usurping the throne

In his last life, when he was still an otaku, Levant once read a certain passage about heavy chicken soup and a bit of secondary school.

The general meaning is - in this world, everything from mountains, rivers and waters to flowers, birds, fish and insects are all drawn by the red thread in the dark.All the people you have met and everything that happened around you are connected by this 'red thread'.This red line is called karma.

The reason why he recalled such a long time ago, and thought of this sour sentence, was entirely because he felt that he had truly touched this so-called 'karma'.

The ring that Steven sent back, when he was studying the spell seal, he felt that it seemed familiar.When the seal was released and he saw the line of inscriptions, his feelings became more certain.

This inscription does not belong to any kind of script, but Levant can clearly identify it.

This is because this inscription is the same as the forbidden curse that was broken when the emperor was reborn in his previous life.

It was the inscription that said there was a demon king inside the seal.As a result, Levant unlocked the seal. There was no devil among them, only the one pushed out by the devil's fate. He traveled through the memory of the former otaku.After that, he was inexplicably reborn.

But today, he actually saw the same inscription on the ring again.

Could it be that there is any connection between his rebirth and the person who left the ring?

After deciphering the text on the ring, the meaning can be translated as [There is a passage at the root of the tree of life in the forest of elves.That channel can lead to the big world, and it is not connected to any channel on this land, and it exists completely independently.Changes in other channels cannot change it.However, for some reason, that passage has now been sealed.Warning everyone, don't try to break that seal. 】

seal?Another seal?Levant tapped his chin and looked at the other side, Sam who had already packed everything and was ready to go to the forest of elves. "Wait, I'll go with you."

Looking back now, Levant's rebirth seems to be a mystery.In the end, his rebirth was due to breaking the seal, and the memory before time travel caused him to be reborn due to emotional fluctuations.Or was it because of other 'something' hidden in the seal after the seal was released that made him reborn?

It seems that the things left by the predecessors have to be put away first.

As a matter of urgency, Levant wants to understand the mystery behind his rebirth.He had a strong intuition that the answer was in the forest of elves.

Since the boss wanted to go with Sam, Steven and Garfield, who were worried that Sam wanted to be with him, immediately gave up their original idea.

The first is because in terms of protection, Levant alone is worth a hundred of them.Second, because the workload of the mercenaries to deal with the aftermath is huge, they haven't finished it yet, and they are really busy.

So suddenly, Levant and Sam cleaned up briefly, bid farewell to the few people left behind, and came to the edge of the human empire from the teleportation circle.

Unlike the Orc Empire, there is almost no boundary between the Human Empire and the Forest of Elves.There is a huge wasteland between the orc empire and humans, and the dark forest is around the border of the human empire.The forest of elves and the dark forest are almost indistinguishable.After crossing the dark forest, you can reach the forest of elves.

As for the wilderness, there are still some people who dare to cross there to go to the Beastman Empire, but almost no one dares to enter the dark forest.

Because there are all kinds of strange giant plants in the dark forest, as well as large carnivorous animals of indistinguishable species.In addition, the dark forest is like its own name, the trees are tall and block the sun from the sun.The way people use the sun to identify the direction in daily life is completely ineffective in the dark forest.These add up to create the horror of the dark forest.In the past, there were indeed those who were bold and dared to go in.But among those who went in, none of the ten people could come out.

It was almost evening when Levant and Sam came to the dark forest.After coming out of the teleportation array, neither of them wanted to waste any more time, and wanted to go directly through the main city into the dark forest.

But the sky failed. After the two of them left the teleportation formation, people kept surrounding them, "My lords, you seem to be mercenaries who have accepted the mission? Would you like to come to our hotel? There is hot water, and Food and drink."

"Come to our hotel. The price is cheap. If you two like it, I can give you a lower price."

"No, my lord, come to our house?"

The group of people surrounding it is exactly the sight of a small hotel at the entrance of the train station.Levant was attracted by the topic they were talking about, so he rarely stopped and asked one of the people who stopped him, "What mission are you talking about?"

"Hey? Didn't the two adults come here for a mission? Oh, then, it's not safe here at this time."

The other boss saw Levant and the others stop, and came over to chat, "Isn't it, our city has been full of mercenary masters who came here on purpose recently, and even the atmosphere has become very tense."

Levant: "What the hell is it?"

The boss patted the wooden board on his chest, "What's the matter? The beast tide is coming!"

At a fixed time every year in the dark forest, for unknown reasons, a large number of wild beasts would rush out of it, rushing into the villages to attack the villagers and kill the livestock.The villages in this place are destroyed and rebuilt, rebuilt and destroyed.In the end, this place became a more terrifying place than the Plaguelands, and no one dared to come here.

Later, thanks to the current city lord who tried his best to build a large and strong main city, the place gradually returned to prosperity.It's just that the beast horde remains the same every year. In recent years, the scale of the beast horde has grown larger year by year, and the city lord's guards can no longer guard the place. The city lord has no choice but to hire mercenaries from across the country to eradicate the beast horde.

