Chapter 1430: Twin Tree of Fate
Gu Qing Shan fled for a bit with the man and hid behind a large tree.
“Have you ever seen this girl?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
A ma.s.s of light manifested on top of his hand to display Reneedol’s form.
The man shook his head: “Never seen her. In the elves’ territory, we’re only allowed to do the lowest of lowly jobs, there are a lot of places that servants aren’t allowed to enter”
“What about slaves then?” Gu Qing Shan questioned further.
“They’re the same, and if such a beautiful girl really was a slave, she would definitely be the personal belonging of a certain Elven Lord, I would never have been able to see her” the man replied.
Gu Qing Shan commented: “Furthermore, the elves would not grant the name ‘Reneedol’ to a slave”
“Yes” the man affirmed.
Gu Qing Shan briefly pondered and said: “Don’t speak”
He raised his hand to form a clenched fist.
——–[Blessings of the Past Worlds]!
A suffocating sensation struck him.
Gu Qing Shan didn’t sit still this time, instead, he began to adjust the state of his body and mind, preparing for the descent of the World’s Law.
—–he was gradually figuring out the correct method to no longer burn himself out from the beginning.
The darkness around him slowly faded as a different world that was hidden in the darkness appeared within Gu Qing Shan’s perception.
A boundlessly vast and grand ent.i.ty laid there, slowly breathing their last.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
“The Law Behemoth… seems to be injured”
He silently recalled the Elder’s teachings, then began to respectfully ask that ent.i.ty with a tone of concern:
“Venerable lord manifestation of Law, I am Rhode of the World Valley, how may I be of use to you?”
That ent.i.ty twitched a bit, then weakly replied: 「 So it was someone from the World Valley, no wonder you were able to see me, but you cannot help me, I will require nothing less than the lengthy pa.s.sage of time in order to recover 」
Gu Qing Shan cautiously asked: “What happened here?”
The Law Behemoth replied: 「 A certain ominous Fate had begun. And I, as the foundation of Law, one directly responsible for this Causality, I cannot put the truth of Fate into words. I must remain silent 」
Gu Qing Shan said: “You do not need to explain anything, venerable one, please give me a small bit of insignificant guidance and I shall look for the truth myself”
The Law Behemoth spoke: 「 Very well, I can tell you one thing. At the border between the elves and giants, there exists a great tree that covers the sky. That was something that I had invited many other Law Behemoths to aid me in order to sow the seeds of, the Great Tree of Fate, originally… 」
「 Hah 」the Law Behemoth sighed heavily, then continued: 「 If you can arrive before the tree withers away, you will find your answer 」
「 Be on your way, boy from the World Valley. The elves and giants have already begun their war, if you are late, you will never be able to arrive 」
The Behemoth has hidden again.
The world of Law and Origin power had vanished from Gu Qing Shan’s vision.
The profound sensation from before had disappeared, but Gu Qing Shan still had no idea what the other party was talking about.
Perhaps I will only learn the truth by personally taking a look.
Gu Qing Shan wiped the sweat from his forehead and lightly sighed.
—–I’m still a bit tired.
I wonder when I’d reach Boss’ level, capable of reinforcing myself with the power of the world in order to perform enduring combat.
While he was thinking, a series of noises would be heard from the dark forest.
Sha… sha… sha…
Gu Qing Shan concealed his presence, lowered his head, and silently waited.
Not too long later, 7-8 figures appeared in his inner sight.
It was a group of humans with both men and women, all of them wearing tattered clothing, some of them were still wearing shackles on their legs.
“They’re on our side” the man said.
He put his fingers on his mouth and imitated the call of a bird.
The group of men and women stopped.
One of them made a gesture for the others not to move.
He stepped forward and whispered: “Silver Arrogance”
The man then imitated a long bird call.
The other man relaxed, then waved to everyone behind him:
“No need to worry, it’s Little John”
The others smiled.
“It’s ok, it’s sir Knight”
“He also managed to escape!”
“Come on, let’s follow him”
They whispered to one another.
Gu Qing Shan asked the man called Little John: “Why didn’t you just show yourself earlier? Was the secret signal really necessary?”
Little John explained: “It couldn’t be helped; the elves like to disguise themselves as runaway slaves and slaughter those who lower their guards”
Gu Qing Shan shook his head: “This forest is truly dangerous”
Both sides met up.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the group of people.
Both the men and women appeared healthy and well-built, but because of the shackles they were carrying, their powers were sealed off, unable to exert any of it.
Gu Qing Shan drew his sword and broke their chains.
“Head in the Southwest direction, there’s a small winding path there that will eventually take you straight to the River of Fate, as soon as you follow the River of Fate downstream, you’ll regain your freedom” he told everyone.
They all uttered a stifled cheer.
“But we still haven’t gotten our revenge” Little John suddenly said.
He wiped the rainwater off his face and loudly told everyone: “Have you forgotten the suffering we’ve faced being enslaved by the elves? If we won’t come up with a way to get back at them for that humiliating period, what kind of warriors would we be!?”
Seeing how their fighting spirits were about to be relit, Gu Qing Shan scowled: “What revenge? With just the few of you here, you’re no match for the elves at all, just go”
When Little John was about to say something else, Gu Qing Shan didn’t want to waste any more time.
