Alien world

Chapter 1185 Chapter 107. Strategy for Druid

As Annan followed Dad to the port to pick up the druid, with the vast sea in front and the vast farmland behind, he realized another reason that he had not discovered before.

That's Skaven and Demons in the North.

The shadow of childhood will accompany a person throughout his life and determine his future character.

Annan is similar. Ever since it was forced to abandon Xingyue Bay and the land it once called home fell, Annan has been driven by an invisible emotion called "uneasiness".

So he was anxious to develop, and also had a deep trust in the city walls.

It seems that Middle-earth is extremely powerful. The empire standing there alone is an insurmountable wall. Skaven and demons have no hope of breaking in. Even if the sky collapses, there are tall people to hold it up.

An optimist would see a tall man, a pessimist would see the sky falling, and Annan wanted to see himself become a tall man.

When Annan and Dad arrived at the port, a merchant ship from Wilhelm had just docked.

Annan looked for familiar figures among the druids who stepped off the merchant ship, but there were many he had never seen before. Fortunately, he found someone he knew.

"Serana, long time no see." Annan looked at the petite deer man bathed in soft light.

"Long time no see." Serana's deer hooves curled gently. "We heard about what happened to you in Wilhelm. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, it's all in the past." Annan smiled nonchalantly and looked at the eight or nine druids behind her. "Why are there so many new faces? Where are Treebeard and Gema?"

"They were punishing some human lords in the east, and after receiving your invitation, they asked us to come over."

"Thank you. Please follow me."

Annan nodded friendly to the druid behind her, but received no response.

The druids felt uncomfortable with the crowded Free City, but the exquisite houses and the green areas and parks everywhere changed their minds.

Passersby didn't explore or stare at them too much, at most they looked at them with curiosity and innocence.

But when they saw a large area of ​​houses and farmland outside the city, their good impression disappeared.

“It’s terrible here…”

The elven druid, whose body was entangled with vines and green leaves, whispered.

Annan thought that wheat fields were also plants, but it seemed that... the druids didn't think so.

"Take us to the edge of the forest and take a look." Selana said at this time, helping Annan out.

The residents outside the city saw that Annan had little chance of survival and could not help but gather around. Although Luo Xi led the guards to evacuate them, the druids' frowned brows showed that they were not in a good mood.

Seeing the houses bordering the forest, the druids said again that they were too close.

When they got closer to the forest mountains and saw the new forest, their frowns relaxed again.

What surprised them most was that there were elves lingering in the woods only a few dozen yards away from residential areas, and there were children playing with them.

"Liberty City has written forest protection into its code. No one will harm trees, not even ignorant children," said Annan.

The druids walked into the woods. Their arrival attracted the elves to come over, leaving behind the children who were biting their fingers and looking over here.

After circling around the druids, they ran around Annan under the druids' surprised gazes.

Annan smiled and said to them, "Go and entertain the guests first."

The druids circled the woods and walked deeper into the forest. Serana came back and said, "Annan, we want to bless this forest first."

Annan agreed to her request and agreed to pick them up tomorrow.

Dade stated her request in the letter. Since they were willing to bless the forest, it meant that half of the success was achieved. That night, people in Liberty City saw the usually dark forest flickering with glowworm-like lights.

The next day, Annan and Dad came to the woods to pick them up, but only Serana came out on the grass.

"We blessed this forest, but the druids would not bless the Gem Bay..."

"why?"

"This is my fault..." Selana apologized, "I described Liberty City very well in the letter, making them think that Liberty City was a forest city. They didn't know that such a big change had taken place here."

Gap? That's a bit difficult...

"Is there no other way?" Annan still wanted to fight.

The druid's blessing can at least double the yield of the wheat fields. There are so many cultivated fields in Liberty City that even if Dade died of exhaustion, she would not be able to bless them all.

Even if Serana was willing to help, it wouldn't be enough.

"Try to convince my companions, and hurry," she said. "Druids don't stay in one place for long."

After blessing the forest, they will leave.

After saying this, Selana returned to the forest. Annan looked at her petite tail thoughtfully, wondering how to make the druids change their minds.

Annan asked Dad, "How about letting Treebeard command them?"

"I'm afraid not. Treebeard sent them here, which means they are the ones who are most willing to interact with humans."

Druids don't have the arrogance of elves, but they are almost as stubborn.

This is easy to say. The extremists and avengers among the druids are even more committed to the idea of ​​destroying life that destroys nature.

Annan returned to the City Lord's Mansion and asked the two deputy city lords to help him come up with a plan.

Olmedo and Itilia were discussing on the side, and Annan casually opened the briefing that his eldest sister had placed aside.

The briefing was about the cleanup in the north.

The two legions captured many evil people, many of whom were not punishable by hanging, but there were also some prisoners whose crimes did not deserve the death penalty.

These people would usually be sentenced to imprisonment and compulsory labor according to the laws of Liberty City, but a smart person actually found a loophole by studying the "Code of Liberty City": they are citizens of the Principality, and Liberty City has no right to enforce the law in the Principality and sentence them according to the laws of Liberty City.

Any other lord might have just smiled and thrown him to the gallows.

But he was a smart man after all. He realized that Liberty City really followed the legal and fair form and found this loophole that was useless against despicable people but only effective against knights.

Looking at the briefing, Annan's idea was, how about showing the druid the Other World Tree?
Forget it... It's not worth the risk. He was worried even if he told only Treebeard and Serana, except for Dad.

Continuing to read on, Idyllia's annotation is that the Free City and the Principality are allies and have law enforcement powers, which can be regarded as filling the loophole, but if you look into it more deeply, it is still a bit unreasonable.

Annan quietly stood up, leaving Olmedo and his eldest sister to continue their discussion, and went to the Liberty City Prison to visit this "talent" who found a loophole in the law.

The figure was completely different from the "cunning and thin" figure Annan had imagined. He looked quite decent, and when he put on knight armor, no one would doubt his loyalty to the creed.

All the other prisoners in the cell were staring at Annan, but he was the only one who glanced at him and then quickly lowered his head.

"You know me?"

When Annan called him, he said respectfully: "You are the Champion Warlock, Lord of Liberty City, King of the North, Annan Reeves. Your reputation is well-known in the West..."

(End of this chapter)