Calling the forest guards is a long and difficult task. The inherent limitations of plant species make it difficult for them to be as active as animals.
Matthew's woods are still young.
Under natural circumstances, it would take at least hundreds of years for this forest to produce oak guardians.
But the existence of the Fairy Princess can break this restriction.
Because the power mobilized by the spell Lulu chanted at this time did not come from the flower garden, but from an inner plane——
"Sea of Trees in All Realms".
The Sea of Trees is the origin of all plants in the multiverse.
The inner plane is a concept corresponding to the outer plane.
Compared to the outer planes that are exposed to the star realm, the inner planes are undoubtedly more secretive.
Druids regard entering the Sea of Trees as the highest honor and their lifelong goal.
And in the myths and legends of the Age of Enlightenment.
Even among the gods, few are qualified to visit the Sea of Trees.
The only two who could do this were one who became the god of nature and the other the god of travelers.
Of course, they are all in jail in Tianlun Palace now.
The sea of trees is also the home of plants from all over the world.
In the cognition of the druids.
The final destination of every fallen leaf is the sea of trees. They just rot in the material world on the surface. Their "soul" as a plant comes to the sea of trees under the call of the mysterious power.
all in all.
The sea of trees is undoubtedly sacred and mysterious to plants.
Spells that can mobilize the power of the sea of trees are extremely rare. Only the fairy princess reincarnated from the sea of trees has such power.
Matthew knew early on that Lulu came from the Sea of Trees.
Because it is difficult to give birth to oak fairies on the scale of the oak forest, he has not even selected the prerequisite race "Light Fairy" for fairies until now.
Therefore, the only source of this group of outsiders is the sea of trees.
This is why Matthew decisively asked Lulu to summon the Oak Guard.
Lulu did not disappoint Matthew.
Under the power of the sea of trees, after the chanting ended, four oak trees in the forest awakened and became oak guards!
This ratio is ridiculously high.
What made Matthew even more excited was that along with the strange movements of the oak trees, a fleeting gap in time and space appeared in front of the two of them.
A burly figure slowly walked out from inside.
He bowed slightly towards Lulu:
"I am willing to serve Her Royal Highness the Princess."
That's a male centaur!
…
"Reminder: Centaur tree herder Obest (LV18) was inspired by the fairy princess Lulu. He decisively left the sea of trees and came here specifically to follow her!"
…
Obest has a muscular upper body.
His beard and hair are thick, and his hair and beard are connected together, only revealing his brown-red face.
His weapon is a spear, and he also possesses a certain amount of natural magic.
As a tree herder.
Obest has a natural instinct for the maintenance of the woods. He patrols the woods every day and carefully inspects and cares for each tree.
The characteristics of the tree herder determine that he can gain XP during the growth of the forest.
The greater the size of the forest.
The more benefits he can get.
It can be said that as long as he stays here, his achievements in this life will be bound to this oak forest.
"I am not the owner of this forest."
Lulu is still a little shy when meeting strangers.
She quickly flew behind Matthew, who also returned to human form at this time.
"Matthew is."
Lulu said.
Obest looked at Matthew solemnly:
"Necromancer?"
Matthew spread his right hand and activated the realm of the undead.
Obest's face suddenly showed a look of deep disgust.
But Matthew stretched out his left hand almost simultaneously and opened the oak field.
The disgust on the centaur's face immediately turned into surprise!
"How can it be?"
"Your Excellency actually controls the "Undead" and "Oak Tree" at the same time?"
"Aren't you afraid of making the same mistake as the second son of Death?"
Obest said in surprise.
Matthew's heart moved and he asked:
"What happened to the second son of Death?"
Obest said in a deep voice:
"Mebaron, the second son of the god of death, tried to combine death with the natural realm, and in the end almost drove himself crazy. He almost died because of this!"
"The Ten Thousand Realms Tree Sea also suffered a certain amount of damage because of that incident. There are still many elves working day and night near the scar left by Maibalon. They are working hard to repair the scar."
Matthew's heart sank after hearing this.
But this result was not surprising to him. It was so easy to forcibly combine two major fields.
It’s normal for others to not be able to walk this road before. If others can’t do it, it doesn’t mean they can’t do it either!
