Fang Plover stared at the huge, charming emerald. Its multiple facets reflected different brilliance in different directions, exuding a dreamy color. He didn't know if it was an aquamarine, but it certainly wasn't an emerald. Such a gem would be priceless in another world - but here, it is worthless, and the forest is full of such beryls.
One hand picked up the gem, and in its place was a pair of beautiful eyes looking at him.
"You should rest a little longer, our captain."
Sylvide put the gem down - his shadow was reflected in the gem, and his face was full of exhaustion - this is not surprising, it has only been five hours since the battle, and He only rested for a short while.
The previous guardian used the power of the Heart of the Mountain to repel the crystal army, but the Chosen Ones continued to fight brilliantly after that, until the three disordered monitors finally slowly disappeared into the valley. , the battle really came to an end.
The disordered minions left a mess on the battlefield, and countless corpses piled up on the river beach. The selectmen had to clean them up there, count the heads, and distribute the spoils.
"Is there any new news out there?" he asked.
"The Heart of the Tree Awakens."
"I already know this, Sylvide."
The Heart of the Tree should have awakened before the crystal launched its attack. The first time the Heart of Chongshan was extinguished was when the crystal suppressed its power.
After that, people from the Twilight Guild stole the Heart of the Chongshan, leaving the tree people at a complete disadvantage. Although it has not yet been investigated clearly whether the Twilight people were bewitched by the crystal. But thinking about it, there would be no such coincidence. Crystal happened to launch a large-scale attack, and the people of Twilight Guild also happened to take notice.
Fang Yu had no intention of hiding anything for those people, and from the team of the Holy White Stone Guild, the behavior of the Twilight people had already spread out. At present, the Twilight Guild has temporarily become a street rat here. After all, many people may have died because of their actions.
But as for whether the Twilight Guild can finally reach an agreement with other guilds, it depends on their public relations capabilities. Those in the Holy White Stone are still waiting for news from their guild to make a final 'sentence' on their decision.
But he probably understood why Crystal had to test again and again before - she was not testing Munyarit's strength. The two guardians knew each other's strength well, and the former was really afraid of , is actually the power of the mountain heart.
However, the Heart of the Tree cannot extract the power of the Heart of the Mountain without limit, otherwise the consequences will be roughly the same as the Twilight people stealing the Heart of the Mountain. It is for this reason that Muenyarit needs to resort to summoning. the power of the person.
But that should be Crystal's last attack in the near future. Before solving the problem of Chongshan Heart, she should not easily launch a test again and waste the strength of her men.
As soon as the crystals here stopped, the reinforcements from various guilds should be arriving soon. That is, within the next few days, Fang Plover actually began to think about their departure - they came here to collect the Earth Source Crystals. This goal Already overfulfilled.
Especially after this war, a large number of Earth Source Crystals will be sent to each team to offset their share of the spoils. What he is thinking about now is not so much how to collect the Earth Source Crystals, but how to take them away.
This is not a problem that a few people can solve.
As for the other task, to help the tree people investigate those people with dark auras, it just depends on whether it is too late.
He rubbed the center of his brows, while Sylvester was looking at him with a smile:
"There's another news."
"What?"
"It intends to see you."
"it?"
"That heart of the tree, Lord Munyarit."
Fang Plover stopped and couldn't help but look at the other party.
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The tree people placed the place where rewards were redeemed in an open, ancient woodland.
But it's still quiet here at the moment - there are only a few people in the clearing in the forest, because most people are still staying on the thorn front line, and there are thousands of corpses that can't be counted in a while.
The people who arrived first were the kind of loners who were unsociable and not good at dealing with people. Therefore, they all stood far apart, each occupying a corner, and hardly communicated with others - only occasionally casting a glance at May, and they roughly recognized the female knight Papalar.
But Fang Plover expected that this place would soon become lively and crowded, and that countless people would flock here to exchange leaves with the tree people.
There was a creaking sound behind him, and Fang Plover couldn't help but turn around and saw the tree man elder slowly emerging from the woods and coming to them. Gray Skin was looking at them with dull eyes, shaking his long beards tremblingly, and said in a low tone:
"Lord Munyarit will fall into a deep sleep again soon, but before that, he hopes to see you."
Fang Plover nodded slightly, this was exactly why they came here.
After the old tree man said this, he slowly turned around:
"Please follow me, chosen ones."
