For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 211 Wild Hunt and Mind

  After separating from Nezemar, William went alone to the heart of the Holy Tree City—the tree of the world that was too big to see at a glance.

   Even William felt a sincere shock when he came to the foot of this majestic tree like a mountain. The branches that are thick enough for people to run on and run on are intertwined; occasionally, dead leaves that are big enough for people to use as quilts will fall off the branches and float down gracefully, attracting pedestrians under the shade to avoid them.

  The sturdy root system extends from here, weaving into a huge net, reaching every corner of the Holy Tree City. Those subtrees that act as urban "architectures" are each connected to their mother world tree by a web of roots.

   is not only huge, but complicated.

  It is said that all kinds of plants on the Vic continent can find samples of growth on the world tree. The tree itself is an extremely complete ecosystem, or according to William's past world, a living gene pool (if the world has such a thing as genes).

  William came under the World Tree with almost no obstacles along the way, but this surprised him a little.

   Because it was unimaginable in the past.

  A thousand years ago, this was a forbidden place that foreigners could never approach. Now, it seems that even human beings can freely enter and exit the core area of ​​Sacred Tree City.

   "Probably the reason for the unification war?"

  William, who was walking on the road, muttered to himself.

  According to historical records, during the Unification War, Ravenwood Sacred Tree City, with the blessing of the "Big Mother" of the World Tree, repelled seven attacks by the Imperial Legion before and after and still stands still. In the end, the great sage Yeats and his first-generation platinum ring sang for ten days and ten nights, weaving a great magic called "Jiao Huo", and issued an ultimatum - if they did not surrender, they would destroy the entire forest. Burn it down.

  The "Father of the Wild", the ruler of the Holy Tree City, finally chose to kneel. He appeased the "big mother"'s anger and expressed his willingness to accept the empire's rule under the condition of ensuring the contract between the forest elves and the World Tree.

  In the end, with Ravenwood as the core, the settlement of the forest elves in the southwest of the Vic Continent was divided into the current Jade Province. In the past, the title of "Father of the Wilderness", who was the object of the holy marriage of the "big mother" in the forest elves tradition, was abolished, but was replaced by the "Duke of the Holy Tree" bestowed by the Platinum Throne.

   Probably for this reason, many things that were absolutely taboo in the past have been changed now. For example, a person with a human appearance like William can freely walk under the shade of the World Tree without being picked on by anyone. If it was the era of the game story, whenever William approached this area, he would have recruited at least half a dozen guards.

   When William walked to a staircase woven by vines and roots, and was about to follow the trees on the road, a guard wearing a shiny beast leather armor and a white bone sword around his waist stopped him.

  William thought that he finally met someone who stopped him from moving forward. He was just about to sing an illusion spell to get away with it, but the first sentence the other party said made William stunned.

   "Sir, please wait, are you going to the World Tree for sightseeing, or to worship the Holy Mother?"

"go sightseeing?"

  William asked subconsciously.

   Does World Tree still offer tours? This is too far from the one in William's memory, where foreigners will be arrested and imprisoned, whipped, and even punished with capital punishment if they get too close, right?

"If it's sightseeing, then you're going to the wrong entrance. The closest ones to here are South Fourth and South Seven, and these two tree-hole tracks are the entrances for sightseeing. The Sky Sacred Horned Insects train runs every hour. Nan Si can't catch up now, but Nan Qi's should be too late now."

   Maybe he didn't hear the questioning tone of the word "sightseeing" in William's mouth, the forest elf guard in front of him replied.

   And this answer shocked William.

  What the **** is the Heavenly Sacred Hornworm Kelie?

  The Heavenly Scarab William knew that it was a sacred insect raised by the forest druids in the past, and was only invited to carry the offerings during sacrifices.

   As a result, it seems that the business order has been changed?

   The forest elf who stopped William looked a little old. His skin was light dark brown, and there were some rough folds like tree bark. Seeing William froze in place, with an unbelievable expression on his face, he explained patiently:

"Behind me is the pilgrimage road that leads directly to the ash gate of the Holy Tree and the Great Mother's Shrine, with a total of 7,800 steps. Only pilgrims can climb up in one breath without any external force. Since you are here for sightseeing, you should go up to the sacred tree on the Beetle Passenger Train. I have seen too many people who climbed the steps halfway and couldn’t get down, and were trapped in place.”

