Chapter 23 Surrounded
The goddess of forest Anika, one of the original gods, ranks among the top among the gods, and the temples are everywhere in every popular corner of Pavatiga.
Although the Forest Temple is headquartered in McCar Forest, the most powerful wood elves kingdom, and the other three wood elves kingdoms are recognized as the birthplace of their other three wood elves countries, her believers are not only wood elves. In fact, there are people in all races who believe in Anika, but there are many. After all, as long as people in life who can be related to forests and even plants, it is not harmful to believe in her.
Of course, most believers of other races are just pan-believers. These pan-believers have many gods. According to the degree of piety, the power of faith dedicated to each god is much less than those 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, wood elves are the most pious, and even a little too pious, because even in the era of the Temples, in the royal capital of the McCar Forest, only the temples of the forest gods are accepted, and all other temples are rejected.
Once, Lord Anika personally brought down the oracle to coordinate for this. The devout wood elves could only obey and allowed several temples to enter. However, in life, the wood elves were as if they were facing a great enemy to these temples and would rather die than be within ten meters of the temple. In the past fifty years, there was no visitor from the McCa Forest, so that several temples could only withdraw from the forest kingdom boredom. This shows that the loyalty of the wood elves to the goddess cannot even change the goddess himself.
But even so, the wood elves dare not say that they are the most loyal believers of the forest goddess, because there are also their companion race forest spirits in the forest, and the forest spirits are the creatures that are most loyal to the goddess Anika.
Because they were created by the goddess of the forest.
According to legend, the first generation of Lin Jing was born from the remains of the mortal world. The blood of the goddess Anika flowed in the body of Lin Jing. Whether this statement is really untestable, no one except the gods know the answer, but all Lin Jings will call Anika intimately called her mother. From this, it can be seen that this legend may not be unfounded.
The powerful forest spirits and wood spirits form the core of the forest church, and countless mortals form the extension of the church. Although in human society, the forest church has always been a marginal belief, the foundation and strength of the church cannot be underestimated.
However, no matter how powerful the gods are, there is only a sacred hall of the same size in the temple of the gods.
Anika's Holy Hall is not too far from the Dark Moon Hall, but what you see and hear along the way is something that people outside the Temple of the Gods can never imagine.
For example, it is hard to believe that the priests of Ovregan, the Lord of Fire, would sit face to face with the priest of Wendy, the Lord of Rivers and Lakes, and drink in front of the same stall. Even in the Temple Era, the churches of these two gods were hostile to each other. The worship halls rarely appeared in the same city. Even if there were two priests of the gods who lived in a few cities, they would sneer at the moment of meeting, and then developed into fierce quarrels, and finally ended with friendly and aggressive divine exchanges.
This is what they should do, not just sit together while drinking and flirting. When they look at their expressions, they know that something strange must have happened last night.
"Hey, stupid Moria, you're thinking about something strange in your mind. Why are the focus always these messy things?" Lisa's face turned red. After all, she was just a little girl. Some words were still too exciting for her. "The more you come into contact with you, the more strange your brother will become. It must be you who have ruined her brother."
"Huh? Did I say something messy?" The black-haired Lin Jing, half-husband, pointed at her nose blankly, "No, I just said that they must have not had deep meditation last night, and they looked so tired today. Isn't this strange thing for you high-level priests?"
"Don't pretend to be stupid. You are shameless deer, you don't think I can't hear what you want to say."
"Yuyou, Youyou. I am just a deer, I can't understand too complicated human language, Youyou."
Although the two were quarreling, their actions were quite harmonious. Lisa sat sideways on Moria's back and skillfully held her waist.
Although the distance is indeed not far, Lisa is still young after all, and it will be very difficult to keep up with the pace of the two of them. In order not to make Lisa too tired, it is not right, and in order not to let Lisa slow down the speed of the two of them, it is better to let her sit on it. Well, the fair priest Shur said this.
In fact, this is not the first time Lisa has ridden on Moria's back. Moria has had more than once when she went to Rose Capital to find Shuer to play, and everyone has been used to it. However, the habits of the three of them does not mean that passers-by are also used to it. Everyone is looking at the three of them with a surprised look, and many people are even whispering.
