People in Teyvat, starting from saving the grass god

Honestly.

He was really afraid from the bottom of his heart.

This is Rhodes' most intuitive feeling at this moment.

There is no doubt that Apep is powerful.

She obviously didn't do anything, just said a few words casually, but Rhodes' eyes were full of stars, his ears were buzzing, and his body subconsciously wanted to obey Apep's words and turn around and leave.

"call--"

The power of Hermanubis appeared without wind and turned into a stream of clear water, awakening Rhodes who was instinctively in fear.

Seeing that Rhodes' eyes returned to normal.

Nashida withdrew her hand that was about to be placed on Rhodes, hugged the flowerpot of the Great Mercy Tree King, and told Apep why she came.

The result was not unexpected.

Apep, who was already suppressing his anger, did not appreciate Nashida's kindness at all. Instead, he returned to the yellow sand after scolding her angrily. No matter how Nashida called him, he did not appear again.

According to the plan agreed upon with Rhodes before departure.

Nashida stopped calling the stubborn Apep and took out the Heart of the God of Wind instead. She wrapped it with her own divine power and shouted in the direction where Apep disappeared: "Dragon of Grass, if you don't let me heal you, I will destroy the Heart of the God here and awaken the law of nature!"

The voice just fell.

Apep, who had previously decided to cut off communication with Nashida, spoke again.

"Humph--"

"Foolish Buyer, do you think that doing this will attract the attention of justice?"

Apep's voice was still as cold as before.

"Grass Dragon."

"Don't you know that the Heart of God is a symbol of Heaven's control over the Teyvat continent and all laws?"

The elemental power in Nashida's hand condensed again: "Can you really guarantee that the damage to the Heart of God will not attract the attention of Heaven? Dragon of Grass, do you dare to bet on this? If Heaven really casts a glance at you, and she realizes that in the depths of Xumi, there is a Dragon King like you who possesses forbidden knowledge like the King of the Nibelung, what do you think she will do?"

Threat!

A blatant threat!

But it works.

Because once Heaven discovered that Apep was imitating the Nibelungs and also possessed forbidden knowledge, what would she do?

This goes without saying!

It must be a nail from the sky that fell and smashed Apep so hard that he would never have a chance to recover!

"Do you think this is possible?"

Apep's words were still very firm, but even Rhodes could tell that her tone was not as firm as before.

After all, when she first found the forbidden knowledge, it was a timely strike from heaven that turned her into what she is now.

In her current state.

Once the sky nail falls again, it will be a question whether she can still survive.

After a moment of silence.

The words that came out of Apep's mouth took on a different tone.

"So what if you can awaken the law of nature?"

"What if Heaven kills me?"

"I am not one of those dragons who are afraid of death. The scales and will of the King of the Nibelung are still the indelible light in my heart. Even if it means the end of my life, I will follow him."

Got hooked.

Rhodes and Nashida looked at each other.

Nashida immediately asked, "What about the creatures in your body?"

Apep's voice suddenly stopped.

Nashida did not stop and continued: "If you are not afraid of death, then why have you lived until now?"

"Even though you were tortured by forbidden knowledge, you wanted to survive no matter what."

"Apep, the dragon of grass."

"You boast that you have lived a long life and that you know more than a young god like me."

"So, do you really understand what you live for? And what you hate for?"

While Narcida and Apep were debating.

Rhodes winked at the Grass Dragon people who had remained silent.

"Grass Dragon, Grass Dragon."

"go home."

"Go home"

Finally, I saw the Grass Dragon that I had been thinking about for a long time. Although I had thousands of words in my heart, in the end, they were transformed into the simplest two words from the mouths of the Grass Dragon's people.

Come back home.

After hearing this, Apep fell into a deathly silence.

Narcida said nothing more.

Just wait quietly for Apep to make a decision.

This has been a long time to wait.

Just when even the most patient Rhodes began to doubt whether Apep had really given up on himself and given up treatment.

Suddenly.

The earth shook and a huge ochre-colored dragon head lifted up the ground and came towards everyone. Before Rhodes and Nashida could react, the dragon head opened its huge mouth and swallowed everyone present into its stomach.

Apep was not angry because he couldn't win the debate against Nashida.

Because when Rhodes and Nashida came out of their dizziness and opened their eyes, what they saw was a heart that was completely withered and yellow and as big as a small mountain.

"Heart of the Oasis."

