Chapter 686 If you choose to become a "Anzu noble", isn't it normal for you to have bad luck?
Huln Highmountain is an unlucky guy.
After living an exaggerated and glorious life, it naturally came to Ardenweald as a "Nature Walker", and was invited to join Wild Hunt because of its stellar hunting skills, becoming a powerful "Eagle Eye Hunter".
By the way, this name is really middle-class.
This guy didn't come alone. The soul beast companion that occupies a very important space in all the legends of Huln, the big-horned Reindeer "Eliot" also came here with the antlered bull.
As in the past, the two guys are engaged in eternal hunting in this beautiful woodland, solving all possible hidden dangers in the Winter Queen woodland.
For a powerful hunter who has hunted Greater Demon and driven away Black Dragon King, this kind of "eternal hunting" afterlife is definitely the perfect ending and destination.
Huln has been hunting in Ardenweald for ten thousand years, and he knows this forest very well. Because he is a high-ranking member of Wild Hunt, he also knows many secrets that ordinary Night Fae members do not know.
It stands to reason that Huln Highmountain should have some sense of confidentiality, but on the way to Heart of the Forest with Diakum, this guy basically told everything that should be said and should not be said. Not only Diakum, but also the fairy Willow Wisp who followed them had a great time listening to it.
This goblin was sitting on Diakum's shoulders, holding her pet Mao Mao, blinking her big eyes as she listened to "Eagle Eye Hunter" brag about some secrets that she didn't even know.
For example, Wild Hunt actually did not turn a blind eye to the "spiritual seed theft cases" that have intensified in recent years. Lord Hel'n specially dispatched an elite team to investigate secretly, and they have now made some gains.
"Those stolen spiritual seeds are in "The Other Side"!"
Huln rode his loyal Great Horned Deer battle pet, carrying a forest halberd that was almost identical to the "Eagle's Strike" it used during his lifetime, and said with certainty:
"Those stolen spiritual seeds will be hidden in the Other Side dimension filled with nightmares. They are usually operated by Forest Spirits, who steal the spiritual seeds that need to be taken care of carefully from the goblins who work carelessly, and then they are first corrupted in the Other Side.
After it has been corrupted to a certain level, it will be sent to the Maw using secret methods.
Therefore, although it is not yet known who is hiding behind Ardenweald and is specifically responsible for the theft of spiritual seeds, the person behind the incident can be determined to be Lord of the Maw Zovaal.
Those spiritual seeds will undergo further corrosion in the Maw, and then be made into Death Colossus in the Mawsworn army.
They will be covered in strong Abyss Forged Steel armor in pain, and even their bodies will be forcibly twisted into a brutal appearance. These guys are the formation-breaking generals of Mawsworn, and they can explode with destructive power in all wars."
"Ah! So it turns out that it was really because of the goblins' negligence that Forest Spirit stole the spiritual seeds? I thought it was Wild Hunt who slandered us.
But the goblins are really messy at work, and we always make mistakes."
When Willow Wisp heard what the powerful hawk-eyed hunter said, she immediately lamented listlessly. She flapped her wings sadly and stroked the Mao Mao insect pet in her arms. After a moment, she blinked her big eyes in confusion and looked at Huln Highmountain.
She asked doubtfully:
"If Wild Hunt already knows where the spiritual seeds are hidden, why don't you take action? Still let Forest Spirit steal the spiritual seeds?"
"This is not as simple as you think, Willow Wisp."
Huln shook his head and said:
"First of all, the mysterious the Other Side can only be entered through the goblins' Dreamcatcher, and an ordinary Dreamcatcher can only allow one soul to pass through. This is destined to make it impossible for the Wild Hunt to carry out large-scale raids and spiritual species rescue in the Other Side dimension.
It is useless if there are too few people. Instead, it is possible for the pioneers to be captured by the nightmare erosion of the Other Side dimension.
Secondly, we are still tracing Blackhand, the person behind the theft of spiritual seeds from Ardenweald. If we do not find it and capture it, even if we save the spiritual seeds this time, more dangerous thefts will occur in the future.
You know, Winter Queen is a leader who pursues efficiency, and Lord Hel'n does not intend to do useless work again and again, so we are still continuing to investigate and plan to eliminate all troubles at once.
Thirdly, the lack of anima in recent years has caused the woodlands in Ardenweald to wither.
Compared with the small amount of spiritual seeds being stolen, the withering of the forest land is the most urgent issue at present. Wild Hunt needs to conduct a long-term patrol and cleanup of those withered territories.
In those places, the weakness of Tirna Scithe will lead to loopholes in their space systems, attracting dangerous anima devourers. If they are not destroyed when they are weak, when the devourers turn into giant beasts, it will be a real ecological disaster."
Speaking of this, Huln sighed helplessly and said:
"I also know that each spirit seed represents a precious immortal spirit, but if you have to choose one among them and the survival of the entire Ardenweald
The rate of border woodland withering is now gradually accelerating.
