Chapter 714 The Ranger and the Forest Goddess
His unique development concept made these tree spirits fascinated and refreshed.
Because this is not 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. Just because of her relatively gentle teachings.
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 away. Bisylvanus believers 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 me in terms of harmonious development."
The body of Dryad Queen Radhanasi bloomed with bright green light, and a young girl walked out with light and vigorous steps.
Her long golden hair is covered with beautiful hair accessories made of green leaves and golden moss. She is wearing a yellow-green tulle dress. Her appearance is not similar to that of the Virginia Lord and the Dryad Queen. Up and down, but the confidence that filled her body from the inside out was beyond the comparison of the two. It was as if nothing in this world could stump her.
"Your Majesty!"
"Madam!"
Not only did the dryads bow to her, but even Gavin and Lord Virginia did so immediately.
Because she is the guardian of all forest creatures, the daughter of nature, and the divine incarnation of Melikai, Queen of the Forest.
From beginning to end, she has been lurking in Radhanasi's body, like a possessor, listening to what she hears, seeing what she sees, and hearing what she hears.
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 is evident from the fact that Radhanasi has heard Gavin's name.
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 will he do something worthy of honoring them in their clerical field? When something happens, they will show up naturally.
This is obviously 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 godhead.
The God of Hunting is a bit more powerful, and he is still somewhat of a weak god. He has a sixth to seventh level godhead, but the blue bear totem spirit was just stolen from Uthgar. The digestion has not been completed, and the connection with his own strength has not been completed, and it cannot even compare with the possessed incarnation of Ms. Strategy.
The Forest Goddess and the Ranger Goddess 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 the face of the vast power of nature that she faintly revealed, even the mother dragon oak tree turned into a star 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 Feywild, but also in other planes of the multiverse. She shelters tens of billions of creatures and has followers. Hundreds of millions.
How can the two be comparable?
Even if what the other party brings down is just a divine incarnation.
“No need to be polite.” Melikai smiled and nodded to Gavin and Lord Virginia, “You have created something incredible, and now it’s not just those who are paying attention to your every move. I, and many others, have high hopes for you and your mother tree, and I hope you will not violate your original intention and use her in the right 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 the natural gods did not notice the Dragon Oak Mother Tree at first, when they activated the Dragon Oak Mother Tree on the side of Darauma, and slapped Moando's God Root to death, They need to pay attention too.
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.
It sounds nice, doing nothing is natural.
To put it bluntly, I just watched indifferently.
They will not intervene directly unless they deliberately destroy nature.
“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 a need. , if possible, I would like to help our mother tree capture the rot Since Madam is in charge of the Autumn Priesthood, she should know best that normal decay is an important part of the natural cycle. I hope that I can dedicate this honor to Madam."
Gavin's gratitude to them. There was nothing hidden in the plan, including peeking into the corrupt clergy.
Since an incarnation of a god personally came to the Dragon Oak Mother Tree and entered the Dragon Oak Dreamland, neither the dream divinity nor the corrupt divinity could 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, Moando, the corrupted god, shows off his power.
In front of these powerful natural gods, he really is 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, he can still There will be more Anmo, more Anmo will pop up.
Once the corrupt and decadent priesthood falls into the hands of other dark evil gods and merges with their priesthood, giving birth 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 afraid and dare not take charge 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, because they fell into Moando's conspiracy. , was corrupted by the dark power, and had to be split into two with the help of the moon goddess Su Lun and other gods and allies to survive.
Gavin saw this clearly. This is definitely something that all natural gods would like to see happen.
Merikai was not as pleasantly surprised as Gavin expected, but was stunned for a moment, seemingly shocked by the magnitude of his plot. The smile on her face slowly disappeared, and she said with an extremely serious expression: " Do you know what you are doing? Don't think that just because you have purified the root of a god, you are qualified to seek Moando's power. He has been running a corrupt and corrupt priesthood for many years, and the two are inextricably entangled and difficult to distinguish.
