Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 285: The Years Are Prosperous
Rogge had no idea how much impact his casual attack had caused. After all, he didn't know the other party's background and had no intention of getting entangled with him.

He was even a little glad that the other party was not as powerful as he had imagined, otherwise there might be an accident on his long and busy journey.

At this moment, he was following Letalie through the prosperous years.

Unknown glowing creatures like fireflies roamed in the air, dotted like stars. The soft shadows made everything look hazy, and the tall and dense trees clearly showed signs of a very long time.

This is a beautiful and strange forest.

Letalie excitedly introduced everything about her hometown to Roger.

"Master Candle Keeper, this is the Purple Kui tree, which is the most numerous tree in the Forest of Time. They will shed their tough bark, and lavender gel will hang on the lumps. Warriors in the Forest of Time often use its materials to make armor..."

"...We call these fluorescent lights in the air Night Suns. They actually come from the sacred tree, providing nutrition for the plants in the forest. Some naughty children often catch them..."

"And this! This is the berry bush. Its fruit is delicious. It was my favorite food when I was a child. Try it..."

Roger, who was looking around, saw Letalie handing him a few berries with an expectant look on her face. He took them and put them in his mouth without hesitation.

It is full of moisture, sweet and tastes good.

Roger smiled and nodded.

Seeing his affirmative reply, Letalie's eyes suddenly smiled like crescent moons.

As she said this, she planned to climb up the tree and pick a few more shiny fruits for Roger.

But Roger raised his hand to stop her: "Take me to find the sacred tree first."

When Letalee heard this, she immediately reacted.

"Ah, sorry, Master Candle Keeper, I am a little too happy..."

She hadn't been home for a long time, and she was a little too happy for a moment...

So, under the leadership of Letalie, the two of them quickly moved forward in one direction at a very fast speed.

The trees in the forest are dense, and there are also many kinds of shrubs and strange plants, but Letalie shows no signs of getting lost. She keeps moving along the way and moves towards somewhere at a very fast speed.

But when she reached a certain place, Letalie suddenly stopped, looked around, and a look of worry appeared between her brows.

Rogge also looked around and found that there were many tree houses and woven objects made of grass and wood.

There is no doubt that this is the habitat of the Letali people in the prosperous forest.

But strangely, Letalie did not see any tribesmen at this time.

But after Roger looked around, he looked at Letalie: "There is someone underground."

"Underground? That's right!" Letalie was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and then she came to an extremely thick tree. After muttering a few words in a low voice, the tree trunk was pushed aside.

Letalee and Roger walked in slowly.

After walking along the underground dirt road for a while, a nervous voice called out to them.

"Stop! Who's there?"

A humanoid creature wearing bark armor and looking like a mole cricket was holding a spear and looking at the two of them warily.

But he quickly recognized Letalie and said in surprise: "Sister Letalie! You are still alive?!"

Letalie was stunned for a moment, and didn't recognize the other person for a moment. After thinking about it, she said uncertainly: "You are... Xiaotu?"

"It's me, Sister Letalie. It's great that you're still alive. Don't you recognize me?" Xiao Tu breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Roger beside him and became alert again: "Who is he?"

When Letalie saw him raising his spear, she quickly explained that he was the messenger she had invited to help the sacred tree.

After hearing this, Xiao Tu relaxed his vigilance and couldn't help but say, "You've been away for more than ten tree rings. We almost thought you were dead..."

"More than ten tree rings?!" Letalie was shocked when she heard this: "Have I been away for that long?"

"What else? When you left, I was only as tall as your knees..." Xiaotu said.

At this time, he was already taller than Letalie and was as strong as a mountain.

When Letalie heard this, her mind was a little confused, but this was not the issue she was most concerned about right now.

"Let's not talk about this first. Xiao Tu, where did all the tribesmen go? Why didn't I see anyone up there? Why did the bell of the sacred tree suddenly warn me? What happened?"

Letalie asked anxiously.

It was because of the sudden warning from the bell that she decided to use the power of candlelight to help the sacred tree.

But when she first entered the prosperous years, she didn't feel anything unusual.

