Chapter 116 - The Palace Is On The World Tree

At the entrance to the garden, there was an arch that checked people and vehicles to make sure they weren't getting in with anything dangerous, Mu Liang had to hand over his space item for verification.

Fortunately, his space ring was only presented to the verification system as a common accessory, if not, how could he account for so many strange things inside the space ring, things that theoretically shouldn't exist in this universe1.

There were two more arches that had the verification system, before Mu Liang could finally see the structure of the palace, he thought the garden was ridiculously large.

"Below the Garden are the hangars of the security ships and where the Mechas of the imperial guards are there too," Alessandra-066 said, noticing the half-elf's change of mood.

"Do all imperial guards have Mechas?" Mu Liang asked amazed as the Mechas must be gigantic robots and watching the number of imperial guards that were making the perimeter of the garden, he couldn't imagine that there were dozens of Mechas below the garden.

"Not all imperial guards have Mechas, if so the Diablo empire could already be Empire number 1 in the Adriadina galaxy,1 and not even High Elves or dragons could win. There are only ten Mecha and two security ships. The Mechas belong to the main imperial guards and the strongest"

Mu Liang mentally agreed, even so, he was surprised by the information. He didn't forget that there were still two more gigantic Mechas standing in front of the entrance gates in the wall.

"This is tyrannical," thought Mu Liang, remembering the black-colored Mechas with long pointed silver horns, they held swords in the ground and had a firearm tucked into their thigh along with a large knife hidden in their ankle.

The Mechas were like gigantic guards protecting the West Palace, with their shoulders raised and chest proudly out, while their hands were on the hilt of the long sword embedded in the ground, an awe-inspiring and lethal look indeed.

The structure of the palace was finally seen by Mu Liang, who was dumbfounded by the grandeur of the palace.

"Is this a tree?" Mu Liang asked when he saw a gigantic tree that on each branch carried a technological structure that you could see the glow of cosmic energy circulating through the structure.

Like blood-pumping veins, there was something similar to transparent pipes pumping cosmic energy into each structure, the cosmic energy could vary in color, so the sight could be considered quite colorful against the cool, sober-colored structures.

"The elves have the Tree of Life and the Zerg Diablos the World Tree. Not just the Zerg Diablos, but most Zergs have a great cult of nature. The World Tree is a gift from the goddess Ashia shortly after the destruction of the first planet where all Zerg originated"

"Each Zerg species received its own World Tree seed, the Zerg Diablos are trees with dark trunks like onyx and leaves as bright as red maple leaves in autumn... Maple is that kind of leaf here that existed in the old day's humanity on Earth, but which today only exists in university greenhouses for study. The world tree of the Zerg Animalia, on the other hand, has a light brown trunk with beautiful blue leaves like precious stones"

Alessandra-066 spoke and sent images to Mu Liang's brain so his ancient soul would understand what she was talking about.

"Maple trees also give a very distinctive and revered syrup among ancient humans... The production of this syrup is rare due to few Maple trees, so the price can be astronomical"

Alessandra-066 concluded the brief Maple class by showing images of the Syrup and desserts newly discovered by the new humanity, which made Mu Liang hungry.

"It's as if the goddess is presenting them with the strongest characteristics of each species," said Mu Liang after receiving the information and ignoring his hunger for sweets.

"Yes, it's something like that"

"Is each palace made like this?" asked Mu Liang curious, he hadn't been to Emperor Ade's palace, only to the Emperor's winter garden and the Emperor's inner garden, but he hadn't seen such a structure.

"Not exactly, only five palaces were made like this. Every prince who had this kind of palace was someone who was vital to the Diablo Empire. You couldn't see the emperor's palace because there are devices that keep the palaces invisible, obviously, a giant tree would draw the enemy's attention"

The world tree was difficult to grow and was rare, in addition to needing precious ingredients to grow. So it was not feasible that all 10+ palaces were made under the world tree.

"What are the other palaces?"

"The Empress's Palace, the Emperor's Palace, the Crown Prince's Palace, the Palace of the Military General Gyasi and the Palace of the Ex-Princess Regent"

"Shouldn't the second prince have one of these palaces? Who is the former Princess Regent?" Mu Liang asked curiously.

