Chapter 186 The Tree of Blood! Part-5.
"I call this thing... the tree of blood..." (Aaron)
Hearing that na everyone felt confused and were lost for words, except for Kai.
"W-wait! I just rembered this tree looks awfully similar to the 'that' one... D-don't tell
you!?" (Kai)
Aaron nodded his head at Kai's question.
"Indeed it is 'that' tree... or to be specific this is my replica of the now extinct 'tree of affinity'..." (Aaron)
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(Info dumps ahead...)
There are three major trees that have been revered by the Elven race since ancient tis. Each of the three trees is unique to a different species of the Elven race.
During the thousand-year Extinction war, the Dark Elves were wiped out by the demon race, and along with them the tree that they revered 'The Tree of Wisdom' dried up and went extinct.
The Tree of Wisdom was said to be able to give blessings to its chosen ones, its blessing was supposed to be able to enhance an individual's wisdom exponentially. (Simply speaking it could give extra 'int' points with its blessing...)
Dark Elves had a rule that the queen of the Dark Elf must get the blessing of the Tree of Wisdom before ascending to the throne.
But as fate may have it, the tree of wisdom was affected by so mysterious phenona and died out before the last queen even took the throne.
These facts are recorded in the history books accurately.
Similarly, the elves that live in the elf kingdom, revere the 'World Tree', which is said to be the tree of life and birth.
Those elegant and beautiful-looking elves protect the 'World Tree' with the utmost care, even today.
Lastly, in so myths and legends, there is a ntion of the third type of tree, it is said that there existed a 'Tree of Affinities', which was revered by the third type of Elves, the 'Elental Elves'.
These elves were said to have excellent elental affinity since birth and they were master at elental magic. (Rio doesn't know it, but his Elental sword art is actually a relic that was left behind by those Elental Elves...)
This Elven species is said to have existed for a short period of ti right after the first ti appearance of 'Mana' in this world.
There are no records of how they went extinct and what happened to the Tree of Affinities.
One Legend states that if a person is blessed by all of these three trees he would have a better chance to ascend beyond the limits.
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(Back to the current ti...)
"Well I have been trying to recreate an actual tree of affinity, but until now, I am far away from success, for now I am researching with blood..." (Aaron)
"The original 'tree of affinity' could grant any type of elental affinity to its chosen ones, but this tree that I have replicated, can't even grant a blessing yet... sigh~" (Aaron)
"It took
so many years to barely even replicate a re part of the actual thing... I feel like I would need another two thousand years before I can finally end my research..." (Aaron)
Although Aaron knew that it was a daunting task that seed to have no real end in sight, he wanted to see it till the end. He wanted to one day create a tree of affinities with his own hands.
"This is my goal in life... or from a human perspective, you could say it is my ambition to accomplish this feat..." (Aaron)
Seeing the focused look on Aaron's face, Kai smiled and replied in a nostalgic tone.
"haha, you have grown a lot, Aaron, last ti I saw you, you were a brat with a loud mouth, but now you have grown up to be a fine man... I am sure your mother would be proud of you!" (Kai)
"Hehe, you praise
too much, general... I also want to surprise Mother with my progress, I wonder when she will return..." (Aaron)
The young Aaron used to be a mischievous kid, he always used to go berserk and cause chaos everywhere he went, but now he has grown up to be such a calm and collected individual.
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While Kai and Aaron continued to talk with each other about the old days, the others looked at each other with complicated looks.
Zach glanced at Rio and whispered in a low voice.
"What are we even doing here? Our existence seems to have been forgotten altogether..." (Zach)
Rio shook his head and replied.
"Don't worry, I am used to it... I get forgotten most of the ti..." (Rio)
Hearing Rio's reply, Zach rolled his eyes.
'Bro you look like a last-stage depression patient! Why would people even want to talk to you!?' (Zach)
"Ahem, well sotis it's good to stay silent and take as much information as you can..." (Link)
'Father would slap
if I talked back while he was still explaining sothing... ugh... those dark mories...' (Link)
Link glanced at the tree and noticed that there were several small fruits hanging on the tree.
