Father of the oak tree - Sivannas.

He is the only deity who does not have a clear camp, and the most extreme of natural balancers.

As a result, although he prevented the catastrophe caused by the destruction of the Arcane Empire, many races did not know much about his deeds. Because His past actions were too extreme, too apt to arouse the antagonism of civilized races. The Father of the Oak only cares about the whole natural world, and all races are equal to him, and his followers can range from good to evil, as long as they lean towards the neutral camp. The Father of the Oak Tree saw things differently than anyone else, and even most of the gods had a huge conflict of values with Him.

For now.

The remaining influence of the Father of the Oak Tree is limited to creatures such as druids, treants, and dryads, and even before he falls, although the Father of the Oak has a powerful god-level power, and the power of the church is spread to all corners of the material plane, it still does not have much recognition within the civilizations of many races. Because whether it is humans, elves, dwarves, orcs and other races, they will inevitably destroy nature while developing their own civilization and growth. The only thing that could gain some propagation within civilization was the relatively mild teachings of Mother Earth and the agricultural development she represented.

Therefore, although the father of the oak tree saved the world, he was gradually forgotten by the world.

Perhaps for the Father of the Oak Tree, he did not need the gratitude of the world at all, it was his mission to maintain the balance of the natural world, and to sacrifice for the sake of protecting nature was only to fulfill his own mission.

Truth be told, Sauron had a sharp conflict with the Father of the Oak Tree in both his way of doing things and his worldview.

But this did not affect his respect for the father of the oak tree.

Because the Father of the Oak Tree was a great elder, and over the years, he had to clean up the mess left by the gods' struggles again and again. The material plane has experienced countless disasters, several of which are no less than the catastrophe level of a large-scale nuclear explosion, but in the end, they were all rescued by the Father of the Oak Tree. Humans are the most death-loving race. From the Age of Nether to the Thorsilver Age to the Arcane Empire, if you add the Spirit Sucking Empire and another relatively special civilization, then the material plane has experienced more large-scale natural disasters.

The Father of Oak and the shepherds in His Church have been working tirelessly to restore the natural environment.

As long as it is not something that seriously upsets the balance of nature, the Father of the Oak does not easily show his anger, but if he is, it is a very terrible thing.

Because He is one of the few ancient gods who served as a Barbarian!

The Father of the Oak rarely participates in battles in person, but there is no doubt that his combat power is among the highest in the multiverse, and he is also one of the few powerful gods who have the ability to terminate a plane, but he probably won't do that.

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Misty Forest.

Sauron stared at everything in front of him with a little confusion. The path guided by the goddess of magic was one he had never seen before.

Because of the perennial fog and the labyrinth of the forest, adventurers were unable to fully explore this vast primeval forest during the outbreak of the Sage Catastrophe and the time after the Sage Catastrophe ended. There are many remnants of ancient life here, and the natural environment of the Misty Forest has escaped the harassment of other races.

A strange arch of trees appeared in front of him.

At this moment, they had gone deep into the interior of the Misty Forest, and within this huge forest with an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers, there were many secret realms left over from ancient times.

People call it the "Gate of Nature", but in fact it is a remnant half-plane.

"This is it."

Midnight Lady stopped. Stretching out his white finger and tapping it on the arch of the trees in front of him, he saw the fog in front of him lift, and a quiet road appeared around.

The trees around them swayed slightly as if they were alive, and there was a faint sense of unease.

"A lot of the trees here are dead."

Ildis's expression was full of amazement. As a wizard who had not yet reached the realm of legends, everything he saw in front of him was very strange to him, and under normal circumstances, he would never want to go deep into the interior of the Misty Forest alone.

"Yes."

Lady Midnight nodded lightly and said slowly, "The plague has eaten away here. There are some evil forces affecting these trees, and that's what I'm going to do with your help. ”

A clear river appears ahead.

This should be the space between the material plane and the semi-plane, a gap in space opened by some powerful force.

"You can't get through here."

A crisp female voice sounded ahead. With a faint natural aura, an extremely beautiful woman in a light green dress came out of the trees in front of her. She looked a bit like an elf, as she had a pair of pointed ears, but her appearance didn't mean anything, she was actually a high-level tree spirit in front of her.

Even!

Sauron also saw the radiance of divinity in her.

The dryad came to them with light steps, and Ildis's expression seemed to be a little amazing, in terms of beauty, the dryad should be the top of the material plane, and it is estimated that he may not have seen such a beautiful opposite sex in the past.

"Karina."

It didn't seem like the first time that Lady Midnight had been here, she looked at the beautiful dryad in front of her, and said slowly, "I have to enter the temple, there are some things in it that I need. ”

Karena should be the name of the beautiful dryad in front of her.

She frowned slightly when she heard this, with her strength, she shouldn't be able to tell the true identity of the goddess of magic, but she could roughly see that her strength was extraordinary. It wasn't the first time the Goddess of Magic had been here, the last time she seemed to have returned in vain, and only then did she think of getting someone to help. For a moment, even Sauron was curious about what was inside this temple that could make the goddess of magic desperately want it.

"I'm sorry."