The movement here seemed to have attracted the attention of other people. Some people knew the tree man elder and couldn't help but cast a doubtful look at Fang Pliance and his party. If there were tourists, someone might have started recording at this moment, but the lone travelers didn't care much about other people's affairs. They only glanced at it and then cautiously withdrew their gaze.
Fang Yu also looked at those people before following them.
The tree man elder walked in front slowly, but his steps were very long, and the others needed to step up to catch up with him in the woods.
Along with him, in addition to Mei, there were also Kita and the big cat man who were also invited, as well as Alice who came uninvited. The lion paladin is not too concerned about such things. He prefers to smoke a pipe alone, but according to the big cat man - he is here to take care of their young captain. The original words are this:
"As a captain, you must have a guard. Whether it is Jita, Tianlan, your ship officer, or our doctor, they are not suitable. This is related to the dignity of the Seven Seas Traveler, so I have to reluctantly do it."
"But aren't there still Papalars?"
"He meets Miss May like a mouse meets a cat. Do you really want him to go?"
"Then he'd better stay in confinement."
So the two happily decided the fate of the Papalars.
The forest is getting darker and darker. This is not the same path as the last time they saw the Heart of the Tree. However, the Heart of the Tree is the master of the forest, and it does not necessarily have to appear on a certain tree. In the Hill of Giant Trees, every holy white ancient oak tree can even be the carrier of the heart of the forest, and it must be similar in this gray forest.
Not long after, they met Gu Pu again.
As the saying goes, "once twice, twice", they had met this little monster three times, so the other party was very attentive to them. It trotted over, leaned down and kissed the big cat man's boots - it was originally She wanted to marry Fang Plov and Alice, but they firmly refused.
Fang Plover did it because he wasn't used to it, and Alice did it because she didn't want to change to new shoes yet. As for when it was Jita's turn, the little girl was so frightened that she quickly ran away. This made Gu Pu very hurt, and he looked at them pitifully with his big dark eyes.
"Okay, Gu Pu, we don't have such a custom in our hometown, but it doesn't mean that we don't respect you." Fang Yu had no choice but to explain to it. The little monster couldn't help but become happy after hearing this. Others would only tell it What should be done and rarely explained to it why.
And explaining the reason is a sign of respect for the little monster. Although Gupu is stupid, he can at least instinctively detect this.
Next, there was a little dwarf in the team, and Gu Pu couldn't help but express his gratitude to them all the way - because Fang Plover and his team had helped its owner, its supreme guardian, Muenya, the Heart of the Tree. A big favor for Lord Ritter.
With the addition of chattering Gu Pu, the silence in the forest was suddenly broken. However, the tree elders walked in front silently, neither saying yes nor saying no. Gray trees seemed to be always so quiet, and tree people like Shortbeard were always in the minority.
Fang Yu asked Gupu: "Gupu, why did Lord Muenyarit summon us?"
After hearing his words, Mei, who was walking aside, turned back to look at them. The girl blinked, obviously a little curious about the reason.
"It's a good thing Gu Pu," the little dwarf immediately replied: "You and Gu Pu brought back the gem together. Lord Tree Heart is very happy. Lord Tree Heart rewarded Gu Pu, and Lord Tree Heart also wants to reward him. You guys, Gupu will bring you to receive the reward from Lord Tree Heart Gupu."
Alice heard that it was related to rewards, and she became interested. She asked: "Gupu, what kind of reward is it?"
But Gu Pu didn't like her and muttered: "Gu Pu can't tell you."
Alice was so angry that she immediately wanted to teach the little dwarf a lesson, but Fang Plover was so frightened that she quickly stopped her. May on the side also stopped her and said, "Miss Alice, don't rely on force to bully the weak."
Alice was so angry that she had no choice but to glare at the little monster, which frightened the latter into hiding aside. Fang Yu had no choice but to comfort the little thing with a few gentle words, and then asked: "Gupui, what exactly is the reward?"
But Gu Pu just shook his head: "Gu Pu doesn't know either."
Fang Yu nodded when he heard this. This was also within his guess. However, he couldn't help but think that the reward from the Heart of the Tree shouldn't be much different, so he couldn't help but become a little curious.
They walked for a long time and came to a secluded forest of ancient trees. Several people passed a row of tree walls made of towering ancient trees. Behind that was an open space. The ancient trees surrounded a gray, withered oak tree in the center. A kind of atmosphere was formed between the black trees and the white oak trees. A unique contrast, like a ghost in the forest.
Only when Fang Plover raised his head could he see the full picture of this oak tree. It must have been tall and lush, with countless branches covered with green leaves. However, these leaves have all fallen off, leaving only bare, gray branches, like a towering tree. Silent sculpture.
