After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 334 - 120 The Gouged Out Eyes

"..." Xi Mu looked up at the Tree of Omniscience that covered the sky and after a moment of silence, turned to Eden and asked:

"Why are you so good to me?"

"Then why are you so good to others?" Eden countered. "You haven’t known Mist for long, and yet you’re willing to confront the gods for her?"

This man beside her was a renowned Hero, but a closer look would reveal that all his heroic deeds were not for his own sake.

To help a downtrodden princess reclaim her country, he fearlessly battled an entire nation, faced the followers of the Dusk Cult to honor his promise to Siegfried, and even offended the Dragon Kingdom all for the sake of helping Mist rescue her brother, waging war against the gods.

None of these acts of heroism were for himself.

And now this man, upon receiving her help, actually had the audacity to ask her why she was so good to him.

"..." Xi Mu pretended to consider carefully. He chose to help Mist and Letixia in his first loop simply because he was moved by their beauty. He thought that such beautiful NPC characters must be linked to significant side quests, which is why he actively decided to lend a hand, and now he assisted them only to grind and collect quest items.

After pondering for a moment, he showed a gentle smile:

"Maybe it’s because she’s worth it."

"The same answer applies," Eden replied with a warm smile spreading on her delicate face as she lightly gathered her hair behind her ear.

"Ahtal, you’re worth it."

"..." Xi Mu was momentarily startled, then turned his head and scratched his cheek, considering his words. "What should I do next?"

"Head to the Spring of Wisdom." Eden pointed towards the distance, and upon seeing this, Xi Mu nodded and immediately ran in the direction she indicated.

With a few leaps, his figure disappeared into the distance.

"..." Eden stood in place without moving, silently watching Ahtal’s retreating figure until he was completely out of sight.

She then turned into a golden mist and vanished.

...

...

A few hours later.

"..." Xi Mu suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking at the distant mountain range... or, more accurately, at the exposed roots, which due to the sheer size of the Tree of Omniscience, spanned and undulated beyond sight like mountain ranges, becoming more enormous the closer one got to the Tree of Omniscience.

Guardians in armor patrolled on horseback atop those roots, each one blessed by the Tree of Omniscience, their strength massively amplified within its vicinity.

Above, in the high branches, many bird-like guardians with bodies comparable to dragons perched, overseeing everything from their high vantage point.

Both the heavens and the earth were under vigilant surveillance.

Therefore.

"An intruder has been detected!" A squad of tree guardians far away noticed Ahtal’s presence and charged towards him on heavily armored warhorses, their pounding hooves seeming to shake the air itself, while their long spears crackled with lightning.

In response, Xi Mu just grinned, black flames leaking from his teeth, and breathed out a sun symbolizing death towards the approaching knights.

"Boom!" The surging black flames engulfed the knight squad, turning them into ash within the black fire, and Xi Mu did not hesitate to sprint away.

In fact, if one wanted to speed through the Tree of Omniscience instance, the quickest and safest choice would be to bring in a little mare and let the mare carry him through the map.

But that wouldn’t be a fun way to grind monsters.

"Don’t abandon your duties," Xi Mu murmured with a slight smile, looking forward to the forthcoming battle.

He looked at the tree guardians reacting to him, his body quickly heating up as if turning into smoldering coal, and then was enveloped by pitch-black flames.

Then he charged towards the incoming tree guardians.

"Trying like this won’t be enough to kill me. You need to try harder!" Xi Mu reached out and grabbed the face of a tree guardian, the surging black flames devouring him completely.

The boon granted to him once again by the Witch of Death allowed him to inflict tremendous damage with just the Flames of a Thousand Deaths.

And at that moment.

"Boom!" Several long spears fell from the sky, aiming at the nimbly dodging Ahtal, but all were evaded.

Winged humanoids descended from the sky, spears in hand, coordinating with the tree guardians on the ground to kill the intruder.

However, amidst such an overwhelming siege, a miraculous scene unfolded as if predestined, with Ahtal avoiding most vital attacks and moving through the battlefield like a black meteor.

"Boom—!" Scorching black flames erupted across the battlefield, an endless stream of tree guardians rushing in, continuously besieging Ahtal. Despite this humanoid dragon demonstrating astonishing combat prowess, victory was inevitably reserved for the guardians of the Tree of Omniscience.

The reason was quite simple.

There was an overwhelming advantage in numbers. The humanoid dragon moving amidst the encircling army of knights, although he could tread over corpses, was bound to tire eventually.

"Dragon, you’ve overstepped your bounds!" The tree guardians roared angrily, swinging their long halberds, only to be bisected by Ahtal’s counter-slash, with no intention of communicating with the guardians.

The battle raged on for a long time.

Blood stained the exposed roots of the Tree of Omniscience red, the path marked by burning black flames, with corpses scattered all around.

Yet the tree guardians did not retreat because of this, dedicated to their duty as guardians of the tree, continuing to advance on the humanoid dragon.