the curse has begun to spread and spread, and even we will always have a day of no retreat. Therefore, I hope to go to the Golden Tree and communicate with the Earth Dialogue with the mother may be able to find the root cause of all this. At least, this is better than staying here and watching everything worsen and doing nothing.”
Having said this, Misterina looked at Duanmuhuai again.
"This powerful steel warrior has proven his strength by being able to defeat the tree guards with his bare hands. Since they are not planning to leave, don't you think someone familiar with this place would be more helpful?"
"Yes, but in that case I can also..."
"You're right."
Hearing what Melphi said, Mystrina nodded with a smile.
"Then, come with me."
Then, she spoke.
(End of chapter)