Chapter 173: Unending Tree Spirit (1/2)

After getting his bounty, he quickly came to the gate, only to find several monsters had entered the city. He swiftly swept them out of the city and tossed the bag to the tree.

As he expected, when the tree saw the incoming bag, it didn't immediately destroy the bag. Instead, it gently used its branch to catch it.

Even the soldier stopped for a moment and turned around, finding Nart standing in front of the gate with no monsters dared to even move.

”Unending Tree… I'm sure this is what you're looking for. We have dealt with the perpetrators, so I hope you can return right now.” Nart fell silent.

Theo, Alea, and the others looked at Nart in confusion.

”Grandfather has finally made his move?” Alea looked at him while muttering.

At the same time, Theo narrowed his eyes and turned to the bag, wondering what it was. However, he suddenly felt pressure coming from Nart along with his killing intent, making him want to kneel. His legs and body were trembling, but he gritted his teeth and endured this feeling as he found that the others, monsters and humans, experienced the same thing.

”This is… Awareness?” Theo remembered his Master and felt this killing intent was the same. ”But this kind of powerful Awareness that feels like you're facing death itself… Ugh.”

A scene where Ellen told him the specialization of each aspect like Force Control flashed in his mind. He realized this kind of thing might be one of the advanced skills in Awareness.

”You can suppress someone with your Awareness alone?” Theo muttered while sweating. He didn't know why but he couldn't stop his mouth from curving. Although he felt suppressed, there was an excitement in his heart. ”This…”

Nart ignored the others for the time being and proceeded to threaten the tree that seemed to have felt his power too. He said, ”Or… I will join this battle and hunt you down.”

The tree used its branch to gently open the bag like that of a mother before a small humanoid person came out of the bag. It was a female humanoid monster with a pair of wings. Its body was surrounded by leaves and branches.

”A Spirit? A Dryad?” was the question everyone had in their mind when they encountered this monster for the first time.

This ten-inch monster seemed to have felt the suppression from Nart and shook her head, telling the tree something.

After a minute, the tree branches and roots slowly descended and returned to their original location. The monsters also had miraculously stopped while glaring at the city.

Suddenly, the tree shone and projected light to the ground. That light descended as a humanoid formed from the light.

Its appearance looked like a human female. With long green hair and a well-developed body that was barely covered with leaves and branches, her appearance stunned everyone. Saying she was a beauty was an understatement.

Everyone had difficulty in describing her appearance, while the female ignored them completely.

Only Nart and the soldier realized this female because this was the projection of the Unending Tree Spirit.

She looked at Nart Eilric and the soldier with a solemn look and said. ”Fortunately, my child is alright, but you, humans, are not able to control your own kin and let them trespass my territory. Hence, I am warning you that anyone who enters my Unending Grass Field will die. This is the punishment you will receive for a year. If you try to attack me within that time, I will contact my Queen to flatten this city.”

After saying those words, she closed her eyes and disappeared. The tree then left Art Beats City while the monsters dispersed instantly, returning to their own territory.