GREED: ALL FOR WHAT? Chapter 81 Cowardly Tree

Hadrick sighed. The sound of his sigh was like the whistling of the wind. Then he said, "A king can still squash you."

Soverick sneered, "I can beco a king of law as soon as I reach transcendence. A king is nothing to ."

"If you say so. I must admit that you are very talented. I knew your soul was special, but I didn't think you were this talented. Maybe a little too talented, but it doesn't an you are strong. Don't let your potential get in your head." Hadrick warned him, but soverick didn't think there was much to worry about. Hadrick didn't know what he was truly capable of. If he makes a huge sacrifice, a king of law will not be able to threaten the current him, not to ntion when he becos transcendent.

Soverick just shook his head. He decided to move on to more productive things. He changed the subject of their conversation.

"I have secured the room, so you should be able to send a part of you over."

Hadrick refused. "Never mind that. It's too risky. If sothing goes wrong I'll be struck by lightning. I can't do it."

Soverick smirked. "You coward."

"I maintain that it is an admirable quality. Cowards live longer." Hadrick said without sha.

"But you can't move around. You're more like a prisoner here."

The tree sighed. "It is the price to pay for long life."

Elves like trees, they like speaking to them, touching them, and being around them. His forr house was in a forest on top of a tree. He was able to be around them as much as he wanted. He would like to replicate that environnt by making the tree grow in his room but the ancient tree is too scared of lightning tribulation. There's another thing he wants from the tree that can speed up his growth but the tree will refuse because of his cowardice.

The inner city is built on top of the forest, but the houses and buildings don't co in contact with it. There is a layer of barrier that separates the inner city from the forest. This barrier dips in several places so that tall buildings can be built directly on the ground. It is the second protection put in place in case the secret realm happens to be breached. The tree would have a layer of defense to fend off the tribulation until the secret realm is fixed. The tree has so much protection but it is still timid.

"If I had the bloodline of the Ghastorix ancestor you will do it for ?" Soverick asked

Hadrick snickered. "Too bad you don't."

Soverick shook his head, then he rembered sothing. "Was the surprise you said was waiting for at the evaluation room that prank?"

"How was it?"

"It was la," Soverick said.

"It was my idea." The ancient voice sounded as if it was sulking.

"Then it was fantastic. Truly efficient. I can see why such an idea would work, it is because it cos from an enlightened sage like you."

They both laughed. Soverick could be free and casual with this tree because he respects the tree. In the realm of high heaven, and probably in the entire void universe, only when people have similar strength and influence can they talk as equals. The tree is the only person he has t ever since he was born that could be considered his equal. He respects the tree because of its strength and its ability to transform Origin essence into origin energy. It is a unique ability among trees with very high potential.

The tree usually talks to people with the original bloodline because only them among the battle sage monkeys inherited the ability to communicate with it from their ancestor Ghastorix. But those people have beco rarer and rarer because of the influence of other royal bloodlines. His brother, Ghaster, happens to be one of those rare people with the bloodline of the ancestor.

"Does that an you will help out my brother instead of ?" Soverick asked, seemingly disinterested in the answer.

"Look at the ti. It's nightti already, I have to sleep."

Soverick wasn't surprised by Hadrick's attempt to evade the question. The tree is a coward after all.

"You this shaless tree. I thought old trees are good and honest trees."

"I didn't lie. I just avoided answering the question. It is a completely different thing. Besides, I am an ancient tree, anyti is nightti for ."

"I didn't think I'll ever envy that boy but I do right now. It is alright anyways, I can make do without your help."

The major reason he wanted the tree to break the barrier is so that the tree would be able to transfer life force to him. Elves can heal trees and can also be healed by trees. The amount of pure life present in an ancient tree of such size and strength as Hadrick is like a huge reservoir. With its help, he wouldn't need to rely on Mihila and Ghoto for their wealth. This is the major help that the original ancestor of the family enjoyed back then, which helped him to reach the transcendent level quickly. Soverick had a difficult path ahead of him which will beco easier for him if he had the tree's help, but the tree isn't willing to risk that much for him. Apparently, they aren't as close as he had thought. The tree was only willing to help those with the bloodline of the ancestor.

Hadrick tried to console him. "If you can co to the forest I'll help you."

Soverick shook his head and said. "I doubt that is possible, not with the level of protection you have around you."

He had tried to break through the barrier but he had failed. The barrier has reached the origin grade and it was probably set up by an origin god with a significant level of expertise. The barrier is enough to stump him and there could be more obstacles that will stop him from breaking in. Clearly, the Ghastorix ancestor had put in a lot of effort in preventing sothing like that from happening.

Their conversation lulled into a brief silence before Hadrick spoke again.

"Speaking of your brother, I tried to reach out to him today but he couldn't understand ."

"I noticed his odd behavior today. I thought you would only reach across to him when he awakens his soul. Why did you change your mind?"

"I was impatient."

Soverick shook his head. "I thought trees are the most patient creatures. He will only be able to communicate with you when he unlocks his divine sense."

Hadrick sighed. "I know. I was just testing the waters."

"Look at you, an ancient tree chasing after the attention of a small boy." Soverick mocked.

"I am just desperate for company." Hadrick tried to defend his dignity.

Soverick didn't let go. "Am I not enough for you? You have lost your self-respect old tree."

"I just miss my friend and his descendants remind of him."

"If you had broken through your limit, you would have been able to follow him. You would have been able to create a new race with him too. Your descendants will beco forest monkeys."

"Maybe, I could have also died."

Soverick stopped ssing with him. The tree might not be able to win an argunt but it will remain adamant. He had a lot of experience to know that trees can be stubborn more than earth elentals. If the tree had transford back then, there is a chance that a new race or at least a variety of battle sage monkeys with incredible plant affinity like elves will appear. That's how most elves were created too. Two powerful trees had transford and produced offsprings known today as wood elves. The high elves have a slightly different origin but all elves have at least one plant ancestor.

"Shouldn't he have a clone around here? It is easy for an origin god to create one." Soverick asked.

"Ghastorix is about to break through to the next realm. He needs his full concentration for that."

"He is about to beco a world god? From the little, I know that is pretty fast. He must be highly talented." Soverick said in admiration.

Hadrick snorted. "If you said this last origin cycle, I would have been proud of his achievent too. But now? I can only say he isn't too slow. The realm lord is also about to beco a world god."

"What?" This ti soverick was appalled. "Isn't that too fast?" He asked

"The realm lord is too talented. It is impossible to catch up to sothing like that. He just leaves people in his dust and makes people despair." Hadrick lanted. Soverick could only agree and lant too. The realm lord is widely known to be talented in everything he does. No one can compare to him in any aspect.