Eluxier smiled. "It seems you were lucky enough to choose a mission card."
"Lord Eluxier, I was the unfortunate one chosen by it," Chen Rui replied weakly. They were a perfectly good couple—how could the gap be this huge? Lola had drawn a first prize, while he had gotten a last-place consolation prize and still had to complete some mission... Could there be some shady backroom manipulation going on?
"Just like how you were chosen by the Leaf of Nature... in truth, what Fenoya gave you was not merely a gift, but also a choice." Eluxier revealed a knowing smile, though it looked somewhat sinister. "Besides, there is no absolute fortune or misfortune. It is merely a matter of where one stands, and the two can transform into each other."
The Leaf of Nature? Chen Rui subconsciously glanced at his hand. The token for entering the Phantom Forest, a jade-like leaf, lay quietly in his palm.
"Just as with your long-term goal in the magic game, this mission is connected to the Abyss."
The word "Abyss" immediately made Chen Rui prick up his ears.
"For twenty thousand years, the power of the Abyss has been battering the Tree of Nature. Span's Life Seal has weakened beyond measure and is on the verge of collapse. The elves have exhausted every means, yet they cannot mend the seal..." Eluxier drew a deep breath. "Go to the Tree of Nature! The two of you will go together and completely seal away the Abyssal power there."
Span's Life Seal from twenty thousand years ago was about to be broken? Chen Rui and Lola were both startled. This was no trivial matter!
Back then, the Black Death Cultists controlled the Cloud Soaring Empire and staged the bloody sacrifice tragedy in order to use the power