Chapter 72: The Stone Eater (Please read on)
"Luna was once a gardener?"
After hearing Augura's words, Rhodes straightened up.
He looked at his hands, then at the Moon Well not far away, and his face darkened.
Good guy.
The case was solved.
As expected, the gardener profession was transferred to him by the Moon God just so that he could help rebuild the forest land.
No wonder there are so many professions out there, but you choose a gardener. It turns out you are a gardener yourself!
"Mr. Rhodes, what's wrong with you? You don't look good."
Augula noticed something strange about him and asked doubtfully.
"Where do I, a tree spirit, get my complexion from?"
Rhodes said unhappily.
My face is made of tree bark, not a marquee, so how could it change color?
Unexpectedly.
His words had just fallen.
Augula suddenly screamed.
"No, Lord Rhodes, your expression has really changed!"
While shouting, he backed away, even the little thing stared at his face as if he had discovered something.
Rhodes:? ? ?
What's the meaning?
Subconsciously, Rhodes reached out and touched his face, but there was no change.
Turning his head, he found that the crystal tree next to him was flashing a strange light, which reflected on him and almost turned his entire face yellow.
"What the hell, you monster!"
The terrifying face reflected on the crystal scared him so much that he jumped away reflexively and almost smashed the crystal tree.
But the next second he realized that the monster was himself, and he was immediately embarrassed.
But right away.
Their attention was drawn to the crystal tree.
Looking at the flickering citrine, Augula shrank his neck, and the little thing hid directly behind him, revealing his head to look at it secretly.
"Lo... Lord Rhodes, isn't this thing going to explode?" Augula whispered, fearing that he would explode if he said the wrong thing.
"Look, I scared you. You've lost such a big body for nothing. You still have to look at me for this kind of thing."
Rhodes glanced at him, walked straight to the crystal tree, and observed it carefully.
This look.
He really discovered something different.
At the tip of a crystal on the edge, there is actually a crystal bud that looks like an ice sculpture.
Streams of yellow energy are transported from the ground to the inside of the flower buds, and you can see them clearly because of the transparency of the crystal.
It seems to be nurturing something.
"Is it really a mountain giant baby?"
Just when Rhodes was confused.
The crystal bud finally absorbed enough energy and fell to the ground with a "pop".
That's right.
Dropped...
Rhodes looked stunned.
Little Augula also came over curiously.
"What is it?"
Augula poked the bud with his finger.
The little thing squatted next to it, stretched out his hand to touch it gently, and then quickly withdrew it, for fear that the bud would suddenly bite him.
Probably because the two of them moved too much, the crystal bud finally moved.
First, hands grew from both sides, and then feet grew from below. Then, as they watched in astonishment, a round little head stretched out cautiously, like a turtle stretching out its head.
"Alive!"
"Eaaah!"
"What the hell!?"
Three exclamations sounded almost simultaneously.
The crystal villain was so frightened that his head instantly retracted.
When the soul raven, Xiong Da, and elemental elves in the distance heard the movement, they all gathered over and formed a circle around them in a blink of an eye.
A good while.
After finding out there is no danger.
Only then did the crystal villain reveal its turtle... head again.
This time, it's decidedly bolder.
It seemed that he felt the close aura around him and began to look at the figures surrounding it, like a newborn baby.
"Life actually grew from the tree. Have you seen this thing?" Rhodes looked up at Augula and the others.
The answers I got were all shaking their heads.
Even Augula said it was the first time he had seen this kind of life.
"It shouldn't be. It stands to reason that the seeds condensed from the mountain giant's soul power should be related to the mountain clan."
He stretched out his palm and placed it on the ground. The crystal man looked at it hesitantly, and finally jumped onto his palm, running back and forth happily.
Then, as if sensing something, he suddenly looked at a pile of scattered gravel not far away, jumped out of his hands and ran towards that direction.
then.
A picture that shocked everyone appeared.
When the crystal villain approached the gravel, the stones seemed to be summoned and all gathered towards the crystal villain, covering its small body.
In the blink of an eye.
His body, which was only the size of a palm, turned into a little stone man half a meter tall, staggering around and learning to walk.
"Hiss~"
Augura gasped.
"Mountain Giant!"
"This is how the Shanling Clan was originally formed??"
That’s right!
appeared before their eyes.
Isn't it just a smaller version of the Mountain Giant?
Even Rhodes didn't expect that the inconspicuous little crystal man could actually be the true form of the mountain giant.
Co-authorship really does grow from a tree!
again.
Rhodes' three views were refreshed.
Even if you told him now that tree spirits are born from eggs, he would probably have to remain skeptical.
But after the shock, he suddenly became excited.
As long as this crystal tree exists, wouldn't it be possible for a steady stream of mountain giant babies to be born on the altar?
When they all grow up, they will be as powerful as the war giant trees, and they can be absolutely loyal if they are trained from a young age!
So that's it.
Is this the kind of fire that the mountain tribe will leave for the dream forest at the cost of their last strength?
The fire of hope that has been passed down for three hundred years.
It really won't be extinguished so easily.
Rhode took a deep breath and smiled at the little guys around him: "Let's go outside and get more stones back. We will have many new partners here."
"Ah!"
"Ga Ga~"
As soon as they heard about new partners.
The little guys were immediately excited. They ran outside with Augla excitedly, carrying the nearby big stones back with black soil, smashing them all and piling them next to the crystal tree.
In just half a day.
They turned this corner of the altar into a stone forest.
The new mountain giant baby was not born, but it became a playground for them to play hopscotch and hide-and-seek, and laughter continued to come from inside.
Rhode ignored them.
Instead, he observed the little stone man from the side.
He found that the newly born little stone man could not become fat in one bite and absorb all the stones brought back.
Instead, there is an upper limit, and can only control a certain amount of stones attached to the body surface, which seems to be related to the level of the main crystal man.
And the way they upgrade their level is also very simple.
That is to eat stones!
"Well, food and wood are not enough, and now there is another stone eater..."
Rhodes held his forehead with one hand. It seems that his idea of having the mountain giant in front to open the way and the war giant tree behind to support the formation will take some time to realize.
And at this moment.
A long-lost message suddenly popped up in front of him.
[Crops are ripe, experience value +1]
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