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Raven continued listening to the stories of the ent. Despite its language being sowhat old and confusing, he still managed to piece out details of what it is trying to say.
Basically, the Ent was just a regular Oak Tree before but sowhat special since it has a tiny consciousness inside. By his guesses, this might be because of exposure to wild and untad energies of the Wilderness. This tiny consciousness longed to walk the planes and go to different places, however it is an Oak Tree, and trees can't walk. That's why even if it really wanted to go adventuring, it can't. As the Oak Tree aged and nearing the end of it's natural lifespan, it made an exclusive decision to take one step from it's position, it didn't care it will die after that one step since it's longing was that strong that it refuses to go without even trying.
And because it defied the Natural Laws, it experienced Demonification and evolved into an Ent, still a tree but can walk and go to venture other lands.Raven asked for more stories, deep down he truly wanted to know more about the ent since it's not just everyday where you et an intelligent and ancient lifeform.
Of course, the ent would be more than willing to tell him more. Based on Beastiaries he read sowhere, Kind Ents are the most talkative type, like a grandfather who always reminisce on their youthful mories, Kind Ents loved imparting knowledges specially to those who thirsts for it.With the continuous story telling, Raven eventually found out that this Ent is about 5000 years old. Which is mind blowing for him since that basically ans that this Ent already existed long before the Previous Era ended!
It's currently Year 1720 of the Dawn Era, the Lighshield Royal Family had been ruling for about 500 years so far. The previous era, which is the Dark Era lasted for only 20,000 years! This ans that on the last stretches of the Sunset Era, this ent already experienced Demonification and road the grand ancestral planes! And when the new era was ushered, this ent was there as well! This Kind Ent is even older that the current King! How aweso is that? With this new found knowledge, Raven was even more eager to hear the stories of the ent. 5000 years is no joke! Specially for a ntally aware Ent, the loneliness that it has to bear could drown anyone in sorrow, but to think that it's still arrive and settled down near his ho, maybe he could do sothing with this new found information.
Raven did ask why it chose to settle down near the Kingdom, and this is what it said.
"I am old Little One. This is not the first ti that I t your kind nor the first ti that I've talked to humans as well, there were tis that I was forced to deal with your kind as well."
"I've experienced far too many things in my 5000 years of life. I've faced many dangers as well as many opportunities which I often find myself reminiscing to whenever I can."
"It was a ti when dear old encountered a difficult situation. So of your kind wanted to hunt in order to harvest my core. They said that my core is useful to them so they went after a couple of tis. I tried pushing them away without harming them, but they endanger the ones I protect as well, so I had to deal with them. It then ca to a point where I was pushed to the brink of death when soone, a Little One like you, saved from their clutches."
"His na is Arthur, and he befriended and kept safe and offered solace and peace near this current civilization of yours."
'Wait! Arthur? You don't an…'
"Co to think of it, he's an impressive one. A wise little prince who prefer to seek understanding with other races in hopes to co-exist, unfortunately so of your kind see this as a weakness and deed him unfit to beco a ruler. Nevertheless, he saved and in return, when he was exiled I provided him ho. Yes, this is the place where we stayed, the tunnel that you ca out from was sothing that he personally made in order to sneak in to his ho and gather intelligence."
'Holy crap! It really is Him!'
"Even though he was exiled from his ho, he still deeply cared for it. Despite the unfairness he received, he's still willing to die for them in order to ensure their safety."
"With his hardwork and kind heart, your people started looking up to him, so much so that they started trusting him again and officially made him their ruler. Despite that, he still goes out of his way to visit and tell how his ho was doing."
"Eventually, old age caught up to him. And during his last visit, we reminisced about our friendship and everything that had happened. In the end, he asked a small request to and that is too watch over his descendants, and if possible provide them help If I could."
"To honor his request, I stationed here, constantly asking the Birds visit them and ask how they are doing. I'll see through it that so long as his bloodline remained, I will watch over them. I will honor our karmic ties to the best of my abilities."
Knowing this unknowingly made Raven smile. "It seems that I should bring her here to pay respects to you. Co to think of it, you could be considered as her great godfather."
"Hmm? What do you an little one.
"Raven didn't say anything, instead he opened his mind and sent a ntal link towards the core of the ent. As this link connected, the Ent captured images of Luna. Raven showed the ent of her childhood, the experiences she suffered, her training, and their monts together as friends.
As the Ent viewed these mories, it's core faintly shivered. After a while of silence, it then talked.
"She looks just like lissa." The orb sighed, "Poor girl, forced to abandon her ho to carry a heavy burden with her. She is very fortunate to et you, and on behalf of Arthur and lissa, thank you looking out for her."
"Don't ntion it." Raven smiled and waved his hand, "It's sothing that I should do."
"Lucas, Arthur's son. Balmung and Luna, his grandchildren. It's a pity that he didn't have the chance to et any of them. But I'm sure that he will be proud of them."
"Yeah…" Raven whispered, "He sure will."
All of the sudden, the orb shook fiercely and shot a glob of green glow towards Raven. Having caught unprepared, Raven's eyes widened like saucers as he felt a majestic and rich energy trying to invade his Energy Network.He looked up with difficulty, wanting to ask the ent about it's motives, but he was unable to talk due to the sheer density of the energy invading him.
"Don't fight it, Little One. I an you no harm." The ent said, "Consider this as a little gift for looking out for her."
Raven was a bit confused but he decided to trust the ent. He lowered his defences down and allowed the invading energy to his own networkA flood of vibrant energy threatened to drown him, nevertheless he could also tell that this vibrant energy doesn't have any malicious intent at all, he's just having a bit of difficulty handling it due to it's sheer density.
The viscous energy seeped into every pore of his body, Raven felt his spirit beco incredibly lively, this is also happening to his real body which is miles away from where his spirit right now. If Raven absorbs all of this energy, he will inevitably waste so of it since his energy network can't handle all of it. This is the ti when he rembered that he could redirect the excess energy to sowhere else.
With a firm command of his will, a circle formation with several ancient markings appeared on his back. One of the said markings appeared to be especially brilliant as of this mont.
Great Elental Gates of the Body Path. Raven decided to redirect the excess energy to the Wood Gate on his back and coincidentally, the gate also hungers for that viscous energy as well, which is why it is emitting a wild glow right now.
The gate shifted and opened wide, it then greedily swallowed the invading energy wantonly like a whale. Raven felt himself growing stronger and stronger as each seconds passed. As the Great Wood Gate opened, he felt that his lost lifespan was returning to him plus so extra. His hair was being lifted by a mysterious sources and was also growing by inches as ti passed. His whole body vibrated and a layer of old skin was being peeled away revealing a toned and fairer skin. His muscles are also tightening up and hugging his bones closer, he could also feel that all of his sense were being strengthened along with his organs. With one final gulp, the viscous energy was gobbled up and mark for the Great Wood Gate disappeared from his back.. It was also the ti when Raven felt an intense closeness towards nature.
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