Matthew has sufficient confidence in himself.
So he said:
"I don't have a noble and distinguished life experience like the second son of the God of Death, nor do I have the ambition to combine the two realms into one. I follow the path of balance and transformation."
"I am indeed a necromancer, but every oak tree here was planted by me."
"If you mind my identity, it's not impossible to leave now, but I hope you can stay."
There was no expression on Obest's face.
He thought for half a minute and finally said:
"I choose to stay."
"Because I believe in the choice of Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"But if I find that this place is different from what I expected, I may leave at any time."
Said.
The centaur put down the spear in his hand and knelt down with his forelimbs, his forehead touching the ground.
…
"Tip: You have gained a follower "Obest the Centaur Tree Shepherd"!
Your racial friendliness +1 (centaur);
Obest will live in the oak forest, and you need to prepare a tall tree house for him to live in.
Your oak forest gains the characteristic: Critter Friends.
Friends of small animals: Centaurs are naturally popular with all small animals. Attracted by Obest, a certain number of small animals will appear in your oak forest in the future."
…
Obest's request was easily met.
He used magic to start building the tree house without Lulu and Matthew taking action.
And just when Obest was working hard.
The four awakened oak guards also came over.
Matthew noticed.
One of them is actually a man-eating tree!
Oak Guards are the existence of humanoid spirits awakened by oak trees. They have the appearance of tree people, but they are far more powerful than ordinary tree people.
Matthew looked at it.
Ordinary oak guards have a total of six abilities.
…
"Trebuchet: As long as you provide the Oak Guards with stones of the right size, they will be natural trebuchets.
Effective range: 150 meters ~ 180 meters;
Transmission frequency: 1 shot every 30 seconds;"
"Charged sprint: Oak Guard can stay rooted in place, and after charging for a period of time, he will rush towards the enemy at a speed several times that of normal circumstances.
The longer the charging time, the faster the speed, up to 3 times the normal speed."
"Malicious Binding: Oak Guard can summon a large number of vines to wrap around the enemy. This ability is regarded as "natural casting", and the spell effect is equivalent to the fourth-level mass vine spell.
Each Oak Guard can be bound twice per day."
"Weight Crush: Oak Guard can double his own weight. When fighting enemies in close combat, he can use his weight advantage to crush the enemy.
Current average weight of Oak Guards: 1 ton.
After using this ability, it can reach up to 2 tons."
"Sighing Tree Wall: Two or more oak guards can connect their bodies to form a tree wall.
The tree wall has a high amount of natural armor and a damage reduction effect of at least 10%.
The more oak guards that make up the Wall of Sighing Trees, the wider the area of the tree wall and the more significant the reduction effect will be."
"Light Fairy Lair: Each oak guard has at least one "Light Fairy" lair, and there will be 10 to 50 light fairies active in each nest.
The Fairy of Light can sow seeds for plants, promote growth and eliminate pests.
You can also do some simple construction work, such as building tree houses and digging wells."
…
A fairly comprehensive set of capabilities.
It can be used in long-range, close combat, and defense. There is also a construction team living on the body all year round——
It was a fey creature called the "Light Fairy".
Their appearance is a ball of furry little light, which feels like a sponge when touched. They always like to move in groups.
Light demons lack individual intelligence and can only accept orders in a collective form.
They are not only the cheapest forest workers, but also the "previous lives" of all fey creatures.
All the big goblins, little goblins, wood elves, night elves, and other high fey creatures in this world.
They are all reincarnated from light demons.
Among the fairies, there is such a legend.
After a light demon ends its long and hard life, its consciousness will be elevated to the reincarnation pool in the sea of trees, waiting in line for reincarnation.
Depending on how hard the light demons worked during their lifetime, they will receive different evaluations and rewards.
The lazy light demon can only transform into a little elf;
A hard-working light demon can become a great elf or a wood elf;
Only the most diligent light demons can reincarnate into high-level fey creatures such as night elves or sea elves after a lifetime of hard work;
The laziest beings among the light demons will be reincarnated into drow.
This legend is so widespread that even Matthew has heard of it.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this legend that most light fairies work desperately.
