392 The Great Druid who has lived for more than 4,000 years

"Please... please don't hurt me!"

Surprisingly, this strange-looking "man" saw that the barbarians stopped attacking it under the sycamore's stop, and carefully slowly "appeared" out of the oak tree, just as if the oak tree was made of "liquid".

I saw it finally separated from the oak tree and stood in front of everyone.

"What are you...uh, creature?"

Even though she had a wide range of knowledge, she looked at this strange person with a little dumbfounded look. At first glance, it looked like a female elf statue carved from oak. However, her hair was covered with leaves, and her skin was covered with annual ring texture with wood, and was as smooth and shiny as painted with bright paint.

"I'm a tree spirit."

The tree spirit with obvious female characteristics was curious and fearful looking at everyone, and said carefully: "Are you humans? Sorry, I have never seen other humanoid creatures..."

"Dream?"

Wutong was stunned and looked at the "wooden man" carefully, connecting it with the relevant knowledge in her mind. Yes! This is a tree spirit, a fairy creature, which looks a bit similar to an elves, but [the fairy] and [the elves] are completely different creatures. Compared with that, there are more species of fairy than elves.

Like in reality, there are black, white, yellow, and brown people. Elf or most races in "Endless" have different species, but they are all collectively called elves, goblins, or something else.

At present, no one knows how many races and species there are in "Entertainment", and no one knows how many races and species there are. Even Wutong's teacher and the eighth-level teacher Zemuer dare not say that he knows it. What we can know is that in the world of "Entertainment", smart creatures are not just humans, but humans are just a lower-level one of the many intelligent creature species in the world of "Entertainment".

This is a juvenile tree spirit. It does not last long for consciousness, so it still seems a bit immature and innocent. Of course, the so-called "time is not long" refers to relative. From the concept of human age, this tree spirit is at least tens or even hundreds of years old. Often, the age of a tree spirit is equivalent to the tree it coexists.

In fact, tree spirits are elves condensed from trees. They are similar to the "demons" in the myths circulating in the Asia-American region. However, in the East, those who transform from fairies from trees are mostly peach trees or locust trees. In the Western Fantasy background, giant trees such as oak trees and pine trees will give birth to such anthropomorphic fairies.

But in mythological stories, this kind of goblin born from trees has one thing in common, that is, they often cannot leave the parasitic trees too far away. For this tree spirit, it cannot leave the oak tree 100 meters away. Once it leaves, it will die in a very short time.

"...The bonfire you lit makes me feel uncomfortable, so it alarms you. Please don't ignite such a large fire in the forest, which will hurt the trees."

The tree spirit seemed to have no hostility. It was even curious about Wutong and the others. It looked at the clothes on Wutong and the others and then at its own body. The tree spirit gently rubbed its body, and a set of robe made of emerald green leaves covered its body, which made it look more like a wood carving craft.

When Wutong and the others heard this, they reacted and looked up. Although the temperature generated by the bonfire they lit would not cause the forest to burn, the rising high temperature and thick smoke caused the crown directly above to be damaged. Many leaves wilted at the high temperature, and the oak tree that the tree spirits coexisted was also in it.

"Uh, sorry, we didn't know you're here."

Under Wutong's instructions, Ling Yue Shuangxue and Xiao San quickly extinguished the bonfire with water, leaving only a small fire that was so fat that it fell into heaven to cook.

Although doing this may lead to losing its deterrence to certain dangerous creatures in the forest, and the small insects that were smoked will gather again, in order not to stimulate the tree spirit, they still chose this action that represents goodwill...

Although it is only a juvenile tree spirit, the tree spirit is generally an elite creature of the third level. Even the juvenile tree spirit is at least a 2-level creature. Wutong, who has never been exposed to this type of creature, is unwilling to rashly conflict with a creature that you don’t understand.

"Are you the only one here? Where is your partner?" Wutong was surprised. Why would a lonely tree spirit appear here?

Generally speaking, the places where tree spirits are born are located closer to the center of the forest, and the older the trees, the easier it is to produce tree spirits. The ancient trees are quite dense in a certain small area, which leads to tree spirits often gathering seven or eight, just like a small family.

"There are no other partners, only me."

The tree spirit seemed to be afraid of the flames, but was very curious. It approached a little closer to the small fire that was still burning, but soon retreated like it was frightened. It stopped at this distance after a considerable distance from the fire.

It is estimated that it will hurt Wutong and the humans who have harmed its symbiotic oak tree so polite and friendly. It has nothing to do with it being alone. Any wise creature will need similarities, loneliness and loneliness, not just humans.

"Why did you come to the forest?"

The tree spirit is very talkative. It looks at the swaying flames not far away with interest, and asks Wutong and the others like a curious child.

"We are going to go to [Flame Cliff] to do the task." Wutong briefly mentioned their purpose in entering the forest.

"Doing a task? Are you going to catch those kids?"

When they heard that Wutong and the others were planning to catch the fire crows from [Flame Cliff], the tree spirit said unhappily: "Why do you want to catch them? Although those children are naughty and occasionally play with fire, they don't think it's cruel to take away their freedom?"

Wutong was speechless. This matter was really hard to explain. Different species have different values. For Wutong and the others, catching a fire crow is not a cruel thing. Becoming a magic pet by a mage is better than being killed as an upgraded "experience value".

Perhaps for natural spirit creatures like tree spirits, living unrestrainedly in nature is their purpose of survival. It is hard to imagine what will happen if they lose their freedom.

"Uh...no!"

Wutong had to change the concept and lie to the tree spirit with a kind lie: "We are here to find them, just hope that one of them will become my partner. We need its help in the adventure, so... we will treat it kindly as our best partner!"

