Supreme Magus novel Chapter 818

Chapter 818 Utopia Part 2

Packing and moving the devices took priority, so they had cleaned most of the mold before escaping, sure that without the proper care and with the treehouse’s natural healing abilities the little pest would die before the next sunrise.

Luck, however, was a fickle mistress.

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The following morning, Lith was sad while looking Kamila warp away. It had taken her and Solus quite an effort to not let Jirni’s words making him stay up all night in a fit of paranoia.

Lyta was even sadder since she had spent the night alone. She couldn’t fathom why everyone had turned her offer for company down, even Jirni.

Once they reached the laboratories, they discovered that Marth had never left. He looked almost as bad as when he was Headmaster and had a frenzied look in his eyes.

"Is it morning already?" Was his reaction when he saw them step out of the dimensional door. "I need to take a nap, but first I must bring you up to speed. Things have gotten quite hectic since you left."

Marth explained to them how the team he had sent to the treehouse had discovered nothing about the plague, but had confirmed all of Lith’s group speculations.

"Ever since we collected scans of the residual images of Erlik’s devices, the Forgemasters from all the four countries are studying the runes to understand what their function is." Marth said.

"Four?" The question was on everyone’s lips, but Quylla beat the others to the punch.

"Forgetting about the plant kingdom, even though you’re in one of its cities is rude even for a human, child." A cold voice came from one of the nearby desks, where several samples of the injured treehouse had been placed in crystal cases.

A fourth team was busy examining all the collected data and despite the fact that they all looked human, they were actually plant folk. Their leader was Leannan the Titania herself, ruler of the city-state of Laruel, and emissary of the World Sapling.

Marth tried to break the awkward silence that ensued by introducing Quylla and her group to the leader of the plant folks.

"Sovereign Leannan has decided to join us in the search for a cure since Erlik keeps hiding." The Professor said.

"I’m impressed with how quickly you human work as much as I am with your lack of manners. For a species who cares about appearances the most, is quite the contradiction." Leannan dropped the human form she had assumed to not scare her guests and reverted to her real body.

She looked as if a giantess had been fused with several kinds of different plants. Leannan was over 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with wheat blond hair, light green eyes, and slightly long pointy ears.

Her skin, or at least the little of it that was visible except that on her face, was pearly pink. She wore a sleeveless dress made of vines that covered everything under her collarbone.

Several branches came out from the back of her head and a thick bunch of leaflets circled around her forehead, giving the impression she wore some kind of tribal tiara. She wore brambles around her neck that yet didn’t do her any harm.

Leannan’s neck, shoulders, and arms were exposed, and covered with what would look like complex tattoos to a layman, but Lith recognized them as runes. Small branches also grew on her forearms, where her skin was mostly bark covered in ivy.

Her hands had slender fingers ending with long nails that together with the wrinkly appearance of the wood and their darker color made them look like belonged to a much older woman. _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}