A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

Sharptooth Forest is a temperate primeval broadleaf forest located southeast of Baldur's Gate and adjacent to the south bank of the Chongsa River.

Its area is quite large, almost four times the size of the Cloak Forest nearest Baldur's Gate, and there are no complex hills or mountains around it, just endless oak, beech, red pine, birch, etc. growing on the great plains. .

Together with the Viper Forest and the Riparian Forest, it becomes the three major forests in the West Heartland region.

Except for various monsters, dragons, beasts, bandits and three Druid orders belonging to different factions, there are almost no traces of civilization, not even the barbarian tribes common in the North.

For a long time, no matter whether they were human lords, woodcutters, hunters and other professions living nearby, they did not dare to approach the Sharptooth Forest easily.

Because beasts, monsters, and dragons may not kill them, but ultra-environmentalist druids and rangers will kill anyone who dares to destroy so-called "nature."

Even civilians who dare to build villages and cultivate farmland on the outskirts of this area will be massacred mercilessly.

Counting over hundreds of years, at least tens of thousands of ordinary people died at the hands of the three Druid Orders, and countless villages, towns and farms were destroyed.

Over time, people living on this land reached a consensus that they should never go near the Sharp Tooth Forest, otherwise the whole family, old and young, would die without a burial place.

Although Baldur's Gate and other powerful towns had organized armies to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against these extreme Druid sects, they all failed in the end without exception.

With their understanding and control of the forest, the druids and their tree spirits, beasts, and plant allies easily annihilated invading enemies deep in the forest.

The cities and towns that suffered heavy losses realized that fighting a group of druids in the forest was simply seeking death, so they gave up their original plans and allowed these guys to control the Sharptooth Forest and the surrounding land, while acquiescing to the other party's actions there. exercise its own rights and rules within the region.

But now, with Zuo Si's strong rise, all the forests, mountains, swamps and wilderness on the west coast of Faerûn continent south of the Wan Ting River have been forcibly brought under his control.

As for those forces that occupied mountains or forests and formed de facto separatist regimes, they were basically either swallowed up and destroyed by the huge monster army controlled by the purgatory red dragon Wilmes and the dragons under her command, or they actively bowed their heads and accepted the incorporation and transformation.

Especially among them, the Druid sect, which represents the power of nature, almost every one of them has received a visit from Nimidonna, the attendant of nature.

Some of the Druids who were unwilling to listen to the advice and change their beliefs and still resisted were all massacred mercilessly;

Another group of Druids who were also unwilling to change their beliefs but did not choose to resist violently were expelled from the empire's rule.

However, in addition to these two waves of people, there is another one who chooses to change their faith and become a believer in the goddess of poison and disease.

To be precise, it is another new aspect that Talona is establishing - the goddess of natural degradation and circulation of all things.

Since obtaining the priesthood of spores, she has obtained the priesthood of fungi through continuous evolution and understanding. She has also obtained the priesthood of microorganisms by merging fungi, bacteria and viruses, from which she has evolved the birth and death of life, as well as the degradation and degradation of all things. The concept of recycling.

This concept directly breaks the so-called integrated balance theory of "nature" by Silvanus, the father of the oak tree, and opens up a new understanding of nature.

In her theory, the forests, mountains, wilderness, and swamps that Silvanus admired were but the most insignificant part of the great nature, and there was no need to waste time and energy on protecting them.

What should really protect these natural resources should be the intelligent creatures themselves that create civilization.

Because if they unscrupulously carry out large-scale damage to the surrounding natural environment, it will inevitably trigger a series of catastrophic consequences such as extreme climate change, soil erosion, etc.

At that time, the entire civilization will decline or even perish due to this.

When civilization perishes, that land will no longer have sustained man-made destruction, and will slowly recover over thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.

From the perspective of the long evolution of nature and life, this is just a blink of an eye.

After all, all of this happens inside the planet Toril, and matter and energy are just degraded and recycled round after round inside the planet.

There is no doubt that Talona's new teachings have allowed her to successfully get rid of the evil image of the past and completely become a neutral god.

