Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 1258 - 813: Enormous Sacrifice _2

"Then there’s no problem, Lord Romanos. We plan to sacrifice this entire vein to the Goddess below the Divine Crown, but we need your help to spread the effect of the sacrificial array across the entire mine."

"Sacrifice?"

Romanos’s eyes lit up.

He finally understood what the elves intended to do. They actually planned to sacrifice the entire vein to the Goddess of Life!

Wait a minute... The Goddess of Life would actually accept such a sacrifice?

And one that had been corrupted by the Abyss?

Romanos’s expression was peculiar.

Of course, he naturally didn’t know that the players had even successfully sacrificed the Fallen Equipment of demons, so at this moment, they naturally were not worried about the success rate of their action.

The Golden Dragon increasingly respected the Goddess of Life...

She could tolerate her believers sacrificing offerings that had been corrupted by the Abyss; she truly was worthy of being the savior of the Segis World!

Even for a Divine, purifying the Abyss’s corruption is quite troublesome.

In Romanos’s view, if the Goddess of Life really accepted the sacrifice, it must be for the purpose of purifying the corruption.

After all, the Divine beings in the Divine Country can create divine artifacts, and with their Divine Power, they are almost omnipotent. How could they value these ordinary Golden Ore Magic Stones?

The more the Golden Dragon thought, the more he admired her. And the players who had everything prepared began the action.

The raw materials for carving the sacrificial array were already being carried by them, and having prepared everything, they cast all sorts of magic spells to resist the Abyss’s corruption and entered the mine.

Such things, they were now quite proficient at handling. After all, they had all gone through trials and tribulations during the Divine and Demon War, apart from Eve who was wearing a different guise. Everyone else had experienced being corrupted in the Abyss Plane, even facing death, and had therefore accumulated much experience in combating the Abyss’s corruption.

Of course, during the Divine and Demon War, everyone died and that was that; they just went to the resurrection point.

But now, the players were still continuing their mission of visiting Dragon Island, merely taking a little detour for an adventure. Hence, they were much more cautious and had made very thorough protective preparations.

Choosing a suitable spot in the mine and carving the array was a matter of a quarter of an hour. Everything was ready, and all that was left was the prayer.

"Brother Mu, you’d better pray; out of all of us, only you have the highest favor with the Goddess."

Demacia chuckled.

Li Mu raised an eyebrow but did not refuse.

Sacrificing to the Goddess had different effects depending on who did it; with a high favor, the rewards for the sacrifice were high. So... when in a group, he often took on the role of the pray-er.

"Lord Romanos, when Brother Mu begins the sacrifice, we’ll need your spell resonance!"

Demacia shouted to the Golden Dragon.

The Golden Dragon nodded, then lowered its head, swallowing a quarter of the Magic Crystal Stone provided by Little Xian Miao in one gulp.

He didn’t have the nerve to swallow it all.

In his view, he had already taken quite enough; despite his desire for the Magic Crystal Stone, as a just dragon, even if he loved wealth, he had to obtain it in a rightful way.

Of course, he didn’t intend to abandon the remaining three-quarters of the Magic Crystal Stone. After the task was completed, he planned to trade some of his shed dragon scales for it.

Although elves traveled with the dragon, those were all juvenile dragons, top at most Silver Upper, whereas he was a bona fide Gold Middle Rank. Presumably, the elves would be interested in his dragon scales.

If nothing else worked, he could offer some help with labor; he wasn’t in any urgent need to return to Dragon Island anyway...

For the Magic Crystal Stone, it was worth it.

The Golden Dragon was ready, and Li Mu also knelt before the array, beginning the prayer:

"Praise to Mother Nature, praise to the Goddess of Life, praise to the great Elven Sovereign—Eve Yggdrasil!"

"Beautiful and noble Goddess, we have found a rich vein of Gold and Magic Stone, and we wish to offer it to you!"

At the end of his words, the circular sacrificial array blossomed with a gentle radiance.

"Lord Romanos!"

Demacia reminded.

The Golden Dragon nodded and began chanting the esoteric Dragon Language Magic.