He equipped the t.i.tle [Reality’s Most Amorous Man] and activated its t.i.tle Skill.
Gu Qing Shan told them: “The giants and elves are about to go to war. If you really want to take revenge, head to a city either upstream or downstream and recuperate yourselves, once both their sides have suffered enough casualties and settled back down, there would still be time for you to take revenge”
Everyone was surprised.
“That makes sense” Little John confirmed before anyone else.
“My G.o.d, he really convinced me”
“That does make a lot of sense”
“Indeed, that’s the best plan”
“Come, let’s head out!”
Everyone discussed among themselves, then quickly prepared to leave.
Little John handed a silver medallion to Gu Qing Shan and patted his shoulder: “You’ve saved all of us, please keep this medallion and come visit Silver Arrogance at any time, I’ll be sure to thank you for everything”
Gu Qing Shan accepted the medallion and urged them: “Make sure to stay safe on your journey, now go”
Little John nodded resolutely.
He took a few steps back, turned around, then followed everyone.
Gu Qing Shan stood still.
It was only when they couldn’t see him any longer that he softly said: “Come out”
Dong.
Dong.
The earth trembled.
A giant that was ten meters in height walked out from the darkness.
「 Small and feeble lifeform, what was the power you used to focus on me? 」 the giant asked.
“Sword will” Gu Qing Shan replied.
「 I was able to sense your will, so I waited until they had left before I came out to see you 」 the giant said, then took a step back and slightly bowed.
He appeared to be quite old.
Seeing that, Gu Qing Shan also clasped his fist.
Reneedol said that the giants were a cruel, malicious, selfish, and heartless race.
But the giant I see here doesn’t seem to want to fight.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly recalled the giants he had seen within Huang Quan.
Not all of the giants there were always immersed in killing and slaughter.
Some of them even helped me in the end.
Gu Qing Shan retracted his killing intent and asked: “Your grace, why did you remain hidden in the darkness to peek at us?”
「 I had seen everything that happened earlier. Not only were you powerful, but you also spoke words that made a lot of sense, and your words were not only easy to the ear, but also contained the power to subconsciously change one’s thought process—- I want to invite you to join us and became the mediator between us and the elves 」the giant said.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.
“Mediate?” he asked.
「 Yes, there really is no issue with Reneedol leaving us, as there was still the other fruit born by the Twin Tree of Fate. While she is still tiny and weak, both of our races could cooperate to raise and nurture her, helping her grow 」the giant said.
Gu Qing Shan replied: “Wait a minute, can you explain everything to me from the beginning?”
The giant sighed, then said: 「 The war has already begun, we do not have much time. I can only summarize what happened for you 」
“Please go ahead” Gu Qing Shan nodded.
The giant cleared his throat, then said: 「 Long, long ago, the Twin Tree of Fate bore two fruits, handing down with them a prophecy. It was said that these two fruits require the shelter and aid of our races of giants and elves in order to grow 」
「 Once they had awoken, the elves and we would both welcome a powerful guardian of Fate of our own 」
「 These two guardians were both immensely powerful, capable of helping we giants and elves triumph against many of our future plights, becoming the most powerful civilizations on this world 」
「 ——–when the two fruits appeared on the tree, one of them took up the position to heed the light of dawn, blocking the light from reaching the other fruit, displaying both its immense beauty and potential 」
「 The elves favored this fruit of Fate, calling her ‘Reneedol’ 」
「 They meticulously protected this fruit, even resorting to secretly interfere to ensure the majority of the Tree of Fate’s power to nurture and raise this fruit 」
Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask: “What about the other fruit?”
The giant replied: 「 The other fruit had never said a single word, it was only when we discovered the elves’ shameless act and prepared to fight against them that she finally spoke up 」
The giant appeared reminiscent, then explained: 「 That fruit told us that ‘Reneedol’ was her older sister, that her older sister was only desperate to grow stronger that she was in so much of a hurry, so she begged us not to be petty for her sake 」
「 As the guardian had spoken, we could no longer compete against the elves 」
「 Most of the Twin Tree of Fate’s power continued to be absorbed by ‘Reneedol’, leaving only the littlest bit left for the other fruit 」
「 After many years, during the past few days, the fruit called ‘Reneedol’ suddenly sucked the Twin Tree of Fate’s power completely dry, then silently left this forest before the tree became withered 」
「 ——the elves did everything to help her grow, only for her to ultimately discard them 」
「 And so, the elves are now trying to compete against us for the remaining fruit 」
The giant uttered a heavy sigh, then continued: 「 In this current situation, we giants and elves really should not be fighting a war, but gathering both of our races’ power to think of a way to save the Twin Tree of Fate 」
「 This would be the only way for the remaining fruit to also survive 」
「 She is our only remaining hope 」
Gu Qing Shan’s heart suddenly began beating faster.
He maintained his calm and lightly asked: “Please tell me the name of the other fruit”
The giant replied: 「 She resides at the back of the tree, never once had she been able to see a ray of dawn light, nor the immense sunlight at noon, only at sunset would she be able to bask in its dimming light 」
「 Because of that, we called her—- Dusk 」