His unique development concept made these tree spirits mesmerized and refreshed.
Because this is very consistent with the teachings advocated by the Queen of the Forest, Melikai's reputation among humans and other unnatural creatures is even higher than that of her father, the God of Nature, Silvanus, because of her relatively gentle temperament. doctrine.
She believes that all intelligent creatures can coexist in harmony with nature without destroying each other. There is no need to be afraid of the wilderness and should be embraced by it. The natural way of the wilderness is not an evil way.
She regards those unnatural intelligent creatures as part of nature. In many wilderness areas, Melikai's rangers are often the only line of defense against danger. Many people think that her priests and believers are far better than the followers of Silvanus. , and the elves hiding in the forest are more willing to find a balance between the development of civilization and the protection of nature.
Although this view is not necessarily correct and does not necessarily apply to all followers of Mielikki.
But it is indeed an important buffer zone between those natural gods that pay more attention to nature, effectively preventing the outbreak of more wars.
"I originally wanted to inspect you more and show up again, but now it seems that I was overthinking it. You have a further vision than I do in terms of harmonious development."
Dryad Queen Radhanasi's body bloomed with bright green light, and a young girl walked out with light and vigorous steps.
Her long golden hair was covered with beautiful hair ornaments made of green leaves and golden moss. She was wearing a yellow-green tulle dress. Her appearance was similar to that of the Virginia Lord and the Dryad Queen, but she was filled with Her confidence from the inside out was beyond comparison between the two of them, as if nothing in this world could stump her.
"His Majesty!"
"Miss!"
Not only did the dryads bow to her, but Gavin and Lord Virginia also did so immediately.
Because she is the guardian of all forest creatures, the daughter of nature, and a divine incarnation of the forest queen Melikai.
From beginning to end, she was lurking in Radhanasi's body, like a possessor, listening to what she heard, seeing what she saw, and smelling what she heard.
Her appearance here did not surprise Gavin and the Lord Virginia.
Whether it is killing the totem incarnation of Maura, the God of Hunting, or the current situation of the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, it is a great honor for her. I believe that she has been paying attention to the Dragon Oak Mother Tree for more than a day or two. This has been learned from Lada The proof was that Naci had heard Gavin's name before.
In Faerûn, there is no better mouthpiece than the gods. When they notice something, their believers will definitely pay great attention to it.
Gavin now has quite a lot of experience in dealing with the gods. He no longer thinks about how to glorify them. He just goes about his own business. When they do something worthy of honoring them in their clerical field, they will naturally Will show up.
This is clearly the case with Mielikki.
Also an incarnation of divinity, the Queen of the Forest is different from the Lady of Strategy and the God of Hunting.
Ms. Strategy is a weak divine power who has just been promoted to a god, and only possesses the third level of godhood.
The God of Hunting is a bit more powerful, and he is still somewhat of a weak god, with a sixth to seventh level godhead. However, the blue bear totem spirit was just stolen from Uthgar and has not yet been digested. With him, His own strength has not been fully matched, not even compared to the possessed incarnation of Ms. Strategy.
The forest and ranger goddesses are veteran medium-level gods with at least thirteen or four levels of divine power. The descended incarnations of the gods are probably even more powerful than the former two.
In front of the vast natural power that she faintly revealed, even the dragon oak tree turned into stars in front of the bright moon, dim and dull.
No matter how powerful the Dragon Oak Mother Tree is, it is just a tree, a tree supported by a hundred thousand souls.
The Queen of the Forest represents the forest, not only in Faerûn, Toril, and the Fey Wilds, but also in other planes of the multiverse. She protects tens of billions of creatures and has hundreds of millions of believers.
How can the two be comparable?
Even if what the other party brings down is just a divine incarnation.
"No need to be polite." Melika smiled and nodded to Gavin and Lord Virginia, "You have created something incredible. Now it's not just me who pays attention to your every move. Many people are paying attention to you." I have high hopes for your mother tree, and I hope you will not go against the original intention and use her in the most correct direction."
The nature that the Queen of the Forest is talking about is the Dragon Oak Dreamland and the Dragon Oak Mother Tree.
Even if those natural gods didn't notice the Mother Dragon Oak Tree at first, they would have to pay attention when they activated the Mother Dragon Oak Tree on the side of Darauma and slapped Moando's root of the gods to death.
They had not intervened before, probably because they wanted to see how far Gavin and the others could achieve with their own abilities.
This is the consistent attitude of most natural gods.
To put it nicely, doing nothing is natural.
To put it bluntly, I just watched indifferently.
Unless they deliberately destroy nature, they will not intervene directly.
"We plan to turn the Dragon Oak Mother Tree into a vanguard against the forces of darkness, and fully exploit the mother tree's purifying effect on decay, corruption, and corruption. When the time comes, we will be ready to go wherever there is need. If possible, I will If I want to help our mother tree seize the Corruption Priesthood, since Madam is in charge of the Autumn Priesthood, she should know best that normal decay and decay are an important part of the natural cycle, and I hope to dedicate this honor to Madam."
Gavin made no secret of their plans, including spying on the corrupt clergy.
