Chapter 112 Damn it, he tricked me!

Rhodes:? ? ?
Elves don’t have that kind of ugly things?

Hearing Augla's words, Rhodes was instantly shocked and felt that his outlook on life had been greatly impacted.

Elf.

It's actually asexual reproduction!
So were all those elf and orc comics he had read before fake?
really.

Practice brings true knowledge.

Some things cannot be fully restored by imagination alone, and you have to see them with your own eyes.

"That's not right. If it's asexual reproduction, then how can there be male and female elves?"

Rhodes suddenly thought of another question and looked at Augla and Alpha.

"Uh... I don't know about that."

"I'm not so sure either."

The two looked at each other and said they didn't know.

Augla simply has no feelings about gender, which is a common problem among tree spirits.

Alpha had never seen the reproduction process of the elves with his own eyes, so he didn't know the details.

With no other options, Rhodes could only come to the elf baby and look it up and down.

The newly born elf baby is not yet acclimated to the environment. It looks around timidly at the large and small figures surrounding it.

But even so, Rhodes could still tell that this was a female elf baby.

In other words.

The gender of elves is determined at birth.

"Is it possible that among the elves, it is not called gender, but rather occupational division of labor?" Alpha expressed what he thought was the most likely guess.

Just like the worker ants and soldier ants, they also have no reproductive function, but because of different division of labor, there are great differences between individuals.

In the eyes of other races, this huge difference is considered to be the difference between males and females, which is completely applicable to the elves.

"I see!"

After hearing this, Rhodes suddenly realized and felt that this should be the most likely explanation.

In their view, male elves should be the strongest among the elves, responsible for doing heavy and tiring work.

Female elves have the advantage of agility and are responsible for conveying messages and quickly breaking down and transporting food.

The reason why there is the concept of male and female is simply that other races apply their own cognition.

Obviously.

As the "queen" of the elf babies, the Masochistic Little Tree believed that the environment she was in required more agile elves, so the first elf she bred was a female.

"Okay, you've been hiding it so well, tell me what's your relationship with the Tree of Life?"

Rhode grabbed the leaves of the masochistic tree and pulled it by the ears as if to lecture it.

However, the Masochistic little tree swayed from side to side, but it didn't know the spiritual message it was conveying. Even it itself didn't know why elves grew on its body.

“It’s really weird.”

Augla also spoke up, "Logically, since it can give birth to elves, it should be the Tree of Life, which can control the origin of life. Why is it so weak?"

As soon as he said this, the masochistic little tree became restless and a rustling sound was heard.

The elf baby, who was originally scared, seemed to be able to sense its thoughts. It suddenly ran over and pounced on Augla, biting his roots hard.

"Okay, okay, I said something wrong, isn't that okay? You're so awesome, quickly get this brat out of the way, before I accidentally step on him to death."

As he said this, he swung his toes, threw the elf baby away, and fell to the ground with a thump.

who ever thought.

The elf baby felt the pain, but didn't cry or make a fuss.

Instead, he got up from the ground, picked up a small wooden stick and waved it at Augla, like a warrior who was going to defeat a dragon.

"Huh? This little fellow is quite brave. He has a fighting consciousness even when he was born. He will definitely become a good elf warrior in the future."

"Since she likes you so much, I'll leave it to you to take care of her."

After saying that, Rhodes and Alpha ran away, leaving Augla standing there in confusion.

No.

Why did you all run away?
I've never had a child!
Unfortunately, no matter how he wailed, Rhodes and the others ignored him and went about their own business.

Luckily the little ones are still there.

After the initial confusion, they finally realized that it was a newborn cub and immediately surrounded it, chattering away in an indescribable manner.

Anyway, when Rhodes finished casting a spell on the wheat field and turned back, the baby elves had already become friends with them, running back and forth between the open space and the plantation, making the area around the altar more lively.

"It seems like we need to upgrade quickly and get more Moonstones to expand the forest area."

Seeing that more and more members were on the altar, Rhodes began to think about expanding the forest and looked at his personal panel.

【Demonized Tree Spirit lv18】

[Experience value: 73/260]

These more than seventy points of experience are given when the wheat sprouts.

Although it was not as much as the mature harvest, it allowed him to take a big step towards the second level.

Just a little more than one and a half levels and you can comprehend new gardener magic.

Combined with the various methods accumulated recently, it is entirely possible to explore deeper into the druid's nest. Maybe I can even meet the survivors outside and come into contact with other races.

"Okay, continue to gain experience!"

After setting short-term goals, Rhodes worked even harder.

The wheat plants grew rapidly under his cultivation and harvest magic, and experience information kept popping up in front of him.

……

A blink of an eye.

Two days passed.

While Rhodes was still working hard to farm and gain experience, something big happened in the druid's nest at the other end of the forest.

"Found it! The Moonstone Mine!"

"It's really the Moonstone Mine!"

Deep in the lair.

Several teams sent by the Giant Tree Alliance were looking at a large piece of Moon Stone embedded in the cave with great joy.

After days of continuous exploration and the loss of a large number of manpower, they finally found what they wanted in this hidden cave.

Moonstone!
And it’s a Luna Stone mine!
Looking at the stone emitting green light, everyone's face showed ecstasy and excitement.

There's no need to waste time talking. We immediately assigned more manpower and began intensive excavation work.

