From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 28 Fruit Tree and Steel Tree

Blade Ya did not tell the other trolls about the idea of ​​plunder and war at the first time. This would only scare them before the tribe actually developed to a certain extent.

Therefore, for a long period of time, the tribe still maintained its original peace.

At least from the outside, nothing seems to have changed. Hunting and gathering activities have always been maintained, and there will occasionally be traditional 'friendly matches' with surrounding tribes to snatch back some useless 'metalloids'.

But this is just the surface, everything is changing subtly.

In the tribe, weird trees were spawned one after another by the witch doctors.

Most of them are ‘refrigerator trees’ previously studied;

A small part are ‘fruit trees’ cultivated using the former’s derivative technology.

During the previous development of the 'Refrigerator Tree', the witch doctors unearthed many plant-related runes. Although some of these runes have become useless or even obstacles in the development of the 'Refrigerator Tree', it does not prevent them from being used in the development of the 'Refrigerator Tree'.

The ability to emit heat in other directions.

For example, the part of the rune corresponding to 'fruit'.

Each plant has different forms of seeds, and the fruits that trolls collect daily are also one of its forms.

Witch doctors use magic to promote the growth of plants. When the plants reach a certain level, they stop most of their growth capabilities and divert the nutrients originally used to grow thicker and taller to cultivate fruits;

This is not enough, the ‘fruit’ part of the fruit becomes larger and more substantial under cultivation;

There is no other way, if it is broken, repair it, and if it is gone, get a new one. In this way, the soldiers will naturally be satisfied and their enthusiasm will become higher and higher.

For example, in the past, they needed to be transported to distant places by animals in order to find land suitable for growth. Therefore, structures such as "anti-digestion" and "fur hooks" were born.

With the emergence of the 'fruit tree', its need for space became inevitable, but the tribe was already crowded enough and it was impossible to create open space immediately.

But this is not enough. No matter how excellent the 'steel tree' is, due to the natural properties of the tree, tribal processing capabilities, etc., the parts suitable for becoming weapons are limited to the core area of ​​the tree.

For the tribe, it would be better to use weapons directly made by the witch doctors.

Now, with the emergence of the refrigerator tree, the tribe has achieved a breakthrough in storing food;

When it comes to restricting hunting, it is naturally a matter of pure efficiency.

This means that witch doctors still have to spend time inducing birth and transformation.

Therefore, the soldiers' demands for weapon innovation are completely reasonable and necessary at this time, and the witch doctors naturally cannot refuse.

Based on these studies, the 'Fruit Tree' was developed.

Part of the efficiency problem can be solved through technical means.

But soon the witch doctors discovered that unlike tools such as saws and axes, weapons wore out too quickly and too seriously. After several battles, only the spears thrown and the swords chopped down on wild beasts remained intact.

No less than a few.

When he mentioned this, other witch doctors suddenly became enlightened and made a more radical change - integrating the forming stage of the weapon into the steel tree.

The idle warriors who got new tools and relieved the hunting pressure due to the "refrigerator tree" started logging happily.

In the past, it was not possible to hunt a large amount of food at one time, both due to the impact of hunting efficiency and natural limitations in food storage.

But the 'seed' part has been castrated many of its self-preservation abilities that were originally evolved to adapt to 'barbaric growth'.

But when it comes to the witch doctors, this is not the case. Once or twice is okay, but as time goes by, their physical strength is drained again and again, and their time is gradually taken up. They gradually realize that the current plan is not advisable.

In this way, I finally obtained the 'steel tree' and the most suitable material at this stage to turn into a weapon.

With this idea in mind, they quickly came up with the idea of ​​updating their weapons and made requests one after another.

First, they selected a tree that was outstanding in terms of hardness and toughness, took its seeds from scratch, and cultivated them according to different plans.

Therefore, if you want to obtain materials, you can only cut down trees and take cores, and the utilization rate is extremely poor.

As for other parts, either due to structural defects or due to shape factors, they can only be reduced to scraps.

So what should we do? The way Blade Ya solves the problem has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, let’s continue to study it.

But now, these are no longer needed. The fruits will be harvested immediately after they are ripe. Any overly complicated seed parts have become unnecessary burdens.

The soldiers got new weapons, and their efficiency has indeed become higher. They bring back a lot more prey every time.

In this way, under the influence of the design concept of "leaving yourself as little trouble as possible", the new "Steel Tree 2.0" project was established and was successful after a period of research.

The concept of saws and axes was proposed by Blade Ya and created by witch doctors through "plant magic".

But soon, these soldiers discovered something was wrong.

'What the hell, logging tools are better than weapons? How can this be possible?'

Faced with this situation, a flexible-minded witch doctor apprentice, who seemed to be influenced by the high separation of functional areas of the 'refrigerator tree', proposed whether this design concept could be applied to the steel tree.

In other words, the 'steel tree' will not only be responsible for providing materials, but also take over the troublesome work such as polishing and splicing, truly becoming a 'tree that can grow weapons'.

Then provide them. Throwing spears, giant swords, giant shields, and spears made of hard wood. These existing or newly emerging types of weapons were manufactured and distributed by witch doctors.

However, this existing open space has only slowly appeared after countless generations of troll transformations. How can it be possible to develop surrounding areas in a short period of time?

No matter how powerful the giant magic power is, it is impossible to pull out those huge trees that have grown for countless years with bare arms.

Therefore, the advancement of tools has become an urgent need.

Naturally, the trolls turned their attention to the forest. They wanted to cut down the surrounding trees, turn them into charcoal, or cut them into materials and preserve them.

In the 2.0 version of the steel tree, the strength and toughness of most areas have been adjusted back to the scope of normal plants, but the trunk part has been transformed into an 'openable growth chamber';

Most of the nutrients obtained by the trees will be used to 'make' weapons in the 'Growth Chamber';

Moreover, after the weapon is 'mature', it can be 'opened' and taken out without damaging the tree itself.

Because for the tribe, how to cultivate rich enough fruits with limited nutrients is what should be considered.

It seems that most progress will not be isolated.

This not only takes up a lot of time, but also adds several processing steps similar to logging.

The troll tribe naturally does not have saws, but now they have magic, and it is possible to change the characteristics of plants, at least to a certain extent.

In this way, nutrients are concentrated in the usable and renewable parts, making it no longer a disposable thing, and the problem of utilization efficiency is also solved.

In the meantime, while accelerating its growth rate through spells, it also continuously strengthens its hardness and toughness through runes, and tries to find a balance point between the two aspects.

In addition, although it is quite slow, the entire Steel Tree 2.0 retains a certain ability to grow, so it can continue to grow taller and thicker over time;

The 'growth warehouse' will also increase its own production capacity along with the growth of other functional areas, even if this growth cycle will be quite long.

In fact, at this point, the research can be considered successful in terms of current needs.

But some witch doctors are not satisfied, and they are focusing on a new direction - how to make the changed traits reflected in the next generation of plants.

(End of chapter)