Ancient Man in Apocalypse

I found out now.

Earth and Rotos are under Elderwood surveillance.

One tree, one grass, contained Elderwood's will.

So wherever I go, the roots of the tree rise.

Damn it.

Thanks to you, I lost my place to run.

He closed all dimensional doors and dimensional storehouses and fled to Lotus, but the roots of the tree chased him to the end.

At least where surveillance was lacking was the sea.

But it was also a matter of time.

The roots of the tree rose from the seafloor, resting in the sea in front of Shelter's former members.

“Where the hell are you chasing me? ”

When the anger exploded and shouted, the system window broke and the message was output.

― Why run away?

Judeca has also shown great power, but has not changed the system itself.

It's you.

Elderwood, you built the system.

I stood up in front of the roots of a tree holding water.

“Why are you trying to retrieve the Dragon Heart? Why are you attacking me! ”

― Because it's the right path.

“What's the right path! ”

― I can't say. Dragonheart than that · ·

“Fuck off!"

I used the Dimensional Gate to move to Earth.

But I only realized I couldn't escape Elderwood's surveillance.

I will not chase my parents' enemies like this!

I wandered around alternating between Earth and Rotos, cursing in the dark.

I wanted to enter the dimensional warehouse, but Elderwood hesitated not to know what to do.

“You wouldn't touch me so much without me."

His target is a dragonheart.

But he couldn't just run away until then.

Eventually, this ends only if Elderwood turns his mind or dies.

Or I get caught and take my powers away.

“· · · We have to cut him down. ”

The problem is that when Elderwood disappears, we don't know how it affects us.

Woodelves will be sad, too.

We have to convince them somehow.

“It's better to come upstairs. ”

I'm at the top of Mindong Mountain.

There was a fire, the whole mountain was burned to the ground, and there was no abandonment of plants.

But down there, the roots of the tree were forming again.

That's tough.

I was thankful for a short break of less than 10 minutes and recalled what had happened before.

Erosion.

The earth was contaminated by Rotos' ecosystem because of the erosion that occurred in March.

Not only do monsters wander around, but the jungle covers the city.

There were many harmful creatures in the jungle, such as botanical monsters and exploding toads.

It was therefore impossible to reconcile it with the Earth's ecosystem.

I didn't know there were so many green areas in Seoul, but if I hear news from the other side of the river, our forest is disappearing.

The ecosystem of Rotos, with its powerful vitality, feeds on our ecosystem.

“What nature is Apocalypse?

There is one conclusion that can be drawn here.

That Elderwood induced that erosion.

I thought it would be Judeca at first, but I didn't think about it now.

“Judeca said it was a relay.

It was a dragon that handled time and space, so of course it could be said.

But is it possible to spread Rotos' ecosystem?

It's my guess that Elderwood is impossible.

Eventually, as we fight to die with Judeca, Elderwood expands his territory.

This is the final winner.

“That's funny. ”

I got up from the mountain and looked at the vast jungle.

There are numerous flora and fauna and monsters in that jungle.

We humans must do the same.

“I thought what wouldn't happen if I killed Judeca."

Even though Judeca died, they didn't disappear.

But why not kill Elderwood?

That ecosystem will not disappear completely, but further erosion will be prevented.

“Let's kill him.”

After all, this apocalypse ends if you have to kill Elderwood.

But first, we need to find out what he's up to.

I opened the portal to Lotus' Plateau.

And I was terrified.

“What is this? · ·”

There were many different views from the warm landscape that I had seen before.

Numerous flying monsters have flown around Elderwood.

It seemed to have gathered all the Griffons, Wyverns and Drakes of Lotus and Earth.

In addition, numerous monsters roared in the waters around Elderwood.

“You're half monster."

There are too many, but too many.

Are they the ones Elderwood gathered to defend himself?

I stepped over the dimensional wall and went up to the top.

In the middle of Elderwood, she talks to me.

― You're here. I need your strength.

“What the hell are you going to do with retrieving the Dragon Heart? ”

― You wouldn't want that.

“Tell me! If you don't tell me, I'm not going anywhere you don't know! ”

The roots of the tree that was about to attack me immediately stopped.

It was as if I was waiting for my master's orders.

The silence of eternity passed, and Elderwood finally lifted the message.

― My purpose · · It renews the world · · ·

“You've done enough regeneration! Look at Rotos! A healthy ecosystem is growing! What about Earth? It's all as you planned! Isn't that enough?”

― It's just a means · · My true purpose is for this condition to last forever · ·

“· · · In this state? ”

I felt terrified.

If you say it's in this state, it's something.

Isn't that Apocalypse, where humans and monsters compete for survival?

You want this to last forever?

Why on earth?

A curious painting appeared before me.

It was a spectacle that many branches intertwined and produced.

― Ether · · · It's the power that existed from the beginning of this continent · · ·

― There were times when man and nature were in balance.

