The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 469: Seed of the Mother Tree
Although Prince Seidlin had made an irreparable mistake this time, most of the pure-blooded elves, including Great Elder Auburn, did not intend to make things too difficult for him.

At most, he will be placed under house arrest until King Starian returns and lets the king deal with him.

But the scene before them moved them all. Many pure-blooded elves quickly ran towards the elven mother tree Andrassil, where Prince Seidlin disappeared.

"The evil god's bewitching power has done great harm to people." 'Red Queen' Menia couldn't help but sigh and said.

Even someone as powerful as Prince Seidlin could be seduced or bewitched by the evil god if he is not careful. This is why the Empire's attitude towards cults is so firm.

It would be disastrous if a cult were allowed to deceive the public on a large scale and the evil god were to truly descend.

Just when everyone was feeling inexplicably sad about the prince's death, suddenly, the elven mother tree Andrassil, which should have died long ago, actually emitted a faint green glow.

At first, it was barely detectable, and only the epic-level masters could sense it, but then, it became stronger and stronger.
Moreover, this faint light spread from the huge trunk to every tiny branch of the mother tree.

"This is.?"

This scene naturally surprised everyone in the empire, including Ryan, who was a little stunned for a moment.

Could it be that the mother tree has been resurrected?
This is amazing!

The next second, all the green light suddenly disappeared.

suddenly!

With a "crack", the huge tree trunk suddenly split open from the center, and a seed containing rich green light slowly rose from it.

"This is the seed of the mother tree!" Great Elder Auburn was so excited that he was almost incoherent!

"What! The seed of the mother tree?"

"How can this be?"

"Hasn't the mother tree been unable to produce seeds since the incident in the Middle Ages? How could it happen suddenly?" The elf elders on the side said in astonishment.

"It should be Prince Seidlin's true spirit that made up for the previous defects of the mother tree Andrassil, allowing the mother tree to have the ability to generate mother tree seeds again." Elder Nesha on the side expressed her guess after calming down.

"This should be!"

"This is the only explanation."

"Great! We finally have the seeds of the Mother Tree again."

For a moment, the elves were filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy. They were saddened by the death of the prince, but also delighted by the appearance of the seeds of the mother tree.

Including Anna beside Ryan, everyone looked excited and sad.

"We need to plant the Mother Tree Seed in the appropriate soil immediately. However, due to the destruction of the defensive crystal, we do not have enough energy to activate the Mother Tree Seed in a short period of time."

At this time, another elf who seemed to be quite old and the Great Elder of Auburn spoke.

"Let's get started first. Besides, there is..." One order after another came from the mouth of Elder Auburn.

Because of the appearance of the Mother Tree Seed, the pureblooded elves at the scene had an obvious change in their aura. From being sad and gloomy, they began to feel full of vitality.

For a moment, the elves, who had suffered heavy losses because of this cult incident, felt as if they were reborn from the ashes.

This surprised Ryan!
As long as you don't let difficulties defeat you, they will eventually make you stronger.

"If it weren't for you this time, I'm afraid the situation of the elves would be even worse." At this time, a familiar mature female voice sounded beside Ryan.

Menia, a woman with a graceful figure in a red wizard robe, slowly walked towards them.

"Your Highness Menia." Ryan bowed slightly and said.

"Ryan, last time in Meister, I felt that you had great potential, but your growth rate was far beyond my expectations."

"Remember I gave you a dragon scale from Thassa back then. Now it seems like it was unnecessary."

"Your Highness Menia, your concern at that time still gave me great encouragement and confidence."

"Really?" Menia glanced at Ryan with her beautiful eyes, knowing that this was a compliment from Ryan.

"of course."

"By the way, you should know why I'm here, Ryan. Is your ancestor..."

Sure enough, this question was asked.

Ryan was naturally prepared for this.

"Your Highness Menia, as far as I know, my ancestors are not descendants of the imperial royal family. In fact, I am also quite surprised."

"Perhaps, it's the return of ancestral blood?"

"I once read in ancient books that before the establishment of the empire, there were many kingdoms named after dragons in this land."

Ryan attributed his extremely high dragon bloodline to the atavism of his ancestral bloodline.

"Return of ancestral bloodline? The probability is not zero, but it's too low." Menia looked at Ryan deeply with her beautiful eyes, seemed to agree with Ryan's explanation, and said slowly.

In fact, Ryan could see that Menia didn't really believe it.

But he was not worried, because sometimes, when one's strength reached his level, some things were difficult to investigate unless it was treason.

