79 Small Sacrifice and the Start of Trouble

Flynn stood there speechless, although the Ent hasn't said it, he knew what he had to do after connecting the clues. Although it wasn't as good as having a high-level beast, he could train it to that level, especially with the help of others.

"Take it, once you take it out the ground my life will end, but its life will start," the Ent abruptly gave them some new information, they didn't know the seed was so important to its life.

"How do I hatch it?" Flynn asked. Although he was shocked by the fact that the Ent was basically giving its life, granted he didn't know the Ent was already at the end of its life, he still needed the tame even if it seemed greedy.

"You must give it your blood, and I don't mean a couple of drops, that won't be enough to even start the hatching, you need to give up a long of blood," the Ent explained.

Lachlan was a bit shocked as he had already dealt with eggs before, but he also wasn't too surprised. An egg and a seed were completely different, the outer shell for a seed was many times harder than an egg, depending on the egg of course. But considering that this seed was larger than an ostrich egg, the shell must be insanely tough.

"You must also plant it quickly after it begins to sprout," the Ent said. More information that made sense, which also meant they needed to sprout it at home. That is where they were going to plant it, its pretty much self-aware security that grew with age.

"Alright, so you're ready to accept death?" Flynn asked, he was still cautious of the fact that the Ent probably didn't want to die yet, he couldn't help but think that the Ent was up to something.

Flynn began to walk closer, the others were ready to pounce if needed but as Flynn got closer and closer it didn't seem like the Ent was going to do anything. It seemed to have completely accepted its death but wanted to keep its lineage going.

Flynn grabbed onto the seed, it was smooth, like all its normal bumps were sanded down and polished with wax.

With his grip on the seed he began to pull, Flynn was struggling so much that he began using his entire body. Veins began to pop out of his skin and his face went red, his mouth was clenched as he pulled with all his might.

Finally, after it seemed like he wasn't able to do it he finally managed to pull it off. Flynn tumbled back at the sudden absence of resistance, landing flat on his ass. In his hands was the massive seed, he began to cry at the thought that he would finally have a tamed beast, not to mention a strong one.

"Good job," the Ent said as its deep and booming voice began to fade away, the face that looked engraved on the tree began to relax, its eyes were shut, and mouth closed.

"Analyse"

Nothing came up, meaning it was finally dead. Looking towards the ditch left by Ent standing up, Flynn could be seen crying with tears of joy and he hugged the seed, it seemed like he would fight anyone that tried to take it.

Chloe walked behind Flynn and wrapped her arms around him and the seed, her hair draped over Flynn's face, tears had welled inside her eyes and rolled down her cheeks onto Flynn's lap.

Although Lachlan didn't want to disturb this rather peaceful scene, they need to get out before more soldiers come, then they'll be in even more trouble, "Alrighty, we should get going now," he softly said.

Flynn turned his face towards Lachlan and nodded, Chloe stood back up and helped Flynn off the ground. Once they were ready they jumped back up to the railing, Chloe grabbed onto Flynn and carried him up. They then walked through the hole in the wall and hopped out of the hall through the hole in the ceiling.

Once they were outside Lachlan summoned Temp and they all got ready to fly off, but just as Temp was spreading its wings and array of bullets were shot at them. Lachlan got Temp to shield them with its wings, Chloe immediately got in front of Flynn to protect him, everyone else got into defensive positions.

"Go!" Lachlan shouted. Temp Screeched and shot off, Lachlan quickly formed an air barrier around them, but just before it was fully formed they managed to see who was attacking them. It was the military, a force much larger than the one previously sent. It was fully armed, even bring along tanks, there were even a few helicopters, Lachlan knew they needed to do something.

Temp opened its wings and flapped, a large burst of wind launched them. Temp had used its control over the wind to increase their speed, but because it was focusing its control over something else, the group felt the full g-force. Fortunately, they were ready for such a thing, but that didn't mean some of them weren't injured.

Temp quickly changed its control, lessening the g-force on their bodies.

Flynn felt some of his bone crack, he had been holding onto Chloe who had a tight grip on Temp, but the force was just too much for his bones. Similar to him though, the other guards they had with them that guarded Flynn had their shoulders dislocated, some of the bones in their hands were also fractured due to the sudden force.

