Chapter 22: The Tree of Life and the Moon Well
Standing outside the manor, looking out at a wilderness as far as the eye can see, this is the land that he will reclaim in the future.
While the development and construction of the manor was still underway, and no outsiders would come to observe the place except for the farmer's servants and construction workers, Donald was ready to use his magical abilities to transform the place for the better.
After opening the Book of Truth and browsing most of the four races and neutral building units, Donald set his sights on Elven buildings.
If there is any kind of building that has a powerful role and can promote the development of natural ecology, then there is only the elven tree man building unit that is in harmony with nature. As an environmentalist in his previous life and a noble manor in this life, considering the advantages and disadvantages of the four races of buildings, the undead will definitely not be able to choose, once the unit with the aura of the undead appears in front of everyone, Donald estimates that he will soon be eradicated by the agricultural temple and the major forces of the kingdom.
"Terran architecture, the farm has been established at present, and the others are useless for the time being, the beast tribe's crypt is good, the entrance is hidden, and the defense is strong, which can be used as a combat trench stronghold, and can be used as a temporary barracks, but at present, he doesn't even have an army, and it is useless to build it, and other architectural styles of the beast tribe are too primitive and barbaric, and they are not very suitable for appearing in human territory. ”
In the end, Donald decided that the Night Elves' building was the most suitable.
"Except for the Moon Well, the Altar and the Hunter's Hall, all the building units of the Elves are living beings, which can be disguised as trees and hidden near the manor, and can also be turned into a defensive force in an instant if they encounter an attack by a foreign enemy. Tree people are plant creatures themselves, and it is normal for them to be incarnated as trees. ”
"It's just that in this way, most of the building units of the elven clan can't be summoned by relying only on energy crystals and other materials like the other three clans. ”
According to the setting of the Book of Truth, as a half-living and half-building unit, the Night Elf's building not only needs energy, but also must be supported by a certain amount of soul power.
Of course, this kind of soul power does not need to permanently summon as much soul power as intelligent creatures, and the soul power required by ordinary treants does not need to be too strong, only the soul level of the second-level troops is about it.
Plants are different from animal creatures in that they don't need much intelligence to survive, which means that the soul of a plant is simple and small, and even the Night Elf tree people are not as good as a human infantry or even a peasant unit.
As a result, the Book of Truth gives the Elven Treant building unique summoning conditions.
Although this cost some more soul power than summoning other three-clan buildings, it gained an advantage that those dead creatures did not have.
For example, the Elven Ancient Tree Building is not only conscious, can follow the owner's orders, has the advantage of being able to move freely, but also has the advantage of actively attacking intruders. These advantages are enough for Donald to be willing to give more soul power.
The Initial Tree of Life is a unit rated Level 5 by the Book of Truth, and is the same level as the original heroes, but the soul power required to create it can be successfully summoned with only 200 units, which is simply disproportionate.
During this period of time, Donald took the time to run to the cemeteries of several towns in North County, and collected some soul power, which was just enough to create a new second-level class with the rest of the previous ones.
"For the sake of the Elven Ancient Tree Building, I can only give up the original plan for the time being. ”
Donald said with some pity. Since the creation of three of Clinton's men, Donald has come to appreciate how useful it is to have such absolutely loyal men.
The energy required to create the main base building of the elven clan is equivalent to the elemental spars required to summon the towns and beast halls of the human race, which are all one hundred and fifty primary-elemental crystals or fifteen medium-elemental crystals.
If it weren't for the fact that Donald couldn't gather as many materials in the town as he could build at least a small town, and it was too shocking for a town hall to pop up suddenly, and he didn't have his own territory, otherwise Donald would have summoned those large construction units a long time ago, so there would be no need to build villas like this, which could save a lot of time for the development of the manor.
"As with items such as infantry swords and buildings such as farms summoned earlier, creating a Tree of Life can also be used to pay for the raw materials required for the building instead of a portion of the energy consumption. In this way, you can save more than eighty percent of the spar energy, and the soul power is a necessary consumable, it seems that the road to becoming a strong man has a long way to go!"
"However, the elven creatures' buildings are different from other races, and the materials they choose to replace are not wood, stone, and other materials, but the trees that need to be alive. It is best to have a long-lived tree species such as oak, pine, and fir, and the bigger and older the better, so that more energy can be replaced and less consumed. ”
In this forest of green cloaks, there is no shortage of other things Donald doesn't know, but there is certainly no shortage of old trees.
It is said that there are even patches of ancient trees that are more than 10,000 years old in the depths of the forest, and even on the outskirts of the forest, it is not difficult to find an ancient tree that is tens of thousands of years old.