  The Gate of Ash is one of the seven gates of the Temple of the Holy Mother of the Holy Tree. Because of the influence of the Church of the Holy Spirit, this gate has become a symbol of the "Mother of the Holy Spirit". In the game, passing through this gate has the same effect as touching the statue of the "Holy Mother".

   Surprised, William quickly accepted this setting. After all, for more than a thousand years, such a change is barely within the scope of his understanding.

   Adjusted his somewhat out-of-control expression management, William cleared his throat and said:

   "Actually, I was planning to go to the Holy Mother's Shrine for a pilgrimage, and I wanted to seek health for myself."

   After saying this, William was a little worried for a moment that the other party would drag him to buy some incense candles and the like.

   This is so visually appealing.

   But when the guard heard the words, he just looked around, then lowered his voice and said to William:

"If you are here for the blessing of the eldest mother, I can only say that those who say that you can get the blessing of health by walking the pilgrimage road are just rumors. You can go to any regular church in the empire and wear it with you. Going through that door doesn't make much difference. There's no need to toss yourself up 7,800 steps for such a rumor."

   His tone was sincere.

   This is a real person...

   William thought to himself.

   The blessing effect can be obtained from ordinary churches, and with some harsh completion conditions, the original ordinary blessing effect can be plated with a sacred halo. This trick is widely used in belief building, managing subordinates, and various PUA relationships. If William really came for the pilgrimage, he might have listened to the guard and went to ride the Sky Scarab Trey.

   But the purpose of his trip was originally the temple of the Holy Mother of the Holy Tree, where he hoped to use the power of the World Tree to dispel the corruption curse of the Lady of Hungry and Corruption that remained on his body. So no matter what you say, you have to go up.

   Seeing William's firm eyes, the guard sighed slightly and said nothing. Just turned around and walked to the side of the small pavilion grown by mushrooms, picked up the eagle feather pen and dipped it in ink:

   "Then I have to register your identity first."

Before William reported the pseudonym he had prepared earlier, more than a dozen men were so thin that they were sickly, wearing animal skins, carrying rough bone weapons, and tattooed men all over their bodies. Light, gradually phenotyped around the root system of this tree.

   And with the appearance of these guys, the surrounding environment that was a little noisy suddenly became silent.

   "Who are they?"

   Seeing this, William whispered to the guards on the side.

   "They are the hounds of the Duke of the Holy Tree, Wild Hunt."

   The guard replied with some nervousness and even some fear.

   "The Wild Hunt is..."

  William just wanted to continue his question, but the guard immediately put his index finger in front of his lips and made a "quiet" gesture.

   "When the Wild Hunt is around, don't talk too much to attract their attention... They have unlimited law enforcement power, and they are all lunatics."

   The guard said in a voice that was almost a whisper.

   And he hasn't finished speaking yet, maybe it's the appearance of William, a human, that looks a little too conspicuous among the forest elves. Or maybe he heard a conversation between William and the guard, and one of the Wild Hunters came over to them.

   After the man walked in front of William slowly and with great pressure, he opened his mouth full of sharp teeth and said:

   "You, human, why are you here?"

   This Wild Hunt's voice was intermittent as if it was under some heavy pressure, and lacked a conjunction.

   "I'm going to make a pilgrimage to the temple."

  William shrugged.

  Perhaps the expression on his face was too calm. After the Wild Hunt looked at William up and down, he gritted his teeth and said:

   "We, we are going to arrest an anti-imperialist who is believed to have fled to this city. Would you mind going to the green prison to cooperate with the investigation?"

   "This is the right taste..."

   William whispered.

"what?"

   "I said, this is the right way. How can the Holy Tree City not be provocative based on race?"

  William slightly increased his volume.

   Then he looked at the man in front of him:

   "Also, for your question just now, my answer is mind."

   (end of this chapter)