Holy Tree Leaf

The Creator God was silent for a moment, looking at Kurumi's items, before saying, "Your progress seems faster than all other Descenders..."

"Do you know where the Dark Deities came from?"

Kurumi didn't want to listen to long plot explanations and immediately said, "They were born from the negative emotions of all life, nurtured, grew, and eventually became terrifying existences that controlled divine authority."

"And humans are their greatest sustenance. Some Deities want to destroy humans, while others want to herd them..."

"Their agents in the mortal world are the Fallen Ones, lives controlled by negative emotions, having lost their sanity."

"When life submits to the Deities, they can gain all sorts of miraculous abilities..."

The Creator God was silenced by Kurumi's detailed explanation. If it had self-awareness, it might suspect that it had leaked the detailed information of the Meta World.

The illusory figure drifted in the air, as if sensing something.

"I seem to know your origin, Descender..."

"Since you possess such luck, you must bear a greater responsibility."

"Ding, your courage has left an impression on the Creator God Yuan Yi, you have received a reward: Holy Grace Divine Cult Reputation +100."

"System prompt: The difficulty of your [Investigate Deity Revival Incident] quest has increased, and the quest quality has been raised to Epic."

"Congratulations player Su, Creator God Yuan Yi considers you the chosen one, favorability +5."

A series of game notification sounds rang out.

Kurumi was bewildered.

Although she had taken on the quest much earlier than in her previous life, she hadn't heard of so many complications when taking on quests in her past life.

Didn't they say the Creator God had no consciousness?

The way it acted just now didn't seem like a rigid program.

However, the rewards were excellent.

She hadn't expected to gain favorability from the Creator God itself, amazing!

And gaining 100 Holy Grace Divine Cult reputation, she was making a killing!

At this moment, the [Investigate Deity Revival Incident] on the quest panel had also changed.

[Destroy Fallen Camp] (Gold Epic, Level 30 Quest)

Quest Description: Creator God Yuan Yi considers you the chosen one and has increased your quest difficulty. You must destroy three [Fallen Camps] within a month.

What the heck, three Fallen Camps?

The [Prelude to the Anomaly] in the newbie village also counted as a Fallen Camp, but only the newbie village had such simple difficulty camps. Later Fallen Camps would have multiple bosses. If she wanted to complete the quest, she'd probably break her back from grinding.

Kurumi's scalp tingled.

The illusory figure on the ceiling disappeared.

All the priests stood up.

One priest walked up to Kurumi and said, "We have received a divine decree. The deity has instructed us to give you the location information of three Fallen Camps and let you handle them."

"The divine decree also stated that the quest has a time limit of one month, so we have selected three camp locations that are relatively close."

"These three camps are all located in the [Green Root Mountain Range] within the Endless Forest."

"That area is within the Dawn Elf Empire, and the elves rarely go there because dragons inhabit it, so you don't have to worry about the elves causing trouble for you."

Green Root Mountain Range...

Damn it, that place is practically a mid-level zone. The monsters there are level 30-80, and I'm only level 13! Is this Creator God this insane?

Kurumi was speechless.

But there was no other way; this was a system quest.

"What are these Fallen Ones doing in the Green Root Mountain Range?"

"The Green Root Mountain Range was a battlefield between the Carron Empire and the Dawn Elf Empire. Both sides fought there for several years, resulting in countless casualties. They're likely there to research methods of controlling the undead..."

Got it. The final boss is probably the dragon in that mountain range.

They probably want to kill the dragon and then control the dead dragon!

"Alright, I'll complete the quest as soon as possible," Kurumi replied dryly.

The priest nodded with a smile and said, "At your current level, eliminating three Fallen Camps might be difficult. We can lend you a prop for now."

The system prompted: "Ding, you have obtained the quest item: Divine Grace Crystal."

[Divine Brilliance Crystal] (Quest Item)

Quality: Rare

Effect: Upon use, imbues attacks with light attribute, dealing an additional 50% light attribute damage to undead, Fallen Ones, and Deity's kin for one hour, with a twenty-four-hour cooldown.

Description: All evil shall vanish beneath the radiance!

Excellent!

With this item, there's no need to worry about not being able to damage special lifeforms, and the light attribute damage can even counter them.

Before preparing to leave, Kurumi seemed to have thought of something. She took out the necklace from her backpack and handed it to the priest.

She had asked about this thing at the Adventurer's Guild in Forest City, and no one knew what it was or who had lost it. However, they said she could find the Holy Grace Divine Cult to purify the pollution on the treasure and make it shine again.

"This necklace still carries a faint natural aura; it should be an item of the Elf race."

The priest examined it carefully and detected that besides the murky dark elemental power, there was also a very faint but incredibly pure natural aura.

"It's a bit like the aura of the Elf race's Holy Tree..." the priest murmured curiously.

"Adventurer Su, please wait a moment. The dark elemental energy attached to this item is too heavy; it must have been polluted for a long time. If you hadn't brought it to us, its spiritual essence would have disappeared in a few days."

Kurumi nodded.

Several priests sat down again and channeled their magic around the necklace.

Wisps of black smoke emanated from the necklace.

Half an hour later.

The black smoke completely dissipated, and the [The Polluted Necklace] was enveloped in green light, transforming into a translucent green leaf floating in mid-air. Countless emerald leaves appeared, and the natural life aura instantly erupted.

Kurumi vaguely saw a towering giant tree within this green leaf.

Then, she snapped back to reality.

All the light receded, as if what had just happened was an illusion.

"Ding!"

"[The Polluted Necklace] purified, necklace energy replenished, quality restored, you have obtained [Holy Tree Leaf]."

"Congratulations! [Holy Tree Leaf] is the supreme treasure of the Elf race. With this treasure, you can freely enter the Elven Royal City and approach the Elf race's Holy Tree."

"System Notification: You have received rewards: Dawn Elf Empire reputation +1000, Elf Princess [Beatrix Andomil]'s favor +5."

A series of messages flashed, and Kurumi immediately opened her backpack to check.

[Holy Tree Leaf]

Quality: Legendary Item

Effect 1: While carried, after leaving combat, increases life recovery speed, recovering 10% of maximum HP per minute.

Effect 2: In forests, movement speed +20%, attack speed +20%, energy recovery +20% (Time Value cannot enjoy this effect).

Effect 3: While carried, all Elves must show respect. If anyone offends, you can inform the Elf race's enforcers.

Effect 4: Active Skill [Holy Tree Revival]

Item Description: Sir, the Royal City is this way, let me lead!

[Holy Tree Revival]

Active Skill Description: Upon use, you will immediately receive the Holy Tree's protection. If you die within an hour, you can immediately revive with full health, exempting death penalties (if other death immunity skills exist, this skill will trigger first). Usage limit: Once per day.

Item Set: Elf Saintess Set. (1/5)

Set Description: Collect all five items, and you can become the Elf race's Saintess!

Holy crap, is this an item that a small boss on the roadside can drop? Are they kidding me?!

Especially this effect, it's too overpowered...

Kurumi's pupils dilated upon seeing these stats. Is this really an item that can be obtained in the early game?