mtlumby2d Chapter 115 An Nan's Care
Chapter 115 An Nan's Care
In an unknown dense jungle in the southeastern region of the Swart Empire, a strangely shaped tree was cautiously extending its branches towards two people sleeping on the grass. Crystal clear dewdrops slid from the tips of the tender leaves on the branches into the mouths of the two people.
At this moment, the two people lying unconscious on the ground were Bai Hao and Kalia, who were being searched for by the Campbell family. Next to them was an old human-shaped tree. The lower part of the tree had two limbs covered with tentacles, which allowed it to walk upright like humans.
This strange creature that seems like a tree spirit is called Anan, a name it gave itself because there are thousands of Anan trees growing in this mountain range.
Nanmu is a tree specifically used for shipbuilding. Since the Central Plains where the Swat Empire is located is not near the sea, although there are many rivers and lakes, ships are not the mainstream means of transportation in the Central Plains, so people do not have much demand for nanmu.
Most people would choose many giant herbivorous aerial beasts to carry goods. Although behemoths like the Earth Dragon Beast are far beyond the reach of ordinary people, there are still many small and medium-sized gentle beasts for traveling merchants to use.
Most of the riverbeds in the Central Plains are relatively shallow, and most of the herbivorous aerial beasts are much faster and carry more weight than ships. This is the main reason why this mountain range covered with nanmu trees has been ignored until now.
Anan believed that he was not an ordinary mountain spirit or monster, but some kind of more powerful creature. At least for thousands of years, no creature in the Nanshu Mountains had been able to be as immortal as him.
Thousands of years of life had allowed Anan to learn human language early on. Occasionally, there would be some herbal farmers who came to the mountains to collect herbs or hunters who came to hunt, and these people would often encounter this strange-looking tree man.
At the beginning, Anan's existence made some people feel afraid, but over time, everyone found that this Nan tree spirit never hurt anyone, and even provided some help to people entering the mountains. Therefore, Anan became the recognized guardian god of the Nanshu Mountains.
Anan is also called Anan God by the surrounding villages. Although this title is just a verbal name given by a group of villagers who have never left the thousands of miles around them in their entire lives, Anan feels very happy because in his eyes, this mountain range is his entire world.
When the old Nan tree that had accompanied Anan for a long time died hundreds of years ago, Anan began to have the idea of leaving the Nanshu Mountains. Some people who entered the mountains would often talk to him about the world outside the mountains.
These abstract words aroused Anan's infinite yearning for the outside world, but the strange thing was that every time Anan walked a short distance out of the mountains, he would feel fear and want to immediately return to the Nanshu Mountains that he was familiar with.
Three days ago, a gray-white beam of light fell from the depths of the sky onto a flat area in the Nanshu Mountains, and Anan rushed to the location of the light beam as soon as possible.
As Anan approached the thick gray-white light column, he could not help but tremble. The sacred light of the light column made Anan kneel down and worship. When the light column dissipated, there were two humans lying inside.
Anan was not very clear about human aesthetics. He only knew that one of the silver-haired boys always exuded a sacred aura like the light column, while the other red-haired girl made Anan feel extremely close to her. Just by getting close to the girl, Anan would feel physically and mentally happy.
For three days, Anan had been taking care of Bai Hao and Kalia. He knew that most humans only had three meals a day, so Anan also fed the two of them rain dew and tree sap regularly.
Anan estimated that the next time hunters would go into the mountains to hunt would be at least a week away. He was worried that the two unconscious humans would not be able to survive until then, so he planned to go to the surrounding villages to ask for help tomorrow.
"Well......"
Kalia opened her eyes dazedly, and couldn't help frowning as she felt the bitter taste in her mouth. Then she licked her lips subconsciously, where there were still a few drops of green sap left.
"Oh, it's so miserable!"
Kalia had never tasted such a bitter taste before. She immediately screamed and sat up, just in time to bump into Anan who heard the noise and was looking out to check.
"oops!"
Kalia rubbed her head and stared blankly at the strange creature in front of her that was screaming. Anan's face grew under the tree canopy, and under the empty eye sockets were a twisted nose and mouth. Coupled with Anan's humanoid appearance, it looked extremely strange.
However, such a strange shape did not cause any fear in Kalia. Kalia even developed some interest in this strange creature she had never met before. She felt very amused when she saw Anan rubbing his head like her.
Kalia soon discovered Bai Hao who was still unconscious beside her. Seeing Bai Hao's steady breathing, Kalia immediately smiled with relief.
You know, Brother Bai Hao’s brain is like a library, he can recognize everything. Even though the two of them are now in an unfamiliar jungle, Kalia believes that Brother Bai Hao can definitely lead her out safely.
Looking at the strange creature in front of her that didn't dare to approach, Kalia said directly: "My name is Kalia Capet. What race are you? What's your name? Where is this place?"
Anan actually felt excited and happy when he heard Kalia talking to him. He hadn't experienced this kind of feeling in more than ten years. As a creature that has lived in this mountain range for thousands of years, it is difficult for Anan to have any emotional fluctuations.
Anan stuttered as he answered, "My name is Anan, I should be called Nanshu, this is the Nanshu Mountains. I once heard from the villagers that this is located in the Dukedom of Krey in the southeast of the Swart Empire."
Kalia was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and murmured, "Southeastern part of the Swart Empire? Didn't we just enter the northern border of the Swart Empire? Brother Bai Hao, what should we do?"
Kalia subconsciously asked Bai Hao, who always gave her standard answers quickly. However, Bai Hao, who was still in a coma, could not give her any answer. Kalia did not know that Bai Hao would be in a coma for a long time after the arrival of the Moon Goddess.
"Brother Bai Hao? Don't sleep anymore. Wake up."
Kalia was still trying to wake up the sleeping Bai Hao, but no matter how Kalia tried, even using some low-level magic, she couldn't wake Bai Hao up.
Looking at Bai Hao who was still sleeping quietly, Kalia was completely panicked. Because Kalia's memory before she fell into a coma was still in the strange time and space that was frozen on the Earth Dragon Beast, and now she suddenly woke up here, she didn't know what had happened.
Kalia thought that Bai Hao might have been affected by some kind of black magic of Zang Yuan, and only breathed a sigh of relief after carefully confirming that Bai Hao's vital signs were intact.
After seeing that there was green juice on Bai Hao's lips just like hers, Kalia suddenly remembered that the same green juice was dripping between the two skinny tree legs of the tree man in front of her named Anan.
Seeing Kalia's horrified face, Anan said with relief: "That is of course my essence. I have excreted a lot of it while lying on you these days. Although it tastes a bit unpleasant..."
Then, Anan pulled out a thick branch from between her legs. Green juice was constantly dripping from it. Anan said with some distress: "Ah, too much was squeezed out when I was feeding you just now, and now a little more has seeped out. Kid, quickly stick your head over and catch it, otherwise it will be wasted!"