Chapter 13 : RootCity, [Mana Root]

The humans trembled with fear at Noah's appearance. The Spirit Trees were living phenomena in the elven realms, especially in every elven territory. Unfortunately, they were very hostile to other races.

In particular, humans who had no esteem or respect for these trees. They were shot daily for the quality of their materials, and acquired a certain hostility towards humans, so they did not hesitate to attack humans who crossed their paths. *

Fearing attack, the humans retreated a few steps, and the elves knelt down. No matter the outcome, if their lord wanted to eliminate the humans in front of them, then they would not hesitate to draw their swords.

Not long ago, Marianna knelt down. The humans kept pace, and lowered themselves to the ground. "O-Oh spiritual tree!"

Noah frowning, and forcing humans to kneel even lower. Marianna was even more frightened. "A-Ah! My Lord! »

Only when his title was stated, the pressure disappeared. Noah smiled sweetly, and walked over by patting Marianna on the shoulder. "Hm. That's the title you have to call me, okay?" he whispered in Marianna's ear, but loudly for other humans to hear.

After nodding in satisfaction, he asked. "So, what sound do your requests sound?" he smiled, materializing a wooden chair, then sitting on it, in the center of the mass, and looking at the humans.

His smile was scary, and the humans sweated. 'One mistake, and we will die!' they all shouted in their heads. Noah was having fun, thinking about what they were thinking.

At the same time, he had a strange feeling that the Spiritual Tree was different from the other Spiritual Trees they had met and heard about in the course of their lives! A powerful aura!

Marianna took her courage, and to enunciate. "We are asking for asylum! A place in your territories, My Lord! Noah didn't answer, and Marianna grew even more impatient. "We want to live, and submit under my lord! ... I am sorry! For my people who followed me! She cried.

"I accept," he said simply, making the humans cry with joy. Noah's words cooled the atmosphere, at that moment, Noah to speak. "I understand, but do you know what your mistake is?"

Marianna were confused. After a few moments, she began to sweat. "No! Please, we are sorry for our mistake...!! She shouted, "We will refund the price of our bid! " she said, kneeling deeper on the ground, resting her face against the face.

Noah sighed. "We need to set an example for people who are disruptive, and endanger others for their own selfishness."

Marianna's expression deteriorated, and began to bring tears to her eyes. "So, do what you like with me.... It's all my fault!"

Noah shook his head. "That's not what I want... Then he searched through the crowd, and met the old man who seemed to be Marianna's grandfather. He smiled, then ordered. "If you kill the man behind you, then I will accept your submission."

Marianna was even more desperate. The humans who were silent, began to discuss. "The price of a lifetime... In exchange for our lives... Then, the look of humans on man was chilling.

A man said. "Maestros, you must die! I have a wife, and a child! Humans have rushed in, and many reasons are starting to be poured out. "Grandpa, don't have to die!" she shouted.

Previously, humans were respectful towards their elder, but after clarifying her death, for their acceptances, they did not hesitate to stab their fellow man. The man sighed. "It was intended."

Marianna jumped into the man's arms, and cast murderous looks, lowering the crowd's gaze. "Grandpa, don't leave me alone!"

Maestros stooped down, and embraced Marianna. "It's not possible," he said, "Understand Marianna, we must preserve the greatest number, at the smallest sacrifice." She cried even more.

Maestros had decided, and to reject the hug of her little girl. After retrieving a sword from an elf, he handed it to his little girl. He whispered. "Kill me."

At the same time, Noah calmly watched the farewell of the little girl, and the old man. Arms lifting his chin.

Everyone was paying attention to the situation, and continued to monitor the next movements of the daughter/grandfather couple. After much hesitation, Marianna closed her eyes, and stabbed Maestros' chest.

The humans looked down as the scene unfolded, and the elves closed their eyes, waiting for the bloody scene unfolding in front of them. After a few moments of silence, a voice came. "Am I alive...?" whispered Maestros.

They all opened their eyes, and looked. In the same place, in front of Maestros was a young elf with blond hair, and blue eyes. The dagger was intertwined between the armpits, and the chest. "Intent to murder," Mary said, lifting the dagger from Marianna's hands.

Noah glanced at Mary, then she replied, "She had the will to kill her grandfather."  After a short silence, Noah got up from his chair, and said. "Okay, you pass."

The humans were still stunned, but Marianna's embrace in front of Maestros brought everyone back to reality. "We... We were accepted? The humans looked at each other, before hugging each other.

« ... We can live again! »

"My brother, we can go on living, without having a constant fear of magical beasts!"

After a short moment of joy, Noah stepped in. "Although you are accepted, the question lies in where you have to live."

On this issue, Maestros stepped forward, and Christine also stepped forward. "We should discuss this in depth, and in confidence," they said jointly together. Looking more closely, he could see hostile looks from each side.

Shaking his head with fatigue, he agreed. After giving a few simple orders, he withdrew, and returned to his original body.

The elves stood up, and began to tidy up the supplies acquired during this battle. Then they began to separate from the other races, Mary was busy ordering the mobilization of the elves, and Marianna placed the humans in a waiting place. 

