"Please don't hurt me!"

Surprisingly, this strange-looking "man" saw that the barbarians, stopped attacking it under the help of the sycamore, and carefully and slowly "emerged" from the oak tree, as if the oak tree was composed of "liquid".

I saw that it finally separated from the oak tree and stood in front of everyone.

"What are you, uh, creature?"

Even the knowledgeable Sycamore looked at this strange person with some dumbfoundedness, and at first glance it looked like a statue of a female elf carved from fine oak wood, but her hair was a leaf after leaf, and her skin was smooth and shiny with the characteristic grain of wood, painted with bright lacquer.

"I'm a dryant."

The tree spirit, which has obvious female surnames, looked at everyone curiously and with some fear, and said cautiously: "Are you human?" Sorry, I've never seen any other humanoids."

"Dryads?"

Wutong was stunned for a moment, looked at this "wooden man" carefully, and connected it with the relevant knowledge in his mind, yes! This is a dryad, a leprechaun-like creature, which looks somewhat similar to an elf, but [elf] and [elf] are two completely different creatures, and there are more types of elves than elves.

Just as there are black, white, yellow, and brown people in real life, elves, or most of the races in "Endless" have different types, but they are all collectively called elves, goblins, or whatever.

How many races and species are there in "Endless", no one knows at all at present, even Wutong's teacher, the 8th-order ** master Zemur, does not dare to say that he knows, what can be known is that in the world of "Endless", intelligent creatures are not only humans, humans are just a relatively low-level of many intelligent creatures in the world of "Endless".

This is a juvenile tree spirit, the time to produce consciousness is not long, so it still seems a little immature and naïve, of course, the so-called "time is not long", refers to relatively, in terms of the concept of human age, this tree spirit is at least dozens or even hundreds of years old, often a tree spirit age, and it is the same as the tree it coexists with.

In fact, tree spirits are a kind of elves condensed by trees, and they are similar to the "demons" in the myths and stories spread in the Asian and American regions, but in the East, goblins will be conjured from trees, mostly peach trees or locust trees, and in the background of Western fantasy, they are giant trees such as oaks and pine trees, which will give birth to this kind of anthropomorphic goblins.

But whether it is Eastern or Western, in mythology, this kind of goblins born from trees have one thing in common, that is, they often can't get too far away from the tree they parasitize, in the case of this tree spirit, it can't leave the oak tree 100 meters away, and once it leaves, it will die in a short time.

"The bonfire you lit made me feel very uncomfortable, that's why it alarmed you, please don't light such a big fire in the forest, it will hurt the trees."

The dryad didn't seem to be hostile, it was even very curious about the sycamore, looked at the clothes on the sycamore, and then looked at their own ** body, the dryad gently rubbed on the body, and a set of emerald green leaves braided robes covered its body, which made it look more like a woodcarving handicraft.

Hearing this, they reacted, looked up, and the temperature generated by the bonfire they lit did not cause the forest to burn, but the rising heat and smoke caused the canopy directly above to be damaged, and many leaves were wilted in the heat, and the oak tree where the tree spirit symbiosis happened to be among them.

"Uh, sorry, we didn't know you were here."

At the signal of Wutong, Lingyue Frost Snow and Xiao San hurriedly doused the bonfire with water, leaving only a small fire that was fat enough to be used for cooking.

Although doing so could lead to the loss of deterrence against some dangerous creatures in the forest, and the small bugs that had been smoked away would gather again, they chose this gesture of kindness in order not to irritate the dryad

Although it is only a young tree spirit, the tree spirits are generally 3rd order elite creatures, even if they are young tree spirits, the lowest is a 2nd order creature, and the sycamores who have never been in contact with this type of creature are not willing to rashly conflict with a creature they don't understand.

"Are you the only one here? What about your partner? Sycamore was amazed, why was there a lone dryad here?

Generally speaking, the place where tree spirits will be born is relatively close to the center of the forest, and the older the tree, the easier it is to give birth to tree spirits, and ancient trees, in a certain small area, are quite dense, which causes tree spirits to often gather seven or eight together, like a small family.

"There is no other partner, just myself."

The dryad seemed to be afraid of the flames, but curious, and moved a little closer to the small fire that was still burning, but soon retreated as if frightened, until it was a considerable distance from the fire, and then stopped at that distance.

It is estimated that it will be so polite and friendly to the Sycamore and their group of humans who hurt its symbiotic oak, and it has nothing to do with its solitary spirit, any intelligent creature will need the same kind, loneliness and loneliness, not just human feelings.

"Why did you come to the forest?"

The dryad was very talkative, and it looked at the flickering flames not far away, and asked the sycamore like a curious child.

"We're going to [Flaming Cliffs] on a mission." Sycamore simply stated the purpose of their entry into the forest.

"Do the task? Are you going to catch those children? ”

Hearing that the sycamore was planning to catch the fire crows of the [Flame Mountain Cliff], the dryad said with some displeasure, "Why are you catching them?" Don't you think it's cruel to take away their freedom from those children, who are very naughty and occasionally play with fire? ”

Sycamore was speechless, this thing is really hard to explain, different species have different values, for Sycamore, catching a fire crow is really not a cruel thing, becoming a mage's pet, it is better than being killed as an upgraded "experience point".

Perhaps for natural spirit creatures such as tree spirits, living in nature unfettered is the purpose of their survival, and it is hard to imagine what it would be like to lose their freedom.

"Uh, no, no!"

Sycamore had no choice but to tell a white lie to the dryad: "We came to find them, just hoping that one of them would be my companion, we need its help in our adventures, so we will treat it as our best companion!" ”

"Really? But you are going to take it out of its home, aren't you? How do you know if it's willing to leave its nest? ”

The little tree spirit was puzzled for a while, it was not born for too long, and there were no older companions around to teach it, and even humanoids had not seen a few, and it could not judge whether what the other party said was true or not.

