After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 42 - 41 Eating and Planting Trees

Chapter 42: Chapter 41 Eating and Planting Trees

"Planting the Ancient Priest Tree didn’t need too much attention. You just needed to find an open space and randomly stick the segmented branches into the ground, and afterward, you simply needed to harvest regularly."

Yila said this while pointing to the "wood" in front of him that really grew just like an ordinary tree trunk. This crop also had branches, twigs, and trunks, but it simply looked bare without leaves.

As the little fairies obediently listened to his explanation of the planting method, Yila felt it was better to demonstrate. He softly chanted, triggering his power with his voice: "Fourth Wing Pillar·Giant Bee·Wing Spread."

Yellow and black Mana gathered in the sky, transforming into a slender sword that Yila held in his hand.

*Swish swish swish*

With the sound of light cutting, several grown branches were cleanly slashed off, and the Ancient Priest Tree was shaved into a bare stick, with nothing left but the bare trunk.

"These branches would survive just by being planted in the ground... if the rainfall was sufficient."

Yila said this with a smile, reminding them: "Of course, there was no need to specifically water them... it wasn’t necessary. The Poison Eating Tree would grow on its own when there was enough moisture."

"Oh, and don’t get curious and take a bite. The current Ancient Priest Tree had not been processed yet... just assume it was raw. Raw Poison Eating Trees were highly toxic."

With this reminder, several curious and eager little fairies and little demons immediately behaved well. Yila thought for a moment and called out, "Vera, come over here!"

In response to the call, Vera, who had been watching from the side, squeezed by Satan Ye and Hilena, bypassing Mr. Lime, who was curiously watching the new ingredients. She ran to Yila’s side, asking, "What is it? Do you want me to accelerate their growth?"

"You’re so smart... but first, let’s do some watering."

Receiving Yila’s praise, Vera rolled her eyes and complained, "Even so, accelerating crops was quite Mana-consuming. You used to be a Royal Mage; you knew my Magic Power recovery was not the fastest among all Royal Mages."

Though she said this, seeing that the monsters and Yila had backed away, Vera sighed. She closed her eyes gently, with tens of thousands of words from the original classics and countless words from ancient texts flashing through her mind. She spoke slowly—

"O Lord of All Living Things, cast your gazing eyes; Sun and moon worship upon thee, responding to the expectation of straight-going messengers; By this Magic Power, the authority of fantasy and illusion intertwines, a miracle manifests!"

Accompanied by the activation of the Heavenly Phenomena Control spell, at Vera’s will, the small piece of land in front of her immediately saw a torrential downpour... which looked quite ridiculous, as the rain just happened to cover the crops.

But precisely because of this, it was evident how valuable Vera’s position as a Royal Court Mage was—her Magic Power recovery was indeed very slow, and her total Magic Power wasn’t outstanding, as her battles never lasted long.

However, the spells she needed to cast were not limited to just this one.

"O Son of Man born under the stars, praise the green things here; World Tree and Mana Goddess bear witness, under splendid prosperity, offering my sap to fill Gaia’s shell; Wisdom sparkling, the splendor of civilization delights the land, making the oaks abundant."

Chanting this way, Vera extended her hand. The lifeless blood of the Witch Demon flowed down along with Mana, covering the ground... in this world, besides Elves, plant-based spells required blood as a catalyst to be used.

Perhaps the special status of plant-based spells was related to this world’s power source—the World Tree.

This was also the specific difference between Magic Power and Mana... although it was generally believed that Mana and Magic Power were the same thing and both were called Mana, in the eyes of the World Tree, there was differentiated treatment.

Only the Mana used by Elves was truly pure Mana, allowing the effortless use of spells without any extra procedures, not even chanting was necessary—any verbal triggers weren’t needed, and Mana could be freely summoned.

The term Magic Power, on the other hand, was derived from humanity’s study of the magic of monsters, in other words, the origin of the term was "Magic" Power, and other than Elves, all other races were indiscriminately shunned by the World Tree.

In fact, it might have been because the Elf Clan was favored by the World Tree.

Nevertheless, as the term Magic Power became recognized by most people in the world, it also became a symbol representing Mana. Even the Elf Clan started gradually using this deconstructed term.

As Vera’s blood and Magic Power flowed over the ground to the Ancient Priest Tree, the branches that had been randomly thrown onto and into the ground began to visibly grow.

They began to root downward bit by bit, absorbing a large amount of water and the nutrients in the soil, transforming into starch and nutritional elements. The small branches and twigs transformed into straight trunks, looking just like the Ancient Priest Tree they had seen before.

"Hey! Yila, isn’t this enough?"

Vera asked while maintaining her extended hand with her palm down. Though bleeding wasn’t a significant problem for her, it was still somewhat uncomfortable, and the consumption of Mana was quite huge.

"That’s enough, thank you."

With Yila’s words, the sky’s rain and the rapid plant growth simultaneously stopped, and those new Ancient Priest Trees grew lush with branches but still had no leaves, creating a strange appearance.

After that, these crops seemed to be able to repeat the previous process again, which was the process of cutting off the branches, planting them, and waiting for them to mature... this crop really was incredibly easy and effortless.

"Phew... phew... I’m exhausted. Demonstrating planting for you has really worn me out."

Vera said this, feeling empty due to the massive consumption of Mana, bending over as if suffering from kidney deficiency, and giving Yila, who was studying the crops, a resentful look, saying, "You’ll have to properly compensate me tonight."

"..."

"!!!"

Satan Ye looked over with confusion, while Hilena showed an astonished expression. She looked at Yila and back at Vera, saying, "So this was the relationship between you two?"

"..."

Yila looked at Vera without changing his expression. He narrowed his eyes dangerously at her, then instantly changed his face and said with a light smile, "Alright, get ready..."

Get ready? Ready... ready for what?!

In that instant, Vera was shocked, shivering and retreating, stammering as she explained, "That... that... Lord Yila, I was just joking, only kidding~"

"Hmph... then watch your mouth next time."

Yila said this, disdainfully looking at Vera, at this now-cowardly figure, threatening, "Otherwise, I’ll have you cast the Plant Growth Technique every day."

"..."

"I protest, I protest!"

"Protest invalid."

"I invalidate your invalidation!"

"Hmph..."

To others... Yila and Vera’s relationship probably seemed pretty good?

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