This is a millennium ago.

The Great Age that Ragony mentioned to wear his fists.

― But someday humans have changed. They wanted to use the great power of Ether for their own good.

Humans joined forces to create a great nation.

That's the Ezekium Empire.

Following the conquest king's blood, they swept the Eterstones with enormous power and merged the surrounding countries.

Thus, an unprecedented giant empire was born.

The wizards who were freely studying magic were part of the state and created ether engineering.

Its ether engineering has evolved dazzling so that it no longer fears monsters.

Nature is destroyed, of course.

The branches painted a real picture of nature's destruction.

It was all human.

They used ether and magic to create a terrifying artifact.

The Rotos we found was after all those civilizations collapsed.

― I hated them · · · Ethers should belong to everyone · · ·

When I saw the message and the time-varying picture, something came to mind.

As Margretta said, the Rotosts lose their purity to ethers.

I thought it was a natural phenomenon, but wasn't it?

“Did you take the ether from humans?"

― It wasn't easy. But it was also something that had to be done. Lotus' humans didn't know how to live with him.

How can we explain the obsession with taking ethers over hundreds of years?

In some ways, however, empathy also went.

Ezekium's chamberlain was clearly too cornered.

They destroyed Lotus' nature, and tried to monopolize the ether.

Not only that, but I woke up Judecarat, who had fallen into a long sleep, wounded and sealed him.

Can be seen as the source of all evil.

But what is this bitterness?

I recall what Ragon said.

― The two shipowners told me that the monsters had erupted while Ezekium and Judeca were fighting. They took down Lotus' civilization with Judeca. But in my view that is not true. Judeca's power is strong, but it can't destroy all monsters.

It was the dragon's explanation that it was impossible, even if it was a full-time dragon.

The same applies to Ezekium, so the answer is one.

Elderwood.

“You took the ether from humans and tormented monsters, didn't you? ”

― I won't deny it.

“I don't think so. ”

The Wizards of Ezekium were able to draw meteorites from enormous distances.

I didn't think it was impossible for Elderwood to collect the enormous ether.

Is it true that this tree used magic to pull out the Silverbee meteorite?

But it didn't make sense.

Elderwood has nothing to do with us.

All I had to do was take a peek at our world.

Or have you seen it before?

“No way you've been here before."

Elderwood replied after a long silence.

― Before Judecara, I had a glimpse of your world. And I was shocked.

Humanity conquered the Earth.

Humanity is the warrant for all things and has achieved a high level of civilization.

But to Elderwood, it seems to be an imbalance.

― I couldn't stand it! You have to reconcile the imbalances of the world and everything.

“Don't force it on us. ”

My voice split without my knowledge.

Hatred of Elderwood has boiled.

After all, it was concluded that it was because of Elderwood that we came to live in Apocalypse.

Judeca was the victim and Ezekium was only a scapegoat.

The source of the end is in sight.

The branches of the sea changed sharply as I dug them up.

He seemed to protest that he could fight at any time.

“Is this what you wanted? ”

― It's not perfect yet · · · I need the dragonheart you recovered for the regeneration of the world · · · So hurry up · · ·

You said you were given a strange quest, and there was a reason.

This Apocalypse isn't enough for Elderwood either.

I answered.

“No.”

― Then I'll force you to take it.

As soon as the message ended, the branches of the sea rose toward me.

Numerous flying monsters rushed in.

There, magic begins to shoot from the branches.

It's enough to attract meteorites, but it's about ordinary magic. You won't even be able to moor.

I really thought I was ready to grind my teeth.

But it is.

“I've lived hard, too. ”

I didn't want to be dominated by a tree.

“If I kill you, this Apocalypse is over! ”

― It will never happen.

You'll see about that.

I pulled the ether blade and ran to Elderwood.

.

When the Holy Spirit hears the truth of this situation.

Dimensional warehouses had a fairly cluttered atmosphere.

because he explained the situation so far.

In the end, Judeca was a scapegoat and people were terrified that Elderwood had a black heart.

Especially Lucia and the Woodelves didn't want to believe it.

“That's ridiculous. There must be some kind of situation. ”

“It is likely that the situation is ridiculous for us to feel. Elderwood has endured hundreds of years and is finally trying to achieve its purpose.

“So what's the point of Elderwood? ”

Key figures gathered near Ragon.

He thought about it for a while.

“Playback.”

“What playback? ”

“The tree wants to regenerate the world. From the name of the quest that Sung-hoon received, it was a playback. ”

“If regeneration is simply the restoration of the ecosystem, it's done. ”

Everyone nodded at the words of the multitude.

Not only that, but it's a jungle, animal and monster environment.

If this is not regeneration, what is regeneration?

But Lagoon had other opinions.

“Let's go back a thousand years. Elderwood at the time was really enormous in size. Woodelves used to call him World Water. ”

“ · · · ”

Lucia, full of tears on her eyes, has only shown positive signs.