Not only that, she is also gradually getting rid of her dependence on mortal beliefs and turning towards a more grand natural god.

If it succeeds in the end, it can integrate into and become part of the birth, death, degradation and cycle of life on the planet Toril.

Even if there are no mortal believers, as long as this cycle continues, Talona can still maintain powerful divine power, just like the storm god Talos.

But right now, her grand plan still lacks the last piece of the puzzle, which is the death ministry of Baal, the late god of murder.

At this moment, the incarnation of the goddess is looking down at the group of druids who are performing rituals in the Sharptooth Forest below.

I saw a man who looked about forty years old holding up a dead and rotting animal carcass, mumbling words, and then placed it on the altar.

Soon, under the influence of divine magic, a large number of microorganisms in its body decomposed rapidly, and the body completely disappeared in less than a minute and merged into the deep pit under the altar.

The weeds, leaves, straw, wheat husks, rotten wood, and animal and human excrement accumulated in the deep pits are all completely fermented in this process, turning into perfect materials that can greatly increase the fertility of the land. nourishment.

When the other druids, rangers, and farmers from nearby villages saw this, they immediately knelt on the ground and loudly chanted hymns, praising the greatness of the goddess of natural degradation and the cycle of all things.

Because these fertilizers generated through unique magic not only prove the theory of natural degradation and recycling of all things, but also allow crops in the farmland to achieve an unprecedented bumper harvest in the autumn.

People are always particularly sensitive to things that are closely related to their own vital interests.

For a group of farmers who make a living by farming, there is nothing more important than increasing land output.

Therefore, when Talona can grant priests and druids who believe in her the magic of "degradation" and "fertilizer production", it will naturally be possible in areas where the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess Changdea has a weak presence or does not exist at all. Winning the admiration of millions of peasant families.

After all, the effects of those fermented fertilizers can be felt by everyone.

What's more, the West Coast Empire is frantically building irrigation projects and farms in the West Hartland area, and wants to completely turn the great plains in the green wilderness area into a huge granary.

Feeling the increase in divine power brought to her by more and more mortal believers, the goddess, who came in the form of a black bird, turned her head and asked the natural attendant standing next to her: "What do you think the origin of mortals' faith in gods is?" From what?

Is it the kind of exchange of interests that South thinks?

Or is it based on their narrow understanding of the world and even the universe?

Or the awe, fear and worship of powerful beings that you cannot understand? "

Nimedona lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then quickly shook her head and replied: "Sorry, noble goddess, I don't know.

Because based on my recent observations, I found that the reasons why mortals have faith are often very complicated.

The proportion of interests that play a role is often higher.

If joining a certain church and believing in a certain god can bring immediate benefits, then most mortals who are not so determined will immediately change their beliefs.

For example, the farmers you see now, many of them previously believed in Lathander, Lord of the Dawn, and Helm, the God of Guards.

Because the churches of these two gods once dominated the order in this area and protected the villages from evil forces and wild beasts for free.

But now, with the father's empire replacing the former and establishing a new order, people no longer need the protection of the church's power, and begin to pursue a wealthy life and more material and spiritual enjoyment. Naturally, they begin to believe that they can create more land and property. You who produce fertilizer.

Only when land output increases will farmers' incomes increase and they can earn money to purchase a wide range of goods and services.

This change in attitude was so rapid that the churches of the Lord of the Morning and the God of Guard lost a large number of believers before they had time to react.

Perhaps my father has seen through this, so he has specially formulated a series of plans to help you expand your influence and reshape new teachings.

After all, mortal faith is simply a kind of belief based on subjective consciousness.

And allowing them to gain benefits from their faith will naturally continue to strengthen this trust, and eventually become more and more pious little by little. "

"You're right.

Dear Soth showed me how fragile and fickle mortal faith can be.

He also spent a lot of time paving the way for me to maintain strong divine power without relying on mortal faith.

In this world, if you don't want to decline and die like the ancient sun god Amaunata because she was suddenly abandoned by mortal believers, the best way is to become part of the rules.

