Bab 18: Moon Elf Lord's Stone

After a whole day of resting. Luis first visited the 'herbal farm' that the Hyon clan built.

It was a wide plain located near the Shane Woodland so it is convenient to go there along the way. The herbal farm is not that different from modern farms that he had seen before.

The plants are neatly arranged in rows. And are all thriving. It is apparent that it is well taken care of. Luis is satisfied with this and he appreciated the warm atmosphere of this clan so he used his revitalize skill on the herbs.

"My lord, thank you so much for this!" Hylolas was ecstatic upon seeing the healthy green leaves of the plants.

So much vitality!

The energy concentration in these plants have gone up!

Some elders who are staying behind burst into tears upon seeing this miraculous phenomena.

Planting has become their livelihood for years. And even though they are living in a relatively fertile area, there are still times when they will have little to no harvest at all due to various reasons.

Now looking at the plump leaves of these plants, 'the moon elf lord is blessing us for a better life!' was the words ringing on their head.

"This is nothing." Luis said as he tried not to look at the drama unfolding. This clan is not that bad. If there is a good effect that the incident yesterday had caused, then it would be that he witnessed how genuine these people are.

"Anyway, I just want to ask. If I ever relocate you to a place that is better than your current accomodations, will you go?"Luis asked, obviously testing the waters.

He already thought of building a city. Ever since he first drafted his plan.

This is a good way for him to centralize his authority over the entire race.

Besides, if he want to revolutionize the technology, economy, security, infrastructure and other aspects of the entire population, to develop a solid society of the moon elves, he needs to collectively arrange their living place into one.

In this way, it will be much easier for him to manage. Exchanges and communication between different clans will also be promoted.

Luis intently looked at the clan leader.

Once this project is set, well-off clans like Hyon are possible to suffer losses.

And that is normal. You gain something, you lose something.

Now the question is the attitude of this clan towards such change.

Hylolas is silent for a few moments and answered, "I need to talk about this to the whole clan before deciding. Please pardon me if I cannot give you an answer."

Luis is satisfied with this answer and he no longer pushed through the topic.

Hylolas is indeed a leader material. If he was on earth before the zombie out break, then Hylolas will be a model public servant.

Luis will undoubtedly put such guy on his list if he ever needed someone to help him with governing in the future.

"I just asked that, besides that will not happen anytime soon."

Luis once again thanked the hospitality that is given to him by the clan.

With that, their group went on with their journey to find the rogue moon elves.

Finding the rogues was proved to be not easy. They are too cunning! It's like they really not want to be found by the way they meticulously hid their tracks throughout the woodland.

After reaching the hunting ground of the Hyon Clan within the Shane Greenwoods where the confrontation happened, the sentinels are split up to find traces of the group of rogues.

The Oriole Squad flew to the sky to look for them.

While the others started with the tracks that is left in the vegetation. They are currently in the edge of the outer circle so occasionally, fierce mystic beasts of two stars can be met along the way.

Luis watched as Legland slashed a group of small humanoid beast that has a weird proboscis-like structure on the face. Luis have seen this tricky creature shift it's body into a different size, from hand tall to two feet long, but it's strength is only a one star.

"That is?" Luis curious

"This is called a root crawler, my lord. Like it's name it lives underground. This creature lives by eating meat and sucking the vitality of the tree from it's root. A lot of trees has been killed by this pest so whenever we meet a group in the wild, we see to it that we kill them all."

Luis thoughtfully looked at the hideous beast.

They must have a very strong reproductive ability considering the size of the group that was slain single handedly by Legland.

"Do they have any other uses?" It would be great if they can somehow benefit from this pest.

"The meat is not tasty and it is not that much. They are too bony so even if one is starved no one will even dare to cook it."

Luis gave a moment of silence. He never thought he will see such level of uselessness. It's unbelievable.

