Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 153 Dusty History

"It's just cutting down a maple forest and building a settlement for people to live in. These druids will attack them. This doesn't belong to the extreme absolute neutral camp at all. I think they are more inclined to evil."

Anderina looked at the direction where the two druids disappeared, and said to Thorne beside her.

"If it's just for a forest, these extreme druids started a year ago, how could it be delayed until now." Thorn looked back and shook his head slightly, paused and said:

"As for the real reason, I am afraid that what the middle-aged druid said is that they are studying forbidden things. If what he said is true, then the players in the lower city are really going to face the wrath of nature."

"Taboo?" Anderina shrank her pupils when she heard the words, and repeated it subconsciously. Then she pondered for a while, and slowly analyzed with fear in her tone:
"In the Church of the Gods, the creation of life is the most taboo research, and the restrictions are also the most advanced. Often, as long as it is found to be biased towards this aspect of research, the Church of the Gods will do its best to dispatch priests to destroy it at all costs. , Only after witnessing all the research results and related personnel being burned to a pile of ashes, will you leave with confidence.

The second is the strict restrictions on alchemy products, especially the natural church forces, which have the most stringent blows in this area, just like the contradiction between the development of industrial technology and the maintenance of the natural environment.

The priority of life creations and alchemy products is even higher than that of the demons and fallen believers of the evil gods who communicate with the lower planes. After all, these evil things are only for evil, and they just need to drive them back.

Of the two types of research, the former consumes a huge amount of souls, and the souls of intelligent life are the private property of the gods. The loss of a large number of souls can even shake the foundation of the gods.

The latter's damage to the natural environment is an indelible pain, and it is what the druids feel the most. After all, compared with spending a lot of time to manage a desert, cutting off the root of the disaster is the most correct choice.

But for the study of life creation, at least wizards above the high level have the opportunity to get in touch with taboo knowledge about this aspect. Obviously, people in the lower city certainly do not have this ability.

Then they should be making alchemy products. The research direction of these alchemy products must be steel and gunpowder, that is, the so-called firearms products and biological constructs, otherwise the druids would not choose to do it. "

"That's right." Thorne nodded and said:

"When they settled here, I knew that they had the idea of ​​researching firearms products, but they hadn't put it into action at that time. I have no objection to this kind of research that helps survival.

But this kind of research can only be done in private. If it is put on the bright side, it will undoubtedly declare war on all the druids in the Emerald Court. At that time, it will not only be the druids of the extremists, but also the druids of the moderate and balanced schools. I'm afraid everyone will come to Fallstown to join in the fun.

Carlos and Torvi are obviously not that stupid. It should be because they didn't do a good job of keeping secrets and were accidentally discovered by the druids. The druids are a group of guardians with the power to communicate with nature. Under the gaze of nature, it is indeed difficult to escape their eyes. "

"In the final analysis, our player group lacks high-level spellcasting professions. If there are high-level wizards, how can it be leaked if there are high-level wizards directly deploying various anti-detection spells?" Anderina sighed slightly, and said helplessly .

"They were too impatient." Thorne continued:

"And I don't think that without the guidance of professionals, the shoddy firearms researched will pose much threat to the humanoid creatures in the wilderness.

With that time and energy, it would be more convenient to make more arrows with strong penetrating power, why take such a big risk. "

Although firearms are relatively easy to learn, ordinary people can fight with a little training, unlike bows and arrows that require years of training, but Thorne thinks that the power of firearms is a bit stretched.

With the player's strength, the most he could do was to build some flintlock guns, and the gunpowder guns were not as effective as imagined against those evil creatures with high natural physique, such as trolls, ogres, hill giants and so on.

Even he understands the truth, it is impossible for those human beings to fail to understand this problem, so it cannot be a large-scale research and mass production, it should be just a small workshop research, Thorne guessed.

"Then what are you going to do next?" Andrina couldn't help asking, looking at Thorn who was lost in thought.

"What should I do?" Thorne scratched his scalp with some headaches, and said helplessly: "To be honest, I have nothing to do, let them worry about it themselves.

