Three days earlier, Minhyuk had pondered over his trial right after Dwarf Lant disappeared to who knows where.

‘The Small World Tree’s mysterious fruit?’ 

The mysterious fruit was something that would give anyone who ate it a huge amount of EXP. It was also clearly described to be a fruit that had the flavor of several different fruits combined together. The fruit sounded extremely mysterious and delicious, that even just its description was enough to make Minhyuk drool unknowingly. However, this was something that he would only get once he finished the trial. So, Minhyuk followed behind Bran.

“These, over here, are the withering fruits.”

Strangely enough, the fruits that Bran pointed at were growing on the ground and not on the trees. They grew just like how potatoes and sweet potatoes grew.

“The fruits grow on the ground so they could receive the power of the Small World Tree. However, the withering fruits suddenly appeared and gnawed on the roots of the Small World Tree. These fruits are weakening the power of the tree. That’s why we have to remove it. Well then, let me show you how to do it. It’s not that hard," Bran said as he brandished his hoe and started digging on the ground.

Thud, thud, thud, thud―

The process might have been just a simple strike of a hoe, but it took Bran at least thirty strikes before a withering fruit appeared. The fruit that appeared was none other than an apple.

“Wow. That’s amazing.”

“The land itself is being nurtured by the Small World Tree, so unless the owner of Atlas territory appears, it would be hard for anyone to dig through the ground.”

“Unless the owner appears?”

“That’s right. Didn’t you see how long it took for the fruit to appear when I dug just now? I need at least twenty minutes to dig up one withering fruit. That’s how hard it is to dig this ground.”

Bran continued to move his hoe as he explained things to Minhyuk. After a while, he took out a small dagger and carefully cut off the stem that connected the apple to the Small World Tree.

“We have to be very careful. The stem of this fruit is directly connected to the roots of...