“Well…” Xiao Tu smiled bitterly and said, “Come with me first.”

Having said that, Xiaotu took the two of them and went deeper underground.

Not long after, the two of them and Xiaotu came to the tribe’s settlement deeper underground, and here they also saw the tribesmen who were hiding.

But those who are here are undoubtedly old, weak, sick and disabled, and the only one who can be called a warrior is Xiao Tu.

Some of the old people were very excited to see Letalie coming, but when they saw Roger, they couldn't help feeling curious and a little afraid.

"After you left, the condition of the sacred tree became worse and worse, and the wood-guarding priests gradually let some young tribesmen leave Suiyu Fansen, but..."

Xiao Tu sighed and didn't continue.

There is no doubt that these young people have lost touch.

"And just before the Three Tree Wheels, the outer dark border began to move abnormally. Some monsters began to gradually enter the Age of Prosperity, and became stronger and stronger as time went by..."

"Under desperation, the wood-guarding priest could only arrange for everyone to take refuge in the underground settlement, while the warriors in the tribe were organized to the border to resist the invasion of those foreign monsters..."

After hearing what Xiaotu said, Letalie suddenly felt a little bit unbelievable. She didn't expect that so many things happened in a period of time that was not long in her memory.

Moreover, judging from Xiaotu's narration, the "sealing" of the sacred tree against the prosperity of the years is gradually losing its effect...

This is not good news.

Thinking of this, Letali looked at Rogge beside her and couldn't help but said, "Candlekeeper, can you..."

But at this time, Roger nodded calmly and said, "It has been resolved."

"Ah?" Letalie was shocked. Roger was standing right in front of her, not going anywhere. How could...

"Solved? How is that possible, you..." Xiao Tu was even more incredulous.

But Roger didn't explain much, he just said to Letalie: "Take me to find the sacred tree."

"Of course, if you don't believe it, you can wait here for a while."

The problems faced by Sui Yue Fan Sen were not big. It was just that some cracks appeared in the "closure", and monsters from the collision of some areas took advantage of the opportunity to sneak in.

A warrior who has experienced many years of hardships may be difficult to kill, but for Rogge it is just a small matter, and he even fills the gap temporarily.

"...No, I believe you, just, just..."

Letalie was a little overwhelmed for a moment. She couldn't imagine Rogge's powerful methods.

But she quickly gave a firm response to express her attitude.

"Come on, Master Candle Keeper, I will take you to find the sacred tree."

Roger nodded and followed Letalie away. Seeing this, Xiaotu wanted to say something but finally said nothing.

With only slag as his ignition point, he was not qualified to feel the power of Rogge, nor could he prove the truth of his words. But since he was the messenger brought by Letali, it shouldn't be...

After hesitating for a moment, Xiaotu said something to his tribesmen and then ran towards the border.

But before he got halfway, he saw dozens of tribesmen wearing bark armor.

"Xiao Tu? Where are you going? Did something happen in the settlement?" the leading warrior asked nervously.

"No." Xiao Tu thought quickly and quickly organized his words: "Sister Letalie brought a messenger. She said that the monsters on the border have been dealt with. I was just about to go and take a look."

"Messenger?" The leading warrior was stunned, then murmured: "I see, no wonder those monsters suddenly turned into ashes, and the cracks were covered by the azure power..."

"what?!"

"Have the monsters on the border really been eliminated?"

Xiao Tu was shocked.

"But he didn't even move..."

"No more words, Xiaotu, where is the envoy?" asked the leading soldier.

Xiao Tu came back to his senses and said quickly: "Sister Letali is taking the messenger to find the sacred tree. Should we go over there quickly..."

"Is that so..." Upon hearing this, the leading soldier sighed slightly and shook his head, saying, "We don't need to go, let's go and treat the injured soldiers."

"Ah? What if..."

"Xiao Tu! Be obedient." The leading warrior frowned, then sighed and explained: "The monsters at the border were destroyed in an instant... That messenger is so powerful, what's the point of us going there?"

"...All we can do now is pray..."

"I just hope Letalie's choice is the right one..."

Having said this, he sighed deeply, with helplessness and a hint of expectation in his eyes.

