Chess Mage of Faerûn

Chapter 159 The Tree Spirit's Repayment

When Zhang Yuan, who was with Kegan and the sirens that day, visited Jadi nearly nine months later, he was surprised to learn that she had been promoted to a seventh-level druid and granted a fourth-level divine spell.

This was a genuine advancement to the intermediate level, which even Jady herself found quite unexpected. This sudden progress was probably due to her contributions in clearing the evil forces from the Sharptooth Forest and maintaining the ecological balance amidst the burrowing worm infestation.

As the female druid herself said, Sylvanas was always generous to the guardians of nature.

Of course, only she knows how much joy and how much disappointment she felt when faced with someone's triple jump in her speech.

"It should be possible. Back then, that druid summoned me and the oak tree here using the divine spell of summoning woodland creatures, along with a ritual." The tree spirit said somewhat uncertainly.

"Then you should prioritize your own safety and hide well. If possible, I'll ask the druid to come and help you. She probably won't mind having an oak spirit in her woodland."

Leave professional matters to professionals. Helping an oak spirit would be entirely beneficial for Jady, so she had no reason to refuse.

After nodding obediently, Alaire gave his instructions. The moment his hand touched the oak trunk, a flash of green light appeared, and his entire figure vanished, seemingly merging into the oak.

“Hi, I’m here!”

Upon hearing the sound, the person looked up and saw the female tree spirit already in her little nest on a branch of her tree, waving at him.

The connection between the tree spirit and the oak tree was truly wondrous, and Zhang Yuan, who was seeing this spectacle for the first time, couldn't help but marvel at it.

A flash of green light, and Alair reappeared before the mage at the base of the tree, her two small, delicate, light brown hands outstretched, a hint of reluctance on her face:

"Here, these are my treasures, I'm giving them all to you."

In her hands, she held a lock of long hair and a ring.

Zhang Yuan took it and examined it closely. He felt that this long hair was extraordinary. The light golden hair strands fluttered and brought with them a few hazy rainbow-colored radiances. Even without activating arcane vision, he could feel the magical fluctuations it emitted.

Having a vague idea of ​​what was going on, Zhang Yuan asked, "Where did you get this from?"

"Oh? That was a gift from my sister Arsenal when I was in Tessel."

"Arsenal?" Zhang Yuan, who felt that the name sounded vaguely familiar, quickly realized that it was the Cantonese name of the small, run-down factory.

"Yes, my sister is so beautiful, as beautiful as a rainbow."

Having basically confirmed the identity of the "cross-dressing Arsenal player," Zhang Yuan didn't ask any further questions and moved on to the next item.

This is a small ring that looks as if it were made by twisting together freshly picked emerald green branches, and even the tender buds and flower buds on it are so vivid.

"This was given to me by our Fairy Queen. It has a special meaning among us tree spirits. Wear it well."

After Aleil explained the process and provided the activation key and usage instructions, the item was finally identified.

Vera's Blessing: Increases the wearer's Agility and Constitution by 1 point, and heals fatal wounds once per day.

“Every treant born on Windspear Hill receives a gift from Verasa to protect them from the poisonous hands that come with those prying eyes, though it may not always work.”

This is truly a treasure; its preciousness even made Zhang Yuan, a shameless fellow, feel a bit overwhelmed.

"You're willing to part with this?" That's what he said, but the person was holding the ring so tightly that even a crowbar wouldn't be able to pry it open, making the little tree spirit roll its eyes.

“You said you would have the druids help me, so as long as my oak tree is moved to a place where the druids take care of it, I don’t need to worry about any safety issues, right?”

Alaire became happy again when she talked about this, and her innocent look made Zhang Dashan feel guilty for cheating the little girl out of lollipops.

"Don't worry, there are a few siren girls over there. You should become good friends. Hide and protect yourselves, and wait for my news."

As he spoke, he touched Alaire's hair and found it quite nice to the touch. He continued to stroke it for a while, since Alaire was a spirit, so he wasn't worried about shaving it bald.

The little tree spirit was confused, but it seemed alright, so it blinked its big eyes and let the other party do as it pleased.

A moment later, after urging the tree spirit to hide in the oak tree, Zhang Yuan led the two lively characters behind him and continued towards Belgost.

Fortunately, they were not far from the town, so there was no need to waste two spell slots to summon a mount for them. They simply set off on foot and ran forward at full speed.

The mage riding on Nightmare Horse also took out a communication crystal and recounted the whole incident to Jady. Upon hearing that Zhang Yuan had actually encountered a rare creature like a treant, the excited female druid couldn't wait to fly over.

After agreeing to meet at the Happy Street Performer, Zhang Yuan calmly continued on his way and arrived at his destination at dusk.

Pushing open the tavern door, a pungent smell of alcohol mixed with sweat hit you, and at the same time, some scrutinizing gazes fell on this rather strange group of people.

After seeing Rick and Morty, the two half-cannibals, some of their gazes quickly turned to disgust and disdain.

Although he understood the prejudice people had against the mixed-blood cannibal race, and although the two clowns behind him didn't care that it wouldn't make them go hungry, the captain was still a little embarrassed by the way his team members were being looked at.

He stretched out his left hand, snapped his fingers, *snap*!
Before the passengers, whose attention had been drawn, could understand what was happening, a loud noise assaulted their eardrums, and the group immediately covered their ears.

The Horace Koller trick, though a cough, will not cause any harm to the victim, but the sudden fright and subsequent tinnitus are unavoidable.

The man, who had just shown off, looked around. Some people looked away, pretending not to see the seemingly unapproachable mage, but not everyone backed down. Several mercenary-looking patrons stood up, and the previously noisy tavern instantly became tense.

"Bloodlust".

Zhang Yuan didn't bother with those hot-tempered mercenaries at all, and turned his head to give an order to Morty.

"what!!!"

As a spell awakened by the Morty Shaman class, Bloodlust has almost become an instinctive spell-like ability. With a casting time so short as to be negligible, the two already tall brothers now look even more ferocious.

Faced with the bloodshot eyes and bulging muscles of the two half-ogres, the adventurers suddenly had a change of heart. They were out here to make money, not to fight with people. Oh well.

They all returned to their seats, some drinking, some bragging, acting as if nothing had happened.

"Bartender, bring everyone here a glass of Thanaya vodka, my treat."

Zhang Yuan walked up to the counter and said this.

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