Chapter 24: Advent, Sea of ​​Forest
"stand at attention!"

"Take a break!"

Rhodes' shouts echoed on the Moon Goddess Altar.

At this moment, he was standing in front of the two little guys, Little Thing and Soul Raven, with a serious face.

"Cough cough..."

"You have seen today that if you bring things into the altar casually, something bad will happen and it will cause great harm to the altar."

"So, from now on, you can't bring anything back without my approval. Got it? Captain Little Thing, and Officer Raven!"

Rhodes acted like a boss, calm and composed, and gave orders in a warning tone.

little things:???

Soul Raven: ???
The two little guys stood close together, tilting their heads. They didn't understand what Rhodes was doing, but they still cooperated with his performance and stayed where they were without moving.

that's it.

After lecturing the altar squad for a while, Rhodes waved his hand contentedly.

"Okay, let's break up the meeting."

Eee~
Ga~
The two little guys understood what this meant, and immediately ran away cheering, and continued playing in the plantation, without any awareness that they had almost gotten into trouble.

Ok.

I was such a fool to try to make them both understand.

Rhodes held his forehead with one hand, ignored them, and returned to the altar to continue checking the abnormality of the Tree of Life statue.

He found.

Ever since the talking ball of light appeared today, the statue seems to have become different.

Especially the mark of the tree god floating above, flashing and seeming to convey some information to him, which was very strange.

"Lord Tree God, Brother Tree, Brother Tree...if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. If you can't speak, you can ask me in your dreams. It's so creepy to keep dodging like this."

Rhodes came to the statue and tried to communicate.

However, what responded to him was the mark that flickered on and off, like a time bomb.

And just then.

The tree god's mark seemed to sense something and suddenly flashed even brighter.

"what's the situation?"

Rhodes' heart tightened, and he always felt that something was calling him.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally stretched out the branch and gently touched the statue.

Swish!
There was a sudden spin.

He saw a flash before his eyes and found himself in an ancient forest, with a constant stream of chattering voices in his ears.

"Lord Silas, have you really awakened? I wonder if you can listen to the voices of your people..."

"If this continues, the entire tree spirit clan will be doomed. Lord Silas, please give us guidance..."

Rhodes looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that the source of the sound was actually a row of huge war trees.

There were also various kinds of flowers, plants and animals gathered around him, all worshipping him devoutly.

where is this?
Rhodes looked around and finally his eyes fell on himself.

This is incredible.

He actually turned into a bare trunk of an ancient tree, which looked somewhat similar to the shadow of the Tree of Life, except that it was many times smaller.

Combined with what he had just heard, he finally understood what was going on.

It seems like...

Came to the sacrificial site of a certain tree spirit community, and in the form of consciousness projection.

Because he could clearly feel the connection between himself and the Moon Goddess Altar, he could go back with just a thought.

But here.

But it is difficult to move.

It can only possess the trunk of this withered ancient tree.

"So, this is why you asked me to come here?"

Now Rhodes finally understood why the Tree God's mark kept flashing. It turned out that it wanted him to help its descendants.

"You told me earlier, you scared me."

"I thought it was haunted..."

Rhodes let out a long sigh and turned his attention to the tree spirits again.

All they saw were dry branches, yellow leaves, and weathered bark, with not a single good spot on the tree.

Not to mention the birds and animals.

Whether they are herbivores or carnivores, they are all skinny and look like they are short of food.

Rhode was shocked by the sight. How could the legendary giant war tree that dominated the battlefield be reduced to such a state? What on earth had happened?
Don't tell me it was caused by the Moon Goddess running away...

Ok.

It seems true.

Because the next second after this thought came to his mind, an old tree spirit that looked the most prestigious suddenly walked forward tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, the great Moon God, my people have sensed that the forest is reviving. Please allow our souls to return to the Dream Forest, follow in the footsteps of Lord Silas, and contribute to the revival of the forest."

"Please, Moon Goddess, give us guidance!"

A loud rumbling sound echoed throughout the center of the forest.

The little animals lay on the ground obediently, looking at the center of the sacrificial site with hope.

Even though they knew that such sacrifices had been performed countless times.

But I still have a glimmer of hope.

Hope to get a response.

that's it.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Just when the tree spirits thought they would return empty-handed again, a distant and heavy voice suddenly came from the trunk of the ancient tree.

"The woodland... needs your strength..."

Fine.

Now that I've led him here, I can't just sit back and do nothing.

After all, they are all our own people.

It just so happened that Rhodes had been thinking about finding more help these days, and these tree spirits came at the right time, and they could be regarded as helping the Moon Goddess clean up the mess.

And the appearance of his voice.

It also made the entire center of the forest boil in an instant.

"Your Majesty the Moon God!"

"Have you finally heard our call!?"

"Great! Lord Moon God has responded to us!"

A group of giant war trees stood up excitedly. The rumbling sound shook the air violently and countless cracks appeared on the ground.

That terrifying power.

The ideological Rhodes was secretly shocked by what he saw.

It is indeed worthy of being called the giant war tree that dominates the battlefield. The noise it makes unconsciously alone gives people a feeling of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting.

If we can get their help.

It will definitely be of great benefit to woodland reconstruction.

But the problem is.

How was he going to get these big guys onto the altar?

"Lord Luna!"

Just as I was thinking about it, shouting was heard.

Augla, who had been squatting in the corner, finally found an opportunity. He hurriedly squeezed into the sacrificial site and looked at the totem with a flattering face.

"Do you still remember me? I am Augla, who was summoned by you before. I can contribute to the reconstruction of the forest!"

"Augula, don't be rude!"

The elders were horrified and wanted to step forward and pull him away, fearing that his inappropriate words would anger the gods.

But don't know.

How strange Rhodes' expression was at this moment.

Because he felt a familiar soul breath from Augla, which was exactly the ball of light that the little guys had accidentally summoned before.

Good guy.

It turns out it's you, kid.

Then it’s decided to be you!
The moment this thought came to mind, with a "boom", a green beam of light full of life breath fell from the sky and directly enveloped Augla's huge body.

Then, under the shocked gaze of the elders, a crescent mark appeared on Augla's chest, and countless flowers and plants bloomed around the entire sacrificial site, spreading in all directions.

"miracle!"

"It's a miracle from the Moon God!"

In the blink of an eye.

All living creatures in the center of the forest sea knelt down and watched this magnificent scene with piety.

(End of this chapter)