Chapter Twenty-Three: Being Spectated
The goddess of the forest, Anika, one of the primordial gods, is among the top of the gods, and temples can be found in every populated corner of Pavatiga.
Although the headquarters of the Forest Sanctuary is located in the Maika Forest, the most powerful Wood Elf Nation, and the recognized birthplace of the other three Wood Elf Nations, her followers are not only Wood Elves, in fact, there are people of all races who believe in Anika, and there are quite a few of them, after all, as long as people can have a relationship with the forest or even plants in their lives, there is no harm in believing in her.
Of course, most of the believers of other races are only pan-believers, and these pan-believers believe in many gods, and the power of faith dedicated to each god according to the degree of devotion is much less than that of the single-minded devouts.
Her true core believers are mainly wood elves, as well as some humans and dwarves who live in the forest all year round, among which the wood elves are the most pious, and even some are overly pious, because even today in the era of the temples of the gods, the royal capital of the Maika Forest still only accepts the temples of the forest god system, and all other temples are turned away.
Once Lord Anika personally sent an oracle to coordinate for this, the pious wood elves could only obey and allowed several temples to enter, but in life, the wood elves were like great enemies to these temples, and would rather die than be close to the temple within ten meters, and several temples for fifty years, there was no visitor from the Maika Forest, so that several temples could only withdraw from the forest kingdom in the end, which shows that the wood elves are loyal to the goddess, and even the goddess herself cannot change.
But even so, the Wood Elves did not dare to say that they were the most faithful believers of the goddess of the forest, because there was still their companion race, the forest spirits, and the forest spirits were the creatures most loyal to the goddess of Anika.
Because they themselves were created by the goddess of the forest.
Legend has it that the first generation of forest spirits was born from the mortal remains of Goddess Anika, and the blood of Goddess Anika flowed through the forest spirits. Whether this statement is true or not is no longer known, no one but the gods know the answer, but all the forest spirits will affectionately refer to Anika as their mother, so it can be seen that this legend is not necessarily unfounded.
The powerful forest spirits and wood elves form the core of the forest church, and countless mortals form the extension of the church, although in human society, the forest church has always been a marginal faith, but the heritage and strength of the church should not be underestimated.
However, no matter how powerful the gods were, there was only one sacred hall of the same size and scale in the temple of the gods.
The Sacred Hall of Anika is not too far from the Hall of the Dark Moon, but what you have seen and heard along the way is something that people outside the Temple of the Gods can never imagine.
For example, it is hard to believe that the priest of Ofregan, the Lord of Flames, would sit face-to-face in front of the same stall as the priest of Wendy, the Lord of Rivers and Lakes, and even in the era of the Temple of the Gods, the churches of the two gods were hostile to each other, and the chapel rarely appeared in the same city, and even if there were a few cities where the priests of the two gods were actually stationed, they would sneer at each other, and then develop into a heated argument, which would eventually end in a friendly and aggressive exchange of divine arts.
That's what they're supposed to do, not sitting together drinking and flirting like they are now, and when they look at their demeanor, they know that something strange must have happened last night.
"Hey, stupid Mauria, there's something weird going on in your head, why is the focus always on this nonsense. Lisa's face flushed, after all, she was only a little girl, and some words were still too exciting for her, "The more I contact you, the stranger my brother's speech becomes, you must have brought my brother badly." ”
"Eh, did I say something nonsense?" the half-human, half-deer, black-haired forest spirit pointed to his nose dumbfoundedly, "No, I'm just saying that they must not have done deep meditation last night to look so tired today." Isn't this strange to you high-ranking priests?"
"Don't play stupid, you shameless deer, you think I can't hear what you're trying to say. ”
"Yo-yo, yo-yo. I'm just a deer and can't understand too complex human language, yoyo. ”
Although the two of them quarreled loudly, they were quite harmonious in their actions, and Lisa sat on the back of Moria's deer, and held her waist very skillfully.
Although it is true that the distance is not far, Lisa is still young after all, and it will be difficult to keep up with the pace of the two. In order not to make Lisa too tired, no, no, in order not to let Lisa slow down the two of them, it is better to let her sit on it, well, said the impartial priest Shure.