For example, the goddess of magic who is the embodiment of the magic network, the god of death who symbolizes the end of life, the goddess of night who represents night, darkness, and secrets, and the will formed by the planet under your feet-the mother goddess of the earth, etc.

The common feature of these gods is that their ministry itself is part of the objective laws of the world's operation.

Therefore, regardless of whether mortals believe in it or not, they will always be one of the powerful gods. "

When saying these words, Talona, ​​who maintained her black bird form, had a hint of emotion in her tone.

Once upon a time, like other gods, she believed that if she wanted to become powerful, she must constantly expand her faith, make those mortals fear, awe and fear her, and then obediently offer everything.

But now, with the improvement of her horizons and her deep understanding of various philosophical thoughts, she finally understood what a huge mistake she had made before.

In other words, his spirit was constantly influenced by those believers who were full of malice and greed in their hearts, and he completely turned into a crazy evil god who was manic, irritable, and petty.

However, with the arrival of Zuo Si and the establishment of the new sect, a large number of neutral and kind-hearted believers once again pulled the goddess back from the evil camp.

Therefore, Talona was very fortunate that when Zuo Si first came to this world, she was attracted and decisively descended into the avatar and forcibly turned him into her chosen one.

Thinking of this, she raised her head again and stared at the God of Nature and asked: "Why did you come to Sharptooth Forest this time? Do you want to check the status of the Druid sect in this area?"

Nimedona shook her head slightly: "No, of course not.

I have expelled or destroyed all Druids who persisted in their belief in the God of Nature.

There is nothing worth paying attention to in the entire Sharptooth Forest.

This time I came here mainly because my father ordered me to find the whereabouts of an artifact - [The Ring of Mysrien].

The Elf Kingdom of Wildas Forest believes that this is the place where the Elf Mystery Lock God, Mysrien Seret, last appeared, and that the ring should be hidden somewhere deep in the forest.

As a servant of the Blazing God who controls the power of nature, my perception in the forest is much higher than that of other creatures, even most gods.

So if the artifact is really in the forest, I can definitely find it. "

"Do you need my help?"

Talona asked with interest.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't think it's necessary.

After all, Mysrien Seret has not shown any miracles for a long time, and there are not many believers left even among the elves.

My father believed that he was most likely too weak to incarnate in Toril.

So this is not a very dangerous job in theory. "

After saying that, Nimedona flapped her wings and rose into the sky and disappeared into the vast night.

Watching her retreating back, Talona whispered in a voice that only she could hear: "The Ring of Mythryn?"

Soth really likes to collect these artifacts and messy magic knowledge.

Since he likes it so much, I will create an exclusive artifact for him the next time we meet.

But what is the best way to present this artifact?

A weapon?

A book?

Or ordinary equipment such as amulets, boots, and belts?

It is best to wait until you obtain the Death Priesthood and gain powerful divine power before starting preparations.

Only in this way can the artifact be more powerful. "

Along with muttering to himself, Talona's blackbird incarnation quickly spread its wings and flew away, intending to go to the Riverside Forest and the Dragon Forest to check out the Druid sect that believed in itself there.

She was obviously not worried at all about the sons of Baal, who were making more and more noise in the south, and she didn't think the dead god of murder, Baal, could cause any trouble.

Compared with these, the goddess is actually more looking forward to Zuo Si appearing in front of her with the priest of death, and what may happen next.

…

At the same time, outside the temple that originally belonged to the surface elves deep in the Verdas forest in the south.

Aberdare and his party have arrived at their camp led by forest elf warriors and are negotiating with General Sofalidas, who is leading this army.

the reason is simple.

The elf commander needs to figure out what the intentions of these mixed teams of humans, half-elves and drow are before him, and why they suddenly appear on the battlefield.

After all, the increasingly bad situation now makes him feel exhausted, and he is very eager to return to Sodenisla immediately to save his hometown that is almost completely destroyed.

