Chapter 856 The Heart of Nature
Neither Victor nor Ant-Man Queen could enter Bell's fantasy forest in person, and Randall Expedition and Advanced Ant-Man Ant respectively represent the extension of their will. Therefore, before Charlotte and others implemented the rescue plan, Victor did a lot of preparations, including some scenario deductions for Ant-Man Ant.
An has already left the ant colony, and this is certain that it would not have been possible for him to enter Bell's fantasy forest. The Ant-Man Queen left unknown means on An, which is undoubtedly true. The biggest possibility of Victor's deduction is that An provides an coordinate for An. When Ant-Man Queen solves the Pale Lord, causing the secret realm that covers the Assyrian settlement to fail, the ant colony can quickly lock Bertina's position through the coordinates provided by An.
Victor left the seeds of spiritual suggestion deep in An's heart. Charlotte could use spiritual suggestion to induce An to send an incorrect coordinate to the ant colony at a critical moment. This is a means by Victor to prevent the Ant-Man Queen from robbing Beltina, and it is also a measure for Randall to explore to escape from the threat of the ant colony.
However, Victor was not omniscient and omnipotent. He did not know that there was such a thing as the Unold Spring in the Assyrian Secret Realm, nor did he expect that Anba's possession of a Unold Spring could turn into an ancient Gross insect and develop his own ancient insect group.
Victor also had a limited understanding of the Gros Zerg. However, as Victor's Vow Knight, Charlotte sneaked into the underground tunnel under the Temple of Azoreta. Victor told her that the giant shield beetles, eight-limbed insects, large hole-digging insects and other undead creatures they encountered in the underground tunnel were most likely the Gros Zerg units.
After listening to the academic analysis of the Imosen Wizard, Charlotte judged that the higher Ant-Man An established a small group of Gross based on the Bu Laoquan. In addition to the black beetles and large worms, she should also have some Zerg units dedicated to combat.
However, Nelson believed that the unintelligent black beetle swarm was the biggest difficulty Randall's expedition encountered. He shrugged his shoulders and wiped his beloved gold beheading giant sword, saying, "I feel that the danger here comes from the black beetle swarm and the higher Ant-Man An himself. As for the other bugs, I don't feel anything... What do you guys feel?"
He asked about Marcy, Red Wolf and Rogers, three fierce warriors of different levels.
Marcy was the first to speak, "My perception of the source of danger is not very clear, but after hearing what the Legion Commander said, I did feel the pressure at different levels. The black beetle swarm has the greatest threat. In addition, there is a danger that makes me suffocate in the depths of the barren land. I feel that I can't escape if I meet it head-on. This should be the mutated higher Ant-man."
Red Wolf, who is also a fierce silver-level warrior, agrees with the view of the blood python Marcy. As for Rogers, he still can't tell the level of danger and the direction.
Klaus tried to explain: "His Excellency Imothen's alienated beasts brings us a sense of security, offsetting the dangerous intuition of the violent warriors towards other Zerg units?"
Nelson slapped his thigh and said happily: "Yes! That's what I want to say. Even if the advanced Ant-Man An relies on the magical power of the Unold Spring to build a swarm, it has not been in for a long time, so how many big bugs can it give birth to? I believe that Imosen's alienated beast will not lose to its bugs."
"His Excellency Imosen's alienated beast group may now have a more dominant position. If you give An more time to continue to strengthen its insect minions, the consequences will be hard to say." Brandon reminded him.
Imosen showed hesitation. Seeing that everyone's eyes were looking at him, he said embarrassedly: "One alienated cat ape will be missing if it dies. There is no way to supplement it yet... I can cultivate horned lizards, but their intelligence is low and I need me to control my actions. I can only master more than 80 horned lizards at most, and they only eat meat, and it is not as easy to use as an alienated cat ape... I mean, for the sake of the old spring, is it worth our sacrifice of a large number of alienated cat apes?"
More than 200 alienated cat apes form the basic force in Imosen's hands, shocking and enslaving goblins, werewolves and ogres. Outside the leader, the biggest advantage of alienated cat apes is that they do not occupy the energy of wizards and can be used as war dogs. Imosen can cultivate a group of horned lizards with stronger combat power.