You can't blame the passers-by for making a fuss. After all, being a passerby on the streets of the Temple of the Gods has long since left the level of fuss. It's rare to see such things as the riding spirit.
In fact, Lin Jing is not afraid of others as a means of transportation. They have always been proud of their own form, so of course they don’t mind using the convenient conditions of deer form. It is very common to help friends carry goods.
However, if the person riding on it is a smart creature, it is another concept. For the Linjing race, this is a very personal behavior. They will never allow it unless the relationship is close enough.
The few examples you have seen are basically the companion races of Lin Jing and Wood Elf. Like now, it is a human riding on it. This is the first time I have seen it. But if you look closely, it’s just a little girl sitting on it, so that’s nothing. After all, Lin Jing often likes children very much and is also very fond of them, so it’s no wonder.
"She didn't like me! And she just shook her head deliberately and used her hair to suck me!" She secretly looked at her brother and confirmed that Shure did not show any embarrassment. Lisa continued to act coquettishly. Humph, bad woman, bad doe, don't try to steal my brother away from me. Lisa is the cutest one, and my brother will never be fooled by you!
Even if the warriors just walked slowly, their speed was much faster than ordinary people. Not long after, the Forest Hall had already appeared in their sight.
People will never admit their mistakes, because the Forest Hall is so special.
Although the temples are covered with flowers and vegetation, they are all green grass and shrubs. Due to the city's environment, there are almost no tall trees in the city.
But the Forest Hall is an exception. Thirty or forty big trees almost surrounded it into a small forest. Only the tall spire of the Forest Hall reveals its head from the lush canopy and points out its location. This forest has unique characteristics. Almost every tree has different types, such as pine trees, sycamore trees, peach trees, pomegranates, dragon flame fruits, and various types of trees grow together. Walking over it is like visiting a plant exhibition.
Lisa's mouth twitched, and Shuer's mouth twitched, and the two of them sighed in a tangled manner at the same time. There was no way not to sigh, because when they saw this forest, they realized that this trip to the Holy Hall of the Forest was destined to be full of headaches.
Sure enough, just halfway through the woods, the woods came alive.
"Hey? Look, it's a human being, and he's still riding on Moria."
"Wow, there is another man, Moria, is this the human that you said last time, riding you."
"Really? Let me see, your broken branch blocks me, wow, really, Moria brought her little boyfriend back."
"I want to see it too, I want to see it too, Yoyo, sure enough, Little Moria's first foreign friend, and she is still alive. She is really alive, she can breathe and walk."
"Isn't it a stone tablet with words engraved? Is it the kind that can move?"
"Hey, humans, are you really friends of Little Moria? How about it, is Moria very fun and easy to ride?"
In an instant, my ears were filled with a lot of chirping noises. Although they were made with a unique wooden voice, they were still very noisy.
"Yes, yes, yes, I am Moria's friend, and I live. Not only can I breathe, but I can also speak. It's amazing." Shuer pressed his forehead and looked entangled.
"Ahhh, I've spoken, Moria's friend has spoken to me."
Immediately, countless branches reached next to Shuer, and some even stretched out from dozens of meters away on the spot. When scholars studying plants saw this, they would probably cry until they died.
I was actually watched by onlookers and a group of trees. Suer suddenly felt that it was a mistake to come to the Forest Hall by himself.
"Hehehe, how about it, my friends are good, they are all very interesting." Moria jumped around the ground like a deer, as if an ordinary girl showing off her friends to her sisters, but... "Ah, I mean the tall one, the small one doesn't count."
Bastard Moria, if you hadn't had many people, I would have beaten you long ago, and what happened to them, you changed your tone on purpose. Lord Lisa grinded her teeth fiercely, as if she had eaten the freshest deer steak.
Swish, a branch stretched out to Shuer, and the branches were full of fruits.
"Moria's kid, come on, I'll treat you to fruit, this is the freshest."
"Oh, old-fashioned." He sighed again in his heart, and Shuer did not refuse. He picked two ripe dragon flame fruits and one of them with Lisa. He bit them in one bite. The fiery red dragon flame fruit was sweet, fragrant, crispy and delicious.
Chapter completed!