Endless Extraction in a Game-Like World
Chapter 176: The Power of the Spirit Fairy Garden! RNG in a Pond, Mana Water, Tier 3 Town
He called out to Handsome Tree, who had already arrived at Caelus’s kingdom.
"You..." Seeing Caelus, his eyes widened. "Gold...? Gold Rank Combat Score? That too at Gold III. It has only been a few days since I left."
He was completely baffled.
"Are you a hacker?!" Handsome Tree said in disbelief.
Caelus did not mind this; being shocked was normal considering the speed he and Sylvia were climbing the ranks.
"You might really find a way out of here," Handsome Tree mumbled under his breath, as if reminiscing about his master, Allstar’s words.
"What was that?" Caelus naturally heard it and asked.
"Nothing." Handsome Tree shook his head. "What do you want this time?"
"I am switching to the Cyberpunk-Arcane Era. I need some core components for it."
"Oh." Handsome Tree nodded. "Not bad, to think you would acquire the blueprint of the era so early. Really good."
"I have some on me. Choose some," Handsome Tree said. "And since today is a special occasion, I will give you a 50% discount."
Caelus looked at the guy strangely. Why was he suddenly being so generous?
Was it related to what he said a few moments earlier?
"Hey, fatty. Do you know who I am?" Caelus could not help but ask. "Considering you are Allstar’s Celestial Tree, I am sure you know something about me."
"I have no idea what you are talking about, Young Caelus." The fatty began to sweat.
"Stop playing dumb," Caelus said.
"I know you know."
"Fine, you got me," the fatty exclaimed, as if he could not hide this secret anymore. "I know that you are an ender and also the chaos perception dragon."
However, as soon as he uttered those words, Sylvia, who was standing next to Caelus, moved.
Swoosh!
She was right next to the fatty with her sword directly at his throat.
"Who told you about this?" Sylvia smiled with a hollow look in her eyes; seeing Caelus’s true title being revealed immediately made her guarded.
"Depending on your answers, I will let you go. So don’t make it difficult."
"Sylvia. Do not." Caelus shook his head.
"That man. He is not someone you can defeat."
Caelus already had his chaos perception eyes out.
[Name: Handsome Tree]
[???]
[???]
Everything about this fatty was unavailable to view.
And the instant Sylvia put the sword over his throat, a terrifying power subtly rippled across this plane of existence that Caelus keenly sensed using his draconic powers.
This man, he could destroy this world if he wanted!
This was a shocking revelation.
How absurd is that? This is the Origin Domain... How can such a thing be possible?
That thought alone was flawed.
Maybe he saw things wrong.
Shaking his thoughts out.
Caelus made Sylvia retreat back to his side and spoke. "I apologize on Sylvia’s behalf."
"No need." Handsome Tree adjusted his throat with a calm look. "Being concerned about such things is normal, Young Caelus."
"However, before we continue, I will make it clear. I cannot reveal anything to you," Handsome Tree spoke. "If I do, then "they" will not let me go."
"The Axiom Origin, huh?" Caelus frowned. "How come no one mentions it in this era? Only the gods? That thing is the driving force behind all powers, is it not? What is its relation to the Origin Network?"
To this, Handsome Tree shook his head.
"If I say anything, it will not only put me in danger but also my master."
"Please, Young Origin. Do not ask for the answers. That is something you must find yourself."
"To find out the truth of this world is to find your origin. Only when you find your way to unify this world and reach the ’threshold’ can you break past the illusions and reach ’there’."
When Handsome Tree spoke ’there’, he made a shushing gesture.
Caelus stared deeply at Handsome Tree before speaking. "Fine, whatever. show me the blueprints you have."
Handsome Tree nodded and began showing the content.
Caelus looked at it absent mindedly.
"Break past the illusion."
This was not the first time he had heard about this. He had heard these very same words from his supposedly dead parents of this world. They told him to reach crown-rank.
Could this be the threshold mentioned by Handsome Tree?
Who could have the answer to this? He could only think of the holy church. They must definitely know a thing or two about this.
At the same time, he remembered the Ender’s tale. According to it, the Enders were sent down into the lowest place of something. Where it was, he was not sure. But could this place be that place? But if it was, how can it be an illusion?
Caelus shook the thoughts out of his head. For now, he needed to reach crown-rank. That was his goal, and also finding more information from the holy church if he could.
In the end, he stopped distracting himself and began looking through the place.
At the end, he settled on namely new things.
