What brings you here?

"They're from another race!"

"Ira said, her throat trembling."

"They're less like a foreign race and more like bloodthirsty humanoid monsters."

Roger narrowed his eyes.

He briefly surveyed the surrounding enemies.

Although it shared the same bestial characteristics as the alien race, its crazed crimson eyes and hideous face clearly indicated that it was not an alien race that Rogge knew.

The alien race consists of people with bestial characteristics.

The enemy before them was a beast with human-like characteristics.

It is quite similar to the alien races propagated by the Truth Cult.

"Aww!"

The lead half-orc lion-headed beast let out a chilling roar, and all the half-orcs simultaneously pounced on Rogge and Ira.

"Ira, become intangible!"

Rogue decisively had Ira activate her ethereal ability, thus escaping the first wave of attacks from the orcs.

However, the half-beast's relentless attacks rapidly depleted Ira's spiritual power, which was maintaining her ethereal form.

"I can't hold on much longer!"

Ira's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

These half-beasts are not only numerous, but their average level is also close to that of a level four superhuman.

They were even stronger than the alien grunts under Rogge's command, who were destined to be his subordinates.

Only the Holy Clan Sword Maiden in the entire Class One could rival her.

The only way to break this deadlock is for Rogge to risk exposing his identity by activating the Dragonblood Phoenix Heart and killing the half-beast along with Ira.

Kill Ira...

Rogge glanced at Ira.

But they saw that Iraq was so exhausted that he was almost paralyzed.

The blurring is thus removed.

"Brother Roger, run!"

Ira gasped for breath, using the last of his strength.

There was no time to hesitate.

Rogge reached out and touched the dragon blood hidden in his robes.

The half-beasts with wide mouths and fangs drooled and roared as they swarmed forward.

boom!

A raging dragon flame suddenly appeared, instantly blasting away the surrounding half-beasts.

Roger stood there, stunned.

No, he hasn't activated his talent yet!

Immediately afterwards, a wolf shadow rushed down, stirring up a bloody storm and killing swarms of half-beasts.

"Brother Roger?"

Ira also noticed something was wrong and looked up in the direction of Rogge's gaze.

A stunningly beautiful woman with long, straight black hair descended from the sky and pointed her slender finger at Ira.

"Go to sleep."

Iraq immediately lost consciousness.

"Shulan?"

Roger immediately saw through the black-haired woman's true identity.

The black-haired woman vanished as countless stars, revealing Shulan's true form as a white-haired maid.

Looking around, the half-beasts had all been killed by Ji Xia, Wolf, and Goode.

"Owner!"

Without saying a word, Ji Xia ran over to fawn over Rogge.

"Why are you here?"

Rogge was greatly surprised.

"We were investigating something when we happened to run into Your Highness."

Shulan explained.

Afterwards, Roger listened to Shulan and others recount the whole story.

It turned out that not long ago, Wolf's men had apparently seen groups of alien races. Upon learning this, Wolf informed the others, and Goode volunteered to go and investigate in secret.

It turned out that those so-called alien races were nothing more than half-beasts disguised as aliens.

To confirm the half-orc's identity and purpose, the group monitored and tracked him all the way, eventually arriving at this lost ruins area.

"Thanks to those orcs for attracting the judge's attention, we were able to infiltrate this place successfully."

"So, these half-orcs aren't actually part of the Truth Cult?"

Roger stroked his chin thoughtfully.

He had initially thought it was the Truth Cult stirring things up in secret, but now it seems to be a third-party force.

But there has never been any trace of a third party in the predetermined fate.

"So what should we do now? Those half-beasts are coming here in droves, are they after our master?"

Ji Xia was somewhat puzzled.

On the other side, Goode suddenly burst out with a strange laugh.

"Hehehe... Your Highness also came here by chance, didn't you? I think the real target of those half-beasts is that withered ancient tree of life over there."

He pointed to the decaying ancient trees standing in the valley.