The constant anxiety, tension, worry and fear made this commander with a total warrior level of LV16 seem a little rough and suspicious.

Without even asking for permission from Sancho and others, he directly called Elhan, his best interrogator, and several priests responsible for casting the second-ring magic [Realm of Honesty].

Obviously, the forest elf hopes to use this simple and crude method to confirm whether the adventuring team in front of him is an enemy or a friend.

"Damn it! What do you mean?"

Aberdare, who also had a bad temper, immediately exuded a suffocating murderous aura when he realized what the other party wanted to do.

"Calm down, human. We don't want to cause trouble, we just want to find out whether you are the enemy. Don't forget, there is a drow in your team."

While saying this, Elhan stared at Viconia with vigilant eyes.

These days of desperate fighting and the shocking casualty rate made him inevitably develop a strong hatred for the dark elves.

If the warrior who came back to report had not mentioned that the drow woman in front of him had killed many of her kind in the battle, he would have even been tempted to skip the interrogation part and execute her.

"Hmph! Stupid guy.

Who do you think you're talking to?

Do you think that an army of just a few hundred people can pose a threat to us?

Standing here now is the son of Baal who killed Uster Nassar in the Underdark and made the dark elves in the entire city fearful.

If they want, they can use the same method to kill you all at any time.

So shut up!

Put away that ridiculous arrogance and arrogance, otherwise I guarantee you will die ugly. "

Viconia obviously did not accept this trick, and directly started the venomous tongue and intimidation mode.

Although she has long been separated from her original group and the control of the spider goddess Rose, her contempt for the surface elves formed by hearing and seeing them since childhood is still engraved in her bones.

Elhan was visibly enraged.

Just when he subconsciously held the enchanted scimitar and wanted to give Viconia some color, the priest who was performing magic next to him immediately said in unison with an extremely shocked tone: "Truth! She...she just said Everything is true!"

"What? The truth! Do you mean...these people really killed Uster Nassar and made the dark elves in the entire city flee in fear?"

Elhan was stunned for a moment, his pupils dilated rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he couldn't believe the priests' judgment.

After all, there are tens of thousands of dark elves living in Uster Nasa. Even a small part of them will make the forest elf kingdom feel like it is facing a formidable enemy, not to mention killing the opponent's base camp.

Even those bards who like to use exaggerated techniques to describe heroic stories may not dare to arrange such a plot.

But he also knows that the biggest feature of the magic [Realm of Honesty] is that people within the coverage cannot lie.

Therefore, since Viconia can speak nonsense so smoothly, it means that there is absolutely no lie in it.

General Zofalidas also gasped and began to sweep around the team members quickly. After half a minute, he asked: "Which of you is the son of Baal?"

"All three of us!"

Sancho took the initiative to take a step forward, first pointing at himself, then at Aberdare and Imoen.

The next second...

All the elves, including General Zofalidas and Elhan, opened their mouths in shock.

Because they couldn't believe in their dreams that half of the six-person team in front of them were sons of gods.

Especially the breath that Sancho deliberately released made everyone have the urge to kneel down and worship.

At this time, if General Sofaridas, who is a high-ranking member of the Elf Kingdom, still doesn't understand what is going on, he can die.

He immediately raised his hand to signal all the priests to stop their magic, and hurriedly put one hand on his chest and bowed deeply to the too young human boy in front of him.

"I am extremely sorry, noble Son of God, please forgive us for our previous offense."

"Ha! How interesting! The way you look now reminds me of those goblin slaves who bully the weak and fear the strong."

Viconia mocked mercilessly.

But just when this guy wanted to further stimulate these forest elves, Sancho stopped her provocation with sharp eyes and said straight to the point: "Your Excellency, I know that you have accumulated a lot of experience fighting the dark elves here. Resentment and hatred.

But the problem is that we are not your enemies, but the enemies of Irenikas.

The reason why we chased him here from the Underdark is to kill him and take back from him the usurped destiny of our companions.

You can understand this as a civil war between the Sons of Baal.

So if it's convenient, it's best to show the way to Sodenisla.

