Tree Fort
"Phyllis, is this the new team member you've found?" A crisp voice came from above. Darko looked up and saw a beautiful elven girl standing on a branch in the canopy of the vine fence, floating in the breeze.
"Ahh
Darko didn't know why Phyllis suddenly asked this, but after thinking about it, he said truthfully, "The success rate of copying a fourth-level scroll is around 30% now. Because I was upgraded to the Great Mage level in the Void, I haven't tried the fifth-level magic scroll yet. ”
"That's right, this is the inscription master I found!" Phyllis raised her head and shouted to the elven girl on the roof, then lowered her head and put her head to Darko's ear and said, "Darko, from now on you have become the inscription master of our team!
Darko was confused, not knowing what Phyllis was talking about, so he pushed open the vine-woven gate with Phyllis on his back and walked into the courtyard. When he entered the courtyard, he was immediately stunned. Because the outside of the yard was blocked by a wall formed by vines, Dakko did not see what was going on inside, only saw the lush foliage in the high places, and thought that a large number of trees had been planted on the roof. But in fact, this is not the case, but the whole house is a thick and low fortress of giant trees!
Darko had learned about this kind of tree fort in the book, which was a portable dwelling for the elves, and usually only needed to carry a tree fort seed, plant it in a suitable place and cast a spell, and such a huge house could grow in a few hours. In fact, this tree fort is not short, it is a full three stories high, but compared to its area of more than 30 meters, this tree fort is indeed short and thick in the form of a tree.
The bark on the surface of the tree fort is dark brown, and the skin is extremely deep, like grooves cut by a knife and axe. Hollowed-out fusiform holes are formed between the irregular lines, like windows, so that the furnishings and layout of the tree fort can be seen from the outside. An extremely thick root lies on the ground, and the exposed part of the ground is in the shape of a semi-cylinder, and in the center of this cylindrical root there is a small arched door, which looks like the entrance to the tree fort.
Darko couldn't imagine how such a large tree could grow into a house according to the will of the elves, but he knew that such a tree fort seed must be worth a lot of money, and I am afraid that it would not be less valuable than epic equipment.
At this moment, a vine stretched out from the roof, and the vine wrapped around the elf girl's waist and slowly lowered her from the roof, directly in front of Darko. The beauty of the elf's necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and other ornaments pales in comparison to her beauty. However, compared to the VitN that Darko had seen before, this female elf had a little less aura, and it was not as perfect as VitN in terms of appearance, so Darko only glanced at it, and then shifted his attention to the vine that hung the elf girl down.
Vine Twist is a kind of bondage magic, but it is used to assist the caster's movement, and this use shows that the elf girl has a deep understanding of green magic. Darko felt the fluctuations in the vine's magic carefully, but he wondered if his ice magic could have a similar effect.
Phyllis had been quietly paying attention to Darko, and seeing that Darko hadn't paid too much attention to the appearance of the elf girl, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl, and even her mood was a little happier. Then Phyllis jumped off Darko, "Leah, this is my lich, Darko Nikerimens, and the inscriptionist I found. Darko, this is Leah Lopec of the Church of Life, our herbalist. ”
"Your legendary lich, Darko, isn't he undead?" Leah looked Darko up and down curiously, surprised to see Phyllis's intimacy with Darko on the rooftop. But she immediately found that Darko had taken a look at her and stopped paying attention, so Leah's eyes were full of resentment, could it be that her beautiful appearance was not as worthy of attention as a vine? If Darko was really a lich, it would be fine, and it would be clear that he was a fake human, probably Phyllis's evil taste, and he caught a sex slave and lied about being his lich. The corners of Leah's mouth twitched downward, "Phyllis, the purpose of our two teams is to win the championship, you can't just pull an acquaintance over to make up the numbers." The other four professions must be chosen carefully, otherwise if they don't win the championship, everyone will suffer. ”
When Phyllis heard Lia's words, she jumped up directly, "Lia, what do you mean by that? I know my lich best, he is now a great magician, and he can copy any kind of glyph!"
Leah fought back without showing any weakness, "Hasn't your lich been missing for a year, and how come you know him so well when you first found him?"
"Don't look down on people!Darko's inscription skills won't be worse than anyone else!" Phyllis was angry, grabbed Darko's clothes tightly, and argued with Leah, "In this competition, there is no inscriptionist in any other team who is better than Darko!"
Leah exhaled helplessly, thought for a moment before saying, "Phyllis, if you really insist on Darko joining the team, then I also have the right to honor the agreement we made between the two of us in the beginning. ”
Phyllis looked puzzled, "Didn't the agreement write that we would each contribute half of the money for Tree Castle, and what else was related to the current situation?"
