Game of the World Tree - Chapter 571

571. Chapter 569: The dog licks everything

Colorful balls of light hang on the branches of the World Tree, swaying gently.

Each ball of light is born on a green stalk, and at the end there is a leaf-like structure like a calyx, which really looks like the fruit of the World Tree.

Looking at this mysterious ball of light, Natsume was curious.

He performed a [Light Body Technique] and jumped off the back of the red dragon, landing directly on the trunk.

After getting closer, Natsume could see it more clearly.

This is definitely not the light cocoon that gave birth to players and original elves, because it is too small.

These “fruits” are about the size of a basketball, and there are some magical fluctuations under the hazy halo, and they also emit a strange fragrance.

When Natsume smelled this fragrance, he suddenly felt refreshed.

At the same time, he found that the magic power in his body was circulating more smoothly, and even the increasingly sluggish magic circuits in his body after meditating for two hours in the morning became sensitive again.

“What is this? Just the fragrance can help me channel the magic power in my body!”

Natsume said with some surprise.

The magic system of “Elf Kingdom” is very real. Every player has a magic circuit and a magic pool in their body, and the players’ daily meditation is to expand their magic pool and strengthen the magic circuit.

However, with meditation, the magic power in the player’s body will become more and more agitated.

Although this agitation will not cause magic backlash or interfere with the release of spells, when the magic agitation reaches a limit, it will in turn suppress the activity of the magic circuit, greatly reducing the effect of training.

In other words, it has reached the limit of meditation training for the day.

If you want to wait for the magic power to cool down, you have to wait for a day.

This is why even though players have the meditation method, they can only exercise for a maximum of two hours a day.

And if Natsume is not mistaken, the fragrance emitted by this strange light group may help players extend the time of training!

What on earth is this?

It’s simply a magic weapon to assist training!

Natsume looked surprised.

Although he has reached the maximum level, daily meditation is still effective.

Even though meditation could not bring about a qualitative leap in his power, nor could it promote him to a higher level, it could strengthen his magic pool little by little, slightly increase his magic power, and improve his tolerance to magic backlash.

Suddenly, Natsume became extremely curious about the ball of light.

After thinking for a moment, he tentatively touched it.

It felt warm.

The ball of light was not illusory, but seemed to be some kind of entity, but it was completely different from the ordinary touch.

The feeling was like holding one pole of a magnet and approaching the same pole of another magnet.

It was slippery and repulsive, but not particularly strong at the same time.

This feeling was still good.

Natsume felt that if he used a little more force, this “ball of light” might be deformed by him.

But he didn’t do it.

He didn’t know what it was, and was afraid that his recklessness would lead to adverse consequences.

You know, he was standing on the crown of the world tree, and the world tree was the main body of the goddess Eve in the setting of “Elf Kingdom”.

Everything related to the goddess must be treated with caution.

The goddess is not a background board, but a real NPC.

Although she appears less and less in the plot as the number of players increases, old players all know this.

After thinking about it, Natsume simply performed an identification spell.

And just as he imagined, the information returned was a series of question marks.

What this means, Natsume, who has spent four years in the game, knows it very well.

Either the level of the identification target is higher than his own.

Or, the identification target is protected by some powerful existence.

This is the World Tree, and Natsume did not sense a very strong power from the light ball, so it must be the latter.

This light ball… is protected by the goddess!

In just a moment, he extinguished the idea that he had just generated in his mind to find a way to pick these “fruits”.

However, after calming down, Natsume also understood that things like this that grew from the World Tree, I am afraid that even if he cast the most powerful four-ring magic he mastered here, he would not be able to destroy it.

Picking it off is probably impossible.

The leaves of the World Tree cannot be picked off, and it is not like no one has tried it before.

Although the people who tried it all had their favorability deducted by the elf NPC in the end…

The favorability system of “Elf Kingdom” is simply too strict. Players who make trouble will not end up well in the end. The penalty of the exchange price in the mall alone is enough to make people drink a pot.

Natsume naturally did not intend to die.

“If this is really a kind of fruit, then it must be ripe one day, right? Or… did I encounter some hidden plot?”

He said to himself.

Looking around, Natsume wrote down the location here and planned to leave.

The ball of light can’t run away, and he has planned to check the situation every few days in the future.

However, Natsume’s personality is relatively honest, but the red dragon he raised, which was born in the year of the dog, is different.

The strange fragrance attracted not only Natsume, but also the red dragon Lelia.