"According to the records of our alien race, the Ancient Tree of Life was the home of fairies. Later, it disappeared without a trace along with the fairies. I never expected it to be hidden in this place."

"The Tree of Life is the mother of nature, possessing the life energy of the entire natural world. Even though it has withered, its remaining energy is enough to make even half-beasts drool."

"Old Ghost, is the life energy you're talking about obtained by absorbing the life force of others?"

Wolf clicked his tongue.

"Of course not, young people are just ignorant. The energy of the ancient tree of life comes from nature; it not only doesn't absorb life, but it also nurtures life in return."

Goode started acting like a veteran.

He had barely finished speaking.

Suddenly, the earth trembled violently.

clack clack...

Countless tree roots burst forth from the ground, like spears, piercing through the half-beast corpses on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the half-beast corpse shriveled up at a visible speed, and the tree roots that had pierced the corpse quickly turned a strange dark red color.

Some tree roots also had their eyes on Rogge and his group.

Fortunately, Rogge and the others reacted quickly, and Jisha and Goode led everyone into the sky.

Ji Xia looked down at the dark red tree roots and shouted loudly.

"What kind of ancient tree of life is this?! It's even more of a vampire than Goode!"

"I don't drink blood!"

Goode, caught off guard, immediately broke down.

As they spoke, the entire towering ancient tree was covered in dark red blood, and a hideous and terrifying face appeared on the trunk of the blood-red tree.

The crimson eyeballs covering the tree trunk opened at that moment.

"roar!!!"

The bloodwood emitted a thunderous roar that echoed throughout the entire forest.

Its massive body swayed as it slowly rose from the ground.

A blood-stained sealing pattern emerged at its base, spreading across the entire ruins region.

boom! boom! boom!

A crisp sound, as if chains were breaking, seemed to echo from the void.

The massive sealing array emitted a dazzling crimson light, then shattered suddenly like a mirror.

"roar!!!"

The Bloodwood, having broken free of its restraints, let out an even more chilling roar.

The forest birds took flight in fright.

Countless thick, sharp tree roots burst forth from the earth, piercing through the wild beasts and monsters of the entire forest, devouring their life energy, and nourishing themselves in return.

"With the extinction of the fairies, this ancient tree of life has also completely fallen and gone berserk out of control. We'd better leave quickly."

Good shook his head and sighed regretfully.

Fairies belong to a different race.

If the ancient tree of life continues to survive normally, it may be able to give birth to fairies again.

Unfortunately, the ancient tree is dead, and all that remains is its decaying shell.

"No."

Roger shook his head, rejecting Goode's suggestion.

He looked down at the rampaging bloodwood below and slammed his fist into the iron road.

"I will kill it and bring it liberation."

"Your Highness..."

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Roger, bewildered.

"Can't you feel it? They are grieving, they are crying."

Roger glanced at everyone, recalling the Flower Fairy from not long ago.

The other party was pleading with him to kill the Tree of Life.

Although this was only a one-sided request from the fairy.

But Roger will still keep his promise.

He wanted to personally kill the Tree of Life to bring eternal liberation to the fairy.

Rogge made up his mind and took out the dragon blood he had hidden in his pocket.

He drank it all in one gulp.

"I am the heir to the blood of sin, the last king of the alien race. My subjects are suffering now, and as their king, it is my duty to bring them liberation!"

Destructive dragon flames and healing phoenix flames bloomed at this moment.

[The will of sinful blood has been detected; the fairy's protection has been activated.]

Your innate abilities have been temporarily enhanced...

[The task has been updated.]

[Objective: To bring liberation to the fallen ancient tree of life.]

[Reward: Gain the admiration of a fairy, increase the chances of finding the Demon Sword of Sin, and improve the evaluation for dying due to one's Sin Clan identity.]

[Punishment: Without the fairy's protection, the chances of finding the Demon Sword of Sin are reduced, and the final rating will not exceed S.]