Chapter 57 Forest Ritual!
The whole beef and mutton steak was taken out of the truck by the accompanying team, and the fishy smell of raw meat filled the clearings in the forest.
The porter is the one who was originally building roads in the Howling Forest. After all, the ore that was dug and stepped on must be transported out in a way.
Before Donald came, he had already greeted the people here in advance. The altar was set on an open space outside the Howling Forest. This requirement was somewhat strange. It may be common to do some prayers before construction in religious areas, but most of them are done in private, and rarely do it with such a big fanfare.
But people here dare not say anything. It is better to be asked to work overnight in the forest.
Donald stood in the woods, his palm pressing against the trunk of an ancient tree beside him, rubbing the rough bark lines. His spiritual will has long been connected to this forest. Compared to the sluggishness and obscureness in Renas, the Howling Forest gave him a completely different feeling.
Every grass and tree here can be completely controlled in an instant as long as he wants!
"Mr. Mayor, I'm honored to be invited by you. Do you have any help if you let us come here?"
One of several capitalists in Renas came to inquire. There were many people standing behind him, including officials in the Renas Municipal Government in charge of howling forest minerals, the current heads of the three mining teams in the forest, and the person in charge of the construction party here.
They were all called by Donald yesterday, so no one dared to refute the mayor summoned them, so he followed them to the Howling Forest in a confused manner.
Now seeing the altar in the open space, I was gathering together and wondering, but I really couldn't figure out what Donald asked them to do.
They shirked each other for a long time before they could barely send a representative to explore the mayor's words.
"It's not a question of help, I just want you to witness this sacrifice and the completion of the ore transportation road."
Donald didn't expect these people to do anything for him, not to mention that the people he wanted to do could not help.
"Sacrificial, ore transportation road is completed...completed?"
As a capitalist, he still has some insight in engineering. When he entered the forest just now, he watched all the way. Although the road here has been built for a long time, it is obviously far from completion.
For example, these trees along the way have not been cleaned up. Not to mention a day or two, there is absolutely no completion in less than half a month. Now the mayor tells him that the road here is about to be completed, which is really a bit like lying.
Perhaps the mayor did not understand construction and was unrealistic to force the engineering team here to complete the construction?
However, no matter how you think in your heart, the capitalist is the capitalist. In the end, he just smiled, said that he knew, and then retreated silently.
"He doesn't believe you, and thinks you are an arrogant maniac who doesn't understand construction work at all."
Stephanie leaned over Donald's side with a teasing smile on her face and said softly.
"Haha, this is normal. If I hear someone else say this to me, I think he has a mental problem."
Donald was not very angry about those people's slander, and said with a smile.
"That's why I want these people to come. Among them are capitalists of Renas, officials of the core government agencies are in charge of the people here... When something incredible to them is realized in front of them, these people will truly recognize me and follow me wholeheartedly. To be honest, I have to let them know that my will is correct!"
"Mr. Mayor, the person in charge of the mineral resource exploration team who was wandering in the forest some time ago has arrived."
The two of them were chatting here, and someone came to convey the message from the woodland next to him.
"Haha, I finally came. I dare to make trouble on my territory. Let's go and meet them!"
Donald invited not only Renas's people, but also asked Huxley to speak in advance, wanting to talk to these teams.
Near the altar, Donald met three leaders, two of whom were the captains of the exploration team and one of the mercenaries, who was responsible for the safety of the exploration team in the Howling Forest.
Perhaps the people behind them were trying to make trouble for Donald, but the three of them were still quite respectful when they saw Donald approaching.
"The three of you are very busy lately. Have you found anything in the howling forest?"
Donald was too lazy to be polite to them, so he came up and mentioned what they were doing recently.
"I have to say that your team is very professional. There seems to be only these mineral resources outside the Howling Forest. We just hope to pick up some of the remaining corners and explain to those gentlemen after we go back."
Obviously, these people had been told in advance before they came to the Howling Forest. They knew that Donald had nothing good to ask them, so they put their posture very low without saying a word when they met, which made it difficult for them to turn against them.
