The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 85: The Emerald Tree (Part 1)
Single Island in the northern continent ushered in a rare sunny day, the sky was like a washed blue cloth shining above the head, the golden matlactelli sprinkled the bright sun on the ice field, and the snowy white flowers made people unable to watch. I opened my eyes and steamed water vapor everywhere. There were dark clouds with flashing thunder and lightning hanging in the distance. The surface of the snow melted in the sun, and it was frozen into a thin layer of ice by the low temperature. It creaked when stepping on it. "This kind of weather needs extra attention. The puddles formed by melting snow are not easy to identify because the surface is frozen." Elliott reminded, "Without the footprints of small animals as a basis for judgment, we can only slow down, but it's dark. It shouldn’t be a problem to reach the Emerald Tree before."
"I see, Ellie." Jonah agreed, and while walking, he kept his head poking at the ground with the end of his stick.
"What's the matter, Lord Jonah." Seeing the astrologer's depression, the knight slowed down to walk with him, and asked softly,
The young man shook his head and smiled forcefully: "...It's nothing, I'm okay, Eli."
"Are you worried about the enemy? The demonstrative power released last night was truly amazing. Frankly speaking, it is an enemy that you and I cannot defeat at present." Teams are not alone. Individual tyranny is a sufficient and unnecessary condition for team strength. The chemical interaction between people can produce miracles. Your Excellency Jona, don’t worry too much, you have to trust your partners, don’t you?"
The knight’s warm smile made my heart warm, "I know, thank you." Jonah patted the unicorn’s neck, and the gentle rider rubbed his head against the boy’s face, with the warm touch of his mane The young man couldn't help but giggled,
Too many things happened last night, the space-time coordinates buried in the thorny wizard enchantment secret treasure, strange conversations about "Frost Treasure" and "Immortal", burnt unnamed book pages, and more and more clues , But the more and more mysterious betrayer Segles’ life experience, Jonah didn’t tell everything and everything. The boy was accustomed to carrying a heavy destiny on his own, always afraid of involving his partners in it. He instinctively felt that Long Zongjun’s Destiny begins to entangle with himself, that powerful and evil man will pull himself into the abyss like a block of lead, but he can’t retreat, because Long Ji is there, not far ahead,
"What the **** is the Emerald Tree." On the way, the boy asked like this,
Elliott replied: "It’s difficult to answer, Lord Jonah, the unicorn among us is a descendant of sacred magical creatures. Its hometown is the Emerald Tree, but it’s hard to even face it. Answer this question, because a thousand people have a thousand emerald trees in their hearts, and only those who see it with their own eyes can generate answers in their hearts."
The erudite rose knight rarely evaded the question like this. Jona was surprised, so he could only take out the "Northern Continent Geography" in the bag and read it all over. The relevant entries of "Emerald Tree" took up quite a bit. It’s a large space, but the explanation about the tree itself is relatively simple, and it inherits the author’s rude language style,
"Geographical Calculations of the Northern Continent", page 213, Chapter 22 "Star Island", supplementary entry 1: Emerald Tree:
No one can deny that the Emerald Tree is a tree, just as no one can deny that Bactria is a "ria" ("City" in Colombo) and that the Bazelal Mountain Lizard is a lizard , You must have seen the rough prints printed on insect-eaten parchment with inferior inks that are flooded in several mainland flea markets. There is a picture of a tall olive tree (some say it’s olive, some say it’s white). Olives, some people say that they look more like red olives native to Albania in terms of the shape of their leaves. The ghost knows which continent the country is on. In fact, this is not important at all, because the emerald tree cannot be a single tree. Olive tree,), there is a city painted under the tree. If you can barely read the crooked characters at the bottom of the print, you will find that the title of this painting is "The Emerald Tree and the Tree City Arion". The experts at least pointed out the print. For example, even in the era before the Second Ancient War, the straight-line distance between the city of Ariane and the Emerald Tree was more than 700 miles. To see them at the same time, they had to stand in the middle of the gods. A high-powered telescope can be used to aim at the spire of the temple. There is also a problem of proportions. The highest point of the log tower in the tree city of Arien is more than 900 feet, which is the tallest building in the entire continent. To be three times higher, wouldn’t it be able to make a hole in the sky,
However, even though it is rough and full of fallacies, this engraving is still popular among poor people. Over the years, it has been bought in large quantities and posted on the walls of residential children’s rooms, because it is generally believed that the emerald tree is the habitat of sacred magical creatures. Those magical creatures who have strange tempers that do not like to deal with humans but have the source of magic power that humans need most will bless the healthy growth of babies, so that these peasant children who are born with two red faces can grow up quickly and carry the old. Dad’s **** (or my old mother’s sewing kit),