[Automation Forge Blueprint]
[Technology Development Center Blueprint]
[Mana-Infused Car Blueprint]
The Automation Forge allowed one to create automatons for particular purposes. It cost him 1M Origin Credits. But it was really good for the maintenance of the kingdom and also technological manufacturing.
The technology development center complimented the automation forge. The automatons inside that forge could manufacture a lot of products by analyzing resources and compiling recipes like a game. If Caelus gave them a small nudge with something as simple as a phone from the Azure Origin Planet which ran on mana, the development center would start producing phones.
The mana-infused car was something he bought separately and would have to make himself using his engineering profession.
But it allowed him to make a car that ran on mana.
How amazing is that.
With that said, he swiftly sent off Handsome Tree and began the procedure of advancements.
But before he did, he looked at the new Wonder of the World he got from the void trial.
[Spirit Fairy Garden (Legendary, Tier 2): The spirit fairy garden is filled with the fairies of the world tree. They tend to the garden and filter out the mana in the atmosphere and condense it down into Mana Water, which they keep in the huge dispensary. Whenever entering the garden, all debuffs are removed and the fairies will help you recover from mental trauma and battle stress.]
[Effect: Gather Mana Water of high rarity every one week. A legendary spirit garden has three fairies. Hence, you will receive 3 droplets of mana water.]
[Effect: Fairy in the pond. The fairy in the water only comes out to drop off the mana water it had gathered into the dispensary. But it has the function of randomly refining mana water of lower grade to a higher grade if you place them in front of the pond of the fairy garden. It is RNG; it could be the highest grade possible or the same grade as it was before, and you can only use it one time on the same mana water.]
[Note: You can obtain more fairies using special drops from Void Trials starting now.]
Caelus blinked.
"What the hell?!"
The spirit fairy garden turned out to be more useful than he thought.
Help with recovering from mental trauma and battle stress, and at the same time, it can also help with mana water production and also upgrading existing mana water to a higher rarity?
Is that not insane?
Caelus did not even think twice. He took out the map and changed to layout mode. He selected the spirit fairy garden and realized he could only place one down, and it was a huge tree with a garden covered in mist at the ground.
He placed it down right beside his cabin, which had a huge amount of area.
The following instant, a massive tree sprouted from the origin kingdom and went a bit above the towering walls of it, standing tall.
Caelus and Sylvia, however, did not immediately rush in to improve their mana water rarity.
It was time to use the global lord’s blessings and make the kingdom undergo era ascension and also town tier ascension.
Bright light shone across the origin kingdom as everything began to change. The old manapunk-themed buildings were replaced with towering cyber-towers with runes floating from them. The pneumatic tubes that ran through the kingdom went under the surface as they functionally connected themselves to all the possible buildings there, including the Tavern of Endless Food and Drinks.
Then, the automation forge and the technology development area erupted from the ground. The alchemical silos also changed to match the era, and its efficiency of refinement was also high. But he doubted it could reach the level of the spirit fairy garden.
Then zen gardens appeared all around the kingdom. The holographic emitters were everywhere; the shops were turned and now had neon-lit billboards and such.
It was a mix of technology and magic.
All the defensives, troops and walls were also maxed out to Silver III.
With that done, Caelus went to the spirit garden with Sylvia. By now, the second expanse should be open to go into for other players as well.
There was also new notifications related to the Tier 3 Kingdom. But he will check them out after this.
Once he reached the spirit fairy garden, he felt a sense of rejuvenation washing over his body. Sylvia by his side already seemed to be in bliss as she breathed the air around here.
It felt like they were breathing in 4k, and every time they took a breath, it calmed them down to terrifying degrees.
Looking around, they saw two fairies tending to the garden, flying around happily.
However, they did not forget their target for coming here.
Increasing the mana water grade.
They placed it in front of the pond like the suggestion, and soon a fairy appeared and looked at the vial curiously. Then it smiled happily as it waved its hand, flapped its wings, and arrived next to the vials and touched them.
Immediately, a red color flashed around the two vials.
[Mana Water (Mythical)]
[Mana Water (Mythical)]
"Damn..." Caelus was lost for words seeing this.
Was this not a bit too much? Two mythicals! Perhaps this was why he was getting the traumatized soldier before, all because he could get the mythical mana water right now!
How great. Gacha was not bad after all. His luck was just somewhere else!
Then, both Sylvia and Caelus took the vials into their hands and drank them without hesitation.
At first, they felt their throats getting congested, but the following moment, a warm power entered their bodies and drilled directly into their souls.
[You’ve obtained a buff]