The Record of Unusual Creatures Chapter 1700: Legend of the Black Pine Forest
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Standing on any street in Greenway, even in the deepest and most formidable places, as long as you look up at the border of the city near the black pine forest, you can see the glow of green.
That is the enchanting high wall called the "green forest barrier", based on the gray and white climactic rocks unique to the southern empire of the empire, inlaid with 30,000 rune stone bricks from the hands of elf craftsmen, protecting the city from being The engineering miracle engulfed by the forest, it forms a unique and exclusive life cycle to ensure that the land where Greenway is located is completely isolated from the land of the Black Pine Forest, and such a spectacle is the most unique scenery of Greenway. .
The first visit to the Hao Ren line here was of course also attracted by this magnificent high wall that can be seen no matter where it is, but now I ’m curious to hear Avenna ’s description of the city and the black pine forest Even worse.
"The black pine forest is one of the biggest puzzles in the Dragon empire, and even the empire ’s own scholars cannot explain this vast forest. No one knows that this dense forest is equivalent to several provinces. It was formed in what age, anyway, since the empire extended its territory to the south, it has been entrenched in this land, "Avena looked at the scene outside the car window and introduced it while admiring," The vitality of this forest makes Those elves who pretend to be children of the jungle are puzzled: whether it is felled or burned, the black pine forest can recover in a few days. Sometimes you cut down a big tree, and it will even begin to sprout and regenerate under your eyelid. , And the further it goes into the depths of the forest, the more obvious this abnormal vitality is ... "
Speaking of this, Avenna paused a bit and raised her finger to the city building in the distance: "Did you see this city? Greenway, it was originally part of the Black Pine Forest, but because it was on the edge, The life cycle is relatively weak, and the Imperials succeeded in isolating and stabilizing it after making tremendous efforts. However, if you go deeper in it, even the rune stone bricks made by the elves can't stop the forest from eroding and countering. "
Charlemagne added: "So the empire gave up the development of this forest-this forest is like a stubborn dragon, defending its own territory, and humans have spent generations and countless financial resources. Only a bit of ash can be cut out from under its paws, which is not worth the loss. "
Vivian laughed: "It seems that the emperor who claimed to have the dragon soul will also be soft on this forest dragon costume."
On the other side, hearing this description, the first thing Hao Ren thought of was of course First born.
The epic creatures living inside the planet occasionally poke the tentacles out of the surface, and when they do so, they will evolve the plucked tentacles into something like forests or giant trees to disguise, and those Plants evolved from First born tentacles have similar super vitality. The most notable example is Holletta Gnarled Grove.
But here is Lahrien, a place far away from Plane of Dreams. There can be no First born here-Nolan ’s planetary scan also confirmed this.
The strange vitality of the black pine forest is a bit interesting.
"Now that the black pine forest is so strong, why has n’t it covered the entire empire after so many years?" Lily asked curiously, "And I saw the green forest barrier just now, it just The light blocked this section of Greenway, and the forest did not spread out where there was no barrier. "
"This is the second incredible place in the Black Pine Forest," Ai Wenna smiled shallowly. She seemed to be happy to introduce these things to people. If it were not a princess in this life, she might be a tour guide. Five-star, "Black pine forest has extremely strong vitality. If it is destroyed, it will recover quickly, but otherwise it will not continue to expand at all-its scope is fixed, regardless of thousands of years. No matter how the weather and geology change, it neither expands nor shrinks. Of course, the few pioneering points built by the Empire on the edge of the forest are the only "defects" in this forest, but compared with the entire forest, this kind of The defect is really insignificant, not even one thousandth of its total area. "
"The so-called forest spreading is actually just the Greenway people's own statement. The land they occupied originally belonged to this forest." Charlemagne shook his head, seeming to be somewhat disdainful to the locals at this point .
"Neither expand nor shrink ..." Hao Ren rubbed his chin, revealing a thoughtful look.
"I really do n’t know how your" World Tree Temple "usually lives, and the degree of isolation from the world is too serious. Even the famous black pine forest is not clear," Ai Wenna shook her head and sighed. Sighing, "When I first heard your name, I thought you were hiding in the black pine forest. After all, the name of your temple is somewhat related to the legend of the black pine forest."
Lily was suddenly curious again: "Legend of the Black Pine Forest? Tell me chant tell me chant ..."
"Both are adventurers and third-rate scholars making up things," Charlemagne waved his hands disdainfully. Although he had received royal orthodox education since he was a child, he also knew these rumours, but he never bothered to believe them. "The abnormal vitality of this forest cannot be explained by common sense, so many people speculate indiscriminately. There is a saying that there is a" spring of the world "in the center of this forest. The spring water is the origin of all life in the whole world. The black pine forest was formed by the spread of its power. It is said that as long as a sip of the water of the world ’s spring, people can live forever-so this legend also has a supporting legend that His Majesty Burundin is not a dragon soul, but is drinking. The springs of the world ’s spring are immortal. "
"There are also legends that there is a temple in the Black Pine Forest called the Temple of Life, which is similar to the Spring of the World, but it is said that you need to meditate and pray in the Temple of Life overnight to get eternal life," Ai Wenna smiled. Get up, "But everyone thinks that praying in the temple overnight is more troublesome than drinking a sip of spring water, so more people think that it is more reliable to say that it is the fountain of the world."
