68. World Tree (2)
world number.
Oliver seemed to understand now why Forrest didn’t answer right away, and the bookstore owner said it was difficult to explain.
It was because it was never something that could be described in a short amount of time or a few words.
The world tree was vaster than anything Oliver had ever seen, and its concept was vague, in a word, unknown.
It is also in the present progressive tense.
It was only about 30 years ago that a proper book was published, and it was still being researched.
To be honest, Oliver didn’t even know how to explain this.
Oh yeah···. Fortunately, the bookstore owner’s explanation was good.
A very extensive encyclopedia and the largest tree in the world.
Oliver fully agreed with this.
First of all, to explain the world tree, it is true that it is the largest tree ever discovered, but it was never confirmed with the naked eye.
The reason is that the World Tree was not on the ground.
So where are you? It was right under the ground.
under the ground on which we are treading.
It was said that the main body of the World Tree was none other than the root in the ground, and that many trees around the world grew like side branches around the root.
In other words, it was reasonable to view the World Tree not as a single giant tree, but as a cluster of many trees centered on a huge root.
How these creatures came to be has not yet been elucidated, but there are two convincing hypotheses.
One was the theory that a huge body (root) in the center of the earth spread out all over the world to obtain nutrients such as sunlight and became the World Tree.
Another was that the roots of many trees were intertwined and naturally merged into one to become the World Tree.
Both of them were fighting each other for right with strong support from academia, and thanks to that, there was no definitive conclusion that ‘this is the origin of the World Tree’.
But this was not very important. What was really interesting was the following.
It would have been just a miracle if there were a lot of trees connected by simple roots, but the World Tree was not just a miracle tree.
Beyond novelty, it was wonderful, useful, and at the same time very powerful.
This is because, through the World Tree, huge natural magic flows, seeing and remembering what is happening around the tree, and storing it in the abyss world ‘root net’.
Using these four ruths, we could see what was going on across the sea as well as on the other side of the world.
In other words, the world tree could be said to be the eye through which the world sees.
However, that was not the end.
Wizards and druids have also developed technologies that can artificially enter this ‘root net’ and store, manage, and print information through magic and sorcery. It was called ‘net sailing’.
This net sailing allowed me to store and manage all the infinite information of over tens of millions of books in the World Tree, and take it out and check it when I need it.
All I could say was that it was truly amazing.
You don’t need a single piece of paper to store so much information. It doesn’t take much effort to find the information you need.
It was very convenient and efficient to just enter the rut net and associate the necessary information.
In addition, there were no parts not related to the World Tree, such as communication and administrative processing.
Perhaps for this reason, he said that some ‘blessed countries’, including this country, are gradually moving to actively use the world tree in national administration and politics.
At this time, Oliver also naturally learned about the dangers and disadvantages of the world tree.
Where there is light, there is also shadow.
The World Tree is convenient because it has not been developed for a while, but it has many weak points and dangers.
For example, the weakness to intrusion by professional organizations such as Heimdall, as described by Forrest, was a prime example of this.
In addition, it was also a serious problem that it was very difficult to learn net sailing, which can use the net net.
For reference, the difficulty is not only something that can be filled with effort, but talent is also required.
Basically, it required considerable magical skills, and it also required mental strength strong enough to maintain consciousness in the Ruth Net, a sea of numerous information.
The book warns that the user’s consciousness may be engulfed in a sea of information and cause great damage if done wrong.
In other words, it was powerful and convenient, but it was difficult to use, thanks to which only a small number of wizards and druids were using it.
Oliver went out of the house to see if what he saw in the book was correct.
Right between Zone U, the end of the workers’ settlement, and Zone V, the beginning of the slum settlement, after wandering for a long time, I was able to find a World Tree in a sparsely populated area on the border.
“Is this the world tree…?”
Oliver mumbled as he looked at the tree standing alone.
On the surface, it was just an ordinary tree, but thanks to the iron fences and signs around it, it was recognized that it was one of the world trees.
