Chapter 401: 401

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In the headquarters of the Salko Temple, the first elder stood under the strange creature detection crystal in the hall. He did not speak for a long time.

It was the first time in countless years that the Salko temple had encountered a strange creature that the detection crystal could not detect.

The detection principle of the detection crystal was very simple. As long as there was a strange breakthrough to A+ rank, there would be a sudden change in the weather.

A change in the weather would definitely produce a kind of magic wave, and this magic wave would be absorbed by the strange creature detection crystal.

If it was a magic wave produced by a breakthrough, the detection crystal would emit a bright light.

Through the strange creature detection crystal’s brightness, the Salko temple could determine that there was an A+ strange creature.

They would go and grab it. Basically, all the A+ rank strange creatures in the United States of Barrow had fallen into the hands of the Salko Temple.

However, there were exceptions. For example, the ancient forest was a place that gave the Salko temple a headache.

Not only were there strange creatures, but there were also treants. Treants were very powerful creatures, but they only lived in the ancient forest.

They never left the ancient forest. The ancient forest was the largest forest area on Blue Planet. The ancient forest was almost as big as the Barrow United States.

There were all kinds of wild animals, treants, strange creatures, and some magical plants. Even the fugitives of human time lived there.

All the creatures there were extremely unfriendly to humans. The treants did not establish a country. They lived in the ancient forest as tribes.

Every treant tribe was different. They might hate each other, or they might form alliances with each other. The only communication they had with the humans was through trade. They also needed the goods of the human world.

The specialties of the ancient forest were extremely precious to the human world. The humans were much smarter than the treants. Over the countless years of trading, the treants had suffered countless losses.

Almost all the treants thought that the humans were despicable bastards. This view was also transmitted to other ancient forest creatures. Because they had also suffered losses at the hands of the humans, they recognized that the humans were despicable creatures.

No matter how they thought that humans were despicable or shameless, they were still deceived by the human merchants time and time again.

This point had never changed since ancient times. The human merchants had a good helper, the golden strange creature, which was a specialty of the ancient forest.

This kind of strange creature also hated humans, but they were the ancient forest forces that cooperated with humans the most.

The strange creature used human merchants to trap the treants and finished them off. If there was a chance, the strange creatures would not hesitate to eat the human merchants clean.

The treants also did not like the golden strange creatures. The golden creepiness ruled the entire ancient forest in ancient times.

The treants were only the slaves of the golden strange creatures back then. The golden strange creatures did not care about the lives of the treantsat all.

Later on, the golden strange creatures had an internal conflict. The treants seized the opportunity and overthrew the golden strange creatures’ rule in one fell swoop.

The golden strange creature did not reproduce as quickly as the treants. In fact, the treants were slaves created by the golden creeps in imitation of humans.

The fact that the slaves had overthrown themselves made the golden strange creatures extremely angry. However, their momentum was gone.

As time passed, the number of treants in the ancient desolate forest increased. The golden strange creatures became more and more powerless.

All they had left was jealousy!

Other than the treants , the golden strange creatures’ greatest enemy, there was also the human Salko Temple.

Every time they advanced to A+ rank, there would always be people from the Salko temple coming to capture them. Nine out of ten of them would be captured.

Their strength was inferior to the treants to begin with, and with the Salko Temple’s tireless efforts in capturing them, the golden strange creatures’ strength became weaker and weaker.

However, the treants were not made of iron, and finally gave the golden strange creatures a chance to catch their breath.

The golden strange creatures were not born in gold. Their entire bodies were covered in ash, and they were extremely ugly.

Perhaps it was because they were born ugly, they were born with a love for gold, and they always dressed themselves up in a golden light.

From head to toe, they were all shining in gold, and gold was their only favorite color! When golden strange creatures were strong, they wore real gold. The treants were created to mine for gold.

In the ancient forest, there were gold mines and a golden sand river. The treants were originally digging for gold mines or gold sands.

The special hobby of the golden strange creatures made humans very jealous. Humans also liked gold.

At first, the golden strange creatures liked to be envied. It was a great feeling. Later on, they competed with each other to see who had more gold. Eventually, there was a huge internal conflict.

Humans would never let go of this opportunity. 2,000 years ago, the human empire sent troops to the ancient forest and captured countless golden strange creatures.

Hundreds of tons of gold were extracted from their bodies. As long as they were humans, no matter how big or small the forces were, they would be envious.

Gold, such a precious metal, could only be controlled by intelligent humans.

The golden strange creatures were low-level creatures that did not deserve to have gold.

The remaining golden strange creatures experienced cruel hunting. Fortunately, the environment in the ancient forest was extremely complicated.

The remaining few golden strange creatures managed to survive. The modern strange creatures did not dare to wear gold. They knew that if they wore gold, they would be killed and captured.

Only the powerful golden strange creatures dared to wear gold. The weaker ones would not wear gold. They could not protect their gold, it would only be taken away by the stronger ones!

The low-level golden strange creatures bought gold paint from humans and used it to cover their bodies.

As long as their bodies shone with gold, they would be recognized by other golden strange creatures.

The edge of the ancient desolate forest was a chaotic area. There were wanted criminals, illegal merchants, and vagrants. Ever since the day that humans had a civilization, the ancient desolate forest had existed. As for how long it had existed, no one knew.

The human empire had once occupied this place, but the ancient desolate forest was too big. In addition, there were powerful treants.

Not long after, the human empire gave up on the ancient desolate forest. Humans were naturally suppressed in the ancient desolate forest. The environment in the forest was not friendly to humans, but it was extremely comfortable for the treants.

The human empire thought of fire attacks and used the fire to burn the ancient desolate forest. Unfortunately, the fire could not ignite the ancient desolate forest.

Every time the fire was ignited, the various trees in the ancient desolate forest would emit a faint white gas.

This gas would cover every tree. No matter how strong the fire was, under the attack of this faint white gas, the fire would be extinguished very quickly.

The treants would never allow humans to destroy the ancient forest. This was their home. Even if humans had fire mages, it would not work. The treants would prioritize killing those fire mages.

After failing a few times, the human empire gave up. The gains did not make up for the losses. No one would do business at a loss.

The border between the Barrow United States and the ancient forest was a paradise for criminals.

A month later, a handsome human man appeared in a bar.