Unfortunately, when Levant and the others arrived, it was just in time for the arrival of the beast horde.

Levant: "So now you can't go to the Dark Forest?"

The two innkeepers looked like [Are you kidding me?] "Go to the dark forest? Let's not talk about how the two of you have such thoughts of courting death, just say that usually, you may die slowly if you go in. Point. If you go in now, you will definitely run into a wave of beasts, and I’m afraid there will be no bones left!”

Both Levant and Sam smiled and did not take up the topic.

The boss didn't pay attention to their expressions and continued: "Besides, the whole city is blocked now, and you can only enter through the teleportation array, and you can't get out. If you two come here for a stroll or want to go to the edge of the dark forest, you must first go to the gate of the city. Can't get out. So I advise you two, go back through the teleportation array now."

Seeing that the boss was also kind, Sam smiled and said, "Then let's go shopping again. They're all here anyway."

No matter when and where, 【Come is coming】is a universal mantra.Several bosses enthusiastically introduced the location of their hotel in the city, and by the way introduced the places to have fun in the lower city, and they dispersed.

Levant and Sam walked through the main city and arrived at a remote city wall.Seeing that there was no one around this place, Levant drew out the flying sword, stepped on it, and pulled Sam onto the flying sword by the way, and the two of them crossed the city wall and flew towards the dark forest together.Regarding the beast tide, Levant has enough confidence.With the addition of Feijian, the direction of the dark forest is not a problem at all.This is not a big deal, but absolute self-confidence.

Feijian was extremely fast, and within a moment, he came to the edge of the dark forest.As soon as he entered the dark forest, Sam's complexion was a little ugly, and as he walked in, the paler he became.In the end, the whole person was on the verge of falling, almost unable to stand up.

At first Levant thought that Sam was just dizzy with the flying sword, but later seeing that Sam's condition was getting worse, he stopped the flying sword and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Sam: "Chest hurts. There's something in this dark forest. The deeper you go, the more it hurts."

"Is that so?" Levant stepped on the flying sword and flew back, "Do you feel better?"

Sam: "Yes, the pain eases away from the center of the dark forest."

Levant looked at the distance ahead and thought that if he dared to fly over, he wondered what would happen to Sam's body.So he could only fly back to the main city temporarily with the flying sword.

After landing, Levant and Sam found a small hotel nearby and asked for two rooms. After arranging Sam in the room, Levant was not in a hurry to go back to the room, but sat next to Sam's bed, waiting for the expression Gradually getting better, I asked, "Can you feel the reason?"

Sam shook his head: "I can't feel it. But it should be related to the heart of the elves."

Levant: "How?"

Sam: "Every time I get close, the part where the elf's heart was dug out will hurt. At first, I didn't pay attention because it hurt too much. Only when I completely got out of the range of the dark forest can I clearly distinguish it."

Levant pondered: "Could it be that this beast tide is related to elves?"

Sam: "I don't know." After losing the heart of the elf, his appearance has also changed a lot.Now it looks like a human being, but it is taller than the average human being.And after being dug out of the heart of the elf, although he survived, his body was not as good as before.There is not much blood on his face, and he will be panting if he exercises a little bit more, and his perception will also decrease.

Sam couldn't give Levant an answer, so Levant could only go back to his room quietly, decided to rest after a while, and went to the depths of the dark forest to see what happened there.

Walking out of Sam's room, Levant was stopped before he could return to his own room.The boss who once said hello in front of the teleportation array called Levant enthusiastically, "Oh, my lord, you actually came to our hotel. Where is the other lord? Why? Shall I take you to find it? Fun?"

Levant waved his hand to reject the 'have fun' proposal: "That's not necessary. But boss, I just happened to ask you something."

The boss enthusiastically said: "Speak." After he finished speaking, he patted himself on the forehead: "It's so boring to stand here, go downstairs, go to the pub and I'll treat you to a drink, while you drink, let's talk slowly."

Levant himself had quite a few questions to ask, and he nodded acquiescingly, "That's fine."

The two sat at the bar of the tavern, and the boss ordered a glass of wine skillfully, then pushed the glass to Levant: "You ask."

Levant pointed to the outside of the hotel: "Every time the beast horde comes, is there anything special about it? For example... how does the dark forest feel?"

The boss squinted his eyes while holding the wine glass, lost in thought, and smiled for a moment. : "Don't talk about it, if you want to say it's special, the beast tide before the Dark Forest is really nothing special. But since eight or nine years ago... the beasts that ran out of the Dark Forest suddenly became very manic, and It was also after that year, and every year after that, the scale of the beast tide will expand."

Levant's hand holding the wine glass twitched uncontrollably when he heard the time.

Eight or nine years ago...?

In terms of time, it happened to be when he was reborn! ?

This is a coincidence?Or is there really any necessary connection?

The author has something to say: just every update can't catch up with 00:00. It's very hopeless.

PS, thank you for the Bawang ticket in Maoqiguniang Hutong Alley.It cost money.Thank you little angel.