There were other people in the clearing. Fang Plover looked at those people with a little surprise. He thought that he and Mei were the only ones summoned by the Heart of the Tree, but it seemed not to be the case. These people arrived earlier than him, and their arrival attracted some people's attention. A young man dressed as a wizard even looked at them twice.
There were several people around the wizard, probably the other party's companions. They looked in this direction and talked in low voices, with the wizard occasionally interjecting a word. Fang Yu listened to the other party's voice from a distance and always felt that it sounded familiar. After a while, he remembered that he had heard the other party's voice on that channel.
It seems that the ID is called Tomorrow.
He opened the channel and looked at it, and sure enough he found the other party's ID in it. Fang Yu thought for a moment and set his status to invisible to avoid being recognized by the other party. Because whether it is a team or a squad channel, there is a certain distance limit. If you see a certain name suddenly light up, it is probably because the other party is nearby.
It was at this time that Fang Yu suddenly felt a familiar feeling. He turned around and felt the breath coming to the oak tree not far away. The next moment, a voice from the heart came out from the oak tree:
"My human friends, thank you very much for your willingness to stay and protect the Heart of the Mountain with us, and at the same time protect this land, and thank you for your bravery and nobility in this battle."
"This time I invite you to come to this place to give you some insignificant gifts. Although it is not as good as your contribution, it is still a gift and intention from this forest."
That rumbling voice roared in the spiritual world of everyone, and its owner was none other than the heart of the tree, Lord Munyarit.
Everyone present couldn't help but look at each other.
But among all the people, only Mei stood up. She said seriously: "Mr. Tree Heart, we did not keep them for reward, so please take back these gifts."
Her words caused everyone to look over here, and everyone had a different look on their face. How should I put it? It felt a bit fantasy.
Fang Yu almost choked. He had known that this knight lady was a little different, but he didn't expect that she would be so rigid. He didn't know whether she was too into the drama or too rigid. But fortunately, Tree Heart understands people's hearts better than this knight lady, so she just smiled:
"Of course this is not a transaction, Miss May, but a gift."
Miss Knight opened her mouth and wanted to say something else, but Fang Plover and Alice quickly pulled her aside to prevent the other party from arousing public anger. May was still a little aggrieved and said cutely: "Mr. Ed, Miss Alice, why are you stopping me?"
Alice couldn't help but laugh and said to her: "Miss May, there is an old saying in our country that good deeds are rewarded with good deeds. Upright behavior should be praised, so more people will understand what is right and wrong, and Follow his example."
Mei blinked: "But isn't it natural to uphold justice..."
Alice slapped her forehead: "Let me tell you a story."
So Fang Yu watched Miss Nightingale pulling girl Papparal aside to tell fables. He couldn't help but asked the big cat man beside him a little speechlessly: "Why do I think Miss May is more aboriginal than you, Red?" gentlemen."
"Aborigines are not stereotyped," Rhett laughed, "This is a stereotype."
Fang Yu thought the same thing. Both Miss Tata and Sylvide seemed to know more than him.
At this time, Munyarit had already called the magician up first. The reward the magician received was a seed. The seed was emitting a glowing green light in his palm. It was obviously not an extraordinary object, but even Fang Plover, who was far away, couldn't figure out what the thing was used for.
However, magic items such as seeds generally have only a few uses. One is for precious potions or alchemy materials, one can grow into functional plants, such as killer vines, guard shrubs, etc., and the other is for elixirs. Plants, this type is considered the most precious, such as wood spirits and dwarfs - some of them can grow into outstanding assistants and become adventurers' right-hand men, and some can grow into loyal guards, such as those in the adventure group. Leading a tree man, or even a tree man elder, to say whether he is going out to attract people or not?
The mage had a look of surprise on his face, and then he put it away very carefully. When Fang Plover saw this scene, he was as curious as if there was a kitten catching him. With such a precious look, it was probably a feline plant. To be honest, the Seven Seas Traveler is actually very poor with such a fey plant. Miss Attila's potion room just needs an assistant with natural abilities.
Although the cultivation period of fey plants is long, once they grow, they can be said to be one of the best potion assistants.
Unfortunately, it was not theirs. He could only watch helplessly as the magician collected the seeds and left the place. But in this way, he - or not just him, everyone present, except Mei, couldn't help but look forward to their gifts.
