Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!
Chapter 195 - 195 - The bountiful forests of Freyheimr

After I gave my instructions, Vaelion immediately went to work and made his way towards the office of the manager who overlooks the posh villa area where I live. He brought with him the handwritten note I prepared in advance as proof that I gave him the tasks. As for me, I continued walking towards the borders and the seven men who wanted to sell themselves to me, started to follow me. They said that after lunch till before sunset, they were allowed by the territory to gather food items that they can use to sustain themselves and their families. They also begged for me to teach them which items can be eaten and which ones have medicinal properties if possible. I nodded at their pleas and let them follow me. More hands simply mean we can do the work faster.

As we exited the gate, I stopped walking and pushed out my radar-like senses to map up to an area of 10 kilometers around me. I was able to detect a lot of unique plants that I haven't seen in the other forests I have been. The number of animals are bountiful as well including the violent and wild ones, of course. I guess since these elves only forage near the walls surrounding their territory while the other high elves inside the territory won't even bother to hunt or get stuff by themselves, the forest grew abundant in all aspects as an effect. I am not one to complain though since I plan to squeeze everything I can from these forest and lands during my stay here just like how the earlier elves leeched off of my kingdom and the world tree realm. This will be a very fun process of getting paybacks.

As we walked, I taught the seven guys about the common plants we saw on the way and their uses. We also made sure to pick the items that were on the list that can be used to buy off their slavery contracts. I kept the ones on the list while I let them keep some of the edible and medicinal plants we saw on the way. I also helped them hunt some animals like rabbits, hares, wild boars and deer. I went ahead and taught them butchering techniques. I also made sure to get some parts that are usable for alchemy even if they were not on the list. Maybe I can still get some value from them one way or another.

The seven men were only able to accompany me for about two hours before their baskets were already too full and continuing to accompany me would simply be a waste of time. They even already have stuff that are tied around their waists and they were carrying stuff on one of their hands while there was a long knife to protect themselves on the other. I then advised them to go back to the outer district since we still have tomorrow to go to the other places anyway. They understood that they do not have a choice but to do so and bid me goodbye. Once I am alone, I smirked since during my mapping, I found a peculiar area with overflowing mana but it only shows as a plain grassland when hit by my senses. They really thought that they could hide it from me. Too bad, illusions are my forte.

I immediately teleported to the place and got into the illusion barrier. Inside it was one of the things I was supposed to retrieve. It was indeed the mother tree. I immediately approached it, touched its trunk and sent my consciousness in. The tree immediately resonated with me as I heard the very amicable voice of an old woman. The first thing it said, "Greetings to your royal highness. I am happy that you have finally found me. Now, I can give you the seed that I have been saving all this time. I never lost hope that you will find me and plant me back together with the world tree which is my home. Once you plant it, my consciousness will transfer to the seed and this tree will be nothing but a hollow and lifeless tree." The mother tree gave me a golden seed which it sent straight into my consciousness for the reason that it needs to hide the existence of the seed. It was smaller than Nische's seed and of a different shape too but it wasD

and heralds took are currently in. She gladly gave me what seems to be a lis 4combined it to the map that I by afealready created through my consciousness, it gave me 5 distinct points in the map, each with a different color that I immediately recognized since my mana is colored the same way as the elemental attributes existing in this world. Well, they did take 5 orbs which are the light, plant, wind, water and the samsara. I sent healing magic towards the mother tree, gave it some fertilizer and some blessed water from that fertility lake near Marahuyo as a sign of gratitude for giving me information as well as leading the way for me to get my job done quicker. I want to make the mother tree's remaining stay in this place as comfortable as possible. I immediately sent the golden seed to Lia back in Eieneos for safekeeping.

I quickly teleported a few meters away from the first point on my map where the orb of light was. I spied on the hut and saw two guards and a heavily locked door. I thought they were chosen vessels and heirs but why does their home look more of like a prison? Is it because of the upcoming full moon? They must not be up for grabs for anyone then? I cast a spell on my body to be invisible and went inside the hut to spy on my target. As usual, a beautiful male elf is inside. I immediately ambushed the guy by knocking him out. I placed my hand on the guys womb where the orb was implanted forcefully. I can feel this guy's body is already crumbling from the inside due to rejecting the orb. I injected my mana into his womb and made a copy of the light orb. Once a perfect copy was made, I took out the original one. I then made sure to feed the guy some revitalizing and healing potions. The orb copy I left in his body was a nourishing orb that emits light attributed mana as well. I immediately noticed that his body was riddled with scars and wounds, so much for being a chosen heir and a blessed vessel when you are nothing but a puppet for this race. I left the hut stealthily after placing the unconscious guy on his bed and covering him up with a blanket.

I went to the other four huts one after another using the same tactic I used to infiltrate the first hut. I took the orbs one by one and created copies of it at the same time. Just like the elf who was implanted with the light orb, the conditions of the bodies of the other four orb bearers weren't far from him. Their healths are crumbling as their bodies reject the existence of the orb. Their bodies all have old and even fresh lash marks, burn marks, needle marks and cuts from a knife, clearly they are still being experimented on. The marks were hidden on purpose within areas that were covered with their clothes so no one else can notice the signs of the physical abuse. The only reason I saw it was because I had to open their robes to gain skin to skin contact with their wombs. I hated elves and heralds because I have all the memories of the past but for these guys, it is hard to be angry with them since they were victims too. I just hope these puppets will be offered to me in the next nights of this annual event. That would be a really interesting coincidence.

I did my job quickly and efficiently. I immediately sent over the orbs to my shared storage with Lia in Eieneos for safekeeping. I will give them to Nische myself when I come for a visit. About half an hour before sunset, I was already walking leisurely on the main road, going back to the gates to the outer district. I saw from afar, Vaelion, impatiently walking back and forth near the gates. I called on to his name then his head immediately snapped up and looked at my direction. I saw him sigh in relief then he sat on the ground as if all his energy was zapped out of his body. I walked at a quicker pace and greeted him. Once I was near enough, he hugged me tight and whispered, "I am glad you are back safely. What took you so long?" I tapped his back and simply said that I gathered a lot of alchemy materials to get enough credits to buy more slaves. He simply burrowed his face on my shoulder and whispered, "I understand. Thank you." We then walked back to the posh district together. The manager will definitely ask me what I did in the forests specifically since there were 6 places that they were trying to hide from everybody else. I prepared for that with alchemy materials and food materials I have harvested. Together with the seven guys that were with me for the first three hours of my forest outing, we scavenged so many things that this territory would never imagine just how much they lost just by letting me stay in their territory for one day.