Game of the World Tree

The colorful light group hangs on the branches of the World Tree, swaying gently.

Each light group is supported on a green stalk, and there is a leaf-like structure like a calyx at the end, which really looks like the fruit of the world tree.

Looking at this mysterious light group, Xia Mu was curious.

He used a [Lightening Technique] to jump off the back of the red dragon and landed directly on the tree trunk.

And after getting closer, Natsume can see more clearly.

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

These "fruits" are about the size of basketballs, and there are faint magical fluctuations under the dense halo, and at the same time they exude a strange fragrance.

And when Natsume smelled this fragrance, he suddenly felt that the whole person's spirit was refreshed.

At the same time, he found that the magic power in his body circulated more smoothly, and even the increasingly dull magic circuit in his body became more sensitive after he meditated for two hours in the morning.

"What is this? Just the scent that comes out can help me channel the magic in my body!"

Natsume said with some surprise.

The magic system of "Elf Kingdom" is very real. Each player has a magic circuit and a magic pool in their bodies, and players' daily meditation is to expand their magic pool and strengthen the magic circuit.

It's just that with meditation, the magic in the player's body will become more and more restless.

Although this kind of agitation will not cause the backlash of magic power, or interfere with the release of spells, but when the magic power reaches a limit, it will in turn inhibit the activity of the magic circuit and greatly reduce the exercise effect.

That is, reaching the limit of the day's meditation exercise.

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

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

And if Natsume understands correctly, the scent of this strange light group might help players extend their workout time!

What the hell is this?

It's an artifact to assist exercise!

Natsume looked surprised.

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

Even if meditation can't make his power take a qualitative leap, and he can't be promoted to a higher level, it can strengthen his magic pool a little bit, weakly enhance his magic, and improve his tolerance to magic backlash.

Suddenly, Xia Mu was very curious about the light group.

After thinking for a moment, he tentatively touched it.

Start, very warm.

The light group is not illusory, but seems to be some kind of entity, but it is completely different from the general touch.

That feel is like holding one pole of a magnet and approaching the same pole of another magnet.

With a slippery repulsion, but not particularly strong at the same time.

This feeling is still good.

Natsume felt that if he exerted a little force, the "light group" might be deformed by him.

But he didn't.

He still doesn't know what this is, and is afraid that his rashness will lead to bad consequences.

You know, where he is standing now is the crown of the World Tree, and the World Tree is the body of Goddess Eve in the setting of "Even Kingdom".

All things related to the goddess must be cautious.

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

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

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

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

And what this means, Natsume, who has spent four years in the game, knows all too well.

Or, the identification target level is higher than his own.

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

This is the World Tree, and Natsume did not perceive a very powerful power from the light group, so it must be the latter.

This light group...is sheltered by the goddess!

In just a split second, he put out the thought that he had just generated in his heart to find a way to pluck these "fruits".

But after calming down, Natsume also understands that something like this grows from the World Tree, I am afraid that he will put the most powerful six-ring magic that he has mastered here, and I am afraid that it will not be damaged.

It's probably impossible to take it off.

The world's leaves can't be plucked, and it's not that no one has tried it.

Although the experimenters finally let the elf NPCs lose their favor...

The favorability system of "Elf Kingdom" is simply too strict, and the funny players will not end well in the end, and the punishment of the exchange price in the mall alone can make people drink a pot.

Natsume naturally did not intend to die.

"If this is really some kind of fruit, then it has to ripen one day, right? Or...is there a hidden plot I encountered?"

he muttered to himself.

After looking around, Natsume planned to leave after writing down the location here.

The light group can't escape, 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 is different.

That strange scent attracted not only Natsume, but also the red dragon Lelia.

I saw the little guy sniffed a few times, let out a mouthful of laziness, and then happily "RUA", then jumped up in Xia's stunned sight, and swallowed the ball of light in one bite...

swallow... swallow...

Summer was stunned.

The red dragon ate the light ball, but the "handle" was still attached to the branch, so it shook its head vigorously, as if intending to completely bite off the light ball fruit.

Natsume:……

He was horrified all over.

You know, he just determined that this light group is 80% sheltered by the goddess.

Although his own red dragon is not very powerful, if he really wants to make something wrong, it will be exciting.

He still has to apply for the priest of the temple.

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

Natsume didn't hesitate, and quickly stopped his large "red dog":

"Lelia, don't eat it, spit it out!"

"Ow~!"

The red dragon shook his head.

"If you don't spit it out, I won't feed you! This is the body of the goddess, so be careful."

Summer said again.

Hearing the words "don't give food" and "goddess", the red dragon's movements paused slightly.

The little guy hesitated for a while, and then reluctantly spit out the light ball he swallowed, and then flew to Xiamu's side like a bullied puppy with his tail drooping, rubbing against the thigh of his contract partner, while Make a whimpering sound.

Xia Mu couldn't help crying.

"Stop being coquettish, go back and prepare something for you."

He shook his head and smiled.

The red dragon became happy.

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

This is a light blue light group.

