Chapter 620 - 585: Final Preparations for the Battle Against the Eight-Headed Snake
The Flying once again docked, and at this moment the Nasir Ancient Tree, who was resting its eyes in the river, opened its eyes and exclaimed excitedly, "High-level Demon fertilizer!"
Da Fei laughed heartily, "This time we brought lots of good stuff, you can eat to your heart’s content!"
There wasn’t much to say now, bundles of meat chunks were thrown into the river, and the twenty Holy Vines on Nasir, as agile as octopus tentacles, rolled them up one by one!
And with this mere roll, the Ancient Tree immediately sensed something was up and was overjoyed, "I feel the Power of the World Tree! This is Demon Flesh fused with the Power of the World Tree. As long as I consume this flesh, I will immediately become stronger!"
Oh yeah! My efforts, risks, and costs are all worth this moment! I was waiting for this exact statement!
Da Fei exclaimed with surprise, "Will you be able to absorb the curse on the ship once you grow stronger?"
The Ancient Tree’s branches danced wildly with excitement, "I can definitely absorb it, but I can’t guarantee it will be clean! But it’s not a problem, as long as I absorb a part of the curse, your ship will grow a bit. When I become stronger, I can definitely absorb it clean."
Da Fei was overjoyed, "Great, I will wait and see! Once my ship is free to grow, I can take you around the world to devour demons!"
Nasir laughed wildly, "I am also immensely looking forward to seeing what state a tree running all over the world is like. Hero, you are very impressive, I’m sticking with you!"
Wahahaha! What, you think you can turn against me? In the end, the simplest and most direct way to win people over is to treat them to a meal!
Da Fei laughed, "Alright, you eat slowly!"
After being away for a day, Da Fei was very concerned about the situation in the Eight-Headed Snake’s passage, so he took a moment to ride a leaf boat into the passage to observe. And at this look, Da Fei’s heart jumped wildly, seven heads!
Damn, sure enough, the later it gets, the faster they wake up. The final battle is about to come! But I still have the Transport Demon Child matter to handle, I must hurry!
Da Fei returned to the lumber pile on the shore to check the wood messages from Habbit Village in the past two days and found new content!
"Lord City Lord, reporting something that might be good or bad news. We still haven’t detected any demon activity, but the mercury vapor over the Black Forest has completely stopped, maybe this is the demon’s activity. Overall, we can finally log wood around the clock, and we have already logged a fifth of the forest."
A fifth? Da Fei frowned, then asked a Vine Demon present, "How much wood is piled up in the lumberyard now?"
The Vine Demon reported, "Sir, there are another 2000 units!"
Another 2000? Damn, this Eight-Headed Snake must have been hit silly!
Speaking of which, I’ve already shipped out 1500 units ahead of time, Radiant City has a stockpile of 500 units, meaning 4000 units of wood account for a fifth of the forest? Saying the total wood in this Black Forest is 20,000 units, and from the conversation with the Elorin Shipyard owner Comelon, building a giant ship generally requires 3000 units of wood, meaning this huge forest can only build six giant ships, factoring in resource wastage in the shipyard’s research phase, there’s probably not that much, it might not even succeed!
Nah, it must succeed, even if it only makes one ship, I still profit!
At the core, it’s because this Black Forest is all deadwood, an unreplenishable resource. It seems that in the future, I’ll have to go to the New World and grab some forests that can produce giant ship wood. Speaking of which, my ambitions are grand at any time or place.
Now, Da Fei returned to the Flying, the meat tossing continued, and Nasir’s devouring continued. Then Da Fei suddenly found that the Ogre Ogg was sitting on the deck gazing at the sky, with what seemed like flashes of tears in the corners of his eyes, looking very sorrowful yet clear!
My God! Is this the legendary tender-hearted fat man? Indeed, a man’s tears are way more impactful, I admit, I am moved by you!
Da Fei thought about the drop from the BOSS this time, honestly, although Da Fei’s Vice Heroes didn’t have much equipment, anything below S-level equipment no longer caught Da Fei’s eye, probably the biggest treasure was that key. Although the axe’s Attack was terrifying, unfortunately, it was a two-handed axe and conflicted with Da Fei’s Divine Artifact Shield position, so it wasn’t very good, it’s better to reward the employees. As for the other two pieces of Scorpion Demon Armor, leave them for Anlicia and Selvia to use.
Da Fei said to Elena, "In this battle, Ogg really put in a lot of effort both in combat and transporting meat. I want to reward him with the A-level Strategic Giant Axe dropped by the Abyss Lord, what do you think?"
Elena was surprised, "Lord City Lord, this is an A-level strategic weapon! It’s very valuable and precious, even if you don’t need it, you could still sell it. The value of this axe is enough to pay their entire team’s annual bonus."
Well, it seems Elena, being a Dark Elf, is used to poverty, and it’s no wonder that some female Dark Elves would succumb to demonic temptations and whatever. But it’s good this way, after seeing my generosity, whether they become independent in the future or not, they will stick with me loyally!
