If it weren't for Elph saying that this was the Druid Order, Ann would have thought he was in a small village in the forest.

It is surrounded by tall wooden walls, and rows of beautiful cabins are built according to a specific plan, without any chaos. You can also smoke from the chimney of the wooden house.

Some children are laughing and playing in the streets, and occasionally a heavily armed adventurer looks wistful as they pass by, and it seems that boys in all worlds love weapons.

If anything, unlike any other village, druids can often be seen patrolling the walls in robes and decorated with greenery.

Elph led Ann by the finger, greeted the druid standing guard at the door, and led him towards the Elder's house.

And when the children dressed as curious adventurers saw An Yizhi, they also gathered around and watched from afar, and eighty percent were attracted by his gorgeous Mithril robe, which made An Yizhi very proud.

Lao Tzu's handsomeness is still appreciated.

Even though it's just a bunch of kids.

The druids' village is not small, and their houses are built between the trees, and the shade of the tall trees makes it difficult to see how big they are.

As he went deeper, he saw an ancient oak tree the size of a mountain that blocked his view like a mountain.

"When we arrive, there is the Elder's Cottage in front of us."

Elph said, pointing to a door panel under the oak tree.

Had Elf not pointed it out, Ann hadn't noticed that there was a door panel that, at first glance, looked like the intertwined roots of a large oak tree.

Led Ann to the door, Elph knocked twice, and with a creak, an old man in a beige robe came out of it.

He has a comfortable temperament, very kind and kind, and Ann is reminded of the old man who sat downstairs all day playing chess with his old rival, and also of the Bishop Tolan in the Temple of Dawn in Kia Gate.

If I had to make a difference, Bishop Tolan was like the warm sun in the morning, and the old man in front of him was more like a gentle breeze blowing through the field.

This kind of temperament is indeed enviable, and the so-called self-cultivation is probably what it means.

"Elder, I found the missing adventurer, but unfortunately he was dead when I went."

Elph took out the nameplate around the halfling's neck and handed it to the Elder:

"I held a funeral for him as a tree elf, and this is his relic."

"Thank you for everything, Elph, and I'll pass on the news to his teammates."

The elder said solemnly, carefully putting the nameplate into the pocket of his robe, and then he looked at An Yizhi.

Elph understood and introduced:

"This is Master Nikolai's student An Yizhi, and I met him on the road."

"Hello."

Ann bowed his head slightly in greeting, and then saw the druid's hands glow with a thick green light towards him.

Startled him, he thought it was some kind of attack, and was about to retreat when he was held by Elph on the back:

"Don't move, the elders are helping you."

Help me?

Before An Yizhi could figure out what he meant, he received a notification from the system.

[The hidden positioning spell effect of your item's 'Directional Guidance Ring' has been removed, and the curse of 'Rainbow Cloak' has been reduced by 1]

it!

The ring he got from the succubus must have been passive in some way, but it was difficult to mix in the Broken Domain without it, so he had to take it, and An Yizhi had already been mentally prepared for this.

Relatively speaking, it is indeed a surprise that the two curses on the colorful cloak have been lifted, although only one of them has been lifted, and these gains are not in vain this dungeon.

Just removing the curse and the magic effect made the elder look a little tired, he let out a sigh of relief, leaned against the door frame and said:

"I'll remove the abyssal aura from you, but there's nothing I can do about another curse, you might be able to go find another priest."

"Thank you, Elder."

This sentence is absolutely sincere, anyway, if you think about it from another perspective, An Yizhi will definitely not help a guy who has never known anything to lift the curse or anything.

The Druid Elder waved his hand:

"Count me back as a favor for Niko, you two come in, I just have something to talk about."

An Yizhi's right eyelid was picked, and now he always felt that it was not good when he heard the word 'just right'.

The Elder's Cottage doesn't look like a druid's house, but more like a well-renovated retirement home for retired seniors.

Stepping on the smooth wooden floor, Ann pointed to the door and saw a small and delicate living room, both the chairs and the table were very beautifully made.

What's even more incredible is that this place is obviously the root of the tree, and it should be pitch black, but there is a layer of glowing balls of light like fireflies on the ceiling, and they illuminate the whole cabin very brightly.

The Druid Elder beckoned the two to sit down, took a clay pot from a nearby shelf, and poured a sweet-smelling golden liquid into the wooden cup and placed it in front of them.

"Taste, it's the best honey in the Endless Sea of Trees."

The man in front of him was not so much an elder of the Druid Order as he was a kind old man who saw the juniors come to his house as a guest.

The honey is not as sweet and greasy as ordinary honey, but has a smooth texture like milk, and the taste is closer to sweetness, which is quite good as a drink.