The power of the red dragon is indeed not enough to harm these light groups protected by the power of the goddess, and this light group is also intact.

It just walked in the mouth and stomach of the little guy, and its image doesn't look very good.

Not to mention the viscous saliva and gastric juice that kept dripping, it also exuded a strange smell, and there were also several pieces of undigested food residue hanging there.

Natsume:……

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

The world tree is the body of the goddess.

Although no one knows how the goddess's favorability determination mechanism is, but according to the NPC system in "Elf Nation", Natsume compares her heart to her heart, and feels that it is a bit unreasonable if she just leaves.

"Seeing the big 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 are no other people here, the World Tree itself is also a goddess NPC.

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

"Um?"

He was slightly taken aback.

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

No, it's not something, it's the light blob he intends to clean!

"Can this thing absorb magic power?"

Natsume was a little surprised.

After a while, he noticed that the light group began to emit a soft halo. It turned out to be actively releasing magic power to purify the filth on his body...

And that magic power also made Natsume very familiar.

It belongs to him...

"interesting……"

Natsume touched his chin.

After thinking for a while, he simply stretched out his hand to touch the light group, and continuously released the magic power in his body to help the light group clean up the filth.

Just the next second, he regretted it.

This light group seems to have an inexplicable desire for magic.

After Natsume began to release the magic, the light group actually began to absorb his power, and even had a faint feeling of hunger.

Forget it.

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

Natsume wanted to deliver a little magic power, but he was directly sucked up by the opponent. The magic power of his physical strength flowed like a flooded dam, almost not being drained...

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

"Fuck! What is this? Is it sucking too fast?!"

Unable to hold back, Natsume let out a foul language.

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

Even Natsume felt faintly brighter.

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

It's just that the sound seemed to blow away with the wind, making Natsume feel that he was probably delusional.

He shook his head and looked around again.

Ah, very good.

Everything was back to normal, and Lelia's mess was sorted out.

Taking a deep breath, Natsume respectfully performed a priestly salute towards 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, and apologizes to the goddess for Lelia's reckless behavior just now. Natsume will definitely complete the trial task of the chief priest and unswervingly spread the goddess's belief..."

As a member of the Heart of Nature, Natsume quite recognizes the "dog licking method" of his guild leader.

Lick the dog to lick everything.

In "Elf Nation", this trick is absolutely unsatisfactory for goddesses and NPCs.

Although he didn't know if the goddess could hear what he said, it was better to say it than not to say it.

This is attitude.

In "Elf Kingdom", the most important thing for NPCs is the attitude of the players.

Completing a hundred tasks with a smile on your face is not as good as completing a task in a friendly and respectful manner...

After finally bowing to the center of the World Tree, Natsume rode his own little red dragon and left the canopy of the World Tree.

And after one person and one dragon left, bursts of dazzling holy light condensed where Natsume originally stood, transforming into a holy and beautiful shadow.

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

"interesting."

He hooked the corner of his mouth and said.

...

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

He fulfilled his promise and took Xiao Honglong to the Northeast BBQ shop for a meal before coming back.

When he came to the new location of the Heart of Nature Guild, Natsume planned to help his own guild with some construction tasks, but inadvertently heard a loud voice from an acquaintance:

"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 it can also become a partner of players! The official word is not Warcraft, but NPC!"

Open new NPC races?

Xia Mu's footsteps stopped, and he was slightly taken aback.

"Well, I saw it, and it's still mysterious... Now the official website of "The Kingdom of the Elf" is more and more interesting, but if you look at the back, it's probably something like the Hua Fairy in the Western Fantasy story, right?"

Another familiar voice rang out.

Flower Fairy?

Xia Mu's heart moved, and he accelerated his pace and walked over.

"Brother Mu, Dema, good morning! What are you discussing?"

It was Demacia and Li Mu who were talking.

After seeing Natsume coming, the two also said hello:

"It's early summer!"

Then, Li Mu explained:

"We're talking about new announcements, there are new announcements on the forum, here, look."

He sent Natsume a link.

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

The page is very simple and gives a big black shadow.

The shadow is very slender and looks like a girl, but behind it has a pair of large butterfly-like wings.

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

On the side, is the official small print:

"A new NPC race is coming!"

"They're quirky, they're naughty and cute."

"They can be your best assistants and your best partners!"

"Who are they...who are they?"

"June 10th, stay tuned!"

Natsume:……

What era is this old ad from?

but……

He looked at the black shadow.

Although the official website only gave a shadow, this image should be the Hua Fairy that Brother Mu said, right?

"It should be Hua Xianzi, right? If so, I must make one! Haha!"

Demacia said expectantly.

"Let's talk about your favor first. This is an NPC race, and it depends on reputation."

Li Mu glanced at him.

Demacia:  …

Someone pulled down even for a moment, he sighed and said:

"Hey... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have touched Alice's hair so cheaply..."

"Just touching your hair?"

Summer smiled.

"You shouldn't follow the Holy Maiden, you shouldn't peep at NPCs to take a shower, you shouldn't break the door to steal things, and you shouldn't trick them into pyramid schemes..."