After all, the Howling Forest is the property of the Ryan Empire government, not the land of Renas, nor the private property of Sevit Talos. As long as they obtain a license, they will naturally have the right to mine.
"Well, the idea is good, but I have to remind you that the Howling Forest is not safe. Don't look at the outside of the forest now, there are many strange beasts and other strange existences inside. Look, today I am here to present a gift to the God of Forest who is in charge of this place, hoping that he can protect my team from being harmed."
Donald Xiang is often not a person who likes to kill him. He is willing to give these people a chance to choose.
"Mr. Taros, we have been exploring the Howling Forest for three days. Not to mention strange beasts, we have never seen even the more ferocious beasts. You said there are monsters... I think there should be some, but as long as we keep wandering around the periphery and not moving deeper, I think it is safe."
There is a rumor outside that the howling forest is very dangerous. In the past, I don’t know how many people died in it. It is precisely because of this that they specially hired a team of mercenaries to serve as guards. However, they did not encounter any dangers in the past few days after entering. Even if they camped at night, no wild beasts appeared, so Donald’s warning was ignored by them without surprise.
Of course, you still have to respond and show your expression of being cautious and very grateful for the reminder.
Is it really safe to periphery of the Howling Forest?
That's because when Donald decided to mine minerals, he issued an order with all the creatures here in advance, and the humans outside the Howling Forest will not be allowed to be harmed in the near future!
Otherwise, these guys would have been dragged to make fertilizer by the tree people!
The reminder also reminded that Donald doesn’t want to care about what these people do next. They don’t want to leave, so he can only “help” them!
The arrangement of the altar was soon completed.
It is not very exquisite or magnificent altar, or even quite simple. It is just a two-story high platform with wooden blocks and then a large amount of meat is covered in front of it.
There is no way, the method I thought of last night, where did I get the time to prepare? And this was originally a formality, and the real key lies in Donald.
He is the only protagonist of this show.
I walked slowly to the center of the woodland, and with the order issued, many people were already surrounded.
Donald looked around these people with most confusion and disdain on his face and said loudly: "Sir and ladies. Just last night, I received instructions from a mysterious existence. He told me that the Howling Forest is about to be in trouble. If there is no sacrifice, the God of the Forest will anger us. So I asked someone to prepare overnight to stop him before the danger occurs."
The people around him still looked at Donald in confusion, and the latter's words obviously could not convince them.
The capitalists and government officials in the rear were even more embarrassed. They thought this was undoubtedly a farce, and it was even more embarrassing that they participated in the farce.
Similarly, the three people who were still in front of Donald respectfully looked at each other under a nearby tree, and some even sneered without any concealment.
The next second, the wind blew!
At first it was just a breeze in the forest, but it immediately turned into a "huhhh~" wind in just a few seconds. They blew from all directions and hit everyone in the woodland!
Disdain turned into shock, embarrassment turned into solemnity, and those who sneered were knocked and their faces turned a little pale.
"Great God of the Forest, I bring you the greetings of the Saint of the Black Robe. Please accept my sincere dedication and allow my subordinates to walk on your territory!"
This set of rhetoric was something Donald thought about now, but no one cared about what he said at this time.
Because at the moment when his voice sounded, the surrounding branches and bushes began to tremble wildly, and the branches and leaves that were blown by the wind suddenly began to condense into the center of the open space. After a while, several "people" composed entirely of branches and leaves appeared.
Amid the sound of gasping in the air.
These people each grabbed a piece of meat more than one person tall and fought on their shoulders, flew up the sky above the forest in front of hundreds of people, and then flew deeper.
And this is far from the end.
After the branch and leaf elves left, the entire woodland began to tremble, so people heard the dull sound of the soil cracking and some huge existence when it stepped on the ground.
They looked around in a daze.
It was not until the tall tree people in the forest swayed in the distance that they realized what was going on.
"Welcome to you and pay your highest respect!"
Donald's voice was so far away in the strong wind that he bowed to the huge tree man about 10 meters high.
So everyone who was still watching before began to bow.
Chapter completed!