Chapter 14

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“A few days ago, I borrowed two books from you.”

Chris reminded him, watching Robert’s eccentric reactions.

Robert slapped his thigh abruptly. “I remember now. You’re the elf who loves to read. No wonder the Elf Queen sent you here.”

As if he understood something, Robert waved his hand at Chris. “Come with me. From today onwards, you’ll be my apprentice, helping me take care of the books at the Ancient Tree of Knowledge.

“Among the young elves, you are the one who comes here the most frequently.

“You have read most of the books on the first ten floors, right?”

Chris nodded. “Other than some special books, I have read most of them.”

“Okay, since you have read all of them, I won’t introduce them to you.” Robert brought Chris to the eleventh floor.

“This is a record of the elven elders’ experiences. Read more when you have time.”

After Robert finished speaking, he seemed to remember something. “I heard from the Queen that you don’t seem to have any talent in magic. However, these books can help you cleanse your mind, so there are still some benefits.

“Everything here is not open to the public.

“Therefore, you have to guard this place strictly.”

At this point, Robert’s voice paused. “Although you are an apprentice, you have to take responsibility. Every day, you must count and organize the books. If you are tired, I will allow you to rest for an hour and read the books.”

Robert brought Chris around to familiarize himself with the Ancient Tree of Knowledge, floor by floor.

Finally, they returned to the management office.

After he settled some matters, Chris began to organize the books. During his usual rest, he would read some of the elders’ experiences and anecdotes.

Thus, as time passed, Chris stayed in the Ancient Tree of Knowledge for three months.

During these three months, he read a lot of books and learned a lot of things.

His understanding of magic became more thorough.

In addition, the Ancient Tree of Knowledge also contained many secrets of the continent.

It also recorded many secrets from beyond the continent. In addition to the three main races, there were also the dwarves that Robert had mentioned when Chris first arrived at the management office.

This kind of immersion in the sea of knowledge made Chris feel particularly enriched and fulfilled.

Every day, there were different discoveries and different surprises.

This morning, Chris arrived at the Ancient Tree of Knowledge’s management office early as usual.

When he was sorting out the books, he was stopped by Robert who had just returned from outside.

“Chris, there’s no need to sort out the books for now. I’ll take you somewhere.”

Chris was slightly taken aback. He looked at Robert’s somewhat solemn gaze and followed him.

The two of them passed through the dense forest. Under Robert’s lead, the two of them came to a place that Chris was familiar with. It was the cave that grew at the back of the altar.

“Don’t just stand there. Quickly, follow me inside.” Robert was the first to enter the cave.

Chris followed behind. He looked around and saw the traces he left from back when he was experimenting with magic. His gaze was filled with doubt.

‘Why did Robert bring me here?’

“Do you see the pillar up ahead?” As Chris was musing away, Robert pointed at the stone pillar in the middle of the cave. His expression was solemn.

The stone pillar was more than ten meters tall. Its entire body was white and there was a mysterious mural carved on it. It seemed to be depicting a terrifying magical beast.

The beast’s body was covered in scales. It coiled around the pillar and held its head high. It stood at the top of the pillar, emitting a powerful and domineering aura.

Chris had noticed this stone pillar when he first came here.

At first, when he saw such an eye-catching pillar, he thought there would be something hidden inside. After probing it a few times, he failed to elicit any reaction from it.

Eventually, he gave up.

Now, under Robert’s lead, he saw this strange stone pillar again.

Could there be some secret hidden inside?

Chris sensed that this might be related to the druids that the Elf Queen had mentioned last time.

“You’ve stayed in the Ancient Tree of Knowledge for quite some time, and you’ve read a lot of books. You should have some understanding of the bloodline power of the orcs, right?”

Chris nodded in response to Robert’s question. “The orcs can’t cultivate combat aura, nor do they have any magic talent, but they have their own advantages. They have a strong physique and bloodline power. The stronger the bloodline, the stronger their strength.”

In the Orc Kingdom, orcs with Saint-level bloodlines were the most powerful existences. Their bloodlines were equivalent to human Saint-level powerhouses.

Hearing Chris’s answer, Robert nodded. “You’re right.”

“Actually, among us elves, we once had a bloodline training secret technique that was not inferior to the orcs’.”

“The elves had something like that too?” Chris did not expect that the elves had such a deep foundation.

He really had no idea about this because the books did not describe any of this in detail.

“Sigh!” Seeing Chris’ reaction, Robert sighed, as if recalling a distant memory, “A thousand years ago, we elves were the number one clan. We had established a powerful elven empire. At that time, our elven empire was the overlord of the continent.

“Later, the Lich King came into being. To defend against the undead army, our elven kingdom was torn apart.”

It was also during that battle that one of the elves’ most powerful forces was almost completely annihilated.

Chris suddenly remembered reading in one of the ancient scrolls that countless druid warriors had been killed or injured in order to stop the powerful undead army.

“Could this old man be a druid warrior?”

No wonder he could not sense any aura from Robert’s body.

Sure enough, just as Chris figured it out, Robert, who was standing at the side, suddenly roared. His hunched body made cracking sounds.

Under the weak moonlight, Chris could clearly see that Robert, who was hunched just a moment ago, had mysterious runes flashing all over his muscles.

In the blink of an eye, Robert had turned into a three-meter-tall monster with sharp teeth.

Chris was stunned.

However, after transforming, Robert did not realize how terrifying he was. He even made a few poses towards Chris from time to time.

His eyes flickered slightly, as if he was showing off his strong body.

Chris smiled awkwardly and said tactfully, “Um… Mr. Robert, can you change back first? I’m not used to your current state.”

Robert laughed twice, and his body began to shrink before returning to its original size.

Chris seemed dazed, so Robert thought that he was shocked by his overwhelming visage.

“Don’t envy me. In a short time, you’ll be like me, a glorious druid warrior.”

“Ah!”

Chris was stunned. ‘I’m a handsome elf, but you want to make me into a monster as ugly as you are?’

His heart refused.