Don't Mess with That Dragon

One has to admit that the secrets about the Beastman Royal Court from Quik's mouth indeed left Austin utterly shocked.

If not for Quik's information, no matter what, he would never have guessed that the Beastman Royal Court possessed such ability!

Although all of this was merely Austin's conjecture based on Quik's descriptions.

But from the current signs, this possibility has at least over fifty percent likelihood.

Crossing worlds, obtaining massive supplies from another world.

Could this be the legacy of the Beastman Empire from back then?

Austin couldn't help but ponder.

Unfortunately, the intelligence is ultimately still too sparse.

For the powerful empire that once ruled the entire Seta Continent and rivaled the Divine, it only exists in bits and pieces of descriptions, with no actual records.

"Since the Elf Kingdom and the Pure-blooded Beastmen share a mysterious ancient alliance, the Elf Kingdom should know some secrets. The connections between the elves of that time and the Pure-blooded Beastmen must have been even closer, perhaps the Elf Kingdom also knows a thing or two about world crossing."

However, the Pure-blooded Beastmen back then retaliated too quickly, and the fall of the Elf Kingdom was likewise swift.

At that time, the Elf Queen was still just a little girl, and moreover, a branch relatively distant from the royal line; those so-called elders left were not the high-ranking members of the Elf Kingdom back then.

The true high-ranking members and most of the elf royals died in that rebellion.

The Elf Queen didn't deceive me; she indeed revealed everything she knew, this was Austin's intuition.

The intuition of the Giant Dragon is very keen, and the Elf Queen had no reason to hide anything.

However, as it is, the clues are caught in a dilemma.

When Vinek and others withdrew, Austin fell into deep thought.

The clear path ahead gradually became shrouded in fog, and it seemed as though everything had entered a dead end.

Pure-blooded Beastmen, elf royals, Blasphemers, Alliance, Fallen Beast God, various legendary forces, humans, the Divine...

Recalling the cause and effect, the entire Kawa Great Forest now seems like a gigantic quagmire, entangling all the forces as if it had become the center of all turmoil.

Should I really get involved in this war?

That method of crossing worlds might allow me to return to my homeland for a look.

Even in my current form, without mastering the Transformation Technique, there's no way I could return to the original world.

However.

The method of crossing planes is really attractive to Austin, and his intuition tells him that if he misses this opportunity, he will regret it for a lifetime.

In Austin's heart, he wavered.

"Regardless of whether to go or not, first find out some situations to avoid becoming a pawn or sacrifice in the future, or, there's someone... no, something that might know some inside story."

According to Quik's words, the Beastman Royal Court is definitely not simple.

The counterattack war won't end overnight, there's no hurry, there's still plenty of time.

Currently, the most important thing is intelligence information.

The remnants of the Elf Kingdom might have missed most of the things, but there is a tree, perhaps it knows the cause and effect.

The Elven Mother Tree!

That day, Austin left the Dragon Nest Tribe, flying towards the direction of the second base.

There, the former Elf Kingdom station was connected with the second base, relying on each other to form the second base tribe.

The Elven Mother Tree has always been growing there, relying on the power of the surrounding forest land, supporting the space where the Elf Kingdom survives.

Shortly after, Austin appeared above the second base.

Gazing down at the towering trees below, Austin's eyes flickered.

At first, when attacking the Elf Kingdom, the Elven Mother Tree had intervened, blocking Austin's Attribute Rasengan attack.

At that time, Austin seemed to feel a sigh.

Just later, he didn't think much of it, especially when he had just consumed the Wind Law Origin and was about to find a place to refine it.

Once the Wind Law Origin was refined, those trifles were already left behind.

Now it seems that this Elven Mother Tree very likely possesses wise consciousness.

And this is precisely the reason Austin came here.

As a crucial plant maintaining the elf race, perhaps the Elven Mother Tree knows more about certain things than the Elf Queen.

Possibly, the purpose of the Beastman Royal Court's army searching the remnants of the Elf Kingdom back then was precisely for this Elven Mother Tree!

...

At this moment, inside the hall where the Elven Mother Tree resides.

The Elf Queen is kneeling before the branches of the Mother Tree, sincerely praying in her heart.

Since the Elf Kingdom was annexed, she was subdued by Austin, and the Elf Queen has always lived in seclusion near the Mother Tree, attending to it daily.

All she could do were tasks like these.

To the elf clan within the Dragon Nest Tribe now, the Elf Queen is the clan's representative, symbol, and seal, high above, akin to the role of a priest serving the Divine in a temple.

In fact, after more than a year of integration, the elf clan has already merged into the Dragon Nest Tribe in all aspects.

The elves are naturally kind and skillful in agriculture, with weaving and other crafts also being quite good. Various alchemy, weapon forging, which were not originally the Dragon Nest Tribe's techniques, are among the few sources of spellcasters within the Dragon Nest Tribe.

Better living conditions have led the elves to continuously split up, tying themselves more closely to the Dragon Nest Tribe's original system.

Currently, the elf race, within the Dragon Nest Tribe, resembles the concept of merged nations in Austin's past life, with cultural differences only noticeable during certain grand festivals.

Having shed her responsibilities, the Elf Queen now dedicates herself to caring for the Mother Tree.

The Mother Tree, the cornerstone for the continuation of the elf race.

Caring for the Mother Tree also aligns with the current position of the Elf Queen.

After praying, she opened her eyes.

Gazing at the enormous tree in front of her, which dozens of people could barely encircle, impossibly tall, supporting a sky-covering canopy, appearing even more lush after the kingdom's incorporation into the Dragon Nest Tribe, the Elf Queen Eve also felt somewhat complicated.

The Mother Tree nurtures the next generation of elves, and its energy doesn't come out of thin air.

Various Magic Ores, Magic Materials, and even the droppings of Magic Beasts or Giant Beasts are sources of magic nurturing the next generation of elves by the Mother Tree.

But during these thousand years of hiding and enduring, the elves were confined within their kingdom space, weakened to the extreme, restricted from going out. How could they bring enough Magic Resources to the Mother Tree?

One must admit, during that thousand-year period, most of what was consumed to nurture the elf children was by the Mother Tree autonomously absorbing Magic Energy from the forest land.

And they, just like vampires, were leeching on the Mother Tree.

Until the kingdom was destroyed, the situation began to change.