Cecil ignored the shock and confusion on Cohen's face. Her eyes were now more focused on "Cohen" who belonged to the spirit of nature.
"How's it going? How do you feel?"
No one could have guessed that Cecil's trump card was the spirit of nature that was originally imprisoned and controlled. Woody's face was somewhat calm. He knew that Cecil would not let it go without reason. Since he was sure, there was no room for guessing.
Not many, often the most surprising answer is that the final result is a matter of course.
"It's okay. After all, humans still don't know that their own choices are the wrong start."
Cohen, the spirit of nature, looked at Viscount Cohen, whose face was distorted and looked like a madman. There was no mercy on his expression and his tone was dull.
"I originally wanted to listen to his advice and let you go, but your final performance was really bad. I believe the master will not be satisfied with the results of her hard work being wasted by you."
Without waiting for Cohen to yell wildly, his iron-gloved right hand was slightly raised.
——Hush, rest, rest!
The next moment, dozens of feather arrows shot into the body of Cohen who was opening his mouth under the seat.
The guards here have long been replaced by those who believe in him instead of the true master. During the years when they ruled Riverdale City at the same time, they already had factions belonging to both sides.
Kafferman clasped his hands behind his back and sighed. He was the last to realize it. It was not until the end of the matter that he realized that all this was just a dramatic stage specially set up for this descendant of Kamutla.
In the end, the lord who was once a viscount turned into a clown.
"Greed, desire, and the expansion of power will ultimately bring nothingness."
After he said this with his head raised, he watched the body being carried away quietly, and together with Woody, followed the footsteps of Cecil and the Spirit of Nature, and walked towards the reception room at the back of the hall, which was obviously much smaller than the front.
, apart from a few sofas placed randomly, there was only one fireplace that was burning for heating.
Although the appearance of the natural spirit at this time still looked like Cohen, it did not prevent Woody from seeing fatigue from his eyebrows. It was this feeling, as well as the dead Viscount Cohen, that made Woody instantly understand something.
However, before he could completely filter it out, the spirit of nature in front of him took the initiative to speak.
"How is Tecia? Didn't she come with you?"
After sitting down, he first glanced at Cecil, then at Woody, and then at Carverman. He did not warmly close the relationship. As a spirit of nature, he did not have too much bias in his emotions.
He only relied on the master who created him, Aisha Kamutla, so when he mentioned Thesia, his tone was particularly calm, like asking a stranger.
But this did not prevent Woody from extracting new information, that is, the natural spirit in front of him may be the real person Tecia said wanted to help her.
However, this is self-contradictory with what Cohen said before. It is impossible to catch one and let the other go. There must be a reason.
However, the spirit of nature seemed to notice Woody's doubts and took the initiative to explain.
"Actually, he and I are one. His thoughts and mine are all happening at the same time. You can think of them as two personalities that take turns to rest. I am him and he is me."
Cecil added.
"The spirits of nature, like your agate war horse, want to survive in this material plane. They do not rely on ordinary food like humans, but can only rely on the spiritual energy of the host. Therefore, when I heard him at the beginning
If so, I know he is lying, and from his attitude towards Tesia, I also know that Grandpa Shaai is definitely not him."
"You weren't in the carriage at the time, and Thesia didn't want to say anything later. It's normal that you didn't notice it."
When Cecil said this, Woody suddenly understood.
"It turns out that they are essentially one body. It can be regarded as another personality that wakes up during sleep. No wonder you let him go!"
Having said that, there are still a lot of confusions in Woody's heart. However, some past life mysteries that have troubled him for a long time have been revealed. Why were they able to solve this task so easily in the first place? It seemed that just a little
Be careful, the challenge level on their journey is not high. The only dangers are the extremely dangerous forest spirits in the Great Rift and the creeping monsters derived from them.
Basically, you don't need to venture to the Lost Temple to solve the problems here.
"Yes, what I gave him is this method that can strip the natural spirit out of his body."
Cecil smiled slightly. She had nothing to hide. She just wanted to wait until everything was settled before she could explain it properly. And if she said it too clearly, it would lack a sense of mystery. She still quite enjoyed the surprised looks of others.
As for magic, if the principle is explained clearly, it is essentially no different from the combat of other professions. The only difference is that combat skills require every possible means to repeat a set of actions, while magic involves constructing a repeated model. As long as you follow the diagram and your intelligence is up to standard
, even a layman can easily cast spells.
"The curse in his mouth and the fog surrounding the entire Golden River Valley are also..."
Woody raised this question, and as expected.
The answer given by this spirit of nature successfully solved all the confusion in his heart. It can be said that it is very clear.
"The curse does exist."
He set the tone first, showing a nostalgic look on his face.
"But it was restrained by my master decades ago, and the current curse is spread by him."
The master refers to Aisha, and he is naturally the dead Cohen.
"The mist was completely controlled by him. Originally, he just wanted to take this opportunity to force Tesia to leave the Golden Valley. He wanted to find a way to get rid of me and this city, but later, he heard from Cecil
When the time comes to help you peel yourself off, he has no intention of letting you go."
The spirit of nature patiently explained that because he is one body, he knows all the things and thoughts that Cohen has experienced, so what he talks about is extremely clear, as if he is an independent personality who has all of Cohen's memories.
As soon as these words came out, not to mention Woody, even Cecil, who had always been around, was a little surprised. She quickly repeated the question.
"Is what you just said true?"
"As you think, it's true, Ms. Cecil." The spirit of nature said it as if it were an inconspicuous thing.
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have killed him earlier!" Cecil gritted her teeth. Now she almost wanted to use necromancy to whip Cohen's corpse. Even if he died, he still deceived her once.