"The Hyon Clan also suffered a lot because of these pest, my lord. Don't under estimate their strength. They are vicious and that long thing in there like a mouth is enough to puncture an adult moon elf to death. Even a three star moon elf cannot is not their opportunity once they came in droves." Olyn said in a complaining tone.

"But it is strange, why do they look so active now?" Olyn muttered in a low voice.

Luis notice that Olyn seems to become more relaxed when interacting with him. It is a good start, not bad.

Maybe they be besties in the future, no one knows.

"Speaking of, Olyn." Luis was reminded of something so he said, full of gossip. "In the Hyon clan..."

"W-what is it, my lord?" Olyn is caught off guard.

A lot of things happen in his hometown. Olyn didn't want to be reminded of the details. In fact, he wanted to jump into an earth hole and just disappear when he think of how he acted.

Shamelessly crying, he even thoughtlessly antagonize someone his senior.

Even now, he can feel the boring stares of the elders and the clan leader.

"How was Jiro?" Luis asked with a look of a child with wide and innocent eyes after dropping his parent's phone.

"J-jiro?"Olyn is stuttering for reasons unknown to himself yet Luis knows this all too well.

"He is recovering well, Lord."

"You meet up with him before we left right?" The moon elf lord asked casually.

"Yes, my lord."Olyn answered truthfully without realizing he is actually being led to a trap.

"Good. I knew you were close so I will feel bad if you set aside your personal affairs."

Living as a wall flower has its perks.

Yes, he never got a chance to date.

Yes, he was a virgin (!!!).

But so what? (Really)

Living by the side of the gutter made him see things clearly.

And he had seen lots of kinds of romance in it's budding stage. Luis thinks that this case is just another breed and will bloom sooner or later.

By the way, he isn't bitter.

"P-personal affairs?! We are just friends my lord." So Olyn become a rumbling mess.

The moon elf lord just left it at that.

"By the way, my lord. Jiro wanted to thank you for saving him. He is also grateful to you for improving his strength. He said that he can feel that the nature's energy that he absorbed is more behaved and he is now feeling the cycle in his plate." Olyn remembered what Jiro told him earlier so he said this to the moon elf lord.

Legland who was not far away heard this and it piqued his interest.

"My lord, may I ask what did you do with Jiro's plate?" the muscle-head excitedly asked.

'Why does he feel like he did something bad?' Luis thought, pondering Legland's words. If it were said in a different tone, it will be a whole new meaning.

"That is nothing, really. I just helped him contain and collect the leaking nature's energy in his body to make sure that my revitalize skill's effect will be maximized. What he is feeling is probably the temporary flow that I made in his plate. If he follow the flow then memorize it, then he will probably become stronger." Luis answered after contemplating.

"Is it applicable to me, my lord?" Legland carefully asked.

The moon elf lord is speechless. Seems like Olyn is not the only one who is relaxed in his presence.

Luis remembered the strong and violent energy on Legland's plate.

"Well, I am not that sure. I need to do it first to answer your question."

"Will it cause you to become unconscious, my lord?" Legland remembered how Luis slept for a whole day.

"Maybe?" Luis answered uncertain. That was caused of mental overdraft. He still need to train more.

"Then I don't want to, my lord"

Luis is touched by the concern of this dilf. Why be unavailable, ahhh.

"My lord, is your power that controls life?" Nicol asked on the side.

'Why, am I a god?' Luis find that ridiculous so he answered with a smile.

"I don't control life. My power is wood. I can control the plants to be specific."

The other moon elves look astonished upon hearing that.

Isn't this a new power?!

A birth of new power is no longer a foreign concept to them. Historically speaking, whenever a new moon elf lord was born with a new power, some moon elf child who are born after that will receive the same power.

Hence, the existence of small group of ice, metal and thunder power warrior.

Hence, the clans does not exist in the earliest times.

"So you can make plants grow shorter, taller, move them around as you wills it, make them brimming with vitality and even kill them?!" Olyn asked with eyes full of worship.

"Well that is pretty much all of it. However, I can't do all of it for now. I still need to become stronger." All the blame is on that damned system!