The sooner we get there, the sooner your cities and countries can be liberated. "

"The fate of being usurped? The civil war of the Sons of Baal? You mean that Jonares took away the power and divinity of a Son of Baal!"

After realizing what Irenekas had done, General Zofalidas's breathing suddenly became rapid, and his heartbeat also accelerated to three times the usual rate.

He now finally understood why this formerly respected high mage had sealed the entrance to Sonnisla.

It turns out that what the other party wants is to absorb the huge energy of the Tree of Life and become a god.

If this blasphemous man is allowed to succeed, every elf in Sodanisla will become an outright sinner.

But soon, General Zofalidas showed an extremely bitter smile and responded helplessly: "Although I really want to show you a way.

Unfortunately, after Jonares raided Sodanisla, he had already used the power of the magic lock to seal the entrance.

Now even we can't find our way home. "

"What? Is there no other way?"

Jaheira asked with a frown.

"There is a way.

In this temple, an artifact with powerful magical power - the Lantern of Lane - was originally enshrined.

It is engraved with ancient magical spells and blessings from the elven gods.

No power in the world can prevent it from returning to the homeland of the elves.

Therefore, as long as you hold Lane's Lamp, whether it is a magic lock or any other illusion or barrier, it will instantly reveal its original shape and lose its original effect.

But the problem was that it was stolen after the Dark Elves launched a raid.

Even though our mages used prophecy magic day and night to investigate its whereabouts, they found nothing.

If you can retrieve the magic lamp, we can work together to kill him and make Jonares pay for his actions. "

After realizing that this adventurous team might be his biggest helper, General Zofalidas told all the important information at once.

Because he knew very well that with the current desperate situation, the Son of Baal was the last hope to stop Irenikas.

To hide it at this time is tantamount to self-destruction.

"Ryan's Lamp? Well, we'll find a way to find it."

Realizing that he could not get any other useful information from these forest elves, Sancho decisively ended the conversation and led the team to quickly leave the simple camp, intending to return to the mage tower in Ascaltra to find his mentor.

But before the group of people had gone far, a female figure with pale skin and black tights slowly walked out from behind a towering tree.

The astonishing negative energy and pungent smell of blood she exuded immediately caused the team members who had been fighting at high intensity along the way and had no time to take a good rest to pull out their weapons and put on alert.

Especially Sancho, who can control divine power to a certain extent, immediately recognized that the other party was a powerful vampire lord, the kind who could move freely under the strongest sunlight at noon.

"Relax, I'm not here to cause trouble. On the contrary, I'm here to give you a necessary item to enter Sodanisla."

As he spoke, the vampire took out an exquisite lantern made of unknown metal from behind his back.

Through the lenses wrapped around it, you can clearly see the dark purple light revealed inside, as well as a large number of elves' unique magic runes on the inside of the metal part.

The most important thing is that this thing exudes a weak divine power, which is exactly the same as the previous description of General Zofalidas.

"Why are you helping us?"

Sancho was very cautious and did not immediately pick up the lantern. Instead, he carefully looked at this female vampire with short black hair and a proud figure.

"Do you think it was me?

No, if I had to make my own choice, I would not let you get close to Erinikas.

Unfortunately, this is the master's will.

And I can't go against my master's will. "

After that, the female vampire walked out of the shadows and casually placed the Ryan's Lamp on a flat stone, with an expression of resistance and hostility on her face.

You don't need to ask to know that she is Irenekas's last blood relative in this world, the Vampire Queen Badi.

Although he couldn't disobey Zuo Si, the planeswalker's order, he still couldn't help but feel pain and sadness when he realized that his brother was about to die at the hands of these people.

"Owner?"

Imoen blinked curiously.

She couldn't understand what kind of person could actually control such a powerful vampire lord and force him to do things that went against his will and ideas.

But it's a pity that Badi obviously didn't want to explain too much. After putting down the lantern, he immediately turned into a bat and flew away.

