A few minutes later, the two of them saw the lake. Between the snowy sky and the earth, a blue lake suddenly appeared. It was actually quite conspicuous.
Not to mention that there is a large green grassland and a large flaming red forest beside the lake. This forest spreads to the north, but is blocked by a black hill. On the other side of the mountain is a world of ice and snow.
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This place doesn't look like the depths of the North at all, but it is more reminiscent of the coast of the South.
The master and apprentice landed on the edge of the lake. After receiving permission, Hermione stretched out her hand to stir the water and found that not only was the water not cold at all, it was even unusually warm.
"I didn't see any other rivers. This may be a geothermal hot spring, but there is no smell of sulfur and no heat rising in the sky. It's really strange."
Curious, she picked up some water with her little hands, put it under her nose and smelled it, then looked at the professor curiously with her big eyes.
"This is the spell of the old gods in this world. In the heyday, it was easy to change the world. Even in today's decline, it is still possible to create a special area among the ice and snow." Su Ming looked at the fish in the lake.
He swam around and let Strangler fish out one: "The person we are going to visit is a druid, so please bring some gifts."
This wild fish is quite large and the species is unknown.
"But I always feel that living in seclusion here is a bit miserable. There is no one around, and I am obviously a spell caster but I am in this situation. Is it really okay?" The little witch waved her hand, stood up and looked around.
It's okay when you're looking down from the air, but after landing on the ground, looking at the same snowfield scenery in all four directions, you always feel an indescribable feeling of loneliness.
"This is a long story. Let's walk into the woods first and I'll tell you about it."
Deathstroke pulled out some grass, twisted the rope, passed it through the gill cover of the big fish, and lifted it up casually. The fish's blood drew a line dotted on the ground, and the two walked toward the red forest.
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These trees are all weirwood, which is a type of deciduous tree that was originally found all over Westeros, but there is no such large area elsewhere.
The bark of the tree is pale and the leaves are dark red, like a blood-stained palm. In addition, there are human faces carved on the trunk. If an ordinary person sees it at night, it can be said to be very scary.
It is said that these faces were carved by the ancient "Children of the Forest" before the ancestors came across the sea in order to worship the old gods.
After the ancestors arrived, they gradually accepted the beliefs of the old gods, followed this custom, and continued to carve on the weirwood.
Every few decades, when the stars reach a certain position, people will squeeze out red juice from weirwood leaves and dye the eyes of the carved human faces red. Whenever the juice melts and flows down, it looks like the tree is weeping.
Blood.
In the old god belief of this continent, trees play a very important role, even the noble families who accept this belief do the same.
They would leave a large open space in their castles to plant various trees, called the Godswood Forest, and then plant a weirwood in the Godswood Forest, called the Heart Tree.
The heart tree is very sacred to the believers of the old gods. They will pray, swear, and sign marriage contracts in front of the tree, thinking that in this way they can get the witness of the old gods, and those who violate it will suffer a bad death.
As for the green seers that Deathstroke was going to visit on this trip, they had the same ability as druids. They could connect to the weirwood trees and monitor distant places where there was also a certain weirwood tree tens of thousands of kilometers away. They could also read the trees.
memory.
An oak tree can live for three hundred years, a redwood tree can live for three thousand years, and a weirwood tree can live forever without being disturbed by external forces, so it can be said to be a living database.
Forever in the true sense, until the moment the world is destroyed.
However, as the invading Andals brought the Faith of the Seven Gods, all the weirwood trees in the south were eradicated, leaving only the unconquered north, where weirwood trees were widely used.
Sometimes the savages would also kowtow to trees and speak in unknown languages. Their bloodline was closer to that of their ancestors, and some magic could even communicate with animals.
Why are there so many weirwoods here found by Deathstroke? Of course they are not naturally generated, but after the invasion of the Faith of the Seven Gods, the greenseers retreated north, and their servants brought a large number of seeds to build a new plant here.
'Peach Blossom Spring'.
These servants are the children of the forest.
They were the original inhabitants of Westeros in the past. Long before the ancestors of the Dawn Era came to Westeros, they lived in various parts of the continent.
For the current residents of this world, there are too many unknowns about the Children of the Forest. This magical humanoid race has disappeared from human sight for many years.
In legends, poets and historians describe them as short humanoid creatures, not much taller than children, with light gray skin and beautiful faces. The giants call them "Utar Nagant", which means squirrel people.
And Su Ming knew more information. In their own 'original language', the children of the forest meant "those who praise the earth".
Similar to the Druid systems in other worlds that believe in nature, the Children of the Forest do not use metals, animal skins, or build cities.
They used stone tools, weaved clothes from leaves, and used bark as leggings. In the past, they only lived in deep forests, caves, swamp islands and secret trees, and they seemed to be integrated with the forest.
Children of the forest possess supernatural powers, can use magic, control wild beasts in the jungle, and can even transform into the appearance of wild beasts.
In addition, they are kind-hearted, good at bows and arrows, and love music. It is said that hearing their music can make the executioner cry like a baby.
In view of these characteristics, Su Ming thought that they might be some kind of half-elves, maybe a hybrid between dwarfs and elves? But they might also be magical creations of the old gods? Anyway, it's quite interesting.
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Walking in the woods, Deathstroke was telling these stories to the students. Just as he finished his speculations about the origin of the Children of the Forest, a woman's voice suddenly came from the tree nearby:
"Humans, get out of here, this is our territory."
After hearing this voice, Su Ming smiled. He turned to look at the weirwood tree aside. Between the red palm-shaped leaves, a small face appeared. She looked very angry. Mainland China's lingua franca was very standard.
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Hermione couldn't understand this language, but it was no problem for Deathstroke. He had read the basic ability of language by strangulating the brains of the three dead night watchmen.
Holding down Hermione who was about to draw out her pistol, she handed the big fish to her apprentice. Deathstroke waved to the tree and asked in the common language of the mainland:
"Is it 'Leaf'? I am the Supreme Mage Deathstroke, and I am here to visit the last green seer in the north, the Three-Eyed Crow."