They are accumulating blessings for the next life.
…
The three ordinary oak guard levels are all LV14.
And the guard level of the big tree transformed from the man-eating tree is actually as high as LV16!
Obviously.
In the process of absorbing the power of the sea of trees.
He has mutated.
Man-eating tree guards not only have the power of ordinary guards, but also have two additional abilities.
…
"Bloodthirsty Frenzy: After enjoying a blood meal of sufficient quality, the man-eating tree guard's agility +1, strength +1, and "Fanatical Aura" will be obtained.
Frenzy Aura: The attack speed of allies within the aura is increased by 5%.
Duration: 60 minutes;
Cooling time: 24 hours"
"Predator's Wall: The Man-Eating Tree disguises itself as a wall of trees. It can blend into the wall of the Sighing Tree and wait for the opportunity to devour its enemies."
…
In addition, Matthew also discovered that the man-eating tree guard moved laterally much faster than the oak guard.
His appearance greatly enriched the defensive tactics of the Oak Guard.
It can also make up for the shortcomings of the Oak Guard's slow lateral movement speed.
The only thing that gave Matthew a headache was...
He had to find a way to teach this guy not to eat people randomly.
As the masters of the oak forest, the oak guards naturally obey Matthew directly, but the newly born ones are actually similar to the undead and can only carry out some of the simplest orders.
Deep communication is impossible.
Matthew had several rounds of friendly interactions with the man-eating tree guards.
finally.
Matthew still decided to hang a sign on the other party——
"I am a man-eating tree. If you come close, you will be eaten!"
"In the future, we have to find out his appetite and feed him blood food regularly."
Matthew thought so.
After exchanging feelings with the oak guards.
Matthew asked Xiang Lulu:
"Can you turn me into a goblin at any time?"
Lulu said:
"It can only be done in this oak forest, and the transformation will not last more than six hours."
"My transformation technique is actually just injecting part of my own power into you. If you want to exert the true effects of the scepter and crown, you must become a real fairy."
She obviously also saw Matthew's thoughts.
Matthew shook his head with regret.
The properties of the princess two-piece set are really great, but unfortunately it can only be used in fairy form.
None of Lulu's transformation spells fully activate her power.
It seems that the only way is to master the real transformation technique of turning into a goblin!
"Actually, even if you become a goblin, since you don't have many natural spells, it won't have much effect."
"On the contrary, there is something about the soul form. I have the characteristic of "soul projection", but it is too dangerous."
Matthew carefully put away the princess two-piece suit that he got for free.
Then the two began to perform the "Enemies of the Woods" ceremony.
The purpose of this ritual is to communicate with the will of nature and target the enemy that poses the greatest potential threat to this forest.
The ritual itself is not complicated, but it consumes a lot of energy from the person hosting it.
Matthew was worried that Lulu wouldn't be able to hold on, but Lulu stubbornly said that she could.
At the moment, Lulu is the main one and Matthew is the assistant.
They spread leaves on the ground in a circle.
Matthew stands in the center of the circle.
Lulu began to communicate with the will of nature.
Under the moonlight.
The crown on her forehead shone brightly.
A crisp low groan sounded.
Matthew took advantage of the situation and activated the oak field to relieve Lulu's burden.
Soon after.
A powerful magic power poured into Matthew's eyes.
His eyes seemed to be covered by countless clouds.
A voice sounded in his ear.
"Are you tracking an enemy in the woods?"
Matthew answered loudly:
"yes!"
"One hundred and twenty kilometers southwest, not on the ground, but in the clouds."
The voice said matter-of-factly.
In an instant.
The clouds in front of Matthew's eyes quickly dispersed.
He saw a lonely vine hanging down from the sky. He didn't know where it led to at the bottom, and he didn't know where it came from above.
A raised platform is vaguely visible on the climbing vines.
There are some small houses on the platform.
Several figures were moving at the door of the room.
Matthew couldn't see clearly.
He tried to wipe his eyes and see more clearly, but all the scenes quickly disappeared.
And there was a vague coordinate in his mind.
There is no specific orientation prompt for this coordinate.
But no matter where Matthew is.
He could sense the relative direction of the scene just now and himself.
"Just to the northwest!"
