Chapter 457 Orange Delivering Children (1/2)

My name is Gao Peng. I'm an ordinary monster trainer.

Today, I brought my familiar to the Goddess Peak of the Shaman Canyon to retrieve some things and warmed up a little along the way. I retrieved three stones, a bowl, and a book.

I don't even know who dropped them there. Since there wasn't anyone there, I'll take them and bring them home. On the way back, one of the rocks exploded, then the two orange trees of my… my familiar became two weird children wearing yellow shirts.

What should I do now? Do I make the children pay for my orange trees?

Gao Peng's head was aching as he rubbed his temples. While he was fishing, he heard an explosion, and just as he realized what happened, he saw that the small Calming Stone had exploded into two pieces and flown into the orange trees; the trees then became human.

”Where are the oranges? Do you still have them with you?” asked Gao Peng.

”Where are the oranges?” The two children repeated what Gao Peng had just said, looking dazed and at a loss.

The two children in yellow looked hideous. Overall, they looked human, but if one were to examine them closely, it could be easily recognized that they weren't actually human, just monsters that looked like humans.

Their faces looked yellow. Their hair was as dry as dried grass, just as dry as the branches of the orange trees had been before. This was because of the long-term lack of nutrients.

The pupils in their eyes were completely black and their skin was yellow-brown tree bark. They were short, only about three feet tall, and their dry, bony claws extended out from the yellowish tree bark.

Gao Peng took a look at their status.

[Monster Name]: Orange Tree Monster

[Monster Level]: Level 21 (Commander-tier)

[Monster Grade]: Excellent

[Monster Attribute]: Wood/Life

[Monster Summary]: They were originally ordinary orange trees, but after absorbing monster blood and souls as nutrients for long periods of time, then the nutrients of the Calming Stone in its final stage, the tree morphed into an Orange Tree Monster.

They really were two orange tree monsters, and they were even Commander-tier.

Stripey, who was walking in the river, stopped its steps, realizing what had happened on top of its head. Were they not the orange trees that Da Zi planted on top of my head? How did the two orange trees suddenly become two little human beings?

Stripey felt dumbfounded. It had taken good care of them all this time. When it was raining, it would disperse the clouds on top of its head to allow the rainwater to water the orange trees. Besides that, it even found soil in the mountains and spread it at the feet of the trees. Sometimes, it also took leftover bones and buried them under the orange trees.

Stripey hadn't thought too much when it was burying the bones. It had only thought that since it ate monsters sometimes for seasoning, the orange trees would want to eat them, too. However, Stripey also knew that overfeeding them would bring negative effects instead, hence, it only fed the trees a tiny amount every time.

So... it must be because I took such marvelous care of them!

Now that the orange trees had become humans, Stripey felt proud of what it had done. ”Gao Peng, they were raised by me.”

”You fed them?” said Gao Peng as he tried to conceal his astonishment.

”Yeah! The orange trees were raised by me, and now they have become little humans,” said Stripey proudly.

”How excellent of you.” Gao Peng nodded.

”Of course!” humphed Stripey.

Perhaps it was because the orange trees had grown up on Stripey's head, but the two orange trees felt bonded with Stripey. On the other hand, although they felt wary toward Gao Peng, at least they didn't show any signs of aggression. Conversely, they were completely in love with Stripey. They were touching Stripey's head and its body happily, smiles plastered on their faces.