Chapter 437 Dark Tree Man
Although the tree body forms are limited by enlightenment plants and are different, they all have a kind of harmony. At least other humanoid creatures see it and do not feel it is inconsistent.
This situation is obviously not suitable for this group of tree people. They are seriously uncoordinated. Not only are their branches dark, but their appearance is also extremely distorted. They either have multiple hands or legs. One of the tree people actually has something floating on it. There are two faces, one is an old tree man, and the other is a human woman. It is more appropriate to call them dark tree men.
The three types of activated plants add up to nearly a hundred.
A group of human knights followed far behind them, with swords in one hand and torches in the other.
The leader of the cavalry is not riding a war horse, but a razor boar that is stronger than a bull. Placed among humans, it is definitely a majestic and majestic presence, but placed in front of these activated plants, it is obviously not enough.
This person is none other than Nora, Zalanda’s number one general.
Gavin mobilized the Half-Moon Horse to meet him from a distance, and asked in a low voice: "Didn't anything happen along the way?"
"No." Nora took off her helmet. , revealing a beautiful face that was not consistent with the huge body, shook his head and said, "They are all very cooperative, especially those dark trees. They stood firmly on our side and helped us manage the other two activated plants. Not one of them got away. There were eighty-nine when we set out, and they are still ninety-five. Six of them are on the way and have taken the initiative to join us. "< br>
These activated plants that Nora escorted over were prisoners of the corrupt army that had previously followed the Root of Gods.
After all, there are only a few pet servants in Moando, and most of them are tortured by the festering disease and driven by force.
Whether it is the Staggerer or the Tentacle Demonic Vine, although they look a bit uglier, in essence, they are just like the hunters such as tigers and black bears. They are just neutral activated plants and are not inherently evil.
After the culprit who drove them was killed, they were basically unable to resist, and they were all captured by Zalanda's troops.
If there were no corrupting diseases on them, Zalanda would definitely keep them and integrate them into his army as a special unit.
She has tasted the benefits now. Less than ten Enlightenment Trees have helped her a lot. If hundreds of huge activated plants join, she can do even more.
Now, all she can do is send them to Gavin, use the newly restarted Mys Noel purification to cure them, and then consider using them.
"It's normal. If they want to be cured of their corrupting diseases as soon as possible, they have to come to me honestly." Gavin said matter-of-factly.
Two of these three activated plants are intelligent. The dark tree people have the highest intelligence, with an average value far exceeding that of ordinary humans.
The shambling monster is slightly lower, similar to the kobold, not too smart, but enough to understand most things.
The lowest one is the Tentacle Demon Vine, which is similar to a smarter beast hunter. It is difficult for humans to communicate with it alone. With the help of those intelligent dark tree people, it is undoubtedly much easier.
Before they set off on the road, Gavin had already met with the dark tree people and reached a basic agreement, using purification and healing as a temptation to get them to come on their own initiative.
This team of cavalry led by Nora is more suitable for surveillance than for escort. After all, the strength is there. Once these nearly a hundred activated plants go wild, the combat power that bursts out can be easily destroyed. An army of tens of thousands, especially in a dense forest.
Nora hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but said: "Since entering Mir Forest, I always feel like there is a tail behind us, following us all the way. This feeling does not disappear until we get close to here."< br>
“Your feelings I think it’s true, they are the drow sentries. They are trying to isolate and blockade Misnoel. You are outnumbered and they don’t dare to touch you. If you were alone, they would have launched an attack on you long ago. "Gavin confirmed that Nora's feelings were not an illusion.
"I have long heard that there are drow elves in Mir Forest. I didn't expect them to be so bold and openly commit crimes here!" Nora frowned, drow elves are not a good person. Neighbor.
Especially in the dense forest, Tethyr's army has no advantage at all against the drow.
“When the power of good weakens, evil will take advantage of the situation.” Gavin said helplessly, “Our secret war with them has just begun, and we will still have headaches in the future.”
Compared to the drow elves, Sambian merchants who were previously considered to be ruthless were all good people.
This group of Velen believers will not fight openly with you at all. They use their ability to be good at stealth to circle around Mess Noel and cause destruction whenever they have the opportunity.
They can't do anything with the Mystic Locks, so they attack the residents. Regardless of whether they are birds or animals, as long as they are alone, they will most likely be hunted by them.
Many people who originally tried to seek refuge with Misnoel were killed on the last journey.
This was done not only to prevent them from coming to Misnoel, but also to retaliate against Gavin.
If the Goliaths were organized to go out to fight back, they would immediately escape into the darkness and slip away without fighting head-on. Gavin was so disgusted that he had no good solution for the moment.
"The best way to deal with guerrilla tactics in the forest is to organize a stronger and more elite team and start guerrilla tactics with them." Nora gave Gavin an idea.
Forest guerrilla tactics are not unique to drow, but are good at all natural races, especially elves.
On the plains, the elves would definitely not be able to fight against the human cavalry.
