The Guardian gods

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" He already left, why are you here? I only requested from the clans men not the leader" Ikem asked terra who still have a happy smile on his face.

The smile on Terra face slowly faded away as he scratched his head " I thought maybe you need a more capable and stronger soldier around you"

" Well, I am happy that you are here as i have something i need you to do" Ikem nodded as he pulled in his son for a hug.

Blushing after breaking away from the hug, Terra asked " What do you need me to do"

"Come with me" Ikem said as he walked further into the farmland.

" What do you think of this place" Ikem asked while walking.

Terra, hearing his father's words, looked around as he seriously said " Amazing, this place is the most efficient farmland I could possibly think of. Even after plucking away the fruit and usable plants, I could feel the earth reacting to fill up the created gap. The kingdom have no need to bother with planting ever again or ever go hungry as long as we have this place"

Ikem nodded hearing his son't word " This is exactly why i am happy that you are here, for the past years, you and your siblings have been on the mission to expand our kingdom ground, right now you are your people are exempt from this mission"

" Once every food here has been brought back to the kingdom, I want you and your clan members to build a stronghold around this place, this will be the place for your people to live and guard from now on" Ikem said as he held Terra's shoulders.

Terra said nothing as he looked at his father " Why me father, Ember is the strongest among us meaning he could guard this place better than i could"

" True, he would have been a better choice but his element is fitte for issues such as this, it wouldn't have been possible for him to find out that this place can replenish food as you did, your people are more sensitive to earth than most, also when i said guard, I never meant for you to fight but using your earth crafting capabilities to built a defense that can't be broken through"

"Also because of this", Ikem said as he gestured to a tree. Unlike most tree in this farmland that has fruits in it meant to be eaten this one has no fruit or anything of the sorts, it looked like a completely normal tree.

Terra looked weirdly at the tree finding nothing different, " Hit it with all you strongest move" Terra heard his father say from right behind him.

Terra had no destination as Rocks covers his whole right hand, at the same time forming a stone ax which he got into position and struck with full strength at the tree, the sound of two iron clashing together was heard they moment the ax struck the tree.

The unexpected sensation made Terra drop the ax he was holding, not paying min to the ax terra got closer to the tree to see when he struck but to his surprise no scratch was found on tree, " How I could split iron with with that ax"

Ikem walking to the tree while feeling it up said " This son is one of my father's successful creation of him mixing the wooden element with the four main element, I don't know if you remember your two treant uncles who you use to play with as a kid came forth from this"

" I didn't know this would be here as i have read about father doing something like this, Imagine my surprise when one of the team members ran to inform me that there was a tree without fruit and how they couldn't cut it down no matter what"

" This tree right here son can be used to armor up our people if used right, even the leaves can come in handy as they could be used as arrow hea, a lot of these trees can be found here in this farmland which is all the more why it has to be guarded" Ikem said as he looked at his son.

As Terra absorbed the significance of his father's words, a sense of responsibility settled upon him. He looked around at the fertile farmland, realizing the potential it held for his people. The idea of creating a stronghold and using the unique resources at their disposal resonated deeply within him.

"I understand, Father," Terra replied with determination. "I will do my best to ensure the safety of our people and make this stronghold impregnable. We'll build a home here that can withstand any threat."

Ikem nodded approvingly. "I Hope you do because there might be a huge change coming soon and this place will prove to be far more useful than we ever thought it would be"

Terra with a serious expression nodded as he continued walking with Ikem pointing out the herbs, and other useful plants that will be of use to them, as for how Ikem have knowledge of these herbs and plants, the credit is all up to his father's book.

The day went by fast as the trees were emptied, looking barren but in Ikem senses and eyes, it will take but a month for everything to look like it was before.

Ikem watched the men fill in the last carriage with a Terra clan member pulling it joining the long line heading back to the kingdom.

" I need to find an animal group to subjugate to fill in rolls like this" Ikem thought to himself as he watched his people easily pulling the carriage, the weight bring no problem to them but it was a good visage for both him and his people.

" Son, i will be leaving most of the clansman here with you, In a week or so be expecting a lot of visit from the people in the shrine as they will know best of what to use these rare trees for"

"Also will you are reclaiming this land and expanding your territory, make sure to gather all the things you found that fell from the sky, they will be a special group who will come pick it up, as for the humans make no contact but do not avoid them like you do before"

" I will also be leaving you with a Zephyr clan member who will be a messenger between you and the kingdom, understood?" Ikem asked while looking at his son.

" Yes," Terra answered with a sad slight tone.

Ikem picked up on that " I will make your siblings will be paying you occasional visit, i may do the same too when i have the there" Ikem said as he pulled his son in for a hug.

" I will miss you dad" Terra said.

" Me too," Ikem replied.

Ikem walking behind a carriage looked back to see his son and clansmen waving goodbye at them, Ikeem turned with a smile as he did the same before looking back with, aview at his expression showe he wasn't happy.

" If not for this sudden change, I won't have to put such pressure on my son. Enricher my ass" Ikem thought to himself with a clenched fist. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The entourage continued for a while as the sun went down, a bon fire was created as everyone started making food to eat, meanwhile Ikem was releasing red roots from all over his body which was parasitizing the tree all over the camp to make sure his people won't be suddenly attacked.

The whole night went by fast with Ikem rarely having to move, No powerful or big animal came to them, most animals that came close were grabbed up by the Bara's who now have dead carcasses all around them.

The team went back to their journey as Ikem reabsorbed the Bara's back into his body as he followed behind them. When it was afternoon the whole entourage already caught sight of the mountain and a cheer could be heard as everybody started moving faster with new found energy.

It didn't take much time to reach the root of the mountain, Ikem went up the mountain first and he couldn't help but marvel at how helpful magic was, the destroyed mountain and landscape now looked like it was never touched or destroyed, Terra clansmen really outdi themselves.

As Ikem made his way up the mountain, he caught sight of a newly built house. His son Eriri really overdid himself this time. Eriri was one of Ikem who has the wooden element. His son was one of the best builders the kingdom has, sadly he received no curse but his son still fought hard to show how good and relevant he is.

Eriri to prove himself created a group together with his sibling with similar talents, where they took on the job of using their attribute to build houses together with the terra clan, the group were also the best farmers as they use their abilities in growing food and plants, thinking back on the farmland Ikem thought to himself " It seems Eriri will be losing some part of his job soon"