Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 29. Liu Shu's Counterattack!

Liu Shu had been quite calm during all this time. When Aster arrived and spoke with Clavel about one of the Rose Fairies dying, she didn't feel sad or upset. While she felt it was something she wouldn't like to happen, the intrinsic nature of Tianlian Liu Shu, a World Tree, treated death as something that was natural to happen.

But accepting didn't mean not caring. You can accept someone's death, but you can also retaliate against those who killed them.

From accepting someone's death to forgiving the perpetrator, there was a very big change in mentality that needed to happen.

So, Liu Shu waited. Her <World Tree Eye> was stretched to the limit, which reached 80 meters after she leveled up and expanded her roots.

She had already moved her roots far enough that other trees had become a problem. However, Liu Shu was not hasty in comforting those trees. From what she had learned from the momentary contact with them, they weren't intelligent, and their thoughts were much slower and more superficial than hers. It reminded Liu Shu of how she was before she absorbed that strange leaf.

Regardless, after expanding her reach to 80 meters, Liu Shu waited. Patiently seeing everything around her and trying not to miss a single thing. She could tell from the vibrations of the ground that people were fighting.

Even then, Liu Shu wasn't in a rush. Calmly, patiently, and attentively, the World Tree waited. She waited for her chance to eventually interfere.

This chance arrived not long later. She saw that Amapola left when a Level 5 Rose Fairy arrived, probably because of something the fairy said. Then, about 4 minutes later, Clavel returned, injured, accompanied by the same amount of Rose Fairies as before she left.

It wasn't just Clavel. Every Rose Fairy that had gone out to fight quickly returned, some with wounds, others with a lack of mana.

Liu Shu looked around at the injured bunch with a pondering expression. The rest of the Rose Fairies had gone into hiding inside the <Lignified Vault>. It was probably the safest place around here. Not only was it perfectly hidden underground, but it was also strengthened by Liu Shu's natural defenses.

Liu Shu heard Amapola talk. "Now, we'll fight together with Liu Shu. Queen Flor told me that in case of a situation where we can't push off invaders, it is best to collaborate with her. You should know that while Liu Shu is Level 3, she is really strong and durable. Unless a Level 10 appears, it won't be easy to deal enough damage to her."

While Phoer Body Shars were what showed a creature's vitality, size also mattered. If an ant the size of a thumb bit an elephant, there wasn't actual "minimum" damage one could do.

So, the ant could gnaw at the elephant for all its life, and even then, it wouldn't be able to do anything to it. Even piercing the skin would be challenging.

So, Liu Shu, who had reached 5 meters in height and had a thicker-than-usual trunk, had very strong defenses. There was one thing that she didn't forget, though. Thornstride seemed to have skills to help them reduce the defense of trees.

After Amapola closed the defensive line to ten meters around Liu Shu, they waited. Thornstride swarmed out in droves from all sides, quickly filling the surroundings with their numbers.

If we just counted the fighting fairies, the situation was 23 against 18.

Mraar hissed in annoyance. "I wanted to pick you all one by one, but it seems that it will be impossible."

Amapola snorted. "Are you so eager to die that you've rushed forward until here?"

Mraar shook her head. "You are the ones that will die together with that tree over there. After I eat it, I'm sure I'll have enough experience to become the next Level 10 of our clan!"