Chapter 91: with translation of chapter title

The officer understood clearly, this time the king's death, the Prince will certainly ascend the throne.

Red-clothed Devil looked at the burning Wanggong, the fire shot up into the sky reflecting red, accompanied by rolling thick smoke, then in an instant, the entire Wanggong collapsed completely, Red-clothed Devil looked at the panting soldiers, already knowing the message he needed to deliver, but now it was completely useless.

Thick smoke filled the surroundings of the Wanggong, the smoke enveloped its outskirts, looking like a grayish cotton blanket, also like a suffocating wet cloth, making people feel oppressed. Red-clothed Devil looked at this scene, also clearly aware in his heart, the era of Li Guo would be ended by adventurers, but seeing those already sprouting green tree buds, he felt perhaps he still had a chance to win.

The soldier, panting, came before Red-clothed Devil, seeing the Wanggong already completely burned down, his heart knew he was already too late, yet he still reported to Red-clothed Devil: "Report! The Wanggong is on fire, please think of a way, sir!"

Red-clothed Devil understood clearly, this was also procedure, the soldier was just following orders per procedure; Red-clothed Devil raised his head and looked toward the Wanggong side, the smoke slowly began to dissipate, the night sky previously reddened by the flames had already regained its color, the thick smoke also began to gradually disperse; Red-clothed Devil replied to the soldier's words, asking the soldier to tell him he would come right away, and after receiving the order the soldier turned and ran off.

Seeing the soldier slowly walk away, Red-clothed Devil walked to the sapling, gazing at it in contemplation; after a moment, Red-clothed Devil pulled out a small knife from his sleeve and cut his own palm.

Red blood continuously flowed from his palm, then drop by drop fell onto the sapling; one could see the sapling growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, rapidly shooting up, slowly becoming a towering giant tree!

Red-clothed Devil looked at this tree; compared to other trees, this tree was already tall, having reached over ten meters, yet Red-clothed Devil shook his head and muttered to himself: "No, still not enough!"

Having said that, he took out several strange stones from his hand; on them were some runes, identical to those seen by Feng Yan and his companions in the cave; Red-clothed Devil placed those stones at the four corners, and when the last rune was set in place, the entire tree began to emit a faint blue light!

Only the sound of the tree roots taking hold underground grew louder and louder, and then the tree continued to grow taller!

As time passed bit by bit, the tree grew rapidly, and finally at dawn it grew into a towering giant tree!

The tree's unreasonable growth speed was finally noticed by people; at that moment the tree almost sprang up from the ground overnight, the tree was like half a pillar of heaven, supporting the weight between heaven and earth; some people busy with farming, seeing that giant tree, couldn't help but stop their work.

They felt astonished, the tree had grown overnight, and so tall, and it continued to grow without stopping, the whole growth process was like fast-forward.

"Work, work!", the overseer beside them urged the people in the fields, but looking at the crops on the ground, everyone was dumbfounded.

"What is this, what's going on?" everyone said in unison.

It turned out the earlier crops had already turned yellow, on the verge of withering. They felt astonished, and at the same time turned back to look at the giant tree behind them, understanding what had happened.

They came to a conclusion——that tree was the culprit!

The tree's growth speed was extremely fast, perhaps there were demons at work!

But those people also knew that the tree was inside the Wanggong, while their own fields had long been annexed by wealthy families, the fields became others' property, and they themselves on those fields could only obtain a bare subsistence ration.

But now, even the ration is gone.

The laborers worked while sighing, they sowed the crops, but in their hearts they already knew this year would be a total crop failure; what could they do? They could only bend to their labor, hoping that the so-called landlord would give them some surplus grain to survive the winter.

The children of the rich were well-fed and warm, their little faces flushed, they clung to the adults' sides; the adults held high goblets in their hands, then a group of people listened to music, discussed business, musicians played music, immersed in their own music.

"Success! Success!" Red-clothed Devil shouted loudly, while gazing at the enormous tree before him, his face excited, he continued: "The deceit of the gods of old can finally let me take revenge! Fenrir, you bit off my arm with resentment; I hate even more the gods who deceived me! They looked at your likeness and laughed at you, but I cannot laugh, for only I lost my arm! Therefore, I will use this World Tree as nourishment; please appear again!"

"Your Highness Prince, His Majesty the King......" the soldier dared not continue, stealing a glance at the Prince with the corner of his eye.

"What is it? Speak!" the Prince seemed to have guessed the result, gesturing for him to continue.

"Yes." The soldier raised his head to look at the Prince, after confirming the Prince's words, then continued: "Yesterday, the Wanggong caught fire; the King and most of the guards were burned to death by the crowd; the King's sleeping quarters were also burned beyond recognition."

"I understand, go away!" the Prince waved his hand, letting the soldier leave; then he held his head, feeling somewhat sad, yet he clearly knew in his heart that the King's mishap was definitely related to that strange box in the King's hand, but the guards accompanying the King also perished in the fire, and no one paid attention to the news about that box anymore.

The Prince clearly understood that the King was indispensable; he must hold the coronation ceremony to ascend the throne, but during the coronation those two would surely cause trouble, leaving the Prince in a dilemma; just then, Red-clothed Devil walked over and gave the Prince advice.

Red-clothed Devil showed the Prince his plan and mentioned the great tree before his door; the Prince, upon hearing, furrowed his brows, half-believing, half-doubting, and also somewhat guarded asked: "Will it work?"

Red-clothed Devil smiled without speaking, then nodded; the Prince seemed to understand something, also laughed and said: "Then let's do as you say; let's see if you have the ability to catch them all in one net!"

Night slowly departed, the sun slowly climbed the mountaintop; Feng Yan woke early and gave a yawn, then looked at the lakeside, widened his eyes, and shouted: "What on earth is this? The lake has only mud!"

That shout also woke some Dwarves, as well as Chen Hao; Chen Hao walked to Feng Yan's side, intending to ask Feng Yan what was happening, but seeing the scene before him, he also jumped in shock.

The lake water had completely dried up, leaving only mud! The golden paulownia forest also changed color, almost overnight turning red, while leaves kept falling down, and even some maple trees had died from lack of water!

"Over there, a tree seems to be propping up the sky!" said a Dwarf.