A few hours later, blue stones were piled up in front of him. "Lord, here are the number of mana stones to recover from the battle," Christine said before retiring.

He put the mana stones in a separate compartment, and turned his attention in another direction.

Noah was curious, and to ask while looking behind Christine, the man who had his head down. "Don't you mind if I take all those mana stones?" Maestros nodded. "We had no way helped our lord, so all rightfully belongs to you."

Noah nodded, then began the first administrative council, joining the representative of the elves, Christine, and the representative of the humans, Maestros. He made a round table, then some wooden chairs.

After opening the discussion, Christine began to speak. "I think we should take a distant approach, separating elves and humans. Each will adopt a part granted to his race. »

Maestros tapped on the table, and contradicted. "Why discriminate against us? We haven't done much against you elves! »

Christine frowned. "Isn't directing the magical beasts towards our village considered a serious mistake?"

Maestros was silent, and could not contradict. "That's true, but... Humans should get the same rights as elves! Christine reacted again. "We are the natives of these lands, what right do you have to proclaim?"

Maestros' expression became even more painful.

Christine didn't slow down her momentum. "In addition, your number is too high for the number of spaces that can occupy our village. How many are you? »

Maestros thought, then counted. "About 2000... »

"Our elven population numbers about 900 elves, including newborns. It is impossible to be able to cover so many people, apart from the creation of a new space dedicated to humans. »

"And, it would be too dangerous at the present time, to think of mixing our races with humans who have no shame in approaching elven women, for various reasons, strange, and perverse!"

Maestros was touched, but could not answer. Everything she used against humans was true. Humans may have had stereotypes, but some were true. Such were the humans.

Finally, Maestros sighed, and after some discussion and debate, the choice was quickly adopted.

Humans will have to live in another city that will be created soon, under another forest. At the same time, he will be able to develop another forest thanks to the humans who have integrated under his rule.

He could not think of a better disposition at this time. Everyone was happy with their position, the elves had a nearby village to trade with, the humans had a fixed habitat, and Noah had a new population.

After some discussion, Noah materialized in front of them with his avatar, and took out a soul contract stipulating the conditions to follow. He unrolled the parchment, and slowly read the words. "Humans will become the lord's people, and will grant themselves the opportunity to live under his lands... The village will proclaim itself RootCity, at the same time the village of the elves will proclaim itself... Tree City. »

[Year 54 months 0]

Winter had arrived. This year, winter hit the territory hard, but helped stop the occasional invasions of magical beasts. He didn't know that magical beasts hibernated in winter, but still thought winter was boring.

He had observed in his spare time both sides, and among the two races, the people most affected were the humans who sheltered in their wooden houses, before comforting under hot water. Humans had no characteristics to strengthen, or compensate for the cold against the snowy weather, compare to elves who kept going outside, and then returning to the village, as if nothing had happened.

Primarily, elves traded, and traded mainly with goods such as firewood, and other goods to keep the winter. Humans were rather passive, and did not try to go outside, except to take care of their work.

At the same time, Noah was curious about why elves could continue to lead normal lives, regardless of winter. "Christine, is it a habit to go out in the winter? Aren't you cold? »

She looked at the elves outside, and said. "Elves are not cold. We have abilities assigned from birth, able to withstand the heat, and the most extreme cold. " she said. Noah was interested in the discovery.

Are there traits, skills dedicated to various races, according to their births? So, do humans have specific traits? At this question, Christine shook her head. « Only humans have no distinguishing features to others. » Noah was disappointed.

Humans were rather weak in this world, if we did not compare their increased populations, compared to elves who give birth little each year. Maybe if an elf, and a human procreate, the child would get the trait?

Noah shook his head, and went back to his thoughts. By dint of thinking too much, he became afraid of his own thoughts, strange from time to time.

At the same time, he looked at the pop-ups that were piling up in his system. This year, it had been able to increase by several levels. [Level 62]. Thus, he was able to unlock other skills. [Mana Root], and [Tree alarms].

The skill he tested, was [Mana Root] the most interesting, while [Tree alarms] was rather useless, and common having the function of alarming any intrusions on his territory.

After a few uses, he was able to discover an amazing fact. He could absorb mana from the ground, and acquire a source of mana outside his body. So, he began to produce several roots, and to disperse them underground.

At the same time, it cost huge amounts of mana to provide, and produce.

Only five mana roots were planted in the ground in this snowy weather. It was not enough, and yet his body had become weak, and unreactive on the outside. Root mana production was low, but thought it was because of snowy weather slowing production. He hoped that revenues would increase in the coming seasons. It would be annoying to have spent for little gain...

Mana roots had the appearance of ginseng that burrowed to the ground, but had a specific color, blue attached to its main roots, and could see mana passing between its roots, to its main body. At the same time, he felt his mana faintly increase.

At the same time, he had tried to connect his mana roots under the mana vein under his roots, but could not reach it. He was still too weak, and his mana roots too short. Maybe one day, he thought he could reach the veins of earthly mana.

He took out some mana stones, in order to satisfy his mana reserve, and to slightly increase his mana tank capacity.

Then he began to shelter in his body, before falling asleep. He had probably hit the bottom, and started hibernating. Continuing to fight little magical beasts.