If the problem of lack of anima cannot be solved anymore, I'm afraid the Queen will be forced to make some very "cruel" decisions, sacrificing a small part to save the remaining souls.
The queen even abandoned Anima Garden, which was specially used for spiritual seed resurrection, in order to save her anima."
"Hmm, so Material World's dead Wild God cannot be reborn, is it just because of the lack of anima?"
Diakum asked suspiciously:
"The reason is that simple? To be honest, I don't believe it!"
"But maybe the answer you're looking for is that simple?"
Huln patted his Great Horned Deer partner and said:
"I also wanted to send Eliot to Material World for resurrection, but after asking Lord Hel'n, I realized that every time Ardenweald resurrects a spiritual species, it requires a huge amount of anima.
The anima comes from the torture and forgiveness of sinful souls by Revendreth's punishers.
This is basically equivalent to the fact that behind every resurrection of Wild God are tens of millions of squeezed mortal souls.
Even if those are sinners, even if they deserve their punishment, such a resurrection does have some impact on my view of good and evil. At least, I will not use this method to return to Material World.
You know, even in those years when Anima Garden was still operating well, not every immortal soul who came to Ardenweald would choose to go back to Material World.
These essences of life obviously have their own limits.
However, destiny is the foundation and theme of Shadowlands, this system was established by First Ones, and even Eternal Ones cannot shake it."
The mighty Highland cattle hunter fell silent.
Although it didn't say it clearly, not only Diakum, but also a careless and neglectful fairy like Willow Wisp felt Huln's dissatisfaction with "Destiny".
This powerful hunter whose hands are stained with the blood of demons may feel that his soul should not suffer such torture in World of Death.
The sinner is guilty, you can just send him to the Maw to suffer. Why use them as "fuel" for the operation of the Shadowlands?
Diakum will not comment on this idea.
But Vigilant feels that the existence of Revendreth is necessary. If people in this world know that they will suffer such horrific treatment after they have done bad things, then they will hesitate before doing bad things.
And just a little hesitation before doing bad things can save many, many innocent souls.
Although the order of First Ones has some problems, it is absolutely correct that Shadowlands generally follows the concept of "the good are blessed and the guilty are punished".
This is also the responsibility that Death Force should have assumed. If there is no distinction between good and evil, where is the foundation of order? If those who do evil are not punished and those who do good are not rewarded, then Material World is really going to be in chaos.
"Dick Dick, can you hear me?"
Just as the three of them approached the central forest where Heart of the Forest was, a vague voice suddenly sounded in Diakum's ears, causing Vigilant to turn around suddenly.
He stretched out his hand to signal Huln to stop, then raised his hand and gently grabbed it in the direction of the sound. In the dim light, a familiar blue-black feather fell into his hand.
"Anzu?"
Diakum stared at the bloody tail feathers and exclaimed:
"Why are you here at Ardenweald? Have you met with misfortune? The intensity of the war at Material World has risen to a point where even a slick guy like you has to fight to the death?
No way!"
"That's not the case. I just heard that you came to Ardenweald and knew that the time had come for me to meet Rukhmar. I made a righteous sacrifice to send myself here."
Anzu's weak voice sounded from the tail feathers, and he said in confusion:
"But as soon as I got here, before I could look around after turning into a spirit species, I found that I was lifted up by a group of strange and noisy little people and headed towards a strange place. I was now thrown into a very evil place, surrounded by nightmares, and I also heard many spiritual species like me wailing.
This is different from the legendary Ardenweald!
No one told me that spiritual seeds would still face such torture in Ardenweald?
So, do immortal spirits like me who have done bad things have to suffer some punishment before they are eligible to live permanently in Ardenweald?
Then my Rukhmar should not be thrown into this, right?
Sethe That bastard should be thrown here and suffer severely!"
"You unlucky guy! You were stolen by Forest Spirit and thrown into the Other Side. Why do you have to come to your wife at this bad time? Wait patiently and be strong-willed! I will find someone to rescue you right now."
Diakum rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.
He was going to see Winter Queen now. He really had no time to run to the Other Side to save the old unlucky guy Anzu. Fortunately, he also had friends in Ardenweald, so he handed Anzu's tail feathers to Huln Highmountain and said:
"You are the best hunter, so please help find the owner of this feather. I know it is among the Other Side. Don't act rashly yet.
Willow Wisp, you are a fairy, you can also do Dreamcatcher.
I want to entrust you to help me make a stronger Dreamcatcher so that I can enter the Other Side to save my unlucky friend, and at the same time bring all the stolen spiritual seeds back to Ardenweald. After I complete this "conversation" with Winter Queen, I will set out to rescue them.
Oh, right."
Dick remembered something and said to Huln:
"Have you been to the Other Side led by Bwonsamdi?"
"No."
Huln scratched his head and sighed:
"That slippery Trolls God of Death has invited me over as a guest many times. It and I are both individuals from Azeroth. In line with the principle of relying on fellow villagers when traveling, I originally planned to get close to it.
