Crisis.
This was the biggest crisis Cheil had faced since birth.
The king of the Land of Frost held the leaf of the World Tree tightly in his hand. The grey part of the leaf was slowly expanding.
"What should I do?"
Cheil held the leaf to the sun in the sky. The erosion of the Grey Fog was so small that it was not worth mentioning, but Cheil did not have any way to purify it.
At this rate, in less than four or five days, the leaf would completely turn to ash!
"Your Majesty, you look terrible."
The Amt Marshal followed Cheil after she left the Frostwolf Family's priestess hall.
He noticed Cheil's worried expression.
"What happened to the Frostwolf Family is indeed worrying."
Frostwolf Family? Cheil was slightly taken aback by the marshal's words, but she quickly nodded cooperatively.
"Marshal Amt." Cheil made himself look calmer. "Go gather the warriors under your command. We may head to the ruins to explore in a few days."
"Understood!"
Cheil watched as the Amt Marshal left and looked at the leaf of the World Tree in her hand again.
"Now is not the time to worry about this."
Cheil clearly knew that compared to the problem of the leaf turning to ash, she had to solve the crisis that the Frostwolf Family was facing.
There was a possibility that the monsters in the ruins had escaped to the outside world!
This was what she needed to worry about the most at this stage.
But …
If the leaf completely turned to ash, she would not be able to log into the magic net!
She would not be able to see the news on the spellcasters' forum when she woke up in the morning, nor could she chat with the fire relayer through text messages. To make matters worse, she would not be able to listen to the Voice of Noland radio station when she slept.
"Uh …"
At this thought, Cheil could not help but hold her forehead and let out a strange sigh.
"Your Majesty, are you alright?"
The leader of the Frostwolf Family walked out of the priest hall and saw Cheil's haggard appearance. He walked up to him worriedly.
"I'm fine." Cheil waved his hand to show that he was fine.
"Your Majesty, the warriors of the Frostwolf Clan are ready for battle."
From the beginning, the patriarch was extremely wary of this young king. After all, the new king of the Land of Frost was rumored to be an inhumane monster.
However, after interacting with him for the past two days, the Clan Head felt that he was just a young man who liked to put on a cold face. He wasn't as terrifying as he had imagined. Furthermore … he would occasionally show concern for his subordinates, which meant that he wasn't as difficult to get along with as he appeared to be.
"I'll be holding a combat conference tonight. It's best if you don't rashly explore the ruins during this time." The instant Cheil brushed past the Clan Head, he whispered in his ear, "If you don't wish for the youths of your clan to continue becoming like your second son."
This sentence was still a warning. Cheil's voice did not contain a trace of emotion in the Clan Head's ears, but it made him feel a bone-chilling chill.
The Clan Head instantly realized that the young man could sit on the throne not only because of his bloodline but also because of his unquestionable strength.
The patriarch looked at Shay's back as he left and bowed slightly.
After saying all this, Cheil quickly walked back to his residence in Frostwolf City.
When Cheil returned to his residence, he immediately locked the door and waved his hand to open the Magic Net.
The signal on the Magic Net was still yellow.
What should I do?
Cheil calmed himself down and immediately opened the spellcaster forum. In the magic research section, he posted a thread to find a way to repair the leaf of the World Tree.
As usual, the thread sank to the bottom the moment it was posted. However, not long after, Cheil received a few new replies.
"The leaf of the World Tree is such a rare alchemy material. Currently, only it can be used to refine a potion." Replied: Ashen Owl.
"That old fellow up there, what do you want to do with the leaf of the Holy Tree?" Replied: Katarian.
"There's no … way to repair it? What about buying a new leaf? "
Cheil suddenly remembered the Magic Net Shopping that had recently been launched.
Back then, Cheil didn't really visit the website, but he remembered that it sold a lot of strange things.
Cheil immediately logged into the Magic Net Shopping and did a search.
"Crystal Lizard's egg, Wicked Flaming Tree's bark, Cursed Bat's wings … Nothing?"
Cheil spent a long time searching all the shops on the Magic Net Shopping. She even looked carefully at some shops that sold women's clothing.
Unfortunately, there was no shop that sold the leaf of the World Tree among all the products.
This made her feel a little hopeless.
Perhaps she should ask the gray-robed tutor for another leaf? However, the person that popped into Cheil's mind at this moment wasn't the gray-robed tutor, but the Flame Relayer who had been chatting with her.
"Can Noland buy the leaf of the World Tree?"
After a few greetings, Cheil directly sent the question that she was most concerned about. She waited in a state of anxiety for nearly ten seconds.
"Yes."
The moment Cheil saw the Flame Relayer's message, she was so surprised that she clenched her fist in excitement.
"I can buy it for you, but where exactly should I send it?"
The Flame Relayer's new message was like a harsh cold wind that chased away the excitement in Cheil's heart.
The Land of Frost was tens of thousands of miles away from Noland. Even with a flying griffin, it would still take more than a month.
A month without the torment of the Weave …
After Cheil selected an emoji of an owl falling to the ground and having its soul out of its body to send to the Flame Relayer, she immediately typed a reply.
"Frost Wolf City in the north of the Land of Frost. No … the capital of the Land of Frost."
Cheil hesitated for a moment. She should have returned to the capital of the Land of Frost in a month.
"Where are you now?" The Flame Relayer's question made her pause while she was typing.
"Frost Wolf City."
"It's a little far, but it's okay … How many leaves do you want to buy?"
Can I really deliver it?
"How long will it take?"
Cheil asked tentatively.
"About a week, if there are no accidents."
Cheil's first reaction when she saw the message was surprise, but soon doubt occupied her heart.