"That's the direction of Rapids!"
…
"Hint: You discovered the Blight Order's temporary camp, the Cloud Inn!
Cloud Inn: A hunting lodge built by the cloud elves. It is currently suspected to have been abandoned and has become a gathering place for the withered ones."
…
Good guy.
It's actually in heaven.
No wonder Eli's dog's nose didn't react.
Matthew guessed that the white cat was not the Blighter. The real Blighter was hiding far away. They should have achieved super long-distance communication through some method.
This is not simple.
But considering that the Scourge Cult has the help of the God of Midnight.
It is not unusual for the Blight Order to have a true god as a foreign aid.
Matthew stared northwestward and did not move rashly.
This is a perfect opportunity to slay the Blighters.
He must be fully prepared.
Then go all out.
Be sure to annihilate all these flies that are thinking about your oak forest!
…
Early the next morning.
Matthew went to the Lord's Mansion to discuss with Rhaegar and Zeller about annihilating the Blight Order.
But as soon as he entered the door, he met Lorraine.
The latter looked exhausted.
As soon as he saw Matthew, he said wiltedly:
"Matthew, I'm here to say goodbye to you."
Matthew was surprised and said:
"Are you leaving now? Why don't you stay for a few more days? Wait, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to take Eli out to see the world?"
Lorraine sighed:
"I was about to tell you that it was precisely because of Eli's incident that I thought of leaving early——
I was going to leave, but you have already invited Ekmund out of the floating city in the far north. What other big things can happen in Rolling Stone Town?
I plan to go to Gaoye Ling to try my luck, maybe I can catch one or two big news."
Matthew asked curiously:
"What happened to Eli?"
Luo Lan said:
"I took him to the Sweetheart Tavern yesterday. Although Eli was pushy and procrastinating, I successfully convinced him.
At the same time, in order to stimulate the undercover agents of the Blight Order, I asked Eli to take the white cat with him when he went to the brothel."
Matthew frowned:
"Isn't this a little too much?"
Luo Lan looked at him sideways:
"As far as I know, you seem to do this kind of thing often."
Matthew coughed slightly and changed the subject at the right time:
"What happened next? Was he unwilling to go in at all?"
Luo Lan said helplessly:
"That's true, but I kept talking, and with my eloquence and charm, he was finally persuaded by me and successfully walked into the room of the woman named Lily."
Matthew asked again:
"Who is Lily?"
Luo Lan said:
"You don't need to care about who she is, the top star of the Sweetheart Tavern. All you need to know is that she does a good job. Unless you also want to make arrangements, then I can tell you her physical characteristics and her usual working hours."
Matthew shook his head:
"and after?"
Lorraine said:
"I tricked Eli into Lily's room, along with the white cat.
There was no movement inside at first, but not long after, Lily's giggles came from the room.
I thought it was settled, so I left to have some fun on my own.
Who knew that an hour later, when I returned to Lily’s room door, I heard laughter inside!
I realized something was wrong and immediately opened the door and went in. Guess what I saw——
I saw two kittens, one white and one black, jumping up and down on Lily's bed.
They were having a good fight.
And Lily was playing with the cat on the side. She seemed very happy!
So my judgment on the Druids is correct, they just play wildly.
There was obviously a beautiful lady taking off her clothes next to him, but he had to play with the little female cat all night. Isn't this a special hobby?
Lily told me afterwards that she had professional ethics and was ready to seduce Eli.
But she can’t go into heat with a kitten, she can’t do it!!!”
Speaking of which.
Luo Lan sighed:
"I admit I bragged, Matthew.
I've never seen a guy like Eli.
I thought he was just young and passionate, but I didn't expect that he was really mentally ill.
I can't change his mind without hurting him.
He seems to have no interest in anyone of the opposite sex except that little white cat.
I'm afraid you have to tell him the truth quickly, otherwise he will fall deeper into the trap.
In the end, it’s him who hurts.”
At this time, Rhaegar came over wearing pajamas.
He was very interested in the topic they were talking about, so he came over and asked:
"Who are you talking about?"
"A teenage boy troubled by love?"
"Tell me, no one knows how to solve this kind of boy's problem better than me."