The dryad still rejected the Midnight Lady in front of her, and she shook her head and said, "The natural seal cannot be opened, and we need these powers to stop the forest from being eroded. ”

"Please get out of here."

Still the negotiation failed.

The Goddess of Magic didn't seem surprised by this, and Sauron, who was next to her, silently pressed her hand on the hilt of her sword when she heard this, and Ildis's expression became serious, as if if needed. None of them mind using force to solve the problem. But the Goddess of Magic had prevented it, and there seemed to be something here that made her feel jealous, at least not by force.

So, she looked at the high treant in front of her and said slowly, "If we can help you solve these problems, will you be able to let me enter the temple?" ”

Issue?

No doubt this is the eroding forest, right?

Sauron's expression was a little surprised, because he didn't know how the goddess of magic planned to solve the trouble in front of him, she was the goddess of magic, not the god of nature, and the trees around here looked like special beings with life consciousness, and even they were eroded by some kind of force. Undoubtedly quite a troublesome issue, and it looks like this has been the case for quite some time. Some of the trees have been completely corrupted, and if it weren't for the suppression of this place, I am afraid that these trees could be corrupted into Deadwood Guards.

The expression of the High Treant seemed a little hesitant.

She glanced at the Midnight Lady in front of her and hesitated, "Although you are very powerful, this kind of problem is not something you can solve. ”

This half-plane has been around for a long time.

Such a serious erosion should not have been formed overnight, I am afraid it has to do with many factors, the balance of the elemental pool is not quite right, even Sauron does not think that the goddess of magic can solve it.

"Of course."

Midnight Lady nodded slightly. She said that she really did not have the ability to solve these problems, that her priesthood did not contain nature, and that salvation was undoubtedly more difficult than destruction. But then she turned her gaze to Sauron and Ildis beside her, and whispered, "Since you are a priest who serves Sivannas, the father of the oak tree. Then you should know that there is a ritual that can be used to awaken the divine power left behind by Him, and in this way, to heal this forest, right? ”

A ritual to heal the forest?

Sauron was shocked when he heard this, and then a thought immediately popped into his mind, and he muttered, "Could it be that ritual?" ”

The followers of the Father of the Oak Tree have a large number of tree spirits in them.

as an accompaniment to trees. Many tree spirits once sought refuge in the Father of Oak, and in the Church of the Father of Oak, there are two sacred rituals that can be used to restore the natural environment. Bring dying forests back to life. There are many rituals in the church of the Father of the Oak Tree, but the two most powerful and sacred of them are called the Tree Song and the Tree Spirit Dance.

The former is an extremely large sacrificial ritual.

It takes a large number of believers to repeat the ancient hymns of the church in unison, attracting the creatures of the forest to stop and listen, and with what they see in front of them, there are no conditions for the [tree song] ceremony to be held here.

The latter, on the other hand, is a joyful ritual that rejuvenates the forest, requiring devotees to summon the tree spirits to come out of the connected trees and then join the humans with the sound of flutes and dances.

This ritual should have been mentioned once.

This ritual is not too costly for the dryads, but it is a great burden for those who have sex with them, and may even require more to pay.

"Dance of the Treants?"

Lady Midnight's words seemed to remind the High Dryad in front of her, and a thoughtful expression appeared on her beautiful face, and she turned her gaze to Sauron and Ildis in front of her. She was a dryad herself, and this ritual should be the easiest for her to complete, but she fell into deep thought and muttered, "If the [Dance of Dryads] can be successfully held, it may be able to awaken the divine power left by the Father of the Oak Tree, so it is really possible to purify the entire forest." ”

At this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

First, she set her eyes on the handsome and dashing blonde Ildis, and after staring at it for a while, Karena in front of her couldn't help frowning and muttering, "No." He wasn't strong enough at all, and he didn't have enough strength to support even half of the ritual. ”

Ildis was a little confused.

As the Church of the Father of Oak faded into the eyes of mortals, even wizards were not very aware of the sacred rituals within their churches.

He still doesn't know what the others are saying.

The high treant quickly turned her gaze to Sauron next to her, and in an instant, her eyes lit up, her expression became bright, and her eyes were a little eager: "He can!" ”

"He's not just strong enough! And it has a lot of power! ……”

"I can feel the radiance of divinity! ……”

"If he is willing to help us perform the sacred rituals, he may be able to completely awaken the divine power left behind by the Father of the Oak Tree, so that the entire Misty Forest can be purified! ……”

Hearing the words of the High Treant, the Goddess of Magic immediately turned her pleading gaze to Sauron next to her.

Ildis was the person she had prepared.

If he can't, the Goddess of Magic will probably only be able to improve Ildis in some special way, and then he will complete this sacred ritual.

While it may cost her a lot, there really is one thing inside the Temple of the Father of Oaks that is very important to her!

Right now.

Sauron was able to complete this ritual, which meant that she didn't need to pay too much, she just needed to find a way to compensate Sauron as much as possible.

For one thing in the temple, she was bound to get it!

Therefore, at this moment, the goddess of magic looked at Sauron with a hint of supplication.

……………… (To be continued......)