Soul of Burning Steel

The sun rises and sets, time passes, and dusk covers the earth again.

Dark clouds surged, covering the stars and the moon, the cold atmosphere spread, and the chaos spread.

Above the sky, a huge magic circle composed of ten rings meshed and rotated like gears. In the middle of each halo, there was a [meaning] inscribed by ancient runes.

Floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, eternal nights, high winds, meteorites, droughts, blizzards, tsunamis and dust clouds.

The name of [Ten Plagues] shone on the top of the sky, and now, the two brightest halos represent [Dust and Mist] and [Eternal Night]. Therefore, the smog composed of countless dust and the sky covered with dark clouds All over the world, the turbid air absorbed all the light.

Even the sun, moon and stars are dimmed.

Except for the roar of thunder across the night sky, the whole world was silent, purple lightning shone across the earth, and the original cities and villages were left with only pale ruins. All fall.

And even the Central District fell into panic due to the disappearance of the supreme leader, the Grand Commander. They retreated in an all-round way, relying on the permanent fortifications on the mountain and underground to defend.

A tense atmosphere lingered in the underground communication room. A number of correspondents shouted in vain to the channels of other provinces, but they were destined to have no response, leaving only their own echoes, sharp noises and meaningless messages. buzzing.

"This is the central area of ​​the Gulf, call Delang Province, please respond!"

"This is the central area of ​​the Gulf, call the province of Babel, please respond!"

"This is the bay..."

"..."

Gradually, all the communicators stopped what they were doing. They looked at each other, smiled wryly, and closed the communication platform with trembling hands.

These people discovered a terrible truth - in this world, maybe they are the only ones left with the ability to call.

In just three days and two nights, since the submarine volcano erupted in Sapphire Port, the Apocalypse Array came and brought countless stone demons, the whole world was captured by the power of chaos, millions of lives died instantly, and the city was destroyed , civilization has been trampled, and there are no screams or howls on the land today, because all those who can make sounds have lost their lives, and only the surviving elves in the shelter deep underground cover their mouths, trembling, and wait desperately for death to come .

After the silently marching stone demons roughly wiped out all life on the surface, they began to march in a certain direction. Their steps were uniform, which made people feel frightened. An earthquake makes the earth tremble.

And their target is the mountain range filled with blue light.

Origin mountains.

When most of the elves were staying in the last shelter, not daring to go out or even fight, there was a group of elves still wandering outside.

On the elite airship dedicated to the Grand Commander, the guards still stayed above the capital of the last dynasty. They were waiting for the object of their allegiance, the supreme leader of the contemporary Elven Federation, Urken Ulanor, to return.

Just after the Grand Commander disappeared into the depths of the ruins alone, not long after, a fresh wind rose from the depths of the mountains, turning all the stone demons into stone statues covered in vines and grass. I firmly believe that this vision was caused by the Grand Commander. He must have activated some ancient weapons left over from the Elven Dynasty that could not be activated due to lack of magic power while the elements are dense now.

Even if it is not an ancient weapon, the Mountain of Origin, as the sacred place in the myths and legends of the Ilgna elves, must contain some great secrets behind it. Although they don't believe in those mysterious rumors, they still have some small hopes, and The Grand Commander may have opened up those secrets.

But before the Grand Commander returned, these guards first discovered a huge creature moving fast in the distance, but because of the dust and fog that filled the sky, they couldn't see what it was.

"What it is?"

"Stone devil?"

"The stone demons should all be imprisoned..."

"It's not imprisoned? Isn't it a stone demon?"

They chatted quickly with each other, but no one knew what the figure hidden in the smoke and dust in the distance was. At the beginning of the disaster, these guards came to the Origin Mountain Range with Urkon. Naturally, they didn't know what happened outside. something happened.

Only one of the guards who had been following the commander vaguely guessed a possibility. With a hesitant face, he said with some hesitation: "You say, could it be that?"

"What that?" The others asked blankly, and they urged: "Say it quickly."

Shaking his head, being urged by his companions, the guard could only conjecture: "Do you think it's the Volcanic Dragon?"

Joshua and his party have already approached the Mountain of Origin.

“This place is completely different from other places!”

Lolanda quickly noticed the difference between this place and the rest of Ilgna's world. He stood up from Hei's back and looked around in surprise. It was full of life, whether it was the wind or the swaying leaves of plants and trees, they were all full of vitality, which made the paladin who had been in the area eroded by chaos for a long time feel suddenly coming from the dark shadows to the bright sunshine.

