674 Intimidation (2/2)

\”Honorable guests, thank you for coming to help us.\” The brown figure was a tall, middle-aged human male, who was holding a wood staff with a symbol of balance in his hands. It was exactly Lodell, Hand of Balance.

On their altitude, the view of the abyss behind the crack was very obvious. It was a bloodstained plateau, with weird white rocks standing everywhere.

On the plain, there was nothing but red mud and sand except for a few plants that were full of scales. A sandstorm was raging whenever there was a wind.

In the sky, Lucien saw a pale sun that was half blocked by the dust. It was enshrouded in a weird red halo because of the bloodiness.

Everything was so dim and depressing. It was the best announcement of slaughter and destruction.

\”Elder.\” The green person was a mini lady who was only the size of a head. She had deep green hair and a beautiful face. She was slim, with a pair of transparent wings on her back. She was surrounded by the dense air of the forest.

She was exactly Selinda, a nymph known as the Green Guardian.

After greeting Malfurion, Selinda did not say anything. For nymphs, human beings, who destroyed forests, were unpardonable villains.

\”Selinda, what is nature?\” Lankshear suddenly asked.

Selinda looked at Lankshear angrily, not too friendly with the elf. \”Nature is the greenness that represents life and allows all creatures to flourish. It is vulnerable and calls for our protection. Anyone who sabotages nature is our enemy.\”

Lankshear smiled, \”Evans, what is nature? Do you have an answer to the question you asked us?\”

Lucien looked at him. Although he did not know what was on the elf's mind, the elf obviously had his own purpose. Perhaps, he was trying to reach a certain purpose by instigating conflicts at this moment?

Malfurion seemed too absent-minded to stop Lankshear from asking. Perhaps, he was interested in Lucien's and Atlant's answers, too.

Lodell opened his mouth and tried to say something, but he eventually fell silent.

Lucien smiled and pointed at the Scarlet Plain. \”Is this not nature? There are lives that are demons, and there is mud, wind and the sun…\”

\”It's a polluted and damaged nature that is escalating into destruction.\” Replied Selinda solemnly.

Lucien shook his head. \”Nature in my mind is a cycle.\”

\”As long as its constituents can make up a cycle from life to death and from death to life, it will be nature. Therefore, swamp is nature, volcano is nature, abyss is nature and nature is abyss, too…\”

Before Selinda refuted him, Lucien went on, \”Nature has a myriad of meanings. The nature we see and get in touch with are different from one another. Therefore, the nature in our mind is a unique nature that is based on our own experience and knowledge. It's nature from our own perspective. Just like the microscopic particles, we will see different results when we choose different methods of observation. As to exactly what they originally look like, that is a meaningless question.\”

\”Therefore, my nature is nature from the perspective of human beings. The nature that is suitable for us and facilitates our development is good nature. The purpose of our environmental protection is also simple, which is to build a better nature where we can live more comfortably. In that regard, we recognize nature with ourselves as the center, and I think that elves are the same!\”

Malfurion and Selinda were about to speak, when roars of slaughter and destruction suddenly burst out from down below. An army of demons surged out of the gap again.

Those demons were in an assortment of appearances. The one thing that they had in common was their aggressiveness.

\”The Sovereign of Blood has driven his army of demons to attack again…\” Lodell was greatly relieved and hurried to change the topic.

Looking at what was inside the gap and calculating the distance, Lucien suddenly extended his right hand and chanted a long spell:

\”Eternal Blaze!\”

Boom!

A scorching sun suddenly rose from the center of the Scarlet Plain. The terrifyingly high temperature could be felt clearly even though it was in a different world.

An unimaginable energy storm swept out, drowning everything with the glow.

Watching the rolling mushroom cloud and the shaking abyssal gap, and sensing the world-destroying power, Lankshear and Selinda fell silent.

Whatever you are trying to manipulate us to do, you'd better consider if you are strong enough first!

Lucien moved his right hand back into the pockets of his double-breasted suit.