"Because of a fire, a fire that almost burned down the moat forest surrounding the Demon King's City."
"The Demon King Luwaka accidentally caused a catastrophe that almost killed hundreds of dryads on the spot."
Xia Mi frowned, and Lulea also became nervous.
"That was the late stage of the brave people's crusade against Lord Luwaka. I don't remember exactly when it was. It was a very dry late autumn, and they had just experienced a big battle. During the day, the tree spirits exhausted their energy to attack the demon army commander. They reported the situation. After night fell, they basically fell into sleep. It was also a rare time for the Demon King's army to rest."
"It must have been late at night. Master Luwaka came out through the portal deep in the woods."
"Lord Luwaka walked back, beating his waist and lighting a cigarette for himself."
"The weather was particularly dry that night, and Mr. Luwaka forgot to crush the cigarette butts with his shoes. The cigarette butts with some sparks were blown by the wind into the dead leaves aside, causing a fire. By the time the dryads reacted, they had already burned It’s half a forest."
"Because Master Luwaka has done many things that the dryads protested before. Since then, the remaining dryads have all ran away."
"..."
Xia Mi recalled the first time he went outside the Demon King's Castle, and saw the woods that were burned black and had almost no trees.
"It turns out that it was not caused by the war, but by Luwaka's fire? This kind of thing is surprisingly reasonable for him. By the way, the braves have already reached the Demon King's City. Are they still in the mood to go to the Succubus Tea House? Absolutely. You just came back from Succubus Tea House!"
"This kind of thing is normal, right? One person is responsible for the safety of the entire demon clan. When there is no place to relieve stress, he can only secretly smoke alone. Don't men not tell others easily when they are troubled?"
"It's normal! Why can you say this kind of thing so righteously? It was obviously caused by smoking afterwards!"
Luwaka is so obsessed with Succubus Tea House.
When he has the ability, he must try it for himself to see how this succubus is so attractive!
"Don't look at me with this look like "I'm going to die too, too", that's the previous Demon King!"
Xia Mi glanced at the flat golden retriever speechlessly.
Luwaka really used life lessons to help him step on all the pitfalls he could step on.
He really made me cry to death...
"No matter what, it is impossible to sever ties with the tree spirits. The fault of the previous devil cannot be placed on my head. Since you know where the tree spirits are, let's go and find them."
Xia Mi made up his mind.
"Having said that, we should at least make preparations to show that we are a little sincere, Xia Mi."
Lulea pulled Xia Mi's sleeve.
"Indeed. The so-called primacy effect. When you first meet, you must leave a good impression on the tree spirits and tell them that the devil in front of them is definitely not the same as Luwaka."
…
the next day.
Following the guidance of the skeleton, Xia Mi opened the portal and came to a forest a hundred kilometers away. The forest had a variety of tree species. At a glance, he could see more than ten kinds of trees.
"Is this right here?"
"Yes." The skeleton nodded, "I was defeated by the adventure team before and when I was wandering around, I once came here and met a kind-hearted maple tree spirit."
Xia Mi looked at the skeleton.
The skeleton touched the skull proudly.
"Although I couldn't understand the language of the tree spirit, thanks to its help at that time, I was able to rest peacefully for two days. It was an unforgettable and peaceful time. I shared my past with the tree spirit, just like old friends. It’s like drinking wine and talking happily hahaha.”
While recalling the scene at that time, the skeleton led Xia Mi and Lulea deeper into the woods.
Xia Mi slowly looked around, but they were all normal forest scenes, and there was nothing wrong with them.
The Dryad's concealment is very good. When it wants to hide itself, it is basically no different from a normal tree.
After walking around in circles for fifteen minutes, the two of them finally stopped in front of an ordinary maple tree with green leaves.
"Is this here?"
Lulea's jewel-like eyes slowly looked around, and finally landed on the maple tree in front of her, which was about seven or eight meters high, with a lush crown and a trunk as thick as two thighs.
"Well." The skeleton raised his hand to greet the maple tree, "Hi, my dear old man, do you still remember me?"
There was no movement.
"I was the skeleton at that time. Do you still remember me?"
There was no movement.
The skeleton looks like it's talking to the air.
Xia Mi walked forward slowly, came under the canopy of the maple tree, stretched out his hand, and was about to touch the tree, when the entire canopy of the maple tree began to buzz.
Xia Mi opened his eyes slightly in surprise.
Because of the devil's language library, he understood it.
The tree spirit in front of me is talking.
For a moment, he looked at the skeleton with a frown.
"Skeleton, please go farther away, preferably somewhere where we can't see you."
"ha?"
"I don't think of you as a friend at all. When I saw you again, I immediately remembered the painful memories of that time. If I hadn't felt that there was no need for the skeleton to die again, I would have hit you with vines."
"Why, how could this happen..." The skeleton knelt down on the ground in discomfort, looking at Xia Mi with the last glimmer of hope: "Did Sir Xia Mi really hear such hurtful words..."
"Did you use other people's branches to hang stockings to dry? A skeleton was carrying stockings with him. They thought they were pulled from some dead body. They were so disgusted that they almost wanted to cut off the branches."
"But didn't the tree spirit resist at that time? We obviously spent such a quiet two days."
"That's because I found out that you are Luwaka's personal skeleton. Although I don't understand why you have such a position, thinking that you are Luwaka makes me feel that everything is possible. I immediately felt that you are very troublesome, so I planned to keep pretending to be dead until I wait. You should leave immediately."
"No, it can't be..."
The skeleton, which had been happily explaining its memories to the two of them just now, crumpled into a ball.
He didn't expect to meet a tree spirit... Although the maple tree spirit in front of him complained about him, Xia Mi felt that the tree spirit was not very hostile to him.
[Those who can understand the words of the tree spirit must be either an elf, a devil, or a demon envoy who has given the tree spirit the language of the devil~]
[Good morning to that lovely blond elf lady over there~]
"good morning."
Lulea became surprised and walked over slowly.
[Although I don’t know why you brought that skeleton here~ But it must be an experimental subject captured by the elves~ It’s better not to come into contact with it~ It might get sick~ You can kill it~]
"Lord Xia Mi! No matter what! I still have a good impression on the tree spirit!"
Unwilling to be defeated in the few highlights of his solo adventure, the skeleton stood up, put his hands on the ground, and looked at Xia Mi longingly.
"No, not at all." (Emotionless)
[What about you, the black-haired boy? Although your hair color is wrong and you don’t have pointed ears, it makes the dryad feel strange~ but the weak natural affinity exuding from your body will not deceive the dryad~]
【You are also an elf~handsome black-haired boy~】
[Obviously the elf lady’s natural affinity is stronger~ but inexplicably I like the smell of you more ~ elf boy~]
Xia Mi paused.
"Hello……"
【Hello~elf boy~】
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