In addition, the blond paladin also discovered something strange - through the induction of the holy light, he noticed that countless souls were gathering from all directions, and then sank into the depths of this mountain range. What was discovered when the Babel province rescued the local elves.

Although full of resentment towards the stone demon, the elf's soul did not stay in the area where he died, but was called away by some power. Now it seems that that power is located in the origin mountain range, maybe it is Joe The "soul of the forest" in Xiuya's mouth.

He guessed right.

Joshua can also see the soul light floating in the sky. The souls of these elves after death are full of unwillingness, helplessness, resentment and bewilderment. A few days ago, these people were still living a stable life, but now, they are all dead , died at the hands of the Stone Demon. Under the natural disaster called chaos, everything was so sudden that all the elves could not accept their own death. They would have become earth-bound spirits, resenting all living lives, but now, because of the souls of the forest, Guided here.

In the faintly flickering cyan light of life, the grievances of the resentful spirits were purified, and their pure souls sank into the earth, deep underground.

Hei also followed his own instinct and flew all the way towards the center of the mountains. Among the jungles, he could faintly see the remains of huge stone statues and the stone avenue covered by vines and moss. This was the capital of the elf dynasty. Even though no one has set foot there for nearly a hundred years, there are still magnificent relics.

Soon after, they came to the ruins of a city that had been burned by fire.

The place is full of weeds, piles of scorched stones and the remains of buildings, creepers and shrubs are entangled on them, and the wind whizzes past the ruins, blowing shrill noises among the ruins.

"It's here."

Joshua issued an order to make Hei stop running. He turned his head to look around, and then said, "Now, we just need to wait."

"But there's only ruins left here..."

Standing on the edge of the black back, the silver-haired girl frowned and looked around, but she found nothing except the remains of the tower and the main hall. Rin on the side was also observing, but he found something special with sharp eyes——Among the ruins of a great hall, there was a huge statue, and the image of this statue seemed to be an ancient tree supporting the world .

"An ancient tree?"

The boy's mind always turns a little faster than his sister, Lin thoughtfully said to himself: "The soul of the forest..."

He seems to have guessed something.

"When are we going to wait?"

After more than ten minutes passed, Loranda couldn't help but feel a little anxious. His original patience was not so unbearable, but the anxious sense of crisis has always made him unable to wait at ease. Merging into the ground, he said calmly: "There is no need to be so anxious, Lolanda, there is still time."

"Our friend is still dealing with some important things. It has been watching us, so there is no need to rush, just wait for it to be free."

On the airship, the elves clearly saw Joshua and his party entering the Mountain of Origin. They watched each other advance rapidly all the way, even reaching the center of the mountain.

"It's the Volcanic Dragon! There are people on the back!"

"What are they doing there? Does anyone know what it is?"

The sharp-eyed guards quickly discovered the identity of the half-dragon, but they didn't have time to see exactly how many people were on its back. Many people were curious about where the volcano dragon went.

"I know where it is."

There happened to be a middle-aged guard who knew where it was. This elf, who looked much more mature than the other young and strong guards, frowned and said: "There is the mother tree of the elf dynasty, where the great temple used to be...the place of the volcano. What is the dragon doing in that place? Does it also believe in the mother tree?"

Speaking of this, he himself smiled and shook his head in denial: "Maybe he just ran there casually. After all, in the whole world, only the Origin Mountain Range is the safest."

This may be the case. Even if some people are curious about the whereabouts of the half-dragon, most of the other guards have no extra energy to pay attention to what the volcano dragon wants to do. They have been watching each other stay on the site of the original great temple , but didn't have the slightest intention to communicate.

The origin mountain range returned to silence, only the wind blowing through the mountains and forests, and the sound of tides surging among the trees.

This tranquility lasted until ten minutes later, when the earth began to hum.

Under the shocked gaze of the elves on the airship, the earth shook slowly. Starting from the ruins of the Great Temple in the center of the mountain range, the mountain peak slowly cracked a gap, and countless tentacles resembling tree roots were in the gap between the mud and rocks. Hidden, they squirmed and tore apart the earth, revealing a strange and huge underground cave hidden under the mountain peak.

In the cave, countless green light clusters shone with brilliance. They floated and revolved in mid-air, bringing a fresh and biting wind one after another.

Just when all the elves on the airships hadn't reacted, countless tree-root-like tentacles squirmed. They formed a giant wooden hand that could even cover half of the city, and stretched out to the body of the volcanic dragon. forward.

Then, when many guards were so shocked that they could not speak, Banlong stepped onto the giant hand and let it slowly bring himself and the people behind him into the cave at the foot of the mountain!