Speaking of, the system actually has a good side. Later the day he woke up, a notice of congratulations appeared in the system interface. It seems like the grind that he did resulted to a new learned skill, low-heal.

I passed out for a day, and it is just a low-heal...

Anyway, he doesn't need to spend a great deal mental strength to heal someone so pathetically. The system finally serve it's purpose as a cheat so he will leave it at that.

The group hustle around the outer circle of the Shane Greenwoods and only in the afternoon that they found a lead.

The tunnels that is discovered by the sentinel as the path made by the rogues are too complex and it spans to a huge part of Shane Greenwoods that is near the Hyon Clan.

The exits are all scattered making it impossible to know where the exact place is.

"This tunnel is pretty sturdy." Luis knocked at the solid wall as he inspected tunnel.

"This must be done by an earth moon elf. Probably a two star warrior based on the energy residue left." Olyn stated his observation. He is an earth power user so he is sensitive to earth energy.

Luis fell into thinking. Right now, they are on the edge. If they are in this part of woodland, then their only choice is either the unsafe middle circle or the part of Amber Forest that is considered as the front yard of the temple. The latter is unlikely to be undetected. While the other is too dangerous too live in.

"Olyn, kindly tell the sentinels that we will move towards north east. To the hunting grounds of the Adriha Clan." Luis immediately ordered.

"Will we go to the Adriha Clan before night falls?"

"No, we will continue searching. We will camp out if we need to." Luis said with certainty.

Olyn left after receiving the order. Nicol who is standing there, looks lost.

"My lord..." The head priest called. Nicol originally thought that finding the rogues is just the kindness of the lord.

This arrangements clearly shows the priorities of the lord and this made him realize that the lord must be up to something.

"Yes, Nicol?" Luis answered with his usual expression.

"Nothing my lord." It seems like the lord's stone will cast a big ripple among the entire moon elf race.

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Imsuperberbs20

Hi! Here is today's chapter! I just want to let you guys know that I am editing some of the previous chapter.

someone told me that I need to edit my chapters because there are some details that affects the reading experience and I found out that it is indeed the case.

I am grateful for the feedback. If there is anything unclear to you, just let me know. :)

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Bab 19: The Meat (Slightly M)

It is the last hour of the daytime. The light orange ray of the setting sun penetrated through the cracks of the wooden window of a certain earthhouse. Illuminating a small part of the house. This house is small with nothing but a bed and a few wooden chairs. The inside was dim but a single silhouette could be seen sitting on a bed made of dried grass.

"Agh, agh, ahhh," a low masculine grunt could be heard from this man. Xagrien, a young and handsome moon elf moved his hand faster, trying to find the ecstasy that he is looking for. Low gasps born from the ticklish sensation in his angry manhood resonated in the entirety of the room.

His mind was focused on the pleasure that he is giving to himself, totally blocking off the searing pain in his back.

Pleasuring himself is the only way to keep his sanity amidst the weakness and pain that he is feeling. Because if he loses himself, the damage would be irreparable.

He must be cursed. That is what he always thought ever since he learned how to think.

All his life was full of unfortunate events. He was born a rogue. Without any clan to associate himself with. His birth mother, a bearer from a thunder clan was exiled for a reason that is unknown to him. Death came before he can even try to ask him.

He never got his chance to see his father not even knowing his name.

His mother has never even clarified what his father was.

Xagrien felt like he is a monster in a form of a moon elf.

He has a weird constitution where his body was physically tough and strong. However, once he became wounded, no medicinal herb in this part of the continent, magical or not, can help him cure it.

If this is just the case then it could be left for self-healing, but the other effect is much more violent and blood-curling.

Once he is weakened and swallowed by the pain, he will most likely turn into a wild frenzy. Like completely losing his sanity and rampaging around.

"Ughhhhhh," Xagrien let out a long growl as his manhood successively spit out white sticky bullets. His body formed an arch from the pleasure coursing throughout his entire body. He had reached the climax.