Randall Expedition has limited personnel, and their best choice is to try to maintain the deterrence of alienated cat apes and assist Imosen wizards to cultivate horned lizards as cannon fodder. Of course, Imosen also takes time and carnivore resources to cultivate a large number of horned lizards, and An has a large worm feeding ground, which is easier to develop insect swarms than Imosen raising horned lizards.
Charlotte immediately said: "Time stands on An's side. The longer the time drags on, the larger the size of its insect swarm. Don't forget that the ant colony is our competitor. Although An has left the ant colony, who can guarantee that it is not working for the Ant Queen? Therefore, it has nothing to do with the matter of Bu Laoquan. Since we meet An developing the insect swarm, we cannot sit idly!"
Imosen was shocked and said gritting his teeth: "I understand. We must rescue Bertina and not let the higher Ant-Man An disrupt the situation!"
Pastor Dane stretched out his hand and put it on the wizard's shoulder and said, "Imosen, don't worry. It's good that we can occupy the Undying Spring, but it doesn't matter if there is Undying Spring. But the Assyrians really want to get Undying Spring. For this matter, the great witch doctor in the Tumen should do his best. We will take him to participate in the action, and we may not necessarily sacrifice a large number of alienated beasts."
Charlotte pondered and said, "You might as well ask Tumen, have you thought of a way to restrain the black beetle? In addition, he also needs to make some necessary preparations for other bugs."
Tumen sat next to Karigula. He could hear the leaders of the rare people discussing the problem, but he just couldn't understand. Imosen came over with his men, and the old witch doctor stood up and moved his mouth, trying to say something, but he couldn't say anything.
The fountain of the sect is particularly important for Tumen. He is old and lives one day. Although he studied natural spiritual magic and understood that death is only an indispensable part of the natural cycle, no one inherited the way of nature that he was unwilling to comprehend. He was more eager to give his understanding of nature to Queen Bertina to carry forward. If he could still restore his youth, prolong his life, and continue to assist Queen Bell, it would be best to spread the mystery of nature in the Assyrian Empire.
Tumen was unwilling to give up the Bu Laoquan. Even if it could not be occupied, it would be good to drink a sip of spring water. But he was unable to control himself now, and the rare people were not keen on the Bu Laoquan, which was close to him. They seemed to be more worried about the nearby black beetles and were unwilling to take risks.
Imosen walked to the upper part of the bonfire, avoiding the heat waves and smoke, and said, "Tumen, we have never heard of the Undying Spring. Its magical effects are also what you and the back eyes say."
It would be strange if a rare person had heard of the Undying Spring... Tumen was secretly happy and quietly explained, "The Undying Spring is a gift from all spirits... The Assyrian Empire has experienced more than one disaster, and even 1,500 years ago, it was divided by disasters. Many tribesmen had to leave their hometowns where they lived for generations, but only the Assyrians who were close to all spirits were the orthodox of the empire. The rest of the tribesmen lost the favor of all spirits and eventually became savages. They did not understand the Undying Spring. As for the back of their eyes, he had personally experienced the magic of the Undying Spring, and of course he knew its preciousness."
Imosen waved his arm hard and stressed: "I don't care about the fountain of the old age. I just want to find my daughter Bertina."
Tumen said: "I can understand your mood, but our queen may not be your daughter..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Imosen glared at Tumen and said, "You claim to be a witch doctor who is loyal to Bell. Then let's make a deal and I will help you get the fountain of the fountain. Please contact Bertina. Is the queen you abducted to be my daughter? You will know then."
The great witch doctor in Tumen was overjoyed and nodded and said, "Okay, I can swear to all spirits and saints..."
He did not lie, and was not worried about Daen's magic trick of detecting lies, but the natural spirit witch doctor swore to the ancestor spirit that there was no binding force at all, and he was just misleading Imosen.
But Imosen interrupted Tumen's words and said, "I don't believe you, so save your energy... My companion noticed that in the deserted land, there are other more powerful bugs, besides the black beetle swarm, you have to find a way to deal with them, otherwise we will leave now."
Tumen was stunned for a moment and pondered, "There are other bugs?"
"Yes." Imosen explained to him: "It should be the black beetle's metamorphosis of insects, and there may be quite a few. It's just in the cave next to the Bulao Spring. When we take Bulao Spring, they will most likely launch an attack. Do you summon the man-eating flowers to deal with them?"