According to the Elves' victory, the old Elderwood was huge enough to support the skies of the world.

Although it has grown enormously in the plateau recently, it was the blood of a bird when compared to that of the time.

“The Elderwood was unworthy of humans. Precisely speaking, it was fine during the reign of the Sovereign Kingdom, but I would have judged it spoiled as the empire moved on to Ezekium. ”

“The ethereal engineering that we've developed · · · that was the problem. ”

Lagoon looked at Margretta and Tibbris and said:

“I ask you. What was Ezekium like 100 years ago? ”

“By the time you shouted that everything was possible with ether. I didn't doubt it, believe me at the time. ”

“I swear, Ezekium was full of pride. Even though there was a loss of purity about ethers, I thought that the ever-evolving ethereal engineering would fill that. ”

Margretta laughed, and covered her mouth with her hands.

Perhaps it was Elderwood who lost his innocence in ether?

The findings of the Grand Maze support that.

The storm of monsters that destroyed civilization was neither Ezekium's nor Judeca's.

Moreover, the meteorite that pushed the Earth into Apocalypse was not even conceivable for ordinary beings.

Only Elderwood can accomplish that.

Seok Hyun nodded as he heard the story.

“That's weird. Elderwood obviously asked me to help him then. If you listen to the story, it turns out Elderwood used Judeca, right? Then why was it corrupted? ”

“It wasn't corrupt, it was symbiotic. The wounded dragon's soul must have been a good target for the tree. He sucks up Judeca's power with a squeeze and eventually succeeds in moving back to his place. It's your ball."

Sukhyun eats the fruits of Elderwood and talks about what he planted on the sweet plateau.

The unavoidable gratitude that Bourne used.

“What, a tree used all of us in the end? ”

“As the saying goes, even the Silverbee meteorite explains, but I don't understand wire sickness and zombie fire. ”

Ragoni farted at Jangwon Taek's words.

“Is there a problem with wire sickness and zombie fire when you bring meteorites from that far away? Think about Judeca's research. He was stuck in Rare and studied the soul and the flesh. Who doesn't guarantee that that knowledge didn't go over to Elderwood? ”

“Wire Disease is · · ·”

“Would it be difficult for Elderwood to destroy civilization and regenerate the world? There must have been an endemic disease somewhere. ”

Gorgos, who received his gaze, nods with difficulty.

“If you live underground for a long time, you will experience many strange phenomena. The wire disease you've been through is relatively familiar to us. But it didn't spread widely.

“He's been sucking ether from Lotus for hundreds of years. It's a sheep we can't even imagine. Who will stop you if you develop a wire disease with it? ”

It also caused monsters to rush with the remaining energy.

As a result, Elderwood did not retain the enormity of his prime.

Now, I want to retrieve the Dragon Heart and go back to the way it was.

So far, people have fallen into the crucible of shock.

“Dear world · · ·”

“No, it's world water. Is that what you need to do? ”

“So Elderwood is the cause of all this? ”

The murmur grew, but I was just listening to Seok-hyun as if it meant nothing.

If there was anything as important to him as his friends, it was a bunny headband.

It was natural to lose motivation because it was gone.

He gave him such a gift.

“Seok Hyun, it's a bunny headband. ”

“Ah · · ·”

The same rabbit headband as before.

It looks good for children, but looks pretty good for Seok Hyun.

The baby in the arms of wisdom laughed.

At that time, it was noisy around whether there was a horse fight.

Sukhyun took off his panties and empowered his entire body.

“Shut up!"

“What, what is it? ”

“Seok Hyun, what's the matter with you? ”

People watched the golden glow gather around him.

He is not as strong as the Holy Spirit, but he is also the one who completed the Etherpass.

Lagoon hurriedly said.

“What, what are you doing? ”

“To get out through! ”

“Here? No way! This dimensional warehouse is · · ·”

“It's not my style to think about whether you can or can't! First you do it and then you watch! Aaaaaah!”

A bottle of ether pierced the air.

At this moment, there is no gold in the space, and the wars collapse.

There was a huge spectacle out there.

Countless branches were chasing after someone.

It was Sung-ho.

He takes only the ether blade and defeats the branches and monsters that run to him.

But there were so many enemies that I was paranoid.

Seok Hyun pretended to give people a thumb.

“You've had a lot of help! Some people will live because of the Holy Spirit. Now we have to give it back!”

“Earthquake is right! ”

He was sweet and people looked at each other's faces.

Certainly hundreds of people here were unlikely to have survived without the Holy Spirit.

Even if he didn't think about it, it was clear that he had received considerable help.

The time has come to give it back.

As soon as he reached out his fist as hard as he could, the air was filled with cool air.

“Let's go! We should fight too! ”

Sweetheart mobilized the monsters to go out and people followed him.

One message came to mind in their vision.

― Why don't you try to understand me?

End of Source 1 End