The young and handsome moon elf tiredly cleaned the mess that he made.

He is indeed cursed.

Knock. Knock.

The knocking on the door snapped out his after-pleasure daze.

"Xagrien, brother, are you at home?" It's Ilian, his closest friend. Even though they are polar opposites with him as taciturn and Ilian as a chatterbox, their friendship runs deep to the point of brotherhood.

Though it is mostly the hard work of Ilian. Xagrien considers him his best friend now.

The injured young man covered his naked body with an animal skin blanket and faced the other wall.

Xagrien didn't bother to open the door since he knows that if he didn't let him in then this chubby friend of his will leave. Besides, he can barely keep his reason. Xagrien doesn't want to deal with someone with a great ability to talk non-stop.

"Is he asleep? It's still early! How am I supposed to tell him that we will go hunting tomorrow? This guy seriously!" Xagrien could hear the rant from the outside.

It didn't take long before the presence on the other side of the door is gone.

Xagrien took a deep breath.

His secret was unknown to everyone. Even to this best friend of his.

Xagrien looked at the orange sunlight that illuminates the earth wall. Holding in the pain.

Tonight he needed to temporarily go away from here. He will once again face his ugliest form.

After the night fell, a lone shadow was seen in the north-eastern most part of the outer circle where the group of moon elf rogues are living. This figure is moving towards the middle circle of the Shane Greenwoods.

The boundary between the middle and outer circle. The hunting ground of Adriha Clan in Shane Greenwoods.

A festive atmosphere is lingering around this part of the woodland.

Luis' group is currently huddling around a bonfire where skewered pieces of meat are hung.

They are practically having a barbeque party with the leading figure of their reincarnated moon elf lord.

"This sizzling fat! This tender meat! These savoury meat juices! Five star! Five-star Michelin!" Luis excitedly said as he looked at the grilled meat that is dripping with oil.

'Miselin?' the moon elves tilted their heads in confusion. Their lord seems to love inventing words.

Thinking of it this way, the moon elves formed into an illusion that their lord is a genius!

However, what they think is no longer of concern to the moon elf lord.

Luis who hasn't eaten a barbeque for a very long time is ecstatic. This meat is from a weird boar-like beast with a flaming head that Rion hunted. He marinated it with salt- a product of the water clan living in the Cape of Wonders, a little amount of juice from the citrus fruit that is used on his drinks, blood garlic- a counterpart of earth's garlic its bulbous roots are red-brown in colour and the extract is a terrifying colour of blood.

The variation of the plants here is oddly the same as that on Earth so he instructed the moon elves to present him with any weird-looking plants for him to identify.

Who knows maybe he can see something familiar to him or unearth something that is useful.

The moon elves enthusiastically agreed knowing that their lord's power is related to plants.

"Who would have thought that this world is hiding such a delicacy? Nicol, we need to work on the preservation of this burning pig! We cannot afford to have them extinct!" The meat is so tender and flavourful. It didn't go dry even though it is grilled directly by fire.

If this isn't a culinary treasure, Luis doesn't know what is!

"We will reserve the entire species of the flame-horned boar for your consumption, my lord." Nicol magnanimously declared.

"No way, you are teasing me," Luis answered after gulping a big chunk of meat. He isn't that much of a glutton to deprive others of the rare joys of life. Besides, foodies like him thrive when he is with fellow foodies. "Good things like this should be shared with the entire race."

"I think the spices that you put my lord are actually the reason why this meat became more flavorful." Olyn pointed out as he chews his meat.

Luis thought that he's got a point. The flavour was enriched by the marinade but that alone is not enough, the meat was cooked in a well-controlled flame.

"Those are just spices. If the grilling is messed up then the taste will be horrendous no matter how good the spices that you put in. So Ira, great job!" Luis blew a chef's kiss to the servant. Though the moon elves are clueless about this action. They reflexively blushed.

The moon elf lord is indeed a playful one.

