Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1140

Chapter 1140 Odd Neighbors Part 2

Phloria walked to the entrance, finding that it had no door.

She knocked on the wall, drawing the curious looks of those still on the ground floor. A humanoid figure appeared out of the vines that comprised the door’s frame, taking the appearance of what looked like a bush shaped like a man by an expert gardener.

He was a Thorn, the plant folk born from bushes, that she had met back in Kulah and Laruel. They had no definite form and could shape their bodies at will as long as they didn’t exceed their mass.

"Are you lost? The human district is quite far from here." He tried to sound as calm and reassuring as he could, even taking a form that the stranger could better relate to.

"Thanks for your concern, but I’m not lost. I’m your new neighbor, Phloria, and I’ve come to say hi." She offered her hand, yet her polite gesture received a contemptuous sneer from all those present.

"My name is Klodran. Welcome to my Garden of Knowledge, Phloria, but don’t do that anymore. No one likes to be examined with Invigoration at the first meeting and many are not as forgiving as I am." He replied while inviting her to come in.

"I’m so sorry, I wasn’t trying to examine you. I’m new here, like real new. Just a few hours. How did you know I’m an Awakened?" Phloria turned to a shade of purple while trying to explain her blunder.

"You are not afraid of us and you are far from the human district, so you’re bound to be Awakened. Your ignorance about our customs would explain why you keep looking around trying to make sense of this place." Klodran said for his guests to hear.

Once they were reassured that the human harbored no ill intentions, they resumed what they were doing. Some read books while others had vines coming out of the walls connected to their ears.

"What’s a Garden of Knowledge?" Phloria asked.

"The fall of the human race on Jiera brought disorder in the balance between the races. Without them, monsters encounter no resistance when pillaging the lands to increase their numbers, beasts have no way to learn magic if not by studying, and us plants have lost our only source of entertainment." He sighed.

"Beasts are good at many things, but arts aren’t among them. Without the humans, plant folks lack the social interaction we need to not devolve into mindless predators. Your society helped those like me to find purpose in their lives.

"To stop monsters from reaching a number we can no longer contain we need more Emperor Beasts, but only a few magical beasts manage to evolve each year. With the sudden increase of our enemies and so much land to cover, the survival rate of young Emperor Beasts dwindles.

"Gardens are places where beasts and plant folk come to study magic up to tier four freely, in the hope to increase their chances of Awakening or at least their combat prowess.

"We also have a great collection of music and art pieces we’ve managed to salvage from the ruins of most big cities."

"Is that what those vines are for?" Phloria pointed at the several beasts with their ears plugged.

"I wish. Each book is written in a different language and there are so many languages that translating and printing each book in all languages is impractical. It’s much easier to have the translation read out loud and stored inside a magic crystal." Klodran said.

With their regenerative abilities, they had no fear of death, but the lack of social interaction made them cold and cruel. _{freewebnovel.cσ๓}