Greenwood led the group through a secret footpath in the castle and into a hallway, with glowing green tree roots passing through the walls.
“The roots of the tree go through the entire empire, but not many know that. The heir of the tree is capable of seeing all life and knowing all memories,” Greenwood said.
“Hmm, with the power that this tree shows, shouldn’t it be capable of controlling the whole world?” Silva asked.
“Well, it can. That’s why its name is the World Tree. It’s supposed to be the link to all life.
The World Tree was known as the Tree of Life and Death, and the tree was located at the center of life, which is where the empire is now situated.
The tree was run by the celestials and the demons, used to create and grant life as well as take it. But the demons had a plan that changed everything.
All of a sudden, the demons used the tree behind the backs of the celestials to create a new race, one so powerful that it shook the balance.
They created the black dragons, a race filled with demon blood, dragon blood, and celestial blood,” Greenwood said and looked at Silva.
“Wait, three of their bloods? This is the first time I am hearing of this. You mean I have celestial blood? The demon blood I can understand, but celestial?” Silva asked.
“Well, the amount of celestial blood that they put in your race is very little, but it acted as a way to increase the base strength of the dark dragons.
But this is your question? I thought you’d be shocked that celestials and demons could make races,” Greenwood said.
“Well, why would I be shocked at that? You told me that the name was the Tree of Life and Death; the celestials and demons had control over it.
So that simply tells me that they could create races, and those races could grow and be powerful. Ophelia seems ever so busy, so I can understand why she would allow the creation of races to the demons and celestials,” Silva said.
Greenwood stopped in his tracks after Silva said that.
“You know about Ophelia? I know she has many worshippers, but you spoke like you know her personally. Not even the demon kings or heroes have that access,” Greenwood said.
“There are things that, even if it meant death, I can’t tell you, because lives are tied to it,” Silva said. frёewebηovel.cѳm
“I can understand that. It makes sense,” Greenwood said. “So back to the dark dragons. They became the most powerful race, and they ruled over the dragons, taking the seat of the red dragons.
All this was what led to the demon and celestial wars, the war that changed the world. But during that time is when we found out that the celestials were prepping the humans the same way that the demons made the dark dragons.
But they lacked the time and the resources to make them extremely powerful. However, the humans were pretty powerful, and they helped the celestials in the war.
While the demons had all other races under the leadership of the dark dragons. The war was almost shattering the world. But then, from what we know, Ophelia sealed the demons and the celestials.
After they were sealed, the World Tree sought out a race that would take control of it. But the dragon races, which were to have it, were too chaotic.
The next best choice seemed to be the elves, and so we took over. It has been like that for thousands of years,” Greenwood finished his story.
“So why are you elves incapable of creation? It looks like the World Tree is weaker than it was back then,” Silva said.
“We can’t, because to create a new life, you need the power of the divine, a power that demons and celestials have.
So to us, it’s more of a loving protector that keeps the elf race alive,” Greenwood said. They finally arrived at a wooden door with a glowing green crystal at the center of the door.
Greenwood placed his hand on the crystal, and the door opened, revealing what seemed to be the inside of the tree.
It was like a massive room, and there was twirling light that shot into the ceiling in a beautiful manner.
“This is the deepest we can take normal people into the tree. Amber will also have to stop here. With her current level of connection with the tree, going deeper could kill her,” Greenwood said.
Amber stepped forward and stretched her hand into the light. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then placed her second hand.
The lights shined brighter and enveloped her completely.
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Amber’s mind was pulled out of her body and shot through the tree. She passed through the roots like a spark at a very fast speed.
She could see the whole empire, the memories of people, the activities they were into. She could see the evil and the good.
Every single thing was open to her eyes, even if she could do nothing to stop them. After close to a minute, she finally came across memories that seemed similar to Gabriel’s.
She saw the beautiful young elf and a young man living together, cooking, and enjoying the joys of life. Then one day, she was taken away by elves.
She was taken to a mansion, a noble of the green elves. Immediately, she got the information of where the lady was. Amber pulled out of the light.
She was a bit drowsy. Silva caught her before she could fall and helped her walk to the side of the room. She took a few seconds to calm her head.
“She is here. I found her. She was taken by the green elves, a noble house. It’s hardly half a day’s journey from here,” Amber said.
“That’s nice. We can finally get you your lover, Gabriel, and I think I’ll get a good fight when we arrive there,” Silva said.