, if it weren’t for the spirit of nature, I’m afraid she would still be kept in the dark now.
"This is our first time meeting, don't be excited, ma'am."
The spirit of nature didn't notice Cecil's anxiety at all. He couldn't understand the anxiety they were trapped in. After all, it was only a few days, so Cecil naturally didn't care about this, she said bluntly.
"Then can you turn it off now? I'm very anxious now."
"I'm sorry, ma'am, it can't be closed. I have to go somewhere to close it."
"Jingsong Forest?" A place name immediately popped up in Cecil's mind, and the answer from the spirit of nature was also expected.
"Yes, the fog started to spread from there, and it was also there that he started the fog that blocked the entire Golden River Valley."
"Invincibility starts with sacrificing the ancestor"
The spirit of nature nodded noncommittally, and then said to a map of the Golden River Valley hanging in the upper right corner of the fireplace.
"He has always entered that mysterious space from this place before. I know how to enter and how to close it. Don't worry."
After hearing the answer from the spirit of nature, Cecil naturally didn't mind and said with a smile.
"Then let's go together when the time comes. We'll be there too."
Now it was the spirit of nature's turn to be strange.
"You also know... By the way, you knew at the beginning that the mist emanated from the Jingsong Forest?"
He frowned slightly. Although Cohen's memory told him that the humans in front of him had asked about the story of Jingsong Forest many times, Woody did not emphasize that he went there to lift the curse.
"Did you hear the locals discussing it?"
"no."
Woody stood up, shook his head and said.
"I heard an ancient prophecy, so I guessed that the root of everything came from the forest of the Golden River Valley. I don't know where the entrance is, but it definitely exists."
Listening to Woody's explanation, even if the spirit of nature was suspicious, it could only be attributed to the magic of prophecy. However, he did not question Woody's answer. Instead, he nodded solemnly and affirmed.
"That's right. The root of everything comes from that forest, Jingsong Forest. In the mouths of the former residents, it was once called the Cursed Forest."
"Elsa said many times that it was a cursed and rotten place and had to be sealed off, but that bastard was disobedient every time. He felt that the crops produced there accounted for most of the territory's income, so he was reluctant to give up until the final disaster.
If it succeeds, it will be too late, and Aisha will have no choice but to give up her life."
When it comes to his master, the spirit of nature is obviously in a higher mood than before, and his words are full of accusations against Cohen.
He said it apologetically only halfway through.
"I'm sorry, guests, that this has affected you."
Lying on the soft sofa, Cecil was a little dizzy from the amount of information. However, she only knew one thing, that is, she could leave the Golden Valley by arriving at Jingsong Forest, so she did not hesitate.
said to Woody.
"Let's go now!"
"There's no point in staying here anymore!"
Woody was about to say that he agreed to Donni's shopping trip yesterday, but when he saw the other two people's similarly excited thoughts, he also looked at the longing in his eyes in the mirror by the door.
So finally...
At this time, Donnie, who was sitting in the carriage and playing with her tail, yawned. She had no desire to get out of the carriage at all, especially when she heard the scream of that particularly disgusting person. She remembered that it was that person.
People wanted to murder her little Thesia and took her away from him.
hateful!
Just as Donnie was cursing and preparing to continue passing the boring time, waiting for Woody to come back, and going shopping for local white crystal specialties together, she suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.
Sure enough, in less than five minutes, Cecil, Woody, Caverman, and the dead old man she hated the most returned to the carriage.
Before he even had time to explain, the carriage, under the control of the magic servant, galloped recklessly on the built blue-gray stone road, heading towards the city gate.
On the way, Donny learned about the failed plan from Woody. However, after receiving the promised gifts and compensation when leaving, she grumbled that it didn't matter, and after that, with her own
Be reasonable and ask for more subsidies.
The dragon's greed was vividly displayed at this time, but Woody only found it funny and was not speechless.
The journey on the road was very fast. With the luxury carriage and the spirit of nature, he knew everything about Cohen's memory. He was already very familiar with the road from River Valley City to Jingsong Forest, and he remembered every pit on the road clearly.
However, when leaving the flat area of the valley and heading to the upward foothills, the speed was obviously much slower. According to what the spirit of nature said, it is estimated that it will take half a day to reach the designated place in Jingge Forest, but fortunately there is
In the magic carriage, they did not appear to be tired during the journey, and there was no fatigue or difficulty that travelers should have.
Instead, I had breakfast in the car that I had never eaten in Riverdale City.
It was all conjured up by magic, including a table of delicacies, roast lamb, pan-fried pork chop, clam soup, carrot stewed with bacon, etc.
About half an hour later, Woody finally saw a touch of green from the long foothills, which meant that he was about to enter the Jingsong Forest, but at this time the sun was still in the eastern sky.
The spirit of nature took the initiative to speak.
"hold on."
"When the sun shines into the entire Jingge Forest, the probability of weird events happening here will be reduced a lot."
"About what time?"
"Around three o'clock in the afternoon, this is the time Cohen used to enter."
With the explanation of the spirit of nature, Woody, Cecil and others naturally had no objections. When the carriage reached the forest, they stopped directly and camped on a leeward hillside.
Woody, Cecil, and Caverman all got out of the car to stretch their hands and feet, and have stayed on the carriage for the past few days, except for the short tour of Riverdale City just now.
Therefore, it is still beneficial to recover when you are about to face a battle.
What's more, taking advantage of this time, Woody also planned to deal with the matter that had been delayed for a long time. He took out the soul crystal and natural shrine placed in the dimensional ring, as well as many other things he got from Cecil.
Material.
Then he found a very flat open space, took a silver dagger and began to outline it on the ground.