Originally thought that if their strength became stronger, they would be able to assist them in defending Pushang Town, allowing most players to pass the adaptation period safely and use their original advantages to gradually become stronger.

Then I can leave alone and travel to various parts of the world. It seems that this is just my wishful thinking, and things are more complicated than imagined. "

"Let's go, first ask the leader of Oster for his opinion." Thorn hammered the messy head hard, motioning for the other party to follow, and then walked into the courtyard.

Andrina was about to speak, but noticed Thorne's expression, and finally swallowed it back.

"Thon, you came just in time. I'm going to talk to you about something. Come in and sit down." The half-elf leader Oster had just stepped into the door when he saw Thorne and Anderina enter the courtyard. So he greeted directly.

The living room of the half-elf leader's wooden house looks very simple, except for a few tables and chairs made of tree stumps, there are no other redundant buildings.

As priests of the natural pantheon, most of their basic necessities tend to be primitive and natural.

Thorne glanced at the half-elf leader with a meticulous facial expression, and sat directly on the wooden chair closest to him.

"Sit down too, this strange human warlock." Oster noticed Andrina who was hesitating slightly, and greeted lightly.

"You're here for the Druids in the Emerald Garden." Oster asked straight to the point when he saw the two sitting down.

"Probably." Hearing this, Thorn hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "I want to know your opinion on the lower city, and whether you participated in the operation of Emerald Court."

"The people in the lower city have disrupted the balance of Fallstown. If we can completely drive them out, it is naturally the best choice for our half-elf tribe."

After Oster finished speaking, he paused on purpose, glanced at Thorne's silent expression and said again:

"Although this is very beneficial to us, I have rejected the actions of the druids. We remain neutral and neither participate in the action nor choose to resist."

"Is there no way to stop it?" Thorn said helplessly after listening.

"If it was in the past, the Melikai Temple could still mediate their behavior of cutting down trees, but they touched the reverse scale of the Emerald Court and tried to study taboo things in vain. It's really ignorant."

Oster looked at Thorne with indifference in his pale blue pupils and said, "Thorn, although I still don't understand why you always like to favor them, please don't forget your identity."

"I know, but it was the lives of more than 1000 people after all. They shouldn't be made to bear the natural anger for one person's selfish behavior." Thorn nodded and sighed.

"You don't even know how terrible the harm alchemy products are to nature." Oster snorted coldly: "Do you know how the Black Pearl Forest was formed in the year of turmoil?"

Thorn was taken aback for a moment, shook his head to express that he was not clear, and then looked at the sorceress Andrina sitting beside her.

"In the year of turmoil, the Black Pearl Forest is not the almost primitive forest now, but a construction golem factory built by the wizards of Winter City." Andrina felt Thorne's gaze, thought for a while and said:
"Air pollution, waste water pollution, erosion of chaotic magic power, all kinds of natural hazards are flooding that land, and the assembly line production method of the wizards' construction golem factories has at least 500 construction golems every day. Throw into the battlefield of abyssal demons.

The gloomy sky billowing with smoke, the Shadowmoon Inner Sea occupied by sewage, and the earth full of rust smell are the truest descriptions of the Black Pearl Forest in the Year of Trouble. As for the others, I am not very clear. "

"Educated warlocks are indeed rare." Oster glanced at Andelina unexpectedly, and continued:
"Of course you don't know the other information, because it is only recorded in the Wizard Tower and the Temple of Nature in Winter City. To put it simply, the final result is that the wrath of nature defeated the group of evil wizards.

But Emerald Garden also paid a heavy price. In order to completely purify the polluted land, three legendary druids sacrificed themselves, transformed into the soul of nature, and became a part of the Black Pearl Forest. Otherwise, today's black Pearl Forest is an endless desert. "

Seeing Thorn who was silent, Chief Oster sighed and said:

"When the Druids in the Emerald Garden noticed the subtle changes in the Emerald River, they immediately discovered the source of the disaster and realized the seriousness of the problem. After all, no one wants the tragedy of the Black Pearl Forest to appear in the Emerald Field, even though it seems It's far away, but preventive, and I don't think they've done anything wrong."

