"No problem."
It was visible that Mana, who initially was reluctant to take lives, had gradually grown to quite enjoy it.
It couldn't be helped; each time he absorbed the "Divine Tree Power" from the Golden Ancient Tree, the feeling of his divine tree essence within increasing was simply... too exhilarating, bringing a climax-like pleasure of vigorous growth.
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Holy Brilliance Calendar 1227, Month of Northern Wind.
Holy Fire Plateau.
A certain Great Rift.
With the earth-shattering bellow of an elephant.
A black beast at the mid-stage of level 5, the Saw-toothed Elephant, roughly the size of a small hill, was charging. Like a massive locomotive, the airflow from its high-speed movement was powerful enough to pull the giant boulders from the cliffs on either side, crushing them completely. Its trunk, like a long whip, broke through the air with an ear-piercing sound, and when it hit the Earth, it left a deep trench.