Chapter 2123: Troubles of the Forest II
Chapter 2123: Troubles of the Forest II
“It walked away.” Adrian stated as he arrived at the location that Levin Cloud and the others gave him.
Seeing that they could not know what truly happened to the forest swamp, they immediately called Adrian by giving him the coordinates. Adrian has already stopped with his testing and answered the call of his friends. He knew that Levion Cloud was doing an important quest, and he probably needs his help which is why he dropped everything to teleport to their location.
“You mean to say that an entire area that is filled with soil and trees just up and went someplace else as if it was bored.” Levin Cloud stated again as even he felt that is such an impossibility but the large carving on the ground says otherwise.
“You can even see its path of destruction that is filled with lifeless ground.” Adrian stated as he pointed out the area that was lifeless but also cleaned of miasma.
“Are you sure?” Levin Cloud stated once more as he really believed that it might have been teleported.
“Fine, I need to show some receipts. Memory of the World!” Adrian stated as he casted a spell that reversed time but only showed a silhouette of the past. It is one of the spells that he really wanted to always use when he has a chance to do so.
[Please select the timeframe.]
“Let us go one day before.” Adrian stated as he selected the entire area as well.
Adrian casted the spell with ease and he could see that the mana that he had was barely used up. He could be seen feeling ecstasy at the sight of his mana bar not being consumed to the max. The entire area suddenly formed a silhouette that was rather obscure. Adrian expected a copy of the entire thing and will show what really happened, but it looked like everything was suffering from static.
“Even the Memory of the World is blurry.” Adrian stated as he played the sequences.
Adrian controlled something like a control panel and fast forwarded what happened. The silhouette showed them a scene of the entire area suddenly becoming a monstrous silhouette. The face that Levin Cloud had when he saw that the entire forest swamp did indeed grew legs and walked away was hilarious. Peridot had to fix his dropped jaw or else some bugs would have entered it.
“I was this close in getting the Heart of the Forest! I needed to get that to condense the core of Alfheim. If I get that then we would have been able to fuse Alfheim with this world again.” Levin Cloud stated as he broke down to the ground as all his effort suddenly walked away.
“That was a memory from a day ago. It should not have gotten that far but I believe that it might have become a powerful monster. We might not be able to defeat it by ourselves even if we follow it. Are you sure that the Heart of the Forest is in that swamp?” Adrian asked to verify.
“I am sure of it. I can even feel its essence as I am already tied with a piece of the Heart of the Forest. I was able to sense it here a few days ago but the connection suddenly felt unstable. After a few hours of the connection being unstable, the line was entirely cut but I proceeded to the last location I have sensed it.” Levin Cloud stated.
“Still, who would have enormous enough power to create and make an entire forest swamp become alive.” Kabrakan asked as he knew that gods only had that power.
As soon as Kabrakan mentioned his statement, Adrian and Peridot’s eyes looked towards Levin Cloud. The two of them knew that only the Faekin can do something insane when it comes to nature. They have even witnessed Levin Cloud commanding an entire forest by himself so what is stopping one of them from making one walk away.
“Is there an evil dryad or evil leshy that we should know about?” Peridot asked Levin Cloud.
“We have none of those that I know of.” Levin Cloud stated.
“There is an evil fairy though and she has recently revived.” Adrian stated which made all eyes divert straight to him. Adrian began his summarization of the events that happened when he was in Alfheim.
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In Neo Alfheim, Anastacia was tending to her duties as a guild leader and the guardian of the world tree. Despite being a high elf, she was given this duty for her outstanding way of defending it. This title gave her doubled stats whenever the world tree is in need of protection. She is also the Envoy of Life that was chosen by the goddess which is why there was no need for a faekin to bond with the world tree as she herself is bonded to it.
She was working on the reports that her guild members submitted when she suddenly felt nauseous. She tried calling for help, but she suddenly fell down and fainted. The guards that were stationed outside of her office suddenly panicked as they saw their guild master faint. Anastacia saw the guards rushing towards her, but she could neither say anything nor hear anything as she closed her eyes.
“What is happening!” Anastacia stated as she suddenly found herself on top of the world tree. Anastacia was on top of a burning world tree that is under attack by corrupted beings made of wood and plants. She saw how the world tree was weakened as the barrier that surrounded their territory vanished. She then saw a large, gigantic monster made of trees and mud devouring the dead souls of her residents. She is seeing everything while hearing a demented laugh of a woman clad in miasma.
Anastacia could not make out the face of the woman, but she saw that this one had wings behind her back. The one covered with miasma was none other than a fairy as she has already seen one before. There were some fairies that visited Neo Alfheim before as there was a passage connecting all of the world trees together as long as they were allowed. This also meant that Anastacia has been to the real Alfheim and marveled at how beautiful that place was which is why she was working hard in making Neo Alfheim at least on par.
“Why would a fairy bring such destruction! They might be mischievous, but they would never ruin a world tree as that is also a source of their power.” Anastacia shouted at the fairy woman, but she was not heard as she was a mere ghost in this scenario.
“A pitiful high elf guardian will never be able to go against a Black Fairy Queen after all. With the power of this world tree, I shall return to my peak power and might even become a Fairy Goddess!” The fairy that is clad in miasma stated as she turned what looked like Anastacia’s body to ashes.
“Wah!” Anastacia shouted as she suddenly woke up.
“Are you fine?! What happened?!” Alder asked as he was incredibly worried.
“How long did I faint? Has it been hours?” Anastacia asked.
“Hours? I arrived after a minute they reported that you suddenly fell down. That should be five minutes at most.” Alder stated.
“Impossible! I thought I was gone for days.” Anastacia stated as a message popped in front of
her.
[The power of premonition has been activated to warn the Guardian of the World Tree of impending danger.]
[The forces of nature are suddenly running amok as a sinister force is twisting it for her desires. She aims to destroy the world tree and turn its power to nourishment in order to regain the power that she lost. The world tree is asking its guardian to prepare as a big storm is about to hit Neo Alfheim.]
“Everyone! Gather around and call all guild members.” Anastacia stated as she regained the strength in her legs.
“Why? What is happening?” Mariposa asked as she hurried to check on Anastacia as well.
“The world tree and our territory are in danger as a powerful being wants to absorb the power in it. We need to prepare so that we have a fighting chance against it. I do not know when it might happen, but it should be soon which is why send word to all our allied guilds as we will need all the help we can get.” Anastacia stated.
The Evergreen guild officers did not ask anymore questions as Anastacia was dead set on her command. The fact that their guild leader told them there is an incoming threat and it will take the forces of numerous guilds to fight it meant that it is something incredibly powerful. The Evergreen guild members already know that their territory is basically a gold mine but that also means it will encounter numerous misfortunes and greedy enemies.
“I was optimistic that something bad will never happen but at least we can be prepared.” Anastacia stated as she changed to her combat armor and headed to the guild hall.