Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 193. Crime and Punishment.

One thousand five hundred people gathered around the central plaza, while behind Flor, several hundred creatures stood in an orderly manner. At first glance, it looked like a war between monsters and intelligent races was about to start.

Flor spoke aloud in this tense atmosphere, her tone firm and without a hint of nervousness. "When I first opened this town, I set a list of rules that were easy to follow. I was understanding and tried to accommodate you intelligent races because I want us to coexist. I want this town to be the beginning for relations between monsters and intelligent races while all of us guard the creature that gave me this chance to begin with."

Flor pointed behind her at Liu Shu. "She is the one that gave us this little paradise. So, in order for all of you to not be looked at wrongly by her, I set rules to follow." Flor raised her tone, as her anger couldn't help but mix with her calm tone. "And yet you ignored the very few rules I set!?"

Thinking of the Lignified Houses suffering for a few months, her voice boomed outward. "DO YOU THINK THAT I DON'T DARE PUNISH YOU IN LARGE GROUPS!? THAT I WON'T MOVE IF YOU ALL COMMIT THE SAME WRONG!?"

The pressure from the Rose Fairy Queen was strong enough for the grand majority to feel like they were standing before a prime predator, not the usual gentle and easygoing Rose Fairy Queen.

A Sylvan in the mix took in a deep breath and walked forward. "Queen Flor!" Flor looked over and saw the same Sylvan woman who helped her that day she acted a few months ago. She had met with her in the past, developing something similar to friendship. "B-Before you follow through, can I ask what happened?"

Flor took in a deep breath and looked at the mass of people before her. "One of the rules I set, one of the FIRST rules in the list, stated clearly NOT to hurt the Lignified Houses and to take care of them. They are gentle and soft beings that are allowing all of you to live inside of them basically for free..." Flor looked at them, wind starting to surge around her again. "And yet, when I was checking on them, FORTY FIVE of them told me that they have been abused!"

A few people in the crowd flinched and started trying to move away slowly. Flor didn't care since Liu Shu had already locked on everyone who was a culprit.

Wert looked at Flor with a surprised face and then at the crowd. 'Abusing those trees... No wonder Flor is so angry. They are big ol' softies that listen as long as you are gentle with them.' Wert remembered how he planned and transformed his office with the tree's help and smiled a bit. However, remembering how those beings had been, in Flor's words, abused, he also started to feel slightly angry. "Flor, you say abuse, but what did they do exactly? Can you know?"

Before answering Wert, Flor sneered and said. "All of you who are trying to flee. I know who you are, so don't even think you can escape this forest. If you leave now, you will be killed."

Around ten people who were nearly Level 20 stopped moving slowly and tried to flee in different directions. Flor spoke to Liu Shu. "Catch them."

Without a second of hesitation, as many roots as people fleeing burst from the ground, coiling around them and squeezing quite tightly.

"AHH!"

Their screams of agony echoed together with the sickening sounds of bones being crushed. The roots then moved down and waited for the Rose Fairies to arrive and take the crippled people.

Some people frowned at the brutality, while others were stunned about the roots that appeared. The high levels around were especially stunned as they had felt a terrifying strength coming from those roots.

Wert looked at Liu Shu with a heavy heart. 'She is much stronger than I expected. It seems that creatures below Level 20 are nothing but little bugs that she can squash at will.'