However, Lord Hel'n told me that Winter Queen loves all souls but hates Bwonsamdi. No one knows the reason, but Night Fae creatures of Ardenweald will not give Bwonsamdi a good look. The Lord asked me not to have too much contact with Bwonsamdi.
It said it was for my safety.
After staying here for a long time, and after learning about the evil and smoky "Psychic Loan Sharing" things that Bwonsamdi had done, I also realized that the guy who invited me to the Other Side had absolutely bad intentions.
In short, the reputation of Bwonsamdi compared to Ardenweald is basically stinky.
But I heard that it has a pretty good relationship with some deviant fairies. Occasionally, some bold fairies will come near the Other Side to listen to Bwonsamdi tell stories and brag."
"You should go there."
Dick reminded seriously:
"Bwonsamdi has encountered trouble recently. It was imprisoned by its ghost adoptive father. The Lesser God named "Mueh'zala" may be the real culprit behind this series of spiritual seed theft cases. It and Lord of the Maw Zovaal are collaborators."
"No, that's not right!"
Huln shook his head and said:
"Death Force does not have the concept of "Lesser God", so Mueh'zala cannot be"
"But it is."
Diakum grinned and said:
"It was opportunistic and used the magical functions of Loa and Faith Power to create a bug. Of course, the Jailer must be involved behind this matter, otherwise Mueh'zala would not have been able to find such a loophole under the constraints of destiny.
So, be careful.
Another purpose of my coming to Ardenweald this time is to rescue Bwonsamdi from Mueh'zala. That guy helped me before at Material World. He is a very rare god of death who jumps from the "big bad camp" to our side. He is a true example of "the prodigal son turning back".
The sages said that those who work for others should not let them freeze to death in the wild.
Therefore, no matter what Bwonsamdi's character is, he still needs to be rescued. You can help me call the front line and wait for my news."
"So, are you going to hunt a dead Lesser God this time?"
Huln Highmountain eagerly said:
"It's so exciting! I haven't felt this kind of excitement and yearning in many years. Okay, Diakum, leave this to me. You can go and see the Queen as soon as possible."
It glanced at the cleared road leading to Heart of the Forest in front of it, shook its head and said:
"Looking at this situation, I know that you are definitely carrying a big secret and a heavy responsibility that I dare not even think about, so I won't disturb you, this "distinguished guest", Willow Wisp, let's go."
"But I still want to stay here and watch the conversation between the big guy and the queen. The goblin hasn't seen the queen in many years."
Willow Wisp is still a little reluctant to leave.
She flapped her wings and flew up, looking at Heart of the Forest, and said:
"Many goblins have not seen the queen for a long time, except for Moonberry, who is the leader of the goblins. She can often report to the queen, but everyone is dragging her to convey our thoughts to the queen, and she is unwilling to do so.
Humph, Moonberry is a self-inflicted nuisance!
The goblin doesn't like her anymore."
"You will meet the Queen."
Diakum assured Willow Wisp:
"Winter Queen will walk in the forest of Ardenweald from tonight on as before. As long as the fairies are willing, they can follow the queen and patrol the forest every day."
"Really?"
Willow Wisp said with wide eyes:
"That's great. Without the queen, the whole woodland is unhappy. Although the queen rarely smiles, wherever she appears, everyone will be happy."
Big guy, hurry up and persuade the Queen not to be autistic. I will find other fairies to make Dreamcatcher for you. I will definitely make you the strongest Dreamcatcher that will never wear out."
After saying that, Willow Wisp turned around and disappeared into the strange Faerie Starfire, leaving behind a Gleam grimace to say goodbye.
Then, Diakum looked at the pet Mao Mao left on his shoulder with a speechless expression. The Mao Mao insect also looked at Diakum with innocent eyes, seeming to say:
"Now you know why I always lose it, right?"
"Fairies are very magical beings. Although they look careless and careless in their work and occasionally do some stupid things, fairies are superior beings shaped by Winter Queen.
It is said that goblins are creatures that cannot be deceived by illusions and lies."
Huln Highmountain reached out and took the Mao Mao insect, put it on his shoulder, and took it back to Willow Wisp on the way.
It said to Diakum:
"Only those noble souls who are truly kind and have a frank heart can win the favor of the fairies, and only those who are truly kind can become their friends.
Willow Wisp I have only seen you for a few hours, but yet I trust you so much. This is enough to show that you are a truly noble person. Even if you choose to use violence, it must be for a more just purpose.
Perhaps, Lord Hel'n chose to retreat because of this."
"Don't think too much, it simply can't beat me."
Dick shrugged, waved his hand and said:
"Go and get busy. It's time for me to complete my duties as a messenger. Well, I just don't know what kind of sparks will come out of the meeting between White Lady and Winter Queen? They are such noble women, they wouldn't pull their hair and slap them when they fight, right?
Hey, think about it, why do I still have some expectations?"