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 is really about supporting a corrupt priesthood to take charge of the god, it can be solved. They They have already done this. In other words, it is not that they have not tried, but that they have failed many times. It is not that they were led into the darkness by the corrupted power of Moando and became a natural enemy causing greater damage. Being used as a backdoor rebirth tool by Moando, many forest scars that are still difficult to heal are caused by this.
Gavin secretly sighed in his heart, this forest lady is called the most beautiful. It is not without reason that the kind-hearted nature god Di is loved by countless people. Instead of using the tool that comes to his doorstep, he shows 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 there are countless fairies in the Dragon Oak Dreamland, and 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 fighting 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. This is not a temporary decision on your part, but a well-thought-out decision. Even without my permission, you will move forward with this matter." The smile returned to Melika's face again, and she even made it clear. Even more brilliant than the last time, "You have all shouldered the most dangerous work, what reason do I have to refuse? This is my honor!
Just use the temple you purified, This is a temple that originally belonged to me. It was defiled by the temptation of Moando, and now it has been purified by your mother tree. If it can be returned to me, it has full symbolic meaning, and I can understand it. Promote this 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 login. We originally wanted to give the coordinate signal tower of the Dragon Oak Dreamland to Queen Radanasi. If they are willing, they can use it to enter the Dragon Oak Dreamland at any time.”
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 Radhanasi and the others and said: "I want to hand over this temple with special connotations to you for protection. Don't agree in a hurry. This will be a sign of decay and depravity. God's flag of all-out war, 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 A difficult task."
"It is our greatest honor to do this for Your Majesty."
"Keeping one's heart and refusing temptation is what we tree spirits are best at. , Your Majesty, it is most appropriate for you to give us this task.”
“Your Majesty, please give us this task.”
The dryads headed by Radhanasi all requested.
On the one hand, there is no way to refuse the mission of the Forest Queen. On the other hand, what Gavin just said is that you can log into the Dragon Oak Dreamland through this temple. This is a big deal for the tree spirit. A silent temptation, a door into a new life.
The dryads live in isolation in the forest. On the one hand, they are shy and secluded from the world. 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 a hundred meters.
After the professional level increases, 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 we can introduce the Dryad Kingdom of the King's Forest into the Dragon Oak Dreamland, it will definitely be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
The power of this natural kingdom must not 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 man every month, even if what they evoke is not a tree man, but an enlightened tree.
Even if there are no hidden tree spirits in the Dryad Kingdom, with just the ones in front of you, there will be as many as 600 enlightened trees and tree people that need to be awakened in a year. Over time, how many enlightened trees will be obtained in the King's Forest? And tree people?
Gavin believed that there was an army of tens of thousands of tree people lurking here.
Furthermore, dryads usually keep good company 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 god is an unshirkable responsibility for all natural life, and we are one of them. Members, Your Majesty cannot deprive us of 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.
“This is our honor.” Gavin and the Virginia lord 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.
There are flowers in the grass, 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. 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 emerged from the countless old and huge trees here, and they opened a pair of human-like eyes. After realizing their identities, they re-opened their eyes. Close your eyes.
Obviously 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 if the forest guardian of the forest, the queen of the forest, comes in person, There is no way to cause too much trouble here.
Gavin’s previous guess about A Luo Shi was not completely right, nor was it completely wrong.
Aroshi is not in the Fairy Wilderness, nor is it completely 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, but where the specific door is, for people who are not familiar with this place, you can't touch the doorway at all.
If the Kingdom of Aroshi closes the passage, even if a large army holds hands and combs through the King's Forest like a comb, they will 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.
So, 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 smoothly and soon appeared at the center of this natural kingdom. It was a small hill that was not very high, in a ring shape. The circle is full of thick and tall ancient trees.
It can be judged by the powerful soul fluctuations they emit. There is no 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 different varieties. The aura of the trees is very ordinary, 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 called the Hill of Dryads. There is an open space on the top of it, and there is a simple huge stone altar, which is dedicated to Melikai.
(End of this chapter)