dark moon

Chapter 74

Forest goddess Anika, one of the original gods, ranks among the top in strength among the gods. Temples are located in every inhabited corner of Parvatiga.

Although the Forest Temple is headquartered in Meca Forest - the most powerful wood elf country and the recognized birthplace of the other three wood elf countries - her followers are not just wood elves, in fact, they are from all races. There are many people who believe in Anika. After all, as long as people can have a relationship with forests or even plants in their lives, there is no harm in believing in her.

Of course, most of the believers of other races are just pan-believers. These pan-believers believe in many gods. The power of belief dedicated to each god according to the degree of piety is much less than those of dedicated devout believers. .

Her true core believers are mainly wood elves, as well as some humans and dwarves who live in the forest all year round. Among them, the wood elves are the most pious, and even a little too pious, because even today in the Era of the Gods, the Meca Forest In the royal capital, only the temples of the forest god system are still allowed to enter, and all other temples are turned away.

Lord Anika once personally issued an oracle to coordinate this, and the devout wood elves had no choice but to obey and allowed several temples to enter. However, in life, the wood elves were faced with these temples as if they were enemies and would rather die than Within ten meters of the temple, several temples have not had a visitor from the Maika Forest for 50 years, so that several temples finally had no choice but to withdraw from the forest kingdom. This shows that the wood elves have no regard for the goddess. Her loyal heart cannot even be changed by the goddess herself.

But even so, the wood elves dare not say that they are the most loyal believers of the forest goddess, because their companion race, the forest elves, exist in the forest, and the forest elves are the creatures most loyal to the goddess Anika.

Because they themselves were created by the forest goddess.

According to legend, the first generation of forest spirits was born from the mortal remains of the goddess Anika, and the blood of the goddess Anika flows in the forest spirits.Whether this statement is true or not is untestable. No one knows the answer except the gods. However, all forest elves will affectionately call Anika their mother. This shows that this legend may not be unfounded.

The powerful forest elves and wood elves form the core of the Forest Church, and countless mortals form the church's extension. Although the Forest Church has always been a fringe faith in human society, the church's heritage and strength cannot be underestimated.

However, no matter how powerful the gods are, there is only one sacred hall of the same size and scale in the pantheon of gods.

The Sacred Hall of Anika is not too far away from the Hall of Dark Moon, but what you see and hear along the way is something that people outside the temples can never imagine.

For example, it is hard for people to believe that the priest of the Lord of Fire, Offregan, would sit face to face with the priest of Wendy, the Lord of Rivers and Lakes, at the same booth to drink. They are also hostile to each other. Halls of worship rarely appear in the same city. Even if a few cities do have two priests of the gods, they will be ridiculed as soon as they meet, and then develop into fierce quarrels, and finally end up with friendly attacks. The end of the sexual magic exchange.

This is what they should be doing, instead of sitting together drinking and flirting like they are doing now. One look at the expressions of the two of them and they knew that something strange must have happened last night.

"Hey, you idiot Moria, what strange things are you thinking about in your mind? Why do you always focus on these messy things?" Lisa blushed. After all, she was only a little girl. It was still too exciting for her, "The more I come into contact with you, the weirder my brother's words become. You must have led him astray."

"Eh? Did I say something messed up?" The half-human, half-deer black-haired Lin Jing pointed to his nose blankly, "No, I just said that they must have not meditated deeply last night. That’s why you look so tired. Isn’t this kind of thing strange to you high-level clergy?”

"Don't pretend to be stupid, you shameless deer, you think I can't hear what you want to say."

"Yo Yo, Yo Yo. I'm just a deer, I can't understand too complicated human language, Yo Yo."

Although the two had a lively quarrel, their actions were quite harmonious. Lisa sat sideways on Moria's deer's back and held her waist skillfully.

Although the distance is indeed not far, Lisa is still young after all, and it will be difficult to keep up with the pace of the two.In order to prevent Lisa from being too tired, no, no, in order to prevent Lisa from slowing down the two of them, it would be better to let her sit on it, well, so the fair Priest Shuer said.

In fact, this is not the first time that Lisa has ridden on Moria's back. There has been more than one precedent when Moria went to the Rose City to play with Xiure, and everyone has long been used to it.However, just because the three of them are used to it does not mean that passers-by are also used to it. Everyone is looking at the three of them with surprised eyes, and many people are even whispering.