Contrary to Olyn, Ira is a bearer with tall stature and more mature air around him. He is a fire power moon elf with a strength that is close to three star. So his control over fire is impeccable.

"I only did my job, my lord. But I am glad I did well." Ira answered in a regal way with a slight blush on his face.

"It was thanks to the lord's kindness that we get to eat this amazing food. All praises to the moon elf lord!" Rion loudly declared.

"All praises to the moon elf lord!"

The sentinel merrily chanted. Their voice echoed in the wide woodland.

Luis' mind is occupied by their single word.

Kindness? He never considers himself as kind.

Most of his decisions are actually for his own sake. Back on earth or here. Luis became a base leader even though he is reluctant mainly because he can clearly see how convenient it is to be in authority.

He grew mutant plants for food mainly for himself to eat.

He will help the people of his base all because it was his responsibility.

This doesn't change much now. Luis planned to enrich the lives of these moon elves out of his concerns for his security and responsibility. To be honest, he won't even go through these lengths if it weren't for the instigation of that litch (lady bitch) of a system administrator.

Luis tilted his head, thoughtful. 'In what part of these is kindness?'

Even their search for the rogues is clearly because of his calculation. Luis thought that since they have the strength to live in the wild then they must be powerful.

He wants to attract these individuals with considerable strength to be one of his people before the apocalypse falls in this land.

Is he kind for doing that?

Luis cannot put his head around it so he just left it at that.

"By the way, Legland. If someone will stay awake as vigil, please make sure to have them stay away from my tent."Luis instructed after shoving a slice of meat down his throat. "I don't think I can fall asleep if there is a presence lingering outside my tent."

"If you will it, my lord." Legland is slightly skeptical about agreeing. Thinking that the lord doesn't like to be served closely, he agreed.

"My lord, I-," Olyn wanted to say that he will stay with his lord but Luis gave him a meaningful look.

"I-I will also sleep in my own tent." Olyn can only say, aggrieved.

After the delicious barbeque party, Luis immediately dismissed everyone to go rest in their respective tents. They did lots of things for today and travelled a great distance from the Hyon Clan to here.

Luis is certain that they must be tired.

He also didn't linger longer and entered his own tent. It was huge and spacious. His mattress is made of animal fur that is both fluffy and comfortable. It didn't take that long for him to slumber.

Later that midnight, Luis suddenly woke up due to the after-effects of feasting meat at dinner.

"Oh, damn" the moon elf lord cursed upon feeling the discomfort around his abdominals.

He needed to excrete.

Luis flew using the nature's energy around him towards the middle circle of Shane Greenwoods.

The moon elf lord didn't bother to ask the sentinel who stayed vigil for an escort since his concern is a very personal matter.

He discreetly went and found a spot to do the deed.

"Ah, I don't think I can sleep after this," Luis blurted out after cleaning himself.

His body and mind are refreshed from sleep. Plus the nature's calling a while ago, his mind is alive, alert and awake.

Luis looked at the woodland where he is right now. Compared to the outer circle, the middle circle of the Shane Greenwoods are full of tall trees. They are clustered with narrow spaces in between.

Few shrubs and grasses are living here and the surroundings are comparably darker than the outer circle.

"I can feel my chrysanthemum tightening from excitement. Why don't I take a short walk for a while just to make myself sleepy?" His monologue then he flew deeper into the forest.

A/N: chrysanthemum is referred to as anus in some Chinese BL novel that I read. Luis meant it as a joke when he said it in the last paragraph.

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Imsuperberbs20

I know I did you wrong yesterday. I was supposed to upload this chapter but I ended up sleeping in and ultimately forgot to post this. I am hammered. Sorry not sorry.

Just kidding.

As compensation, I will upload this cliffhanger to satiate your reading desires. Hihi.

The countdown is about to end. Maybe our MC and ML will meet in the next chapter?

That will be posted in a bit. I'll just let it ferment in a while.

Ps. Thank you for reading this! I really appreciate your votes!

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