Witchcraft is essentially the most primitive spell model. Ancient spellcasters developed a spell system based on their witchcraft talents, including a magic system. Therefore, spells and magic rely on spell models to limit the direction of extraordinary power and protect the soul of the spellcaster. The Assyrian witch doctor's spells are between spells and magical techniques. They themselves have no spell models. The shaping of spells is completed by the spirit, and the witch doctor uses the help of the spirit to display extraordinary power.
Due to the casting medium, Assyrian witch doctor's spells are more flexible and changeable, and the process is similar to making a wish and then getting results. For example, Imothon and Dane can't deal with, the witch doctor in Tumen can ask the natural spirit, and the natural spirit can help him find a suitable solution. However, the witch doctor is also influenced by the natural spirit, and he must win the favor of the natural spirit in order to show more flower fairies and help him cast spells.
In short, as a great witch doctor in nature, Tumen must follow the will of nature and maintain natural balance. Otherwise, he will be disliked by natural spirits, lose many flower fairies, and become weak in ability.
In fact, in the last battle, Tumen activated plants and summoned human-eating flowers to exhaust the life seeds of the rainforest. In the future, the rainforest will become deserted, and Tumen was punished by the will of nature. There were only more than 60 flower fairies left. His magic-like power was greatly weakened, but he learned to respect nature and experience the heart of nature.
Naturally, we focus on balance. Not to mention that the barren land does not have the conditions to give birth to human-eating flowers, even if we can do it, Tumen will not use human-eating flowers to deal with insect swarms. However, through communication with natural spirits, he has targeted methods.
In the next few days, Tumen was talking to a big banyan tree and whispered. Without any surprise, Imosen couldn't understand what he was saying to the big tree. Everyone thought the old witch doctor was mentally abnormal. But in fact, Tumen was communicating with dozens of flower fairies that were invisible with the naked eye. These beautiful little guys were not physical, flying in and out of the big banyan tree, and the big tree itself quietly changed.
That morning, Tumen completed his natural spirit spell, allowing everyone to take a small section of vine from the big banyan tree and wrap it around it, including alienated cat ape and ogre barbarian soldiers.
Randall Expedition will not blindly trust a legendary spellcaster. Imosen and Pastor Dane used savages, orcs, and alienated cat apes to test the effect of banyan vines many times, and finally selected a sword-holding maid to participate in the test. The final results show that as long as you bring the banyan vines of the Great Witch Doctor of the Tumen, the black beetle swarm in the barren land will actively avoid the tester.
Randall's expedition and the servants finally stepped onto the humus soil in a mighty manner. The humus soil composed of rotten wood chips was very soft. The savages and members of the expedition team would fall to their calves once they stepped on, seriously affecting the marching speed of the team. Until noon, the humus soil around became thinner, and the black beetle groups that could have been seen everywhere disappeared. They finally saw a pool of green springs.
Tumen witch doctors, the private soldiers and savages of the Sinu family all expressed excitement. If they were not surrounded by Imosen's alienated cat ape, they would definitely rush towards the pool of spring.
Randall's expedition focused on the entrance of the cave not far from the spring, and the High Ant-Man An and its Gross insect swarm were obviously hidden in the black-black cave.
Imosen shouted: "No one is allowed to move the fountain of the fountain! Tumen Witch Doctor, it's your turn to cast natural spells. First, you can set up defenses around the fountain. After I agree, you can use the fountain. Otherwise, my companions will guarantee that they will cut off the fountain before the offender gets the fountain. Those who don't believe it can try!"
Nelson and Karigula's will was like substance, and her cold murderous intent seemed to be against the butcher knife on her neck, stabbing the Assyrian's neck ached faintly, as if it would break at any time.
The nearly intuitive fear of death allowed the Assyrians to temporarily escape the temptation of the Bulao Fountain. They arranged traps according to their prior arrangements and prepared to welcome the enemy. Tumen took out some plant seeds and scattered them twice around the Bulao Fountain. These seeds grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Not long after, large thorn bushes grew around the Bulao Fountain, and countless purple buds emerged.
"Poison Burst Fruit? Tumen, do you want to kill us together?"
