Chapter 591: Pocky and the Dark Tree Ent (2/2)

”Rock?” Zero tried to get closer for a better look, but Truen and Bob pulled him away as the forest became a deadly battleground.

As the battle raged on, dark faes screamed in agony. Hundreds were buried from the landslide. More perished from rock splinters shooting in every direction as the tree ent and Pocky played a deadly baseball game. Every cannonball that Pocky shot from the mountain, the dark tree ent would use a root to smash it to smithereens.

Truen pulled Zero onto Bob's back when the Eternal Dragon transformed into his magnificent body and took to the skies. From above, they witnessed the destruction. The person hiding in the mountainside had to be Pocky. Zero asked if they could confirm the identity of the attacker in the mountainside, and Wii volunteered. The eggplant fairy created a clone and sent it as a scout.

The fight lasted for almost an hour before the dark tree ent retreated. Many dark faes were killed, and Zero frowned. Wii confirmed that the one firing cannonballs from the mountain wall was a small sea otter beastman.

”What is he doing now?” he asked the clone.

”He's repairing his weapons. I also saw a very efficient system inside the cave. There is a farm for shellfishes and various sea creatures. At the same time, the cannonballs were fired by a huge slingshot fashioned out of monster silk.”

”Let's approach him,” Zero said, and Truen looked uneasy.

”Must we approach him now? He just finished fighting the tree ent.”

Zero nodded. ”I'll let him know that I'm a doctor, and we found his note. He will listen to us.”

Truen paused. ”If he doesn't?”

Zero sighed. ”Then I'll leave you to do the hard negotiations. I hope we don't have to resort to that because I'm going to ask him for a favour. I don't really want to sail in a ship made by someone who hates me.”

The ship should sink as part of its functional design. However, Zero didn't want to go on a voyage in a vessel made by someone who held grudges against him. Pocky didn't seem like a difficult person to talk to. Like all beastfolks, he should be a simple person to approach. Zero didn't come empty-handed either. The globe sitting in his inventory should be enough to get on Pocky's good side.

”Let's go,” Zero urged Bob.

The dragon swooped down and flew towards the mountainside quickly as Truen readied some illusion spells. There was no need to traumatise the poor shipwright by the sight of a dragon.