Today, the mud swamp has become a vast shallow lake, perhaps because of the rainy season, when the green meadows of the lake extend into the clear water.The shallow lake is like a magnificent sapphire set in the Black Forest, and when you come out of the dense forest, you will suddenly open up in front of the lake, and the clear water, blue sky, gray clouds and dense red pine forest on the shore form a quiet and beautiful picture.A blue-tailed beibeibird flew quickly from the lake, its light body was like a lightning bolt into the clear lake, the faint splash rolled up, its mouth held a white-scaled mouthfish, the fish kept struggling in the bebeibird's mouth, trying to escape back into the lake, the beibeibird flapped its wings on the lake surface, and flew up with a puff.The moment the bird leaves the water, the crystal droplets splash everywhere.The indigenous girl had never seen such a large diving lake in her life, and looked at the lake with a happy face.They affectionately patted the Gubolai horse on the neck, then jumped off the horse's back, took off their leather boots and cotton socks, stepped barefoot on the soft grass, rolled up their trousers with both hands, revealing a snow-white calf, and stepped into the shallow lake with a happy face.Caterina and I stood on the shore, and the shallow lake area didn't look like a Nibru had ever set foot on it.Ruka, the Minotaur, sat on the grass and gasped for breath, he hadn't run so hard in a long time, and he was sweating profusely from running all the way from Camp Trump to the lake.A Gubolai horse stepped into the water of the lake, bowing its head and drinking from it.Caterina rode beside me and whispered, "I've been wondering why I didn't choose to build the town of Tron by the lake in the first place, it's so beautiful. ”I turned my head to look at her delicate face with a flowery smile, and couldn't help but say, "If you want to change your mind now, it's actually too late." ”"Really?"
She asked with a smirk as she looked at me."
Just kidding."
I said quickly.Watching Caterina run away in a huff, I shouted at her, "We can build a camp by the lake that is a little smaller than the town of Trum, or simply build a lakeside estate here" The four Guborian horses ran like the wind on the lake, and the Minotaur Ruka ran as fast as he could behind us.In the shallow lake, not far away there is a sand island with some reeds and water celery, and some sand islands with a water willow or two, these sand islands are the habitat of water birds, which live on the sand islands and can almost completely avoid those predators on land.We have penetrated into the heart of the shallow lake, and in the distance we can see the ancient war trees in the middle of the lake, which looks like an emerald green hill towering in the middle of the lake.We rode the Gubolai horse for a long time, and it still felt like we were a long way away.I haven't seen it for more than a month, and this ancient war tree has grown a lot taller, I think it has grown to at least one hundred and fifty meters, and I can't even see the leaves on the canopy clearly.The rough face on the trunk was clearer than before, it was clearly an old man's face, with a long beard and eyebrows, a smiling face appeared, and even two arms grew out on both sides of the trunk, which looked a little funny, like broken dead branches, but the two hanging dead tree arms were at least sixty or seventy meters long, and they were also full of branches, and clusters of branches and leaves grew from the arms of the dead trees.When we came to his feet, he looked as tall as a mountain of pillars reaching into the clouds.This makes me wonder if the pillar mountains in the Black Forest are the result of giant trees of a higher order than the War Ancient Tree.The ancient tree of war shook its crown slightly, and slowly opened its huge eyes, and the inside of the wooden eyes was unexpectedly glowing.The face on the trunk of the tree showed a smile, and a deafening voice came from above me: "Welcome, my friend!
”Seeing the deafening sound of the ancient tree of war, the two indigenous girls knelt very reverently on the root of a giant tree, and they almost all pressed their bodies to the root, as if they were whispering, as if they were praying to the ancient tree of war.The natives of Hiero regard these ancient war trees as their patron saints, and in the face of an ancient war tree that can speak, the two girls show the most pious appearance."
Mr.
Big Tree, you look tall again, and you're a little different from before!"
I threw my head back and shouted at him with some difficulty."
Hahaha!"
The Ancient Tree of War burst into laughter, and even the gray clouds in the sky caused a fluctuation, like a pebble thrown into the water of a pond and a ripple.Then, the arm that hung down from the ancient tree of war began to move slowly, and the giant tree actually looked like a real arm, and it creaked in front of me.Only then did I realize how thick the 60-meter-long giant wooden arm was, and it took at least ten people to join hands to enclose it, and it was like a tall tree wall in front of me.Caterina led me up a five-metre-high tree wall, and I stood on the arms of the War Tree, as small as an ant in front of an elephant.Ruka followed, using both his hands and feet, to climb up to the tree wall and stand side by side with us.Suddenly, a violent tremor almost tore me off the tree wall, and the giant tree carried us upward, holding us up to the sight of the ancient tree of war, before it slowly stopped.I didn't expect that these two arms of the Ancient Tree of War could move at will, which meant that its combat effectiveness had increased exponentially, and it was still quite important for me to have such a powerful helper lurking in the Dust Swamp.I even felt that I should build a small town on the island in the middle of the lake where the Ancient War Tree would be built, which would be almost entirely blessed by the Ancient War Tree.The Ancient War Tree's tone softened, and he said to me, "In the past few days, I have recovered some of my previous memories in a constant sleep, and I want to thank you for that drop of life essence that allowed me to unlock the memory seal and remind me of a long time ago, I was still a very young ancient war tree at that time. ”I didn't expect that life essence to have such a powerful effect."