At this time, many people looked up at the eastern sky and saw a number of large imperial airships, about twenty in number, rapidly approaching Ferdinand City.

Obviously, this is the empire's follow-up support force.

"Eh? Your Highness Menia, are these the Empire's follow-up reinforcements?"

"Yes, the second batch of support forces from the Empire."

Soon, as the airship docked, the 'Red Queen' Menia, as the representative of the Imperial Royal Family and the highest person in charge of the Empire on the scene, was naturally very busy and had no time to say anything to Ryan.

"Well done, Ryan!"

At this time, the sect leader Moria came over, with a very pleased expression on his face, and patted Ryan on the shoulder.

"Master, I'm sorry. I blew up the Destroyer. The Destroyer is a valuable asset of the school, and I am willing to compensate you." Ryan said to Moria with a guilty look.

After all, ever since he obtained the Destroyer Golem, Ryan knew very well the position of the Destroyer in Moria's heart.

It is no exaggeration to say that Moria has high hopes for the Destroyer as the foundation of the Bishu Construction School.

"One Destroyer can be exchanged for killing a demigod-level evil god clone. It's a good deal no matter how you look at it! Ryan, you did the right thing!" Moria waved his hand and comforted Ryan.

"Also, you are wrong about one thing! Ryan, it is you, the talent, who is the most valuable asset of the school, not the Destroyer Golem!"

Moriah's words made Ryan's heart tremble slightly.

"I just checked it out. Although the golem is badly damaged, some of its internal structures can still be repaired."

"I think, as long as we organize some people to do some research, even if we can't create an identical Destroyer, we can still create a super giant golem with about 70% to 80% of its power."

Moriah said as he pointed to the location of the Destroyer's wreckage.

"That's good." Ryan's eyes lit up and he nodded.

"I have already sent a message to the school. It won't be long before the school sends someone here. By the way, your mentor Mogaro will be here too." Moria seemed to have thought of something in the ruins of Walzig, and said with a smile.

"Is Teacher Mogaro coming too? That's great." Ryan nodded and said with a smile.

"Yes, your friend is here. We'll talk about it later. I have to arrange people to collect the wreckage of the Destroyer first." Moria glanced at the side and said with a smile.

"Okay, Master."

Luther and Lambert walked over together.

"Mr. Ryan, you have once again refreshed my expectations of your strength."

"Mr. Luther, Mr. Lambert, thank you both." "Mr. Ryan, you're welcome. I'm not just helping you. This is also a kind of experience for me. I feel that if I settle down for a few more days, I will be able to enter that realm." Lambert said with a smile on his face.

"Oh? That's great. Congratulations in advance to Sir Lambert." Ryan raised his eyebrows and congratulated.

He was not too surprised about this.

After all, Lambert has been very close to the realm of Sword Saint since the last time.

This time, he experienced several wars and even felt the aftermath of the war between demigods. It was normal for him to have some insights.

"Sir Lambert, you..." Luther on the side obviously didn't know about this situation, and at this moment, his face was shocked!
"Alas! I don't know whether it is my misfortune or luck to be friends with you two. It's really discouraging!" Luther shook his head in distress.

Hearing this, Ryan and Lambert laughed.

After a while, Lambert and Luther also left.

At this time, Elder Nesa, accompanied by Anna, came over and said apologetically:
"Mr. Ryan, there is one more thing. I wonder if I can trouble you again?"

"Oh? Please go ahead, Elder Nesa." Ryan was a little confused.

"Well, it's like this. There are still many elves in the surrounding area who have fallen into the hands of other cults. But we are afraid that we don't have the ability to rescue them all in a short period of time. So, we just reached an agreement with the Empire to carry out rescue together immediately."

"And I heard that you came to Ferdinand Forest this time because of Anna." Having said this, Elder Nesa glanced at Anna beside her and said.

Ryan understood immediately.

The elves hoped that he would also participate in the rescue operation, but the empire seemed to indicate that his visit this time was a private act and that he had the final say on subsequent actions.

That's why Elder Nesa came to find him in person.

"Of course, all this is not free. We will give you sufficient and generous compensation."

At the same time, in a camp not far from Ferdinand City.

A group of people wearing black robes with black flames on their cuffs were evacuating quickly, led by an old man.

"The Mother Tree Cult's operation this time must have failed. We should withdraw."

"Deputy Pope, how could this happen? The Mother Tree Sect has mobilized all its forces this time, how could they fail?" Several subordinates nearby showed puzzled expressions.

After all, they could observe the huge creature in the air, the golden giant tree, even though they were dozens of kilometers away.

This is at least the strength of a demigod!
Even this failed?

