Chapter 86

Seeing the crops, the young sapling sent a message to them: "Grow hard."

Seeing the world tree in another realm: "Grow hard."

Seeing Anna: "Grow hard."

The next day, Anna ran to Ang like a madwoman with her hair in disarray, pushing her hair away from her forehead: "Look, sir, look, sir, look quickly."

Ang glanced at her, scratched his empty forehead, and said in confusion: "Hair?"

"What hair, it's hair, hair roots, they've grown out." Anna tugged at a short hair stub, excitedly saying, "What did you do to me?"

Although she was not yet twenty, her unreliable brother had placed the heavy responsibility of Ice City on her shoulders, often causing her to lose sleep and hair due to anxiety. She felt she would soon become bald.

After Ang appeared, the hair loss improved significantly. The biggest crisis in Ice City, the food crisis, was alleviated. Now, with the world tree blocking the Resting Wind, the food production for next year would certainly reach new heights.

However, the hair she had lost before could not grow back. Her long hair was thin like a veil, and she feared that a strong wind would expose her scalp.

Thinking of this consequence, Anna became anxious, and the more anxious she became, the more hair she lost.

Unexpectedly, when she woke up today, she touched her pillow and found no hair. When she washed her face, she felt the stubs of hair. Oh my God, was it a miracle? Her hair had grown back?

No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't figure out what had happened, but the miracle must be related to Sir Ang.

"Sir, what did you do to me? Why is my hair growing back? Please, sir, do it again." Anna's eyes sparkled as she looked at Ang and pleaded.

Ang was a bit lost, not knowing what he had done: "No hair, can't do it." He meant that he had no hair and couldn't grow hair.

Anna thought about it and realized that Sir Ang himself had no hair, so how could he make hair grow? Could she have guessed wrong?

What to do? Was the wonderful miracle just a coincidence? Would it continue to grow in the future?

Anna turned away in disappointment, but after just a few steps, she froze, took a step back, and slowly turned to look at Ang's head.

Since Ang was taller than her and had a flower pot on his head, she couldn't see even if she tiptoed. However, driven by a strong belief, she floated up to a height above the flower pot and looked down at the sapling inside.

The sapling was startled and waved its true leaves at her: "Grow hard."

Anna felt her scalp tingle, and her eyes sparkled with excitement.

Luther, who was also excited, rushed over, grabbed Anna, and asked: "Anna, did you level up?"

Anna's own strength was not weak, possessing the level of a high swordsman. However, the ability to float briefly without any warning was something only a great swordsman could do. Could Anna's strength have improved?

Anna didn't hear what her brother said, pushing his hand away: "Get away, leveling up is nothing compared to hair."

After a series of tests, Anna confirmed that the sapling was the "culprit" behind her hair growth. She was so excited that she came to see it three times a day, bringing water, fertilizer, and prayers, showing the same devotion as the most devout believers.

Gradually, people became confused by Anna's strange behavior and started asking her. In no time, she became a sensation. People ran over to show the sapling their half-grown horns, succubus Lina showed her two lumps, and some even tried to take off their pants. It wasn't until the angel skeleton spread its wings at them that they reluctantly stopped.

The sapling instantly became everyone's favorite, and if it weren't on Ang's head, someone would have taken it home.

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Anthony scratched his sparse forehead, frowning at the paper in his hand. The papers varied in size, some as narrow as a finger, others as large as a page, or even several pages. Each paper recorded information that could involve dozens or hundreds of lives, or the rise and fall of one or two small countries.

The most recent and significant event was the abnormal behavior of the elves. All information about the elves, big and small, was sent to Anthony's desk.

One person was particularly key. After he entered the elves' territory, the elves' abnormal behavior decreased, and they recently began to retreat into the depths of the forest.

Since the intelligence network couldn't penetrate the elves' territory, let alone use spies or threats, no one knew if this person was related to the elves' retreat. Therefore, he was thoroughly investigated.

"Silver Coin, why does this name sound so familiar? Former vice president of the Silver Light Guild, now separated from the Silver Light Guild, established a secret guild, mainly dealing in holy essence liquid? Hiss... I remember now, the Resting Abyss, that goblin, wasn't he dead?"

Anthony's Black Warrior had captured Silver Coin and killed him, extracting his soul to search his memories. He should have been dead, so how could he be related to the elves?

Originally thought to be a minor character, he suddenly became linked to the continent's hot topic. Anthony keenly realized that it must be related to the Resting Abyss; otherwise, a goblin merchant wouldn't have the qualifications to be a hot topic.

"Oh, God of Knowledge, what great deed have you done now? Could it be that the world tree sapling is with you..." Anthony muttered, suddenly drawing a sharp breath.

He suddenly remembered a phrase the God of Knowledge had once said: "I'm particularly new at growing vegetables now, and I'm researching how to grow a world tree." He thought it was just a casual remark, but the elves' abnormal behavior was related to the world tree. Could it be?

"Could it be that the God of Knowledge really grew a world tree?" Anthony muttered, lost in thought.

Tearing off the number at the top of the report, Anthony pressed it with his ring, and a mark appeared on the paper.

Passing the paper with the marked number, someone would handle the follow-up.

Different actions corresponded to different follow-up processes. Normally, a stamp would be placed on the document, such as "read," "follow up," or "archive."

However, this method, where the original document was not returned and only a number with Anthony's mark was returned, indicated the highest priority handling, with all related documents destroyed and no archives kept.

Leaving the office and returning to the secret room, Anthony opened the teleportation array and called the array in Demon Valley. Since Negris was not there, it took a while for the communication to be connected.

"God of Knowledge, I heard you were researching how to grow a world tree. Did you grow one? Can you sell me one?" Anthony asked.

Negris's eyes darted, and he quickly said, "No, who grew a world tree? What a joke, can that thing be grown casually? I was just talking off the top of my head."

Anthony showed a "I knew you'd say that" expression and said calmly, "Do you remember Hardbone Rock?"

Negris was startled: "Hardbone Rock? Is he still alive?" If he wasn't alive, why mention him, scaring the dragon to death.

"No, he's dead. If you sell me the world tree sapling, I'll tell you where his skeleton is. When you were dragged back by him, didn't you always brag about urinating on his grave? The opportunity is here." Anthony said with a smile.

PS: Got up late, updating one chapter first.