Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 959 - 472 Black Dragon: Your child is so soft and fragrant, really nice to use~ I am the last hope (4k)_2
"The Golden Kingdom, huh... I’m not very interested in becoming the Lord of the Country."
"Moreover."
Luo Xi paused and then continued, "There’s something else I need to tell you first."
"This country may not exist much longer."
"Ah, it’s perishing again?"
The woman’s expression didn’t change much, just a bit surprised with a tinge of helplessness.
Luo Xi’s mouth twitched as he said, "Why do you seem so familiar with this?"
"I’ve seen it so often that I’m used to it now."
Bahamut counted on her fingers and said, "Azure, Moonflow, Star Flint, Pale Wind, Death’s Domain... In these hundreds of thousands of years, I’ve witnessed the destruction of about a dozen of the Eternal World Trees. Some of them I didn’t pay attention to at first, and later when I wanted to help, it was too late. For others, even when I arrived in time, there was nothing I could do. I could only watch them be slowly destroyed, leaving only the bare Origin for Them to take back."
"If Golden, too, is destroyed... By the way, how many World Trees were left in your time?"
"By our era, only sixteen remained," Luo Xi replied.
"As far as I know, after that, ’Void’, ’Tide’, and ’Young Water’ were also gone, and then the entire ocean was overrun, becoming the breeding ground for followers of the Evil Gods and Fallen Creatures. The humans of Pan Continent could no longer go out to sea," Luo Xi said.
Bahamut sighed lightly and said, "So the three World Trees that together shaped the oceanic world are destroyed too... Tide and Young Water are one thing, but if Void is gone, that’s troublesome. All the Hollow Flowers across the world will stop working, communication between different continents will be completely sealed off, and it will be harder for the mortal races to unite. Is this also part of Their plan?"
"When specifically did this happen? I’ll ask a friend to keep a special watch on the few you mentioned." She asked.
"I’m not quite sure..." Luo Xi answered. He had only heard about this from Florecia but didn’t know the exact timing.
"Alright, your information is very valuable. That’s enough for now. If you’re interested in the posisition of the Lord of the Golden Kingdom, I might be able to help you compete for it later," she said.
Bahamut was somewhat relieved that she had impulsively decided to join the excitement upon seeing a traveler on the wasteland tonight.
Otherwise, missing out on meeting the mysterious Luo Xi was one thing, but not getting this information would mean she would be cluelessly watching more World Trees bite the dust.
Those trees, despite being powerful and holding the world’s governing authority, seemed to not be very intelligent, which is why their numbers had dwindled over the past hundreds of thousands of years.
The determination of those cultists trying to destroy the World Trees was also very strong; they planned for thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of years, to bring down a country, continuing the faith over decades or centuries, as staunch as ever. That’s how they managed to destroy so many World Trees.
Mainly because the likes of her, the Dragon Emperors, could not possibly watch over the countries on the ground all the time. They had more important tasks at hand: constantly repairing the rifts in the deep layers of the Abyss.
High above the sky, deep below the abyss, lay the outermost parts of the world’s barriers. The Lord of Truth’s erosion of the world would directly affect the bottom of the Abyss, causing ruptures to form.
Since the invasion of the Evil Gods on various continents ended, they, the Dragon Emperors, had mostly been dwelling at the bottom of the Abyss.
"So you’re saying that, eight thousand years later in Mang Continent, only Dark Night, Tianguang, and Pale Wind remained?" Bahamut lamented, "Those five on Pan Continent should be the most stable. No need to worry too much about them. Along with the three from Mang Continent, plus the one being guarded by Isla, Grey Dream, and another seven or eight on the other corners of the world, as you said, a total of sixteen might just barely sustain the operation of this world."
"Yes," Luo Xi nodded.
Bell, also known as Big Silly, had completely fallen into a deep slumber.
The woman then said, "If Mang Continent loses three, the remaining three wouldn’t be having an easy time either, right?"