You can't blame the passers-by for making a fuss. After all, being a passer-by on the street of the Temple of Gods has already broken away from the level of making a fuss. It's just that riding a forest elf is rare.

In fact, Lin Jing doesn't shy away from being used as a means of transportation by others. They are always proud of their own form. Of course, they don't mind using the convenience of the deer form. It is very common to help friends carry goods.

However, if the person riding up is an intelligent creature, that is a different concept. For the forest elf race, this is a very personal behavior, and they will never allow it unless the relationship is close enough.

The few examples that everyone has seen are basically the companion races of forest elves and wood elves. Like now, the person riding on them is a human. This is the first time I have seen them.But if you look carefully, well, it's just a little girl sitting on it, so it doesn't matter. After all, forest spirits tend to like children and are very popular with children, so it's no wonder.

"She's not trying to please me! And she just shook her head on purpose and hit me with her hair!" She secretly looked at her brother to confirm that Shuer didn't look embarrassed, and Lisa continued her coquettish offensive. Huh, bad woman, Bad doe, don’t try to take my brother away from me. Lisa is the cutest, and I will never fall for your trick!
Even if the warriors were just walking slowly, their speed was much faster than ordinary people. It didn't take long for the Forest Hall to appear in sight.There's no mistaking it, because Forest Hall is so special.

Although the temples are covered with lush flowers and vegetation, they are all grass and shrubs. Due to the environmental restrictions of the city, there are almost no tall trees in the city.

But the Forest Hall is an exception. Thirty or forty big trees almost surround it into a small forest. Only the tall spire of the Forest Hall protrudes from the lush canopy to indicate its position.This forest has its own characteristics. Almost every tree is of a different type. Pines, sycamores, peach trees, pomegranates, dragon fruit, and wind root trees all grow together. Walking there is like visiting Botanical Exhibition.

The corners of Lisa's mouth twitched, and the corners of Shuer's mouth twitched as well, and they both let out a tangled sigh at the same time.There was no way not to sigh, because as soon as they saw this forest, the two of them knew that this trip to the Forest Hall was destined to be full of headaches.

Sure enough, just halfway through the woods, the woods came to life.

"Eh? Look, look, it's a human being, and it's riding on Moria."

"Wow, there is another man, Moria. Moria, is this the human who rode you last time as you said?"

"Really? Really? Let me see, your broken branch is blocking me. Wow, it's true. Moriah brought her little boyfriend back."

"I want to see it too, I want to see it too, yo yo yo, sure enough, little Moriah's first foreign friend is here, and he is still alive. He is really alive. He can breathe and walk."

"Isn't it a stone tablet with words engraved on it? Is it the kind that can move?"

"Hey, humans, are you really friends with little Moria? How about it, isn't Moria fun and easy to ride?"

For a moment, the ears were filled with a lot of chirping noises. Although it was made with a very unique wooden voice, it was still extremely noisy.

"Yes, yes, yes, I am Moria's friend, and I am alive. Not only can I breathe, but I can also talk. Isn't it amazing?" Shuer pressed his forehead with a confused look on his face.

"Ah, we talked, Moria's friend talked to me."

Immediately, countless branches stretched out to Xiure's side, and some even stretched directly from dozens of meters away. Scholars who studied plants would probably cry until they died when they saw this.

I was actually being watched, and also by a group of trees. Shuer suddenly felt that he had made a mistake by coming to the Forest Hall.

"Hey hey hey, how are you? My friends are pretty good, they are all interesting." Moria happily jumped around on the ground like a deer, as if she were an ordinary girl showing off her friends to her sisters, but ..."Ah, I mean the taller one, not the smaller one."

Bastard Moria, if there weren't many of you, I would have beaten you long ago, and what's going on with 'them'? You must have changed your tone to me on purpose.Lady Lisa gritted her teeth fiercely, as if she had eaten the freshest deer steak.

Well, a branch stretched out in front of Xiuer, and the branch was covered with fruits.

"Children of Moria, come, let me treat you to some fruit, this is the freshest."

"Oh, it's the same old thing." He sighed in his heart again, and Xiuer didn't refuse, so he picked two ripe Dragon Flame Fruits, one for each of Lisa.When you bite into it, the fiery red dragon fruit is sweet, fragrant, crisp and delicious.

"Ah! Child, my child." The branch suddenly shook and shouted, "You actually ate my child!"

(End of this chapter)