chapter 40
Chapter 40 – Development (10)
Chapter 40 – Development (10)
‘The biggest problem is food?’
No matter what happens, the development of the elves in the pots will not stop. Inside the two flower pots placed side by side, the newly immigrated elves were wriggling around tending their home.
The problem in the process seemed to be food. Drinking water was solved by the creation of a large lake to store rainwater, but it was because more crops were needed to promote growth with the power of the World Tree.
This is not a Great Forest, where things to eat are scattered everywhere. So right now, Serenian was paying the most attention to worrying about finding food to feed his people.
“You can just send me a sample.”
I opened the package I brought in on my way home from work. It contains 30 ml of plant nutrients with bright yellow color.
I heard from Serenian, what the World Tree needs to accelerate the growth of crops is not special power like mana, but nutrients. He said that the reason why the world tree in the Great Forest could not grow any longer was because the area and living things in the Great Forest were too large and large.
This means that as long as the nutrients are sufficient, we can continue to produce food faster and on a larger area of arable land.
If this premise is established, if the nutrients for plants are effective, the world tree will no longer suffer from a lack of nutrients.
The only problem is that the world tree, which is not an ordinary bonsai, may spit out this nutrient.
To prevent that, I decided to take some off and send a sample.
“—!”
After thinking about it for a while, I took three or four drops of nutrients on the lid of a small ice cream the size of a fingernail, wrapped it in a small piece of plastic wrap, and put it in a flowerpot.
From the perspective of the elves, it was like falling into a large rock that was several times larger than themselves and contained a golden liquid that dripped.
When I discovered Serenian among the people rushing around in surprise, I knew that she would radio, so she picked up the radio and waited.
“I have no idea what this is. The spirit sent us golden water.”
As expected, Serenian touched her transparent wrap with her trembling hands, saw her nutritional supplements slithering inside and radioed to me with her excited voice.
“Ah, I think I know what that is.”
I received it gently and told her what her nutritional supplements were. She opened her eyes wide in amazement when she heard that the divine spirit could rain down special water that the World Tree could use as nourishment.
“–, —.”
After hearing my explanation, Serenian decided to call the other elves and test the power of the nutritional supplement.
With her tense face, she lifted the cutter knife handed to her by her side, and she slowly tore off a piece of wrap larger than her own. The huddled elves watched with nervous faces as the golden nutrients contained in them leaked out.
It’s only a small amount of nutrients contained in a small lid, but it’s a considerable amount of liquid for elves.
I also held my breath and swallowed dry saliva while watching the nutrients seep into the ground.
“…—.”
And about a few minutes later. Serenian, a high elf who can communicate with the world tree, muttered blankly as he looked at the giant tree next to him.
As the World Tree grew, the complex patterns engraved on its shell, which became thicker, began to shine at once.
“The world tree rejoices. On quality food.”
Soon, her radio arrived with a beep and a trembling voice. Plant nutrients purchased in the real world. It became a fertilizer that was of great help to the World Tree.
‘I guess so. It’s a plant after all.’
With a smile, I looked down at the world tree, which to me is nothing more than a 30cm tall plant, fiddling with the remaining nutritional supplement containers.
‘It looks good to sprinkle golden rain, but the plastic container is too big. However, spraying it with a mist might be harmful to the elves.’
I didn’t spray nutrients right away. It was confirmed that the nutritional supplement was effective, so it was to provide something more efficient and comfortable to use.
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“Chief, are you really saying that the world tree can be nourished by burying it?”
“Obviously. The World Tree obviously likes this.”
It is now afternoon as the sun is about to set. Elves were scattered here and there digging the ground. The reason for digging deeper and wider than their bodies was to bury large ‘hailstones’ that fell from the sky.
The identity of these hailstones, each of which is similar in size to their body, is a solid plant nutrient.
Serenian noticed that the world tree loved these light pink nutrients like golden water, and immediately ordered his people to bury them in the ground.
“The West is all buried Chief.”
“We buried them all over the wall and inside the farmland.”
“Everyone worked hard.”
She soon reported to her that as she was digging together, others had come up to her with empty carts, burying all their parts.
After wiping his sweat, Serenian caught his breath and looked up at the sky, a large tree that seemed to cover the sky.
‘I am delighted.’
She accepted a part of the World Tree, and she had the ability to feel exactly what the World Tree felt.
Even when it received golden water for the first time and when solid fertilizer was applied as it is now, the world tree was very happy with the high-quality nutrients and actively absorbed them.
‘Making paradise. It might really be possible.’
Serenian shuddered at the brightly shining pattern on the back of her hand.
It was a land that lacked everything, but the growth of the world tree and the existence of the spirits gradually filled up the lack of things, and it became possible to overflow.
If we can continue to receive high-quality nutrients from the outside and produce enough food without increasing the arable land or idle, we can receive more residents in the space saved to that extent, and when the number of residents increases, the power of the group naturally increases. Because you get stronger
It was a state unimaginable even in her hometown, Great Forest.
“Now go and rest in peace. The job is done.”
Serenian soon crumbled the soil piled up next to her and looked down at the solid nutrient that was completely buried, and she dispersed the gathered elves. With this, today’s work is over for now.
However, Serenian, who had become the one to lead his people rather than just one of the high elf priests, had no time to rest.
“Are you really confident, Ren?”
“Yes. You can.”
That night. Serenian returned to her own home, the Miniature House, and met Ren. Recently, Ren, who has been practicing drone operation every day, is surprisingly good at it, and he is now able to operate it proficiently.
“We have to clear the dungeon. New people will continue to migrate, so we can receive them.”
“Myeong, keep that in mind.”
Ren nodded at her nervously. Serenian, who would be sincere in clearing the dungeon this time, was planning to clear the dungeon using dozens of his own people, including Ren.
However, even though the story of her dungeon raid has been a story that has been coming up until now, her eyes are slightly different today. Her ren, quickly noticing it, opened her mouth cautiously towards her.
“Is there something wrong with the labyrinth attack? You seem very worried.”
“That, does that show?”
Serenian flinched and rubbed his face. But he soon smiled bitterly and nodded his head.
“The monsters in the labyrinth have nothing to do with it. They are monsters who only oppose us. But the enemies outside are different. They are traitors, but they are our people, and we may one day go to war with them.”
Serenian, who was contemplating whether to speak or not, finally told Ren the truth. After being recognized by the gods, Ren is no longer just a boy.
Through Urea’s words, she realized the traitors’ intentions, and she intuited that they and she would eventually collide.
It was not difficult to imagine. She herself had already fought a short and bitter civil war with them.
“So, are they going to attack here?”
“Right now, I can control the rift with the power of the World Tree, so it’s okay. But no one knows what will happen next.”
Serenian’s eyes flashed for a moment. She was already prepared for war. Now she has moved there and tends it, but the Great Forest was her home anyway, and her elves who lived there were her own people.
It’s not just that traitors invade this place. She was thinking of developing enough strength and attacking them in reverse.
“If the black bull goes, you can definitely win. Wouldn’t the spirits help?”
Ren listened to her words and nodded her head with her determined face. She caught a glimpse of a black body standing tall in the moonlight outside the window.
“The size of the rift is still small, so it is impossible for the black bull to come in and out. And don’t think too deeply. We are still lacking, and it is possible to collide head-on with them only after we have developed more strength.”
Serenian laughed at her innocent but strong-willed figure, stroked her Ren’s head, and went back to her room.
Ren, who usually hates being treated like a child by her, saw her looking tired somewhere, and she didn’t say anything, just staring blankly at her back.