G. Chapter 45
I opened the teleport function in the system and searched for my target location. It requires a total of ninety one system energy units. After using twenty system energy units to fool the formation of my university, I was teleported to my target location.
It's evening and the day is coming to an end. There are tiny blue flashes scattered around me. The light is reflecting on the blue sap oozing from the cuts on the trees. And the fragrant scent in the air. With the evening wind the atmosphere is warm and friendly.
I am in a small privately owned part of the Neel forest. This part of the Neel forest is owned by the Vaasa Clan, one of the three great clans, equal in power with my Ira Clan. Also the clan, my fiance belongs to. And the trees oozing with blue sap are my target.
The Blue Spring Trees growing here are one of the most precious trees. Every part of the tree is very valuable. The sap they are extracting and the tiny fruits that grow on these trees, they have great healing properties. They are some of the rare ingredients that have great effects on flesh and useful for its recovery.
And this tree is among the few trees that has great possibilities to grow into a Divine level tree. That changes the value of this tree.
But I didn't come for those sap and fruits. If you remove the sapwood the inner part of the tree is denser and a great material for carving. It's the best material for making a puppet. It's durability is rare to find. The intricate details this wood can hold is something everyone coveted after. And I came for the wood
The wood from the blue spring tree has a great demand in the market. But the supply of the wood is too little. The blue spring tree needs a very demanding ecosystem to grow. And this forest is the only place on "New Golden World", where these trees can grow.
Now I am illegally logging. I never thought I would do something like this before. And moreover in the territory of my possible future in-laws. Ha-ha.
This small private part of the forest is under the protection of a formation, an Emperor tier formation. Fortunately the protective film from my helmet can negate the effects of this Emperor tier formation and I didn't alert anyone as soon as I entered this forest. There for four Saint Realm Magic and Sword Cultivators. Three of them at the borders of the private land and one near to the centre of the private land. Four Saint Realm cultivators, a huge trouble for me to carry out my plans for coming here. I am at stage two in both my cultivations but even a million people with my strength can't kill a Saint Realm cultivator. They are too formidable for me to face now.
I searched and chose a tree which is young and smaller in comparison with other trees. I don't want to struggle with an old and mature tree right now. They will be tougher to chop down. So I chose to kill a relatively young tree. Now a whole tree, I don't need that much wood. But there's no time for me to cut a specific amount of wood as I am cutting this tree without permission. So this whole tree is going down.
The blue spring tree is not too thick. A chainsaw with runes can do the job without too much effort. But I can't use a chainsaw now, the Saints will immediately become alert from the sound of a chainsaw. My protective film can't negate everything.
I took out an axe from the system storage. This axe, I "borrowed" it from a store last night. I will return it after my work here is done. Looking at this young tree, I think even with my full strength it needs three or four swings to fell this tree.
I held the axe and used the body strengthening spell rune to increase my body strength exponentially in an instant.
Then I activated the active effect of my ability Bells.
*Bell Chimes*
I can hear relaxing bell chimes.
I took my aim at a random point on the trunk of the tree and swung my axe at it. No time for cutting notches, direct chopping the tree.
The axe head penetrated more than one third into the trunk.
*Bell Chimes*
The relaxing bell chimes continued to ring in my ears and mind. I felt calm and everything around me was clear to me.
My actions triggered the formation as every tree here is a part of the formation.
"Who Dares?", I heard an angry yell. The four saints are alerted. I need to be quick.
The angry yell consists of soul energy. This is the best way to attack in situations like this. A soul attack harms and disables a person from taking further actions. But the soul energy had no effect on me. My helmet neutralised this attack.
I didn't feel anxious even as the four saints were alerted. The pleasant sound of the bell chimes relaxed my mind.
I swung my axe for the second time. More than two thirds of the tree was penetrated by the axe head. Without any break I held the axe and chopped at the tree from the opposite side with all my strength.
*Bell Chimes*
The peaceful bell chimes rang in my head. It feels relaxing, I could feel some slight disturbance in the air. Something went past me and hit the tree.
With a powerful force hitting the tree, the tree fell in the direction the force pushed it. I saw what hit the tree, a throwing knife. I escaped from my place. A clear line flashed in front of my eyes. Another throwing knife missed me.
I didn't feel panic listening to the bell chimes.
*Bell Chimes*
The soothing sound of the bell chimes is making me cry. It's pleasant. I want to sleep. I tried not to yawn.
"Yawn"
I couldn't control myself from yawning.
I moved towards the falling blue spring tree. Using my soul energy to touch the young tree, I commanded my system to take the chopped young tree into the system storage. I thought of my room to teleport away.
A figure appeared before me with a raging hostile aura. The Saint cut his sword at my waist.
"I'll pay", promising the saint I teleported to my room.