The commotion even alarmed the nearby demons, who immediately sent a message to Rhode through the gargoyle messenger. "Did they find a large amount of Luna Stone?"

Rhodes almost vomited when he received the news.

I worked so hard and risked my life to explore the nest, but only found some scattered fragments.

Those outsiders were so lucky that they discovered a small mineral vein directly, which looked like there were at least hundreds of complete Moonstones.

"Want to rob?"

Augla was eager to try.

More Moon God Stones would mean faster repair of the Tree God statue and restoration of the forest to life, which made him tempted.

"of course yes!"

Rhodes said firmly.

Not to mention that the Moon Stone is very useful to him, just on the side of the Giant Tree Alliance, he can't let those unruly people get so many Moon Stones.

Otherwise, what if the sacrificial array is activated and the plane channel is really opened to lure those gods over?
"My soul has recovered a lot recently, and I can barely go outside. Leave this matter to me." Alpha volunteered.

He has been staying here these days, watching Rhodes, Kaba and others risking their lives to go out, and Augla making various contributions. He has long wanted to do something for the forest.

Otherwise, if he has made no contribution, how can he have the face to call himself the guardian of the Dream Forest.

"Can you go out?"

Rhode's eyes lit up when he heard that. "Well, I'll leave this matter to you. Try not to hurt innocent people. Just get the Moon God Stone back."

"I will handle it."

After Alpha finished speaking, flames ignited all over his body and he transformed directly into a dragon. A giant flaming dragon several tens of meters long flew outside in a howling heat wave.

Wherever he went, the black soil boiled.

It seemed as if it was about to be burned to ashes by the fierce flames.

"Damn it, he tricked me!"

Augula cursed inwardly, looking unhappy.

But I have to say that the main body of the Flame Dragon clan is really cool, and it even has its own tail flame during flight.

He couldn't help but want to go back to the elder and learn the magic that could make the breath of life follow behind him when he ran, and flowers and plants grow wherever he went.

There should be, right?

Augla was a little unsure.

Turning around, he found that Rhodes was also looking at Alpha's receding back, and he could vaguely hear a murmur.

"Hmm... it's quite impressive. It would be even better if it was accompanied by a sentence: My name is Deathwing Cataclysm."

Deathwing?

what?
Isn't that guy called Ashwing?
Augula looked confused, thinking he had heard it wrong.

When he looked outside again, Alpha was no longer there. Its speed was much faster than their ground combat units, which made him envious again.

……

And at this time.

On the black soil plain.

After half a day of digging, the Giant Tree Alliance team had dug out pieces of Moon Stone and brought them to the surface.

The adventure teams stood by and could only watch, feeling envious and jealous, but not daring to get any closer.

because.

The old human standing next to the pile of Moon God Stones was actually a fifth-level warrior sent by the Giant Tree Alliance. He was the top combat force of the entire alliance!
"Ah, I also want a few pieces of Luna Stone, so that I can exchange them for a few full meals."

In a corner not far away, the weird five-member group leaned against the barrier, looking at the pieces of Moon Goddess Stone being moved out with envy, just like looking at a pile of large pieces of jerky.

"It's already pretty good. Our harvest these days should be able to exchange for a lot of dry food." The dwarf uncle said as he wiped the giant axe.

But the human mage girl and orc shaman next to them were still drooling after hearing it.

"With so many Moon God Stones, we can exchange them for a lot of food, right?"

"It will surely give me enough for several meals."

Suck it~
The sound of slurping their saliva, accompanied by the rumbling sound of their stomachs, made their eyes sparkle even more, but at the same time they felt deeply frustrated.

They had been exploring the underground nest desperately these days and had nearly lost their lives several times, but they had only barely enough food to keep themselves from starving.

Even the most optimistic ones can't help but feel envious and fantasize about having enough food to eat one day.

"Marlene, what's wrong with you?"

The captain's voice rang out, interrupting their conversation.

Marlene.

It is the name of the dark elf.

It was only then that they noticed that since returning to the ground, Marlene had not spoken a word and was sitting alone in a corner, wondering what she was thinking.

"Is he injured?"

"Are you still too hungry to move?"

"Why have you been silent?"

Several team members dropped what they were doing and surrounded them with concern.

Even though they are usually heartless, they still attach great importance to the safety of their companions, even if they are of different races.

Feeling their concern, Marlene raised her head and rolled her eyes at them.

"Do I look hurt to you? I'm just thinking!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately laughed and finally relaxed.

"What? I thought you were so hungry that you couldn't move." Several people sat back in their seats.

"You are so hungry that you can't move!"

Marlene retorted, "I was just thinking, when I was in the lair today, I sensed a familiar aura, it seemed to be from my own race."

"Your people? Aren't you the only dark elf left? You must be hallucinating."

"It's okay if you don't believe it. Maybe somewhere in the black soil, our dark elves are still living well!"

Marlene walked away angrily.

Their noisy movements also attracted other adventure teams to look over here with malicious expressions.

They didn't dare to compete with the Giant Tree Alliance team, but this rookie team, which was only level two at most, was different.

"Look! What is that!"

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from the crowd.

Everyone whose thoughts were interrupted looked up and saw a fiery red figure rapidly approaching above the Death Forest in the distance.

(End of this chapter)