BXBX NOVEL Chapter 128 The Elder Tree
The Elder Tree can only have 5 fruits in 500 years which happens only once. After that, another 500 years have to pass for another set of 5 fruits to be born by the tree.
Of course, the fruits have a life span of 100 years, which means, once the tree bears them, it would have them on the tree for at least 100 years.
That was how it should have been, but at the moment, the Elder Tree which started to chase Shin had only four fruits.
This meant that one of the fruits had been eaten by someone or would have fallen off the tree due to some strong wind – these were only the possibilities.
\'Wait, this was a clue?\'
\'Does that mean…\'
Yes, if this was a clue, then it should have been deeply associated with Aella.
\'Did Aella get the fruit?\', he asked himself.
Aella\'s was already injured so that couldn\'t be possible, since the tree\'s height was too much, she would have failed to jump properly and reach that height.
\'Then…\'
Shin was already preoccupied with running so he couldn\'t think clearly but yes, he concluded that Aella must be somehow related to this.
"You white wolf punk!"
"You are back to steal another fruit from me!?"
\'Huh…?\', Shin heard someone shouting at the top voice.
It sounded like a male\'s, to be precise, an old man\'s voice.
When he turned back to take a look, he found the Elder Tree\'s mouth moving constantly up and down as if he was the one speaking and yes, he could hear the voice from the same direction.
\'Is this because of-\'
\'Ding\'
[ The skill Translation has enabled the host to understand the language of the Elder Tree ]
And he was absolutely right about it. His skill was more than enough to let him understand the language of a taking tree.
"What the heck?"
"Master, do you know that tree?" when Terran asked that, Shin was surprised because he had no idea that even Terran would be able to understand the Elder Tree.
"You can understand its language too?", Shin asked with a surprised expression while turning his head back and still running forward.
"Uh, yes master…"
"I was a dragon after all, so I can understand ancient languages…", he replied.
"But wait…"
"Too…?"
"You can understand too, master?", Terran asked with a surprise.
"Yes.", and that\'s all Shin said and continued to run forward.
Ancient Language – it was language classification made by humans and other species.
It was referred as the language that originated at least 400-5000 years ago. There were many languages which were under one category – ancient language.
The dragon language, the old Elven Language, and even the Dwarven language came under those ancient languages.
Of course, the tree seemed quite old and perhaps due to that, it also knew the old language,
Surprisingly Shin was able to understand that ancient language despite the fact that he was hardly even half the age of Terran – this shocked him a lot.
*gulp*
\'He literally understands the ancient language too!?\'
\'With this, I can say that he is no ordinary wolf…\'
\'But…\'
\'I want to know, how did he gain such abilities and just who the heck is he, really?\', Terran wanted to know everything about Shin.
Well, he was no pushover, after all, Shin had shown extraordinary abilities, emotions, understanding, intelligence, and many more things.
Who wouldn\'t be intrigued by seeing such an abnormal being?
Regardless, they kept running and running until they met a dead end. There was a huge pond in front of them with dirtiest water that Shin had ever seen after coming to this world.
The muddy water of the Lian Plains was also better than the slimy greenish water that was in the pond in front of them.
\'I can\'t possibly jump there recklessly…\', Shin wondered.
Since they were deep in the forest, jumping in a pond with such an unbearable color of the water could be nothing more than suicide!
Also, Terran wouldn\'t be able to jump in it. He was an Earth type wolf at the moment and the same was earlier too.
Just because the muddy water contained the mud – soil particles, he was able to stay there for centuries.
Yes, that hurt him too at the same time. Now he was standing in front of a pond which had weird water in it. No matter what, Terran wouldn\'t be able to jump into the water.
"Stop right there!", the tree kept closing the gap.
\'Damn…\'
\'What do I do?\'
\'I want to know about the second clue much more, but its stats are just bizzare enough to let me experience chills!\'
[ Profile ]
[ Elder Tree ]
[ -> A human who transformed into a tree due to a curse ]
[ Name: Mo ]
[ Sex: Bisexual ]
[ Age: 1822 years ]
[ Weight: 480 Kg ]
[ Race: Tree ]
[ Elder Tree ]
Rank: B || Max. rank: A
[ Level: 88 || Max. level: 100 ]
[ HP: 890/900 || Max. HP: 1000 ]
[ MP: 40/40|| Max. MP: 40 ]
[ Exp: 3000 || Max. Exp: 9999 ]
[ Atk: 15 || Max. Atk: 99 ]
[ Def: 899 || Max. Def: 999 ]
[ Speed: 270 || Max. Speed: 999 ]
[ Int: 98 || Max. Int: 99 ]
[ … ]
And that was all that Shin could see. The skills of the tree were either non-existent or he couldn\'t just see them.
Well, he was intrigued by the fact that such a tree was so fast, faster than Terran too!
It\'s defense was ridiculously high but it\'s MP was quite low for it\'s level.
Shin couldn\'t see any status effect or anything else so he wasn\'t sure if the tree was enraged or something.
Though, from his voice, it did seem as if he was angry.
Also, the most shocking fact about the tree was its identity – a human who transformed into a tree.
Shin was a human too so he knew what humans would think and do in situations like this, of course, he thought about using that for his advantage so that he could either reverse the situation or turn it into a favorable one.
"Uh-"
"Old man Mo…"
"…"
To be continued…