Experimental ‘Seeds’

“Doluka.”

Serea called out. Hearing this, Doluka looked down from the tree and, seeing it was the Queen, rushed down along with the elves via the vine staircase.

“Queen, you’re back. Has everything gone smoothly?”

“Mm, it’s all settled. But what are you doing here?”

Serea looked towards the massive tree hollow of the elf king tree. Understanding Serea’s confusion, Doluka glanced back and replied.

“Oh, we’re helping the Queen build a palace. As the one who summoned the elf king tree, only you are worthy of living here.”

“Live here?”

Looking at the huge tree hollow on the trunk of the elf king tree, Serea thought that with a bit of modification, it really could become a splendid palace.

“That sounds pretty good.”

“Of course, queen! This is the most sacred elf king tree of our race. I am sure, with our craftsmen’s skills, we will make the Queen satisfied.”

“Then I’ll look forward to it.”

“Mm.”

After a brief conversation, Doluka and the others returned to building Serea’s ‘palace’—which, in reality, was just adapting the existing elf king tree. But that was more than enough.

Walking into the huge tree hollow at the base, supported by roots, Serea took out the previously cultivated seeds from the stone platform.

System: Tree of Purification sapling *1, blood Thorn Vine seed *2, blood Tree Guardian sapling *2, cultivation complete, ready for planting.

No need to consider the Tree of Purification now, since the Blood Well wasn’t built yet. For now, she would experiment with the Blood Thorn Vine and Blood Tree Guardian.

With that in mind, Serea took the saplings to the camp’s ‘main gate.’ In reality, it was just a big gap in a section of the wall—it wasn’t even fitted with a door yet.

As soon as she arrived, flosa came up to greet her.

“Queen.”

“Mm, I’m here to test out the tree saplings. You all carry on with your work.”

“Yes.”

Ignoring Flosa and the others still working on the wall, Serea went straight to the large gap at the main gate.

Already familiar with the method for using the saplings, Serea walked to each end of the gate gap and planted the tree seeds. The process was…

Dig a hole, cover it with earth, then count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Communicate with the elf king’s mark, infuse the power of nature, and then two seedlings broke through the soil, beginning to grow slowly. Seeing this, Serea accelerated the infusion of nature’s power—after all, this was the Corrupted Jungle, where nature magic was inexhaustible.

Kakaka!

The Blood Tree Guardian was growing. The process took about ten minutes, attracting a crowd of curious onlookers.

“The Queen is amazing…”

The eyes of the elven girls sparkled, making Serea swell with pride.

When the two Blood Tree Guardians had fully grown, thick vines stretched out, sealing the main gate with their intertwining vines—thus forming a ‘door’ of vines.

Building: Blood Tree Guardian (Purple)

Level: 25

Sturdiness: A

Durability: B

Magic Power: C

Description: A giant tree capable of repelling enemy invasions and autonomously defending itself. It is extremely sturdy.

Looking at the door formed out of the sturdy vines of the Blood Tree Guardians, Serea called for Eighty.

“Go test its defensive capabilities.”

“Yes, queen.”

Eighty took up his massive hammer and approached the vine door. Without a word, he swung a heavy blow.

Devastating Smash!

With a mighty hit on the vine, the vine only bent slightly before dissipating the force.

“Not bad.”

Serea praised. Looking at the thick vines on the Blood Tree Guardians, it was obvious that these were their main means of attacking enemies, or for throwing ranged weapons.

Serea was very satisfied with the Blood Tree Guardians, and then she moved on to…

Blood Thorn Vine!

Dig a hole, cover it with earth, Count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

She planted the seed behind the wall, and after the infusion of nature’s power, the Blood Thorn Vine quickly took root and sprouted. Unlike the slow-growing guardian trees, the Blood Thorn Vine produced numerous slender tendrils in just a few minutes.

The tendrils, like ‘creeping tigers,’ quickly spread across the outer wall and soon covered its entire surface. Unfortunately, the wall wasn’t fully built yet, otherwise the Blood Thorn Vine could have grown even more.

Building: Blood Thorn Vine (Purple)

Level: 20

Sturdiness: C

Durability: B

Magic Power: B+

Description: The Blood Thorn Vine, with a certain degree of magic resistance, reduces magical damage to buildings. Its tendrils are able to pierce enemies and drain their blood, and its buds can release paralyzing and poisonous pollen to hinder enemy attacks.

It could increase a building’s resistance to magic and attack any nearby enemies—not a bad defensive structure at all.

“Oh, this is truly a beautiful piece of art.”

Flosa, who was obsessed with elven nature magic, praised.

“Mm, and not only does it look good, but its functions are extremely practical. It’s just a pity we have no way to truly test them in battle right now.”

Just as Serea said this, an elven archer came in with an urgent report.

“Bad news—a large number of zombies and Undead have appeared in the distance!”

“Huh? More zombies and Undead coming?”

Serea instinctively glanced at Leklis beside her, only to see that Leklis looked like a startled cat—his face was filled with worry, his level of anxiety so high that he even ignored Serea’s gaze.

“Leklis!”

“No, I’m not—I didn’t—”

“I haven’t even said anything yet…”

Serea twitched her mouth. Seeing Leklis expose himself without prompting, it was hard not to suspect something.

“Judging by your look, it seems you know something. Fine, come with me up the wall and take a look.”

“Uh… My earthwork isn’t leveled yet, my Lady…”

“It’s fine, you can take a break.”

“But I…”

Leklis wanted to protest, but suddenly felt himself floating.

Looking back, Little Black had skillfully grabbed him by the collar and carried him up onto the wall with Serea.

The news of the Undead invasion quickly spread throughout the camp. Since there was no wall, all noncombatants went to the tree hollow beneath the elf king tree to take shelter. Others stayed to guard the elf king tree, while the main fighting force joined Serea on the front wall to confront the enemy.

Gazing at the huge flock of startled birds across the river, Serea could estimate that the enemy numbers were certainly not small.

As the long wait dragged on, the anxiety on Leklis’s face became more and more pronounced.

At last, the enemy entered visible range. When she saw the leading Undead, Serea’s eyes lit up.

It was a high-level underworld Undead!

But seeing that Undead, leklis clutched his chest in agony.

He had felt this heartache once before—back when Serea had taken his Skeleton Warrior ‘Talius.’ But this time, the pain was deeper, for the leading Undead was the culmination of all his life’s efforts!

(To be continued)

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