……

On the way, Letalie was also feeling anxious.

She couldn't help but glance at Rogge and hesitated for a moment: "...Lord Candle Keeper, can I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead." Roger nodded.

Of course he could feel Letalie's uneasiness, but he didn't say anything to comfort her. His actions would prove everything.

"...Why are those warriors called Zhuling so...strange?"

Letalie asked carefully, a little afraid that Roger would be unhappy about this.
But she was obviously overthinking it.

Hearing this question, Roger just found it a little funny.

Weird? That's a very friendly description for those little players...

Thinking of this, Roger also thought carefully about how to answer.

After all, there is a high probability that players will appear in the future, so maybe I should give them some vaccinations in advance...

Thinking of this, Roger considered for a moment and said:

"You may understand that their understanding of the world is... different from that of ordinary people."

"Perception of the world?" Letalie was a little curious.

Rogge nodded: "You can simply understand it as... they regard everything they see as constructed by the spirit candle, including you and me, all other lives, and even the entire world."

"So, they lack the proper...respect for many things."

"But you don't have to worry. Most of them are not bad people, and Candlelight is capable enough to restrict them."

Roger certainly wouldn't explain it clearly to Letalie, but he described it from a different angle.

I believe that this way, Letalie should be able to understand a little bit.

If the other party can accept this point of view, then they should be more tolerant of the players' strange behavior.

"Ah?" Letalie was shocked and found it difficult to understand when she heard this.

But she quickly reacted.

Consider everything in the world to be constructed by spiritual candles...

This... isn't this the ultimate fanatic? !
This is much more fanatical than most of the believers in the Burning Land and the Endless Sea.

After all, no believer would be so fanatical as to believe that the entire world was built by their own god. What everyone recognizes is the primordial fire...

But, how is this possible?

Letali's first reaction was disbelief. After all, these warriors had no respect for Lingzhu at all, and often even spoke disrespectfully...

However, judging from their performance, it seems that it is indeed what the Candle Keeper said.

Why is that?

and many more……

Letalie suddenly remembered that she seemed to have always ignored the language problem between the two parties.

Looking at it now, this group of Candlelight warriors not only have different appearances, but also have their own language, as if they came from another world completely.

Could it be that... in their hometown, the way "God" and "man" get along is just as they show?
Thinking of this, Letalie herself was a little shocked. This way of getting along was unheard of. Could such a place really exist?
For a moment, Letalie's curiosity overwhelmed her awe of Rogge. After hesitating for a while, she gritted her teeth and asked directly about the doubts in her heart.

Hearing Letalee's words.

Rogge looked at her in surprise, thought for a moment, and nodded with a smile: "If you think so, you are right."

"You can think of it as them respecting Lingzhu in their hearts, but not being afraid of him. It's like they get along with each other like close friends."

It’s actually true!
Letalie was shocked once again.

If you think about it carefully, it seems to be true.

After all, if these warriors were really disrespectful and despised Lingzhu, how could they possibly work so hard every day to open up new territory for Lingzhu?
And those new warriors were so fanatical, as if they regarded entering the "world constructed by the spiritual candle" as the highest honor.

All in all, although these warriors do not look like devout believers or loyal warriors, what they do for Lingzhu demonstrates their loyalty and piety everywhere, doesn't it?
Therefore, everything showed that the candle keeper did not deceive her and was telling the truth.

However... for her, it would be easier to understand if she said that these soldiers were just born with weird personalities.

Thinking of this, Letali couldn't help but think of the sacred tree, this sacred and majestic existence in her mind. If they were like Candlelight and its warriors...

No, no, that's going too far!
Letalee, how could you have such disrespectful thoughts about the sacred tree?

Letalie didn't dare to think about it anymore. After a burst of remorse, she buried it deep in her heart.

No matter what Lingzhu and its warriors were like, she felt that she shouldn't have such thoughts.

Seeing that Letalie didn't continue asking questions, Roger was happy to relax.

Not long after, the two finally crossed the lakes and paths that had been filled with years and came to the front of the "sacred tree"...

(End of this chapter)