Captain Aster’s crew was just one of the many crews of the Woodmen army out in the Ancient Forest scouting Rotmen movement and attacking their outposts. Captain Aster’s destination with his crew was a Rotmen military outpost. It was safe to say that the Rotmen already colonized the full Ancient Forest. The only areas that they dared not venture into were the locations that were under the influence of the roots of the mighty World Tree. These locations were full of immense vitality energy, and Rotmen hated it. Apart from these few locations, the other areas were Rotmen infested. Along the way, the crew met different groups and even sometimes, hordes of Rotmen but they refrained from engaging them in battle. Noticing the Spider’s confusion, Captain Aster explained. “All these Rotmen you see are Dust Stage Rotmen, and the Rotmen have hordes of them”. “They are not worth our energy and time to attack them”. “To the Rotmen, they are just canon fodder tasked with the important task o
When Elliot first heard the term Rotmen military outpost, his brain already cooked up a lot of outlandish scenarios but nothing he thought up prepared him for what he saw after finally seeing a real Rotmen military outpost. Most of the military outpost consisted of a series of interconnected tunnels underground, only a giant mound of rot stayed at the surface. There were at least a hundred Rotmen in this outpost. Apart from the normal Rotmen that moved back and forth, carrying some black substances filled with rot into the tunnel and back, what caught Elliot’s attention the most was the giant Rotmen. If normal Rotmen only looked like it, to Elliot, these guys were the true Frankenstein’s monsters. Mostly with thick dry gray skin, these giant Rotmen with deformed faces were at least 3 times bigger than the regular Rotmen. Some of them had gigantic chains tied to their bodies that were connected to sledges through which even more of these black substances were transported into the
Unlike the Rotmen that mostly had dark and decay affinities, the Woodmen mostly had affinities for wood, light, and any of the 4 main elemental affinities except fire since it was lethal against wood and the forest.Captain Aster had a magic affinity for wood.He didn’t use it during the battle against the Nightfang Cat due to his fear of attracting the attention of the giant Cat’s master.The other members of his crew didn’t use their affinities either.But this time, it was different.This time, they were in enemy territory. It didn’t matter if they caused a commotion or not since all their enemies were gathered in one place.Thud! Thud! Thud!As the 11 Woodmen charged forward to engage the Rotmen in battle, trusting the directives of the Spider, Elliot, they witnessed something shocking.The Rotmen were mostly brainless and brawn combatants who always relied on their numbers and conceited feeling of superiority in battle to fight.The Woodmen had clashed against Rotmen countless ti
[Congratulations! You have killed a Rotmen General!][You have gained XP!]…[You have fulfilled the requirements to level up!][You have leveled up!][Congratulations! You are now a level 6 Juvenile Marburg Virus!][Your attributes have increased…]…[Your power has increased by 1.5][Your speed has increased by 2][Your mind has increased by 1.2][Your toughness has increased by 1.5][Your luck has increased by 5][Your health points have increased by 3][Your mana points have increased by 15][Congratulations! The effective range of your wildfire transmission has experienced a minor increase by 10 meters!][Remark: A virus; the deadly stigma that eats with time!]…Elliot was amazed as he looked at the figures presented by his system.When he leveled up in his Diving Bell Huntsman Spider form, the increase to his base attributes were much higher than what he experienced in his Juvenile Marburg Virus form, the only difference were 2 attributes.Compared to in his Diving Bell Huntsma
Rotmen military outposts across the Ancient Forest of Gilmer were many. But they were ranked according to the level of their rot cores. Military outposts closer to the core of the Rotmen Civilization, the Rot Dungeon had rot cores with far more potent energies than new outposts that were created as the Rotmen army expanded with victories against the Woodmen. And most times, these old military outposts were manned with the strongest Rotmen who were veterans of many wars against the Woodmen. The outposts at the periphery mostly don’t have Rotmen Generals guarding them and if they had one, they were the weakest or newest Generals out there. The Rotmen General that Captain Aster’s crew killed was a mid-one in the grand scheme of things, not too exceptional but better than a lot of Generals having racked a lot of battle achievements. He loved violence and war hence gaining favor with some Rotmen upper echelons, this was why his death got to the Grand General of the Rotmen armies. The
In every military barrack spread across Woodtopia, there was a pod that was magically created through the power of the World Tree.In the military, it was called the teleportation pod.The one located inside the root of the World Tree where Elliot’s trial was held was where the Head of the Woodmen Army, Captain Bluebell stayed.Through the teleportation powers of the pod, Captain Bluebell teleported to the pod in the barracks where Captain Aster’s crew based. He went there 10 minutes ahead of time, waiting for the arrival of the captain.As soon as Captain Aster entered inside the pod, he met his superior.“Tell me everything that transpired during your expedition”.“Yes, Captain”. Captain Aster nodded and sat down.Without hesitation, he narrated the full sequence of events, not exaggerating any details and not glorifying the contribution of the Woodmen either.He presented the full details of how the Spider almost singlehandedly started and won the battle without excluding any detai
‘A Giant Sequioa huh? This guy is truly big!’Standing before this absolutely gigantic tree in Woodtopia again that Captain Aster claimed was one of the biggest in the county, Elliot could not help but stop in awe again as he admired its seemingly indomitable height.“This Giant Sequioa is different from others”. The messenger smiled.“You’ve seen the roots of the World Tree right?”Elliot nodded.“They’re just the roots but they’re so big, just try to imagine what the real tree itself looks like”.“The Professor thought of this and this birthed his idea to see if there was a way to make other trees look like the World Tree”.“It birthed the initial idea of his magic watering experiment”.“By studying the properties of water and moisture in the body veins of the World Tree, Professor Clover aimed to create similar water and sprinkle it into the veins of other trees to see if there would be a reaction”.“This Giant Sequoia is one of his success stories”.“Wow!” Elliot was impressed.Bi
[You have been affected by the soothing effects of the World Tree aura!] [Your life energy is compatible with the energy of the World Tree!] [You have entered a state of induced relaxation!] Elliot slept for only 7 hours but he was super convinced that it was the best and most relaxing sleep that he had ever had in both of his lives. He felt like a kid while sleeping. That feeling of being in the gentle embrace of your mom, that feeling of safety and relaxation, that feeling that little chicks feel under the protective feathers of the mother hen, he felt it as he slept throughout the night. ‘Damn, Elon Musk will pay billions to get sleeping conditions this good’. The next morning, waking up, Elliot saw this Woodmen military barracks enter busy mode as the different Woodmen crew got prepared to go on expeditions. Captain Aster’s crew was not the only one that went on expeditions. Every day, multiple Woodmen military crew went on dangerous expeditions into Rotmen territory despi