I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

bang bang bang-

Early in the morning, or rather before dusk, Eve was awakened by a rapid knock on the door.

"Coming -"

After pushing the rest of the confused little heads back onto the bed one by one, Eve got out of bed, changed into casual clothes on the way to the door, then opened the door a little and looked out.

"Ah! Miss Eve, hurry up and get everyone else up! The ceremony is about to begin again!"

Standing at the door was Ashley, who looked very excited at this moment, but her slightly red eyes showed that she seemed to have just stayed up all night.

"Eh? Didn't you say yesterday that it would take about a day to recharge your magic power?"

Eve seemed a little surprised after hearing Ashley's words. It had only been about twelve hours since the magic tree last appeared, and the ceremony was about to begin again. This was a bit too fast.

"After Miss Eve and the others went to sleep, the speed at which the magic energy outside gathered suddenly increased a lot, so it started earlier. The ceremony could start at any time now. Miss Eve, you should hurry out!"

"Okay, wait a moment."

"Ok!"

After closing the door, Istina's questioning voice was heard from the bed.

"Master Brave? What happened?"

"The ceremony could begin at any moment. Let's go out and check it out. Let's wake up Shizu."

As Eve spoke, she looked at Melchis who was sleeping in a strange position. She saw that she had fallen asleep again in the short moment when the knocking on the door stopped and she was woken up.

"Good~"

A few minutes later…

"Yawn~"

Walking quickly in the corridor of the Crystal City, Melchis was yawning constantly and looked a little unhappy.

After all, no one would be happy to be woken up so early in the morning.

"Okay, I'll bring Shizu back home to catch up on some sleep after the ceremony."

However, seeing that Melchis looked uninterested, Eve thought for a moment and added.

"You can rest your head on my legs."

"Eh? Really?!"

"Really~"

"Great!"

Melchis finally felt better after hearing Eve say this.

The number of moon elves standing in the corridor today is much smaller than yesterday. After all, there are suddenly three more small castles that need to be manned, so everyone's defense area has expanded a lot.

However, these researchers all seemed quite happy. Ashley said that few people went to bed last night, as everyone was working all night to study the current situation in Wonderland.

The preliminary results they obtained also made Eve breathe a sigh of relief - although the reason is unknown, the situation of the Wonderland ruins has greatly improved and is still recovering. The upper limit is unknown. Perhaps in the future it can be completely restored to the level of the former Wonderland, and the word "ruins" can be removed from the end.

Well, at least we don't have to worry about it turning into a diplomatic incident. Maybe we can even do the elves a favor. After all, the improvement of the ruins has a lot to do with them, and the intact wonderland is extremely precious even today.

Great! After eradicating the abyss, I now have another bargaining chip that can be used to ask someone to go to the elves' library to investigate things related to Dier or the magic of transformation.

As for debts of favor, the more the better, you never know when they will come in handy.

After leaving the Crystal City, we saw that the five magic balls in the sky had begun to show signs of connecting with each other, which was a sign before the magic tree appeared.

At this time, the elves outside were also ready to collect materials. Many of them were holding an introduction sheet in their hands, which recorded the collection methods of several other materials besides Moonlight Dew.

Yesterday's materials were taken back by Nikki Luo, and they were completely pinned to the ground and unable to move, but today they may have to rely on themselves.

As for Eve, she also asked for an introduction and read it together with Tina, Sis and the others.

As for my thoughts after reading it... In a nutshell, collecting materials is very troublesome, it can be said to be extremely troublesome.

The collection process for Three Life Leaves, Fallen Flower Branches, Scarlet Wish Flowers, and Moonlight Dew is similar. You need to keep collecting them in the part of the magic tree that is sticking out of the water, under the oppressive aura, until you get the last little bit, which is the required material.

Well, that's quite torturous.

Fortunately, it was Nikki Luo who gave the materials directly to them yesterday, otherwise they would have been in danger of losing their lives.

At this time, Betty saw Eve and the others, so she walked over and looked at Eve with a strange look in her eyes.

Yesterday, when she urgently reported the situation to her superiors, the researchers had not yet reached the conclusion that the Wonderland ruins were in good condition. However, even so, the superiors' response to her was that no action needed to be taken, even though Eve was leaving the next day.

Even the additional reply after reaching a good conclusion was the same. It was obvious that there was no intention to express any gratitude for the achievement of reviving a strange relic.

Considering that the other party was invited by Lady Melfilin, she couldn't help but imagine Eve's identity.

Silver hair and red eyes seem to be the characteristics of the legendary vampire royal family, but why can she eat ordinary food normally?

Well, it’s better not to delve into it.

"Ms. Eve, do you want to try collecting materials later?"

"Well...it depends. I don't know what today will be like."

After thinking for a while, Eve gave a somewhat ambiguous answer.

"Ah, that's right. Let's talk about it later. I have other things to do, so I'll leave now. If you want to join us later, just go over there."

"Ah."

After saying that, Bettys went to the side and continued to deploy manpower.

After waiting for a while...

As the connection between the five magic balls became tighter and tighter, five dazzling magic light pillars burst out from above the Crystal City and continued to rise upwards. At the same time, the four magic light pillars on the outside also coiled towards the golden light pillar in the middle.

When the light column rose to the entrance above the light shell, the original five-colored magic columns had twisted together and rushed into Yueyang Lake, turning into a giant tree with five-colored magic all over its body. The branches, leaves and flowers that appeared on the water surface were the materials that the elves wanted to collect.

From the outside, the Crystal City looked as if it was wrapped in the roots of a giant tree.