However, although it was painful they couldn't do anything about it currently, they had to make it back to base before they could get the proper medical attention. Lachlan thought about giving them a berry, but he felt they should only be used when someone lost a limb, at least that way they can get more use out of it.

He had tried having another one to heal some small wounds, but nothing happened, so he quickly told everyone that they were for life and death emergencies.

Their journey back felt like forever, Flynn was constantly in pain and every time he moved he would groan, the others were too bad, they just sat silently. Flynn still had the seed in his arms, staring at it with glossy eyes, possibly from the pain or the joy. Chloe was by his side, never letting go of him.

Once they made it back the children came running out, quickly gathering around them. Sarah grabbed onto Lachlan's legs, she turned her face up and smiled at Lachlan. Lachlan put his hand on her head and rubbed it, her smile widened.

Simon was the next person to walk through the door, followed by Maddie. He was relieved to see that they weren't missing anyone, but he did notice some of them were injured, including Flynn. Once his gaze locked on Flynn that's when he noticed the giant seed in his arms.

"Woah, what are you doing with that?" Simon asked childishly, of course, he knew they were going to plant it but he just wanted to change the mood.

"Planting it here, can you get a shovel?" Flynn asked, he wanted it to sprout already.

"No need," Joe abrupt said from behind them. He held his hand out, focusing in on a point in the grass. It began to shake and split apart, the loose earth was lifted up and placed by the side, "Now you can plant it".

"Thanks," Flynn ran towards the hole and placed the seed inside, a grin was plastered across his face. He sprinted inside, grabbed a knife and came back out.

"Hey, you should let me give the blood," Chloe said, she didn't want to see her husband cut himself, it just didn't feel right.

"No, he has to be the one to do it, otherwise the seed won't recognise Flynn has its owner," Lachlan said from the side, he had already experienced this stuff before, but Chloe and probably everyone else hasn't.

"Alright," Chloe backed off, just from the tone from Lachlan's voice she could tell he was certain.

Flynn looked towards the seed and placed his hand a few inches above it. Placing the sharp edge of the blade no his skin he slashed at his hand, cutting deep. His blood gushed out and soaked the seed, Chloe quickly panicked and ran inside, grabbing some cloth and a medkit.

Flynn's face was clenched, although the pain wasn't as bad as trying to tame the Ent, it was still incredibly painful. His skin began to go pale, but he kept going, Chloe was right next to him ready to stitch him up, she had learnt how during the 6 months, as people would constantly get injured and they didn't have enough helpers.

*Crack*

Flynn quickly put his hand over to Chloe who rapidly began to seal the wound, she thought Flynn was an idiot for making such a big one.

Flynn's attention though was entirely on the seed that was beginning to hatch, the top of its shell had a large crack that went down its side. Slowly, a green stem sprouted its way out of the shell, revealing itself as it extended itself out of the ground.

"Analyse"

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Name: Ent

Age: Infant

Attribute: Wood

Level: 0

STR: 10, AGI: 0, VIT: 500

INT: 5, PER: 10, WIL: 25

Weakness: Fire, Destroying the main bodies roots

Strengths: Creates Ent Puppets by consuming animals, can connect itself to all plant life surrounding

Description: The tree that lived long enough to obtain sentience, gaining wisdom similar to mankind. Through its abilities it causes fear through the forests, forcing animals to submit to it through its overwhelming power.

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It was incredibly weak, aside from its overwhelming vitality it was rather normal. Lachlan found it impressive that such a beast could become so strong, but with its abilities, it makes sense as to how it did it.

*Bang*Bang*Bang*

Lachlan heard someone banging against their front door rapidly, he wondered who it could be. He left everyone to enjoy the seedling and went to the door, opening it he saw a rather fat man, it was one of the parents. He was panting and sweat was rolling down his face, it seems as though he sprinted here.

"What's up?" Lachlan asked.

The man looked nervous, he was hesitant but finally said what was on his mind, "Listen, now why I love what you are all doing, I didn't join a group that massacres people".

Lachlan was stunned, he didn't know what the guy was talking about, "What do you mean, we haven't attacked anyone yet" Of course excluding Lachlan's first burst of outrage towards the military, but even then, he didn't kill them all.

"You haven't seen the news yet?" The man asked, he was a bit shocked that the boy in front of him didn't know yet, he should be one of the first people to know.