"Link, can I eat those fruits!" (Riya)
Link shook his head with a solemn expression on his face. It's not that he was blocking Riya or sothing. It's just that he didn't feel that it was safe.
"This tree is giving
really strange vibes, its leaves are red and its fruits are dark red too... it's as if this whole tree is drenched in blood... I have never seen such an eerie tree before... better not try anything funny with it..." (Link)
"Indeed... I have a feeling that even if I cut it with 'Sword Intent' this tree won't be affected much..." (Rio)
"You too? Yeah, I feel like my 'Dao Rhythm' is telling
to stay away from this thing at all costs... uh, this is a very weird feeling..." (Link)
Link shrugged his shoulders and dragged Riya away from the tree in case she tried to sneak up and do sothing to the tree.
Rio stared at the tree with his usual expressionless face as he thought to himself:
'There was no such ntion of the character Nad 'Aaron' in the novel and this is the first ti I am hearing about this 'Tree of blood'...' (Rio)
'It seems I have been encountering more and more weird things recently...' (Rio)
'I better work harder, or I might not be able to keep up with this changing plot…' (Rio)
Seeing that Rio was staring at the tree, Lia grabbed Rio's hand and dragged him away.
"Look there are so ancient murals on the walls here, wanna see them together..." (Lia)
"Oh… okay.." (Rio)
'You shouldn't make such a concerned face, let
help you relieve your stress…' (Lia)
As Lia had spent a long ti observing Rio, she had already learned how to see through his expressionless face.
She imdiately noticed Rio's concerned look, and imdiately dragged him away so as to distract him from thinking too much about unwanted things.
(Let's go bois! Lia has reached the level where she can understand Rio without even seeing his emotions… wohoo!!)
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While everyone was distracted by their own thing, only Zach and Riko stood beside the tree.
"I can sense trendous life force, coursing through this tree… it has unbelievable vitality…" (Zach)
As Zach is an archer, his perception is extrely strong.
"It's as if this tree has been nourished with endless vitality…" (Zach)
[Haha, you are right kiddo… I am actually astonished you even noticed…] (???)
"What!? Who are you!?" (Zach)
Hearing that sudden unfamiliar voice in his head, Zach panicked a bit.
He hurriedly looked around himself and found that he was standing in a large white room.
Everything around him was white and there seed to be no end to this room in any direction.
[This is my plane of consciousness… no need to think too much of it… I just dragged you here for a little chat… that's all…] (???)
"Who are you? Show yourself!" (Zach)
[What are you talking about kiddo, you have been looking at
for a while now… you already forgot about ?] (???)
[Well, let
formally introduce myself then, I am the consciousness of the 'Tree of Blood' that you were staring at…]
"What!?" (Zach)
[Well, I don't have much ti to explain, so let's get to the main point directly…]
[I noticed that you have an excellent talent…]
[Would you like to have a blessing from ?]
"What are you talking about!?" (Zach)
[Forget it, I will just give it to you, I don't have the ti to explain about it…]
All of a sudden, Zach was pushed out of the plane of consciousness and he returned back to his senses.
Before he could say anything, the tree of blood started to glow brightly and one of its fruits started to ripe at an extrely fast speed.
The tree moved on its own and extended its branch towards Zach. It placed that ripe red-colored fruit right in front of Zach.
The fruit suddenly turned into bright photons of light and entered Zach's body in an instant.
Not even Kai and Aaron were able to react to that sudden turn of events.
Before anyone could understand what was going on, Zach imdiately fainted.
Fortunately, Riko caught him from falling to the ground.
[Ding! You have been blessed by the 'tree of Blood'…]
[Ding! You have received an 'Unknown Fragnt'…]
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Author's notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here! The 'fragnt' has made its appearance again after such a long ti! The mystery intensifies!
Question of the day.
Do you think Aaron knew about all this beforehand?
1.No (He didn't know…)
2. Nope (He has yet to properly complete his research so he is unaware of it…)
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