[World tree certified by the horse tower. In case of damage or damage, you may be subject to severe punishment according to the law, so please be careful. Landa Police Department.]
Oliver looked at the sign on the iron fence and again saw the tree called the World Tree.
Looking back, it was just an ordinary tree.
A tree commonly seen on the streets of Landa.
Some of them were fenced off like these trees, and Oliver couldn’t understand why he hadn’t noticed the existence of the World Tree sooner.
It’s probably because of his narrow field of view, where he doesn’t see anything other than what he’s interested in.
“I need to fix this.”
Oliver was aware of his shortcomings and focused his attention on his eyes.
The vision of ordinary humans gradually blurred, and the vision of a warlock that could penetrate emotions, vitality, and even magic was activated. Then, although faint, he could see the magical power flowing through the World Tree.
“This···?”
Oliver tilted his head at the sight in front of him.
From the warlock’s eyes, the world tree looked closer to a pipe than a tree, and in the middle of the pipe, various magical powers were moving at great speed.
Blue, yellow, red, purple, etc.
It was very fast and complicated, so naturally I was intrigued.
Oliver touched his face.
Just in case, I wore a leather mask that I had never used before, just in case I missed it.
Fortunately, the leather mask was properly worn. It won’t be a problem if your face is exposed once with this.
Confirming safety, Oliver shifted his gaze downward.
Under the World Tree, towards the roots.
“Well·····.”
Oliver groaned in embarrassment.
I could clearly see the bottom, but it was getting blurry because I couldn’t see the end.
It was like a puppet show from a hundred steps away, and it seemed to be doing something, but it was just frustrating because I couldn’t see anything.
As written in the book, the roots seemed to be in the deepest part of the earth, but only the eyes were tired and nothing was saved.
“ha······.”
I sighed involuntarily.
I came here because of a book I read out of curiosity, but I wanted to check as much as possible that I came this far.
Of course, it could be said that he had obtained a lot just by looking at the tree with a lot of magical power and knowing about the function and status of the World Tree, but it was still not enough.
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No, I’ll be more honest.Oliver wanted to use this world tree for himself.
I wanted to get a taste of what it was like by accessing the unknown world called Root Net, which is connected by numerous nerve roots.
Of course, this is terribly dangerous, and in a sense even foolish.
You could be exposed to some risk without getting anything.
Still, Oliver wanted to give it a try.
Because I wanted to do it.
When he came to his senses, Oliver was able to cross the fence and find himself attached to the World Tree.
That wasn’t enough, so emotions were extracted from test tubes.
Then I wondered
You can enter 4 ruts through magic, and you can enter 4 loots through communication with nature, but why can’t you enter with black magic?
Oliver stretched out his emotional hand to the World Tree, thinking that he might give it a try.
It must have been meaningless, seeing that there was no content related to this in the book, but I just tried it as an experiment.
Well, I hope I can succeed-
“- Is there?”
“Slightly startled,” Oliver murmured.
What should I explain?
It was similar to entering the secret space of the Sausage Factory and Glyph.
When I touched my hand with emotion in my hand, it felt as if I had put the key in the keyhole.
Of course, the keyhole didn’t open right away as it was designed in an obscure shape like the one with the glyph, but that wasn’t a problem for Oliver at all.
It’s because I got a rough idea of how to solve it after using my emotions a few times. This was also the case with the world.
Of course, it was awkward because of the slightly different grain, but Oliver did not give in to this and ignored even the slightest reaction and forcibly put his emotions into the keyhole.
Then there was a crackling sound in my head, and then there was a creaking sound.
With him, an unfamiliar sight unfolded before his eyes.
An empty world without sky and earth on a black background like the night sky.
The only thing that moved was the colorful magic that flew at the speed of a meteor.
Oliver instinctively sensed that this world was Ruth.
Another world made up of the nerve roots of the World Tree, a sea of information containing a lot of knowledge.
