SUPREME ARCH-MAGUS

Chapter 480 Carnivorous Spirit Tree!

"What beastmen? What are they talking about?" King Ragnar asked while staring at the crowd who were crying with pitiful faces.

The city head sighed deeply. "There is a hill on the far south side of the island city, a lush green hill that stands in stark contrast to the rest of the desert. The stunted beastmen live there—savage creatures, dwarf-human with beastly character. They frequently raid our city, killing our people and stealing our children. We've tried to fight them off, but they are too strong."

King Ragnar's face darkened. "Why wasn't this reported to the Doom family?"

The city head lowered his gaze. "The Doom family never responded to our pleas for help, and we've been left to fend for ourselves."

Kent felt something was wrong. The time was too perfect for the report of beastmen by villagers. To find out the truth, there is only one way.

"Show me this hill." Kent said in a serious tone.

"My lord, it's dangerous—" the city head began, but Kent cut him off. "I am your City Lord now. Take me to the hill. I'll deal with these beastmen myself."

The city head bowed deeply, his voice filled with gratitude. "As you command, my lord. We will take you there at once."

As Ragnar prepared to leave, Kent stopped him. He leaned closer and said, "There seems to me something wrong about this place. There is also the chance of the Doom family planning something behind our backs. So, stay here and observe these people very closely. If I don't come back by tomorrow morning you can call for a backup from the capital." Kent suggested.

After a deep thought, King Ragnar agreed to his suggestion.

Kent also asked his pets to stay here in support of king Ragnar while he took the baby dragon with him.

After what felt like an eternity of navigating the dark, winding tunnels, Kent reached a massive underground cavern. The walls were slick with moisture, the air thick with an overpowering stench of blood and decay. But what caught Kent's attention was the sight at the center of the cavern.

Thousands of beastmen crowded around a tree—an enormous, bushy, black tree with bark the color of blood. Its branches were twisted and gnarled, and the air around it reeked of death. The tree itself seemed to pulse with a malevolent energy, its roots burrowing deep into the earth like the tendrils of some ancient, malevolent entity.

Kent's breath caught in his throat as he saw human children tied to the tree's thick branches, their small bodies limp and pale, their faces marked with fear and exhaustion.

At the base of the tree stood a massive beastman in priest-like clothes, easily twice the size of the others. His body was covered in thick, matted fur. He was chanting in a guttural language, his hands raised toward the tree as he performed a dark ritual.

The beastmen surrounding the tree were unlike anything Kent had ever seen. They were short and stocky, with thick muscles that bulged beneath their rough skin. Their faces were a mix of human and beast—flattened noses, sharp fangs, and animalistic eyes that glowed with a faint red hue.

Their arms were unnaturally long, and their legs were short but powerful, giving them a hunched, almost ape-like appearance. Some had patches of fur, while others had scales or rough, leathery skin.

Suddenly, the tree's branches began overlapping tendrils around the human children.

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"God! It's a carnivorous Spirit tree!"

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