Villain's Valor: A Noble Fantasy Resurrection-Chapter 224: Small tree

The dragon looked at Anthony with seriousness as he continued his tale: "I told you that for a dryad to be born, it needs a strong essence of life, but it wasn’t always so difficult. In the past, dryads existed in great numbers, coexisting with the Nature Elves and the Earth Elves. The three races lived around a great tree, unique in this world.

It was very tall and large, occupying about 500 kilometers of land just for the trunk. Its leaves were beautiful, crystals of dark or light green, and its trunk was brown with large veins through which flowed the essence of life. It was a world tree, unique of its kind."

The dragon paused for a moment, lost in its memories. Then it continued with a somber expression: "But then came the war. In the midst of chaos, a forbidden ritual was performed that violated all laws. They contaminated the tree, corrupted it, and desecrated it. Its pure essence turned black, the tree trembled, and began to crumble.

Its branches fell from the sky, and its fruits, which used to be pure elixirs, turned black and corrupted. These fruits were the most potent in the world, capable of extending life by a thousand years and purifying the soul. But now they were corrupted."

It continued gravely, "All the dryads were also corrupted, from the adults to the children. Their souls were bound to the tree and suffered the same fate. It was a catastrophe, a massacre. Our forces faltered, and the world tree trembled even more. In its final moment before being completely corrupted, it is said that the mother of all things, the living being that was the tree, expelled a seed."

"After the war, everyone sought the seed. The High Elves, beings of great power and seers from all over the world, said that that seed was another world tree, son or daughter of the mother tree. For countless years, people from all corners dedicated themselves to the search, but they could never find it. There were no signs, no clues to the whereabouts of this seed. The search continues to this day.

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Some made an oath: to search for the world tree until the day of their death. The landscape, once beautiful and unique, was reduced to ashes. The corrupted dryads can still be found in that place, along with the remains of the world tree, which is dead. The mother tree chose to sacrifice its own life rather than fall into the abyss of corruption," explained the dragon.

The dragon directed its gaze again to the plant: "It is said that only a dryad can find the seed of the world tree and that the same dryad can make the seed sprout." As he watched the beautiful tree where the sleeping dryad lay, Anthony’s eyes widened. He finally had some information about the lands beyond the seal of Zone 8.

He imagined the landscape mentioned by the dragon, along with the world tree. His mind struggled to process how a tree could stretch for over 500 kilometers of land just for its trunk.

"W-wait, are you saying that tree is the world tree?" Anthony asked with wide eyes. The dragon nodded seriously, "It is, and in the same way, the dryad must be with her in her forest in the dimension of the silver-haired girl," he said as he watched the tree attentively. "It’s just a baby, like the dryad," he concluded with a smile.

Anthony plunged into his thoughts, his mind racing. The pieces were slowly starting to fit together. If Crystal had the power of the world tree in her possession, in addition to being a great threat to high-level creatures, the reason they killed her wasn’t just because she was a threat. They also killed her because she had a world tree in her possession!

The tree, along with the dryad, should be hidden in her dimensional gate. However, this information should be classified as ultra-secret. Only a few people should be aware of it, the dukes among them.

Anthony’s expression turned grim. He already knew who the traitor was: Alison Darkwood.

Once they kill Crystal, the gate will stop working and close forever. If that happens, the world tree along with the dryad will disappear forever. Unless another person has a high affinity with dimensional magic to activate the gate again.

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"Are you sure about this?" hesitant, Crystal asked, as she looked at an extremely beautiful woman with golden hair and eyes. The woman’s eyes sparkled with love as she watched the small plant sleeping. She smiled tenderly, "Yes, after all, she needed to go out and play a bit," she said with a maternal smile.

After a moment of reflection, she added, "I never imagined the young dragon had a fairy," her eyes sparkled with excitement. She had searched for those tiny beings for a long time, but she had never been lucky enough to find them in her vast forest.

"Now I understand why she grasped all magical concepts so quickly," Athena commented, her brow furrowed slightly. She too was surprised by this revelation. "Her petals changed color upon receiving the blessing of the little fairy," added a resonant male voice from behind. Seated on a chair was the emperor of the empire, Gabriel, whose eyes also sparkled as he watched the tiny fairy.

"The dryad’s soul has grown a little more," Seraphine affirmed, feeling it through her connection with her third daughter.

Gabriel looked at Crystal knowingly, "It seems the little tree wanted to go out and have some fun too," he commented with a small smile. Crystal blushed slightly, "The dryad said she wanted to join in too," she replied. Like the dryad, the little world tree also had its own thoughts, behaving like a child.

"It’s growing magnificently, but it’s better to place more crystals around it," Seraphine suggested as she watched the little tree. "I have some crystals in this ring," she said, handing them to Seraphine. The latter nodded and examined the screen, where the girls seemed to be chatting cheerfully among themselves.

"The two chosen ones also met the young dragon, interesting," she commented with a mysterious smile.