The little guy sniffed a few times, drooling, and then happily said “RUA”, and then pounced on it in front of Natsume’s stunned eyes, and swallowed the ball of light in one gulp…

swallowed…swallowed…

Natsume was stunned.

The red dragon ate the light ball, but the “handle” was still connected to the branch, so it shook its head vigorously, as if it was going to bite the light ball fruit off completely.

Natsume: …

He was completely horrified.

You know, he just confirmed that this light ball was most likely protected by the goddess.

Although his own red dragon is not very powerful, it would be exciting if something went wrong.

He also has to apply for the chief priest of the temple.

If this reduces the goddess’ favor, it will be GG!

Without hesitation, Natsume stopped his big “red dog”:

“Lelia, you can’t eat it, spit it out!”

“Awoo~!”

The red dragon shook his head.

“If you don’t spit it out, I won’t give you food when you go back! This is the goddess’s body, you have to be careful.”

Natsume said again.

Hearing the words “no food” and “goddess”, the red dragon’s movements paused slightly.

The little guy hesitated for a moment, and then reluctantly spit out the light ball he swallowed, and then flew to Natsume’s side with his tail drooping like a bullied puppy, rubbing against his contract partner’s thigh while making a whimpering sound. Natsume didn’t know

whether to laugh or cry.

“Don’t act like a spoiled child, I’ll prepare delicious food for you when I go back.”

He shook his head and laughed.

The red dragon was happy.

At this time, Natsume looked at the light ball that the little guy had just swallowed.

It was a light blue light ball.

The power of the red dragon was indeed not enough to harm these light balls protected by the power of the goddess, and this light ball was also intact.

After just a trip in the little guy’s mouth and stomach, its image didn’t look very good.

Not to mention the sticky saliva and gastric juice that kept dripping, it also exuded a strange smell, and there were also a few pieces of undigested food residues hanging on it.

Natsume: …

He hesitated for a moment, then walked forward, chanted the spell of [Cleaning Technique], and prepared to clean it up.

The World Tree is the goddess’s body.

Although no one knows what the goddess’s favorability judgment mechanism is, according to the NPC system in “Elf Kingdom”, Natsume puts himself in her shoes and feels that it would be a bit unreasonable if he just left like that.

“See the big picture from the small, never underestimate the details, especially when communicating with NPCs.”

This is a sentence mentioned by Li Mu in the NPC Favorability Improvement Tutorial.

Although there is no one else here, the World Tree itself can be regarded as a goddess NPC.

However, after Natsume used his magic power to cast [Cleaning Technique], the magic did not take effect.

“Huh?”

He was slightly stunned.

At that moment, he realized that the magic power he released seemed to be absorbed by something.

No, it was not something, but the light ball he was going to clean!

“Can this thing absorb magic?”

Natsume was a little surprised.

After a moment, he noticed that a soft halo began to emanate from the ball of light. It was actually actively releasing magic to purify the filth on its body…

and that magic was very familiar to Natsume.

It belonged to him…

“Interesting…”

Natsume touched his chin.

He thought about it, and simply reached out to touch the ball of light, continuously releasing the magic in his body to help the ball of light clean up the filth.

But the next second, he regretted it.

This ball of light seemed to have an inexplicable desire for magic.

After Natsume began to release magic, the ball of light actually began to absorb his power on its own initiative, and even had a faint feeling of hunger and thirst.

That would be fine.

The problem is that the appetite of this ball of light is much bigger than Natsume imagined, like a bottomless pit.

Natsume wanted to transfer some magic power, but he was sucked up by the other party. The magic power of his physical strength flowed like a flood from a dam, and he was almost drained…

In a short moment, he was drained of all his magic power and collapsed directly on the tree trunk, even his hands and feet were weak.

“Fuck! What is this? It sucks too fast, right?!”

Natsume couldn’t help but curse.

When he looked at the ball of light again, he found that the ball of light had become pure and bright again.

Natsume even felt that it seemed to be brighter.

A gust of wind blew, and the ball of light swayed slowly. Natsume seemed to hear a string of silver bell-like laughter in the dark.

But the sound seemed to ring for a moment and then disappeared with the wind, making Natsume feel that he might have some illusion.

He shook his head and looked around again.

Well, very good.

Everything was back to normal, and the places that Lelia had damaged were also sorted out.

Taking a deep breath, Natsume respectfully performed a priestly salute to the center of the World Tree, and drew a symbol of the scepter of life on his chest, and said sincerely:

“Natsume has no intention of offending the goddess. I apologize to the goddess for Lelia’s reckless behavior just now. Natsume will definitely complete the trial mission of the chief priest seriously and spread the faith of the goddess unswervingly…”

As a member of the Heart of Nature, Natsume quite approves of the “dog-licking way” of his own guild leader. The

dog-licking has everything.

