221 This is the best of times, this is the worst of times (12)
When the sunlight shone through the cracks in the forest and shone on Jackson's face, the once youthful face was no longer young, but unconsciously carried a trace of vicissitudes.
As soon as he moved, the two druids next to him immediately stared at him closely, and he had to raise his hands to show that he just wanted to stretch his waist, and had no other meaning.
From the depths of the woods, stepping on a dead branch, an old druid stepped out, and two young druids immediately bowed down in respect.
The old druid returned the salute with his hand on his chest, and then motioned for them to stand down, and then said to Jackson in a deep voice, "You come in with me, Your Excellency the Wrath of the Earth wants to ask you personally." ”
Jackson smiled bitterly and honestly followed the old druid into the woods.
This is not the first time he has seen such a scene.
It must have been about a year ago, the woman he loved, Melinda, the daughter of the lord of Pei Ji, began to leave Pei Ji City, and she traveled around many cities of the High Elves, as well as some of the creatures that were friendly with the High Elves, such as the Druids she was visiting now, a forest inhabited by the Wrath of the Earth, one of the four legendary Druids, and she had even visited the Sacred Unicorn clan before.
What she's doing, what she's preparing, what's brewing.
Wherever he went, there would sometimes be people of high status who would ask Jackson questions, such as the current Wrath of the Earth.
The things they asked were usually related to ambergris, and Jackson answered them truthfully, honestly telling what he knew, and hiding nothing. But nothing was added either.
He never asked Merlin what she was going to do. Why is he sometimes asked to answer those questions?
He only wanted her to know what he wanted. She can remember her own actions, and one day, the two of them can overcome the barriers of each other's hearts and races, and they can walk together.
He understands that he is like a fool, but he does not regret it-
In a simple wooden hut made of rough wood in the woods, the elves, who had always been noble, paid no attention to the squalor on the ground, and sat cross-legged opposite an old druid.
"Lady Melinda, I understand what you said. It's true that we druids don't like the Terrans of the Azure Continent. But their actions are just ordinary business practices, and they are trade with the permission of your High Elves, and we have examined what you call ambergris, but we have not found anything wrong with it for the time being. If they do anything to destroy nature, we will stop it, but without evidence, there is no consensus among you High Elves, and we can't make any decisions. The wrath of the earth looked at Melinda in front of him with appreciation.
The girl who had come to see him had come with a recommendation from the Endless Ocean, but the meaning of the Endless Ocean in the letter was similar to what he had just said to Melinda.
The Terrans from the Azure Continent are certainly not loved by the Druids. In the past, the High Elves and the Druids had jointly determined that the magical transformation originating from Asturias was a destructive act of nature, and they did not hesitate to use the Wood Elves to intervene in the Azure Continent. Stop Asturias.
Unfortunately, the Sea Clan attacked the expeditionary force unreasonably, causing the operation to fail, and even more bizarrely, the Wood Elves accused the Dragons, one of their allies, of attacking and destroying their sunwells, preferring to succumb to the Asturians who had conquered them rather than accept the High Elves' aid.
This made the Emerald Continent's interference in Asturias bankrupt and in a very embarrassing situation, and there were also some disagreements and accusations between the High Elves and allies, causing the Golden Dragon Clan and the Silver Dragon Clan to go away.
If this were not the case, if the tribes on the Azure Continent insisted on launching an expedition, the Sea Clan might not be able to stop it all the time.
Under such circumstances, it is conceivable that Drew would not have been able to welcome the merchants of the Azure Continent.
But the merchants mostly followed the rules of the city and traded their ambergris creams, tying in other goods from another continent, which the druids could refuse, but could hardly accuse others of destroying nature.
As the Wrath of the Earth says, the existence of these merchants, the High Elves themselves, is still in dispute, and the debate between allowing them to exist and opposing their existence never stops.
The druids also obtained some ambergris paste for research, but found no obvious evidence that it was poisonous, and at most it only proved that the ambergris paste was an unnaturally occurring alchemical product.
The druids themselves could not accept unnatural alchemical products, but that didn't hit their ground, otherwise they would have protested against the High Elves' magical experiments first.
Even among the four major druids, only Dawn Flame is the most extreme conservative, he is not even used to the magic experiments of the High Elves and the mining of mineral resources, and believes that it is also a destruction of nature, while the other three druids have different ideas from him.
So in this case, most druids don't do anything. And if you find the Dawn Flame, it will be difficult to control the situation, and if the Great Druid of Fire who is called the old troll behind the back of the Great Elf King of Alfredo is lured out, he may even be offended by the High Elves.
"Your Excellency, ambergris has caused many elves to indulge in pleasure, and if it continues like this, it will become depraved, and this is not only for the High Elves, I think that all creatures who have come into contact with ambergris have been tempted by sin. ”
Earth's Fury shook his head and said, "Lady Melinda, I don't agree with your statement, we druids have also studied ambergris, but none of us have been tempted, or the temptation you said exists, but we resisted. I have to say that it has to do with the habits of your elves, you are inherently fond of the so-called elegance, and those things are full of frivolity and luxury, which is the root cause of your depravity. If you can't prove that ambergris cream is toxic, that alone is not entirely convincing. If you are concerned that the High Elves are falling, the best way to do that is to change you and fully embrace our druids. ”
Melinda couldn't help but smile wryly, although the druid was an ally of the High Elves. The High Elves' lives are also tolerated for the effects of nature on their lives. But that doesn't mean the druids fully identify with the High Elves. If the High Elves can fully follow the ideas and lifestyles of the druids, then the wrath of the earth will be even happier.