A faint light manifested on his body, and a subtle wave of magic power spread from him, targeting the sacrificial array at the center of the mine.

The next moment, the light on the sacrificial array suddenly brightened and quickly expanded, soon engulfing the entire mine.

Under Old John’s stunned gaze, the entire mining area was enveloped in a dazzling golden light, akin to being bathed in an ocean of radiance.

That scene was like a Divine Miracle.

Immediately afterward, the earth trembled, and the hillside shook. Old John keenly sensed that the ground beneath him was sinking.

And at this moment, suddenly, a beast-like roar echoed within the mine, as strands of black mist slowly rose.

However, before that black mist could fully condense, it too fell under the embrace of the radiant light.

Countless photons danced like snowflakes as a pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing through the cloud layer above.

The chilling wind howled, blustering so fiercely that Old John could not keep his eyes open.

When everything settled back into tranquility, the mine at the foot of the hill had transformed dramatically, collapsing into a basin...

The black mist had vanished without a trace, leaving only the elf who had been praying half-kneeling before a slowly dissipating array, seemingly in a daze.

"Did... did it work?"

"Hmm... Did something appear during the sacrifice just now?"

"Couldn’t see clearly... It seems there was something, might have accidentally been sacrificed along with everything else..."

"No... there’s nothing wrong, right?"

The players on the hillside exchanged glances.

"It seems we succeeded, I can sense the Abyss’ presence has vanished."

Looking at the collapsed mine, Golden Dragon Romanos said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, the players gradually grew excited:

"As long as it worked!"

"Yeah, who cares what was sacrificed with it!"

"Quick! Quick! Ask Brother Mu how many contribution points we earned!"

These few words were still typed out in the team channel.

When Li Mu returned, floating lightly, his gaze unfocused, everyone but Wind and Little Xian Miao stayed calm while the others gathered around excitedly...

"Brother Mu! How much reward did we get?"

"How is it? Are the contribution points substantial?"

Seeing the hopeful expressions of his teammates, Li Mu zoned out for a moment, slowly shifting his gaze back.

Glancing at his personal dashboard, he swallowed hard, indicating a ’five’ with his hand.

"No way? Just five million?"

The players were taken aback.

Li Mu shook his head.

"Fifty million?!"

The players’ eyes lit up.

Li Mu continued to shake his head.

The breathing of the players grew heavier...

"Five...five hundred million?"

They asked, eyes wide in surprise.

This time, Li Mu slowly nodded.

"Woah!"

Upon hearing Li Mu, even Dongdong, who usually avoids swearing, started to curse.

Little Xian Miao, however, slightly frowned:

"Only five hundred million?"

All players:...

"Miao Miao, you should be content! Although the mineral vein’s full value probably exceeds five hundred million contribution points, we sacrificed everything all together without doing anything, it’s almost like getting it for free!"

Dongdong complained.

Saying this, she giggled foolishly:

"Five hundred million... after deducting the Magic Crystal Stone costs, each can get forty million... ah ha... ah hahahaha... I can buy a big manor in Chosen City... ah hahahaha..."

But as she spoke, her smile gradually faded:

"Ah, wait, my Divine Artifact is still not repaired... I have to spend several millions to fix it... ugh..."

As for Demacia, who initially suggested this idea, his eyes grew brighter.

He felt...

As if he had opened a door to a new world...

Looking at the gathered, excited elves, Golden Dragon Romanos was quite astonished in his heart.

They were so delighted merely because the pollution here was resolved?

At this moment, he gazed at the elves with an even more respectful view.

Truly, they are chosen by the Goddess of Life!

They... are indeed selfless and righteous as rumored!

Such upright and selfless beings still face slander from rumors, those who spread such lies really should be punished!

Golden Dragon pondered secretly.

Glancing at the excited and seemingly celebrating elves, and then at the Magic Crystal Stones beside him, Romanos hesitated a bit, flying towards the players.

He decided to propose his idea while the elves were happy.

"Beautiful Lady Xiao Xian Miao."

The Golden Dragon Romanos asked with a hint of respect:

"May I... propose a trade with you?"