In fact, this is not the first time that Lisa has ridden on Moria's back, there has been a precedent more than once when Moria went to the Rose Capital to play with Shul before, and everyone has long been used to it. However, the three of them are used to it, which does not mean that passers-by are also used to it, everyone is looking at the three of them with very surprised eyes, and many people are even whispering.
You can't blame passers-by for making a fuss, after all, being a passerby on the street of the Temple of the Gods has long been out of the level of fuss, but it's not common to ride a forest spirit.
In fact, Lin Jing is not afraid of others using them as a means of transportation, they have always been proud of their form, and of course they don't mind using the convenience of the deer form, and it is very common to help friends carry goods.
However, if it is an intelligent creature riding up, it is a different concept, and for the forest spirit race, this is a very private behavior, and they will never allow it unless the relationship is close enough.
The few examples that everyone has seen are basically the companion races of forest spirits and wood elves, and like now, it is a human riding on it, and it is really the first time I have seen it. But take a closer look, well, it's just a little girl sitting on it, so it's nothing, after all, Lin Jing often likes children very much, and they are also very pleasing to children, so it's no wonder.
"She didn't please me! And she just deliberately shook her head and whipped me with her hair!" "Secretly looked at my brother to make sure that Shuer didn't show a look of embarrassment, Lisa continued to launch a coquettish offensive, hum, bad woman, bad doe, don't try to snatch my brother away from me, Lord Lisa is the cutest, brother will never fall for you!
Even if the fighters were just walking slowly, their speed was much faster than that of ordinary people, and it didn't take long for the Forest Hall to appear in view.
One will never be mistaken, because the Hall of the Forest is so special.
Although the temple of the gods is full of flowers and vegetation, it is all grass and shrubs, and due to the environmental constraints of the city, there are few tall trees in the city.
But the Hall of the Forest was an exception, thirty or forty large trees, which almost enclosed it into a small forest, except for the high spire of the Forest Hall, peeking out of the dense canopy to indicate its place. This forest has a unique character, almost every tree is different, pine, sycamore, peach, pomegranate, dragon flame fruit, wind root fruit, all kinds of trees grow together, walking past it is almost like visiting a botanical exhibition.
The corners of Lisa's mouth twitched, and so did Shure's mouth, and both of them let out a tangled sigh at the same time. There was no way not to sigh, because as soon as they saw this forest, the two of them understood that this trip to the Forest Holy Hall was destined to be full of headaches.
Sure enough, halfway through the trees, the woods came to life.
"Eh, look, it's human, and it's riding on Moria. ”
"Wow, there's another man, Moria, isn't this the human you said last time, you rode you. ”
"Really, really, let me see, oh your broken branches are holding me back, wow, really, Mauria brought her little boyfriend back. ”
"I want to see it too, I want to see it, yo yo yo, sure enough, little Moria's first foreign friend, and it's still alive, it's really alive, it can breathe and walk. ”
"Isn't it a stone tablet with words engraved?
"Hey, human, are you really little Moria's friends?
For a moment, my ears were filled with a lot of chattering noise, and although it was made in a very unique woody voice, it was still extremely noisy.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm a friend of Moria, and I'm alive, not only can I breathe, but I can also talk, right? Shule pressed the corners of his forehead and looked tangled.
"Ahh ”
Immediately, countless branches stretched out to Shuer's side, and some even stretched out directly from dozens of meters away, and they simply stretched out on the spot.
I was being watched, and by a crowd of trees, and Shul suddenly felt that it was a mistake for me to come to the Forest Hall.
"Hey, hey, what's up, my friends are good, they're all funny. Moria, happily bouncing around on the ground like a deer, like a normal girl showing off her friends to her sisters, but ......, "Ah, I mean the tall one, and the small one doesn't count." ”
Bastard Moria, if it weren't for the number of you, I would have beaten you up a long time ago, and what is going on with 'them', you deliberately changed my tone. Lord Lisa grinded her teeth viciously, like she had eaten the freshest deer steak.
Well, a branch stretched out in front of Shuer, and the branch was full of fruit.
"Come, Morea's child, I'll treat you to fruit, it's the freshest. ”
"Alas, old-fashioned. He sighed again in his heart, and Xiu'er didn't refuse, so he picked two ripe dragon flame fruits, one for each of Lisa. As soon as you bite into it, the fiery red dragon flame fruit is sweet and fragrant, crisp and delicious.
"Ahh The branches shook suddenly and shouted, "You actually ate my child!"