Chapter 379: [377] Aria
After returning to the Imperial Capital, August used a few clever tactics to find a remote mountain range on the outskirts of the city.
Here, he allowed the World Tree Sapling to take root in this world. Of course, August merely served as an anchor for the process—crossing time and space to arrive here was the sapling's ability, not his own.
As for the safety of the place, August paid it no mind.
In this world, the only real dangers came from a few perilous creatures, but these were mere trifles to the World Tree Sapling. For the sapling, these otherworldly monsters were no more than a snack.
To August, this world held no value, not even when the empire was toppled in the original story. It didn't matter. It would just be a change of rulers. The dragon-slaying heroes would eventually become the new dragons.
To put it simply, this was merely a reshuffling of power. A new empire would rise, its new nobles would take their places, and the cycle would repeat.
Boom~
A storm suddenly whipped through the surrounding mountains. August knew it was the world reacting—afraid, angry.
As the essence of the world was drained, it would only weaken further, heading toward inevitable destruction. For now, it was just the beginning. Once the world's essence was depleted by half, natural disasters and calamities would ravage the land, pushing everything toward its end.
But that was still a year away. After all, this was an entire world, and the sapling was still in its infancy.
If it were a fully-grown World Tree, this world could be consumed with a mere thought. When the World Tree reached its full potential, each fruit hanging from its branches would represent an entire world. It would no longer just support worlds—it would create them.