Jaheira walked straight forward and picked up the Lamp of Lane. She checked it carefully and made sure there was no problem before sighing slightly and saying, "Okay, I think we finally got the key to enter Sodanisla. But No matter how I analyze this matter, it makes me feel very uneasy.”

"You're worrying too much."

Sancho obviously realized that this was most likely the handiwork of his mentor, and quickly took the lantern and lit it.

When faint white smoke and brilliant light began to emerge from inside, some of the towering trees in the surrounding forest immediately became distorted.

Immediately afterwards, the trunk of one of the big trees suddenly expanded to a diameter of more than several hundred meters, and a spiral staircase leading to a higher place appeared out of thin air near the branches above.

There is no doubt that this staircase is the entrance to Sonnisla, the city in the trees.

Previously, it was perfectly covered due to the protection of the magic lock.

"Are you going to inform those forest elves?"

Aberdare stared at the entrance and asked in an uncertain tone.

Sancho replied without hesitation: "No need. This is a battle and trial that belongs to us. There is no need to involve outsiders. Let's go, it's time to settle the accounts with Irenicas."

"I will kill this evil mage with my own hands! Dig out his black heart and liver to avenge Danahei!" Minsk roared with a ferocious expression.

Although his mind is not very good, he will never forget how Irenekas brutally killed the witch he swore to risk his life to protect.

The one with the same frightening expression was Aberdare, who endured all kinds of torture in the Tower of Dulag and was stripped of his divinity and power. He almost turned into Aberdare, who had no sense and only knew how to kill like crazy.

Seeing that his teammates were mentally prepared, Sancho took the lead and got in first without saying a word.

The rest followed closely behind.

However, they did not take away the Lamp of Lane, but left it near the entrance.

If those forest elves would send a small team to patrol nearby, they should soon find that the entrance to Sodanisla has been opened, and then lead the rest of the army to fight back to regain the occupied city.

Just when the three Sons of Baal walked up the stairs to the top floor, they were shocked by this beautiful city built on the Tree of Life.

In the palace far away on the other side of the city, Irenicas has broken the seal and defeated his former lover. He is standing at the energy node inside the Tree of Life, placing the bugs shaped by magic and divine power one by one. Specify location.

Seeing this scene, the Elf Queen immediately struggled to get up from the ground and shouted loudly: "No! Don't do this! Please! Jonares! Give up your unrealistic ambitions while you can still turn around. .”

"give up?

We've come this far and you still want me to give up?

No, dear.

The price for my soft-heartedness last time was losing everything I had as an elf and being cruelly exiled from my hometown.

I won't trust you this time.

I will take back everything that belongs to me through my wits and my hands.

Watch and I will prove that those elven gods are nothing. "

After saying that, Irenekas stood at the core of the Tree of Life and began to chant unfamiliar magic spells.

Under his urging, all the giant insects inserted their needle-like mouthparts into the trunk of the Tree of Life, continuously extracting the indescribable huge energy inside.

Along with this crazy sucking, the insect's abdomen soon swelled and glowed with green light symbolizing life energy.

At the same time, Irenekas used magical rituals to transfer the energy in the insect's belly to his body and even his soul.

After a while, the elf essence and external characteristics that he had been deprived of were restored.

The most obvious thing is that the human skin magic mask on his face automatically falls off, revealing a thin and handsome face.

At the same time, long, golden and silky hair once again grew on the bald head.

Obviously, this is what Irenekas looked like when he was an elf high mage, and he is the man that Queen Elixing loves deeply.

But compared to appearance, what really makes Irenicas extremely excited is that his elf soul is back.

No need to ask, he knew that at this moment he had determined that as long as the entire plan was successfully completed, he would be 100% able to be promoted to an elf god.

not enough!

Far from enough!

I want more!

Irenekas roared with hunger and thirst in his heart.

At this time, he had completely forgotten everything, given up everything, and sacrificed everything, just so that he could finally cross the boundary between mortals and gods.

In about half an hour, this crazy mage began to shine with majesty like a god.

