Chapter 1185 107. Attacking the Druid
Following Da De to the port to pick up the Druid, with the vast sea in front of him and the vast farmland behind him, Annan realized that there was another thing that he had never discovered before. reason.
That's the Skaven and the Demon in the North.
The shadow of childhood will accompany a person throughout his life and determine his future character.
Annan is similar. Ever since Xingyue Bay was forced to abandon and the land he once called home fell, Annan has been driven by an invisible emotion called "restlessness".
So he was eager to develop and had a deep trust in the city wall.
It seems that Middle-earth is extremely powerful. The empire standing there is an insurmountable wall. Rats and demons have no hope of breaking in. Even if the sky falls, there are still tall people holding up——
Optimism will see a tall man, pessimism will see the sky falling, and Annan wants to see himself become a tall man.
When Annan and Da De arrived at the port, the merchant ship from Wilhelm had just docked.
Annan looked for familiar figures among the druids stepping off the merchant ship, but he had never seen many of them. Fortunately, he found someone he knew.
"Selana, long time no see." Annan looked at the petite deer man covered in soft light.
“Long time no see.” Serana’s deer hooves curled up slightly, “We heard about what happened to you in Wilhelm, and I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. "It's all over." Annan smiled carelessly and looked at the eight or nine druids behind her, "Why are there so many new faces?"
"They are in the east?" Punish some human lords and let us come over after receiving your invitation."
"Thank you, please come with me."
Annan nodded kindly to the druid behind her, but received no response.
The Free City full of people made the druids feel uncomfortable, but the exquisite houses and greenery and parks everywhere made them change.
Passers-by didn’t explore or stare at them much. At most, they only looked at them with the curious and innocent eyes of children.
But when they saw a large area of houses and farmland outside the city, their good impression disappeared.
“It’s so bad here…”
The elf druid, wrapped in vines and green leaves, whispered.
Annan believes that wheat fields are also plants, but it seems...Druids don't think so.
"Take us to the edge of the forest to take a look." Serana said at this time, relieving Annan.
The residents outside the city had little chance of seeing Annan, so they couldn't help but gather around. Although Losi led the guards to evacuate them, the frowning brows of the druids showed that they were not in a good mood.
Seeing the dwellings bordering the forest, the druids said they were too close.
Approaching the forest mountains, their brows relaxed again when they saw the new forest.
What surprised them most was that there were elves lingering in the woods only a few dozen yards away from the houses, and there were children playing with them.
"Liberty City has written the protection of forests into its code. No one will harm trees, even ignorant children." Annan said.
The druids walked into the woods. Their arrival caused the attracted elves to come closer, leaving the children biting their hands and looking forward to this side.
After a circle around the druids, they ran around Annan again under the surprised eyes of the druids.
Annan smiled and said to them: "Go and accompany the guests first."
The druids walked around in the woods and walked deeper. Serana came back and said: "Annan, we want to go first Bless this forest.”
Annan promised her and agreed to pick them up tomorrow.
Dade stated the request in the letter. Since they are willing to bless the forest, it means that half of the success has been achieved. That night, people in Liberty City saw the usually dark forest flickering like fireflies.
The next day, Annan and Da De came to the woods to pick them up, but only Serana walked out on the grass.
"We blessed this forest, but the druids no longer want to bless Gem Bay..."
"Why?"
"This is me It's my fault..." Serana apologized, "I described Liberty City very well in my letter, making them think that Liberty City was a forest city, and they didn't know that such big changes had taken place here."
< br>Is there a gap? That would be a bit difficult...
"Is there no other way?" Annan still wanted to fight for it.
The Druid's blessing can at least double the wheat field's yield. Liberty City has reclaimed so much farmland that even Da De can't even bless it.
Even if Serana was willing to help, it wouldn't be enough.
“Try to persuade my companions, and hurry up,” she said. “Druids don’t stay in one place for long.”
They have blessed the forest. About to leave.
After Serana finished speaking, she returned to the forest. Annan looked at her petite tail thoughtfully, thinking about how to make the druids change their minds.
Annan asked Da De: "How about letting Treebeard command them?"
"I'm afraid not. Treebeard sent them here, which means they are the ones most willing to contact humans. "
Druids are not as arrogant as elves, but they are almost as stubborn.
And this is easy to say. The extreme ones and avengers among druids adhere to the concept of eradicating life that destroys nature.
Annan returned to the city lord's mansion and asked the two deputy city lords to help him come up with ideas.
Olmedo and Itilia were discussing on the side, and Annan casually opened the briefing note that the eldest sister had put aside.
The content of the briefing is related to the cleanup in the north.
The two legions captured a lot of evil people, many of whom could not be punished by hanging, but there were also some criminals whose crimes would not lead to death.
These people are usually sentenced to imprisonment and compulsory labor according to the laws of the Free City, but a smart man actually found a loophole by studying the "Code of the Free City": they are citizens of the Principality, and the Free City has no right to enforce the law in the Principality. and sentenced according to the laws of the Free City.
Perhaps the other lords would have smiled and thrown the gallows away.
But otherwise he is a smart man. He realized that Liberty City really followed the legal and fair form and found this loophole that was useless to despicable people and only effective to knights.
Looking at the briefing, Annan’s idea was, how about showing the Druids the tree from another world?
Forget it...it's not worth the risk. Except for Da De, he was worried even if he only told Treebeard and Serana.
Reading further, Idilia’s comment is that Liberty City and the Principality are allies of each other and have law enforcement powers. This can be regarded as filling the loophole, but if you look deeper, it is still a bit unreasonable.
Annan stood up quietly, letting Olmedo and the eldest sister continue their discussion, and went to Liberty City Prison to visit this "talent" who had found a loophole in the law.
That figure is completely different from the "cunning and thin" image that Annan imagined. His appearance is quite decent. If he puts on the knight's armor, no one will doubt his loyalty to the creed.
The other prisoners in the cell were all staring at Annan, but he only took one look and quickly lowered his head.
“Do you know me?”
When Annan called him, he said respectfully: “You are the Champion Warlock, Lord of Free City, King of the North, Annan Reeves, Your reputation is known to everyone in the West..."
(End of this chapter)