The Tree of Evil was surely helping the Elven girl.

How come a tree so evil seems to help a humanoid girl survive?

He didn't know as this was the first time he has come across such a scene in his life!

"Since you wish to know, see for yourself."

A coarse voice sounded in his ears, and at the same time, his crimson eyes expanded as images of the girl's past popped up in his mind.

Her name was Lisa. She was a war orphan, just like him. She was a part of a happy and big orphanage that still thrives in Leslie.

She was living happily with her new family until she woke up, caged between bars and surrounded by bandits.

Pretending to be asleep, she eavesdropped on the words of the bandits.

Listening to their words, she found out that these mean-looking uncles were slave traders and that the caretakers of the orphanage had sold her to them.

The orphanage was a ring of slave traders!

The orphanage took care of children until they were 12 years old.

Then, the highest bidder purchases them as slaves.

The cycle had continued for ages, and she was just one of the uncountable victims.

In the middle of the road, the bandits came across magical beasts.

They fought with each other, giving her a chance to escape.

She ran far away from her captors, as far as her weak body could take her.

She didn't stop, even though her feet hurt and her lungs burned.

She kept on running as her life depended on it.

Finally, Lisa came across a cave in the middle of the woods, and she hid and rest in there.

As fate would have it, that place was the very place where the Tree of Evil lived.

It was in the shape of a tiny plant when they first met.

After finding out that it was sentiment and could respond to her words by moving its tiny tendrils, Lisa bawled her heart out at it, complaining endlessly about the suffering she suffered under the hands of the people she trusted and cherished.

The cruelty and greed of humans crushed her childish heart, and she was brimming with negative emotions.

Lisa's negative emotions were the best type of food it has ever tasted in its life.

It grew and became a tree in a single night.

The next day when she woke up, it surprised her to see that the tiny plant has grown up to become a tree.

The Tree of Evil handed her a few fruits to show her gratitude.

The Elven girl gulped down the fruits in a hurry as she hasn't eaten in days.

After finishing the food, she stayed with it as she didn't have any place to go.

The Tree of Evil threatened her to go away or else it will eat her.

Lisa firmly stood her ground and said that she barely has meat in her tiny body, but she will have a lot of meat once she grows up in a few years. So, it should wait for her to grow up before eating her.

The Tree of Evil found her words plausible as the passage of a few years meant nothing to him.

Besides, it didn't feel like killing her for an odd reason.

In the blink of an eye, three months passed peacefully.

They lived together.

The tree of evil provided her with food and other necessity.

Lisa, on the other hand, fulfilled the tree of evil curiosity about humans and demi-humans.

Unknowingly, the hatred in the girl's heart dissipated.

The Tree of Evil that has become addicted to her negative emotions felt curious, so it asked her why.

Her answer surprised it.

It was all because of itself.

The young Elven child loves her time with it.

The Tree of evil taunted her, saying that he will eat her once she turns eighteen.

The girl happily giggled as she laid down on it.

Soon, she fell asleep.

"What does it feel like to sleep?" It wondered as it looked at her.

The Tree of Evil closed its eyes and tried to sleep.

It couldn't fall asleep, however.

So, it satisfied its curiosity by asking about it from the girl.

She filled the shortcoming in its life while it provided her with safety and food.

However, their peaceful life didn't last long as the bandits that have been looking for Lisa for months came for her.

A great battle ensued as the bad it's tried to kill Lisa to keep their secret hidden from the world.

The young Tree of Evil fought the bandits as she was a prey it has set its eyes upon.

It killed all the bandits.

However, the Tree of Evil and Lisa were injured.

The Tree of Evil doesn't know what came upon it, but it devoured the bandits and used their life force to keep Lisa a step away from dying.

Over the years, he has provided her with the essence of life to revive her.

It kept her alive so that she could fulfill her promise.

Her eighteenth birthday was only a month away.

The memories of her past ended here.

Vincent's crimson eyes burned bright as he balled into a fist in anger.

"Bastard!" He cursed in anger. "I will fucking kill the bastard running the orphanage in Leslie!"

"Why are you angered for the sake of others? They are only a bunch of greedy pigs. It's not just them but the entire human and Demi-human race."

A black ball of negative energy appeared next to him out of nowhere and continued.

"The herb gatherers wouldn't have died if they listened to the guards and didn't come here. Yet, because of their insatiable greed to make a living, they came and look at what their actions cost them—an even earlier death. The nobles could have saved their lives by just providing them with enough money or food to live until the danger in the woods died down, but they kept their money for themselves because of their greed. Do you understand why I kill the members of your race?"

"That still doesn't give you the right to treat every living being as your prey! You've been killing humans since who knows when by kidnapping them or using the fruit of evil as bait. It must've been pretty enjoyable. However, did you ever think that you'll die in the hands of the very being you hunted?" Vincent said as he looked at the representation of the Tree of Evil.

"Is it because humanity has corrupted you with their deceitful words and lies that you say such words, my child? You can be much more than you're now if you let go of your make-believe humanity. Be yourself, which is the real you, not this facade that you've become."

"Tree of Evil, your words are full of crap!"

Vincent didn't hesitate to slash at the ball black next to him with both of his daggers.

"Think about my words, child. Realize the importance behind them before it is too late. Eventually, your race will turn their backs on you, and they will come for you once they realize what you truly are. They will hunt you down primarily because of greed and secondly because you shouldn't exist."

As soon as it said those words, the representation of the Tree of Evil disappeared.

"One last thing before I go. Do me a favor and look after the elven child. She isn't dead, as I have finally revived her. If you think you can't help a monster, then know that it's your duty and responsibility to help her. After all, she is an unlucky victim of the greed of your kind."

"Hmph! I don't need a monster to tell me what to do!" Vincent said.

He would not abandon a citizen of the federation that needed help!

He pitied her.

She was too young to go through betrayal and everything she has faced.

The very next moment, the Tree of Evil died for good.

‹ Congratulations! You've killed a monster in the second rank of the demonic realm, Tree of Evil ›

‹ You've obtained 2000 Experience points ›

‹ Level 5: 2560/1400 experience points ›

Vincent wasn't too surprised to earn a lot of experience points as monsters and beasts in the demonic realm are brimming with life force.

He went to Lisa and used his jacket to cover her body.

He picked her up and turned around to walk towards his friends with an unsettled expression on his face.

The words of the Tree of Evil have left an unsettling feeling in Vincent's heart.

"It knew of me being a vampire? Did it read my memories? And why should I not exist? Who will come for me? Is it humans and Demi-humans or someone else? Will my friends turn their back on me once they find out what I am? Maybe it spewed out lies to confuse me?"

He shook his head, saying in his mind as he did that, "I don't think they will start hating me just because I drank the blood of beasts and monsters. Let's just forget about it."