Chapter 471 - Heartless Response
The numerous tree roots shot after the escaping Elf King from every direction. However, the Elf King easily evaded every single attack with his agile maneuvers in the air, weaving through the gaps in between the tree roots.
The tree roots collided with each other, but they did not shatter into fragments like brittle wood. Rather, they branched off, splitting apart to form dozens of smaller sub-roots before shooting after the Elf King.
In a matter of moments, the few dozen roots were transformed into thousands of sub-roots after several collisions and formed countless large nets after tangling themselves.
However, these large nets connected and formed an enormous cage that trapped the Elf King inside.
"Dammit!"
King Erendriel shot straight into the cage's wall, intending to break through the enclosure with brute force!
Bam!
He struck the wall of roots with all his strength, shaking the root cage mildly before being repelled by the counterforce of the rebound!
The enormous Elder Tree's tree roots have been reduced to the thickness of a human finger and might seem easy to break due to its lowered defense.
However, the weaving and intertwining of countless sub-roots actually raised its defensive strength to a higher level than its former shape and created an unbreakable cage!
Shortly after the Elf King was bounced back the counterforce, the Guardian Spirit began to tighten its countless sub-roots, shrinking the unbreakable cage in size.
With nowhere to go, the Elf King's movements were quickly restricted and bound by the sub-roots like some object wrapped in many layers of rubber bands that formed a ball.
"Uwarghhh!" King Erendriel roared.
He tried to resist and break free but to no avail. His efforts were futile.
"Good girl."
Leon nodded with a smile and tossed the supreme-grade spirit stone over to one of the Guardian Spirit's spare tree roots.
The Elder Tree caught the supreme-grade spirit stone with joy and quickly absorbed all the Spirit Energy in an instance before writhing in pleasant delight.
Meanwhile, Supreme Elder Haldir was dumbfounded by the change of events.
He made his way over to Leon with a puzzled look and asked, "Young prince, what exactly is going on here? Why does it seem like the Guardian Spirit adores you? Just what did you give it?"
"I gave it a supreme-grade spirit stone, formed from the purest of Spirit Energy that the World Tree produces." Leon casually explained.
Supreme Elder Haldir was startled.
He had been to the World Tree and sensed the overflowing richness of life that the World Tree gives off.
However, he did not expect that the vast amount of Spirit Energy could become so concentrated, it would crystalize into a solid form.
"Don't tell me, this 'supreme-grade spirit stone' was made by you, young prince?"
"That's right, I was the one who created it. Otherwise, it would take tens of thousand years before a supreme-grade spirit stone is formed naturally."
Leon admitted.
Once again, Supreme Elder Haldir was astounded by Leon's means.
Shortly after, Supreme Elder Haldir glanced at the tightly bounded Elf King before he asked, "What do you plan to do with Elf King, young prince?"
"What do I plan to do with the Elf King, you ask? Nothing." Leon shrugged and said, "Since this your tribe's problem, I should leave it to you on how you want to handle it, Marquis Haldir."
"Understood, young prince."
Supreme Elder Haldir nodded.
If Leon killed the Elf King, it would cause a rift in the relationship between humans and elves. This runs counterplan to what they were trying to achieve after integrating the elves into human society.
"Stop the fight!"
"Supreme Elder, we have come to assist you!"
A group of 8 Elders suddenly rushed over before they paused and looked around. After a moment, they looked back at Supreme Elder Haldir in the skies with confusion and asked, "Where's King Erendriel?"
"Aren't you guys a bit late in coming forward to help?"
Supreme Elder Haldir wrinkled his brows with displeasure before he said, "King Erendriel is right over there!"
The Elders gazed at the round top of the pillar made from tree roots in the distance. Shortly after, they discovered a person hidden inside with only his face revealed on the surface.
Their exaggerated expressions of being dumbfounded made Leon rolled his eyes. These cowardly old fogies were obviously pretending not to know anything when they already do.
"If you're done being stupid, then hurry up and go help the tribesmen!" Supreme Elder Haldir growled.
"Y-Yes, Supreme Elder!"
The Elders were immediately startled into action and quickly left.
Leon shook his head and commented, "The higher-ups in your tribe seems rather hopeless, Marquis Haldir."
"Haiz…" Supreme Elder Haldir sighed and said, "Years of peace and lavish lifestyles dwindled the spirit of their past selves. The older one ages, the more they cling to life..."
Leon nodded in agreement before he suddenly recalled something and said, "Do what you must do and let us talk later, Marquis Haldir. There's something I need to check on."
"Alright."
Shortly after Leon excused himself and descended towards one of the big crevices on the surface, Supreme Elder Haldir glanced back at King Erendriel with a cold glint.
"Now, what should I do with you?"
At the same time, Aria flew over with Faelyn on the back of her ice-lightning sword before Faelyn quickly asked with an anxious look, "Supreme Elder, may I asked you plan to do with my father?"
"I will kill him. But before that, there are some things that I need to find out from King Erendriel." Supreme Elder Haldir frowned for a moment.
The colors in Princess Faelyn's eyes quickly dulled with a look of sorrow.
Although she had expected such an answer from the Supreme Elder, she was still sad to hear the Supreme Elder's death sentence.
"May I have a few moments with my father first, Supreme Elder?"
Supreme Elder Haldir paused for a moment before he nodded, "Alright, but make it quick."
"Thank you, Supreme Elder." Faelyn curtsied gratefully.
Shortly after, she turned towards her father and asked, "Why have you become like this, father? Why did you go against the Supreme Elder and cause such a huge mess in the tribe? Do you have any idea how many tribesmen have died because of this?"
"Why does that matter? They are just bottom feeders anyway. Their lives are inconsequential to ours." King Erendriel gave a heartless response.
Although a smile was hung on King Erendriel's face, he was emotionless, causing Princess Faelyn to only feel coldness in her heart.
Was this still the father she knew? Why does it feel like her father's mentality has been twisted into someone different entirely?