Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 137. Interesting Artifact? New Visitors.

Looking at the disappearing corpses and the closing ground, Flor felt confused. "Liu Shu, why did you attack them?"

"Hm? They attacked you, so why shouldn't I attack back?"

Flor felt a bit speechless but also warm inside. "I see. Well, be careful, Liu Shu. We don't really know what they can have."

Liu Shu hummed. "I know. There are a few people in my visual area. Well, they are all quite harmless for you or the rest. I will warn the others by making the trees make sound wherever there are people."

Flor blinked. "How many explorers are in the forest right now?"

The World Tree expanded her vision, taking in all the information. Gathering all the information and examining everywhere her roots reached took around 30 minutes.

In the meantime, the Rose Fairy guided Flor in the direction of the resources recently discovered.

"Flor~, I have collected the information. I can see 63 people moving through the forest. Of those people, around 13 are Level 10+. The group we killed was one of the strongest."

Flor hummed. "I see. Well, many of those will die from the evolving Flora, so I don't mind what happens much. Also, the resources are 500 meters from here?"

The Rose Fairy nodded, and Liu Shu warned. "That's outside of my vision range, be careful~."

Flor smiled. "I will, don't worry. You can go tell the other fairies about Liu Shu's warning signal. I'll continue moving forward."

The Rose Fairy nodded and then saw Flor accelerating and moving through the forest at tremendous speed. As the wind flowed around her, the Rose Fairy Queen smiled. 'Feeling the wind again is quite nice; not being able to fly for all that time was quite... depressing, haha.' She couldn't help but sigh and look at her regrown arm. 'It is a bit weaker than my other arm, but at least I have it back. I can just train my arm, leg, and wings to recover their previous strength.'

"Oh? I am here."

She stopped flying and looked at the surroundings. This place was slightly different compared to the rest of the forest. Liu Shu's aura had somehow concentrated around here, influencing the plants much more than the rest of the forest.

"Hmmm. Why did this happen?"

If it had been in the past, Flor probably would've attributed it to luck or coincidence and put the event in the back of her mind. However, thanks to her new title increasing her intelligence, she noticed that there must be something different with this place "Let's see, what is absorbing Liu Shu's <Enchanted Growth> aura and giving it to the plants around here~?"

Looking around for a few moments, she noticed that it came from underground. So, using her wind to blow the dirt away, Flor excavated, trying to find the origin of the gathering aura.

After a few minutes, Flor created a nearly 15-meter-deep pit. At the bottom of the pit, she could see a strange sphere that was gathering the energy toward itself. The reason the surrounding flora was growing was just the residue and energy they stole before it got sucked in by this thing.

The Rose Fairy Queen blinked a few times. "What's this? Can I analyze it?"

She focused her gaze, and after a while, she received a system message.

<[Broken] Energy Core (D Rank)>: An item used to power up Arrays, Rune formations, machines, and many other constructs.

Note: It is broken because of time and erosion.

Flor lifted an eyebrow, landing by the core's side. "That's nice. Did someone who came to explore this area die in the past, leaving this behind?"

It was not strange to find all kinds of treasures underground in different places. After all, the wilderness in the Ceperet World was brutal, and many lost their lives and equipment while traveling.