Chapter 94: Treyni

"What is the deal?" Treyni asks, slightly raising her eyebrow.

"If I save you, you have to become my servant. Your dryad friends will follow you to my kingdom making them my citizens. So what is it… Treyni?" I say, unable to hold back a smile.

This woman was powerful. She may be a glass cannon but if she attacks from afar, she can be devastating in battle. I want that power for my kingdom… not only to survive the [Mountain of Twilight] but also to survive in this plane.

"Can we have 5 minutes to think about it?" Treyni requests.

"Sure," I say before crushing the metal chains with all my strength, causing Treyni to fall to her knees.

I then walk to the corner of the room playing with my summons.

…

"I don't think you should do it, my queen. Do you see her eyes? This is a deal with the devil," the young dryad whispers.

"I'm afraid she might kill all of you if I refuse,"

"It's okay my queen. I'm confident we can take her down," The naive young dryad whispers.

"Foolish child, she broke the chains with her bare hands instantly, when we couldn't even do it for the past 300 years *cough* *cough* *cough*,"

Damn, I don't have much time left.

"My queen, please don't take it," the young dryad begs.

"It might be time for us to move on from the forest anyway. Even though I'm mother nature, that doesn't mean I have to be connected to nature to protect. Plus we could use her help, I had insufficient power to protect this forest and with her power, we could protect more than just here," I say looking down, remembering how powerless I was, when the wolf attacked us.

"B-but you don't know what she might put you through. I-if your here servant she can make you do whatever you want,"

"It's fine. As long as I can continue protecting nature and the dryads, I would even happily be her slave," I say, failing at clenching my hand.

I had long lost feeling in my body so without this woman's help, I would rather die. I can't move, only talk and move my eyes. The miasma is slowly corrupting my mind, the unfamiliar feeling of anger has been slowly building up inside of me.

I cursed the deer guardian but was never angry until a purple haze started to form in the room. Sometimes the haze would enter my eyes, causing them to go bloodshot, showing me pictures of the dryads suffering, while I was chained up in this dungeon… powerless once again.

…

"So, have you come to a decision?" I ask.

"Yes, I agree to be your servant if you can help out the dryads. I know I'm not in the position to ask for one more request, but can you please help me protect nature," Treyni requests.

Of course, she wants to protect nature. The only problem is, that's not possible with her current power. If she wants to protect nature not only on this mountain but the rest of the plane, she needs to grow stronger, or… she can just have somebody help her.

Pretty smart plan… but she needs to know who's the one using who.

"Don't bullshit me. I won't take orders from my servant. You request for my help and I'll consider it," I say placing my face right in front of hers.

I could sense fear radiating from her, as she took glances into my eyes.

"O-okay,"

"Okay what? What do you call me?"

"M-master… Yes, master," Treyni whispers.

"Alright,"

[Would you like to make [Treyni] your servant?]

Yes…

…

[Congratulations! [Treyni] is now your servant]

[Would you like to name her?]

No

[Servant Treyni will keep her name]

I snap my fingers signaling my phoenix to use [Ichimei] on Treyni's body. Without hesitation, the phoenix opens its mouth and shoots warm, noble, white flames that enveloped Treyni. The dryad looked in horror as she saw her queen go up in flames but quickly figured out what was happening.

The white flames that radiated off her, helped clear the room from its thick miasma. Soon, Treyni was cleared of all her miasma and the purple mist that enveloped the room had long disappeared. She stood up, radiating a kind, green light.

Her face shifted into a permanent warm smile that could comfort anybody. Now I knew… this was Mother Nature. Not only did her smile represent a mother but the aura she radiated made me feel like I was back in my mother's arms. The light green eyes that seemed dim before, were now bright and her pupils had shifted into a white cross.

"Shall we go… master," says Treyni, looking at me with a warm smile.

I swear I felt my heart skip a beat as she looked at me. I had to quickly gather my thoughts before saying another order.

"I'll lead the way to my kingdom. Make sure to gather all the dryads you reign over before we leave," I say, trying to hide my blush.

"As you wish, master," Treyni says, deeply bowing before gesturing for the dryad to follow her.

"... Fuck… She's too beautiful," I mutter under my breath.

We all walked up the spiral staircase and were blinded by the bright sun. Treyni had tears streaming down her face as she saw the dryads that ran towards her. There were some she recognized and some that were new but she accepted all of them, telling them that I was her savior.

The environment reacted as well, forming a long green dress made entirely of plants. The rest made a wave of vines follow behind her, forming arches once in a while to shield her pale skin from the bright sun.

It took about 2 hours to round up the dryads which in total, was about 600 dryads. Not long after we confirmed that was the last of them, we set off for my kingdom. While we were walking through the forest, I also asked Treyni some questions about how she ended up chained under a tree.

"Treyni, how come you couldn't break those chains. Couldn't you have just used magic?"

"I was unable to use magic since the chains were made from a special stone called the magic absorption stone. There is another stone similar to it, called the strength absorption stone," Treyni responds.