"So how do you know it's unwilling? Maybe the world outside the forest is wider and more beautiful, waiting for it to soar and go on adventures? Wutong asked rhetorically, although he is not a person who can speak well and is particularly eloquent, but it is more than enough to deal with a little tree spirit who has never seen the world.

Sure enough, the little tree spirit was speechless, and even muttered a little wistfully: "The outside world? Will it be big, big? ”

"Yes, it's big, it's too big you can't imagine." Sycamore nodded earnestly.

"Can you tell me about the outside of the forest?"

The little tree spirit picked up a long dead branch, stretched out his arm and leaned far away to put the dead branch into the flames, and watched curiously as the tip of the branch burned.

Sycamore and the others looked at each other, sat down, and took turns telling the little tree spirit the story outside the forest, and the little tree spirit listened attentively like a child thirsting for knowledge.

It seems to be curious about everything, and it dares to poke the player's clothes, equipment, cooking utensils, and even the flames that pose a great threat to plants, and it does not show any overreaction to the barbarians for roasting and eating the carcasses of animals on the flames.

This surprised the Sycamores, for they had thought that the fairy that had emerged from the oak tree would be particularly afraid of fire, and that it might have been disgusted and angry at their hunting of animals for food, but it did not.

After thinking about it carefully, Wutong understood what was going on, this is the way of nature! For the goblins who grow in nature, the withering of plants and the death of animals are not something to be sad about, even if it is just a plant itself, and the survival of the fittest and the jungle in nature are normal things.

But if they hadn't killed animals indiscriminately for food, or set fires in the forest for the purpose of keeping warm and keeping mosquitoes and flies away, the situation might have been completely different, and this young dryad would never have been as friendly to them as it is now.

This is still Sycamore's summary from a small number of druid players and forest ranger players, in the official community information, the little tree spirit is like a curious baby, one night, Sycamore, they spend almost all their time telling it stories, until dawn comes, the first light from the glade palm-sized sky, landing on the fire that has been extinguished, a wisp of green smoke shines in the space to refract a beautiful cyan light.

"Are you leaving?"

The little tree spirit looked at the players who began to pack up and clean up the messy glade they had made, a little lonely and sad.

The embers of the fire were fully watered to ensure that it would not rekindle, and they also brought a shovel and turned it on the ground a few times to bury the ashes in it, they had to be careful, the ground in the forest was covered with a thick layer of humus, and if they were not careful, it was easy to cause a forest fire after they left.

"Huh! Yes, we still have to go to [Flaming Mountain Cliffs], and we can't stay with you for a long time. ”

Sycamore chuckled and comforted the young dryad, who had apparently taken a liking to them, "But we'll come back to see you when we're free, if we can find a way to get here." ”

"Really? That's great! ”

The little tree spirit jumped up happily, unable to leave the symbiotic oak tree for 100 meters, and its range of activity was small to the limit, but this group of adventurers who arrived here unexpectedly told the vastness of the outside world, making the little tree spirit extremely eager to go out and see it with his own eyes.

"That's right! Can you do me a favor, dear friend? ”

The little tree spirit suddenly blinked his dark eyes and looked at Wutong excitedly: "Since you are adventurers who are adventuring everywhere, you will definitely go to a lot of places, right?" If one day you are going to the [Qiyun Forest] in the [Eludon Field], can you help me inform His Excellency the Grand Druid Orion and have him tell my companions that I am here?" Maybe they'll have a way to get me back to theirs? ”

Wutong was stunned for a moment, this request is not too much, although in a short period of time, Wutong has no intention of going to [Eluden Field], but [Eluden Field] just borders the Duchy of Adele, and even from their current location, if they want to go to [Eluden Field], it is only a few tens of kilometers, and they can set foot on the territory of [Eluden Field] across the [Venern River], if you want to go, it should not be too troublesome.

In the communication with the little tree spirit, Sycamore already knew that this little tree spirit living alone in the Forest of Will was actually the oak tree it lived with decades ago, when it was still a seed, and was blown here by a strong wind from the [Qiyun Forest] in the [Eluden Field].

When the oak tree seed took root and grew into a towering tree after decades, and it was also born into consciousness, it obtained the memory inheritance from their tribe and knew its origin, but unfortunately it could not move at all, it could not return to the [Qiyun Forest] on its own, and wanted to ask for help, but it was inaccessible here, until it met the adventurers of the Sycamore and their unconventional paths.

What made Wutong stunned was not the fact that the little tree spirit wanted to go home, but the great druid "Orion" that the little tree spirit said, he knew this character, because his teacher, the 888-year-old ** master Zemur, had mentioned more than once that if there was anyone in this world who lived longer than him, it was only Orian who had lived in seclusion in the [Qiyun Forest] for more than 4,000 years!

I have lived in seclusion in the [Qiyun Forest] for more than 4,000 years! In other words, this Grand Druid Grandmaster is at least a figure from before the [Twilight] era! That alone makes it worthwhile for Sycamore to take on the little dryad's mission and go to the [Eludden Field] to meet the legendary druid.

"Alright! If you're not in a hurry, I'll help you talk to the Great Druid of Orion when I go to [Eludon Field]."

Sycamore thought for a moment, "But how can I prove to the Great Druid that you are here?" ”

"Take this! Lord Orion will know everything! ”

The little tree spirit said, taking out an acorn with a silver glow and giving it to Sycamore: "Give this seed to Lord Orion, and he will know where I am." ”

(To be continued)