Chapter 148 The Tall Tree

The northern part of Middle-earth has been quite lively in the past two years.

The dragon Smaug is slain, the King Under the Mountain returns, the Orc army from the Misty Mountains and Moria is routed, and a shadow rises over Dol Guldur and rushes into Mordor.

Shortly after the return of King Erebor, a new force was established. It was called the Free City, covering many towns on the east and west sides of the Misty Mountains. The people within it were prosperous, happy, and peaceful.

"Although River Valley City is known as the largest and most prosperous city among the Free Cities, there are rumors that it does not seem to be the main city of the Free City."

"Oh? The most prosperous and vast place is not the main city, so where else could it be?"

In a tavern in Gondor, Farodan had a rare luxury and asked the bartender for two cups of beer full of foam and malty aroma, as well as a plate of barbecue and some vegetables.

The main focus is on a nutritionally balanced, meat-vegetable combination.

Sitting opposite him at this moment was another ranger, a member of Gondor's native commando team.

The pressure from Mordor has been inexplicably relieved recently, allowing these human rangers who usually lurk on the front lines to have a moment of leisure and relax a little.

Falodan handed a glass of beer to the ranger opposite.

The ranger took a sip and continued: "It is said that it is a miraculous city that was built overnight by a powerful human wizard. The name of the city seems to be, uh... Roadside Fort? "

puff--

Farodan choked on his beer.

He smiled and said: "Ha, then your news is really trivial."

"Aren't you going to say that the man's name is Levi? Could it be that he also killed the giant dragon and defeated the Oak army by him?"

"Hey, haven't you already heard this? Then why are you asking me to ask?"

The ranger shrugged and drank the glass of beer Farodan bought him in one gulp, savoring the aroma of wheat and feeling comfortable.

However, Falodan couldn't laugh anymore.

ah?

no?

"Wait, don't go."

He grabbed the ranger opposite who was about to get up and said, "I'll buy you another drink. Can you tell me in detail?"

"Well, there's still time anyway, so I'll chat with you for a while."

The ranger sat down and asked, "What do you want to hear?"

"all."

The ranger leaned back.

"That's quite a story."

"I'd love to hear it."

Farodan looked at the ranger quite seriously.

Seeing how persistent the Dúnedain man from far away was, the local ranger of Gondor was also interested in chatting. He responded:

"First of all, I want to explain that my information is all hearsay. Some come from wandering refugees, some come from distant caravans, and some are interrogated from the mouths of Oaks from the northern mountains. I cannot guarantee them. accuracy.”

"But that person is indispensable in their mouths."

"The refugees called him the savior of the valley, and the caravan people called him 'a generous and great lord with countless wealth flowing from his fingers.'"

"As for the Oaks, they are afraid of his name and only dare to use 'him' as a nickname."

As the ranger narrated, a story pieced together from many rumors gradually unfolded. Falodan became more and more confused as he listened, so much so that he didn't even notice that the food on the plate was cold.

Distracting your attention while eating is a bad habit.

But this does not trouble Levi.

Unlike the regular three meals a day for most people or the seven or eight meals a day for Hobbits, Levi eats when he is hungry. When he eats depends on when his satiety level drops.

Only when he has more free time will he eat food with more complicated cooking steps. Most of the time, he just takes a bite of dried meat or bread to fill up his satiety.

After bidding farewell to the dwarves, Levi did not go anywhere else and immediately returned to the roadside fort to take stock of the gains from this trip.

The most important thing is actually the same.

One is mithril and the other is a dragon tree seed.

In front of an open space near the castle, Levi rubbed the faucet hard several times, took the little pink that rushed towards him aside, and let it stay quietly.

Then he walked a little further and gently planted the seeds of the turtle tree.

Then, take out the bone meal.

Brush brush brush——

Green particles lit up, indicating that the bone meal was indeed stimulating the growth of the tree species.

As the bone meal in his hand continued to decrease, the seed finally showed some changes.

It grew into a sapling.

"So good at sucking?"

Levi sweated a lot, feeling that one set of bone meal might not be enough.

It is indeed the most vital magical tree species in the entire Middle-earth.

It took a dozen bone meal to turn it from a seed into a sapling.

So if you want to grow a towering tree like the Golden Forest, you can't use a box of bone meal?

These are enough to spawn many ordinary trees...

Although it consumes a lot of money, Roadside Fort has always had no shortage of bone meal.

This is all thanks to the Orcs and Wargs, who are still using their remaining energy.

Pulling back the little fan who moved forward curiously, Levi continued to induce labor.

As the bone meal in the backpack decreased one by one, the Maolong saplings continued to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye, growing white branches and golden buds.

When it grows to the height of a person, the color of the grass on the surrounding soil gradually changes, becoming more vivid than other places, changing from dark green to light green, looking full of life.

That day, the residents who were chatting in the square turned their heads and suddenly found a dazzling golden color in their sight.

