Chapter 353 – Returning home.
Welp, the elven kingdom had been completely destroyed.
The World Tree, it has been finally uprooted and cut down.
The elves that were left and were resisting? In chains. Enslaved by the earth dragon clan.
Their territory? Taken over by the earth dragon clan.
Spirits that wondered in these lands? Hunted down.
And me?
Happy, happy.
I've got all the materials I had wanted.
It did took quiet a lot of time however to kind of "pack things up", to the point I needed few ships in order to be able to take back everything. Welp, that is also reason why I also brought girls with me, beside letting them level up and get more used to war. I've also wanted them to help me with the materials.
However, beside all the happy stuff, there was an global change in the whole game.
The earth dragons are now straight up hostile to both elves and spirits through the whole world now.
To add even more problems, even relationship between dragons as whole with elves had changed so much, to the point all 3 of us had obtained two new titles.
[Friend Of Dragons] – [Epic]
[An title given to those that had made an friendly relationship with the members of the dragon species.]
[Effect]
[Increase base favorability with the intelligent members of the dragon species.]
[World Affected – Tier 1] – [Unique]
[Your actions had affected the entire world.]
[Effect]
[+300 class points.]
[Your name carries more weight.]
Well, we really didn't obtained only 2 titles, we had obtained a LOT of titles after the fight.
But these two titles are probably the most important titles.
The [Friend Of Dragons] will allow us to make deals with the dragons much easier…. But the [World Affecter]? This is new.
What does "Your name carries more weight" means? Like I have more political influence or something?
….
And how did I obtained it?
From the war?
But if that would be the case, then wouldn't I had obtained it ages ago?
…
Does it refers to the current state between the dragons and spirits? Because of THIS?
…
Huh…. Neat….
…
Anyway, after all things were done, we received our payment, our loot and materials, we headed back home.
"…"
"So…. Those materials…. What exactly did you get?" – asked Maparapara as the group were riding one of the ships.
"Welp…. A lot." – said Phantasia while holding an piece of wood.
[World Tree Wood]
[Rarity: Unique]
[An wood from the world.]
[An wood that is filled to the brim with the spiritual energies and can even produce some even as piece of wood.]
[It is said that the wood from the World Tree is consider as arts itself within the elven traditions and only those blessed by the spirits are allowed to use this wood, unless they wish to provoke the wrath of the spirits.]
[Rood Of World Tree]
[Rarity: Unique]
[An root of a world tree that is able to absorb wild mana and transform it into spirit mana.]
[When these roots spread underground, they will start the territory transformation process, turning the said territory into spirit related territory.]
[It is said that the roots of the World Tree and the roots of the entire world. They spread and bring fourth nature, changing everything around them. It also said that these roots posses an unique form of vitality that can apparently grants immortality according to the legends.]
"Welp… On the surface they seem pretty good and stuff…. But- "
[Skill: [Master Item Inspection] has been used.]
[Item hidden features are revealed.]
[World Tree Wood]
[An wood from the world tree that has an ability to absorb mana in order to feeds itself and produce its own spirit mana.]
[World Tree Root]
[An root of a world tree that posses an special ability of the parasitism where it devours anything non spirit based and turn it into spirit based mana or spirit based territory.]
"No wonder the organization called the World Tree giants parasites." – said Phantasia.
"The materials from the World Tree are parasite based materials that feeds on everything and turn everything around it into spirit based nature."
"If those materials have the parasitic nature…. Then that means that the World Tree was 100% an parasite that transformed everything around it into spirit world."
"Huh… I was bit skeptical about the whole elves deal…. I mean, I would get the elves being evil, but the World Tree? Usually in fantasies the World Tree are something like "if this dies, the world dies" …. But here is complete reversal?" – said Maparapara.
"If this things remains, this world is destroyed instead?"
"Welp, we have evidence right our hands…. The world would be destroyed and consumed by the spirits, giving birth to the new spirit world."
"…"
"Huh…. Wait, so do the elves even know that they are being used?" – asked the slime girl.
