Chapter 221 Efit's Help

[Oenomisis, can I increase the power of your purification?]

Shu Li asked the mother tree in his mind.

"Yes." The mother tree clearly understood his thoughts. "I recently expanded my storage space. If you can supply me with more light elements, I will speed up the process of clearing the dark forces from my roots."

[Really? That’s great!]

Shu Li was pleasantly surprised and without thinking, he quickly released the purification technique. Small balls of light merged into the main trunk of the mother tree like rays.

The purification work that usually takes two or three minutes took ten minutes this time.

Ten minutes later, the mother tree indicated that the storage space was full. Shu Li put down the magic wand, flapped the small wings behind him, flew to a branch, and cast a purification spell on the selected fruit.

He had some concerns before and didn't dare to steal the fruits, but now it's different. In order to avoid any more trouble, he decided to increase the number.

"Efit, I want to purify five more fruits." He said to the dark elf who had been standing under the tree and watching, holding the wind chime.

"Yeah." Efit was not surprised at all. He took out his notebook, turned to a certain page, and crossed out five numbers with a feather pen.

"Will it cause you trouble?" Shu Li asked worriedly.

"No, I have a reserve," Efit said calmly. Ever since he started working with the goblin, he had never reported the actual data to his superiors.

Although anyone can come and count the fruits, the dark elves are not good at doing things, and even look down on this boring job.

Therefore, he has the final say on how many fruits the mother tree bears.

Every day when he reported the data, he would report ten less fruits to reserve some for the little goblin to transfer.

When Shu Li learned that Efit had made a reservation, he was both impressed and grateful.

"Thank you," he whispered.

In order not to disappoint Efit's kindness, Shu Li hurried to cast purification spell on the fruit.

Fifteen minutes later, he purified all the selected fruits.

"Efit, I'm going back." He lay on a branch, holding a wind chime, and said, "Do you need any herbs? I go back to the Elven Kingdom every day and can help you purchase them."

It has been more than a month since Efit purchased new herbs from the goblins. The stock is almost used up and it is indeed time to replenish it.

He tore a blank page from his notebook, quickly wrote a list, jumped to the branch where the goblin was, and handed the paper over while squatting.

The paper was bigger than the goblin. Shu Li took it with great difficulty and browsed through it. He found that most of the herbs could be collected in the Yager Forest in the Elf Kingdom, and there was no need to go back to the Goblin Forest.

"Okay, wait for me for two days." He took out the storage ring hanging around his neck, put it on the paper, and the paper was stored inside.

Efit stared down at the goblin, taking in his disguised black hair and gray-green eyes, and for some unknown reason reached out and touched his little head.

"Huh?" Shu Li tilted her head in confusion, blinking her bright eyes and looking at him in confusion.

Efit quickly retracted his finger and jumped off the branch.

Shu Li scratched the place where he was touched, confused.

After counting the fruits, Efit did not stay for long. He put on his hooded cloak to block the scorching sun and left the courtyard.

Seeing him leave, Shu Li also crawled into the trunk of the mother tree and returned to the magic academy.

Efit walked to the gate of the courtyard, looked back at the lush mother tree, and gently stroked the fingers that had touched the little elf.

The touch...is unexpectedly good.

Leprechauns are truly magical creatures.

Efit withdrew his gaze and continued walking towards the courtyard where he lived. When he met other dark elves on the way, he ignored them all.

He was lost in his own thoughts.

Since collaborating with the goblin, he'd begun studying the progress of the Mother Tree's purification. As the tree's purification progressed, the number of fruits it produced decreased. When the tree's purification reached a certain level, it might cease producing Dark Elf Fruit.

On the contrary, if the main trunk of the mother tree in the Elf Kingdom has enough power of light, it can produce new white elf fruits.

Once the mother tree branches are completely purified and the mother tree trunk has returned to its peak condition, the branches may be removed directly.

By that time, there will be no more dark elves.

A race without cubs cannot continue and is not far from extinction.

To Efit, a race willing to be driven by darkness has no need to exist.

What he has to do is to do his best to keep the dark elves who don't want to be contaminated by darkness awake and live out their true selves.