"How did you lose to the deer guardian? You seem much more powerful than her,"

"She attacked me when I was in a weakened state. I had just started to recover from a stalemate battle with the wolf guardian. We were on pretty good terms until the day she came to attack my home. We lost thousands of dryads that day and I still regret my powerlessness at that moment.

Though, I don't know why she changed all of a sudden. I could only guess the deer guardian, who wasn't a guardian at the time, manipulated the wolf into believing something about me," Treyni says, her warm and kind aura, slightly wavering before returning to normal.

"Last question, how do you even become a guardian?"

"It is surprisingly simple. You just have to eat the corpse of a previous guardian. You don't even have to kill the guardian to become the next guardian, just eating the corpse is sufficient.

You will then receive a title that suits your species and your growth will become 20x faster. They don't get an instant power boost but an increased growth rate that is just like that of the great spirits," Treyni says.

"I see… do you have any questions about me or my kingdom?" I ask.

It was pretty easy to sense since her curiosity was overflowing. I mean a monster that is stronger than the guardians isn't even a guardian, of course, she would be even the slightest bit curious.

"I-I have many questions. I hope master doesn't mind,"

"Ask away," I reassure.

"T-then… this may be rude of me, but may I see your status," Treyni asks.

"Sure," I say, pulling my status in front of her.

[Would you like [Servant Treyni] to see your status?]

"Yes,"

『Status』

[Name: Arpious]

[Race: Lamassu of Ancient Fires]

[Status: Calm]

[Servants: 6]

[Subordinates: 7]

[Pets: 1]

[Level: 39/100]

[HP: 700/700 MP: 500/500 SP: 500/500]

[Strength: 170 (+5) (+25) (+25) (+25) (+60)]

[Defense: 170 (+5)]

[Magic: 170 (+25) (+25) (+25) (+40)]

[Speed: 170 (+5) (+25) (+25) (+25) (+40)]

[Luck: 2]

[Charisma: 50]

[Skills: [******] [Forbidden Magic: Zeus's Nimbus] [Mind Magic] [Poison Immunity] [Disease Immunity] [Virus] [Forbidden Magic: Medusa] [Fire Immunity] [Lightning Resistance] [Inspect] [Gluttons Stomach] [Concentration] [Evolution Switch] [Gold Manipulation] [Concentration] [Assimilation] [Lavas Will] [Heightened 5 Senses and More] [Summon: Blood Minion] [Forbidden Magic: Hermes] [Blood Devouring Army Enhancement] [Tangible Bloodthirsty Aura] [Vampiric Blood Mist] [Pain Immunity] [Invisible Grand Flying Sense] [Ancient Reproduction Art] [Summon: Slime Weapon] [Mystic Arm and Leg] [Summon: Phoenix] [Body Modification: Deer Overlords Antlers] [Body Modification: Bloodline of the Overlord Deer] [Body Modification: Wolf Overlords Teeth] [Body Modification: Bloodline of the Overlord Wolf] [Queen Overlords Dominating Presence] [Domain of the Dark Garden] [Summon: Walking Jungle Hydra] [Twilight Magic] [Night and Day Enhancement] [Weather Manipulation: Wind, Rain, and Sun] [Summon: Overlord Deer] [Summon: Overlord Wolf]

[Body Modification: [Mark of a Berserker] [Great Wings of the Cursed and Blessed Lamassu] [Cursed and Blessed Tattoos] [Incinerating Tail of the Cursed and Blessed Lamassu] [Piranhas Spiny Fin Wings] [Bat Wings] [Dark Phoenix Bloodline with Increased Vitality] [Aquatic Body] [Monster of Monsters Body]

[Mastered Weapons: [Scythe]

[Soul Equipment: [Fire of Deaths Sword: Raiu] [Fire of Deaths Armour: Araes Dress]

[Equipment: [Queens Crown] [Green Ring of Twilight] [Purple Ring of Twilight] [Blue Ring of Twilight] [Shark Scythe]

[Titles: [Blessed by the ********* Spirit of *************] [Savage Assassin] [Heartless] [Blessed by a Star] [Chief of the Fire Harpies] [Blessed by the Overlord Spirit of Curses] [Blessed by the Phoenix Mountain Guardian] [Blessed by the Overlord Spirit of Blessings] [Strong Willed] [Savage Monster (Humans Killed (0/200)] [Cursed by Mother Nature] [Blessed by the Moon]

…

"Wow! Master is so strong! A-and how do you have so many skills… and body modifications… and blessings…" Treyni says, shocked by my seemingly endless status.

"It's a secret for now. I'll tell you later, once I start to fully trust you. You won't betray me… right?" I ask, placing my finger under her chin.

"I-I would never betray you, Master. I am deeply indebted to you," Treyni says, bowing deeply.

Omg… she's too pretty. I can't. I can't… I need to stop blushing... I have wives and I'm about to have kids…

"Oh, we're finally here," I say, trying to distract the dryads and Treyni from my blushing face.

Just in time.