Chapter 9: The Opening of the Great Drama
After lunch and a short rest to recuperate, the heroes who went in pursuit of the fugitive entered the forest, where they were soon stopped by several men dressed as jungle warriors.
"Go back the way you came!" this place is run by the druids of Tesle, you outsiders are not welcome, and if you refuse to leave, you will face the wrath of nature!" shouted a middle-aged jungle warrior who looked like a leader.
"Why do you threaten me like this, Bauden, this is not the right way of thinking for a servant of nature, and I, Thorn, son of the forest, need a reasonable explanation. Thorn stepped forward to negotiate with him. Before going along, Thorn made a request, hoping that he would be the first to negotiate with the druids when he met them, so as to avoid unnecessary conflicts between the two sides.
"Thorn! you...... It's been a long time since you've been gone, and a lot of things have changed. The druid, named Bauden, apparently recognized Thorn as well.
"Aggression, threats, cruelty, is that what you mean by change?"
"It's the new way, Thorn. We've had some ...... before Difficult, with a new leader, she led us in this direction. ”
"What about the new leader, what about Mr. Gregors, who is no longer the Great Druid of the Forest?"
"Yes, Thorn, teacher...... He couldn't get us out of the woods, and he lost to Fado, our new leader, in the fair challenge. ”
"So you obey her like ants who can't think for themselves and do evil things?"
"No, Thorn. While I don't really like our new character, others do, and it's very effective!"
"Well, I'll go to her and discuss it with her personally, in a language she can understand. I hope you will be able to join me, and if you don't want to, at least don't stop us, and please leave quietly. ”
“......”
"No, it's you who should leave, Thorn! We're just taking what we deserve, taking back what the invaders have taken from nature, and we're doing the right thing!" shouted a burly young druid.
"It's not our role! balance is the goal, not the killing. The town of Trimi has never destroyed the land, but you have besieged it. If Mr. Greygars was still here, he would never allow that. ”
"Yes, he doesn't want to, that guy thinks that civilization and nature can coexist, that's why he can't take us out of this predicament!"
"Darlock, you shouldn't call Mr. Greggs that. The druid, named Boden, glared at his companion.
"I ...... I apologize for that. Darlock hesitated for a moment, but reluctantly apologized to his companion, and then his tone changed and became impassioned again, "But Fado can, and can make us better than before." We should fight for nature, take what we deserve from the towns, and teach them a lesson to remember not to stretch their greedy claws into nature!"
"She can defy our ways, but she must follow the rules that were set generations ago. I will challenge her to make her understand what is the right choice through a fair duel. ”
"No, you won't! I'll stop you, Thorn, and let the enemies of nature die in the name of Fado!" shouted as the suspected environmental terrorist turned into a panther and lunged at him. Several other jungle warriors have either cast spells to summon or draw their bows and arrows, and have begun to act visibly hostile.
"May the Mother Earth forgive you for the sins you have committed against her children!" said Thorn, whipping his oak staff, ready for battle.
It seems that there is a conflict of ideas between the Sivannas Naturalists and the Fontia Agriculturalists, but if they disagree, they will fight, and a barbarian is a barbarian, even if he learns a little ability, it is still the same. ’
As one of the two major users of divine arts, the druids also have strong beliefs. It's just that unlike the elven druids, who believe in the elven gods and uphold the way of health preservation in the hope of prolonging life, the gods of human druids are varied, and the ways they uphold are also different. Some believe in the elven gods and follow similar paths to the elves - such as Selmena who was taught by the elven teacher Aland, some believe in the fountain of tranquility Edas, who seeks inner peace by throwing themselves into the bosom of nature, some believe in the beast king Marat, who believes that the struggle for survival is the constant melody, and some believe in Talos, the lord of the storm, and believe that thunder, rain and dew are divine graces......
Among the many genres, there are two paths that are the most mainstream.
One of them is often referred to as the agrarian school. They believe in Cetia, the mother of the earth, and their philosophy is similar to that of 21st-century environmentalists who support sustainable development, believing that civilization and nature can coexist in harmony if they strike a balance between them.
The second is often referred to as naturalistic. They believe in Sivanus, the father of nature, who is more radical than the extreme environmentalists of the 21st century, believing that everything in the world has been included in the great and subtle "One Balance" of the natural world, and that any fool who tries to disturb it should be punished.
For obvious reasons, the agrarians were popular in almost all countries and had a very wide mass base, while the naturalists were less popular. If the trajectory of development on the planet is followed, then in the foreseeable future, the agrarian faction will become the absolute only mainstream, and the naturalism will become similar to the Fauvism, which only a few extremists will choose.