"Efit is back!"

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, the dark elf cubs ran over and surrounded him happily.

Efit lowered his hood, revealing his silver hair and handsome face, and reached out to touch the little head of each cub.

The little cubs all showed cute smiles when he stroked them.

Efit lowered his head and looked at them gently.

Eight years ago, the dark elf cub would never have shown such an innocent smile.

Others laughed at him for raising a bunch of greenhouse flowers, but Efit didn't think so.

Even small greenhouse flowers can withstand wind and rain.

Just like the little goblin named Sperian, he grew up healthily under the care of goblins and elves. He possessed a very high level of awareness at a young age and fought against the darkness without fear.

Sometimes, guarding and loving can inspire more courage to fight than killing and hatred.

Efit looked around and asked, "Where are Lanno and Luke?"

One of the cubs replied, "Lannuo and Lujia ran away!"

"Run away?" Efit frowned.

"This is the letter they left for you." Another cub took out a piece of paper and handed it to Efit on tiptoe.

Efit approached the paper and quickly scanned the words.

Lannuo and Lujia were the first cubs he adopted eight years ago. Now they are eleven years old and have the strength of an intermediate magician. One is good at potions and the other is good at magic circles.

Half a month ago, they wanted to leave Wanaku and go to the Wobba Canyon to collect herbs and magic crystal ores.

Ephite refused.

Waba Canyon is too dangerous and not a place for an eleven-year-old to go.

However, Lannuo and Lujia were stubborn and believed they were strong enough, so they insisted on going.

So, they were in a stalemate with Efit for half a month, and today they didn't even say hello, just left a note and ran away.

Efit held the paper in his hand, his expression changing unpredictably.

Intellectually, he shouldn't stop it. Dark elves have been independent since childhood, and after becoming magicians, they can leave Vanaku and travel the continent.

Emotionally, he was worried about their safety. Eleven years old was too young, inexperienced, and easily deceived. If they encountered a criminal and were caught, distant water would not be able to put out the immediate fire.

After hesitating for a long time, he put away the paper and said to the cubs, "Be good for the next two days and don't run around."

"Efit, are you going to look for Lanno and Luke?" asked a little cub.

"Hmm." Efit touched his head.

We can't leave Lannuo and Lujia outside. We must find them and then give them a good beating.

"Yawn!"

On the rugged mountain road, two young boys in hooded cloaks sneezed at the same time.

"Are you cold?" one of the boys asked his companion.

"Not cold." The companion shook his head. "How about you?"

"I'm not cold either." The young man rubbed his nose and looked up at the sky. "The sun in Cecilia is really nice, not scorching at all."

"Yes, the temperature is very comfortable." said the companion.

"So...someone must have been thinking about us just now." The young man said firmly.

"Efit?" his companion whispered. "Will he be angry if he sees the note?"

"Absolutely!" The boy quickened his pace.

The companions did not dare to hesitate and ran after the boy.

At half past six in the morning, Shu Li returned to his dormitory bedroom. He had grown in size and changed into the magic apprentice uniform.

A red light shot out from the Seal of the God of Fire on the back of his hand, fell onto the bed, and turned into a round little monster.

Farm stretched and yawned. "Sperian, are you going to get up early every day from now on?"

Shu Li tied a strand of hair into a ponytail and turned the small flower crown into a hairpin. "That's right! If you feel sleepy, just go back to the Fire God Seal."

"No, no." Farm flapped his bat wings and flew to Shu Li's shoulder and squatted. "I've been sleeping for several days. I don't want to sleep anymore."

It’s a rare opportunity to come to the atrium, so I have to go out and move around.

The atrium does not discriminate against contracted beasts, and magicians can freely bring their contracted beasts with them wherever they want.

Shu Li glanced at it and asked, "Are you here for food?"

Farm is greedy and has a bottomless stomach. He will pounce on anything delicious he sees and take a bite. He clearly swallowed four level three monsters at Mount Amitai in the Elf Kingdom yesterday, and he is still thinking about eating today.

"Hehehe~" Farm touched his round belly, "The more the better."

Who would complain about having too much food?

