563 Big Tree
"The Nature Spirit evolve? That is…unexpected," Michael mumbled, his eyes glued on the Nature Spirit's main body.
The Nature Spirit was growing, its roots sinking deeper into the ground and further through the surroundings where it connected with the other trees and plants. A root network between the towering trees and the Nature Spirit was ford as a trendous amount of lifeforce and energy flowed through its trunk, roots, and branches.
Every inch of the Nature Spirit was flooded, stimulating the promotion and evolution into a Greater Nature Spirit.
The Nature Spirit's trunk enlarged, its bark grew more resilient and its branches spread in all directions. In a matter of minutes, the Nature Spirit's main body grew three ters taller, but that was only the beginning.
Michael could clearly feel trendous power surging through the Nature Spirit's Link of Loyalty. The Nature Spirit hadn't been at the 2nd Tier for long, but the surge of power was as clear as the difference between day and night.
It advanced to Late Tier-2, and broke straight to the Peak of the 2nd Tier in one go. But the Nature Spirit's advancent was not yet over. It approached Tier-3 incredibly fast. In less than half an hour, the Nature Spirit reached the wall that every being had to overco to advance to the next Tier.
The Nature Spirit's advancent slowed down considerably, but Michael could tell that the Nature Spirit was far from done.
He retreated a little bit and sat down on the ground. He retrieved the mory Orbs of the Awakened he had extracted earlier and began to consu them one by one.
Michael was certain that the mories of the Awakened weren't as useful as the mories of Tier-5 Lords, or the Tekur, but he was certain to gain a lot, nonetheless. The Awakened's combat experiences, their mories along with understanding of their Martial Arts and other techniques were enough reason to consu the 1349 mory Orbs he'd extracted. He wouldn't spare even a single mory Orb.
He glanced at the transforming Nature Spirit, smiled, and consud the first mory Orb.
But instead of consuming the mory Orbs like usual, Michael made a decisive change. He used Extraction on the mories that entered his mind even before digesting them. Using Extracting on the mory flood was like splitting the sea. Unnecessary mories such as the family lives and private matters of the Awakened were removed straight away whereas the remaining useful mories entered his mind.
However, that was not where the changes ended. Michael separated the mories into several piles. Knowledge, Combat, Techniques, and Potentially Useful.
The last pile was directly related to information that could be considered private but those mories revealed certain details that may or may not be useful in the near future.
He took his ti separating the mories within the mory Orbs before he began digesting them. There was no need to rush and it was certainly better to be ticulous. The Awakened of the Council of Xylon ought to have so useful information, after all.
Michael spent the following 48 hours digesting 1349 mory Orbs. He didn't take a single break, allowing him to improve his weapon mastery of dozens of weapons, learn close to a hundred new techniques from the mories of his enemies, and study the martial power and military might of the Council of Xylon in detail.
Two days passed incredibly fast while he was busy. Michael barely completed digesting the last mory Orb before he received a ssage from the Immortal Knight.
["I apologize for interrupting your work, my Lord, but I would like to report the situation in the Savannah Region."] Siegfried Dracoon spoke through the communication crystal.
Michael straightened his back and got up from the ground. He felt a little groggy and stiff but circulating origin energy through his body while stretching worked wonders.
["None of the Links of Loyalty broke. That ans you guys haven't battled yet,"] Michael noted, his thoughts rging with the mories he'd digested over the last two days, ["The factions of the Council of Xylon are probably in an internal conflict right now. Our tily arrival in the Savannah Region must have surprised them. They're probably more careful now that the Savannah Expedition is more than a dozen tis larger than before."]
Michael and his subjects had been a small force of roughly 100 people earlier, but the number increased to 1,800 all of a sudden. If their force with 100 mbers had already been enough to force the Council of Xylon to change their tactic, how terrified must they be now that the reinforcent increased to 1,800?
["We're considering attacking one of the Council's larger settlents. It's currently under construction and will complete in a few weeks at the earliest. The biggest problem about the settlent is that it's near the border and close to two main settlents. The Zaynur and Laprix's Summoning Gates and wooden manors are in the main settlents."]