"Well, no…. Expect for those that are called "spiritless" that did not wanted to be related with spirits at all OR they had found the truth regarding the spirits and World Tree." – said Phantasia.
"Still, I can't exactly say that the materials from the World Tree are not bad."
"You can use it for a lot of things…. And they will be useful for my own experiments."
"…"
"Then what about the elves you had enslaved…. What will you use them for?" – asked Maparapara.
"Hm? Well, they are test subjects, so probably they will be experimented on until they die and after the experiments are completed, I will just turn them all into materials."
"!?"
"…"
"What? What is up with that shocked expression?" – said Phantasia.
"I'm an mad scientist and stuff, so do you really think I'm bothered by the "human experiments" one bit?"
"…. Well…."
(You kind of said it with straight face and without hesitation….. You are really fucked up in your head, aren't you?) – thought Maparapara.
"…."
"Hey, the capitan is saying that we should be arriving in about a hour, so we should be somewhat getting ready." – said Thanatos as she approached the pair.
"…"
"Huh…. Now I want to ask something." – said Maparapara.
"What is the next stage of our EVIL plan?"
"Welp, I will be stuck in my laboratory, while you two have a break." – said Phantasia.
"…"
"Eh?" – slime girl stared confused.
"Get used to it. This guy does that often where he just locks himself up, doing all sort of experiments and stuff." – said Thanatos.
"When that happens…. I usually play solo…. Or hunt together with his girls in order to level them up and stuff."
"…"
"Huh…."
"…"
"May I join in?" – asked Maparapara.
"Sure." – replied Thanatos.
[Sometime later: Doctor base.]
"Sup." – said "Kid".
"…"
"Why the fuck are you here?" – asked Doctor while "Kid" stood right outside Doctor base.
"Nothing much…. I just want to know what you are planning on doing." – said "Kid".
"For example: Why did you wanted to wanted some "living elves"?"
"…"
(That son of a bitch.) – thought annoyed Phantasia.
(I guess I should had seen this coming. This guy wants to know whenever I'm doing something massive or not….)
"…"
(I really don't want to talk about it…. But that fucker straight up set up an ambush for me.)
(God fucking….)
"…"
"Inside." – said Doctor before then letting "Kid" inside his base, before then Phantasia took off his mask.
"…"
"Homunculus research." – said Phantasia after locking the door.
"!"
"Huh…. So, you are really are thinking about starting it." – said "Kid".
"Welp, we talked about it at one point and stuff." – said Phantasia.
"But you never did started it." – said "Kid".
"Oh, shut it….. What about you? You also have the research notes we had stolen from the heavens and you also had some discoveries made by me…. So shouldn't YOU have the homunculus ready?"
"And do you really think any of us has any time?" – asked "Kid".
"We are currently expanding underground non stop and our entire research team is only focused on it as well."
"Do you really think we have resources or personal to do the homunculus research when everybody are busy nonstop? You ain't the only mad scientist and worker in the whole continent buddy."
"…"
(…. Is he lying?) – thought Phantasia that did not trusted "Kid" words.
(Vampires needs blood.)
(If the homunculus research would had been successful, wouldn't they get free way of obtaining some blood?)
"…"
(Wait…. But what if he is not lying?)
"…"
(If so…. Then this bastard is hiding something from me.)
"…"
(I can smell some bullshit here.) – thought "Kid".
(He is hiding something.)
(I know he has spirit materials as well as World Tree materials…. But is that really it?)
(Nah. This bastard is planning on making something and "homunculus" are just one of those things…)
(Fucking bastard.) – thought both men.
"…"
"Not talking?" – asked "Kid".
"You first." – replied Phantasia.
"…Nah."
"Lets just keep our privacies to each other…." – said "Kid" as he started walking away, before then suddenly stopping.
"But!"
"If you do managed to discover how to make the proper homunculus, let me know immediately."
"And this is an order."
"Kapish?"
"…"
"Kapish." – replied Phantasia.
"Good!" – said "Kid".
"Well then, have fun!"
"…"
(When this kingdom outlives its usefulness…. I maybe should think about destroying it myself.) – thought Phantasia.