Imosen grabbed Tumen's arm and roared. The poisonous explosion fruit of the natural spirit witch doctor once left an extremely deep impression on him. If these purple flower buds exploded together, the radius of two kilometers would be covered by highly poisonous spores. What would happen to others? Imosen couldn't say, he felt that he was dead anyway.
The old witch doctor did not have the strength to break free from Imosen's grabbing and explained with a wry smile: "Imosen Witch King, you misunderstood... The greatness of nature lies in balance and circulation. This barren land is occupied by evil spirits. They destroy forests and eliminate the seeds of life, but natural spirits will solve them, but it is not killing, but rebuilding the balance, allowing new seeds of life to sprout young buds and turn the barren land back into the forest. The process of natural balance is very long. I used natural spirit magic to accelerate this process, and the will of nature is excited."
Most people don't understand what the old witch doctor wants to express, but Imosen can understand what he means.
Simply put, the general consciousness of nature will assimilate Zergs in ways that ordinary people cannot understand, turn them into parts of nature, and repair forest trauma. For example, some strange fungus grows in humus, parasitizes on black beetles, change their behavior of destroying forests, and incorporate them into forest ecosystems. Or, new plants grow in barren lands, which produce toxins specifically against black beetles and large worms, but this toxin is ineffective for other lives.
Because of the fixed spell model, Imothen and Dane had no significant effect on the Gross swarm, but the natural will could understand the weaknesses of invading species. However, the process of natural will assimilating the swarm is relatively slow, and the natural spirit witch doctor can speed up this process. If Tumen lets the principle explain it, he himself could not explain it. After all, the great witch doctor is not a pan-conscious god. He is just following the heart of nature and borrowing the great power of nature in a limited way.
Imosen asked half-believingly, "These poisonous fruits are not effective for us?"
"Don't worry, these thorn bushes will drive away the black beetle swarm. If other bugs are indeed transformed from black beetles, thorns are equally effective for them. Even if they attack thorns, the poisonous thunder fruit will harm them, but will not harm us."
When Imosen heard this, he was anxious and said, "Does other bugs become black beetles just our speculation? What if the speculation is wrong?"
"The spirit of nature sees things you cannot see, and your speculation is not important." The old witch doctor said calmly, and there was a layer of pious light similar to the clergy on his thin face.
Imosen turned around and saw Pastor Dane nodding to him, indicating that Tumen was not lying. He threatened Tumen: "If Poison Burning Fruit hurts us, my companions will cut off your head... You can now go and get the Bulao Spring."
The old witch doctor finally showed a relaxed smile on his face and nodded, "Imosen Witch King, I will definitely shed my skin when I drink the fountain of the old. It will take some time to wake up. I will not murder you, because that is harming myself."
Imosen said with a bad face: "Go, if your spell-like magic works, we will protect you for the time being... hind eyes, Sinu, your people can also drink the fountain of the old age, but they must take turns."
Dozens of Assyrians ran towards the Unold Spring with a strange cry. Pastor Dane stared at the back of Tumen for a while, and whispered: "Natural worship...is not unacceptable."
"Ah? Dane, what are you talking to yourself?" Nelson strode over and asked the pastor.
Although Nelson usually looks not very smart, he is actually similar to Thurnans and is both difficult to fool. His Highness Randall and Pope Clement's light is too dazzling, covering up their keen sense of political smell.
Daen smiled and said bluntly: "The Tumen witch doctors' understanding of the heart of nature has already taken the form of religion, and gradually they will produce rituals and systems, as well as inheritance. The inheritance belonging to the natural sect will inevitably change the political pattern of the Assyrians. However, the worship of nature is primitive and rough, with strong limitations, and does not meet the needs of expanding territory. Although they are very resilient, they will not have too many believers and have limited influence, so it is absolutely impossible to form a religion."
Nelson was confused, but he never asked what he could not understand. In the future, just tell His Highness Randall about Dane's view.
Dane still said enthusiastically: "At present, we have a foundation for cooperation with the Tumen Witch Doctor... He believes that it is naturally not evil."
Nelson turned his head and stared at the cave a few hundred meters away, and said with a serious expression: "Pastor, wizard, you retreat in the middle... The bug is coming out."
Yesterday, the laptop system was automatically updated, and Dadu took the opportunity to break his promise...
Chapter completed!