When Danis, Richard and Gabriel had decided that they would carry out an active attack, now it was time for his Lord to form a combined reconnaissance force where their main task was to detect the presence of orches.
While waiting for news of the joint reconnaissance force returning, the three of them were currently relaxing while talking about the progress of each race they represented.
"Danis what level is your island now?" Richard asked while sipping the hot tea made by the elves.
"Not much different from you" Danis replied vaguely to Richard.
"Yes..the elf tea is very delicious" Gabriel praised.
" Not only is it very delicious, but also very good for the body" Danis added when he felt a warm feeling after drinking the tea.
"Ohhhh....it seems you are right Danis" Gabriel exclaimed feeling the same way after Danis spoke.
" Hahah... this is a tea product that comes from the dead leaves of the tree of life which are processed and refined into tea. As Danis said, it can relieve fatigue" Richard proudly said.
"Look at your arrogant face, Richard!!" Danis shook his head and chuckled.
"But Richard, can the tree of life also shed its leaves?" Danis asked strangely because what she knew from the knowledge in the previous world Danis who read some stories and legends realized that the tree of life was an eternal tree so how could it be like an ordinary tree in general that had a miscarriage of leaves.
" Haaa!!!! Richard took a deep breath while saying
The tree of life also has levels, from level 1-7 like us they grow trees and so do the trees of life, they will evolve and in the end after various conditions are fulfilled then then he can be called eternal true life tree" rich richard explained and then started to continue again.
As for the tree of life that belongs to your race, it can only be said to be a beginner's tree of life, it can't even be called a level one's tree of life." Richard said with a slight sigh.
"Ehhh..why is that?" Gabriel asked curiously.
"How can it be so easy, first is that a tree of life level 1 must have several loads, among other things, the area used for growing, at least 1 million hectares, then the tree of life will have a chance, and you also know how wide our island is??
Furthermore apart from the vast land to grow, it would need at least 10,000 elf race to offer sacrifices.
The sacrifice referred to here is not sacrificing the life of the elf race, but the sacrifice made is by injecting life element magic into the tree to be absorbed and this is done at least 2 times a year starting in spring and late winter.
As for level 2 and others, I don't know because the information I have is very limited and I will only know when the tree of life climbs level 2," Richard explained at length.
" Wahhhhh...you elves actually have so many requirements to level up the tree of life...amazing!!!! Gabriel amazed said.
"That's right...this is something I just found out about, salute...I salute you" Danis also had to praise.
But then his curiosity was still going on so he then asked again.
"Richard I still have a few questions here if you don't mind please answer" Danis said asking the question again.
"May.....as long as I can answer that, then I will answer your question" Richard replied back.
"Then...why do elves live so long and it's hard to have children?" Ask Danis.
" Ohhh...that....this must be related to the tree of life sacrifice....so as you all know that at least 2 times a year we elves have to make sacrifices to the tree of life in this case of course there are advantages and disadvantages.
The advantages as you can see we have a charming and handsome appearance, on the other hand our life magic avinity is very good and besides that our lifespan is relatively longer than some other races, this is common to know.
As for the drawback, namely because our vitality must be poured into the tree of life so this causes our reproductive numbers to decrease because there are things that need to be paid to get all of the above.
So in other words, because we have to sacrifice our magic and vitality to the tree of life, this makes it difficult for us to have children," Richard answered Danis.
And on the other hand, Richard never thought that there was such a thing in the elven race. Apparently the good looks, longevity, and also the good magical vitality possessed by the elf race are closely related to the sacrifices made by this race to the tree of life.
This is clearly a new thing for Danis.
"Then how long will it take for you guys to be able to give birth to an offspring?" Gabriel asked suddenly.
"Normally for our race, a descendant to be born from the elven race takes at least 10 years of marriage" Richard answered.
" Very long!!!" Danis exclaimed in surprise again when she heard Richard's answer that it would take at least 10 years for a married elf couple to be able to bear offspring.
Comparing with the human race Danis can only say that humans are too passionate and too easy to produce . "
"That's normal in our race Danis, don't you compare it with the human race because in terms of age and also growth it is obviously very different, for example an average human will live less than 100 years even for those with great magic will be limited to 100 years old." -The remaining 200 years to get any higher could only be said to be a miracle, maybe it could happen if he had a miracle or some help from the heavens but if not then they would surely die.
As for us, the elf race, at least our age can reach 400-500 years and there is a way if we have a high level of magic, 600-700 is not an impossible number.
But then again as the saying goes, there is something to be paid for, your growth is slow a one year old child might be equivalent to a 5 year old child in the human world, and so on and it is even a common case where an elf's adult age is usually 100 years old. up" Richard said back to Danis.
"Wowww…..this is another fact...you elven race are a bit similar to us angel race in terms of age" said Gabriel in amazement.
On the other hand danis who listened to the meaning of Gabriel's words didn't know what to say, because now she felt that the lifespan of the human race was very short when compared to other races helpless Danis only smiled wryly accepting the fact.
As if realizing Danis' sadness, Gabriel then spoke again.
"Hey...Danis, don't look sad...the fact is that your human race's lifespan is short, but you enjoy the world the most" Gabriel said again.
"How come Gabriel??" Asked Danish confused.
"This is common knowledge in other races, even though you are short lived but your brains and your passions are the best, this refers to the level of how you live.
For example, we can clearly see that your civilization is developing so fast, from the beginning you just lived a simple life, then in an instant it turned into a city, then it changed again to a kingdom and then it became an empire. although you are very great but your lifespan is actually the shortest.
Just imagine if you guys also had long lives what race would you become!!" Gabriel said thoughtfully.
Hearing Gabriel's words for a moment Danis thought that what Gabriel said was very true, thinking back to the glory of various kingdoms and empires that existed in various human eras Danis had to say what Gabriel said was very reasonable.
They are the greats who were in their era but will still die in the end as the ages go by, due to their limited lifespan.
"Ok...don't divert our current conversation to the human race, let me complete a lot of questions to Richard about the elf race first, then at another time you can ask me about the human race" Danis said not to focus on the human race, but back again to the elf race.
"Hahaha...please Danis you can ask me again" Richard laughed happily with the atmosphere.
"Alright listen again what questions do you have" Gabriel said casually.
"I already asked you about age, so this time I'm really curious about food," said Danis, starting a new question.
"Because the elf race is very friendly with nature, I often hear that you only eat plants and seeds to live or in other words you don't eat meat, is that true?" Ask Danis again.
" Oh...about eating, this can also be said to be a common question but basically a lot of people have misunderstood us, it's true that we really like to eat food that comes from plants but that doesn't mean we can't eat meat.
This is more like a choice, because I also occasionally eat game meat that my warriors do, it's just that as you know our advantage comes from the power of the tree of life in this case for some reason we also have the same nature as how trees grow.
That is, it feeds on the rays of life from the sun and from there it is converted into power. On the other hand, nutrients from the soil and other plants are also things that help trees to grow. Even in small cases, aren't there some plants that eat by killing some insects to live.
So we can be said to have similar properties, but since we can't directly absorb sunlight and mineral elements in the soil we replace it with products from other plants for us to consume and extract from there, so how do you understand now?" asked Richard smiling.
(For some reason this turned into a science lesson about photosynthesis from trees) Danis thought funnyly imagining the elves devouring sunlight by opening their mouths and eating it, imagining this he laughed.
"Hahahaha...." Danis never thought that there would be such a funny scene.
On the other hand, seeing Danis laughing kindly, Richard and Gabriel became confused as they asked which part was funny???