However, this is a different world where the difference in individual force can be as big as Ultraman VS Baby, and extreme emotions are far more effective than peaceful beliefs to stimulate the talent of perception.
Therefore, if nothing particularly great happens, for the foreseeable future, the druids of this world will continue to be agrarian and naturalistic, the former based on the greater number of densely populated civilized lands, and the latter due to the greater force of the vast uncultivated primitive nature.
This phenomenon is not confined to the Druids, as other users of the Divine Arts, such as Priests, who also rely on their senses, are in a very similar situation to the Druids, which is the most important reason why the various extremist religions have survived despite the suppression of many parties.
Moments later, the jungle warriors, who were outnumbered and did not make the most of their home advantage, had been knocked to the ground.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to do that either, but I just couldn't stop my hand for a while......" Chanem grimaced. Everyone else managed to capture their opponents alive, but he was the only one who slashed most of Darlock's neck open. Alas, it's only strange that this person is so fierce, seeing that he is invincible, he suddenly fights with his life, and he doesn't want to be disabled at a young age, so he ......
"Alas, it's just the sword that has no ......eyes," Thorn sighed, although he didn't want too many killings, but the naturalistic behavior has always been extreme, and it is not uncommon to breed fierce beasts and even secretly fund bandits like this, and it can only be said that he deserves it.
"What are you going to do with them, Thorn?" Sweet asked. These people can't be killed all at once, lest they form too much grudge with the druid and the matter can no longer be resolved peacefully, but they can't just leave it alone, they will run to report the news, which is likely to bring unnecessary danger to their own party.
"Tie it to a tree. Bao Deng, I know you have a way to get out, but I hope you don't go back, at least not today, don't get involved anymore, or ......"
“...... Thorn, you are strong, however, Fado is much more powerful than us, and ...... Perhaps, you leave here is the best choice for everyone. ”
"No, I'm going to challenge Fado and lead everyone to the right path!" said Thorn, beating his staff of the jungle and leading the way deeper into the forest.
"Captain, isn't that so?" Sweet asked in a low voice as he hurried over to the new boss. Thorn's way doesn't feel right.
"Thorne knew them well and believed he had thought about them all. Mike said, and got up to move forward. As for the actual situation, 'I haven't dealt with the little animal insurance who stopped the car to save the dog, who do I ask if you ask me.' Thorn is the same kind of small animal protection, I believe that this kind of experience is relatively rich, this master is about to observe the results of his local steelmaking, so that he can use the advanced earth culture to take its essence and eliminate its mess and optimize and transform it with foresight......
Sweet couldn't, so he had to follow in the footsteps of his new boss and leave.
Gina Fei has always been the head of the master, and this time will naturally be no exception. Chanem felt that his skills were not yet accomplished and his experience was still shallow, and it was necessary to learn from the two seniors with an open mind. Ammon knew that he was a low-key person, and he couldn't think of a better way, so he didn't speak. Maz wanted to say something, but opened her mouth and said nothing. Only Taki quietly gestured to the Khan, and with a slight stroke of his index finger on his neck, the latter shook his head: Thern is our only druid, and he has a big role to play in this operation, and we can't destroy unity because of these few people.
So, the heroes left the bound Jungle Warriors behind and continued their way towards the Adrazha hut, where the wanted man might be lurking.
After a moment of silence, one of the bound jungle warriors twisted his body and whispered, "Boden, I know you want to stay out of it, but I think Fado is right, so I'm sorry, I'm going back as soon as possible." ”
"......" Bao Deng closed his eyes and did not answer, as if he was asleep.
The jungle warrior sighed, whistled a squirrel, and began to nibble on the rope that bound him. "Does anyone want to go back with me......"
Suddenly, a sharp blade burst out of his chest from behind, holding the rest of his words in his mouth forever.
The jungle warriors were shocked and tried to shout but found that they could not make a sound.
A woman dressed exactly like Gina Fey showed her figure, 'You don't have a chance!'
When he was done, he looked at the falcon flying in the distance, looked closely at the woman who was quite different from Gina Fei's appearance, smiled evilly, and turned to step on another forest path that led to Adrazha's hut.
'The warm sunlight shone through the leaves on the forest path, the cheerful chirping of the birds added a little noise to the tranquility, and the fawns in the shade of the trees watched the strange visitor with curious eyes......'Recalling the description she had heard when she was still in the Taysren family, Ginafi's thoughts turned into a sentence: "Master, you, like me, have never been in the forest before!"
Although the woods next to Sanzang Town have long been deer-free, and the birds are about to be cut off, the 'warm sunlight shines through the leaves on the forest path' is quite reliable.
Regarding the difference between reality and imagination, Gina Fei once asked Sermena, and the explanation given by the other party was: Sanzang Town overhunted, so that all the animals were killed and the birds were scared away. Gina Fei thinks it's very reasonable.
