My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 449 Then you should eat more.
Even Roland himself did not expect that he would cause such a drastic change.

It was all because he chose to respond to that call from the heavens.

Even though it was just a response, without expressing any attitude or opinion, the voice still chose to respond to him.

Then came this unexpected scene.

When a sudden golden light rose from beneath the tender bud, piercing the cage and freeing Roland, he thought it was a contingency plan left by the King of Men.

When the tender shoots sprouted from the ground and grew into towering trees in the literal sense, he believed it was due to the help of the World Tree.

When enormous golden apples began to appear on the branches of the giant tree, drooping their dazzling forms, he simply assumed that this was a pre-prepared countermeasure mechanism by the King of Men and the World Tree, who could see through fate and the future.

After all, this wasn't the first time they'd done this, and it wasn't the first time Roland had seen these things.

But he was wrong.

The turning point came when Roland began to question whether the "World Tree Power" within him, which had replaced his magic, truly originated from the World Tree.

If the "World Tree Power" that I previously manipulated and transformed could be explained by the concept of magical mimicry, the current situation is completely different.

The moment Roland began to doubt it, the emerald green light vanished instantly.

What flowed through Roland's body was a dark and deep, yet brilliant, galaxy, like flowing starlight.

It was as if a nebula or galaxy was slowly circulating within his body, and then... under his watchful eye, it transformed into the form of magic.

At that moment, Roland had a sudden realization.

If magic can be mimicked to manifest some of the power properties of the World Tree, then conversely, can a certain power be transformed into magic as understood by ordinary people through mimicry and disguise?
Roland now has the answer to this.

The answer is yes.

At that moment, he remembered what the God of Truth had said.

The King of Men's plan only extends to the rebirth of Roland, this visitor from another world, and to ensuring a safe and stable environment for his development and contingency plans to prevent his sudden death.

That's it.

Roland withdrew his power, and then, taking advantage of the moment when no one took the initiative to act due to the sudden change in the scene, he led the golden apple, which was about the size of an ordinary house, on the tree to himself and Little Grey, who was about to dissipate and could no longer give any answers.

This was ultimately just an experiment...

But since you said you wanted to continue living...

Well, let's try anything, even if it's a long shot.

Roland reached out and touched the giant golden apple, and under his touch, the golden apple began to shrink rapidly until it became the shape of a normal apple.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Golden Apple]

The Golden Apple: Giving new life to existence.

[A manifestation of rules imbued with the concept of "giving life." It can grant life to anything that conforms to the concept of "existence," whether living or non-living.]

Before the stars learned to blink.

When the long, dreamless night covers the wasteland

Edith breaks through the ancient frost, her knuckles striking the silent earth.

When the seeds of the golden apple were sown into the earth, life began to sprout.

Tongzi diligently added a description of the prop and its effects.

Another golden apple... I obtained one myself when I was in Enva before, when I got that golden apple runestone.

Despite being labeled a fake, it still managed to revive the Demon King, giving him a brand new, flawless body.

Back then, Roland wondered if the counterfeit products were so effective, then the genuine ones must be even more amazing.
This has been proven true by facts.

Perhaps there isn't much difference between the real and fake when it comes to resurrecting the Demon King. After all, the Demon King only needs a complete new body, and even without the help of the Grim Reaper, her soul is already quite well-preserved.

What he didn't expect was that he would see the real thing so soon... and there was even a whole tree full of the real thing...

wrong!

When Roland looked up carefully, he discovered that after he took a golden apple, not only the other golden apples on the tree, but the towering tree itself began to wither instantly, decaying and fading at a visible speed, on the verge of disappearing.

Roland quickly stepped forward and shoved the golden apple into Little Grey's mouth, who was already in a daze.

He then used his mental power to lift it up and ran wildly toward the shadowy figure.

Roland did indeed awaken new power.

Moreover, their strength has been greatly improved.

But when faced with an enemy of this caliber, he was powerless to do anything about it.

Even with all the buffs applied, it's difficult to bridge the gap in strength, and even the World Tree's protection doesn't work on Little Gray's true form.

Not to mention he was carrying a seriously wounded soldier.

"Leah! Keep attacking!"

Roland shouted commands as he ran, and simultaneously used Flash to quickly retreat to the safe zone—Kalia's shadow-covered area.

Kalia didn't ask any more questions, and her heart was at ease after she saw Roland jump down from the tree.

