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Chapter 600: Witch Village
Deep Purple Garden.

Li You and his team are already preparing to return to the border.

The two areas, Spiked Mountain and Valley Forest, which should be considered as side quests in the game, have been conquered, and basically everything that needs to be done in the Shadow Land has been completed.

Although there are still some places he has not visited, Li You feels that it is time to return to the border to take a look. He is also very concerned about the situation there.

After all, Shadowland is just a DLC map. If he hadn't come here to find Kara, he might not have come here. After Michaela's failure, other people or things here will not affect Li You's main quest.

The most important thing is definitely the progress of the main map.

Besides, it’s not like he can’t come back to the Shadow Land. Tolina hasn’t recovered yet, and the Night Demon’s Nest cannot be moved actively after it is placed. Li You had to run here anyway.

Ampah had also heard about Li You's plan, and he said that he and his subordinates would stay in the Shadow Land, firstly to continue exploring this land, and secondly to have someone to look after Tolina and the Night Demon's Lair here.

Of course, Xu Liye had to stay, but it was unrealistic to expect him to protect Tolina in case of an accident. It was obviously best to ask Ampah to do this.

In addition, Li You also deliberately stored a small amount of power in the core of the Night Demon's Nest, intending to breed a special Night Demon so that he could better pay attention to the situation of the nest.

After matters here were finalized, Li You was almost ready to leave and began to count the people.

"Is everyone done... huh? Where's Kara?" Upon taking a look, Li You discovered that one person was missing.

V replied, "She just teleported out. She should be on the coast. It seems like something happened to Melina."

"Meimei, is there something wrong?" Li You was a little surprised. "I'll go out and take a look. Please wait a moment."

Li You was then teleported to the blessed point of the Blue Coast. When he looked around, he saw Kara and Melina at a high point not far away.

"What are you doing here?"

Although he asked this, after getting closer, Li You discovered that Melina was looking at the burning Bonnie Village in the distance.

The village cannot be seen from this position, but the flames rising into the sky are extremely clear.

Seeing Li You approaching, Melina turned her head and asked, "I have a question for you. The feud between the witch and the Horned People has nothing to do with you, and the Horned People have never deliberately targeted or harmed you. So why did you do these things?"

Li You looked at her after hearing that. Although the expression on Melina's face had not changed much from before, Li You could feel that her attitude at this moment was much more serious than usual.

So he answered seriously: "The Horned People did not cause me any harm, but their behavior is unacceptable in my opinion."

"So you're for justice?"

"Is there such a concept in the border area?" Li You shook his head. "I don't think I'm a messenger of justice, but I should be considered a good person with normal ideas. Besides, I have the ability, so I have to take care of this matter. It's that simple."

"I won't commit genocide. Although I hate the Horned People, I know that Midra is a Horned People, and those great Weihu masters who left Bonnie Village because they couldn't stand what they did are also Horned People. I won't condemn them all."

He looked at the flames burning in the distance again and said: "As for those horned people in Pony Village, if we let them go, not to mention myself, I will not be able to fulfill my oath."

Melina nodded after hearing this: "I understand what you mean. Then..."

At this moment, a faint blue light came from the direction of the pillar of fire rising into the sky in the distance and sank into the Dark Moon Sword badge on Li You's waist.

Li You: "Hmm? Another one of those horn men died... huh?"

He had seen this scene once before. One of the five horned men who was pierced had died last night. It was the same scene then. The light on the badge flashed and then returned to normal.

But at this time, the oath badge continued to glow, and even became brighter and brighter!
"Om-"

Kara and Melina on the side were stunned for a moment, and then they saw a ray of light suddenly emitted from the Dark Moon Sword badge and sank into the Amulet of Night hanging on Kara's chest.

Kara: "!?"

Subconsciously, she took the amulet out of her armor and took a look at it, and found that it was glowing slightly, as if it was breathing.

Kara had never seen such a scene before, so she could only look at Li You: "What's going on, Master?"

Li You didn't understand either. He had given the Night Amulet to Kara not long after he got it, and he hadn't studied it himself. He stepped forward and tried to touch the amulet, but there was still no reaction.

"Strange, why would the Dark Moon Sword Badge react to the Amulet of Night... huh!?"

In a fleeting flash, Li You suddenly realized that the "great existence" who would pay attention to him from time to time had just cast his gaze upon him again.

Although it was only a moment so short that even Li You could hardly detect it, he still caught the fluctuation. Similarly, although it was only a moment, for such an existence, it could already do a lot of things.

Li You's heart moved, and he remembered what happened before. When he first met Kara in the Species Preservation Library, it seemed that the Dark Moon Sword Badge and the Night Amulet resonated with each other, which made Kara's consciousness clear for a short time?
He didn't pay much attention to this detail at that time, but now recalling it, coupled with the unusual movements of the Night Amulet and the Dark Moon Sword Badge and the attention of that person, plus the gift Kara received from the amulet, a guess came to Li You's mind.

"Could it be... yes, why haven't I thought about it before?"