"Well, even if you ask me, how would I know why one of the most important palaces in the empire ended up in Prince Gyasi's hand? I am your system and not the Diablo Empire system" Alessandra-066 said a little acidly. After all, she hadn't fully become an all-seeing, all-knowing X-machine goddess.

"The former Princess Regent was one of the most important women omegas in the history of the Diablo Empire, it was she who commanded the empire while Emperor Kayin and now Marshal Azikiwe was fighting off wars. She created and helped in the education of Emperor Ehione so that he would become one of the most pacifists, just, and concerned emperors..."

Alessandra-066 began to weave long praises about the retired Princess Regent.

"Look over there is a statue of the retired princess regent" Alessandra-066 caught his attention when they were finally approaching the world tree.

The statue was no longer made of bronze, but it looked like a real person with all the finest details, even the colors that made up the piece were exquisite and realistic.

The woman short for the size of today's Zerg Diablos, snow-white hair kept in a tight bun, large eyes with red irises, long lashes, and thick white lashes adorned the woman's beautiful gaze, lips red as strawberries were in a wide smile, in her plump arms was a large book that had runes strange to Mu Liang and the dress was long and white in color with vivid black patterns depicting birds taking flight.

The woman was not slender, she was plump with a hearty face with lovely soft cheeks, dark noble mahogany skin, and a rounded nose, she looked very sweet and approachable.

From her image, she couldn't imagine that this person was the one behind the power in wartime.

"Is the retired princess regent still alive?" Mu Liang asked not only curious, but he really wanted to see such a powerful omega.

"She died in a terrorist attack at the Conference of the 10 Greatest Empires, the conference was in the territory of the Elves of Lagrange more than 60 years ago," Alessandra-066 said with some regret.

Fortunately, Ehione had already ascended the throne at the time, just so the Princess Regent could represent her resplendent empire after years of war and years when the omegas were being underestimated in the Diablo Empire.

Such a tragedy caused Emperor Kayin and Marshal Azikiwe to feel resentment against the elves in general, despite everything having been a great tragedy for several empires and even for the Elves of Lagrange who lost important representatives.

Kayin still had a grudge against the Elves, of course, in the case of Mu Liang who was a half-elf, he still had his reservations, luckily, having part of human genetics made Kayin sympathize with Prince Mu rather than completely dislike with the prince.

Furthermore, Mu Liang was not arrogant like most elves, being so polite and gentle that it made Kayin feel even more sympathy for Prince Mu.

Finally, Mu Liang got of the floating car, he was in front of the splendid world tree, he felt something strange almost a familiarity with the world tree.

"A young elf... Not a half-elf, but he has great sensitivity, I can feel this strange power in his soul... This is a sword... What animal is this? Is it one of the legendary soul-devouring worms? Wow, how can this be so big? How is this half-elf alive then? He seems to have a kind of poor conscience, just a cabin with two bedrooms and a kitchen... Tsk... Tsk... at least the view is beautiful... Hey, this is a very nice tree... I wonder if it is single?" a voice sounded in Mu Liang's mind.

Peach Tree: (????)

The answer is yes, I am single! *blushing*

Mu Liang: (!!!!)

Alessandra-066: (!!!!)

Sword: (!!!!)

Did you hear that?

Both Mu Liang and Alessandra-066 were surprised and spoke at the same time, only to hear a soft, feminine laugh echoing in Mu Liang's mind. Even the sword and panda were agitated as they heard the laughter and speech echo within their master's realm of consciousness.

"Can you young half-elf hear me? Oh, what a pleasant surprise" the female voice that sounded similar to a good grandmother continued speaking in Mu Liang's mind. If you ignore that good grandmother seemed to be flirting with the peach tree.

"Who are you?" Mu Liang asked in alarm. He was thinking that his conscience was an open house and anyone could go in there and go out talking what they wanted.

"Prince Mu? Prince Mu?" Chong Ji and Chen Qian were trying to get the attention of the prince who was looking all over the place in confusion.

"Hohoho, let's talk later, now you look busy," the female voice said getting silent once again.

Chen Qian and Chong Ji were relieved when Prince Mu paid attention to them again but were curious to know what the prince was thinking as he looked around in such surprise.

Was Prince Mu impressed by the setting?