A strange world

Chapter 629 Section 26. Leaves of the Tree of Another World

In the evening, the skeleton carriage stops in front of the cemetery.

Then with the embers of dusk, the Skeleton King looked at the numerous tree shadows in the south and sighed: "The City of Strange Stories has spread out for another mile..."

It had only been six days since their last visit.

"No one can stop it..."

"As far as I know, the southern countries are still discussing it."

Politicians always like to discuss – it allows them to do nothing while looking busy.

"Is it still safe here?"

The scope of the Lost Hearing Zone has expanded by one mile, which means that it is one step closer to the hiding place in the cemetery.

"Safe for now."

The skeleton carriage disappeared into nothingness, the stone door of the tomb opened in front of the Skeleton King, and Annan followed him into the cemetery.

The Skeleton King first used the cleaning technique to make the dusty cemetery look brand new. The mage's hand grabbed the magic lamp and hung it on the wall in Annan's envy, and then placed the brought materials on the shelf in an orderly manner.

It not only has mysophobia, but also obsessive-compulsive disorder.

At this time, a dull grunt sounded in the cemetery.

The Skeleton King looked at Annan: "Are you hungry?"

"Um……"

Annan hasn't eaten anything since yesterday's banquet.

The Skeleton King took out a bunch of alchemy objects that looked like ingredients and cooked them in a brand new crucible... They turned out to be ingredients.

"Can you still cook?"

“Cooking is actually similar to alchemy.”

"Fresh plants, processed plants, fresh flesh and blood, processed flesh and blood, mix them together, stir, cook, add ore and juice...the former is alchemy, and the latter is food."

Annan thinks this is wrong, but Skeleton King's craftsmanship is really good.

"I thought lichs have no emotions or feelings..." Seeing the Skeleton King eating with him, Annan had a strange feeling - especially when there was a piece of ribs.

"That's a lich, a guy who abandoned his life and emotions to pursue knowledge and immortality. And I'm just an old guy who can't enter the kingdom of the dead and is forced to live."

"You are too modest..."

The knowledgeable Skeleton King made this dinner at the edge of the Lost Zone a smooth one. After dinner, it’s time to get down to business.

"let's start."

The Skeleton King began to set up a magic circle in the open space next to the alchemy table. Annan tried to remember, he thought he would have no talent...but surprisingly, he remembered every stroke of the magic circle vividly.

It wasn't until the Skeleton King who completed the magic circle lifted the memory spell that Annan changed from a mage back to a warlock.

"Do we have to carve a magic circle here?" he asked.

"Only at the edge of the strange zone can the magic circle summon merchants normally."

"Businessmen are also weird?"

"Yes... In other words, weirdos and merchants are both existences leaked from that other world."

"That world must be terrible..." Annan commented.

The Skeleton King activated the magic circle, and merchants from another world appeared with gray mist, tentacles and red light.

"Mumbling..."

The merchant grunted vaguely, and the Skeleton King replied: "One day early because we found a surprise on that leaf... Annan, tell me your request."

Annan was not sure whether his charm could affect creatures from another world: "That World Tree Leaf... Do you have any more?"

"It said yes," Skeletor relayed.

"If I need it in large quantities, what will it cost...?"

The Skeleton King settled the account for Annan: "One leaf of a tree from another world is worth approximately 25 gold coins."

Annan asked again what the leaves of the world tree were for, and then stood aside and pondered.

A rare world tree leaf that soothes the body and mind, exudes fragrance, can communicate over long distances, and requires no phone calls. It comes from a rare and different world. It can also come with the signatures of various characters including yourself... 998 gold coins is not too much, right?

Annan was about to say he wanted a hundred slices first when he was interrupted by the Skeleton King. It would be useless to suggest Annan more.

"Why?"

"The power stored in a leaf is limited... When the power disappears completely, it will turn into an ordinary leaf." The Skeleton King gave Annan an approximate time: one month.

A rare world tree leaf from a rare world that soothes the body and mind, exudes fragrance, can communicate over long distances, and requires no phone calls. It can also come with the signatures of various characters, including yourself, but it can only be used for one month. Not worth 998 gold coins anymore...

This was something Annan did not expect, because the leaves of the World Tree did not have this problem.

"Why don't the leaves of the elves' World Tree behave like this?"

"Because the World Tree is here... As long as it exists, the leaves of the World Tree will not wither."

This is also why the leaves of the World Tree are precious.

The matter should have ended here, with a one-month usage period... It's not unacceptable, at most it can't be worth that much money anymore, but Annan doesn't want to give up: "If the leaves of the world tree can be recharged... just... give me one Branches of the World Tree?”

Annan was squirming and the businessman was silent.

"Is it angry?" Annan was worried that this was considered taboo.

"If someone tells the elves to break off one of your World Trees and I'm going to plant it, these peace-loving beings will crush you to ashes." The Skeleton King's dull words sounded in the tomb, "The merchants are okay. They don’t pay that much attention to the World Tree.”

At this time, the businessman who had been silent for a long time grunted.

The Skeleton King's soul fire appears thoughtful: "It says that you have to do something for the existence behind it."

…

"Lian Na...Lian Na..."

A distant call awakens the dormant Crimson Princess.

She opened her eyes and found herself standing in a blurry dreamland surging with scarlet.

"Who are you? Where is this?" Princess Crimson looked for the source of the voice.

"I am your mother, child..."

A deep scarlet color condensed into a beautiful outline in front of Lian Na.

"Are you...really my mother?" Lian Na stared at her blankly.

"Yes... I am talking to you in the distant Blood Parliament... I have been watching you silently..."

"I'll get you out!"

"Don't... your life is more important than anything else... child, I want to tell you something... you are living in lies and deception..."

"What……?"

"Your knight... he has been deceiving you..."

Princess Crimson opened her mouth slightly: "David? It's impossible for him to lie to me. On the contrary, mother, he helped me a lot. You must have misunderstood."

"Have you ever thought about why he did this for you..."

Princess Crimson showed a shy expression: "Because he likes me?"

"...Because of the conspiracy, kid. He is human..."

"Really!?" Crimson Princess suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

The scarlet outline fell into silence. She had only been sleeping for more than a hundred years. Why was her daughter different from before...