Seeing that she could no longer regain her former lover, Alyxing closed her eyes in despair, lying on the ground and crying silently. At the same time, her physical condition was deteriorating, haggard, and aging at an unimaginable speed.

If you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that her situation seems to be closely connected with the tree of life under her feet that blocks the sky and the sun.

The more energy Irenekas drains, the weaker the elf queen becomes.

It is foreseeable that if the entire Tree of Life is completely drained, then Elixing will inevitably die along with the former.

But it's a pity that no one in the entire palace can stop Irenikas now.

The elf warriors, mages, and priests who looked upon death as if they were dead have all turned into mutilated corpses piled up in the room at the entrance.

The queen herself has also been drained of all her power, and now she cannot even release the most basic zero-ring magic.

Erinikas proved with practical actions how terrifying a legendary mage can be when he goes all out, and can easily destroy a city or even a country by himself.

Even the Elf Kingdom, which has a large number of high-level warriors, mages, rangers, and priests, is no exception.

Just when Aili Xing began to feel that her body was getting heavier and her consciousness began to blur, she suddenly discovered that Zuo Si's figure actually appeared on the tree stump only a few steps away from her, even holding a handful of Sodenis in her hand. Pulling the specialty raspberries and throwing them into your mouth one after another, it looks relaxed and comfortable.

"Your Majesty Soth?!"

The Elf Queen first rubbed her eyes to confirm that this was not a fantasy, then opened her mouth and tried to call the other party.

"Shh!"

Zuo Si put a finger on his lips to signal silence, then walked straight to him and helped Ali Xing up, and asked with a smile: "Dear Queen, you don't look very well now, do you want to eat?" Order some raspberries and take a break?”

Ali Xing smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Thank you for your kindness, but I can't get better by eating a few raspberries.

If no one can stop Irenikas, both the Tree of Life and I will die.

And it will also cause all the plants within a few kilometers around to wither.

The elven villages scattered around the Wildas Forest will also gradually disappear as they lose their protection.

But I'm a little curious. When you appear inside the Tree of Life at this time, are you ready to intervene? "

"Haha, of course not.

Actually I just came to watch the show.

Just half an hour ago, my disciple Sancho and two other sons of Baal had arrived at Soldanisla.

Now they are fighting with creatures such as demons, evil beasts, ghosts, and golems in the city.

It won't be long before we reach here for a decisive battle with Irenikas.

So there is no need for you to be so pessimistic, but to believe in destiny.

Come, eat some raspberries to relieve your mood. "

With that said, Zuo Si very generously grabbed a handful of raspberries and stuffed them to Elixing, eating them by himself while admiring the original magical god-consecration ceremony of Elenikas in the distance.

It has to be said that as one of the two existing magic systems in Faerûn, the elves' advanced magic does have its own uniqueness.

At least when there is sufficient preparation time, it is almost difficult for the current mainstream magic system developed from the Netheril era to take advantage of the confrontation.

Especially the bugs that absorbed the energy of the Tree of Life gave Zuo Si a great inspiration.

In his opinion, this thing is similar to the ancient gods of the Azeroth universe next door.

They are all like parasites that can sneak into places with huge energy sources to draw power, and then exert influence on the energy source to gradually change it in the direction they want.

It's just that the workmanship of these bugs in Erinikas is still very rough, many details are not perfect enough, and there is considerable room for improvement.

But considering that Irenekas was pressed for time, it was quite difficult to complete such a huge workload in a short period of time.

As for the other party's method of stimulating divinity by absorbing a large amount of life energy, Zuo Si did not want to make too many comments.

Because the risk of this thing is really too great.

You must know that Irenekas doesn't even have a single believer in the mortal world, let alone an organized church.

This means that even if he finally succeeds in becoming a god, without the support of mortal faith, he will soon fall into an extremely weak state, or even go directly to the star world to lie down.

The elves and gods don't even need to fight, they just hold it back for a while, and this guy will explode.

Therefore, Zuo Si believes that Irenekas's deepest desire is not so much to become a god, but rather to hold his breath to ask for what he considers "justice" from the elven gods...