Since an incarnation of a god has personally descended on the Dragon Oak Mother Tree and entered the Dragon Oak Dream, neither the dream divinity nor the corrupt divinity can be hidden, including the spark of the dream divinity.
Instead of doing this, it is better to make the carriage and horse clear.
In front of ordinary beings, the corrupted god Moando shows off his power.
In front of these powerful natural gods, he is really not even a dish.
But these natural gods did not take action to destroy him personally, which shows the necessity of his priesthood. As long as there is demand, he cannot completely destroy him. Even if Moando dies, there will still be Anmodo. Doanmo appears.
Once the corrupt and decadent priesthood falls into the hands of other dark evil gods and merges with their priesthood, giving rise to more difficult dark forces, that will be the most troublesome.
For example, Talona, the goddess of poison and disease, has been spying on this priesthood. It is said that the death of Moando was her work, but it is a pity that she failed to succeed.
As for this kind of dark priesthood, these natural gods are very jealous and dare not take charge of it personally, because if they are not careful, they will be corrupted and fall into darkness. If they want to escape, they often have to pay a heavy price.
This is a warning. The goddess of luck, Tymora, and the goddess of misfortune, Benshaba, were originally one body, named Taj. They were in charge of luck and misfortune at the same time. It was because they fell into Moando's conspiracy and were corrupted by the dark power. He had to survive by splitting into two with the help of the moon goddess Su Lun and other allies of the gods.
Gavin saw this clearly, and this was definitely something that all natural gods would like to see happen.
Melikai was not as pleasantly surprised as Gavin expected. Instead, she was stunned for a moment, seemingly shocked by the magnitude of his plan. The smile on her face slowly disappeared, and she said with an extremely serious expression: "Do you know that you are here?" What to do? Don’t think that because you have purified the root of a god, you are qualified to seek the power of Moando. He has been running a corrupt and corrupt priesthood for many years, and the two are inextricably entangled and difficult to distinguish from each other.
Once you try to get involved in the corrupt priesthood, you will inevitably be entangled by his corrupt priesthood. If you are not careful, your mother tree will fall into darkness. It is not strange for Moando to be reborn on this. "
The Queen of the Forest has been fighting against the corrupted god for many years, and she knows this old opponent best.
If the matter was really about supporting a corrupt priesthood to take charge of God's religion, it could be solved. They would have already done so.
In other words, it’s not that they haven’t tried, but they have failed many times. Either they were led into darkness by Moando’s corrupted power and became natural enemies causing greater damage, or they were used by Moando as a tool for backdoor rebirth. Many of them are still difficult to do until now. This is how healing forest scars come about.
Gavin secretly sighed in his heart. This forest lady is known as the kindest nature god and is loved by countless people for a reason. However, for a tool like him that was sent to his door unsolicited, he did not make use of it, but showed his power.
Gavin sincerely thanked him and said: "Thank you madam for your suggestion, but the Dragon Oak Mother Tree is not just a tree, especially in terms of her soul consciousness. She has us and countless fairies in the Dragon Oak Dream. Moando wants to corrupt her." It is simple for one person, but it is difficult to corrupt a group of people, let alone hundreds of thousands or millions. We can prevent this from happening through differentiation.
The most important thing is that we are not alone. Even if the lady is unwilling to accept this honor, I believe that the lady will not sit idly by in the fight against this dark force. "
"It seems that this is not a temporary decision on your part, but a well-thought-out decision. Even without my permission, you will push forward with this matter." The smile on Melika's face returned again, even brighter than the last time. "You have all shouldered the most dangerous job, so what reason do I have to refuse? This is my honor!
Just use the temple you purified. This temple originally belonged to me. It was defiled by the temptation of Moando, and now it has been purified by your mother tree. If you can return it to me, it is full of symbolic meaning, I can Make it clear and proceed with the matter smoothly. "
"This is what we want to do." Gavin told the truth, "The mother tree has established a connection with this temple and can be used as a coordinate signal tower to log into the Dragon Oak Dreamland. We originally wanted to give it to Lada Queen Naxi and the others can use it to enter the Dragon Oak Dreamland at any time if they wish."
The implication is obvious, if these two things can be combined into one, it would be perfect.
The Queen of the Forest turned to look at Radanasi and the others and said: "I want to hand over this temple with special connotations to your protection. Don't rush to agree. This will be a banner to declare full war against the corrupt and fallen gods. The remnants of Moando will definitely destroy it at all costs, and will use every means to seduce you and make you fall into corruption. This will be a very difficult task."
"It is our greatest honor to do this for His Majesty."
"Keeping one's heart and refusing temptation are what we tree spirits are best at. It is most appropriate for His Majesty to entrust us with this task."
"Your Majesty, please leave the task to us."
The dryads headed by Radhanasi all requested.
There is no way to refuse the Forest Queen's mission. On the one hand, on the other hand, what Gavin just said is that you can log into the Dragon Oak Dreamland through this temple. This is a silent temptation for the tree spirit to enter. A door to a new life.