"Sure enough, you forgot. Leah shook her head and sighed, a piece of magic paper appeared in her hand, "We have three agreements, the purchase of the Tree Fort is only the first, and the second is that if the new member is not approved by all the other team members, then you can choose a professional player from another team to compete. Regardless of whether you win or lose, as long as you can get the approval of more than half of the members, you will be considered to have passed. ”
"Ahh
"That's right, I'm just exercising my power. Liya nodded, and continued, "Just today when I went to the Alchemy Guild to make an announcement, I met an inscription master from another team. ”
"Who's afraid of whom!" cried out Phyllis, clenching her fists tightly.
"Then it's set for tomorrow, and I'll call him. Leah's eyes rolled around, and she continued, "Oh, you've probably heard of that man's name, Arroyo. ”
"Arroyo!" Phyllis's pupils contracted suddenly, she stomped her foot hard, and was about to say something, when she suddenly felt her hand being held by Darko, she turned her head to look at Darko, but saw Darko smiling at her, his eyes full of confidence. For some reason, seeing Darko's eyes like this, she suddenly calmed down.
Darko didn't know who Arroyo was, and he didn't even know what the tournament Phyllis had him playing, but that didn't stop him from understanding Phyllis and Leah's argument. It seems that the relationship between Leah and Phyllis is not very harmonious, and it is more of a cooperative relationship than a close friend, which is why the proposal is to let Darko compare with other inscriptionists.
Dakko was unmoved, not only did he improve his rank in a year, but his inscription skills were also constantly improving, and he was under the weight of the hunt. For the past year, he had devoted himself to each of his copying inscriptions, and if the slightest mishap caused the power of the magic scroll to decrease, he could die in battle. The previous opponent was VitB12, so the current opponent is the inscriptionist named Arroyo. For Darko, it didn't matter who his opponent was, he just had to focus on his inscriptions.
Darko looked at Leah calmly, and saw a herbalist's badge pinned to her chest, and he remembered that he had the same badge himself. It seems that wearing such a badge in St. Yale is more respectable, such as Phyllis, who also wears the badge of a decomposer.
Darko took out the herbalist badge that had been sealed for a long time from the spatial ring and put it on his chest while muttering to himself, "I'm almost forgetting that I still have this badge." ”
"Huh, you also have the herbalist's badge, ah! yours is also the badge of the two leaves!" Leah looked at Darko's badge incredulously, "Aren't you an inscriptionist?"
"This was when I was at the Academy of Magic, I went to visit the selection of the Alchemy Guild, and by the way, I passed the assessment of the herbalist, so I got this badge. Of course, I'm the epigrapher I'm the most proficient, and I'm only scratching the surface of herbal medicine. Darko smiled elegantly, "Oh, it seems that you are also a herbalist, please advise me in the future." ”
When Darko said this, Leah's face suddenly flushed. Leah also wears the two-leaf badge and is often proud of it, and she dares to question the source of Phyllis's selection of players. The difference between the three leaves and the two leaves,It's not the level of proficiency and speed.,It's the difference in talent.,It can be said that it's impossible to achieve it by hard work.。 Leah herself was given the two-leaf badge because of her natural affinity for plants as an elven and her keen discernment. But Darko wore the same badge as her as a human being, and the words she heard from Darko for more advice were clearly a blatant insult.
But when Liya saw Daktron's herbalist badge, she knew that the level of Daktronic herbalist must not be bad, and Daktron's specialty was actually an inscriptionist, so it means that the level of Daktronic Herbalist will only be higher, so she ignored the identity of herbalist. Could it be that he was really a powerful inscriptionist? Glaring fiercely at the badge on Darko's chest again, Leah turned and walked straight to the Tree Castle, entering the small door at the root of the Tree Castle.
"Master, what is that competition tomorrow like?" Confident to confident, Darko was still anxious to figure out the specific situation tomorrow, after all, he didn't even know anything now.
"I'll tell you when I get to the room. Phyllis waved her hand and walked to the door of the small door, turning back to Dakko and beckoning, "Hey! The seeds of this big tree are very expensive, and I paid half of the money, so I can show you how powerful it is!"
Darko followed Phyllis through a small door at the base of the tree, which was about the same height as Phyllis, and Darko had to bend down to enter. The first thing that goes inside is a downward slope, and Dakko jumps straight into a circular passageway, and the small door when he enters is just above Dako's head. Dakko remembered that it was in the roots, and the small door outside was open at the upper edge of the roots, so it was necessary to climb up the ground with your hands and feet to get out of the hollow roots.