After confirmation from the grass dragon's people, Nashida realized that Apep had been persuaded and immediately took action, drawing out the power of the fire with all her strength and pouring the vast grass elemental force into the withered heart of the oasis.

Rod knew that fire was fragile.

Therefore, Nashida was not allowed to use it along the way.

And Rhodes also specifically reminded Nashida that no matter what situation she encountered, she would rather use the Heart of God to resist sudden accidents and never use fire.

The worry is that the fire will be destroyed when it is really needed.

And after the fire is activated.

Suddenly, countless strange-looking gray-green creatures swarmed towards the heart of the oasis from all directions.

They exuded a strong aura of desolation and death, and moved slowly, like zombies. Their purpose was very clear, which was to get the fire in Nashida's hand.

These are the Grass Dragon people who failed to escape successfully when the doomsday came.

To survive.

They chose to actively adapt to the doomsday in Apep's body, and eventually evolved step by step into their current appearance that was no different from monsters.

Different from their compatriots who turned into mushroom beasts.

In the process of adapting to the environment, these grass dragon people assimilated by the doomsday only retained the instinct to survive, and abandoned all other useless things.

to them.

Fire can eliminate their pain and allow them to survive.

So driven by instinct, these doomsday-like grass dragons flocked in, and their numbers kept increasing.

Since they are all descendants of the Grass Dragon, they all have the possibility of recovery after the Heart of the Oasis is restored.

Rhodes couldn't kill him rashly.

As I said earlier, these doomsday-like grass dragon people gave up everything, including their own strength, just for the instinct to survive.

Therefore, apart from their strong vitality, they are actually not much different from the most common monsters in the outside world.

The only thing worth mentioning is that it is full of forbidden knowledge and filth.

Nashida, who is trying her best to activate the fire to save Apep, must not come into contact with them.

So Rhodes used elemental power to create a three-layer isolation shield.

In order not to harm those grass dragon people who still had a chance to recover, he also deliberately used the softest grass elemental power to isolate them all.

"what?"

Just when Rhodes was about to create another layer of isolation shield.

He suddenly discovered that there were dots of green light floating towards him.

This is the fire elemental power that was originally used to activate the heart of the oasis.

But these grass elemental forces were not directed at him, but at the flowerpot in his arms!

And as time went by, the distribution of this elemental force was visibly leaning more and more towards here. At the beginning, it was only a 19:1 ratio, but in a blink of an eye it became a 50:50 distribution.

If this continues.

I'm afraid it won't be long before the Great Compassion Tree King will intercept all the elemental power of the fire.

"Hey, Great Compassion Tree King, now is not the time to grab elemental power!!!"

The corner of Rhodes' mouth twitched. He no longer cared about creating an isolation shield to protect Nashida. He hurriedly stepped forward to block, trying to stop the elemental force drawn by the Great Compassion Tree King.

But no matter what means he used, even the power of Hermanubis, he still couldn't stop the grass elemental power emanating from the fire from drifting towards the Great Mercy Tree King.

"!!!"

Such an accident made Rhodes even more anxious.

This fire seed was created by the Great Compassion Tree King when he was at his weakest after he pacified the forbidden knowledge pollution caused by the Red King.

The elemental power sealed here may not be enough to activate the Heart of the Oasis.

Now there is another unexpected incident.

If the elemental power in the fire is not enough at the critical moment, it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

As for why this problem occurs.

Rhodes probably guessed it.

The elemental power in this fire seed was left by the Great Compassion Tree King.

For the Great Compassion Tree King, who is in urgent need of recovering her elemental power, this power that she left behind is undoubtedly the most suitable nourishment at the moment.

Worse.

The consciousness of the Great Compassionate Tree King has not recovered, so it is impossible to communicate with him.

In other words.

She was completely unconscious at this moment, instinctively recovering her power.

If it is put in normal times.

Rhodes let her absorb these elemental forces.

But definitely not now.

Apep's Oasis Heart requires a large amount of elemental power to reactivate.

If it were intercepted by the Great Compassionate Tree King.

Then this elemental power gap must be filled by Nashida or the grass dragon people present must be sacrificed.

However, due to Rhodes' prior instructions, Nashida never used the fire. Even though she sympathized with the grass dragon people, she did not waste any power of the fire to restore their form. Therefore, the grass dragon people here still maintained their mushroom beast form and doomsday appearance with weak elemental power.

In this state.