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Chapter 63 The Horror of Humanity

The first victory was a great one, and the guards excitedly shouted victory.

Li En, who commanded the victory of this battle, was lifted up by the guards and thrown into the air.

"Long live Lord Li En! Long live the Ice Witch!! Long live the Green Shade Territory!!! Long live the Southern Army!!!"

Cobb looked at the scene with relief and couldn't help but think of the old lord Moria.

He wiped his moist eyes and said, "Lord Moria, your choice is not wrong. Lord Li En can indeed bring hope to our Green Shade Territory."

In fact, if we rely entirely on the power of the Ice Witch Sophie, the duration of this battle can be shortened by at least three times.

But Li En was unwilling to do so, not because he didn't want Sophie to over-consume her magic power, but because he wanted all the guards to adapt to such battles, let them regain their confidence, and at the same time make the tree monsters afraid of the human army.

After responding to the guards' enthusiasm, the army began to set up camp and clear Area 1.

Father Seamus and Sister Sally acted as military doctors, helping the wounded treat their wounds and clean up the contamination.

"How many casualties did we suffer this time?"

In the makeshift tent, Li En asked Captain Cobb.

"Three people died, 3 were seriously injured, and 52 were slightly injured."

Cobb himself was a little bit unbelievable when he said this number.

You know, what they are facing is a ferocious tree monster that makes people shudder. Their fear of tree monsters is even greater than that of goblins and skeleton monsters.

Because goblins and skeletons do not feed on humans, while tree monsters and corpse monsters like to eat humans.

Cobb once led an army to clear the border area of ​​the Bone Forest. At that time, he led a team of 1 people, but more than half of them were killed or injured before he could barely clear the border area, which is now the border village.

Cobb originally thought that this number was enough to make Li En proud, but Li En did not show any joy.

In fact, according to Li En's plan, all the guards can escape safely. Minor injuries are inevitable, but at least they will not suffer serious injuries such as broken hands and feet.

But what was unexpected was that there was a movable tree monster heart inside the tree monster's body.

Li En thought it was his own mistake. He didn't know enough about the tree monster. If he asked enough experienced veterans or adventurers, he might be able to find out.

Not only can tree monsters burrow underground to escape, but adult tree monsters can also separate the tree monster heart from the middle.

Li En only asked Sophie to freeze the ground to block the tree monster's escape route, but failed to prevent the tree monster's heart from attacking the crowd.

Even the wisest man can make mistakes, and this was his first time participating in such a battle. This was not a game, so mistakes were inevitable.

All he can do is learn from his experience and avoid making the same mistake again.

"Lord Li En, this is already our greatest victory in the Bone Forest. Why are you not happy?"

Cobb asked, puzzled.

"No, this isn't the biggest victory. This is just the beginning. We're going to make the tree monster live in the nightmare of slavery from now on."

Li En said seriously.

Cobb's eyes sparkled, he clenched his fist and placed it heavily on his chest, giving Li En a standard military salute.

"Cobb is willing to follow the Lord and destroy the Bone Forest!"

Li En patted Cobb's shoulder and said, "Let's go and see our prisoners."

The two men walked out of the tent together and headed towards where the prisoners were being held.

On the way, Li En saw many guards peeling off the bark of the tree monsters that had not been completely burned.

"Cobb, what are they doing?"

"Lord Li En, the bark of these tree monsters is a very precious medicinal herb. It can cure the fever prevalent in the forest, relieve pain, and repel insects. However, these herbs are very difficult to obtain, so most people don't know about them."

Cobb explained that this was actually information only known by veterans who frequently battled tree monsters.

Li En's eyes sparkled, as if he saw a pillar industry in Green Shade Territory rising. It seemed that the fire couldn't burn down the trees. All the bark was burned. Thank goodness!

The tree monster hearts were all locked in cages at this moment. When they saw Li En coming over, they instinctively began to tremble.

They were not young tree monsters who had never seen the world, and they had also seen three-star knights, but they had never seen a three-star knight with such speed and such strong power.

In the long life of a tree monster, 50 years old is considered an adult and only then can a tree monster heart be grown.

The hearts of these tree monsters are at least ten years old, and can be said to be old tree monsters that have experienced many storms.

In their eyes, Li En was like an alien.

But what they didn't expect was that Li En's next move was their real nightmare.

"If their juice gets on a wound, will it cause someone to lose consciousness?"

Lee En asked.

Cobb nodded. "Yes, so you have to be very careful when fighting."

"Aside from the coma, are there any other side effects?"

Li En asked again.

Cobb shook his head. "It's just a short coma, lasting about half an hour to an hour."

Li En touched his chin. Isn’t this a natural anesthetic?

He asked Cobb to prepare a large wooden barrel, and he put on armor gloves and grabbed a tree monster heart from the cage. The tree monster heart looked at Li En tremblingly.

Li En showed a cruel smile, then twisted the heart of the tree monster like a towel, squeezing out all the sticky liquid on it.

The heart of the tree monster screamed in pain.

But its suffering is far from over.

After making sure that no more juice could be squeezed out, Li En began to pull its limbs continuously. After confirming that the body's toughness and elasticity were very good, comparable to Luffy in the other world, he peeled off another layer of skin from the Tree Monster's Heart on the spot.

Li En likes to call this layer of skin a rubber substitute, pseudo-rubber. In the future, it can not only be used on wheels, but also to make shoes, transportation links, and even mattresses and other products, covering a wide range of applications.

If it can be mass-produced, it will become another pillar industry of Green Shade.

In the absence of oak and rubber trees, the skin of the tree monster heart is the best substitute. The processing cost is lower than the former two and it is also very convenient to use.

In the end, only a bloody body was left of the Tree Monster Heart, but Li En still did not let it go.

Continue the juicing process until the flesh is completely useless.

There is about 400ml of thick juice in the wooden barrel, which is the maximum amount of a tree monster's heart.

When the tree monster hearts in the cage saw their companion's miserable end, they looked at Li En with even more fear and trembled like quails.

Lee En did not let them go just because they were afraid, and asked Cobb to bring a team of elite guards to observe.

He processed 10 Dryad Hearts in a row until the barrel was filled with green liquid.

Occasionally, if there is resistance, the head will be pierced directly. In short, the result is the same whether they die or not.

"Collect the hearts of the dead tree monsters on the battlefield and separate the juice and skin as I did."

Lee En ordered.

Cobb nodded heavily and led the guards to carry out the mission.

That night, the screams of the tree monsters echoed north of the Bone Forest.

On this day, the tree monsters witnessed the horror of humans for the first time.

(End of this chapter)