Chapter 34 "Lord Creates Man"

"Strange, why doesn't it grow longer?"

Next to the altar.

Rhodes looked at the branch stuck in the soil in confusion.

From planting to now, he has been casting cultivation magic continuously for more than two hours. Even if the recovery time is removed, there should be some reaction.

But this branch is good.

Nothing has changed at all.

“Is it because I transplanted it in the wrong way?”

Rhodes thought about the growth characteristics of the mutant tree. The more plants around it, the faster it grew. He immediately planted another branch at the edge of the plantation to conduct a control group experiment.

then.

Another two hours of non-stop casting.

But the final result was exactly the same as the first one. Not only did it not grow roots, but many of the leaves on it fell off, and the remaining leaves began to slowly turn withered and yellow.

He then tried grafting it with other plants.

All failed without exception.

"What went wrong."

Rhodes scratched his head, thinking about the problem.

Ordinary plants, such as the oak tree that is more than two meters tall, can of course be transplanted, but its effect in dispersing the black soil is too weak and is completely inferior to the mutated small tree.

But in order to find out the problem, he cut a few ordinary oak branches and planted them in the same way.

As a result, just two hours after the spell was cast, new buds really grew on one side of the branch, and tiny roots extended from the bottom.

"Oh my goodness, we found the reason!"

Rhodes turned around and looked at the mutant trees in the plantation.

It turns out that after all he had been busy for such a long time, the branches of this thing couldn't be planted.

"I just don't believe there is anything I can't grow!"

Rhodes' stubborn temper came up, and instead of giving up, he got serious about it.

As a professional gardener.

The Moon God's messenger who rules the woodlands (self-proclaimed).

How can I admit defeat in the face of such difficulties?

What if he encounters plants that are even more difficult to grow in the future? Wouldn’t he have to give up everything?
That's not his style.

"You have to sprout for me today!"

Rhodes said viciously to the branch stuck in the ground.

Just like in the domineering CEO novels, after the CEO went to the toilet, he stared at the toilet with a cold, domineering and emotionless look and ordered: "Flush it yourself!"

Mutated Tree: ...

Nervous!
I have to say, Rhodes is a bit funny.

Even the Soul Raven beside him couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so it left him behind and flew back to the tree branch to continue absorbing the essence of the moon.

On the contrary, the little thing was still very interested and kept circling around, as if planting plants was a very great and sacred thing for it.

Seeing Rhodes turn around and go back to the altar, it followed him excitedly.

But how would it know?

Rhodes is getting too excited.

It’s just like how you couldn’t draw SR no matter how hard you tried.

He took a few drops of precious water directly from the Moon Well, then returned it and dripped it onto one of the branches.

It was originally just a last-ditch effort.

Unexpectedly.

The branches actually responded.

After absorbing the Moon Spring, a powerful suction force suddenly appeared, madly devouring the energy of the surrounding land, and all the water within a two-meter range gathered here.

"what happened?"

"Yeah!"

Rhodes was shocked.

He hurriedly mobilized his magic power, raised his hand to cast a rain spell, and then cast a cultivation magic on the land.

The little thing ran away quickly in panic and watched from a distance.

However, even with the energy support of the Moon Spring and the continuous influx of life breath, it is impossible to completely fill this suction gap.

Not a moment.

Rhodes' magic power was completely drained.

Had to interrupt the casting.

Just when he thought he was going to fail again, the branches miraculously began to change.

It did not take root and sprout as he had imagined, but gradually grew bigger and slowly turned into a half-meter-tall little tree man.

[Forest Guardian: A tree spirit that was not conceived naturally. Due to the lack of soul power, it cannot have independent consciousness and will protect the dream forest according to its instinct.]

what?
Rhodes was completely stunned.

He looked at the cute little tree man in front of him in astonishment.

No.

What happened to the promised taking root and sprouting?

Why did you come up with this weird thing again?

At this time, the little thing also came over and looked at the strange face curiously, as if wondering why such a thing could be grown on the branches.

Because compared to Rhodes, who looked like a genetically mutated demonic tree spirit and its bald oak head, the Guardian of the Woods was more like a tree spirit.

