Meeting Ring and the War of Three Civilizations

Yveta asked the Old Witch, "So who exactly was that woman?"

The Old Witch hesitated, then walked onto the carriage herself and invited everyone to get on before speaking.

Yveta ordered the maid Alicia to continue driving the carriage, and the ox that had been following them was led along behind the carriage by a rope.

On the carriage, the Old Witch said in a low voice, "That name isn't something you can say on the streets."

"That woman... is from the Green Order."

Black Wolf and Leili both looked at the Hearthstone Great Witch in surprise.

Leili exclaimed, "I thought things like the Green Order only existed in fairy tales."

"In fairy tales, this Order is depicted as both good and evil. Children are afraid of these people."

The Old Witch shook her head. "It's not like that. The Green Order truly existed once. It's just that the Church erased all records of the Green Order and burned all books related to them."

"Most people, even if they know of the Green Order's existence, only know the name. They don't even know what their doctrine is."

"Hmph, who could be scarier than the Church?"

Yveta grew more and more confused. "What is the Green Order?"

The Old Witch glanced at Yveta in surprise. "Well, Your Majesty, you might know it by another name: Druid."

Yveta froze.

Druid?

He remembered the crow with heterochromia that had looked down on them from the broken carriage earlier, and the old woman's fox fur and eagle feathers.

"Yes, I know of Druids."

"Why do you say Druids are obsolete, and that their existence has been erased by the Church? Does the Church really target Druids?"

The Old Witch nodded. "Respected Your Majesty, because Druids draw power from nature, but the Magic Black Forest is a world of magic.

"In the Magic Black Forest and the Church's territories, Druids are almost extinct. Their lineage has been broken, and the brilliance of the Black Forest and the Thirty-Three Heavens Mountain repels them. It's very difficult for Druids to communicate with the Spirits of All Things in the Black Forest."

"But what's even more cruel to them is that the Church regards them as heretics who worship foreign gods."

"According to Church decree, if someone kills a Druid, not only are they not guilty, but all their sins in life are forgiven, and they will be welcomed into Heaven after death."

"Even during their lifetime, that person can receive a huge reward from the Church."

"For a time, there was a custom of cutting off Druids' ears and exchanging them at the Church for bounty money."

"And the various kingdoms also greatly shunned Druids. The secular authorities also issued wanted posters for them. Even the most benevolent king would not spare a Druid heretic running rampant on the continent."

Yveta frowned. "I can understand the Church's rejection of Druids."

"I can also understand that Druids cannot adapt to the Black Forest environment. But why are the kingdoms hunting Druids?"

"Is the reputation of Druids even worse than that of witches?"

This surprised him.

As a future king, he wanted to know the reason.

The Old Witch stated, "Because the Druids made a terrible mistake: they chose the wrong side in a war of civilizations. It involved the struggle of at least three civilizations. I don't know the specifics, because the era when the Druids failed was very close to the age of ancient civilizations. So I don't know very clearly."

"But in short, the civilization the Druids supported failed. Their race was almost exterminated, and their countries were all destroyed."

"I heard they were first forced to leave the continent and went to the Seven Great Islands of the North."

"But they lost there too. Then there were rumors that some of them went to the world further north."

The Old Witch shook her head. "But north of the Seven Great Islands is Despair Fortress, where there are even more terrifying things. So I've always doubted this history."

"But that Druid just now was at least Fourth Rank Sequence."

"She is a Druid High Priest."

"It seems the Druids haven't truly perished."

"They must have found new land while fleeing. Poor resources wouldn't support a high-ranking Druid."

"As expected, even when suppressed to this extent, the power of nature still poses a terrifying threat."

The Old Witch sneered. "But I'm not afraid of her, because the era of Druids is over."

"I just don't know what her scheme is in giving you this ring, Your Majesty. Perhaps we should throw it away."

As she spoke, the Old Witch reached out as if to grab Yveta's thumb, seemingly wanting to throw the ring away.

However, this was just a feint.

Yveta shook his head. "Although I don't know what the Druid High Priest intends, I think we can observe for a while before deciding whether to sell this ring."

"Why don't you use Viscera Divination to divine it?"

Throwing it away would be too wasteful. Even if there was danger, it was still a treasure given by a Fourth Rank Druid.

If it's truly not needed, it should at least be sold.

The Old Witch looked somewhat dejected. "Alright. I won't divine it. A witch's divination ability can't compare to Druids; they have the Spirit of Nature's help."

"However, the divination result that woman gave you should be trustworthy."

Yveta thought for a moment, it was like cheating.

Black Wolf also rarely supported Yveta's decision. "Your Highness, there's no need to throw it away, because compared to druids, I think witches are less trustworthy."

Black Wolf glanced at the Old Witch, who sneered.

Idiot demon hunter.

While they were talking, they finally arrived at the entrance of a branch of the Adventurer's Association.

Yveta got off the carriage and found that the association was just a small wooden hut, and there weren't many people, which was different from what they expected.

At the exit of Kali Town, the old woman Yveta and the others had met before, carrying her packages, with a heterochromia crow on her left shoulder and a small ferret on her right.

She felt something was wrong and threw the sheep knuckle bones again.

The result displayed made her expression change drastically. "My prophecy result is wrong."

"The person I was supposed to meet in Kali Town this time and give the Meeting Ring to should have been the Knight Gasroter!"

She remembered the knight who was righteous and upright.

"My prophecy crow and my prophecy have mistaken the person!"

She felt panic, which was rare. Who exactly was Yveta? Why was it that all divination abilities not only failed when he was around, but the results were also confused.

Even more terrifying.

The number of people holding Meeting Rings was limited, and the qualifications of those holding such Meeting Rings were actually foretold by the Spirit of Nature a thousand years ago.

Logically, there should be no more changes.

Did the Spirit of Nature suddenly change its mind because of Yveta?

She looked in the direction Gasroter had left, gritted her teeth. "Whether it's good or bad, I can only catch up to Gasroter first and then decide."

"In that case, that Yveta... that child has effectively replaced the tenth person who was already scheduled a thousand years ago."

"I really don't know if it's good or bad."

"This is a major event related to the survival and revival of the druids!"