Just like why the wrath of the earth admires Melinda a little, because in the process of coming to him, Melinda went through a hard trek and inadvertently implemented the penance of the druid teachings, and among the four rudei, the line of the wrath of the earth happens to be the most penance.
Melinda could only smile bitterly, she came to get the support of His Excellency Da Deyi. Not to argue with the druids about ideas.
Although this time failed, Melinda traveled around looking for like-minded people and visiting certain distinguished elders for support, and she was quite well prepared, believing that it was enough to convince the elder of the druids in front of her.
"Your Excellency of the Wrath of the Earth, there are circumstances that I discovered after leaving the Everfree Sea, which may be more serious than we thought, and these circumstances may change your opinion. Melinda pulled a simple map from her bosom. Then he pointed to some of them, "In these places." They're already starting to destroy nature. ”
"These places seem to be the habitat of the Centaurs?" said the Earth's Fury.
"Yes, my lord, these places are the habitat of the Centaurs. Some of the merchants of the Azure Continent are from Titania, and some are from Asturias, after more than a year of travel and investigation, the merchants of Titania are more likely to be welcomed by our High Elves than the merchants of Asturias because of the relationship between the Alvarez family, so they have taken the lead in various elf cities, and the high-level lavender halls that the High Elves like to patronize are all opened by them, and the Asturians have been invisibly excluded. So in order to make a fortune, these Asturian merchants set their sights on the Centaurs, lured them into liking the ambergris as well, and then sold them in large quantities to the centaurs, and when the centaurs were in debt and continued to need the ambergris, these cunning and shameless merchants offered to work with the centaurs to exploit the resources near their habitat. ”
Earth's Fury moved slightly, "Please continue. ”
"Your Excellency should know that it should be a very prudent matter to mine the resources in the plane, and it is necessary to calculate accordingly, and then derive the upper limit of mining per unit time, and the upper limit must not be exceeded when mining, otherwise it will cause irreversible damage to nature. It's not that we High Elves don't mine minerals, and we need resources for all kinds of magical research, but we have always followed the druid's instructions and never over-exploited or savagely mined. ”
"Yes, the resources in the plane are the wealth given to everyone by the will of the plane, and they are not used at all, that is not what the will of the plane wants, but how to use it, as you said, for thousands of years, the high elves have been following the principle of careful use, and you are doing very well, which is also where we druids can appreciate and respect. Earth's Fury nodded.
"But after these merchants used ambergris to deceive the Centaurs to cooperate, their mining is definitely not cautious, let alone any upper limit, they will only mine without a lower limit, eager to dig up everything they want in one day, their mining is absolutely excessive, barbaric, and has caused great damage to nature. Melinda said solemnly.
"If that's the case, we druids certainly can't sit idly by. "If you can prove it to you, we druids are willing to stand up, whether it is to directly stop these people's sabotage, or to cooperate with you to point out to the Elven Court and urge the Royal Court to expel these people and completely ban the trade in ambergris." ”
"Honorable Lord of the Earth's Wrath, I am very moved, if we can get your support, I believe that those of us who have been working hard will definitely be able to expose the meanness and shamelessness of those merchants from other continents to the royal court and all the intelligent creatures of the Jade Continent, and prevent them from corrupting us with the ambergris trade. Melinda's eyes welled up with tears, but they weren't sad, they were excited and happy.
She had been turning her psychological aversion to the ambergris trade a few years earlier, boycotting it in Pei Ji and rallying some elves who shared her views to stop it, even going so far as to nearly burn down an incense parlor.
This makes her relationship with her half-brother even worse, as the High Elves who have a stake in the incense parlor are said to be her brother's best friend.
However, thanks to her father and younger brother, she was unable to stop the existence of ambergris in Fiji City, and after a few years of perseverance, she decided to contact people from other places who shared her views to oppose the ambergris trade, which led to her two-year travels.
"Your Excellency, I can certainly prove further, for there is a merchant who used to sell ambergris by my side, and he is willing to tell you what he has done because he has fallen in love with me, and although he cannot prove that it is obviously poisonous, he can at least prove some of what I have just said, that the merchants of Asturias have indeed deceived the trust of the centaurs, and have engaged in savage and excessive exploitation and destruction of nature. ”
Earth Fury stood up, "The land of the Centaur is just a habitat given to intelligent beings by the will of the plane, they are only users, but it does not mean that they have the right to decide the fate of that land, and they should not allow others to destroy the environment. Well, please come in the Asturian who came with you, and I ask him, and if it is really what you say, you will have my support. ”——
Jackson's face was expressionless, and even a little bored in his heart, he repeated what he knew to others in the face of the wrath of the earth.
Melinda then apologetically lets him out, and Jackson suddenly feels so annoyed that he even wants to yell.
But when he saw Melinda's eyes, his anger was extinguished again.
He walked out with a wry smile, following her so stupidly, doing something inexplicable, maybe even Asturias was unfavorable, but he was willing to do it.
After watching Jackson walk out, the fury of the earth sighed: "It seems that the situation you are talking about does exist, although the ambergris paste itself has not found any harm, but its sale and existence have produced destruction and evil. I'm going to support you, you're ready to do something, aren't you?"
"Yes, Your Excellency. Melinda said, "Not only me, but others, we are not alone, and justice will prevail over those hearts blinded by profit and pleasure." (To be continued.) )
PS: I could have opened another section, but I can't think of the name of the section for a while, so forget it, just make this section longer.