Dryads live in isolation in the forest. On the one hand, they are shy and reclusive. On the other hand, they cannot stay away from the trees they coexist with for a long time. The newborns cannot even leave the trees for more than 100 meters.
After the professional level rises, this restriction will be looser, but usually it will not exceed a few hours or a few days.
If you can enter the Dragon Oak Dreamland and the Dragon Oak Mother Tree and experience another kind of life without leaving your home or affecting your own trees, this choice is really hard to refuse.
"Madam, you are overthinking. If something happens to Queen Radanasi, how can we sit idly by and ignore it? Dragon Oak Dreamland can be connected to that side, and the message transmission is extremely convenient." Gavin added on the side.
If the Dryad Kingdom of the King's Forest could be introduced into the Dragon Oak Dreamland, it would definitely be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.
The power of this natural kingdom cannot be underestimated.
The priests or druids of the Lady of the Forest have a ritual called Tree Song, which requires them to evoke a tree person every month, even if the person they evoke is not a tree person, but an enlightened tree.
Even if there are no hidden tree spirits in the Dryad Kingdom, the number of enlightened trees and tree people that need to be awakened in a year is as many as six hundred. How many enlightened trees and tree people will there be in the King's Forest over time?
Gavin believed that there was an army of tens of thousands of tree people lurking here.
Moreover, dryads usually make good companions with natural spirits such as unicorns, satyrs, centaurs, pixies, thorns, etc. These intelligent creatures in the forest are also a force that cannot be underestimated.
King Yasan and the others were not simply unwilling to go to war with the Dryad Kingdom, but they also did not dare to go to war with them easily.
This huge power may be borrowed by the Dragon Oak Mother Tree at that time, and it will also help to promote friendly relations with the Kingdom of Cormyr and complete the mission.
Queen Radhanasi also took the initiative to request: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will definitely be fully prepared. Fighting against the corrupted gods is an unshirkable responsibility for all natural life, and we are also one of them. Your Majesty cannot deprive us of it." The honor of fighting for this.”
"Okay, I'm very happy that you have such an awareness. Now that you have made a decision, let's go to Aroshi. I will lead this temple there, and you can come too!" the Forest Queen issued an invitation.
"It is our honor." Gavin and Lord Virginia responded at the same time.
After everyone exited the Dragon Oak Dreamland, Melikai just waved her hand, and Gavin and the others were already in a dreamlike wonderland.
The situation here is very similar to the Fairy Wilderness. Many things are extreme. The orange-red sunset glow in the sky and the strange and colorful plants in the forest complement each other, exuding exotic charm.
The grass is full of flowers, and each flower is extremely delicate and beautiful. The mountain forest is full of green and dense trees, growing vigorously, showing dense branches and leaves and vertically growing vines.
Various small animals are jumping in the grass, and a group of snow-white unicorns are walking in the forest with elegant steps, like ladies.
Groups of pegasus fly low in the sky, and colorful fairy dragons, colorful pixies, and simple fairies can be seen everywhere here, playing freely.
The moment Gavin and a group of outsiders entered, old faces appeared among the countless old and huge trees here. They opened pairs of human-like eyes. After realizing their identities, they closed their eyes again.
It is obvious that this is a group of enlightened trees or tree people, the purest kind, with relatively indifferent emotions, and the human-like side is far less heavy than a tree. Even the guardian of the forest, the queen of the forest, can't arouse them here. Too much trouble.
Gavin's previous guess about A Luo Shi was not entirely right, nor was it entirely wrong.
Aroshi is not in the Fairy Wilderness, nor is it entirely in the material plane, but a huge half-dimensional plane, embedded with the King's Forest. The plane laws here are somewhat similar to the Fairy Wilderness, but the core law is still the material plane. face.
This also means that the King's Forest is not flat, but concave. As for this concave surface, it is not concave in the physical sense, but dimensional.
There is no way to reach here through ordinary teleportation. You can only walk in from the direction of the King's Forest. However, where the specific door is, for people who are not familiar with this place, you can't touch the doorway at all.
If the Aroshi Kingdom closed the passage, even if a large army held hands and combed through the King's Forest like a comb, they would not be found.
If you take the initiative to open this passage, you will enter it unknowingly while walking in the King's Forest.
This concept of infinite distance and infinite distance is exactly the same as that of the etheric plane, because this demiplane was developed from the etheric plane.
Therefore, the area of the Aroshi Kingdom is several times larger than the King's Forest seen by the world.
With Queen Aroshi personally leading them, they naturally flowed unimpeded and soon appeared at the center of this natural kingdom. It was a small hill that was not very high, in a ring shape, and full of growth in circles. There are tall and strong ancient trees.
It can be judged by the powerful soul fluctuations they emit that there is not an ordinary tree here, either an enlightenment tree or a tree man. Instead, on the top of the hill, there is a patch of thick trees of various varieties with very ordinary auras. Just like ordinary trees.
How could the ones here be ordinary trees?
They are all symbiotic trees of the tree spirits, and the tree people outside are used to protect them.
The name of this small hill is the Hill of Dryads. There is an open space on the top of it, and there is a simple huge stone altar dedicated to Melikai.
(End of chapter)