The origin of the Amulet of Night is definitely related to the "Shadow Sun" Gwyndolin!
As for the specific connection... Li You tried to study it, and even tried to stimulate it with divine power, but the Amulet of Night refused to give him any response, so he could only give up temporarily.

"I can't be sure at the moment...but you should pay more attention to this thing recently."

Kara nodded: "Okay."

Li You then turned to Melina and said, "By the way, Meimei, what did you want to say just now?"

Melina was also concerned about the unusual movement, but even she couldn't figure out what it was, so she replied, "I want to say that if you have time, I hope you can go somewhere with me, both of you together."

"Huh?" Li You and Kara were both a little confused.

……

The back door of Shadow City.

Li You and his group followed Melina's instructions, passed through the species collection, and took the elevator to arrive here.

This is the back door with only one road. In front is a plain leading to the Holy Grail under the Shadow Tree. On the side is a small chapel with a statue of Queen Marica.

Li You originally thought that Melina asked them to come here to get to the Holy Grail of the Shadow Tree. According to the information given by the Knight of the Twin Moons in the letter, the Holy Grail seemed to be used to collect the dew drops of the Shadow Tree.

Unexpectedly, after arriving here, Melina immediately walked towards the small chapel.

In front of the statue of Queen Malika, Melina squatted down and stretched out her hands. Then, in response to her movements, the statue of Queen Malika slowly moved to the side, revealing the road behind.

"Right ahead."

Walking out of the secret door behind the statue, a completely different scene appeared before one's eyes.

The green grass was dotted with white, light pink, and lavender flowers, full of life, and even the sky seemed brighter. A winding path stretched toward the hill ahead, between the vibrant grass and trees that seemed to be out of the world.

"There is such a place under Shadow City?" Li You and Kara were also extremely surprised. The scenery here was like traveling to another world. In Li You's words, even the style of painting was different.

"This is the hidden place that my mother kept. If I hadn't met... Messemo before, I wouldn't know how I got here."

Melina explained to them, "I wanted you to come and take a look. Come on, it's just up ahead."

They then moved forward along the path. In this peaceful and tranquil sea of ​​flowers, there were no other messy enemies and the journey was smooth... That was what Li You originally thought.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!"

A burst of hurried horse hoof sounds suddenly came, Li You and Kara became alert, and then a figure jumped down from the hill in front!

"boom--!!"

The figure was a cavalryman wearing golden armor, holding a golden shield and a golden halberd, and riding a tall warhorse also covered with golden protective gear.

He jumped and attacked Li You and the other man, but as expected, he missed. Li You, who dodged and saw his appearance, was also extremely surprised: "What the hell?"

"...Big Tree Guard!?"

Kara was the one who exclaimed earlier than Li You. Then she blew the spirit horse whistle and rode on Torret at full speed. At the same time, the Rakshasa sword appeared in her hand! Kara rode the horse and charged towards the tree guard. When the two were about to collide, she suddenly waved the Dark Moon Staff and teleported into the air.

She adjusted her posture in the air and then fell down. The Rakshasa sword had already pierced into the gap in the armor on the neck of the tree guard!

"Pfft-"

Blood splattered everywhere, but Kara didn't give up. She raised the Dark Moon Staff and pressed it against the back of the tree guard's head. Magical light began to shine on the staff.

"--etc!"

Melina's call only reached Kara's ears at this time. She was stunned, but the magic could not be stopped.

A dark purple wave spread out instantly, covering the surroundings, and the magic that Kara had not yet fully cast also dissipated.

This was naturally Li You's silence order. He saw that the tree guard was not as excited as Kara, so he noticed the change in Melina's expression and had time to stop it.

Kara jumped off the tree guard and looked at Melina: "What's wrong?"

"They are not enemies, nor are they stationed here under orders. They are knights who volunteered to protect the village. There is no need to kill them." Melina looked at the tree guard, her lips moved slightly, and she said something to make him quiet down.

"Them?" Kara then noticed that there was a tree guard approaching quickly in the distance.

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Melina would naturally be responsible for communicating with him, and Li You looked at Kara and handed the gourd over: "It's okay, relax, it doesn't look like they are enemies."

Kara naturally saw it, pursed her lips, and said: "I'm not stressed, he was the first to do it."

Li You smiled and said, "I understand. I didn't say anything."

The tree guard is the first enemy with a high health bar in the game except for the tutorial level. It goes without saying that Kara must have suffered a lot from this rookie killer. Of course, Li You would not point it out.

Melina quickly finished her conversation with the two tree guards, returned to them, and handed over two golden narrow-necked bottles.

"What is this?" Li You was startled, while Kara said, "It looks like the blessing to the goddess you gave me, Master!"

"This is the secret blessing potion that my mother made for my brother... Messermo. Its effect is indeed very similar to that of the goddess' blessing." Melina said, "Messermo gave it to these two tree guards. They said they wanted to give it to you as an apology."

"Good guy?" Li You was also surprised. It was rare to see such polite tree guards.

"They won't stop us anymore, let's go."

Under the watchful eyes of the two tree guards, the three of them climbed up the low hill ahead along the path among the flowers.

