Liu Shu saw Finnian moving around and ordering a retreat, baffling her. She heard everything they discussed, so she understood the reasoning behind it. Still, this situation was new for her. In her experience, even when things looked very unfavorable, their greed and arrogance blinded them to acting in ridiculous manners.
Moreover, this ti, Liu Shu knew that she would probably need to reveal herself if she wanted to fight Finnian. Still, while it was a setback, she didn't think it was that bad.
Of course, those were just her thoughts because she cared very little about who knew and who didn't. Regardless, Finnian deciding not to fight and retreat was a complete miscalculation on her part.
It was more than a miscalculation; she didn't even consider it. 'Do I attack them? If I do, I can change their mind. However, do I want to be attacked?'
The fact that she was even considering it ca as a surprise to Liu Shu. Since the very beginning, she wanted to exist calmly and produce fruits while leveling up at her pace and extending her roots. 'Why did I want to start a war where many people might get hurt or even killed…?'
The World Tree pondered, and because she was 100% honest with her own feelings, she muttered. 'I feel in a hurry to Level Up after seeing Finnian's strength… Oh. I feel rushed? Wow~. I do feel rushed… Since when?' Liu Shu pondered and realized that it had already been a while since she started feeling like this.
'I started when I saw Flor so heavily injured back then. When I woke up to a completely changed situation and people.'
Reflecting on her actions, Liu Shu spoke to Flor. 'Relax, the enemies are retreating.'
Flor was confused, her eyebrows tightly coming together. She whispered. "What do you an?"
Liu Shu answered. "After Finnian couldn't save Eldric, he ca to the conclusion that taking our city would not be as risk-free as he anticipated. The unexpected strength must've forced his opinion to change."
Flor was still surprised. 'Soone as strong as him didn't want to risk it?'
She answered with a mutter. "I see. Did you hear any of their plans?"
Liu Shu humd. "They want to do sothing political or sothing like that in the future. Like, infiltrate the town and beco a powerful underground association." Liu Shu comnted. "Ignatia says that we are lucky and that we should take advantage of this situation by making the Explorer Humans know that we are not helpless little bugs. That we can fight."
Flor nodded with a smile. "I'll tell them, don't worry."
The Rose Fairy Queen didn't waste ti and moved to inform the people who were ready to fight. Her ssage was confusing, but it was a joyous one: They were not going to fight.
The people's morale was quite delicate after learning about the other side's strength. No one wanted to fight against Finnian, after all. Dying from the collateral damage of his blows would not be a strange situation for many of the individuals gathered.
Mariane appeared with a smirk, looking at Eldric's blank face. "Hey, Flor. That boy seems to be in Lalala land. Be careful that you don't lose him completely."
Flor was so happy that they didn't need to fight that she forgot the baggage that she was dragging with her at all tis. "Right. What do we do with him?"
Verdantia took a step forward and said, "Let deal with him. Mom told that we could deal with things between us without the adults interfering."
Eldric looked at Verdantia approaching and snarled. "Don't you dare do sothing stupid, Verdantia! Lord Finnian hasn't retreated! He is trying to deceive all of you! He will appear here when you least expect it and will raze everything to the ground, saving in the process!"
Verdantia sighed. "Sure, sure. Now, will you tell everything that you told the Nexus people, including your lies, so that I can react accordingly?"
Eldric sneered. "Lies? What lies!? That tree over there is a World Tree! How could it give those powerful fruits otherwise!?"
Verdantia rolled her eyes. "Co with ." She summoned a vine, tied his arms, and carried him away.
With that solved, everyone else was told to rest. Taking into account the possibility that what Eldric told them was the truth, they needed to be rested and prepared.
Still, two weeks passed, and there were no visible movents. Not in the sky, not underground.
Wert was inford during these two weeks, so he arrived many days ago to check everything himself. After doing so, he gathered with Flor and sighed. "They are thorough; finding their tracks is almost impossible."
Flor looked at Wert and comnted. "Your personality changes very often."
Wert lifted his eyebrows and looked at Flor. "What do you an?"
Flor humd. "You were extrely wary, but after a few weeks, you are eager to help us.
Wert laughed. "My personality hasn't changed. I am . Do you always stick to one way of acting in front of everything and everyone?"
Flor stated. "That would be too tireso."
Wert snorted. "That's what I am saying. That would be tireso because it is not really you. People just don't act one way. You might be shy in front of soone, but aggressive and outspoken in front of another person."
Wert paused and looked at Flor. "Let's stop the boring conversation and go to the main thing."
Flor blinked. "Main thing?"
Wert asked, his sharp eyebrow moving upward. "So, is the built?"
Flor pointed outside of the window. "That place is where it will go. As you can see, it is still growing."
Wert muttered. "Right, not building but… 'growing.'" Wert chuckled. "Such a miraculous technique."
Flor humd. "It has plenty of drawbacks."
"No need to do that."
Flor blinked. "Do what?"
Wert smirked. "Trying to make it sound less amazing than it is because you fear that I will try to steal your technology."
Flor coughed. "Humans are really sharp."
"Hahaha. Well, not all, but most are sharper than they think they are." Wert sighed. "So people just ignore the signals they see because if they act upon them, they will beco sad."
Wert smiled broadly. "In that regard, humans are worse than a mindless beast."
The Rose Fairy Queen looked at Wert and comnted. "Was that everything you wanted to ask?"
Wert asked. "Are you in a hurry?"
Flor nodded. "Sowhat."
"I see…" Wert sighed. "By the way… I see those two large buildings over there. The and… Endless Library?"
Flor asked, confused. "What's wrong?"
Wert smiled at Flor and asked. "For who did we build those centers? Or, better, what materials did you use?"
Flor answered easily. "Those who we gathered."
Wert's smiled widened, and he nodded. "I see."
Speaking of buildings, Liu Shu took the following months to complete several Low-Ranked houses and upgrade everything else to low rank as well.
Because the structure was not as unique as the
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