In “Elf Kingdom”, this trick is absolutely effective against the goddess and NPCs.

Although he doesn’t know whether the goddess can hear what he said, it is better to say it than not to say it.

This is attitude.

In “Elf Kingdom”, what NPCs value most is the attitude of the players.

You can’t complete a hundred tasks with a frivolous smile as much as completing one task in a friendly and respectful manner…

After bowing to the center of the World Tree, Natsume rode on his little red dragon and left the crown of the World Tree.

After the man and the dragon left, waves of brilliant holy light gathered where Natsume had stood, transforming into a holy and beautiful figure.

The white divine skirt, silver hair and purple eyes, was Eve.

“Interesting.”

He curled his lips and said.

…

When Natsume returned to his Gray Harbor villa, it was already two hours later.

He fulfilled his promise and took the little red dragon to have a meal at the Northeast BBQ Shop before returning.

Arriving at the new base of the Nature’s Heart Guild, Xia Mu was planning to help his own guild with some construction tasks, but he accidentally heard the loud voice of someone familiar:

“Brother Mu! Brother Mu! Have you read the forum?! There is a new announcement! It seems that a mysterious new NPC race will be opened, and they can also become the players’ partners! The official term is not Warcraft, but NPC!”

Opening a new NPC race?

Xia Mu paused and was slightly stunned.

“Yeah, I saw it, and it’s still mysterious… Now the official website of “Elf Kingdom” is getting more and more secretive, but judging from the back, it is probably a flower fairy in a Western fantasy story, right?”

Another familiar voice sounded.

Flower fairy?

Xia Mu’s heart moved, and he quickened his pace and walked over.

“Brother Mu, Demacia, good morning! What are you discussing?” The people

who were talking were Demacia and Li Mu.

After seeing Natsume coming, the two of them also greeted him:

“Good morning, Natsume!”

Then, Li Mu explained:

“I’m talking about the new announcement. There is a new announcement on the forum. Here, take a look.”

He sent a link to Natsume.

Natsume clicked on the link and saw the announcement interface of the official website.

The page was very simple, with a large black shadow.

The black shadow was very slender and looked like a girl, but there was a pair of large butterfly-like wings behind her.

In the middle of the black shadow, there was a question mark.

On the side, there were small official words:

“New NPC races are coming!”

“They are quirky, naughty and cute.”

“They can be your best assistants and your best partners!”

“Who…are they?”

“June 10th, stay tuned!”

Natsume: …

What era is this old slogan from?

But…

he looked at the black shadow.

Although the official website only gave a shadow, this image should be the flower fairy that Brother Mu mentioned, right?

“It should be the flower fairy, right? If so, I must make one! Haha!”

Demacia said expectantly.

“Let’s improve your favorability first. This is an NPC race, and it depends on reputation.”

Li Mu glanced at him.

Demacia: …

Someone’s face fell instantly. He sighed and said:

“Oh… I regret it. I shouldn’t have touched Alice’s hair at the beginning…”

“Just touching the hair?”

Natsume laughed.

“I shouldn’t have followed the saint, I shouldn’t have peeped at NPCs taking a shit and taking a bath, I shouldn’t have broken into the house to steal things, and I shouldn’t have tricked them into joining pyramid schemes…”

Demacia said dejectedly.

Natsume: …

Li Mu: …

Brother, is there anything else you haven’t done…

“Don’t think about it. Make up for it later. You have done a good job recently. Your personal reputation rating has also risen to -50. Come on, it will always rise.”

Li Mu encouraged.

Demacia: …

Natsume: …

After teasing Demacia for a few words, Li Mu looked at Natsume again:

“By the way, Natsume, I have contacted the NPC assistant you want for you. She is a half-elf who ascended from the Orros demiplane. She is a female and is planning to settle in Gray Harbor.”

“Her husband is also in our Gray Harbor. You know him. When you become the chief priest, he will be your colleague. He is Mist Gale who has just purified his blood to become an elf.”

“It’s him.”

Natsume suddenly realized.

Then, he clasped his fist to Li Mu:

“Thank you, Brother Mu.”

“You’re welcome. We are a family.”

Li Mu waved his hand.

After that, he shifted the topic to the new announcement, looking at the black shadow on the background board of the announcement and sighed:

“Flower Fairy… I wonder where she will appear at that time, or will she also be born from the World Tree?”

Born from the World Tree?