Luo Xi said, "When we got there, we found that those three countries had gone into complete lockdown, blocking all external influences, impossible to enter."
He then paused slightly and asked, "Aren’t there supposed to be five on Mang Continent in total?"
"Sealing themselves off? That’s not a bad conservative choice," the woman murmured softly, then explained to Luo Xi, "Actually, there was one more, a World Tree named Black Moon; it perished over twenty thousand years ago. Due to being thoroughly tainted by the Evil God, that part of the land was obliterated by my authority. So it’s normal that you can’t find it."
"Black Moon..." Luo Xi suddenly realized that this was the source of one of his two Sublimation paths. The documents had indeed mentioned that Black Moon was destroyed on Mang Continent thirty thousand years ago, which lined up with it being over twenty thousand years ago in the present time.
Five thousand years was enough to lose countless ancient and precious records, let alone thirty thousand. In this era, there might not be many native residents left on Mang Continent who knew of the ’Country of Black Moon’."
But now it all makes sense.
The elves of Emerald City simply picked up the sublimation pathway infested by the Evil God, a residue of the Black Moon Country.
Thump—
The woman gently lay on her back on the grass, looking up at the star-filled night sky, and sighed, "Ah, the more I listen, the worse it feels. Is the future really that hopeless? I’m starting to regret asking you. I’m not young anymore; can’t I just live peacefully for a few days?"
Luo Xi thought for a while, then said, "Not necessarily; there’s still hope."
"Hope? Who’s that?" Bahamut became interested.
"It’s a certain female ghost... Well, cards on the table, I am the last hope."
"Hey, quite a pretense there, little brother. Come here, you’re so cute; let me give you a hug. It’s late, it’s time to go to sleep."
"Ugh, let go of me, how can I sleep like this!"
The next day, dawn broke.
Florecia rubbed her eyes as she got up.
The drowsy girl patted the spot beside her and said, "Little Luo Xi, time to wake up. Today we’re heading to the border of Dark Night Country. I hear there are non-human humanoid races like ’vampires’ and ’succubi’ there. I’ve never seen them before, so it’ll be a chance to broaden my horizons."
Then she realized that the place where she patted was somewhat soft.
Upon closer inspection, it was Mu Xue, who was not yet fully awake; what she had just patted was her chest...
"Where’s Little Luo Xi? Has he gone to the bathroom?"
Florecia stood up and looked around.
Only when she saw the black-haired woman lying on the grass nearby, and the person in her arms, did the girl’s comfortable expression from just waking up immediately darken.
She ran over and shook the woman on the ground awake from her sleep.
The woman opened her eyes and looked confusedly at the red-haired girl.
"What’s wrong? Is it time to depart?"
Florecia asked unhappily, "How can you even ask me what’s wrong? What did you do to my Little Luo Xi?"
Bahamut glanced at Luo Xi, whom she held in her arms, his face still bearing some wet marks, most likely dampened by the morning dew.
She smiled and teased, "Thanks for your hospitality. Your child is pretty good~"
Florecia’s face changed dramatically.
Did Little Luo Xi... Did that woman... do that to him?
Damn it, she hadn’t even... No, that’s not the point. Anyone who would lay hands on such a young kid is definitely a true pervert, right?
By then, Luo Xi had also woken up.
Before the girl’s fury exploded, he quickly got up and explained, "It’s okay, this sister was just holding me while I slept, nothing happened."
Florecia bit her lip and said, "But... but she said you were pretty good."
"Yes, indeed, pretty good."
The woman spread her hands and said, "You smell nice, soft, and cozy; I fell asleep instantly while holding you."
Florecia: "..."
Damn it! That was something only she should be able to enjoy!
Tirsiu Calendar, year 3111, January 1st.
On this day, the wanted Candlelight Adventure Group throughout the continent gained a new member.
Was history still progressing as usual?
Or had it already changed subtly and quietly?