In front of the hill, surrounded by colorful flowers and green grass, there is an inconspicuous little village.

Several low houses are surrounded by flowers, plants and trees, and even the outer walls are hung with fallen leaves and vines, as if blending into one with nature.

In the flowers in the center of the village, a small tree about one meter tall swayed gently in the wind, and the gentle golden light illuminated the garden.

This village has long been deserted, and when you step into this place, all you can feel is tranquility, as if all the troubles of the outside world do not exist.

"Here is..." Li You stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to touch the light covering the garden. Although the golden light was bright, it did not make people feel a bit blinding. It just felt like returning to the arms of his mother.

"...So that's it. It's the power of Queen Marika." From the light, Li You sensed an aura of the gods belonging to this world, which was similar to that of Michaela who had returned from the Gate of God.

But it was different. Michaela wanted to create a "gentle" world, but Li You could not feel the warmth from his power. The light here, just bathing in it, gave him a sense of security.

Marica is not only much stronger than Michaela in terms of strength, but more importantly, when she left her light here, she must have had true tenderness and love in her heart, to be able to make Li You feel this way now.

Not Michaela's false tenderness.

Melina, standing by, also stretched out her hand towards the light in the garden, as if she was feeling the warmth.

"where is this place?"

Although he asked this, Li You already had a guess in his mind.

"This is... the Witch Village, my mother's hometown." Melina withdrew her hand and crossed her arms across her chest. "My mother surrounded the village with gold, even though... no, it's nothing."

"Please go forward and look under that little tree."

Li You and Kara exchanged glances, then walked forward together, and sure enough, they found a ball of light golden light under the small tree.

Li You reached out and touched it, and it gradually unfolded and turned into a prayer scroll.

"...'Little Golden Tree'." Li You read out the name of the prayer.

The name says a lot. In a boss battle in the original game, the player can summon Melina to help. If she falls in the battle, she will release a prayer that the player cannot learn before leaving, and a small golden tree will slowly heal others.

In the DLC, will this prayer finally be accessible to players?

Li You held the prayer scroll, but he had a different feeling in his heart. So far, he had come across quite a few prayer scrolls in this world, including all kinds of laws.

The prayer of the magic circle is equivalent to the miracle of the dark soul, so the prayer naturally contains the corresponding law. The golden law prayer, the giant flame prayer, the blood alliance prayer, and even the crazy fire prayer are all like this.

However, there is no law in this prayer scroll of the little golden tree, only a gentle golden light.

Li You also understood what Melina had not finished saying. The light that enveloped the village had healing power, but for Marika, the people who were supposed to be healed were long gone.

"You can get it." Melina came to the two of them, "This prayer left by my mother is not very powerful. However, not everyone can touch it."

Li You looked at her: "Is this a test?"

But Melina shook her head: "No, this is just to confirm my thoughts, not a test. As I said just now, the power of this prayer is very weak."

Then, before Li You and Kara asked further questions, she looked at a big tree on the other side of the village and said, "What I wanted to confirm is over. Thank you for coming here. That prayer is not enough as a thank you. Please follow me."

As she spoke, she brought Li You and Kara to the tree. This tree was the only one in the village without any leaves. The two were surprised to see that there was a tree hole at the bottom of the tree, and in the tree hole, there was a statue of a woman sitting on the ground.

"No, is this really a sculpture?" Li You looked at the statue and felt that the details on her body were a little too real. The material was neither stone nor wood, which was very strange.

In front of the statue, like an offering, there was a strand of cut golden braided hair. From that braided hair, Li You sensed a similar aura to that on the scroll of the small golden tree.

"Is this... His hair?" Not only him, but Kara also noticed the clue and asked.

Melina nodded: "This braided hair was left by my mother, but I'm not sure what it is used for."

“No one knows what the mother prayed for, made a wish, or what she confessed for. What is certain is that she has never returned to her hometown since then.

"In any case, if used as a talisman, this braided hair can provide the strongest protection, especially against holy attacks. You will definitely go to the Golden Tree in the future, so it will be helpful."

Kara nodded. "That sounds good."

But Li You reached out and touched the braided hair, then froze for a moment and retracted his hand: "...No, just leave it here."

Kara and Melina were both confused: "Why?"

"This braided hair is an offering from Queen Marika to my grandmother. The scroll of the little golden tree is fine, but taking this away is wrong."

If it was a game, Li You would definitely take it. But after coming here in person, especially after feeling the tenderness of Queen Marika through the scroll of the little golden tree, Li You was indeed reluctant to take this offering.

However, he knew the function of this braided hair through the system's explanation, but he couldn't explain it to Kara and Melina, so he could only forcibly skip the topic: "Besides, I received two bottles of Marica's blessing before, which is enough."

Melina obviously wanted to ask more questions, but Kara gave her a look. Thinking of some of the things Kara had told her about Li You in the past, Melina finally did not speak.

She looked at the statue in the tree hole and murmured, "So that's it... It's my mother's grandmother."

She squatted in front of the statue and silently completed the worship in her own way before standing up: "Let's go. And... thank you, Li You."

(End of this chapter)