In the grove outside the town of Tsumi, where the "Hime-knight Wild Defeat" is staged, you can hear the cheerful cries of the birds, which is also a good proof of Semena's point.
Therefore, before leaving, although she knew that it was to defeat the Rakshasa Demon, she still had a little expectation for the legendary beauty in the forest.
But when I arrived at this "well-protected" primeval forest, I found that the reality would be that 'the warm sun shines through the leaves on the mud swamp in the forest, the silent sneak attack of mosquitoes adds a bit of annoyance to this tranquility, and the killer vines in the bushes with stinging branches wait for strange prey......
"Well, art always comes from life and is higher than the ...... of oops" Stepping into the mud pit blocked by leaves and weeds, the omnipotent traverser and high-end master almost fell again.
"Master, be careful...... "Gina Fei, who was already covered with a lot of dirt on his gorgeous armor, hurriedly helped him.
"A wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts...... "If I had known that this place was a swampy forest, I would have remembered two long-distance flights of the 5th order! Alas, it seems that there has been a heavy rain in the past few days......
"I say, are you two really experienced adventurers?" Guided Maz was almost speechless, he hadn't seen the target at all, how could he feel like he was about to lose his troops.
"We can get around with horses or floaters everywhere we go, just like we used to do on the road. The Great Fa Master prevaricated casually. Until they entered the forest, they did use summoning horses and floating saucers, and the little guide sighed at this, but when they arrived at the forest, they found that there were many bushes and no roads, and neither method worked, so they could only rely on their own walking, so the pampered Great Fa Ye and the underground grew Gina Fei, who had never walked through the forest and swamp, immediately showed their original form.
“...... What if we slow down any longer, we won't be able to get there before dark. ”
"There's no need, I've already thought of a good way!" After all, he is an earthling who has received the baptism of the information explosion in the 21st century, and his vision and thinking flexibility are far from being comparable to those of the natives of the other world. I saw that the omnipotent traverser raised his hand to summon a floating saucer, and his upper body was lying on his stomach, and then his feet drooped underneath and kicked the ground together, and he slid far away at once.
"I should have thought a long time ago that the floating dish could not be used, because the steering was not flexible enough, the floating height was difficult to adjust, and it could not adapt to the complex terrain full of trees and rocks and bushes. As now, lying on it to reduce the cross-sectional area, and at the same time changing direction at any time with your foot, these problems can be perfectly solved!" Maintaining the advanced posture of children playing with supermarket trolleys, the omnipotent traverser said, "Gina Fei, you can do the same, it's easy." ”
"Master ......, it's so shameful to look like this, do you know it......
However, not everyone thinks like Ginafi, and Chanem has a completely different view on this: 'When faced with unexpected difficulties, he can find a feasible solution so quickly and put down his body to carry it out, and his quick thinking and pragmatic style can be seen, and he is truly worthy of the legendary wise man who can help heroes slay dragons!'
Sweet also has his own opinion on this: "Commander, although this method seems to be feasible, I am afraid that I will not be able to react in the event of a surprise attack. ”
"It doesn't matter, it's not you, just treat me as a wounded. "And I can teleport any door into the air at any time, but it's just a spell and no gestures.
'You're so reasonable, I'm speechless...... but he thinks it's probably the most plausible solution he can think of so far, at least to avoid the sad story of a sprained ankle before the enemy is killed. "Madam, if you can, please ...... too"
“...... Then I'll use the same float disc with the team leader, which is more economical in spell slots. "If Sadurellena and the others know about my ugliness, they will say that they are lonely on the road of the master and want to find someone to play with!
On the other side, the three djinn, who had been flying at a low altitude, breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, but at the same time they had more worries. The reason why they stayed in Trimi Town for a long time before was not just because they didn't know the whereabouts of the Rakshasa Demon or took the opportunity to make some extra money as they told the adventurers. They came from Manon in Karinsan, a fortified seaport near the vast Kalin Desert. Due to their geographical location, they are familiar with hunting for fugitives in the desert, but they have little experience in deep jungles.
The confrontation two months ago, although it was only on the outskirts of the forest, but the trees that got in the way had already made the soldiers suffer, otherwise how could the Rakshasa demons have a chance to escape with just those gnolls and ogres who had been expected for a long time.
This time, I thought that with the druid who was familiar with the forest to open the way, and the mage who was flexible and good at fighting, the terrain and combat would not be a problem. Although this is true, what I didn't expect was that not only did he have a bloody conflict with the ground snakes, but also the mage was extremely unfamiliar with the woodland and his play was limited, so the situation may not be optimistic.
It seems that it is necessary to prepare both hands.