"Yes, your teacher was full of praise for this when he was young."

The elder smiled and said, feeling more like an elder in the family.

"Elder, what the hell happened to the Endless Sea of Trees?"

As Elph asked, the Druid Elder looked straight and sighed:

"Since you asked, then I'll get down to business."

He tapped his finger on the tabletop, and a magical image emerged.

This is recorded in the first person, and it can be seen that the man is in a very frightened state, and the rapidly receding trees and thorns on either side of the field of vision indicate that he is fleeing for his life, and that he is already in a bit of a panic.

But he didn't have long to escape, only to see a thick, black-haired beast's claws appear in the magical image, and then the image disappears.

"This is the last scene sent back by a member of our Order about a month ago."

The elder tapped the table again, and this time the magical image that appeared was a 3D projection map.

He pointed to a red dot on it and said:

"This is where we are now."

He pointed to another point:

"This is where members of the Order were killed."

It can be seen that the place where the members of the Order were killed is not far from the location of the Druid Order, especially for the druids who are good at forest operations.

"It was an evil creature that attacked him, and there had never been such a thing in the sea of trees before."

"Are they the ones who let the beasts in the depths of the sea of trees escape from the area where they used to live?"

"I think so, little Elph."

Ann pointed to Hela, who thought for a moment and said:

"Characteristically, it should be a werewolf's claw. However, there is no record of them appearing in the sea of trees. ”

Werewolves, like vampires, are very difficult types to deal with, and they also have super self-regeneration ability, coupled with strong physical strength, making werewolves an unbeatable existence.

The difference with vampires is that the former are undead creatures, and werewolves are purely evil creatures.

In other words, the main quest is to deal with the werewolves?

It does feel like it's worth the difficulty of the hard dungeon, and it's not too difficult to deal with.

An Yizhi has a lot of means to target evil creatures, and werewolves are much easier to deal with than neutral beasts like Phantom Spiders.

It's not that simple.

"Lin Hai's mutation was earlier than the werewolf attack on the members of the Order, he was originally the one who went to the depths to find out what was going on, but he encountered a werewolf not long after leaving the Order."

The Druid Elder slid the magic map, and then drew the collection screen with us, suddenly turned the scale of the map larger, pointed to the edge, and said:

"The Father of the Oak Tree didn't give me any more revelations, the dark forces in the forest were too strong to interfere with the oracles, and we only knew that the mutation came from here, and began to expand beyond the forest."

An Yizhi looked at the map, muttering a little in his heart.

Isn't it a demon again, that's too uninspiring.

As a result, the Druid Elder vetoed the idea of demons causing trouble with great certainty, on the grounds that a small group of demons would not be enough for the beasts to eat in the endless forest......

And because of the failure of the invasion plan, it is impossible for the demon to send a large army to cause trouble.

What kind of evil creature caused the changes in the depths of the forest sea?

There are too many options for this, and even if you throw away the demons in the lower planes, there are still many options, which cannot be accurately deduced simply by the fact that there are werewolves in the attackers.

Anyway, the druid elder looks so dicked, and it's Nikolai's old acquaintance, so why don't you go and see for yourself?

In fact, although the level of the Druid Elder is not low, it is not at all comparable to Nikolai, not to mention that his current body does not allow him to take any more risks.

"I'm old and dying."

The elder said, pulling open his robe to reveal his chest.

There was a large area of rotten flesh that had turned black and seemed to be burnt.

Elph was about to say something when the Druid Elder raised his hand to stop her:

"Little girl, I am a human being, and even though I have lived for nearly four hundred years under the protection of the Father of the Oak Tree, I am almost about to return to the embrace of the tree."

The elder was very calm about his own death, as if he was talking about someone else's business:

"What sustains me now is this big oak tree behind us, and if I die, it will wither, so I must find someone to replace me in the shortest time after I die."

He smiled peacefully:

"Your job is to call him in, to replace me, to be the Grand Druid of the Order, and as for the depths of the Lim, do your best. If the catastrophe facing Lin Hai is unavoidable, let it come, but remember that after the catastrophe, there is always a new life born on the decaying corpse. ”

This kind of open-mindedness is quite rare even among druids, after all, druids are all mortals......

"For any druid, hiding in the leaves isn't a problem to survive, and we're the best at rebuilding forests, aren't we?"

After that, he blinked mischievously, so that Elph, who had red circles, didn't know what to say.

At this moment, there was another knock at the door.

"Well, they must have come back."

Who are they?

Just as he was wondering, the Druid Elder opened the wooden door, revealing two familiar figures of Ann and his fingers......