Lord blessed by the elves

Chapter 58 The Elf King's Monocle
Just then, Butler Buffet and scholar Wilstone, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, hurriedly stepped into the insect chamber.

Seeing the young master behaving strangely from afar, they ran as fast as they could, fearing that something might have happened to the elf insect.

"My God! This...this is...the cocoon stage! Goddess above, Green has truly begun to evolve!" Butler Buffet couldn't help but exclaim, excitedly moving forward with his face filled with unbelievable joy, yet he dared not get too close, for fear of disturbing this fragile mystery.

Only the well-informed Wilstone had a solemn expression. He carefully examined the beautiful but fragile pupa, without a trace of joy in his eyes.

When many insectoid spirits are about to die out, they instinctively try to squeeze out their last bit of strength to evolve, but this is more like a desperate struggle, with a success rate that is extremely low, even less than one in a thousand.

“Young Master, we should…make preparations as soon as possible.” Wilstone’s voice was low, carrying the prudence characteristic of a scholar, but also revealing a hint of pessimism.

He clearly believed that Qingcui's evolution was nothing more than a futile and tragic struggle at the end of its life.

Kruze nodded, but he wasn't anxious. Through the Elf King's monocle, he could clearly see that the life force inside the pupa was stable and vigorous, and the energy flowed in an orderly manner; the situation was far more optimistic than Wilstone had imagined.

Even if something were to happen, the remaining spirit crystals in his system space would be his source of confidence to turn the tide.

"I was just thinking," Kruze said, his gaze still fixed on the beautiful emerald pupa, as if speaking to himself, "If Azure truly succeeds in advancing, I wonder if it will bring us a completely new potion?"

"Potion? What potion?" Wilstone was taken aback, his face filled with confusion. This question clearly touched on a blind spot in his knowledge.

Kruze then realized that this was profound content he had read in the ancient book "The Origin of the Elves," not common knowledge. He immediately explained, "I also saw it in a very ancient document."

The text states that when a spirit insect evolves into a spirit, there's an extremely small chance it will completely integrate and sublimate all the genes of similar plants it has absorbed and fused throughout its life. This, combined with the immense magical power unleashed during evolution, can mutate and give birth to a completely new magical plant related to that species. Of course, it also says that this probability is extremely low, almost legendary.

Upon hearing this, Wilstone showed a look of sudden realization and nodded in understanding, but clearly did not take it to heart.

In his life experience, there has never been any conclusive record to prove that the advancement of spirit insects can directly create new magic potions.

This sounds more like a beautiful wish that exists in ancient mythology.

Upon hearing this, Kruse simply smiled and shook his head, not continuing the argument. He carefully removed the precious monocle and placed it into a soft leather pouch that a maid had just sewn, then carefully put it away.

“I’m going to Wild Boar Territory,” he said, pulling himself together, “to study their elven insects.”

Wilstone nodded in strong agreement.

In his view, observing and interacting with the elf insects raised by other lords might allow him to learn valuable knowledge that Lion Fang Territory has not yet mastered.

The Wild Boar Riders' Territory is about twenty kilometers away from the Lion Tooth Territory, and the territory is located on a small hill.

The hilltop terrain, complementing the stone castle, is considered easy to defend and difficult to attack in the surrounding area.

However, the trade-off for this terrain is that flat, arable land suitable for cultivation is relatively scarce.

Fortunately, the population of Wild Boar Territory was not large, less than two hundred people, and they could manage to survive by relying on the produce from the mountains and forests and their limited resources. When Lista received news that Kruze was coming to visit, he immediately went out to greet him with great excitement.

Upon meeting, he gave Kruse a solid punch to the left shoulder and grinned, saying, "Since you became an apprentice knight, you've become harder and harder to find! Several times I've come looking for you, and you were either engrossed in training or hammering away at your ironwork. You're quite the busy man!"

Kruse smiled and waved his hand: "I've come here this time because I need your help with something."

"Oh? What is it?" Lista asked curiously, her joking expression turning serious.

“My Qingcui… has entered the fattening pupal stage.” Kruze’s tone was calm, but the content of his words carried immense weight.

Upon hearing this, Lista's smile froze instantly, and his expression visibly became serious, even showing a hint of barely perceptible worry.

"How... is it?" He asked, his voice unconsciously lowering as if afraid of disturbing something.

Lista's concerns were not unfounded.

He had personally witnessed the process by which the original spirit insect in his territory gradually depleted its life energy after entering the pupal stage, and eventually the pupa became dull and completely lifeless.

That defeat directly led to the decline and poverty of the Wild Boar Territory for several years. If his father hadn't risked his life on the battlefield to retrieve a new spirit insect, the Wild Boar Territory would probably be in even more dire straits now.

It was after that experience that he consulted a large amount of information and came to a profound understanding of a cruel reality: the vast majority of sprites will only instinctively choose to evolve in a desperate attempt when their life is about to end, but the chance of success is so slim that it is despairing—one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand.

Lista trusted Kruze completely and had no worries that he would harm his precious sprite insects.

After all, it was only with the strong assistance of Kruse's father, "Lion Knight" Reyes, that the soybean sprite named "Jess" was successfully retrieved from the battlefield.

“Its name is Jess!” Lista led Kruze into the insect house and pointed to a wooden box lined with soft hay, introducing it to him.

Inside the box, a soybean fairy insect, its body a warm yellow with dark spots, was curled up, emitting soft, even breathing sounds, deep in a deep sleep.

Kruze immediately took out the Elf King's monocle, put it on, and focused intently on observing.

Through the strange lens, he saw that the energy aura surrounding Jess was not very strong either. Although it was slightly better than Qingcui's initial state and she looked younger, she was clearly far from being at her best.

Since the sprite was in a dormant state recovering its energy, Kruze did not rashly awaken it.

After leaving the insect house, Kruze shook his head and bluntly said, "Your Jess's situation isn't too optimistic either."

“Impossible!” Lista immediately retorted. “We feed it jade powder every few days without fail, and we are very careful not to push Jess’s magic to its limit! It’s just a bit sleepy!”

(End of this chapter)