Once the two of them stopped hugging, Shiro placed a hologram device on the table and projected most of the information she had on the new age.
Explaining the dangers as well as the problems that could arise if they continued to stay in Miriel, Shiro presented them with the updated blueprint of Asharia with all of the citizens included as blue triangles.
“As you can see, we’re already in the process of creating this new hub space for the races and our family. The size is adjustable as I get stronger so there isn’t too much worry in regard to the space available.
“Of course, that doesn’t mean I can get every elf to join the city. At most, it’s just a city right now. Once the new age starts and things start to stabilise, I’ll see if we can get more elves to join.” Shiro said as the elders stayed silent since this was equivalent to running away and leaving everyone else behind.
By going to Asharia with just the capital, the rest of the elven continent is abandoned. They’re left to survive on their own and the thought of this unsettled the elders.
Letting them take the time to think about this, Shiro sat back down and glanced towards Cyril who was sitting on Isilia’s lap.
“What do you think about this Cyril? You’re the next ruler after all.” Shiro asked as Cyril paused.
“Eh? But since mum’s back doesn’t that mean she’s the ruler?” Cyril tilted her head and glanced up at Isilia.
“I suppose that’s half right. I am a queen after all.” Isilia replied since she had her own anchor.
“That’s true but your authority is less than an actual queen isn’t it?” Shiro pointed out.
“This sounds harsh but I’ll be honest with everyone here. When the new age starts, people are going to die. If we ignored the capital and just kept to ourselves, there is a high chance that the elven continent and a majority of elves will be eliminated.” Shiro narrowed her eyes as that was the same for humans. At most, she’ll integrate one city from each race and expand on it slowly.
She had already decided on moving the city of Asakura over since it was where her parents were and the people living there respected their family.
Since Miriel was the biggest elven city she’s been to, or rather, the only elven city she’s been to, she was giving it the opportunity to join Asharia. If they didn’t want to, Shiro wouldn’t force them.
“After the new age starts, will there be a way to tell all the elves where Asharia is so that they can seek refuge?” One of the elders asked as this was his concern should they evacuate to the city.
“Of course. Not only are we constantly travelling around the world, there are also scanners that can be deployed to search for people and bring them to the city if there is space available.” Shiro nodded.
Discussing amongst themselves, they looked towards Shiro.
“Personally, I want to reject so that we can always be here for the elves in need. When danger comes, I want them to know that the capital is there for them. However, moving to the city can save more elves in the long run.” The elder sighed.
“How long would it take to move the city?” Another elder asked. They’ll release notifications of a safe city soon but for now they have to settle with just the capital. It was cruel but it was better than everything being destroyed.
“Hmm… you’ll definitely be moved before the new age begins. Here is a doc.u.ment in everything you need to know as well as what you need to prepare. I’ll send a notice to Nan Tian and have him teleport the city here so that we can begin scanning everything and recreate it on one of the platforms in Asharia.” Shiro said while creating enough doc.u.ments for everyone.
“I’ll have to think about how to move the world tree though. With its roots extending across the city, it’ll be hard to properly move it.” Shiro sighed.
“Anyways, I’ll let you lot talk amongst yourselves now. Isilia, can you mark out where the dungeon is on this map? I’ll pay a visit to the world tree first.”
“Sure, take your time since we might be staying here for a bit trying to move everything.” Isilia smiled.
Leaving the room, Shiro remembered the way to the world tree.
Pushing open the large gates, Shiro looked up and remembered the first time she had seen Iziuel trapped in this chamber with the world tree draining the mana from her body. She was in a constant state of mana deficiency and was almost dead until Shiro had found her and freed her from her fate.
{You were so small back then.} Iziuel chuckled.
{Indeed. Had no tits too- BLERG!} Nimue nodded as Shiro immediately slammed an ice wall into her face.
‘Che.’
Shaking her head, Shiro glanced down and sighed in relief. She was glad that her body continued to age to its current state.
If she had to spend her entire time in the body of a child, it would complicate quite a lot of things especially since she was a mother of three.
‘Anyone with me would just look like a creep if I kept that body.’ Shiro thought with a sigh before walking towards the world tree that had grown up to the size of a bush.
“Yo, it’s been a while. You’re going to be moving homes so I hope you can retract your roots otherwise I would need to cut them all.” Shiro greeted.
Shaking its body around slightly, roots curled around Shiro’s hand.
{It’s saying that it can survive as long as it has mana. Even if it’s just a leaf, if you supply it with mana, it can regrow itself.} Iziuel said as Shiro raised her eyebrow.
‘You can understand it?’
{I’m the spirit of nature, of course I can. It’s pretty young too.} Iziuel nodded her head.
‘That’s handy, can you act as a translator for now?’
{Sure.}
“Right then, do you have a name or should I call you little green?” Shiro asked as sat down in front of the world tree.
{It says it doesn’t have a name. Little green is fine.}
“I see… In that case then little green, what do you think about going to a bigger city? There’s plenty of mana for you to absorb, even divine energy. But you can’t drain it all otherwise the city will fall.” Shiro smiled since she could still remember how much mana the tree drained from her back then.
Even though her capacity has increased, she was concerned about the rate of absorption as well as how much the tree can absorb eventually. Knowing the world tree, it is not out of the realm of possibility for it to accidenta;ly absorb all of the mana in the city.
{It says it’ll try. If there is lots of mana for it to absorb, then it can absorb it all to increase its growth but if you said that he can’t absorb everything, it’ll limit it if possible.}
“That’s good. I’ll create a spot just for you and direct a fifth of the city’s mana generation to you ok?” Shiro smiled since sparing a fifth of the mana for the tree was ok. Plus, it was the world tree so once it fully matures, it’ll bring benefits to the whole city.
It was better to think of things as an investment for now.
{It has no problems with that. Though he wants to request something from you.}
“Oh? What do you want?”
{It says it wants some more of your mana so that it can reach the next stage of growth. The mana in this place has increased but it’s not enough since it needs to absorb a huge amount at once to reach the next stage. Otherwise it’ll take it months of steady increase.}
“Hmm… I can give you mana but doing so would complicate things. How about this, once we move the city, I’ll supply you with as much mana as I can spare. But for now, be obedient and wait here ok?” Shiro asked as the twigs swayed as if the tree was saying ok.
Without Iziuel needing to translate, Shiro already knew the answer.
Talking with the sapling for a little while, such as describing how good the city was for its growth, Shiro left the castle and walked towards the west since that was where the dungeon was.
Closing her eyes, Shiro prepared herself mentally for the first level 500 dungeon that she will challenge.