"Noland is so far away from the Land of Frost, and the portal in Noland hasn't been opened yet …" Cheil sent an emoji of an owl tilting its head at the end of the message.
"I know a friend who is proficient in teleportation magic. If he leaves from Falosi, he can reach Frost Wolf City in the north of the Land of Frost in a week. So how many leaves do you want to buy?"
Proficient in teleportation magic? There were some spells that could achieve the effect of teleportation among spellcasters, but spells that affected space consumed a lot of magic power, and the teleportation distance was basically within a hundred meters.
But Cheil chose to believe in the Flame Relayer here.
"As many as possible, and the raw crystals that carry the Magic Net terminal."
With Cheil's understanding of the Magic Net, she clearly knew that it had a terrifying strategic value.
She had thought of letting her soldiers start using the Magic Net a long time ago, but it was a pity that she didn't know how to obtain the leaves of the World Tree, let alone on a large scale.
But it seemed like there were many Flame Relayers.
If they could be delivered in a week, Cheil might be able to use the power of the leaves to conquer the ruins.
Not only would the Grey Fog be affected by the life aura of the World Tree, but it would also be affected by the Frost Elf's song!
"And Miss Taylin's record," Cheil immediately added.
"Record? That's not a problem, but you'd better give me a specific number. 'The Fire Relayer gave him another reply.
This caused Shay to sink into a brief moment of contemplation. There were about ten thousand soldiers in Frostwolf City, and the exploration of the ruins definitely did not require so many people. It would already be crowded if there were a hundred people entering the ruins at once.
However, the leaves of the World Tree could also be damaged.
So, Cheil tentatively gave a number.
"One … thousand? If that's too many, I can give you a hundred. " Cheil wasn't sure how many the Flame Relayer had, so she added a shy owl emoticon.
"A thousand? That's not a problem, but where in Frost Wolf City? "
She really had it?!
"Just the west gate will do! Your friend will use the Magic Net to notify me before he arrives. "When Cheil finished editing the message, her gratitude gradually turned into doubt.
"These leaves must be very expensive, right?" she asked.
"It's said that just eating one can speed up the recovery of wounds. It's an alchemy material, and it's very expensive. As a medium to connect to the Magic Net, the price is also slightly higher. Although it hasn't been circulated in the market yet, it's said that the price in the Noland black market fluctuates between two hundred and a thousand gold coins."
The Flame Relayer gave a very detailed answer.
"Then … the money needed for a thousand leaves is not a small amount."
"I can't afford that many."
Cheil sent an expression of an owl covering its face. She realized that she didn't have that much money on hand.
"Then let's reduce it a little? I'll also give you a discount, "the Flame Relayer said.
"227 leaves." Cheil recalled the reserves in the national treasury and gave a reasonable number.
"No problem."
After the agreement was finalized, Shay heaved a sigh of relief, but she still had a lot of doubts in her mind.
"Do you … trust me that much?" Cheil hesitated for a moment, but she still sent the message.
She could vaguely guess the Flame Relayer's identity, and she was also very curious about her identity.
She also wanted to know why he was so … friendly to her.
However, Cheil forced herself not to think about it.
"You can say that, but my friend makes me feel at ease. That's the key."
When Cheil saw the Flame Relayer's reply, she didn't know when the corners of her mouth had already curled up into a smile.
"Then I'll leave it to you." She finally sent an expression of an owl bowing.
… …
"Leave it to me?"
Josiah stopped editing the message and looked out the window. Then, he put on his coat and left the study.
After the World Tree took root in the center of Noland, Josiah needed to go to the center of Noland to obtain new leaves.
Joshua spent two hours driving the magic carriage to the center of the Norland Continent. The place was covered by a powerful magic barrier, and there was something that looked like the 'Eye of Sauron' at the top of the tower in the center of the city.
The barrier was controlled by the white-clothed sage. Josiah didn't have much contact with the sage, but after he saw Josiah, he still opened the entrance to the magic barrier.
Josiah went all the way to the large pit in the center of Noland without any obstruction.
"It's grown a lot taller?"
Josiah looked at the World Tree, which was now as tall as two people.
"Watcher, what are you doing here?"
The ice dragon lying next to the World Tree was still the most eye-catching. Its huge dragon head approached Josiah, and its ice-blue vertical pupils were still full of vigilance.
"Pluck," Josiah said a word that was enough to make the guardian of the World Tree drive Josiah out.
But the ice dragon's reaction was surprisingly calm, because the incarnation of the World Tree had already appeared on the ground in front of Josiah.
"You saw the message just now," Josiah said to the white cat, half-squatting down.
At that moment, Josiah actually saw an expression called "reluctance" on the white cat's face, but it still obediently shook off the vines on its body, and a large pile of leaves fell like rain.
But these leaves seemed to be pulled by something, and they all landed on Josiah's hands, and even stacked into two piles.
This scene was enough to make any obsessive-compulsive person laugh in happiness.
After more than two hundred leaves fell into Josiah's hands, the white cat also spat out a light green crystal.
"A new crystal?"
Josiah picked up the oval-shaped crystal of the World Tree, which contained more than half of the previous crystal.
The moment Josiah picked up the crystal, the ice dragon suddenly spoke.
"The holy tree just told me to pass on the words to you. 'That was originally a place I should protect. Before I was destroyed, there were many inexplicable changes. The Weave will become my eyes, and find out what happened to that frozen land!'"
"So you still hold a grudge against your past home?"
Josiah looked at the white cat that was licking its paws, and reached out to rub its forehead.
"Don't worry, I will definitely deliver your keepsake safely."
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