"Is that true? But are you going to take it away from its home? How do you know it is willing to leave its nest?"

The little tree spirit was puzzled. It was not born for too long, and there were no older companions around him to teach him. He had never seen many humanoid creatures. He grew alone in Will Forest and could not tell whether what the other party said was true.

"Then how do you know it is unwilling to do it? Maybe the world outside the forest is wider and more beautiful, waiting for it to soar and take risks?" Wutong asked back. Although he is not a person with good speech and a very good eloquence, he is still more than enough to deal with a little tree spirit who has never seen the world.

Sure enough, the little tree was speechless and even murmured with some longing: "The world outside? Will it be very big?"

"Yes, it's big, so big that you can't imagine it." Wutong nodded seriously.

"Can you tell me about the things outside the forest?"

The little tree spirit picked up a long dead branch, stretched out his arms and leaned forward to put the dead branch into the flames, and watched curiously as the tips of the branches burned.

Wutong and the others looked at each other and sat down, and took turns telling the story of the little tree spirit outside the forest. The little tree spirit listened intently like a child who longed for knowledge.

It seemed to be curious about everything. The clothes, equipment, kitchen utensils used to cook, and even flames that threaten plants, it dared to poke the dead branches a few times, and did not show any extreme reaction to the barbarians putting the animals' corpses on the flame and then grilling them and eating them.

This surprised Wutong and the others because they originally thought that this fairy that emerged from the oak tree would be particularly afraid of fire, and that it grew up in nature might be disgusted and angry at their hunting of animals as food, but it did not end up.

After thinking carefully, Wutong understood what happened. This is the way of nature! For the fairies growing in nature, the withering of plants and the death of animals are not something worthy of sadness. Even if it is just a plant, it is normal for nature to survive the fittest and prey on the weak.

But if Wutong and others were not going to kill animals for food, or maliciously set fire in the forest for the purpose of keeping warm and driving away mosquitoes and flies, the situation might be completely different. This juvenile tree spirit would never be very friendly to them as it is now.

This is summarized by Wutong from the intelligence released by a few druid players and forest rangers in the official community.

The little tree spirit is like a curious baby. In one night, Wutong and the others spent almost telling stories to it. Until dawn came, the first beam of light casted from the palm-sized sky in the forest, landed on the extinguished fire, illuminating a wisp of blue smoke in the space to reflect a beautiful blue light.

"...Are you leaving?"

The little tree spirit looked reluctantly as the players who began to tidy up their luggage and cleaned up the somewhat messy forest space they made, a little lonely and sad.

The embers of the fire were fully poured on water to ensure that it did not rekindle. They also brought a shovel and flipped it on the ground a few times, burying all the ash in them. They had to be careful. The ground in the forest was covered with thick humus. If they were not careful, it would be easy to cause a forest fire after they left.

"Haha! Yes, we have to go to [Flame Cliff] and can't be with you for a long time."

Wutong chuckled and comforted the young tree spirit who had obviously fallen in love with them: "But we will come back to see you when we have time, if we can find the path to get here."

"Really? That's great!"

The little tree spirit jumped happily, unable to leave the symbiotic oak tree 100 meters, and its range of movement was small to the limit, but this group of adventurers who arrived here unexpectedly told the vastness of the outside world, making the little tree spirit extremely eager to go out and see it with their own eyes.

"By the way! Dear friend, can you do me a favor?"

The little tree spirit suddenly blinked his dark eyes and looked at Wutong excitedly: "Since you are adventurers, you will definitely go to many places, right? If one day you want to go to [Qiyun Forest] in [Eruden Field], can you help me inform the Great Druid Orion and let him tell my companion that I am here? Maybe they will have a way to get me back to them?"

Wutong was stunned. This request was not excessive. Although Wutong did not intend to go to [Eruden Field] for a short time, [Eruden Field] happened to border the Principality of Andele. Even from their current location, if you want to go to [Eruden Field], it would only take a few dozen kilometers to cross the [Vinen River] and then you can set foot on the territory of [Eruden Field]. If you want to go, it should not be too troublesome.

In the communication with the little tree spirit, Wutong and the others already knew that this little tree spirit living alone in the Will Forest was actually the oak tree it symbiotically had been blown here by a strong wind from the [Qiyun Forest] in the [Eruden Field] when it was a seed.

When the oak seeds fell to the ground and took root, and after decades of growing into towering trees, it also gave birth to consciousness, it gained the memory inheritance from their tribes and knew its origin. Unfortunately, it could not move, and it could not return to [Qiyun Forest] with its own strength. It wanted to ask for help from others, but it was rarely visited here until it met Wutong and the group of adventurers who were unusual.

What made Wutong stunned was not the little tree spirit want to go home, but the big druid "Orian" mentioned by the little tree spirit. He knew this character because his teacher, 888-year-old ** Shi Zemur, had mentioned more than once that if anyone in this world lives longer than him, then there is only Orian who has lived in seclusion in [Qiyun Forest] for at least four thousand years!

In the [Qiyun Forest], he has lived in seclusion for more than 4,000 years! In other words, this great druid master is at least a person before the [Twilight Year] era! This alone is worth Wutong taking over the task of this little tree demon and going to [Eruden Field] to meet the legendary druid.

"Okay! If you are not in a hurry, I will tell you about the Great Druid of Orion when I go to [Eruden Field]..."

Wutong thought for a while: "But how do I prove to the Great Druid that you are here?"

"Bring this! Your Excellency Orion will know everything!"

The little tree spirit said, taking out a silver-glowing aoke fruit and handing it to Wutong: "Tell this seed to Lord Orion, he will know I am there."
Chapter completed!