sbdcsierra Chapter 445 Shadow God?
Chapter 445 Shadow God?
Zhu Hui stepped forward and gave Zhu Su a stiff smile, seemingly a greeting, but his eyes were full of provocation. "Elder, is there something you need in such a hurry to see the Lord?"
"Why did you have to call everyone over? Could it be that your successor has already completed his mission in the north and is eager to ask the master for his reward?" Zhu Hui's lips curled into a mocking smile.
Seeing his expression, Zhu Suo clenched his fist tightly. "What do you mean? Are you doing this on purpose?!"
Zhu Hui waved his hand with a smile, "Elder, what are you saying? Why aren't you happy even though the mission is complete?"
Yes, he did it on purpose, so what? He just wanted to rub salt into Pigs' wounds and let him enjoy it.
The three orcs around them watched the power struggle between the two without saying a word. Piglet was still someone who had a good reputation in front of the adults. They would be crazy to take sides at this time.
Zhu Suo turned his gaze away with a stern face, and clasped his hands in a fist salute, saying, "My lord, the leaders of the southern tribes request an audience!"
At the edge of the cliff, as black as ink, all was silent, and no sound answered him, but the orcs standing there remained unmoved.
"My lord, the chieftain and elder of the Wild Pig tribe have something to report to you!"
Not long after he finished speaking, a wisp of black smoke slowly rose from the cliff, which was as dark as ink. Then, the pile of randomly placed branches on the cliff suddenly and strangely hung in the air. The branches and vines intertwined and twisted, and finally, a tree-man with a body made of branches and vines was created out of thin air.
At that moment, black smoke suddenly rushed into the tree-man, and its originally hollow body slowly became flexible. The tree-man twisted its wrist, and its faceless head turned towards the direction of the pig rope.
A hoarse, dry voice came from the tree-man's head, "Pigro... what's wrong?"
He has already given instructions that no one should disturb him during this period unless there is something important to discuss.
Upon seeing the bizarre tree-man, Pigsock suddenly knelt down and clasped his hands in a fist salute.
"What? Is there any progress on the task I assigned you?"
Hearing him ask this, Zhu Suo lowered his head even further. "I came to see you, sir, because of this very matter."
He pondered his explanation over and over, considering countless possible interpretations, before finally steeling himself and glancing furtively at the treant. "My lord," he said, "I have failed in my duty. Things have changed in the north. The Holy Crystal and the fragments of the Holy Crystal have not been retrieved."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tree-man's vine-covered arm suddenly rushed towards Zhu Suo. Surprisingly, the normally long arm slowly stretched out like a rope, and the fist transformed from tree branches was about to smash straight into Zhu Suo's face.
Seeing this, Zhu Hui smiled gloatingly.
Zhu Suo knelt on the ground, feeling the wind of the punch coming towards him from a distance. He closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the wrath of that person, but to his surprise, the pain did not come as he expected.
Piglet opened his eyes in surprise, only to see a fist just a finger's width away from his nose. Then, the arm, which had stretched to nearly five meters, suddenly contracted, and in the blink of an eye, the tree man was standing in front of Piglet.
"Useless trash, where's Pig Bao? Bring him over here, I, the god, will punish him personally."
"For this fragment of the Holy Crystal, I even sent him a Golden Scorpion Guard, and he still managed to mess it up. What kind of idiot is he?!" The treant swung its other arm outwards, instantly knocking down a large section of the black thorns not far away.
Upon hearing Zhu Bao's name, Zhu Suo's eyes filled with uncontrollable sorrow. "My lord, my successor has died in the north!"
"And all the orcs we sent should have been wiped out by now."
After he finished speaking, the tree-man's head suddenly turned around, the branches creaking loudly. "What do you mean by this? What kind of people could possibly pose a threat to a mere desolate and impoverished place in the north?"
"My lord, I underestimated the North. I originally thought this was just a minor matter, but I never expected that a City of Ten Thousand Beasts would suddenly appear in the North, disrupting all our plans."
The treant retracted its arm, conjuring a vine throne behind its back, and slowly sat down on it. "Ten Thousand Beasts City, what kind of tribe is this? Why have I never heard of it before?"
Pig Suo knelt on the ground and took a few steps forward on his knees. "Sir, Pig Suo used a Light-Attracting Bug before he died. This is all the information that the Light-Attracting Bug sent back."
"That City of Ten Thousand Beasts must have been a tribe that suddenly appeared after the earthquake, so it's normal that our information is not up-to-date."
The treant propped its head up with its vine arms. Although it was a head without facial features, it was exceptionally imposing, making people afraid to look directly at it. "So, has the Holy Crystal fragment already reached this tribe called Beast City?"
"If there are no unforeseen circumstances, then it should be so," Zhu Suo said respectfully, bowing slightly.
"Then send another team of orcs to retrieve the Holy Crystal for me."
"I must obtain this lost fragment of the Holy Crystal. Once I have it, and the three fragments are fused together, I will be able to use more than half of my senses to find out the whereabouts of the other two fragments!"
"Once I've collected all the Holy Crystal fragments, and once I've truly fused them together and absorbed their energy, this orc continent will be my domain!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the leaders of the major tribes who had been standing in front of him knelt down and said in unison, "Shadow God will unify the Orc continent."
The tree-man waved his hand. "Alright, get up, all of you."
"I don't want any more accidents to happen this time, so who among you can help me on this trip?"
His blank black head slowly circled among the orcs, as if choosing a suitable candidate.