I'm glad that drop of life essence can be of such a great help to you!"
I say this to the Ancient Tree of War.Then the ancient tree of war said to me, "By the way, through the connection between the spirits of the tree spirits, I know what is happening in the Green Valley Forest, and those powerful warriors are doing a good job in the Green Valley Forest!"
”I said to the Ancient Tree of War, "If it weren't for the Tree Man and the Dryads in the Green Valley Forest, my barbarian slaves and orc warriors would not have been able to achieve victory, and of course thanks to the Hiro people in the Green Valley Forest, their warriors are very brave!"
”When he blinked, the huge wooden eyelids were like a wooden sliding door, and one eye of the ancient tree of war was the size of a small house.The Ancient Tree of War said to me, "I thought you would wait until the moment of complete victory in the Green Valley Jungle before you would come back here!"
”I looked at him in amazement, and then he added, "Actually, even if you don't come at that time, I will call you through the dryads in two days, because I have something to tell you. ”It paused slightly, then asked me, "But you came to me at this time, did you have any problems?"
”I shook my head, stood in front of the ancient tree of war, plucked the green leaf from my neck, placed it in front of its eyes as much as I could, and said to him, "I have come to see you for this pendant!"
”I continued to say to it, "I know it must be important to you, and it did us a great favor when we first arrived in Green Valley. ”The War Ancient Tree looked at the key of power in my hand with a serious face, but it didn't say anything, just listened to me quietly: "And when I wear it around my neck, I can hear the breathing and conversation of the trees in the surrounding forest through the sea of spirits, it is a very wonderful feeling, I feel that I can also talk to those tree spirits." ”The Ancient War Tree's eyes widened again, and he asked me, "You came to me specifically for the Key of Power?"
”I nodded heavily at the Ancient Tree of War, I wanted to know the secret of this key to power.The Ancient Tree of War completely fell on me, and after saying so many things, I was even used to his deafening voice: "Well, I'm actually about to tell you about it, do you want to hear a long story?"
”I nodded at him again, and I actually thought that since it was a secret story, it was okay to have some spiritual communication with me.It's just that this ancient tree of war doesn't seem to have this idea at all, and he directly enters a state of memory.A green leaf appeared in my spiritual sea, and a layer of green light glowed around this floating leaf, and then this layer of green light continued to expand, appearing in my spiritual sea like a circle of light.The rolling muffled thunder came from overhead, and the voice of the ancient tree of war sounded in my ears: "Actually, this key of power is the second seal on my body!"
”"I looked at the War Tree with wide eyes and speechlessness, a little unable to believe my ears."
Remember that it was a long time ago, and this forest on the Hiero plane was at least five times larger than it is now."
In fact, until now, I am not sure how big this Black Forest is, but I didn't expect that the Black Forest was even more vast before.The Ancient Tree of War's voice was low, and it said, "At that time, there was a World Tree in this forest, and it was the true master of the Hiero plane. ”"Could it be that there was another World Tree here before?"
I thought in my heart.As if knowing my thoughts, the Ancient Tree of War continued to speak to me: "The World Tree is so powerful, it is the protector of this forest, and it is also our master. ”"It ruled over all the trees in this forest, which at the time contained at least five hundred ancient war trees, and the forest dryads could not count their number.""
Don't say that those big lizards with wings above the clouds don't dare to come out of the clouds easily, even those dragons in Dragon City don't dare to run to the Hiero plane easily.""
Until one day, this World Tree realized that it was nearing the end of its life, so it was worried that after it died, it would attract powerful demonic beasts to plunder its body and destroy the entire Hiero plane, so it began to look for a secret place for itself to hide its body after death.""
It has focused most of its energy on the matter of searching for secret places in the outer astral plane, and in doing so, it has neglected this black forest in the Hiero plane.""
The War Trees guarding the Black Forest realized that the World Tree was about to die, and the Black Forest was about to give birth to a new World Tree, so a group of extremely powerful War Trees began to gather their Tree Spirits and launched a protracted war in the Black Forest, which involved almost all the War Trees in the Black Forest."