As soon as he thought of it, Donald spent a rare second-level crystal nucleus to summon a mount that was most suitable for flying in the forest, the second-level troop of the elven race, the horned eagle beast.
Donald, who weighed about the size and weight of an elven warrior, transformed into a Hippogriff Knight, and rode on the Hippogriff to the outer edge of the forest in the north of the manor.
The Green Cloak Forest has existed much longer than the Celtic Kingdom and the oldest realms on the continent, even back to the time of the Ancient World.
She is a vast, narrow shape that sits at the foot of the Izumo Mountains like an open cloak, encircling the borders of Kita-gun and the kingdom's south-central territories on three sides, and if you include the area of this forest and the surrounding mountains, Kita-gun is undoubtedly the largest county territory of the Celtic Kingdom.
Since he wasn't here to hunt demonic beasts, he still had plenty of money in his hands, so in order to save time, Donald only patrolled around the area bordering the depths of the nearby forest.
Here, alone, there are already towering ancient trees and dense shade. The hundred-year-old trees are just young children in this forest. Although they have not been specifically measured, the age of several ancient trees that Donald has taken a fancy to one after another is estimated to be more than 10,000 years old.
"That's you!"
After a round and turn, Donald finally chose the thickest and tallest one in the neighborhood, but it was the oak species of this world.
Oak trees are considered sacred by the people of this world, and they are said to be trees that have reborn from the dead branches and leaves of the World Tree, the creator of the High Elves. The extinct ancient race of nature druids on the continent is the embodiment of the oak tree, which their father generally worshipped.
Standing in front of this large oak tree, Donald stroked the rough trunk with one hand, and the mage's keen spiritual power sensed the vitality in it, took out a crystal nucleus of a fifth-level demonic beast, and chose to summon the Tree of Life of the Night Elf Clan's base.
"Book of Truth, let's get started!"
I saw a vivid pale green glow flowing in a golden light, enveloping the entire oak tree in it, and after a few breaths, the big tree that appeared again had completely changed its appearance.
The thick and tall branches stretch like a lazy stretch after a nap, and the dense emerald green branches and leaves slowly sway with the branches.
It may be because the trees selected by Donald are very good in terms of growth state and age, and they have their own spiritual relationships, so in addition to using more than thirty primary elemental crystals to transform his body, Donald summoned this tree of life in addition to using more than thirty primary elemental crystals to transform his body, but unexpectedly only consumed only thirty units of soul power.
At this time, the Tree of Life was surrounded by a faint force of nature visible to the naked eye, and its branches swayed slowly like living creatures, as if to greet Donald, the master who created it.
And this tree of life is really communicating with Donald as a master through the spiritual mind that connects with him.
The ordinary state of the Tree of Life is just a big tree of life and wisdom, and it does not speak, but with its intelligence equivalent to that of a seven-year-old child, it is still possible to communicate with intelligent beings through mental power.
Donald gave the command to the Tree of Life in his mind, and saw that the branches of the whole tree were stretched out, and the strong roots of the tree were burrowing out of the earth, and the giant tree that had been rooted in the forest was now completely transformed into a large tree with a human shape standing upright.
In this short period of time, the ancient oak tree successfully evolved into the oldest and most peaceful tree man among the legendary natural races, and its physiological traits were all changed. Even the most knowledgeable botanists may not be able to tell from the appearance that it was originally an oak tree.
"The host...... and do as you ...... told."
The head of the Treant was a wooden, old face beneath the canopy, and the language he uttered was slow and dry, but unexpectedly childish.
"My child, follow in my footsteps and put down roots there!"
Feeling that the newborn Tree of Life was like a child, and that he had a deep admiration for himself, Donald pointed out the coordinates in his mind, and the junction of the large manor and the small manor was a narrow barren grass and trees, which was the place where he chose to take root for the Tree of Life.
The Treant nodded slowly, and began to take steps in that direction.
Because of their size, the tree people incarnated by the Tree of Life can walk a distance of nearly ten meters in one step, but due to their slow movements, they can only travel about fifteen kilometers per hour.
Fortunately, it was almost night, and there should be no adventurers and hunters who would stay in the forest overnight, and the forest on this side of his two manors was different from Red Maple Town, and the location was closer to the dangerous depths of the forest and the Izumo Mountain Range, where there were many demonic beasts, so there were usually few people, and there was not much movement from the treemen, and in one night, there was enough time for the Tree of Life to rush from the forest to the manor to take root.
With that done, and the Hippogriff recycled into energy, Donald teleported back to the farm house to rest.
Early the next morning, after breakfast, he came to the northwest fence of the manor, and sure enough, he saw a thick and sturdy tree that required at least five people to hug and was more than ten meters high on the wasteland.