"What, how can you know that?"
With complete terror he begins to crawl away from me, since instead of answering me he asked a question the skill's punishment was active.
"It's pretty simple, you attacked three separate points, it may seem like one has no connection to the other, but it does, a plebeian village, a detachment or two of the army and finally random wagons that in the end were found to be those of a slave seller"
Still not understanding how I came to my conclusion he looks at me suspiciously and fearfully, in his head the thought of a traitor having arisen comes and goes, but soon he drops feeling pain as he did not answer my question.
"People, that's what these three have in common Czar, you are looking for someone, a human, a possible commoner who has connections to the army and the underworld of Eden, but you still haven't answered me and it was two questions"
Moving closer to his ear I whisper a secret of my skill.
"The pain only increases for the amount of unanswered question, be afraid of me who is out here and not of him who is trapped"
"Ok! Ok, with the intent of there being a conflict between the humans and the endless forest, the elven princess disappeared and at the same time a rumor was let loose that the humans hold possession of the sacred tree."
Walking away I catch myself in doubt, it is known to all that the tree has been held by the royal family of Eden for several generations, but this rumor is not a lie, or the devil would have hurt him for lying.
"Does the kingdom of Eden hold the sacred tree? No?"
A different person answered me this time, it was the prince in the cell, he approached the bars and put his face between them, his mouth became much more prevalent now that I focused only on it.
"Yes and no, what the humans hold is only a replica, made by some ancient mage who was lost in time, I have come to find this tree of lies, but it is not her, for, in elven legend it is said that the tree-of-life, the heart of gaia or even the sacred tree holds the greatest power in existence"
He stopped dramatically and spoke again in his meek and very slow voice.
"But that tree has limitations, I for one wished to be a woman, but frustratingly she told me I couldn't do that since it would go against nature, man can't become woman he said, it was ridiculous."
He took a strand of his hair and began to curl it around his finger while pouting.
"One of my cronies, a beast man ended up dead in obtaining intelligence, his wish being to be immortal. It is a hoax and it must be exposed soon, so that the forest races will focus their search elsewhere, otherwise we will languish in this coming fight against the invaders."
What will come? How can she talk about something that hasn't happened, Pluto told me that it is impossible to predict the future, since it is always changing.
"Don't think too much about it kid, I haven't seen the future if that is what you are thinking, Gaia told me, and many others know, the planet is in danger, but I don't expect you to understand, one of my most loyal allies will do everything to destroy those walls and I am sure your wish will be fulfilled"
At this moment the whole place begins to shake, the tremor is so great that pieces of the ceiling begin to fall, the walls crack and the dust falls like rain from the ceiling and dirty everyone in the ruins of the castle.
"That's it, he must have made it, I love you Narcissus, now I'm going to start calling you the fairy of new beginnings"
Seeing the elf's joy startled me and I rushed out to see for myself if the walls had really fallen, but before I leave I open the second cell, and the woman comes out angrily and runs up to Czar.
Completely ignoring the outcome of this fight I pass through the two previous rooms and both are empty, it seems that my promise of revenge was not enough to keep them in the place they suffered so much.
Arriving in the throne room I see a huge amount of women, the king's guards are being kicked in the corner of the room, while my subordinates are just watching, I ignore them a little and throw myself out breaking the ceiling.
Unfortunately I will have to change my form, from my back come two wings and my dragon tail, the horns grow on my head and weigh a bit, my skin becomes stiff, dry and becomes, scales.
In the sky I can see an image that I thought impossible, the three walls that surrounded Eden are gone and the kingdom is completely unprotected, an army moves at great speed to attack the human kingdom.
"Impossible"
Disbelief fills my being, the walls didn't fall or get pierced, they just disappeared, it must have been the power of the tree, but if what he said is true then that is only a fraction of the real power and even then it is impressive.
Returning to the room I see everyone staring at me, I put my hand to my face and retain my draconic features, after the evolution I gained much greater control over my body, plus that new section that made my life even easier.
"All listen, you are free, soon I will bring the Tsar for you to do what I promised"
Before I could turn around, the former king was thrown at my feet, the woman walks soon after, her body is muscular, her fists have calluses and her arms many scars, she wears little clothing so her frame becomes even more imposing and apparent.
"No need, here he is, do what you want"
Czar on the ground is still conscious, however, his arms are broken and his face completely purple and swollen, not a shred of his former arrogance is still there, upon seeing me he comes begging under my feet.
"Save me, your skill, she said you have to save me"
"Then tell her I don't have to save you, I just promised not to kill you or hurt you in any way, but I won't be the one to do that"
Ignoring her cries of pain and agony I turn to speak to the woman, her hair is orange and stands at ear height, beside her are the dragon man cubs and not far away the wingless angel.
Behind them all is he, the elf, his ear-to-ear grin bothers me, he looks smug as if he doesn't even need to look around the kingdom for confirmation.
"I said, and the original tree will be able to fulfill any wish, so everyone will search for it, both us and the invaders, so tell me which side you will be on?"