Da Fei nodded, "Indeed, gifting a hero a fine sword! Specifically speaking, hand it over to you, rewarding it in your capacity as a boss. I think he is a talent worth courting."
Elena laughed, "Lord City Lord is considering everything for me so thoughtfully."
So, Elena called a group of Wandering Heroes to the deck to hold a reward and recognition ceremony, "In this operation, the most outstanding performance was by Ogg, so following the generous Lord City Lord’s directive, the first spoil is awarded to Ogg!"
Everyone gasped in shock, and Ogg’s eyes widened in disbelief, "Awarded to me?"
Elena said sternly, "Indeed, this is only the beginning! As long as everyone performs well in the future, you all can earn rewards. But don’t get carried away, in my opinion, the major victory was entirely due to Lord City Lord and Lady Tachiusu’s strength, you’re just replaceable lackeys, don’t think you’re indispensable, recognize your standing!"
Everyone was silent. Damn! All veteran soldiers aren’t motivated by incentives?
Elena continued her speech, ignoring much else, "Alright, there’s another big battle ahead, your task is just to lead, with those Demon Childs on the shore, but if you can make an additional contribution, there will be extra rewards!"
Everyone responded with an acknowledgment. But Ogg asked, "Boss, I have a question!"
"Speak!"
Ogg grinned, "Can I sell this axe for money?"
Elena replied coldly, "With your intelligence, it’d be normal to sell yourself, don’t bring up money matters in front of me again!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
In any case, with Ogg’s award setting an example, he was no longer melancholic, and the other people’s spirits seemed slightly better. This is the effect I’m after, even though they verbally claim only an employer-employee relationship now, denying any lord-subject relationship, as long as they taste more benefits, like only subjects being granted fiefs or something, let’s see then if they’re willing to submit!
Now, under Da Fei’s eager anticipation, the Ancient Tree finally devoured all of the Demon Flesh, and the once gray-black as charcoal Evil Branch Fortress was now dyed a crimson blood color! Nice, that’s awesome!
Da Fei asked impatiently, "Is the power enough?"
The Ancient Tree laughed hysterically, "Watch me!" Then it wrapped the whole Flying in its twenty giant python-like Holy Vines!
And at the very moment the vines enveloped the Flying, all the vines suddenly burst out with crackling sparks!
"Ah!" The Ancient Tree couldn’t help but emit a painful groan!
Da Fei asked in surprise, "Can’t do it?"
The Ancient Tree trembled, "As expected of a Demon God-level curse power, so pure, so evil, ordinary fertilizer can’t compare, this is the true power I’ve been seeking! I won’t... miss this — Ahhh —"
Sparks were flying, vines were burning, the Ancient Tree was howling in pain, at this moment the Ancient Tree was like hugging a high-voltage line, struggling desperately!
Can it even do it? Just as Da Fei was in shock, Tamilia stepped forward, "Stop!!!"
"Ah!!!" With a howl, all the vines on the Ancient Tree abruptly released, and the gigantic body of the tree sat down with a splash of towering water.
Tamilia said urgently, "Mr. Nasir, the Holy Vine can’t bear it."
Nasir spoke in a muffled voice, "I can’t bear it either! Hero, this is as far as I can go now!"
At this moment, the system prompt sounded a chime!
— System Prompt: The Fire Demon corrosion curse on your Flying has been weakened, the Holy Vine fused on the Flying has its growth suppression reduced, and the Holy Vine Space’s capacity increased by 1000. In the foreseeable future, the Flying will gain a durability cap increase of 30,000 and an increase in ship mana by 1000. The ship’s special skill Dark Domain will have a radius increase of 30 meters. Until the Fire Demon curse is completely removed, the Flying will not continue to grow.
— System Prompt: Your Evil Branch Fortress has been affected by the Fire Demon corrosion curse, and the growth of the Evil Branch Fortress is suppressed.
Holy Vine Space capacity +1000! Double!
Da Fei laughed uproariously! It’s a success, my Flying has finally reached the level of a large transport ship, wahahaha! However, a mere 2000 space capacity compared to the countless living spaces of the World Tree is nothing, I’ve celebrated too early, wahahaha!
Tamilia said joyfully, "Lord City Lord, the Holy Vine has gained growth space again, this time I can definitely fit Nasir on the ship!"
Da Fei laughed so hard he couldn’t contain his chin! The tank transport ship combination finally succeeded, now I can directly transport the Ancient Tree to the Eight-Headed Snake and fight it to death! The most important tank is in position, I fear no demigod!
Tamilia then frowned, "But Nasir is indeed affected by corrosion, before he digests the corrosion power, even if he continues to devour Demon Flesh, he won’t be able to improve."
Nasir spoke in a muffled voice, "Wrong! I can still produce Evil Beetles, which still require Demon Flesh as fertilizer!"
Fine, however you like! After all, the Ancient Tree’s current attribute is already strong enough! As for now, only the final preparations before the decisive battle remain, Transport Demon Childs as cannon fodder! Now the cargo capacity has doubled, two round trips will suffice!
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