Chapter 1796 - 976: Communicating with the Father of Oak (2)
"I’ve already understood the current situation of Yggdrasil."
Silvius said directly:
"Unfortunately, I can’t help her directly right now."
"Since Yggdrasil believes you can, I am willing to trust you."
"You can visit Wilderness City sometime, I’ve left you a gift there."
Saying this, Silvius glanced at Lis and then his figure disappeared right before Lis.
Lis didn’t even have time to react; Silvius left so decisively.
Lis really didn’t understand why this Father of Oak was doing this.
It just seemed that after talking with the World Tree Yggdrasil, his mood had gotten a bit worse.
Lis didn’t pay too much attention to it either.
After all, he was quite clear about the situation of the World Tree; if Silvius wanted trouble, he should go find the Demon Prince Demogorgon.
Silvius still needed Lis to help the World Tree!
However, Silvius mentioned leaving a gift for him in Wilderness City, which made Lis quite curious.
Wilderness City, Lis knew, is the core location of the [Oak Council].
All the members of the [Oak Council] regularly gather there to discuss and vote on important matters of the [Oak Council], and it is also the place to pray to the [Father of Oak].
Since the [Father of Oak] Silvius hardly intervenes in the specific affairs of the [Oak Council], all matters are generally discussed collectively by the members.
Wilderness City, to Lis, was not a familiar place.
In his previous life, Lis could only learn about it through player forums, never having entered there.
Because the rule of the [Oak Council] is to maintain the balance between the world, nature, and living beings.
And to undead players, they are seen as reckless and lawless destroyers.
Thus, the attitude of the [Oak Council] members toward the players was quite poor.
Very few players could join the [Oak Council].
Therefore, very little information about it was made public.
However, for Lis now, Wilderness City is not a particularly mysterious place either.
The [Oak Council] has a good relationship with the Elf Clan, and Lis had gotten quite a bit of information about the [Oak Council] from Elf Country Tirion.
Also, being a World Tree Favored, Lis had previously interacted with [Oak Council] members who invited him to join the [Oak Council].
The [Oak Council] is somewhat akin to the [White Dove Chamber of Commerce] in player groups, not restricting members of other extraordinary forces from joining as long as they adhere to the Council’s rules.
Therefore, the [Oak Council] was quite welcoming toward Lis.
However, Silvius didn’t specify what the gift was, which truly piqued Lis’s curiosity.
After all, as a deity with powerful divine strength, anything from the [Father of Oak] would be exceptional.
Besides, Lis thought it would be something beneficial to him.
Especially after Silvius had seen the World Tree.
Either it would be something helpful for the World Tree or something to aid Lis, helping him better assist the World Tree.
Lis felt his guess was fairly reliable.
However, Silvius didn’t give it to him directly; instead, he had to make a special trip to Wilderness City.
This gift must be quite special.
What could it be?
Lis thought to himself.
After a moment, Lis arrived in the depths of the Floating City.
This is a region shrouded in layers of magic arrays, where powerful elemental magic circulates within the arrays, isolating information within.
Lis directly passed through the magic arrays and entered the space within.
Here, Azus was sitting cross-legged in the space.
Upon sensing Lis’s presence, Azus opened his eyes and smiled at Lis:
"Lis, by the looks of you, seems like there’s no big problem?"
"...See for yourself."
Lis was somewhat speechless and directly projected the process that occurred at the time in front of Azus.
When the God of Conquest appeared, Azus’s expression was still normal.
When Beastman Main God Gush appeared, Azus’s expression instantly became serious.
Noticing when Gush directly strikes, yet was blocked by Lis, Azus looked at Lis with a somewhat peculiar expression.
But when Gush summoned that blood-colored spear, Azus instantly stood up.
He knew well that Gush using this divine artifact meant that Gush was willing to pay almost any price.
Now, there’s truly no way to leave here.
Unless the two [Knowledge] divine positions were thoroughly digested.
And Lis blocking Gush head-on reassured Azus a bit.
Indicating that the price he paid was worthwhile.
To know, the power of the [Fantasy] divine position is also quite important to him.
Being willing to hand this divine position as a price to Lis, Azus was indeed making a deep sacrifice.
However, since Gush used that spear, why did Lis appear unaffected?
Could it be that Gush summoned the divine artifact spear just to scare Lis?
That would be too childish...
And just at this time, Azus saw in front of the projection the appearance of two majestic figures.
Earth Mother Goddess Shangzhiya!
This is... Father of Oak Silvius?
Azus watched in shock at the appearance of the two deities in the projection, finding it somewhat hard to believe.
No!
He was merely stealing a divine position, was it necessary to alarm three deities with powerful divine strength?
How could he deserve such attention!
Just as Azus wanted to continue watching, the projection ended.
What followed was Shangzhiya and Gush discussing the cause of Correlon’s fall, which Lis naturally wouldn’t easily disclose.
"Troublesome."
After a moment of silence, Azus sighed and said.
No matter the reason those two came, it certainly wasn’t to help him.
No matter how Lis managed to fend off Gush, the transaction was complete.
At least for the short term, he didn’t have to worry about the Beastman God System’s attack.
Of course, Azus wouldn’t leave Kane Floating City either.
"Do you need me to hand over the [Fantasy] divine position to you now?"
Azus asked directly.
Originally, the two had agreed that after Azus successfully digested the [Knowledge] divine position, or after being protected by Lis for ten years, Azus would then hand over the [Fantasy] divine position to Lis.
Now, Azus didn’t intend to delay.
This also shows some sincerity!
Azus wasn’t worried about Lis reneging prematurely.
After all, Lis had faced off against Gush directly for this matter; what could show more sincerity?
Moreover, merely handing the divine position over to Lis early wasn’t the same as asking him to give it up now.
After Lis obtained the divine position, he could feel the world rules within but would have to expend immense time to erase its mark if Azus didn’t give it up.
This, for Lis, was also a losing proposition.
"There’s no hurry for that."
Lis shook his head and said.
He’s truly not in a rush because he already has two divine positions in hand.
Getting the [Fantasy] divine position now, he wouldn’t have the energy to study it but would have to find ways to seal it.
Better for Azus to keep it first!
Lis thought for a moment and then asked Azus:
"I do have something I’d like you to help with."
"Go ahead."
Azus said directly,
He now already saw Lis as an existence on the same level, avoiding unnecessary evasion.
"As the God of Knowledge, you’ve always collected a lot of extraordinary knowledge, haven’t you?"
"Could you let me have a look?"
Lis rubbed his hands together, smiling.
"...Alright."
Azus paused but agreed.
Just like in that Divine Art temple, Azus had also collected extraordinary knowledge from other professions, but stored them elsewhere.
This extraordinary knowledge itself wasn’t significant to him; rather, collecting this knowledge was one of the ways he practiced the [Knowledge] rule.
"Additionally, it would be even better if you had some intelligence on certain divine beings."
Lis added.
"...Fine."
Azus thought for a moment and didn’t refuse.
Just as well, he could throw in some Beastman Gods’ minor items.