Oddly enough, Oliver didn’t panic, even though it was strange and interesting.
I just calmly looked around, observed, and understood this place.
As I said before, the surroundings were as black as the night sky.
Oliver instinctively looked at his hand.
It was made up of white lines, but because it was the virtual world of the abyss, the shape of the body seemed to be different.
If there’s anything else that worries you, how about the amount of information you hear loudly in your ears?
Thousands of voices shouted and pressured Oliver to make sure he didn’t welcome the stranger, but Oliver just closed his ears and looked around.
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Now what do you do? should i go out? But there is a problem.How lucky he was to get in, but he didn’t know how to get out.
Even if I remember the contents of the book, it was just an introduction and information. There were no instructions on how to use it.
Of course, there was no way out. It was a completely unexpected situation.
Do you want to burn your brain by drifting in a sea of information like you saw in the book?
“Well then… It’s unavoidable.”
Oliver was quieter than expected. Of course, if such a situation happened, it was terrifying, but there was nothing I could do about it…
So Oliver decided to experiment rather than ponder on an unanswered question.
Obviously, if you handle the rut net properly, you can get the information you want just by thinking, but I wanted to check if that was the case.
So, what information should you look for?
Devil? black magic? beautiful emotions? It wasn’t without temptation, but since it was my first time, I decided to try something lighter.
I don’t think there will be any major problems, so something else would be good for practice.
“Forrest.”
There was a slight creaking, but soon some of the magical energy that had moved around like a meteor flew in front of Oliver and spread like fireworks.
Along with him, unknown characters were lined up in the air, all of which he had seen for the first time.
“What is this… yes?”
Oliver exclaimed in surprise. As I continued to read these first letters, I thought I would understand roughly what they were about.
To be precise, he could ‘feel’ the information, but Oliver began to perceive the information in a blurry but slow manner.
As I was about to get used to it, I felt a strong gaze from somewhere.
“yes?”
Oliver looked at that moment. Eyes made of countless magical powers.
[Who are you?]
Oliver silently looked into his eyes. I thought I would see someone, but then the eyes shouted again and asked.
[Who are you?!]
As Oliver was about to answer, his vision suddenly turned dark.
When he closed his eyes and opened them, he suddenly returned to reality, but Oliver confirmed that the emotions he had held in his hands were gone.
It was as if all the emotions had been thrown out.
“like·····.”
It’s also a short time to be interested in new facts.
Oliver recalled the watchman he had seen on Ruth Net and soon realized he had to get out of here.
If you do it wrong, you can get caught up in troublesome things.
He made a black suit with his vitality and emotions and ran as hard as he could and escaped from here.
I was curious enough, so I had to buy myself at this point today.
There were still many things I didn’t know, and I didn’t have enough skills.
***
After that, a week passed.
Oliver did not immediately return to his lodgings, but stayed near the first access point to the World Tree, observing the surroundings for a week.
The reason is none other than the snow I met during the connection. I don’t know what it was, but I knew something was observed, so I stayed around to see what happened.
If I was caught by a troublesome being, I was thinking of giving up my identity now and going somewhere else.
Fortunately, this was just a rainstorm.
Because for a week, not even a single ant cub, let alone chasing after Oliver, came to the World Tree.
finally. Concluding that it was a small incident, Oliver left the area and returned to his lodging, then went to a restaurant in Forest that he had forgotten for a while.
It felt like it had been almost ten days since the last mission was over, but I even worried that I might have forgotten myself because I didn’t go too far.
Well, Cant said that the only good thing about this job is its freedom, but Oliver, who is still a rookie, was a little stingy.
As I opened the rattling door and entered, a red-skinned egg greeted me.
He smiled warmly at Oliver.
“Mr Dave. Thank you so much for coming. Are you here to see the boss?”
“Yes.”
“I’m happy. The boss was also waiting for Dave. Follow me. I will guide you.”