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This is a towering giant tree!
Its trunk soars into the clouds, only viewable by looking up.
But even looking up, you can't see the top!
Its roots are intertwined, protruding from the ground like vines.
Its territory extends for dozens of meters around!
Standing under the tree, everyone felt like a small boat in a vast sea.
When their gaze fell upon the giant tree, the visual shock undoubtedly struck deep into everyone's hearts!
"This couldn't be it—"
Yulian was dumbfounded.
He had been so preoccupied with the footbath water earlier that he had overlooked this ancient giant tree!
But it wasn't Yulian's fault.
Anyone who saw the thick, intertwined roots under their feet would just think they were some kind of vines, right?
"Yes, the big tree with Flamme's journal."
Frieren followed Yulian's words and slowly stood up.
"Didn't find an entrance."
Eisen glanced at the towering tree and replied.
He had already circled the giant tree once.
As he said, he found nothing.
"There seems to be Mana fluctuation."
Fern gently placed her hand on the trunk of the giant tree and looked up slightly.
A faint stream of light seemed to flicker in her eyes.
"Really?"
Yulian also copied Fern and put his hand on it.
Hmm... the texture was rough... no discovery at all...
"Don't bother."
Frieren interrupted Yulian's silly action.
"After all, even I didn't sense anything."
Frieren lowered her brows slightly.
[You're relying on this little thing to guard the place?]
[Yeah!]
The crimson-haired woman smiled lightly and nodded, seeming to see Frieren's disdain and began to explain.
[Don't underestimate it, as long as it grows up, guarding this place for a thousand years won't be a problem.]
The tiny sapling has grown so big in the blink of an eye.
Frieren murmured as she reached out, golden light appearing in her eyes.
"Magic - Path to Home."
A dazzling golden light suddenly lit up with Frieren's soft words, like a meteor streaking across the night sky, illuminating it!
Everyone was blinded by the sudden light and could only instinctively shield their eyes with their hands, trying to resist the strong glare.
However, this dazzling light was extremely gentle only towards Frieren.
Warm, soft, the light shining on Frieren felt like a mother's caress.
Flamme.
Frieren pouted.
Complex emotions arose in her heart.
Frieren was gently lifted by the golden light and arrived inside the ruins within the giant tree.
A spacious hall, empty.
Only a book, opened and illuminated by the golden light, sat prominently on the stone table in the center of the hall.
The light faded, and Yulian, curious, wanted to enter but was blocked by an invisible barrier.
"It hurts."
Fern covered her forehead, clearly having bumped into the barrier like Yulian when trying to enter the ruins.
"Let's just wait here for a bit."
Eisen glanced inside the ruins, then sat down quietly.
This was a gift Flamme had prepared for Frieren alone - a gift spanning a thousand years!
"Guessed again..."
Frieren pouted slightly, but her hand naturally picked up the journal in front of her.
The journal was open, and the page it was opened to happened to be the exact page Frieren was looking for.
"At the far northern end of the continent, I reached a place called 'Heaven' by the people of this world."
"Its true name is 'Land Where Souls Rest'."
Frieren murmured the key contents of the journal.
"This is where countless souls gather. I conversed with my past comrades."
"This rare discovery in a century will surely bring about a leap forward in the study of souls."
Frieren furrowed her brow thoughtfully, not reading the smaller text below.
She just looked at it in silence.
[Frieren, I think you would come here]
[Just as I told you, one day you will want to understand humans, understand me, and understand the close comrades you will meet in the future.]
[And I!]
[Your master!]
[Great Mage Flamme!]
[Will definitely help you!]
Across the journal, Frieren could imagine the triumphant look on Flamme's face as she wrote these words.
She always liked it this way.
Clearly doing it for your own good, yet sometimes like a riddle-teller, making you discover her kindness yourself!
"Annoying."
Frieren said softly with a poker face, but her hand involuntarily touched the ruby pendant by her ear.
Frieren walked out of the ruins and closed the ruins door behind her.
As the giant tree opened and closed, everything returned to its original state.
As if everything just now was just an illusion.
"Did you find it, Frieren."
Eisen stood up and asked with concern.
"Yes—"
Frieren wanted to hand over the journal she held but hesitated and hid it behind her back.
"In the north of the continent, Ende."
"Ende!"
Fern took a nervous step forward.
"Isn't that!"
"The location of the Demon King's Castle."
Frieren's expression was calm.
"Going there again won't take much time."
"That's really casual..."
Yulian couldn't help but complain.
Frieren probably hasn't realized yet that the Demon has regrouped.
The Demon King's Castle is not a place you can just go to.
Unless...
"Isn't it?"
Frieren blinked her beautiful emerald green eyes and looked at Yulian.
"Of course, the Demon King's Castle now is not what it used to be."
"If you want to go—"
"You take me."
Frieren smiled slightly, interrupting Yulian's serious words.
=ω=
[Has it been exposed, Demon King!]
[Should we prepare for battle!]
Flenna's nervous voice sounded in Yulian's mind.
[Stay calm, Flenna!]
[Stay calm!]
Yulian took a deep breath and forced a stiff smile onto his face.
"What identity and status do I have, how can I possibly take you to the Demon King's Castle?"
"You can become a Demon traitor—"
Frieren pouted.
"Anyway, you seem to like humans and elves so much, and like the human world."
"Instead, you ignore the Demons."
"What you said!"
[Is too real...]
Flenna silently finished Yulian's sentence for him.
[Real my ass!]
Yulian retorted Flenna.
[Don't you know about the shady things the two of us did in the Central and Southern Nations?]
[What do you mean I like the human world!]
[Although I do a bit, aren't I completing a task!]
"Mistress Frieren—"
"How can you talk like that?"
Fern argued with Frieren, feeling strange but unable to find fault.
Fern always had a premonition that even if they clashed with the Demon, Yulian would choose to help them...
"Just speaking the truth—"
Frieren shrunk back a little in fear.
Fern is super scary when she's angry!
"Since that's the case, I hope you can take my disciple with you."
Eisen said in a deep voice.
"Your... disciple...?"
Frieren was a little incredulous.
"Yes, his name is Stark."
Eisen paused.
"A very strong warrior."
"Stronger than Eisen?"
Frieren asked softly.
"Yes... stronger than me."
Eisen raised his head, gazing into the distance.
Eisen lowered his head and looked at his own hands.
Feeling a little regretful in his heart.
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