Hao Ren is covering his head: "I only think that your last statement is not old and reliable ..."
"Anyway, all are legends, and no one is credible," Charlemagne snorted. "Although the Black Pine Forest is somewhat dangerous, it is not absolutely insurmountable. In fact, after so many generations of efforts, the Empire has long been here A few stable passages have been found in the black pine forest. Occasionally, there are bold adventurers in the high pine forest to explore unexplored places in the black pine forest. Many people come back alive, but no one has ever found it. What are the fountains of life and temples. In addition, there are many airship flights that regularly fly over the black pine forest. From the top, you can see the forest at a glance. What temples and springs are there. "
Before Hao Ren, I was still curious. Since the black pine forest was so fascinating, how did my own group pass through the woodland? At this time, he suddenly realized that Charlemagne mentioned the existence of the road in the forest, but he was a little curious: There is a way in it? Isn't it that the life force is stronger as you go deeper into the forest, and the traces left by humans will be erased almost instantly? "
"The roads are not artificially developed, but they are already in the forest," explained Avena. "This is also an unsolved mystery: those roads have obvious signs of artificial construction, paved with flagstones, roads There are lights next to it, and even things like stone houses will appear on both sides of the road, but it was something that existed before the Empire discovered this forest. Some people guessed that they were the cultural relics of the last era, but this guess is more than life. Such claims as Zhiquan are not reliable ... and there is no way to explain why the roads are not swallowed by the forest ... "
Hao Ren glanced involuntarily at Vivian.
This statement ... maybe the most reliable one.
"The story about the black pine forest is endless," Charlemagne noticed that the team was approaching the green forest barrier, so he was ready to end this topic. "There are many forks in the black pine forest. I have planned to go north. The best route, if your curiosity about that forest is really so strong, then wait for it and take a good look with your own eyes. "
Although Greenway is a wonderful city worthy of a good visit, the pedestrians apparently did not spend too much time here. The convoy went straight across the central avenue of the city, and after going through the formalities, went straight to the north of the city Export.
In this direction, the magnificent green forest barrier blocks the forest from the outside, and at the bottom of the giant wall are twelve magnificent gates. These gates have a remarkable elven style, and the towering and elegant doors are also inscribed. Elf craftsmen and humans work together to build the glorious deeds of this miracle city-today, the city ’s first human pioneers have long been dead for many years, but the elves who have carved the "pledge on the door" are still working for this city. Their main task is to monitor the changes of the black pine forest on the other side of the city wall, and guard these gates together with human soldiers.
Elves with a thousand years of life are very loyal to their duties.
These elegant creatures with pointed ears are distributed all over the world. It is said that they have established strong dynasties, but now the ancient elven empire has become a legend. In addition to a few small kingdoms that continue, they are still living in the forest. Outside of the days of isolation, most of the elves have already merged into various human kingdoms, and the elves of the Dragon Empire are the most thoroughly integrated wave. Probably because there is an immortal emperor in this country, they can understand the ideas and living habits of long-lived elves. The elves in the Dragon Empire have a good life.
There are very few people waiting in line in front of the gate to enter the black pine forest. Even the twelve gates have only opened three of them. It seems that although the black pine forest has rich properties, the forest itself is mysterious and The danger still deterred many people.
There are basically only three types of people who dare to enter the forest: The first type is the Greenway natives, who are familiar with the situation at the edge of the forest, relying on the mining of forest ores or rare herbs in certain fixed areas to make a living; the second type is Skilled adventurers, they will enter a little deeper and follow the existing road in the black pine forest to find the strongholds where the beasts and monsters are infested. They will not leave the road in the forest too far, but they can still hunt. Less cherished prey, a successful adventure can bring back enough wealth for everyone to spend half a year; the third category is travellers or caravans, ready to take shortcuts from the forest road to the north or west, the main reason for this is to Saving high airship fares, after all, unless you are out of luck and encounter a monster migration, it is safer to go along the forest road.
The caravan disguised as Hao Ren and his party used a third reason to obtain a permit to enter the Black Pine Forest.
Because there were not many people waiting in line, the convoy quickly approached the towering gate. Hao Ren saw the imperial soldiers wearing black light armor and elf forest rangers wearing green ranger coats standing in front of the gate. , But the most striking of the gate guards are those black sword knights wearing heavy armor and black mechanical swords on their waists.
After all, it is an important southern town, and it is also expected that the Black Sword Knight will serve as the guard.