When they arrived in the forest, the human cavalry were helpless with the elves. If they entered rashly, they would only become nutrients for the forest.
As for setting fire to the forest, even the stupidest human lord cannot do it, or dare not do it - if he really does this, he must face the wrath of the nature gods. "I don't know, but I lack such elites." Gavin spread his hands helplessly.
Although there are many natural races under his command, none of them are good at fighting.
Hmm, how could I have forgotten them?
Gavin had a flash of inspiration and thought of a suitable troop—the eladrin bodyguards of Lord Virginia.
The Mother Dragon Oak Tree will be upgraded and closed soon. She must negotiate with the Lord of Virginia to see if she can borrow an eladrin guerrilla force from her to help fight against the drow in Mir Forest. .
"Dear lord, we are here as promised. Please fulfill your promise and remove the evil presence from me. Afterwards, I will guard the door for your lord forever." A dark tree man walked up to me. Gavin followed not far away.
This dark tree man is the least distorted among all the dark tree men, the most special, and the most powerful at the same time.
He has two pairs of arms.
One pair of arms are normal tree-man arms, and the other pair are human female arms.
If these two pairs of arms are separated, they are both beautiful, especially the pair of human female arms, which are smooth and slender, exuding a shining luster. This is not a simple maintenance problem, but a natural beauty, but if Two pairs of completely different arms focused on a tree man looked extremely strange.
In addition to the extra arms, there is also a female face on his tree, which is also extremely delicate and beautiful, especially in the bright amber eyes, it seems that you can see your own reflection in them.
But in this case, the more beautiful it is, the more serious the sense of violation will be.
When Gavin's eyes fell on the female face embedded in the tree, the face suddenly began to struggle in pain, and the human female arms began to swing uncontrollably, "Help me...save me...save me ...I don't want to die..."
While speaking, his eyes were uncontrollably emitting magic aura.
The dark tree man immediately raised his broad tree hand to cover the female face.
Because that is a precursor to casting a spell to charm humans.
"Okay." Gavin readily agreed, "The particularity of your situation does not require me to say more. I studied it carefully afterwards and I will try to separate the two of you as much as possible, but successfully It’s really hard to say frankly. Once you fail, you have to face a choice, that is, you can only protect one of the two consciousnesses. Which one do you want to protect?”
This dark tree man is special in that before he was transformed into a tree man, he was not an ordinary oak tree, but an oak tree that lived in symbiosis with a tree spirit.
Normally speaking, an oak tree parasitized by a tree spirit cannot be enlightened. This is a law of nature, just like those magical beasts cannot be enlightened. At least druids below the legendary level cannot be enlightened. , Faerûn has no precedent for oak trees parasitized by dryads to be enlightened.
But Moando, the god of corruption, is a terrifying existence that breaks the rules of nature. He just used his corrupt power to forcibly activate and enlighten the oak tree of a tree spirit.
This kind of enlightenment is obviously not normal, but fuses flesh and blood with trees, sacrificing the freedom and soul consciousness of the tree spirit.
But the problem is that this fusion is not complete. The oak tree has awakened its own consciousness, but the consciousness of the tree spirit has not been completely erased, resulting in two relatively independent consciousnesses in one body. Just like dual personality patients, they often have self-conflicts and fall into chaos.
And this is what Moando, the god of decay and corruption, likes to see the most. He expects the dark tree people to slowly fall into despair and fall because of this chaos.
"If this really happens, please Paula." The dark tree man said without hesitation.
Although she was just born and enlightened, her relationship with the symbiotic tree spirit has lasted for hundreds of years.
Although it is motionless, it can share Laura's joy, sorrow and pain every day.
Her memories are all about Laura, or a continuation of her. When Laura disappears, the meaning of her existence will naturally disappear.
"Please protect Tracy...she has just been born...she should go out and take a look...take her share with me..." The tree spirit embedded in the dark tree man reacted, struggling constantly, and his expression changed. He was ferocious, but his words were extremely firm.
The tree spirit and his oak tree have a relationship that ordinary people cannot understand.
Although the dryad can change the symbiotic oak tree through magic rituals, unless it is forced or forced, few dryads do so because she cannot let go of this feeling.
"You still have time to consider this issue. This is just the worst-case scenario. The specific situation still needs to be determined by the specific development." Gavin pointed at Noel's mysterious lock and said, "From now on From the beginning, you will take root on the periphery of the Mystery Lock. I will Based on your situation, I will prescribe the right medicine. After I am completely sure that there are no remaining servants of Moando among you, I will naturally consider letting you enter Myth Noel."
These activated plants are different from the previous ones. Came to your door yourself.
They had all been controlled by the Root of God or the pet servants of Moando. The uncertainty was too great and their strength was too strong. They were rashly put into Myth Noel before they were completely purified. Not a wise choice.
It is better to put it directly outside the Mystery Lock and use it as Mys Noel's first line of defense.
The outside of the Mystery Lock also has the ability to purify, but the effect is far inferior to that inside the city.
(End of this chapter)