The 'Shepherd' is gone, and the whole cave is left with 'Lorainhill' himself. In fact, this statement is not accurate, because there are many of her children shuttling back and forth in the corridors, faithfully carrying out her orders and providing her with nourishment.

Although Lorain's roots were so deep that they stretched hundreds of meters from the surface of the cave and spread horizontally for kilometers, it still didn't satisfy her appetite.

Because she needs to keep growing, and she also needs to give birth to tree fruits and give birth to more children. The nutrients that are taken in from the earth can only play a basic maintenance role, and Lorain Hill needs blood, lots and lots of blood.

The 'Shepherd' who planted the seeds of Lorain Hill once said that she was not an ordinary 'Mother Tree of Gantias', but was bred from the seeds of the World Tree, so that she could have a unique talent and a valuable mind, rather than a muddy killing tool.

In the mouth of the Tree Keeper, it seemed like a good thing to have a mind, but Loren Hill didn't feel it. Because her mind has made her experience an emotion called 'loneliness', although she has many children, this uncomfortable emotion still haunts her often.

So Lorain Hill always looked forward to the 'Shepherd' coming, because he would tell her many, many things, some things that seemed to have happened recently, and some things that were quite far away.

"'Gantias' is actually the name of a vampire. It was the shepherd telling her about the origin of his species, "Once upon a time, elves were the protagonists of this world. With the advantage of their species, they have established several extremely powerful kingdoms. Although this proud species always looks down on other creatures, it has little ambition of its own, and only tries to repair the world that has been devastated by the goblin civilization. ”

"At that time, a great druid suddenly became interested in Ant-Man's brood thinking and collective consciousness, and he thought that it was an extremely efficient and orderly way of working, which could greatly speed up the repair of the main material world, so he began to devote himself to researching it, hoping to cultivate a new tree species that was more useful than the 'Tree of War' and the 'Tree of Protection'. ”

"By studying the birth methods of mushrooms, creeps, tentacle vines, and other creatures, the knowledgeable Great Druid finally succeeded in producing special plants that could move like tree spirits from the fruits of the tree species. It has to be said that in terms of understanding of life, druids are much higher than other professions. ”

"Unfortunately, this gestation cycle is quite slow, and even the growth rate of elves is not comparable, and if you judge it by its original purpose, this species is undoubtedly a failure. There are many reasons for this, but the biggest one is nutrients. ”

"Although the nutrients provided by the earth are infinite, plants do not have an advantage in terms of the rate at which they absorb them. If you want to breed more plants that can move, soil alone is obviously not enough. To improve this, it is necessary not only to increase the rate at which tree species absorb soil nutrients, but also to find another nutrient that is more efficient and can provide more energy. ”

In fact, nature itself has already given the answer to this. Leaving aside the Tree of War, which requires a long period of slumber and savings to be able to move for a short time, most of the plants that can move in nature, such as the killer vine and the magic palace rose, all absorb the same kind of nutrients on a daily basis, that is, 'blood'. ”

"Now we have no way of knowing what kind of thought process and mentality the Great Druid underwent in the process of studying the new tree species, because the information about him has almost completely disappeared, and he has not even left his name, and I can only get a brief understanding of him and his research from a few words in other documents. ”

"In short, the Grand Druid's solution to the problem was to bury the new tree species in the body of a vampire named 'Gantias', who would transform the new tree by providing its own essence. ”

"The tree seed burst out of the vampire's body, slowly growing from a tiny sapling to a towering tree. In the end, the vampire Gantias was sucked into a dry corpse by the tree seed, but he did not sleep forever, he was tortured and gradually became one with the giant tree. This is where the name of the new species 'Mother Tree of Gantias' comes from. ”

Is this how I was born? Lorain Hill had some doubts about it, but he never asked. She is not good at asking questions, she is only used to listening.

A tree root on the ground slowly rose, dragging her makeshift clone into the air. Loren Hill saw the returning children place their palms on her roots, and the two fused with each other, gurgling blood flowing down the roots, gathering and storing in the round nodules.

The 'Shepherd' needs more from me!" Lorain Hill thought as the dense branches at the top of the cave began to bear a large amount of fruit again. These fruits grow in size at a visible rate, as if they will ripen and fall soon.

At this moment, Loren Hill suddenly felt that a 'big child' of her own had disappeared from the link of the brood mind. Although she has many children, except for the 'big kids' who can communicate with her, the rest don't care.

The last message from the older kid was flames, flames soaring into the sky, accompanied by terrible explosions. The flames consumed them all, and none of the children survived.

If you're dead, you're dead, Lorain Hill didn't feel too distressed, because her children basically didn't have a mind, and only older children had a certain mind. The 'Shepherd' once said that a creature without a mind is no different from a stone on the ground.

No one cares about the fate of a stone, because it's not worth it.

However, what puzzled Loren Hill was that in the message from the older child, the flames that could explode were shot by a human flying in the air. She had never seen a human like this before, and it was obviously an accident.

Talk to him the next time the 'Shepherd' comes, Lorain Hill thought.

As the only 'Mother Tree of Gantias' in this world, Lorain Hill subconsciously regards the 'Tree Shepherd' as his own kind, or even the "master".

However, the 'shepherd' himself does not think so. He said that although he was the planter and cultivator of Lorain Hill, he was not her master in his identity, but her 'servant', no different from her children.

He will teach her, guide her, and when she truly grows and grows stronger, he will be her sacrifice and serve her forever.

When will it really grow up? Loren Hill doesn't know. She was already over a hundred years old, but she was still extremely young compared to those ancient trees that were casually tens of thousands of years old.

The 'Shepherd' said that it grew much faster than other ancient species, and that it would not be long before she would be even bigger than her mother, the World Tree that provided the seeds, perhaps five hundred years, perhaps a thousand years.

That wasn't a long time for Lorain Hill, but she didn't want to spend all that time in this cavern underground.

The cave in front of her was no longer sufficient for her growth, and Loren Hill tried to dig his roots deep into the ground, stretching branches upwards along the top and the crevices in the rocks around her, trying to gain more space.

More space, that's her mission to exist. For themselves, and for the race of 'shepherds',

In Elven language, 'Lorain Hill' means 'crown of glory', and the shepherds gave her this name in the hope that she would restore her race to its former glory.

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