It wasn't dark inside the passage, and there was a glowing green light illuminating the passage, allowing Dakko to see his surroundings clearly. Phyllis beckoned ahead, and she was the first to walk out of the aisle, and Darko hurriedly followed. After less than five meters in the passage, it was once again a downhill slope and entered a huge space. Darko was wondering why there were no windows when he remembered that after two downhills he had reached the underground part of the Tree Fort, which was a basement.
The basement was not dark, as a large area of land was lit up by sunlight in an open area in the center, and various magical plants were planted on the land. Dakko had only seen potted plants in the house, but he didn't expect to get a small piece of soil to grow a magic plant, so he couldn't help but look closer with curiosity.
When Darko walked to the sunny spot and looked up, he saw the sky and white clouds above him through the large shade of the trees, and it turned out that this tree fort was hollow and transparent. The two floors of the above-ground section are arranged in a circular shape, allowing daylight to shine directly from the top of the canopy to the basement on the lowest level, ensuring that the interior is illuminated.
Darko looked down and turned back to the land in front of him, and was immediately stunned when he saw the species of magic plants planted in the soil. There are all kinds of departments in the Demon Plant, and he doesn't know the other departments, but he can't be unfamiliar with the ice system. If you look closely, the magic plants rich in ice elements are of very good quality, and because of the high price of materials such as Star Blue Grass, Crystal Fruit, and Frost Powder, Daktronics has never used them before, but replaced them with other materials with low prices.
"Don't touch those rags, those are the lifeblood of Leah, if you step on them, she will fight with you!" Phyllis's voice came from afar, and Darko realized that he had walked to this area of the Demon Plant, which was already in the center of the Tree Castle, and Phyllis was still at the edge of the Tree Castle, so the voice sounded very far away.
The space inside the tree fort was larger than he had imagined, but the shape of the room was not regular. The entire basement floor is an enclosed room in the shape of a round pie, large enough to be used for magical experiments. Following Phyllis's voice back to the edge of the basement, Darko saw that there were more than a dozen circular passages of all sizes, high and low, scattered around it, and he didn't know where they led. Phyllis was climbing a wooden ladder to the right of a passageway, and he was amazed that the ladder was a wooden part that had grown directly from the wall.
"Hey, Daktro, what are you doing, climb up the ladder, it's a floor, be careful not to fall." Phyllis cried condescendingly from the ladder. This scene gave Darko the illusion that he had gone back to more than two years ago when Phyllis took him to the Dark Temple to sacrifice, when he was still a small skeleton, wandering blankly in the dimly lit temple, and only Phyllis showed him the way.
Darko climbed the ladder to the upper floor, and immediately there was a bright light in front of him, a huge and airy living room, and the sunlight through the window illuminated the whole room. Countless rattan sticks hung down from the living room, dividing the hall into several areas like a barrier, but did not affect the spread of light. The corners and ceilings of the living room are covered with a variety of shade-loving plants, which seem to grow freely, but do not interfere with the passage in the room, and do not take up too much space, as if they are self-conscious.
"It's something to drink, although it doesn't taste good. Phyllis was swinging on a vine-woven seat with a cup in her hand. Darko pushed through the barrier of vines and walked towards Phyllis, who was amazed at the first time he had seen such a building made entirely of plants. I also learned to sit on a set of rattan seats, and found it very comfortable, like a hammock.
A raised tree stump resembled a table, on which were placed several wooden cups, and from time to time a drop of liquid dripped from the roof, causing a ripple. Darko picked up a cup and sniffed it vigorously, and found that it contained a certain amount of magic power, which was probably more than ten times diluted than the primary magic potion, but drinking such a glass of liquid and then meditating could also greatly improve the speed of returning to magic.
"Darko, come here, sit down here!" Phyllis beckoned to Darko, then stepped on her boots and half-lay down in a rattan slingback.
Darko walked over and sat down beside Phyllis, and then was hugged by Phyllis's hands around her waist and held in her arms like a pillow, but Phyllis had her eyes closed and her face was delighted.
Before Darko could enjoy the charm, he suddenly thought of what had happened before, so he asked, "Master, tomorrow's competition with that Arroyo?"
Phyllis's nose wrinkled, her little face digging deeper into Darko's arms, and she murmured, "That Arroyo, don't worry about him, as long as you can win tomorrow......"
Darko smiled bitterly, he really wanted to win, but until now he didn't know the way and steps to compete. Phyllis's reaction also puzzled him, obviously he was very anxious when he heard Arroyo's name, why didn't he care now? Darko wanted to continue to ask, but found that Phyllis's breathing gradually became even, and he actually fell asleep like this, leaving only a smile of relief in the corner of his eye.