Next, the heart of the tree called the names one by one. Everyone who came forward received a valuable gift, some of which were plant materials. For example, Fang Plover even saw a piece of world leaf - this thing can restore the starlight. Although it is only a trivial amount, any magic item in this world that can restore the starlight is priceless.
The person who got the world leaf seemed to have been hit by a huge pie. He showed a dull expression at first, and then left with this 'little gift' ecstatically. This is probably the most valuable gift among all, but the others are not inferior in comparison. At least Fang Plover has seen unicorn horns twice - this is also a rare thing.
After seeing what happened later, he roughly understood that these people had completed some of the more important tasks for the tree people, so they were invited here. When Fang Yu heard this, he felt that the highest level of all the tasks should still be the one completed by the magician "Tomorrow" at the beginning.
But they didn't get the reward of the leaves of the World Tree. Fang Yu couldn't help but become more curious about what those leaves were. But speaking of it, these tasks are not as good as the one they are helping to investigate. Unfortunately, that task is still in the investigation and evidence collection stage so far.
Ever since they met those miners, there has been no follow-up progress on the mission - of course, since then, crystals have attacked in large numbers, and they have little chance to complete the mission. However, according to the miners, those with dark auras should have left long ago, and he didn't know if there was any value in continuing the investigation.
However, the endless rewards from the tree people still made him feel a little numb. Although he knew that the heart of the tree might have some intention of buying horse bones for a lot of money, Fang Plover still couldn't help but feel:
Tree people are really rich.
The people in the square left one by one, and there were fewer and fewer people.
Finally, Munyarit finally called Miss Knight’s name.
"Miss Mei, please come to me." An old voice sounded in the spiritual world of several people.
The gift given to Miss Knight by the Heart of the Tree is a shield - to be precise, it is a shield made of the wood of the holy white oak tree, called the Heart of Oak. This thing shocked Fang Plover's eyes. It turned out to be a secondary artifact.
Even Mei was shocked when she got the shield: "Mr. Tree Heart, this is..."
"Please be sure to accept it, Miss Mei," Munyarit's old voice replied: "After all, it is insignificant compared to the Heart of the Mountain. The Holy White Heart symbolizes nobility and integrity, and it stays in this place. It is just a diamond gathering dust. I believe that it is also a blessing for it to be with an upright knight and fight against evil together."
Miss Knight opened her mouth and couldn't help but blush, feeling a little embarrassed - she had just said before that she wouldn't do it for reward, especially for such an expensive gift. But she liked this shield very much, especially because it had an ancient motto engraved on it:
'Oak trees listen to whispers -'
In the Hill of Giant Trees, the holy white oak has a special meaning. Knights need to swear an oath under the holy white heart, make an oath, and wash their swords with morning dew to complete the baptism. The so-called virtues and vows are all turned into whispers, heard by the oak trees in the rustling forest.
This is the origin of the Holy White Oath.
Mei herself is a knight from Sanshak, so she naturally knows this tradition well.
This oak shield can be said to have a deep connection with the knights of the Giant Tree Hill. I don’t know why it came to this place, but the knight lady held it, blushing, and stammered for a long time. : "I, I will be able to live up to it, Mr. Tree Heart."
Munyarit smiled slightly.
Fang Yu and Alice also snickered on the sidelines, and translated this sentence into two words: It smells so good.
When Mei came down from the front with a shield and a blushing face, Fang Plover pulled her and asked her: "Miss Mei, what story did Alice tell you?"
Mei thought for a moment before replying: "Miss Alice said that there was a person in the past, his name was Zi...Zi..."
Because she was a little nervous, even her childish voice was revealed.
"Okay, okay, I understand." Fang Yu quickly interrupted her, saying that Zilu redeemed people, and his uncle also told him this story.
May blushed and nodded.
At this time, Fang Yu heard the voice in his heart: "Young human being, the one favored by the goddess, what gift do you want?"
Fang Yu was slightly startled and couldn't help but look in that direction. This question stumped him - in theory, of course he wanted the seed of a fey plant, the same as that of the magician. However, the artifacts seem to be good, but when you put it this way, it always seems a bit greedy.
Fang Yu couldn't help but think wildly about the story about the golden axe, the silver axe, and the iron axe, but he wouldn't admit it even to death. He was just too shy to speak. Of course, Muenyarit just asked casually. It smiled slightly, and a ball of light appeared in front of Fang Plover.
"I have thought carefully about what I should give you," the old voice of Tree Heart said: "But after thinking about it carefully, this thing should only be given to you, the most suitable young human being."
Fang Yu looked at the light group and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
What's this?
A dead piece of wood?
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