It was only the first time that Kalia had engaged in such an intense and prolonged battle, and she was also angered by it.

Even without Roland saying so, he would have continued his attack after Roland was out of range. Countless seemingly ordinary shadow spears and shadow spikes reappeared from the shadows, launching an attack on the sea of ​​ash, while the shadows on the ground, resembling a swamp of mud, continued to expand their territory.

Several shadow giants, each a hundred meters tall, rose from the ground and, fully armed with their shadows, joined the battle, dissipating and devouring all the ashes in their path.

After launching an offensive, Kalia finally had time to spare and moved Roland and Little Grey, who was lying on the ground with a large golden apple stuffed in his mouth as if someone had gagged him, to her side.

"Wow, Roland! This golden apple looks so delicious! Why isn't Little Grey eating it? If she won't eat it, how can I?"

Roland: "..."

After spending a minute explaining the function of the Golden Apple to Kalia, Kalia gave a barely perceptible snort.

He seemed a little unhappy.

But she quickly composed herself and continued, "So, are there still apples left? I saw there were lots of them on that tree just now."

"Just give me one!"

"Let me make this clear first, it's not that I'm greedy or don't understand the value of this stuff... I just..."

Kalia hesitated for a moment, then, after observing that the other side was still on the defensive and showed no intention of counterattacking, she whispered, "Actually... regarding life force... I..."

Leaning close to Roland's ear, Kalia whispered an explanation of the trouble she had encountered, which wasn't really a big problem.

In short, she needs to replenish her "vitality".

It wasn't that she was seriously injured and about to die.

It's because even though she's freed from the evil god's control, every time she uses her innate spell, it triggers a thirst for "life."

Of course, it all boils down to hunger and thirst, so as long as you're full, there's no problem.

This is also the main reason why Kalia's appetite has increased again recently.

According to Kalia, if she eats a golden apple, she can probably refrain from overeating for the next two weeks, and she feels like she's gained weight in the last few days.

Kalia says she's been binge eating... Roland can hardly imagine how much she's been eating lately.

Moreover, this guy had recently lost to Little Gray in terms of appetite.

Roland could understand the weight anxiety of girls and the unbearable hunger that people face.

But after doing a quick calculation, Roland decided to let Kalia continue her binge eating.

After all, her feeling that she had gained weight was probably just an illusion.

Roland noticed that her face had become rounder, nor that there was anything protruding in her stomach.

He had just touched it, and it was still very smooth; he could even feel some faint abdominal muscles.

Roland felt that the golden apple was more valuable than the large amount of food consumed.

After all, even if Kalia were allowed to eat as much as she wanted, eat to death, and eat all the time, it would still be too difficult for her to eat away all of his wealth.

As the Grand Duke of Riskan, Roland now receives one-tenth of the tax revenue from Riskan and the surrounding cities, which are quite wealthy because of Riskan.

This is an enormous wealth that is difficult to quantify.

The chances of him going broke just by eating him are still too small.

Seeing Roland refuse, Kalia was very unhappy and stared at Little Gray, looking like she was about to snatch half an apple.

Roland was also puzzled. Little Grey had now shaken off its scatterbrained state and no longer looked like it was about to disappear.

But there was no indication that he was about to wake up.

Moreover, the golden apple did not suffer any damage.

Roland could only judge the speed at which the golden apple took effect by the amount of wondrous power contained within it.

Currently, it seems that this product is not as fast-acting as the counterfeit version.

Or is it that... you absolutely have to take a bite out of this apple and eat it?

Little Gray doesn't seem to be able to bite properly right now.

And Kalia really seemed to want to eat it... If slicing it also works, maybe we can save some for Kalia to have a treat...

No, we're still on the battlefield. Why am I thinking about these things?

Um! ?

"Lia, how long has it been since the other side launched an attack?"

Kalia thought for a moment: "Ever since you jumped down from the tree, even when I took the initiative to attack, she just stood there and took the beating. Could she be tired of fighting and planning to run away?"

Roland shook his head helplessly: "How could that be... I think the problem might lie with Little Gray."

"The effect of the golden apple is to give life to existence."

"Regardless of what this being is, whether it is a person or even a living being."

"And Little Gray's essence is a fragment of the original consciousness and soul."

"Think about Leah, what would happen if a part of your soul and consciousness developed its own thoughts and then, under the influence of external forces, gained real life?"

(End of this chapter)