The engravings about the Emerald Tree are all from the same printing plate, which is the work of Raquel Rossena, who claims to be a naturalist, but inexplicably became famous because of the engraved landscape engravings during the journey. This naturalist, who refused to eat fruits and vegetables for life because he was attacked by the carnivorous plant Lolograss in the South Continent, endured the torture of scurvy and liver poisoning and traveled everywhere in the world, recording many strange animals, plants and animals. Many landscapes that no one has ever seen before. He claimed that he had been to the North Continent and saw the legendary emerald tree with his own eyes. "When I first saw it, I said'Damn it, what a big broccoli,', My assistant reminded me,'If you wear glasses, you will be able to see clearly, it is a big dark green tree, respectable Mr. Rossena,' I braved the bitter cold and put on glasses and took a look, and then said: "No, that's not a tree either, poor Mr. Ferro, green is just a flash of magical energy in the eyes of humans, no one knows its true appearance, because it is enveloped by thousands of magical elves. ,'The assistant said,'You are right, dear Mr. Rossena, what a great scene, how many people can witness the appearance of the magical world in the entire history of mankind,' finished the sentence , He fell to the ground and died because of the cold and lack of food. I immediately took out the drawing board and sketched the appearance of the emerald tree with a charcoal pencil. After fifteen days, I returned to the village on the border of the northern continent with the remaining three fingers of my right hand. Holding a carving knife on my head, I made a print to commemorate the six fingers I lost and my dear entourage, Mr. Ferroro, who could not eat and wear warmly. This painting was bought by the hotel owner. I think he must I love my creation very much, rather than being bothered by the fact that I cannot pay for the room." ("Rosena's Memoirs": 290-7)
Although you cannot experience the spectacular scene described by Raquel Rossena from the prints, we can use his self-report and many research materials (including the Anglican science reading "The Creator is Beyond the Creation of the World and the Spirit of All Things" What else did you do?", the historical science textbook "On the Same Origin of Magical Creatures, Common People, and Noble Lords", the textbook for the knight promotion exam "The Light of Loyalty Shines Us Forward: A Study on the Strategy and Tactics of the Northern Continent", the classics of the Association of Magicians "From The study of magical creatures from Lababel (the ninth-level magician) to Kagaber (the son of the ninth-level magician)", the folktales of the Kingdom of St. Boren "There is always a little green man in the story of mother", etc. ) Get the basic form of the Emerald Tree: it is not a certain kind of creature, but a huge number of magical creatures. The magical creatures headed by elemental elves can transmit their thoughts through magical waves, and a large enough number can trigger strong magic. Resonance produces the most suitable natural environment for their lives. Just like the King’s Fair held in the capital of the Kingdom of Bazarar on July 14 each year, farmers and merchants from all over the Western Continent will swarm into the city to reduce the population density. Increased to fifteen times the usual, noise, garbage, smell, crowded environment, bad accommodation conditions came into being, but everyone who left the King’s Bazaar except for the unlucky ghost who was trampled to death during the galloping horse festival They all carry ambiguous smiles, because a large enough population base brings money, wine, food, gambling, carnivals, and prostitutes. This is the most suitable living environment for the vulgar Western mainlanders.
Therefore, there are a thousand emerald trees in the eyes of a thousand people, because it has no fixed height, shape, or color. Everything is determined by the magical creatures gathered together. We cannot simply call Rossena "because of bad blood." After losing his finger, he imagined a liar on the hospital bed to imagine the scenery of the northern continent." After all, no one can draw the true appearance of the emerald tree. Travel tip: Winter is the coldest season in Xingxingdao, and spring and summer are equally cold. And in autumn, please prepare cold-proof clothing, sufficient food, fuel, weapons and body bags when walking to the emerald tree to worship. The beautiful scenery is the greatest reward of the adventure. The moment you see the emerald tree, I believe all the hardships along the way It will all disappear, please keep the magnificent scene firmly in your heart, that is only the brave person's own scene, because when you go back, no one else will believe it.
Yona closed the page with sweat. It was already afternoon. The sun brought plenty of heat. Everyone was sweating. According to estimates, there was only three thousand yards away from the Emerald Tree. But unable to see the legendary giant tree, the little grasshopper, who had just retreated from the high fever, sat on the horseback and shouted, "Oh, yeah, my **** is rotten, and there is no one to ask me to fight, I can’t even mention it. Get your energy up."
"The Crow's Mouth." Danny exclaimed, "After earning so many gold coins, what should I do if I was snatched away? I won't participate in the battle."
"Everyone." At this moment Elliott stopped and pointed his sword towards the horizon: "Look."