At the same time, a sense of oppression was placed on everyone, restricting their movements. However, the force was much lighter than yesterday, at least it would not make ordinary people unable to move. After all, the moon elves had already entered the Moon Lake and started working.

Next to Eve and her group, Ashley was also writing furiously, rapidly recording everything she saw.

Eve learned from yesterday's experience and kept a close eye on Istina's situation the whole time to prevent a repeat of yesterday's incident.

Fortunately, no further accidents happened.

Then Eve and her group moved around for a while, got used to the pressure, said hello to Ashley, and joined in.

Collecting materials is secondary. The main reason is that Eve is a little curious about this giant magical tree.

§169 A Little Turbulence

In Yueyang Lake, Eve and her group were observing the giant tree in the water while swimming towards the lake.

At this time, the moon elves on the lake had already started to get busy before them. Today their workload was much heavier than before. They needed to collect all the branches, leaves, flowers and dew they saw, so everyone was working non-stop.

Let’s talk about the giant five-colored energy tree that grew out of the Crystal City.

Although it looks extremely spectacular, the part of the giant tree below the lake is actually not substantial. Eve and the others just entered the lake directly from the trunk of the giant tree.

The underwater pressure on them is a little greater than before, but it does not affect their movements.

The giant energy tree is five-colored overall, but the crown at the top appears to have only four colors.

The golden color that was originally the core has disappeared, or it may be because it accounts for too small a proportion, so it cannot be seen from below.

Although it is a giant energy tree without a physical body, the trunk itself looks no different from ordinary trees. The slightly rough bark, the tumors that appear after being injured, and the tiny branches and tender buds all appear on this giant energy tree.

Under the light emitted by this giant energy tree, the underwater forest surrounding the light shell began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The vibrations emitted by the giant tree also startled many schools of fish, attracting many ferocious predators, and a fierce chase broke out in the underwater forest.

However, the strange thing is that none of the fish that should be attracted to light want to get close to this giant magical tree that is emitting light, and no one knows why.

thump--

Accompanied by a few sounds of breaking water, Eve and her group left the lake.

Although the giant tree has no substance underwater, under the moonlight, all the branches and leaves that protrude from the lake surface have gained substance.

What’s interesting is that although they cannot interfere with the energy tree located underwater, they can affect the underwater part by moving the part that is protruding from the water. Melchis is having a lot of fun playing with it right now.

"Shizu, when you've had enough fun, come help collect the materials."

"Ok!"

After saying that, Eve and Istina began to collect branches, leaves and flowers from the giant tree, centering on the place where they came out.

She gently plucked a small flower, and the next moment the flower, which originally had a physical body, turned into a handful of magic power in Eve's hand and disappeared into thin air. Then it turned into leaves and branches as well.

It seems that unless it is real material, it will disappear on its own after being taken off.

Just like that, as time passed, thanks to the efforts of Eve and the others and a large number of moon elves, the part of the giant tree that emerged from the water had almost been plucked out, and three of the four materials had already been harvested.

It’s just that no one knows who might have missed a small flower, so there is one less red wish flower. Now everyone is collecting them bit by bit in a row.

"Ah! Found it!"

With a cry of surprise, a moon elf reached out and plucked a small flower, harvesting the last wish flower of the night.

But the next moment, a powerful pressure erupted from the center of the crown of the giant tree that emerged from the water, catching all the moon elves except Eve and a few others off guard and pressing them underwater. Fortunately, everyone had magic that allowed them to move freely in the water, so apart from being startled, they were not affected at all.

Moreover, the pressure from the giant tree itself became much stronger at this moment. Although it had not yet reached the level of yesterday, it was not far off. Most of the elves who were pressed into the water could only helplessly watch themselves sinking into the depths of the lake. Only some of the stronger elves were trying to return to the surface.

Along with the pressure came a dazzling golden light, mixed with a small amount of four-colored light, located right in the center of the tree canopy.

With her eyes slightly narrowed, Eve vaguely saw that the light seemed to be emitted from a small ball, so she pulled Istina and Melsis over.

"This...is very similar to the ball Nikki Luo brought out yesterday."

After observing it for a while, Eve reached out and took the ball.

As the ball left, the giant energy tree seemed to have lost its core and scattered into countless points of light. The pressure brought by the tree's shadow also disappeared without a trace.

thump--

There were several more sounds of breaking water, and several stronger moon elves jumped out of the water first and looked at Eve.

"Miss Eve..."

They had been informed about Eve before, so they were not too surprised.

"Let's go back to the Crystal City first."

After throwing the small ball in her hand to them, Eve led everyone back into the water and swam towards the light shell.

"Yes!"

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So, later in the Crystal City.

"Are these the materials we harvested today?"

Looking at the ten pieces of material on the table, Ashley was holding a thick book and constantly comparing them.

In addition to Eve and her group, Ashley and Bettys, several other managers from the Crystal City also gathered at the table.

On the table were the five materials that Nikki Luo brought back yesterday and the five materials that he harvested today.

The main difference between the two materials is the color. Yesterday's was rainbow color, and today's is five colors.

However, people's attention was mainly focused on the two small beads.

"Team Leader Ashley, have you found any new records about this bead?"

With a light cough, an elf looked in Ashley's direction and asked softly.

They had harvested the Moonlight Dew countless times, but this had never happened before.

If Eve hadn't been there this time, it would have taken them a lot longer to get the little bead.

"Wait a moment, I'm still looking, but I have found relevant records about the colors of these materials."

Turning back a few pages of the thick ancient book in his hand, Ashley cleared his throat and began to read.

"'Harvested materials can be graded by color, with five colors being the best quality.' That's what the book says, so no matter what, the quality of these materials will be better than before."