Demacia bowed her head down.

Natsume:……

Li Mu:  …

Brother, what else is there that you haven't done...

"Don't think about it, make up for it in the future. You have done a good job recently, and your personal reputation rating has also risen to -50. Come on, it will always rise."

Li Mu gasped.

Demacia:  …

Natsume:……

After joking about Demacia, Li Mu looked at Natsume again:

"By the way, Natsume, I'll help you get in touch with the NPC assistant you want. It's a half-elf who has risen from the half-plane of Oros, a woman who is planning to settle in Grey Harbor."

"Her husband is also in our gray harbor. You still know him. When you become the chief priest, you will still be your colleague, that is, Mist Hurricane, who has just purified his bloodline into an elves."

"It's him."

Summer was stunned.

Then, he gave Li Mu a fist:

"Thank you, Brother Mu."

"You're welcome, family."

Li Mu waved his hand.

After speaking, he shifted the topic to the new announcement, looked at the black shadow on the announcement background board and sighed:

"Hua Fairy... I don't know where it will appear, or is it also born from the World Tree?"

Born on the world tree?

Hearing this sentence, Xia Mu was slightly taken aback.

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

This……

No way?

"Brother Mu, speaking of it... I seem to have seen some interesting things on the World Tree today... Isn't it related to this new NPC?"

He swallowed and said.

"Um?"

Li Mu was slightly taken aback.

"life?"

Demacia was also interested.

Natsume thought for a while, and told the two of them the light group he saw in the canopy of the World Tree.

When the two heard it, their eyes lit up:

"It seems... it's really possible!"

Li Mu thought for a while and said:

"Come on, show us!"

Seeing that Li Mu and Demacia were full of anticipation, Natsume was helpless, so he called the red dragon Lelia again and rushed to the city of heaven with the two.

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

"Huh? Where's the light group? Why isn't there anymore?"

He froze slightly.

"Are you sure? It's not that you remembered it wrong?"

Demacia was suspicious.

"Absolutely right! My magic power has been 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 that strange scent.

In the end, I had to give up...

"Damn it?"

Xia Mu was stunned.

"Perhaps...you hit the bug, right? Or maybe, you really saw it, but now it's officially blocked or something."

Li Mu guessed.

"It can only be like this... I originally thought that if it really is, I will stay here and wait for them to come..."

Summer sighed.

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

Days are back to normal.

The copy of the Broken Kingdom of God is getting more and more lively.

I heard that many players are fighting with adventurers who have entered the kingdom of God, and they have a lot of fun.

In addition, it is said that some players have picked up fragments of artifacts in the ruins of the Broken Kingdom of God, and after sacrificing them to the goddess, they have gained a lot of contribution.

More fortunate people found lost magic scrolls in the skeletons of epic creatures on the battlefield of God War, and learned lost magic...

However, Natsume never participated.

He has never forgotten the light group he saw that day.

"That is definitely not an illusion, nor is it a bug, it must be blocked for some reason!"

he thought.

The fermentation of new announcements is rapid.

Although it is only a black shadow, the iconic shape has already made players guess that Bacheng is a flower fairy.

Players are still quite curious about the legendary creatures in this Western fantasy story.

Including Natsume.

Although the gender is male, he has always lacked resistance to cute things, and many of the magic pets he raises also follow the cute route.

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

It's not just him, many players in the game are like this.

The modeling of "Nation of the Elf" has never been disappointing. It can be rated as "quirky, naughty and cute" by the official website, which has smashed everyone's interest.

Under such circumstances, people speculate every day where "Flower Fairy" will appear and so on.

However, Natsume still thinks that the thousands of light groups he saw that day are most likely...

After that, he went to the canopy of the World Tree every day to look for the light group.

But, every time to no avail.

You know, the time has come to the tenth day of June at Blue Star.

Natsume, as always, came to the canopy of the World Tree again.

Just unexpectedly, he saw two familiar figures.

"Brother Mu, Dema, why are you here?"

he asked in surprise.

"Cough cough... I think what you said is still very convincing, so... I am here to squat with a new NPC."

Li Mu coughed twice and said.

"Hehehe...Me too."

Demacia also said with a smile.

Natsume:……

He twitched the corners of his mouth and pointed his middle finger to the two of them.

Afterwards, he habitually sat on the spot.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The update time announced on the official website will soon arrive.

The current updates are all non-stop server updates, so a few people do not need to go offline at all.

And at the moment when the update time passed, the three of them suddenly saw that the canopy of the World Tree began to bloom.

Under Li Mu's surprised eyes, under Demacia's astonished eyes, and under Xia Mu's excited eyes, all the branches suddenly swayed with spatial fluctuations, and dazzling light clusters emerged one after another... …

The silver bell-like laughter came, and I saw the light group turned into a colorful light, fell off the branches, and quickly dispersed in all directions...

Xia Mu was slightly taken aback.

And Li Mu slapped his thigh:

"Don't be stunned, chase!"

As for Demacia...

He has already flown out on his own magic pet, the big bird.

Natsume:……