Chapter 157: The Tree of Death and the Undead Apple

"Um.."

Wesley was evidently shaken at his discovery.

It wasn't only him, but also all of the men that he brought with him felt the same. Probably even worst as they can't help retreating a few steps away.

"I won't beat around the bush, Friedrich," Wesley gulped down a mouthful of saliva in hopes of calming himself down. "We've pretty much known each other for a long time now, so there's no use in pretending not to know what we want,"

"I'll spell it for you — give me the Molten Magma Core,"

"Or what?" Friedrich can't help smirking after seeing that Wesley isn't feeling confident. He clearly has the upper ground in this conversation.

"Okay, you got me," Wesley raised his hand to express defeat. A wise man knows when to concede, especially when all odds are against him from the start. "You caught me by surprise, so I can no longer hide behind a facade,"

"Even if you did, you know it won't work," Friedrich shook his head.

"At least I can pretend," Wesley sighs regretfully at his failed attempt. "Anyways, I am not looking for a fight,"

"Says the one who ambushed us," Gilbert interrupted with a roll of his eyes.

"That was just my way of testing the strength of your party," Wesley quickly added. "And also I was just trying my luck if I can perhaps take the Molten Magma Core without giving your party anything in exchange,"

Just like what Kayn had initially expected before.

Friedrich put his sword to the side before crossing both his arms in front and asking. "So, how was it?"

"I must say, you have someone in your party that can pretty much counter my Gift," Wesley looks at Kayn. "And it seems like he is the person that Chief Kylo wanted us to eliminate. Sadly, with two squads of Green Horn Knights protecting him, it's next to impossible for me to do that today,"

"Actually, he can take care of himself quite well. We are pretty much just spectators," Friedrich interrupted. "Before you say what you want, I refuse,"

"You didn't even listen to what I will offer in exchange for the Molten Magma Core,"

"Not interested,"

"I can offer you all the richest of the Serenity Town,"

"Don't take us for fools Wesley!" Friedrich sternly responded. Suppose that he agreed and his party took all the richest of the Serenity Town, it would be no different from digging their own graves. Once those people wake up from the charm of Wesley, there's no doubt that they will immediately come after them as soon as they find out the truth.

"What if I tell you that my charm can last for up to a month?"

"Still not interested. And thank you for telling us such important information. We will definitely take that into consideration and prepare appropriately," Friedrich said in sarcasm.

While Friedrich and Wesley were discussing a transaction with no possibility of going in the latter's favor, Kayn secretly activated his Gift, 3R, and successfully copied Wesley's Gift.

A system prompt immediately pop-up as soon as he activated his Gift.

[Do you want to copy Wesley's Gift?]

"Yes,"

[Initializing replication process of Wesley's Gift..]

[1%...]

[25%...]

[50%...]

[75%...]

[100%...]

Ting!

[Replication Complete!]

[Congratulations! You've received the Gift <<Death's Envoy (Farmer)>>]

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<<Death's Envoy (Farmer)>>historical

Description: This Gift gives the user access to the Tree of Death, which is the counterpart of the Tree of Life, and harvests its only fruit called the Undead Apple. Take special note that the user can only harvest one Undead Apple per day. Though each Undead Apple can be stored by the user for as long as he wants and will only cease to exist once it is used. The ability of the Undead Apple is it will allow the user to control an undead soldier by feeding the fruit to someone who is about to die. Undead soldiers will only die if they are burned to ashes or the user choose to eradicate them. However, if one uses the Undead Apple on a living person, it will instead allow the user to charm that person for a day. But feeding the target multiple fruits will extend that duration by a day for each fruit.

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Kayn can't help feeling slightly disappointed after finishing reading the description of Wesley's Gift <<Death's Envoy (Farmer)>>.

He initially thought that the Gift would be something really great. Turns out it's just similar to Rowan Starlight's Gift, or possibly worst.

It is still compensable though since the Gift <<Death's Envoy (Farmer)>> will allow him to control an army that will always be loyal to him no matter the circumstances.

However, the biggest problem of undead soldiers is the fact that their strength and power will entirely depend on how powerful they were when they were still alive. That's not all, their original power will also be cut in half because one of the most important factors, which is one of the major sources that gives a person power has disappeared; their willpower, which every undead soldier doesn't possess anymore.

On the other hand, the ability to charm others is exactly the same as what Friedrich had mentioned before.

That is what he truly needed. Albeit the ability to control the undead is also useful, nonetheless.

What he is very curious about though is the additional title (Farmer). In most cases, an additional title only means that the Gift can level up and reach a higher league.

Does this mean that as long as he levels up the Gift <<Death's Envoy (Farmer)>> his ability will also improve?

Now that he thinks about it, he had actually met plenty of people in the past who possess the Gift <<Death's Envoy>>.

Was the reason why their Gift entirely unique from each other simply because the level of their Gift was different from the rest?

In that case, what would it be like if he levels up the <<Death's Envoy (Farmer)>> to its next level? Will it grant him more abilities or will it simply strengthen the existing ones?

He can't wait to find out.