Michael halted in his tracks and stared at the communication crystal.
["The Council is preparing for a large-scale attack to eliminate one of the Trilance's Lords? That's bad."]
Even though the Council of Xylon didn't have the ans to eliminate the Trilance's Lords straightaway, they could cut the Lords' powers by destroying their Summoning Gates and wooden manors. The Lords would lose their power and all Links of Loyalty would be terminated. That was bad and quite the blow.
["We don't know which main settlent they plan to attack. Furthermore, the army stationed in the large settlent is rather small. There are only 100,000 soldiers for the ti being. We think that they're planning to expand the army to 500,000 before they bulldoze one of the main settlents."]
Relocating the Summoning Gates and wooden manors was possible, but it would attract too much unwanted attention. It was not exactly the best solution to openly transport your most valuable asset right in front of your enemy's eyes.
["Can you handle it, or do you need over there?"] Michael asked, ready to leave at once.
["I don't think that your help is needed. The Valyr Lordess received so support from her Clan. Apparently, she is the daughter of so noble household who granted her temporary control of a Super Elite Combat Unit. Since the Valyr Lordess cannot establish Links of Loyalty with Higher Lifeforms yet, she could only bring 50 Peak Tier-3 Awakened from her ho planet using Teleportation Tokens, but their combat prowess is great. Each of the Super Elite Valyr is on par with Tiara in terms of raw power and talent, but they're far more experienced."]
Michael raised an eyebrow.
["The Laprix Lord and the Zynur Lord have also requested aid from their people. They might owe the higher-ups sothing in return, but they should receive so aid given that the Savannah Region has so rare mineral deposits and interesting regions adjacent to them."]
Michael thought about it for a mont and nodded to himself.
["I trust you. You know what you're doing. But…please don't hesitate to request my help. I can call Icarus and pump so layers of Enhancent into him to give you a helping hand in no ti!"] He said before Siegfried Dracoon began to share so detailed pieces of information related to the other issues in the Savannah Region.
Michael listened intently and shared even more detailed pieces of intelligence about the things he'd learned. He told Siegfried about the weaknesses of the 109 territories, their scuffles, what their strengths were and how their soldiers and Awakened were trained and treated.
The intelligence was very useful for the Immortal Knight. He learned a lot about the happenings in the 109 territories that crafted up the Council of Xylon, how the Council's settlents were structured and the might of their defensive devices.
Siegfried was quite confident in defeating his enemies. A single settlent didn't pose a big threat even if their numbers reached 100,000. If everyone was at the sa rank it could have been a problem, but the nurical advantage of the 100,000 Soldiers didn't hold a candle to the Super Elite force of the Valyr Lordess, let alone Michael's Elite Force.
The communication crystal dimd once their summon ended, and Michael sighed deeply. He felt like rushing over to the Savannah Region, but he understood that it wouldn't help anyone if he joined the upcoming battle. Maybe, he could rescue a few poor souls that would be crushed otherwise, but all he taught them by joining every battle was…dependence.
They would never stop depending on him and his power, and they would learn to hate him once he stopped joining the battles. They would bla him, just like so citizens did before if they failed.
"I should trust the Immortal Knight. Siegfried can do it!"
Michael turned around and was about to leave when his eyes locked onto the Nature Spirit. No. It was not an ordinary Nature Spirit anymore. It had evolved into a Greater Nature Spirit, a 5-
Star Summon.
The Greater Nature Spirit's trunk was humongous, and its treetop towered above the other gigantic trees. The small Nature Spirit that had been smaller than the other trees around it now stood like a giant among the once tall trees. They looked like tiny saplings compared to the Greater Nature Spirit's might, presence, and size.
However, there was sothing particular about the Greater Nature Spirit that attracted Michael's attention. It attained a Domain. No. It devoured the domain of the Legendary Artifact and crafted the Domain of Natura a part of the Greater Nature Spirit's being.
"Well. That is…interesting." Michael mumbled, his eyes still locked onto the Greater Nature Spirit.
"Morning, Big Tree."
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