How strong is the empire?

"Just now, more than twenty large airships from the Empire passed by one after another. What do you think would happen if the Mother Tree Sect had the upper hand?" The old man did not give a direct answer, but asked in return.

"A battle is bound to happen!" a subordinate immediately responded.

As soon as he finished speaking, the others also showed realization on their faces.

Because after several imperial airships arrived over Ferdinand City, no fighting had broken out. Obviously, the situation there had been controlled by the empire.

"My Lord, you are so wise."

"Retreat quickly!"

"As you command, my lord."

And there is a secret camp located dozens of kilometers away in the northwest corner of Ferdinand City.

"Sir, are we going to retreat now? There should be quite a few scattered elves nearby. We..."

"Retreat immediately." A middle-aged man in black knight armor said in a deep voice.

"If my guess is correct, the elves will immediately search Ferdinand Forest together with the Dragun Empire. It is not a wise decision to stay here at this time."

"Didn't we see that giant red dragon before? It was clearly injured and escaped, right?"

"Although this is the case, we have not received any signals from the Mother Tree Cult or the insider. It should be an accident."

"To be safe, retreat quickly."

"Yes, my lord."

Similar scenes occurred one after another throughout Ferdinand Forest.

However, when Ryan and other powerful men of the empire conducted a sweeping search of the cult in Ferdinand Forest, they achieved little results.

Most of the cults had already evacuated, and only the Plague Cult members remained in the camp. They were quickly surrounded and annihilated by the strong men of the Empire and the Elves, and many captured pure-blooded elves were rescued.

When Ryan returned to Ferdinand City again, Great Elder Auburn and Elder Nesa came to him.

"Sir Ryan, thank you very much for your continuous help. Here are some gifts from our tribe to you." Elder Auben said, pointing to a tray held by a pure-blooded elf woman.

There were only two things on the tray.

The first one was the 'Heart of the Ancient Tree' that Ryan had seen before, but this time, there were ten of them!
The second item is a talisman.

Although Ryan did not touch it, he could clearly feel the powerful energy fluctuations lingering on it. It was obviously a rare and precious high-level magical weapon.

Anna on the side blinked her beautiful eyes. As a member of the elves, she naturally knew how valuable the gift was.

Needless to say, the heart of this ancient tree is extremely precious.

The latter, the amulet, is called the Heart of Ferdinand. It is a token given by the elves to their most distinguished guests. With it, the holder can make a request to the elves.

At the same time, it itself is a high-level magical weapon.

"Great Elder Auburn, these things are so precious. I think I am just doing what I should do." Ryan waved his hand and declined.

"Mr. Ryan."

After some humility, the elves' attitude was extremely firm and they hoped that Ryan would accept it.

"Great Elder Auburn, can I take the initiative to choose to change the reward?" Ryan looked at the fern leaf shoulder guards on the other party and couldn't help but think of something and said.

"Ok?"

Hearing what Ryan said, Great Elder Auburn and Elder Nesa couldn't help but exchange glances.

Could it be that Lord Ryan's refusal just now was just an excuse, and his real purpose was to obtain other more precious treasures?

"Great Elder Auburn, I heard from Anna that the elves have their own unique understanding and skills in leather armor making. I wonder if you can arrange a leatherworking master for me if it is not confidential. I want to learn about the elves' leather armor making."

"what?"

This completely unexpected answer made both Great Elder Auburn and Elder Nesa's eyes widen with dumbfounded expressions.

This Lord Ryan actually ignored such a precious gift in front of him, and instead wanted to learn what, leatherworking?
"Sir Ryan, are you talking about leather armor making?" After calming down, Great Elder Auburn confirmed again.

"Yes, I want to find an elven leatherworking master to learn from. As for the gifts here, I will accept the amulet, and as for the rest, I will treat it as the cost of learning. Is that okay with you?"

"Sir Ryan, in fact, Elder Nesha is the top master of leatherworking in our tribe. But this gift..." Elder Auben continued to persuade.

Anna excitedly tugged at Ryan's sleeve and whispered, "Ryan, do you really want to learn leatherworking from the teacher?"

In the end, Ryan, unable to refuse the kindness, accepted the amulet and the three ancient tree hearts.

And Great Elder Auburn stated that the elves would provide all the materials Ryan needed for leatherworking for free.

Soon, Ryan gave the three ancient tree hearts directly to Moria.

This naturally made Moria very happy. The heart of the ancient tree could be used to make an anti-radiation device. In this way, when subsequent schools went in and out to explore the Walzig ruins, more people could enter at one time.

(End of this chapter)