Zoras
CH 22

Zora stared fixedly at the man before her with his faithful hand holding Xiao Dai.

His mind is now kite.

Somehow the man got hurt.

Is it possible for that man to wander outside the forest and meet a great man? Her thought.

"How are you feeling now?" Ask Zora.

"It's better, thank you".

"Let's get out, then clean yourself up". Zora said again.

How surprised Zora was when she looked around after coming out of the cave.

Now he's really angry.

He looked at Hongling with his murderous gaze, demanding an explanation.

Because the condition of the Forest at the time he lived is inversely proportional to the current one.

Everything was destroyed, the trees fell to and fro, the land that originally contained Herbal Plants was all empty, even the Poison Mist disappeared as well.

Not only that, all the plants in there have died. Not a single leaf was left behind in the tree.

"A month ago, regardless of what happened, the Poison Fog that existed suddenly disappeared". Hongling.

"Then...?"

"When all the people of the entire Continent knew this, they were in a race to come here, but since this was the territory of the Thei Empire, the Thei Kang Emperor forbade them to enter this Forest, Emperor Thiei Kang also ordered his best soldiers to stand guard in this forest..."

Huh... Hongling gave a rough sigh then continued, "But there is an organization that is unknown where it came from, not listening to the ban from Emperor Thiei, they broke into this forest and then injured all the Soldiers".

"What is their purpose?" Ask Zora.

"Snow Sword".

"The sword inside the cave?"

"Yes.."

"They got it?"

Hongling responded with a nod of his head.

Zora's jaws had hardened, only because a Sword destroyed this Forest.

Zora was furious now.

"How did they know the sword was?" He asked back while suppressing his anger.

Of course, the sword was behind the waterfall, then how, so they could figure it out.

"There was a master with them back then and it seemed like he had a secret Technique that allowed him to sense the Aura of the sword". Hongling.

"If the Master had not existed, this Forest would not have been what it is today". Further again.

Hongling looked very calm from the outside, but not with his heart, he tried to hold back his anger from earlier on well.

"What about the others?"

"When the battle took place, I asked them all to leave this Forest". Hongling replied recalling the incident.

Hongling was really interrogated by Zora, Hongling already knew about this, he knew that when Zora came out of training and saw the situation like this he would be angry.

He is new to know Zora, but he knows how Zora cares for the Forest dwellers and himself.

"Mo Lan and Mo Xiu also left this forest?" Zora asked back without using the frills of master and mistress as usual.

He's not in a good situation right now.

Hongling shook his head slowly, "They didn't leave, they were so stubborn as to stay here with me, but after the battle was over I never saw them". Said slowly.

He felt very guilty for not being able to protect this Forest and everything in it.

"You've been looking for them on all sides of this forest?" Zora asked to confirm again and was only taken in by Hongling.

The body of Xiao Dai who was in Zora's arms trembled.

Xiao Dai followed Zora from her still a baby.

But he and Zora never miss visiting his family once a month just to play.

It's just that last month they did not have time to visit because Zora is busy in training.

Zora stroked the petite body of Xiao Dai gently.

"This forest.... can it not be repaired?" Zora asked, she felt sad to see the state of this forest, this forest was her first home while in this foreign world.

Hongling shook his head slowly.

"Huh...?" Zora was astonished by Hongling's reply.

Looking at it Hongling said, "The sword is the heart of this forest, but being plucked out of its place by force makes this forest dry up because it loses the Aura of life.. Without that sword, this Forest would not be able to return to its original state unless there was someone who possessed the Plant Element, but in this Human Realm there could be no one who possessed that Element, either, because that Element is only owned by the Elf Race".

Zora now understood, he was quite surprised to know that the Sword was the Heart of this Forest.

"Do you know any other function of the sword?"

"No. but if there is a wrong hand, this Nature will be in danger". Hongling.

Zora's jaws hardened with her cold eyes sweeping across the entire Forest.

"Clean yourself, we'll leave this forest to find another and that Sword".

Hongling listened to him well.

He is very obedient.

...

Hongling is done with his business.

Zora wore a white veil to cover the bottom of her face and gave Hongling a golden mask that covered only part of her face.

Zora also did not forget to change the color of her hair and eye color to dark black.

Xiao Dai himself was still comfortable in Zora's arms.

He did not want to escape Zora's embrace at all.

After being outside the Fog Forest, Zora turned her body to stare at the Arid Forest that was before her.

He thought of a way to claim this forest that belonged to him, by making no one would ever be able to enter this forest except himself and his people.

He crouched down slowly, his right hand touching the ground.

Hongling just kept silent at Zora's behavior.

Until what happened next made Hongling's jaw almost out of place.

"It's..."

His speech was stifled, he looked at Zora with his complicated gaze.

Who is this girl in front of him?

The only question that came to his head.

Zora spent nearly half an hour recovering the entire forest with his Plant Elements.

Because of the size of the forest, Zora takes a long time.

Not only that, Zora also took out her Sealing Element

He spread it, to fill the Forest.

He also set up a basic level barrier formation to prevent the deployment of those Dark Elements out of that Forest.

Zora grabbed Xiao Dai's hand and made a mark on the back of his hand, after he had secured the Forest.

He shifted his attention, looking at Hongling who was looking at him with a complicated look.

He ignored it, "Hey.

Hongling awoke from his daydream, "what's up?" Ask still with his complicated experience.

"Grow your hand".

Without saying much, Hongling extended his hand.

Zora held the back of Hongling's hand, then released it back.

Hongling stared at the puzzled image of a crescent moon with a small size on the back of his hand.

Zora understood from the intent of the gaze, "It was a sign, and only those with the mark could enter this forest". Evidently.

Hongling now understood with Zora's purpose that he wanted to claim the forest to be his by doing so.

But Hongling did not mind it, because he thought Zora's actions were good enough, because then no one would be able to enter this forest at will.