The whole body is covered with branches and leaves, which looks lush and leafy.

This was not what surprised Rhodes the most.

After all, it’s not like he hasn’t seen strange things before, such as the soul ravens and elemental elves.

But here's the thing.

These two strange things were born naturally, but the miniature tree man in front of him was made by him! Natural birth and artificial creation are two completely different concepts.

Especially when he saw the little tree man, an absurd idea emerged in Rhodes' mind.

That is.

Is there a possibility.

Back then, the Moon Goddess was just like him. She accidentally created a few little tree people during the planting process, and then the tree spirit clan came into being?
"Well, that's a good guess."

Rhodes nodded seriously, thinking that he was really smart. He had cracked the secret of the birth of the tree spirits in one go. Wouldn't this go down in history?

of course.

This was just his wild guess.

The little tree man in front of him didn’t even have a soul, so he couldn’t be considered a tree spirit. At most, he could only be considered a natural creature with a humanoid form.

to be honest.

It's a summon.

He summoned it by cultivating branches to guard the Dream Grove.

"Yeah!"

The little thing ran away in panic.

The Guardian of the Woods really took action, and went straight to the newly opened wheat field, casting magic on the wheat seedlings.

Two breaths of life like the shadows of green leaves floated out and slowly injected into the wheat seedlings.

The wheat seedlings, which had originally looked a little sick, suddenly regained their vitality and stood up again!

Rhodes felt it.

Although it is only the lowest level of magic, it can improve the growth of plants and replenish their life energy, so it is not completely useless.

But he still felt a little bothered by the fact that the branches had not sprouted.

"Could it be that there is not enough Moon Fountain?"

Recalling the huge energy gap just now.

Rhodes hardened his heart and hurried over to move another branch to an open area to prevent the surrounding plants from being drained away by it.

Then turn around and go back to get the Moon Spring water.

And he took a big scoop at a time.

All of it fell onto the reburied branch.

next second.

The powerful suction force appeared again.

It was even more terrifying than the previous time, and the range directly expanded to five meters.

If Rhodes had not taken precautions in advance, all the surrounding plants would have been sucked dry by it.

Don't be careless.

He quickly retreated five meters away and cast cultivation magic on the branches.

With the blessing of ten times the growth rate, the branches of the small tree finally underwent new changes.

Instead of turning into a guardian of the woods, it grew several protrusions from its sides, and then the protrusions split open, revealing two new green leaves.

"Success!"

This scene surprised Rhodes.

Work harder to infuse magical power into the branches and the land.

Gradually.

The suction is gone.

As if it had eaten its fill, it began to send down roots to the side, and new leaves replaced the old ones, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a smaller mutant tree.

Unsurprisingly.

The surrounding black soil began to slowly recede.

He was forced back two meters by the vitality emitted by the small tree.

Although it was not much, Rhodes knew that this range would gradually expand as the small tree grew, until it grew into a towering tree covering an area of ​​100 meters!

"I do have a talent for being a gardener."

Rhodes laughed triumphantly.

Who says branches can't sprout?

There is nothing in this world that he cannot grow!

"Yeah!"

At this time, the little creature hiding in the distance also ran over quickly, circling around the newborn tree excitedly, as if it was the one who planted the tree.

Rhode smiled and glanced at it: "This thing is very valuable, you must protect it well in the future."

How can it not be precious?
I used a whole ladle of Moon Spring Water.

Rhodes felt a pain in his flesh just thinking about it.

It seems that if we want to plant the branches of the mutant trees all around the altar and disperse the black soil, we have to increase the output of the Moon Spring.

Otherwise, no matter how much spring water there is, it will not be enough.

There is not enough wood now.

I have to go out and get some more, build a fence for Little Tree No. 2, and plant some things around it.

It just so happened that he was planning to go to the Black Forest to see if he could get another piece of the druid's soul back.

"Let's go after we upgrade."

While murmuring, Rhodes called out the information panel.

【Demonized Tree Spirit lv7】

[Occupation: Gardener]

[Experience: 58/70]

[Ordinary magic: vine whip, rain spell]

[Professional Magic: Cultivation]

(End of this chapter)