Shu Li sighed and left the bedroom with it.

Half an hour later, Team Light gathered in the restaurant. Siti and Hector saw Farm and their eyes widened in surprise.

"It...it's so cute!" Siti's eyes instantly turned into hearts, and her hands itched to touch it.

Hector swallowed and asked Shu Li: "Is it your contracted... milk beast?"

Amazing! He's just a magic apprentice and already has a contracted beast. He's indeed a tough mountain dweller!

Farm squatted on the dining table, chewing a piece of fruit in his arms. Hearing Hector's words, he retorted dissatisfiedly: "It's just a contracted beast, why add the word 'milk'?"

Where is the milk?

Hector opened his mouth wide: "It...it...it can speak?"

Only high-level monsters can speak!

Shu Li introduced her "contracted beast" with a lie she repeated countless times: "Farm's mother is a high-level magical beast, so it was born a fourth-level magical beast. However, because it has a slight defect, it was abandoned by its mother when it was young."

Farm cooperated by lowering his head and pretending to be pitiful.

Siti wanted to hug it and give it a good rub. So cute! So adorable!

Hector was surprised: "Incomplete? Is it that bad?"

Otherwise, how could he be abandoned by the Warcraft mother?

Shu Li said, "Yes, it grows very slowly. In three years, its size hasn't changed at all."

Hector said regretfully, “I see!”

Such a small monster, with no offensive power, no wonder it was abandoned. Sperian is such a good boy, he actually made a contract with a disabled little monster.

Normally, magicians would only sign contracts with powerful high-level monsters to enhance their combat effectiveness.

Kumandi glanced at Farm, who was eating with gusto, and drank the milk slowly.

A "little milk beast" that can swallow a third-level magical beast is definitely not a disabled little magical beast.

Nasha traveled with Shuli and others for a month and met Farm several times along the way, so she was not as excited as Siti and Hector.

She cut a piece of roast meat and handed it to the little monster. "This is for you."

When Farm saw the meat, his eyes lit up and he swallowed the fruit in one gulp. He took the roasted meat with his short and fat paws, and his pupils stood up.

"Thank you," it said vaguely.

Shu Li couldn't stand its pretentious behavior of eating and drinking for free. Seeing that Siti and Hector wanted to share the food on their plates, she quickly stopped them: "It has a small stomach and can't eat much."

Farm stretched out his little paw, but Shu Li gave him a sidelong glance. He retracted his paw awkwardly and concentrated on chewing the barbecue.

After breakfast, Team Light left the Magic Academy and headed to the Kotlin Temple to take on their daily missions.

However, when they arrived at the window to accept the task, they were told that the task quota for this month was full.

"Full?" Shu Li was dumbfounded.

"Yes, each magician can only take on ten daily tasks in a month. If you complete ten tasks a day, you can continue to take them next month." The staff sitting at the window replied with a smile.

"There's even a limit on how many times you can do it!" Shu Li was helpless. He thought he could make a fortune by completing daily tasks, but yesterday's earnings were equivalent to a month's worth.

Sure enough, there is no easy money in the world.

"To prevent quests from being monopolized by a few, the Temple has added restrictions," the staff member said. "If you want to make money, you can go to the Adventurer's Guild to take quests. There's no limit on the number of quests you can take."

Shu Li asked his friends, "Are you going?"

Ace said, "I have no objection."

Kumandi nodded: "You can go and take a look."

Dixie shouted impatiently: "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Soon, the ten magic apprentices headed straight to the Adventurer's Guild on the next street.

"Accept the mission? Have you registered as an adventurer team?"

In the lobby of the Adventurer's Guild, the receptionist at the information desk asked with a smile.

"No."

The magic apprentices shook their heads. Although they called themselves the Light Squad, they had not officially registered as an adventuring group.

The receptionist raised her hand and pointed, saying, "If you haven't registered yet, please go to that window to register first."

Shu Li said gratefully, "Thank you."

The receptionist glanced at the magic badges on their chests and kindly reminded them, "Registration is only successful if there is a magician in the adventure team!"

Shu Li and others were stunned for a moment.

On the surface, everyone in their team is a magic apprentice!