Hearing this, Natsume was slightly stunned.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of the colorful ball of light he saw today…

This…

No way?

“Brother Mu, speaking of which… I seem to have seen something interesting on the World Tree today… Could it be related to this new NPC?”

He swallowed and said.

“Huh?”

Li Mu was slightly stunned.

“What?”

Demacia also became interested.

Natsume thought about it and told the two of them about the light ball he saw in the crown of the World Tree.

When the two heard it, their eyes lit up:

“It seems… it’s really possible!”

Li Mu pondered for a while and said:

“Let’s go, take us to see it!”

Seeing that Li Mu and Demacia were full of expectations, Natsume had no choice but to summon the red dragon Lelia again and rush to the Chosen City with the two of them.

However, when Natsume brought the two of them to the crown of the World Tree again, he found that the thousands of light balls he had seen before had all disappeared.

“Huh? Where are the light balls? Why are they gone?”

He was slightly stunned.

“Are you sure? Did you remember it wrong?”

Demacia was a little suspicious.

“Absolutely not wrong! My magic power was sucked dry! It’s a pity… I didn’t take a screenshot. The scene was quite beautiful.”

Natsume said firmly.

He looked around again, but still found nothing, not even the strange fragrance.

In the end, he had to give up…

“What the hell?”

Natsume was confused.

“Maybe… you hit a bug? Or maybe, you really saw it, but it’s blocked by the authorities now.”

Li Mu guessed.

“That’s the only way… I came here thinking that if it’s true, I’ll stay here and wait for them to come…”

Natsume sighed.

The search was fruitless, and the three could only leave in disappointment.

Life returned to normal.

The dungeon of the Broken Kingdom of God was getting more and more lively.

It was said that many players had fought with adventurers who entered the Kingdom of God and had a lot of fun.

In addition, it was said that some players dug out artifact fragments from the ruins of the Broken Kingdom of God and sacrificed them to the goddess to gain a lot of contribution points.

There were even lucky ones who found lost magic scrolls in the bones of epic creatures on the battlefield of the God War and learned lost magic…

However, Natsume never participated.

He could not forget the light ball he saw that day.

“That was definitely not an illusion, nor a bug. It must have been blocked for some reason!”

he thought.

The fermentation of the new announcement was rapid.

Although it was just a black shadow, the iconic shape had already made players guess that it was probably a flower fairy.

Players were still quite curious about this legendary creature in a western fantasy story.

Including Natsume.

Although he was a man, he had always lacked resistance to cute things, and many of his pets were cute.

At this moment, when he knew that a race suspected of being a flower fairy was coming, his heart was like a cat scratching.

Not only him, but many players in the game were like this.

The modeling of “Elf Kingdom” has never disappointed people. Being evaluated by the official website as “quirky, naughty and cute” has already aroused everyone’s interest.

Under such circumstances, people speculated every day where the “flower fairy” would appear.

However, Natsume still believed that the thousands of light balls he saw that day were the most likely…

After that, he would go to the crown of the world tree every day to look for light balls.

However, every time he was fruitless.

Until the time came to June 10th of Blue Star.

Natsume came to the crown of the world tree again as always.

But unexpectedly, he saw two familiar figures.

“Brother Mu, Demacia, why are you here?”

he asked in surprise.

“Ahem… I think what you said is still very convincing, so… I came here to wait for the new NPC.”

Li Mu coughed twice and said.

“Hehehe… Me too.”

Demacia also said with a smile.

Natsume: …

He twitched the corner of his mouth and gave the two of them a middle finger.

Then, he sat in the same place as usual.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Soon it was the update time announced by the official website.

Now the updates are not suspended, so the few people don’t need to log off.

And when the update time passed, the three suddenly saw the crown of the world tree began to bloom with brilliant light.

In Li Mu’s surprised eyes, in Demacia’s astonished eyes, in Natsume’s excited eyes, I saw that the branches everywhere suddenly swayed with waves of space fluctuations, and light balls flashing with dazzling light emerged one by one…

Silver bell-like laughter came, and I saw the light balls turned into colorful lights, fell off the branches, and quickly dispersed in all directions…

Natsume was slightly stunned.

And Li Mu slapped his thigh:

“Don’t be stunned, chase!”

As for Demacia…

He had already flown out on his own magical pet bird.

Natsume:…

6,000 words long chapter, in a sense, it can be regarded as an extra chapter? Can you ask for a vote? (Chest puffed out)

CK3 is blown up!

Today’s update is completed, and I’m going to do great evil!

(End of this chapter)