Farming with Entries: From Lord to Emperor

Chapter 821 - 374: The Withered Sapling of the Tree of Life

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A moment later.

Cora was helped by the soldiers to stand before Luo De.

"Great Emperor!"

Cora weakly kneeled on the ground, pleading, "Please save my Lord Duke!"

"The ghouls have surrounded the entire Ancient Wood Castle, and they are about to break through the defenses!"

Luo De did not rush to reply.

He sat on the chair, calmly watching the young woman in front of him, and asked, "How many people are left in the castle?"

"Three thousand, Your Majesty."

Cora looked up, her eyes full of anxiety, "They are the elite of the Ancient Wood Duchy! The last hope of the Ancient Wood Duchy!"

"So few people, can they withstand tens of thousands of ghouls?"

Luo De looked at Cora with some surprise, "It seems that those from the Life and Nature Church have some capabilities."

"It’s about to fail, Your Majesty!"

Cora’s weak voice was filled with urgency, "More and more people in the city are turning into ghouls, more are surging towards the castle, and it’s soon going to be untenable!"

In Ancient Wood City, there are roughly sixty to seventy thousand people, even if some fled after receiving news, there would be no less than forty thousand.

If all those people turn into ghouls, Ancient Wood Castle will naturally be in grave danger.

But with so many ghouls, Luo De must act cautiously.

"How did you escape?"

Luo De continued to ask, "My guards report that you relied on long-distance teleportation. Is it a magical item or your own ability?"

"My ability is long-distance teleportation, the furthest distance being three kilometers."

Cora honestly reported, "It can be used continuously, but it will exhaust life."

Luo De looked at Cora’s weakened appearance, understanding that she must have exhausted a large amount of life force to get here,

"Then you should rest well, I will arrange for someone to take care of you."

"Rescuing the Ancient Wood Duke requires discussion with my generals."

"Those necromancers are likely hiding in the corners, I cannot let my soldiers recklessly rush in to take risks."

Cora’s face instantly turned pale, kneeling on the ground uncontrollably, "There’s no time to discuss, Your Majesty!"

"It’s soon too late, if we don’t go now, Ancient Wood Castle will be breached!"

"As long as you can save the Duke, we are willing to pay any price!"

Cora lay on the ground, begging.

But Luo De did not soften his heart because of this.

Luo De could not easily decide to attack a city entirely occupied by ghouls just for the Ancient Wood Duke.

Even if the Ancient Wood Duke submitted to Luo De, he was reluctant to send troops to take risks.

"Alright, let’s leave it at that for now."

Luo De waved his hand, "Serge, take this lady down for a good rest."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The guard replied respectfully.

"Your Majesty Flame Dragon!"

Just as the guard was about to step forward, Cora suddenly spoke,

"Under Ancient Wood Castle, there is a withered life tree sapling."

Cora shouted with all her might, "That is very important, it must not fall into the hands of those necromancers!"

"A withered life tree sapling?"

Luo De had never heard of such a thing, turning his head to look at Vivian.

Vivian understood, bowing her head to contact Avril.

"Life tree is an incredibly powerful magic plant, possessing extremely strong magic power and life force."

"The strongest life tree becomes the magic source and life source of the world, it can even give birth to new life!"

Cora proactively explained, "Even ordinary life trees condense life dew."

"Just one drop can revive someone on the brink of death!"

Cora’s words immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

Luo De felt it was too exaggerated, calmly saying, "These are just legends, right."

"They’re only legends, Your Majesty."

Vivian turned her head, having finished communicating with Avril, explained:

"This world has never seen a life tree, but wizards from ancient times have seen it in other worlds, so there are records."

"A mature life tree, even a sixth-level wizard will fight for it."

"But a withered sapling... its value is unknown." Vivian shook her head helplessly.

Luo De’s gaze fell on Cora, "What use does the Magic and Death Church have for it?"

"Magic and Death Church?"

Cora was momentarily stunned, then realized.

"Emperor, we were all deceived by Lomisa!"

Cora hurriedly said, "She is not a follower of the Goddess of Magic and Death at all!"

"She is a follower of the Goddess of Undead and Vengeance!"

"That goddess is very evil, cruel and vicious, preferring to create undead and manipulate souls!"

Luo De nodded slightly, but to him, whether it was the so-called Magic and Death Church or the Undead and Vengeance Church,

they were all the same, they were all enemies.

"If the life tree sapling falls into the hands of those necromancers, it may become a medium for absorbing the world’s life force!"

Cora continued to explain:

"Necromancers can rely on that life force to continually create undead legions!"

"They might even create powerful undead creatures, reviving the Goddess of Undead and Vengeance!"

Cora’s words shocked everyone, reviving such an evil deity would certainly be a disaster.

But Luo De did not believe Cora, questioning, "Why didn’t you say so earlier?"

"If the necromancers truly go all out to seize the so-called sapling in Ancient Wood Castle, you can’t possibly stop them."

If the life tree sapling is that important, then the ghouls invading Ancient Wood Castle would be in the hundreds of thousands.

"Your Majesty, they don’t know..."

Cora lowered her head in explanation: "But if Ancient Wood Castle falls, the sapling will inevitably fall into the hands of those necromancers..."

"It would be a terrible disaster."