"Run, good giant!"
The little elf's voice was anxious and melodiously clear.
But a chill of inexplicable coldness crept over Colin's heart…
He scanned the sky once again, yet saw no trace of any enemy.
"Good giant, why won't you run with Nasi! The good giant is too heavy, Nasi can't carry you…"
The little elf was huffing and puffing as she tried to pull at his finger, her wings flapping even faster in her urgency.
"I can't see the enemy, blindly fleeing and exposing our backs to them would be unwise," Colin said cautiously, looking around vigilantly, "Besides, even if we escaped, where could we go?"
"Where to escape?" The little elf paused momentarily, then naturally replied, "Of course, we'd go to my home! My home is amazing, no big baddie can get in!"
"Good giant, please run away with me, the red baddies will be here any moment!"
'Escape to her home…'
Upon hearing this, Colin was slightly startled and hesitated for a moment before quickly removing the Storage Ring from Naris's body.
He then activated the Soaring and Flying Technique and followed the direction Nasi was pulling toward.
"Good giant, you finally agreed to run with me!" Caught off guard, Nasi nearly stumbled, but she didn't mind and instead exclaimed with delight, "Hurry, my home is just ahead, and it's so close!"
Nasi wasn't exaggerating. It was just a few steps away, and under her guidance, they soon arrived at Nasi's "home."
It was a tall ancient tree, with green branches and leaves lush and abundant like an umbrella, and its brown trunk was extremely thick, almost comparable to the great ancient tree in the backyard of the instructor Atbolde's house.
But it was still just an ancient tree… The only thing that might be special was its location, which was relatively open. The surrounding trees seemed to guard it like a king, with a small clearing between them.
Colin couldn't help but give a wry smile… Was the super amazing home Nasi referred to nothing more than this tree?
'However, such a sturdy and heavy tree would serve as a good support for our backs, forcing any hidden enemy to only come at us from the front.'
With another thought, Colin did not stop but continued to follow Nasi quickly forward.
"We're home!" Nasi breathed out lightly, then suddenly turned to Colin and said, "Good giant, wait a moment, I'll open the door for you!"
'Open the door…'
Colin was slightly taken aback.
Rustle!
The leaves in front of them suddenly stirred without any wind.
The evil presence that had vanished before came back over Colin, making him involuntarily swallow.
"Bad news, the red baddie is here! Good giant, hurry up and come with me!"
Colin didn't look back, the inexplicable evil intent crawling over him like slimy earthworms, causing his heart to constrict repeatedly.
The feeling of fear was almost breaking through the limits of his Mechanical Mind!
Such might was certainly not of the First Rank! Perhaps… not even just of the Second Rank!
"Good giant, hurry!"
The little elf Nasi's urging voice came once more, and Colin finally turned his head, his gaze momentarily pausing.
Where he had been relying on the large tree behind him, a spinning vortex about two meters tall, emitting a faint greenish glow, had appeared out of nowhere. The little elf stood beside it, anxiously looking at him!
!!
Colin's gaze sharply narrowed, and he immediately realized what was happening, grabbing the little elf and dashing into the light green whirlpool.
After their entry, the oval-shaped greenish vortex swiftly closed.
Following that, almost the instant the vortex completely vanished.
Boom!
An invisible impact struck the hefty trunk.
The force was so great that even such an immense ancient tree couldn't help but shake, shedding countless leaves.
A dark red figure stood beside the ancient tree.
Naris, the only one among the island's followers with the Divine Bloodline, was already dead... Without the Divine Bloodline, the True Spirit couldn't possibly endure for long.
The wizards had set up another malevolent Witch Array specifically targeting them, these High Rank believers, making it difficult for their souls to return to the embrace of the Lord.
Now, there was almost no hope left for life... He had intended to take revenge for Priest Naris, but that too had fallen through.
"Damn it!"
Thinking this, Wan Lai'er's True Spirit let out a low roar of anger.
But moments later, he calmed down and examined the massive ancient tree closely.
'Small elves... an odd Transmission Gate... Could this be...?'
Wan Lai'er's True Spirit suddenly trembled with excitement... No wonder Naris seemed like he wanted to say something to him a moment ago!
However, this excitement only lasted for an instant.
He looked at his own now ethereal body and let out a silent sigh.
Then he surveyed his surroundings.
Wan Lai'er's gaze passed through the dense forest, taking in the battlefield across the island.
Wizards, in groups, were sweeping across the island like locusts, devastating the believers.
After moving from one place to another, all he saw were scenes of believer being brutally murdered...
'The situation is beyond hope...'
Wan Lai'er sighed, then his gaze returned to the ancient tree beside him.
'I can't let those wizards find out!' His eyes hardened, and he traced a few motions in front of his chest, 'Praise be to my Lord.'
Having done this, he suddenly moved to the edge of the Red Soil Forest and, with a thought, his previously solid True Spirit body began to dissolve.
Like raging tides, the formless dark red mist swirled and spread out in all directions.
"Not good!" In the night sky, three wizards, who had been searching for something, cried out in unison.
"The Pope's True Spirit is indeed still here!" one wizard said.
"No, it's gone now..." the middle aged wizard shook his head: "Wan Lai'er has broken down his own True Spirit ... Quick, disperse the wizards, we three need to join forces to restrain it again, these mists, we must not touch!"
"Understood." The other two responded in agreement.
While they spoke, the dark red mist had already spread to a vast range... covering almost the entire Red Soil Forest and an equally large area on the opposite side, from the edge of the forest.
Within the covered area, the once robust trees withered and decayed in succession, and Nasi's 'home' in the Red Soil Forest was no exception... It seemed to be given special attention, rotting away like soggy cardboard.
In the entire area, everything, even the soil underfoot, was tainted with pollution, turning filthy.
Fortunately, the three wizards joined forces in time to contain the mist and dispersed the wizards, so not too many were injured or killed.
Some time passed, and the situation on Gubier Island stabilized.
The First Rank believers and those above were all slaughtered by the wizards.