A tree.     A huge tree appeared out of thin air near the lord's castle.

Its bark surface is smooth and silver-gray, the leaves are dazzling golden, and golden flowers bloom between the branches.

"So beautiful..."

More and more residents gathered around the grass affected by the vitality of the Maolong tree and looked up quietly, looking up at this scenery they had never seen before.

Crash.

The leaves somewhere in the crown of the tree shook, and Levi broke off a few branches that grew more crowded and used them as raw materials for magic.

This tree is really too beautiful, and he can't bear to cut it down.

Even if it is cut down, it can be planted again.

But, anyway, the demand is so little, so keep it, just like he always asks the residents to do-take as needed, take as much as needed, and don't make unnecessary pre-storage.

"Ah--"

While climbing the tree, a childish cry suddenly came from below. Levi lowered his head and found that it was Little Pink playing happily under the tree.

It was scratching the trunk with its claws and short legs, and it seemed that it wanted to come up very much.

Looking at its excited look, it was estimated that it would not leave if it could not come up today.

In desperation, Levi had to build a ladder and go down to carry it up himself.

As soon as it came up, the little guy was extremely excited, sniffing here and rubbing there. After running for a while, it seemed to be tired. It just found a wider branch and lay down there, closing its eyes and falling asleep.

"Get up."

Levi picked it up, interrupted its sleep and forced it to turn on.

"I'm asleep here now, let's see how you go down later."

Little Pink scratched Levi, hugged his legs, and looked at him with his big eyes.

Is this tree a nest...

"Oh, okay, okay."

Levi put Little Pink down and let it take a nap on the tree.

I went to the warehouse to get some materials.

After a while, a spiral staircase of the same style as the one in the Golden Forest was built, which could walk directly from the bottom of the tree to the treetop.

In this way, Xiaofen could go up by herself.

After building the stairs, Levi also repaired the treetop and built several small platforms.

Perfect.

After doing this, Levi put his hands on his waist and nodded.

It can only be said that the elves in the Golden Forest chose to build their homes on trees for a reason. The crown of the Maolong tree is much larger than that of ordinary trees, and it is quite strong and has a strong load-bearing capacity.

This is a natural foundation, which is simply perfect for building a house.

Of course, Levi does not plan to live here.

Since Xiaofen likes it, let it be a nest.

After settling Xiaofen, Levi walked down the treetop, showed his face in front of the residents, and went straight to the magic altar of the high tower.

The branches of the Maolong tree were placed in the middle of the altar. On the pedestal next to it, the six basic element fragments were placed separately, plus a balance fragment formed by the fusion of the six elements, and bottles and jars filled with basic elements were placed around.

The formula and elements are the same, except that the main material has been changed from silver tree to Maolong tree.

Snap!

The rune matrix flashed a thin deep purple spark, which startled Levi's eyelids.

What's going on? Is it going to fail?

Buzz——

The matrix started as usual and began to absorb source material into the magic injection process.

Huh——

Levi patted his chest.

Not bad, not bad.

As long as the magic injection program can run, it can be regarded as bug-free.

If it can run, don't move it.

Whether there is a problem or not, as long as it doesn't crash, just treat it as nothing.

As a little bit of source material and elements were injected into the branches of the Maolong tree, the branches gradually changed, becoming round and regular, and the whole body flashed with silver light.

After a moment, the element injection ceremony was completed.

Levi picked up the middle branch - oh no, it should be called the handle of the staff now.

When Levi picked up this new thing, an unprecedented new research appeared in the magic manual.

[Maolong Staff Handle]

"Made of special materials brought back by the mysterious Levi from the Golden Forest, it is closer to magic than the silver tree, and contains more purification power, and can be used as a superior substitute for the silver tree."

"When the handle flashes, the light of life bursts out from it."

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Recently, I found that some typos in the front were not corrected. There is really no way to do this. The chapters posted before are all locked. I have to contact the editor to correct them.

Some book friends also said they wanted to see what titles Levi has now, so I listed them separately here:

Adventurer, Wizard with Cube Mastery, Legend in the Wilds, Friend of the Dunedain, Mighty One among Men, Oakbane, Spiderbane, Wargbane, Corpsebane, Dragonslayer (Dragon Slayer), Founder of the Free Cities, Wall Builder, Walking Army, Summoner of Iron Golems, Enemy of the Misty Mountains and Mordor, Ally of Elves and Dwarves, Guardian of the Valley, Savior of the Vale of Anduin, Big Eater, Wine Party Overlord, Top Chef, Brewer, Enemy of the Balrog

Sorry, I can't remember the rest. Anyway, there are many, many, and there will be more. Generally, if it is not a particularly formal occasion, others will not say all his titles when calling him, and basically just call a few of the main ones symbolically.

After all, it is really easy to say them all out of breath every time, so I just recite them.