"Then let them immediately stop all research and destroy all facilities, and let the lower city be completely destroyed, don't you think it is too cruel?" Thorne expressed his opinion to the half-elf leader.

He has witnessed the horror of the Wrath of Nature with his own eyes. Extremist druids don't care whether someone is innocent or not. They like the one-and-done method the most.

"Why do I feel heartache from you? Don't forget, we are also a group of abandoned races. I really don't understand why those people make you attach so much importance to them. Can you tell me? Thorn."

Oster noticed Thorne's expression, looked at him helplessly and said.

Thorn shook his head slightly, turned his eyes to the indifferent face of the leader of Oster and said in a deep voice:

"Leader Oster, this is not heartache, this is sadness, a feeling of powerlessness in the face of the tragic death of innocent people.

This feeling is like when the hobgoblins attacked the upper city half a year ago, watching familiar friends fall one by one, but you can only mourn silently and torture without doing anything. "

After Thorn finished speaking, the cabin fell into silence.

After listening to Thorne's words, the half-elf leader took a deep breath, closed his eyes and his face twitched slightly, as if trying to suppress something.

It went on like this for a while...

Oster slowly opened his eyes, and said slowly:

"The Goddess of the Forest and Ranger is a kind god, every time I go to the temple to pray, I can always be infected by the confident smile on his face.

Although death is also a part of the life cycle, his teachings are not as indifferent as the god of nature. Civilization is also part of the wilderness. I will go to the temple to explain the reason to the high priest. "

"Then I will trouble you, Chief Oster." Thorn got up and bowed deeply to Oster.

In any case, he has done his best to achieve this level, and if it is really impossible to save, there is nothing he can do.

"Don't expect too much. I'm just conveying my meaning to the temple. As for whether I agree or not, I can't guarantee it. After all, they violated the taboo of Emerald Court. Just pray that it's just someone's selfishness."

After Oster finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "I will inform the leaders of the lower city. I hope they can understand what they are doing."

"Is there anything else? If not, go back." Oster finished speaking, noticing that Thorne didn't intend to leave, and waved his hand a little tiredly.

"Actually, I came to you this time mainly because of the abandoned tower, and I just heard about the Emerald Garden." Thorne truthfully stated his thoughts.

"So, are you going to explore the abandoned tower?" Chief Oster was stunned and confirmed again.

"That's right, so I need your permission." Thorne nodded.

"That is a high tower left by a group of wizards. The reason why I don't allow people to approach it casually is because I am worried that the remaining restrictions inside will cause accidental injury to curious people. Since you think you have the ability to explore, then do as you like, always like this It's not reassuring."

Oster's light blue gaze stayed on Anderina for a moment, and he nodded in agreement.

"100 years ago, before my parents settled here, this place used to be the territory of a Viscount Arda. I don't know what happened. It turned into ruins overnight, and the residents of the town didn't know what happened. trace.

So you'd better be careful, after all, things related to wizards must be handled with caution. "

Oster thought for a while and warned Thorne.

"I will pay attention, Chief Oster, thank you very much for your generosity and kindness." Thorne respected Oster again.

After speaking, Thorne turned and left with Andelina.

"Wait a minute." When Thorn walked to the door, he was suddenly stopped by Oster.

Seeing Thorne's puzzled expression when he turned around, Oster sighed slightly: "If you have time, go to the temple to see Lilia's child more, she has become unrecognizable to me."

Thorne was stunned for a moment, inexplicably feeling a trace of silence in the words of Chief Oster.

So he took another careful look at the other party, and suddenly found that there was a rare twilight look on his middle-aged face.

When Thorn noticed the excessive white hair in his eyes, his heart was slightly shocked. He paused for a moment, and finally said slowly: "I see, Chief Oster, you... also take care of yourself .”

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(End of this chapter)