There will not be too many guards to check in. If you are in trouble, you can let Leah ’s old tricks be used to let the soldiers go, so Hao Ren does n’t feel nervous, just crowed in front of the window and looks out curiously. Scenery on the street.
His sight was suddenly attracted by several imperial officials in hurry.
The empire officials were walking in front of the sentinel in the distance. Their dresses should all look like military officers. Judging from the respectful salute of the soldiers nearby, their status should not be low.
These sturdy and proud empires of the past. The officers now look worried, walking hurriedly through the post while still violently discussing something. It seems that an emergency has happened. Seeing this situation, Hao Ren immediately Can't help but concentrate on trying to hear the conversation between them.
But just when he was about to do so, Lily, who was sitting further in the carriage, had already recounted the sound he heard: "The Black Sword Knights sent to Ash Mountain City have all lost contact ... Nahamm The Earl refused to respond to the conscription orders from the Imperial Capital ... and you can be sure that the position of Ash Mountain City is on the side of Her Royal Highness ... the signals of war ... almost that. "
Charlemagne and Avenna looked at Lily in surprise, not knowing what the other person said suddenly: what they meant was that they had neither noticed the empire officials outside, nor could they hear the voice of a low-pitched conversation in the distance.
"The civil war seems to have finally spread to the southern border," Hao Ren explained in a low voice. "Lily heard the conversations of several empire officers over there, just as you had expected, Earl Neham of Gray Mountain City Support Princess Constance-it may even have killed the Black Sword Knight who traveled to the Grey Mountain City. "
"His--" Charlie Mandrew a subconscious breath. He did not expect the situation to change so fast, and his next move was to look at the green forest gate that was already close by: the team had already begun to be inspected It only takes a minute or two for three caravans to pass through this gate and into the black pine forest.
However, there was a sudden throbbing in his heart. The door that was already in front of him seemed to be moving away from him. He felt that a crisis had come quietly. The journey that had been smooth so far seemed to be out of control .
Hao Ren also noticed the prince ’s changes, and his intuition was much stronger and more accurate than Charlie Man, who was a pure mortal. A cold feeling made him immediately pull the cover at the back of the car. , Look at the direction of the past.
A team of black sword knights wearing black armor is rushing towards the horse.
And the imperial soldiers guarding the gate of the green forest have checked the caravan, and accompanied by the two soldiers, a tall black sword knight walked into the carriage, revealing two icy cold under the dark mask Look at everything in the carriage.
People near the gate—including soldiers and civilians waiting to pass—involuntarily cast their sights on this seemingly uncommon little caravan, more precisely, their sight was taken by the ten He was attracted by the black sword knight who drove the horse and noticed the goals of the ten knights for the first time.
One of the knights who drove on the horse stood forward, and two red lights appeared under the faceplate. He pulled out the black mechanical sword at his waist, and the blade exuded enough to melt the steel in the high-speed vibration. Heat, a low, hoarse roar came from the helmet: "Stop those three cars! Everyone in the car, don't talk about killing!"
In the carriage of the caravan, the body of the Black Sword Knight who was performing the inspection task suddenly had a meal, and then the position of the eye socket on the faceplate lit up as if burning, and a strong hostility and murderousness suddenly spread. Come on.
Lia, who was originally squinting her eyes, suddenly opened her eyes and stared at the two red lights on the knight ’s mask: "Let me go!"
The black sword knight in the carriage shook violently. He tried to use his willpower to resist this sudden coming of power. However, after less than a second of resistance, he still sent out from under the faceplate Deathly struggling voice: "Let's go ..."
The soldier standing beside the knight had noticed the strange situation and immediately questioned: "Adult?"
The roar coming from outside the car became clear: "... Everyone in the car, don't talk about killing!"
The Black Sword Knight who is struggling under Leah ’s control seems to have gained infinite spiritual strength after hearing this sound. After a trembling tremor, he squeezed his hand down again On the mechanical sword in the waist, with the buzzing sound of the activation of the magic guide, he suddenly pulled out the saber and hissed and roared at the Hao Ren line: "Execution ... command !!!"
The reaction of the two imperial soldiers who had entered the carriage was only less than half a second. After the knight launched the attack, they immediately raised their weapons and threw them with a roar!
Charlemagne held one hand in front of Avena, holding the saber in her waist with one hand: "Retreat, I ..."
Everything happened between the flashlights and the fire. In the face of the sudden loss of control, Leah can only sigh gently: "Ah ..."
In the sigh, all the weapons pointing to her—including the black mechanical sword and two imperial swords—were silently turned into fly ash.
The Black Sword Knight fell straight down, two Empire soldiers were blown out of the car by the lightning ball thrown by Vivian, and one was fell by the fierceness of Lily. After breaking several bones, they were thrown out of the car.
Hao Ren patted the rear guard of the carriage: "Rush over!"