Reborn as a Demonic Tree

The cold early winter breeze rustled Ashlock's leaves as a familiar face returned to the desolate courtyard. The lazy tree stopped cultivating to focus on Larry crawling through the hole in the pavilion wall while dragging a sack of silk five times his size.

As Larry hauled the sack, a deep trail was left in the training courtyard's sand as he approached the wall separating the central courtyard from the training grounds. Larry then decided to hurl the sack of corpses over the wall—it sailed through the air before landing with a sickening crunch and squelch as if the sack contained a soup of bones and organs.

"Thank you, Larry," Ashlock said his first words in over a month. With nothing to do except watch birds eating his seeds and dying, he was starved for any kind of interaction.

Larry just stood there—clearly unresponsive to Ashlock's praise. Which was unfortunate... Ashlock was sure Larry could be a fine gentleman if the mind control was lifted, but for now, that was impossible. Larry had become too strong to let off his leash. Ashlock could feel the power in Larry's presence had grown since his evolution but clearly hadn't entirely broken the A-grade barrier, as Larry wasn't asking to evolve yet.

"Should I send him out to the wilderness again or..." Ashlock knew Stella and Diana would return eventually. He needed human corpses for communication, and the cold weather would keep them preserved for longer. "Larry, go out and hunt. Keep casualties in one area to a minimum before moving, and keep the cultivators on their toes. Then, return when I call for you through the link."

Ashlock knew their link was weak at far range, but he could still transmit something since Larry reacted to his message last time with some confusion, so the spider should respond this time now that he has clear instructions to return when called.

Larry didn't dawdle and left immediately to fulfill his summoner's orders.

After watching the massive spider leave, Ashlock felt sleepy due to the cold weather. Luckily he had a bundle of corpses to keep him busy.

With no sign of Stella or Diana returning anytime

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