Zongman started from grabbing girls with Wuhe Shidao

The summer sky in mid-July can be said to be blue, and the sun god Solus hanging high in the center is emitting infinite light from the sky.However, the light was blocked by the branches of the big tree spreading in all directions, barely reaching the root of the tree where the three of them were.

When looking up at the sky, the big tree is still robbing the sun god's gift with countless branches and leaves, and even using its roots to absorb the earth god Tilaria's favor endlessly, and continues to mend the cracks that the three have worked so hard to cut.

No matter how hard you try during the day, if you come here the next day after a night's rest, you will immediately find that half of the cracks cut yesterday have been filled.

Eugeo sighed softly while turning his gaze from the sky to the big tree.

Among the villagers, the tree is called by the sacred word "Gigas Cedar", which means "big cedar tree of the giant god".

It was a monster with a trunk four mel in diameter and a full seventy mel from root to topmost branch.

Even the tallest church tower in the village was only a quarter of its height, and to Eugeo, who was barely taller than a mel and a half this year, it really looked like an ancient giant.

It might not be possible to cut it down with human strength alone—every time Eugeo saw the cut section on the tree trunk, he couldn't help thinking like this.

The wedge-shaped crack finally reached a depth of about one mel, but the trunk was still three times thicker than the section.

Last spring, the three of them were taken to the village chief's house together. Apart from taking over the job of "lumberjack of the giant tree", they also heard a passage that almost made him faint.

This Chigas Cedar had taken root here long before the [Rulit Village] where the two lived was established, and the villagers have been cutting down this big tree since the pioneer era.

Counting from the first generation of lumberjacks to the predecessor, Grandpa Kalita, it is already the sixth generation, and the three of Eugeo are the seventh generation.

Villagers have spent more than 300 years on the tree so far. ——— 300 years!

Eugeo, who had just passed his tenth birthday at that time, couldn't imagine how long it was.

Of course, now 11 years old, he still can't understand.

All he knew was that, from his parents, grandparents, and generations before, and before, lumberjacks had swung their axes countless times, and the result was this less than a mel section.

As for the reason why this big tree had to be cut down, the village head soon explained to them in a serious tone.

With its huge torso and vigorous vitality, Gigas Cedar took away the blessings of the sun god and the earth god from the surrounding large land.

The land covered by the shadow of the big trees will not grow any crops even if the seeds are sprinkled.

Rulid Village is located on the northern border of the "Norlancarus Northern Empire", one of the four empires that divided and ruled the [Human World].

In other words, this is truly the end of the world.

Moreover, the north, east, and west sides of the village are all surrounded by steep mountains. If you want to expand fields or grazing land, you can only reclaim the southern forest.

But the entrance to the forest was already occupied by the roots of Gigas Cedar, so the village couldn't continue to develop without getting rid of this trouble first.

Things seem to be quite simple, but the wood of the big tree is as hard as iron, and it cannot be burned even if it is ignited; even if you want to uproot it, it is impossible because the root length is about the same as the height of the tree.

Therefore, we can only use the "keel axe" left by the ancestors of the village to cut down tree trunks, and then pass this work down from generation to generation. During a paragraph...

Only then did Eugeo timidly ask: "In this case, why don't you just leave Gigas Cedar alone and directly develop the forest further south?" Such a question.

As a result, the village head immediately replied with a terrifying voice—it was the wish of the ancestors of the past generations to cut down that tree, and it has long been a village practice to entrust the vocation of lumberjack to two villagers.

Immediately afterwards, Kirito questioned with a skeptical attitude why the ancestors established a village in such a place.Zero immediately asked why he didn't invite a powerful integrity knight to come and chop down that tree at once.

The village chief was a little taken aback when he heard it, but then he hit Rei and Kirito with his fist in a rage, and then hit Eugeo on the head several times along the way.

One year and three months have passed since that day, during which time the three of them swung the keel ax in turn, constantly challenging Gigas Cedar.However, it may be that the skill of using the ax has not been perfected, and the section on the big tree does not seem to have deepened at all.

However, it took 300 years to achieve such results before this, so it seems natural that two young children can't see any significant changes after a year of hard work.

But for the two parties, this job really didn't feel the slightest sense of accomplishment.

Of course—as long as they are willing, they can also choose not to simply observe the appearance of the big tree, but to use a simpler and clearer way to confirm how small their own power is.

Kirito, who was silently kicking on Kigas Cedar, seemed to have thought of this too, so he went to the tree and stretched out his left hand.

Seeing this, Zero immediately leaned over,

"Hey, forget it, you two. Didn't the village chief also say not to spy on Dashu's [Destiny] frequently?"

Eugeo hurriedly called out to stop him, but Kirito just turned his face slightly, showed his usual narrow smile and whispered: "The last time was two months ago. So it's not too frequent, just occasionally .”

"But!…"

"Okay, Eugeo, anyway, the village head doesn't know." Zero said with a nonchalant tone and that cute smile.

"Ah... I really can't do anything about you. Hey... wait a minute, I want to watch too." Eugeo, who had recovered his breathing with difficulty, also leaned over like Zero just now,

"Are you ready? Let's go." Kirito said in a low voice, and immediately raised his index finger and middle finger on his left hand in front of him, and clenched the remaining fingers tightly.

Then he drew an S pattern like a snake crawling in the air.

Among the seals dedicated to the Creator God, this is the simplest one.

Immediately after Kirito finished drawing the seal, he tapped the trunk of Gigas Cedar with his fingertips.

What came out at this time was not the original crisp knocking sound, but a clear and thin sound similar to flicking silverware.

Then, a small square bright window immediately emerged from the inside of the tree trunk.

As long as it is an object between the heaven and the earth, regardless of whether it is movable or not, Stacia, the creation god in charge of life, will give it the so-called "Mandate of Heaven".

The destiny of bugs and flowers is quite short, the destiny of animals such as cats and horses is slightly longer, and the destiny of human beings is of course longer than these animals.

As for the trees in the forest and the moss-covered rocks, they possessed several times more destiny than humans.

These Mandates usually increase continuously when they are just born, and then reach a peak at a certain time and start to slowly decrease.

Finally, when the Mandate of Heaven is exhausted, animals or humans will stop breathing, and vegetation and rocks will wither and shatter.

This kind of thing that records the remaining amount of destiny in sacred words is the so-called [Stacy's Window].Anyone with considerable divine power can call out this window by knocking on the object after drawing the seal.

Most ordinary people can call out the [windows] of stones and plants, but it is a little difficult for animals. If you want to call out the [windows] of humans, you must practice basic sacred arts to do it.

Of course - looking out your own window is a scary thing for anyone.

Generally speaking, it is much easier to look at the windows of trees than the windows of people, but since Gigas Cedar can be called the tree of demons, the sacred power required is of course much higher than that of ordinary trees, Eugeo III It was only about half a year ago that people were finally able to call out its windows.

It is said that in the past in the central capital Centoria's [World Central Axiom Church], the sacred magician who obtained the status of patriarch once held a grand ceremony for seven consecutive days and seven nights——

Finally, he succeeded in calling out the earth, which is the [window] of Tilaria, the god of earth.But after seeing the destiny of the earth, the magician fell into a state of panic, and finally disappeared to nowhere.

After hearing this rumor, Eugeo was not only afraid of seeing his own window, but also a little afraid of peeking at large objects including Gigas Cedar.

But Zero and Kirito didn't care at all.

Now, too, the two faces could be seen eagerly leaning against the glowing window.Although the three are friends who have known each other since childhood, Eugeo sometimes feels that the two of them are incompatible with each other...