The Dragon Slayer’s Protégé!
"Amy, this isn't a very funny joke!"
On the other end, having just crossed into the Kalar Desert, Ella furrowed her slender brows at the excited voice coming through the remote communication magic device.
An Ancient War Tree?
Her mischievous sister must be joking!
Even their Elven Kingdom's capital didn't have an Ancient War Tree, let alone a small Golden Oasis.
Unless she was seeing ghosts!
"It's true, my dear sister!"
"That Ancient War Tree stands several hundred meters tall, exuding an incredibly pure and intense treant aura. It has nurtured numerous Eternal Treant Guardians and Ancient Treants."
"I saw it with my own eyes—over a hundred Eternal Treant Guardians in the Golden Oasis."
"They stand about thirty meters tall, clad in golden heavy armor..."
"Are you sure you weren't hallucinating?"
Ella's tall, mature frame quivered slightly, her ample bosom visibly shaking.
"Of course not!" Elf Amy insisted. "The lord of the oasis allowed me to get close to the Ancient War Tree. I couldn't have been mistaken, nor was I hallucinating."
"Ella: The Golden Oasis has a lord?"
Elf Amy: "Yes, sister. A young, handsome human lord who has earned the loyalty of those Ancient Treants and Eternal Treant Guardians!"
"That's even more impossible!" Ella exclaimed. "The Treant race only pledges loyalty to us, the nature elves!"
Elf Amy replied, "But it's the truth. I saw it with my own eyes."
"..." Ella fell silent for a long time.
Every word from Amy sent waves of shock through her heart, making it impossible to stay calm.
Goddess of the Spirit!
Treants pledging loyalty to a human? It was unthinkable.
If there was any plausible explanation, it had to be that this human received the blessing of the Elf Goddess herself.
"Amy, wait for me in the Golden Oasis. I'll be there soon."
Ella spoke quickly, "I trust you wouldn't deceive me, but I need to see this Ancient War Tree with my own eyes!"
Elf Amy: "Sister, I've already left the Golden Oasis."
Ella: "Why?"
Elf Amy: "The lord didn't permit me to stay overnight in his territory. Though I was very disappointed, I had no choice but to leave."
Ella fumed, "You're my brave sister who dared to challenge the Dark Dragon Charles alone!"
Elf Amy pouted, "Dear sister, if you can handle four Saint-level undead dragons, one of which is possibly a peak Saint-level zombie dragon, I'll listen to you forever!"
Ella: "..."
Silence lingered for a while.
Ella finally said, "I'm returning to the Forest City. Come back quickly—I need to know everything about the Golden Oasis and its human lord!"
Ending the remote communication, Ella mounted her unicorn and flew towards the Forest City.
She needed to fully investigate this matter before reporting to the Elf Queen.
The appearance of an Ancient War Tree was enough to shake the entire Elven Kingdom!
Even the Queen herself might have to visit the Golden Oasis to see if this towering ancient tree was indeed the legendary Ancient War Tree.
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Meanwhile, back at the Golden Oasis.
After bidding farewell to Elf Amy, Haotian returned to the back courtyard of the town hall.
With a flick of his right hand, a massive gem appeared out of thin air.
The gem was entirely golden, emitting a dazzling light, breathtakingly beautiful.
Inside the gem was a small figure of a fairy, eyes closed as if in a deep sleep.
This gem had dropped when the Zombie Dragon King killed the Dark Dragon Charles, along with a heap of gold coins that the Zombie Dragon King had brought back.
Haotian knew that killing monsters had a chance to drop special items, including blueprints and other valuable items.
But until now, his troops had only found a few "troop number blueprints" and some "equipment blueprints" that he couldn't use yet.
A gem like this was a first.
Whether it was a stroke of luck or the high level of the Dark Dragon Charles, he wasn't sure...
Additionally, this gem was the reason he inquired about Dragon Soul Grass from Elf Amy. It wasn't just an ordinary magic gem—it was a rare Fairy Gem.
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**Fairy Gem**
**Type: Dragon Fairy**
**Level: Saint-level, Initial**
**Item Information: This is a Fairy Gem capable of nurturing a Dragon Fairy. To successfully nurture a Dragon Fairy, you need to provide at least a hundred Dragon Soul Grass!**
**Absorbed Dragon Soul Grass: None**
**Special Note: The more Dragon Soul Grass absorbed, the higher the level of the nurtured Dragon Fairy!**
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Dragon Fairies are a rare type of fairy, even more precious than the legendary Elemental Fairies.
Dragon Fairies are born with the power of the soul and can cast Dragon Speech Magic, a treasure among the dragon race.
Typically, Dragon Fairies can only be found in places with a large number of dragon corpses, like dragon graves.
As for why a Fairy Gem capable of directly nurturing a Dragon Fairy dropped, Haotian could only consider it a gift from the system.
"I need to nurture this Dragon Fairy as soon as possible!"
"Increase the number of strong entities in my territory..."
Although the Ancient Treants and Eternal Treant Guardians in his domain had remarkable growth potential, especially the latter with potential reaching demigod levels, potential was just that—potential.
Reaching demigod status wasn't something they could achieve in a short time. It required killing a vast number of monsters.
But the Dragon Fairy was different. With Dragon Soul Grass, it could be nurtured directly and would be Saint-level from birth.
The more Dragon Soul Grass it absorbed, the higher its level would be.
Thus, Haotian's priority was to find a large quantity of Dragon Soul Grass in the Dragonfall Gorge and nurture the Dragon Fairy.
He assigned the exploration of the Dragonfall Gorge to the Zombie Dragon King and the Nether Dragon.
The former, as a Dragon King, was incredibly powerful.
The latter, being in a ghostly form, could come and go without a trace.
The two dragons together were more than capable of completing this task.
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Afterward, Haotian opened the task information and claimed the reward for killing the Dark Dragon Charles.
**Congratulations, Lord, for successfully slaying the dragon Charles.**
**You have been awarded the title "Dragon Slayer's Protégé!"**
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**Dragon Slayer's Protégé**
**Title Effect: Your troops' combat power increases by 20%, damage to dragon creatures increases by 50%, immune to dragon fear, and morale remains unaffected... Dragon creatures' hatred towards you increases by 100%!**
**Title Upgradeable!**
**Next Level: Dragon Slayer Champion**
**Upgrade Requirement: Kill fifty dragons**
**Special Note: With this title, dragon creatures will see you as their mortal enemy. You can choose to bring Charles' corpse and a large amount of treasure to the Seven Seas Dragon Isle to express your sincerest apologies and thereby relinquish this title.**