Chapter 14 The Forest's Warning
After a tinkering meal, the hungry Dunk finally waited for supper. As soon as the bronze beard entered the door, he spread the oil-paper bag in his hand on the table, which was still a classic combination of barbecue and rice balls, as well as the vegetables that Dunk requested and four slices of bread given by the tavern.
"Bronze beard, do you want to repair things?" Dunk took the small purse thrown by his companion, glanced at the coins in the purse and said, "Five copper coins, that ball of cotton is so valuable?" He thought he could only sell one copper coin, just like selling the least valuable garbage in the game.
"Agsino - the owner of the tavern. He said he had never seen this 'cotton' material before, so he gave a surprise price." The bronze beard said while eating.
"Hmm!" Dunk was surprised.
It seems that something is wrong... Isn't the pajamas completely cotton?... Did I be fooled by the owner of the pajamas?...Dunk pulled out the intact cotton wool from his waist and held it in his hand and tossed it over and over, but there was no strange thing.
"Is this one for sale?" asked Bronzebeard lowered the wine pot in his hand.
"No, I just can't see anything strange." Dunk put the cotton wool into the square brie and kept it. He picked up the barbecue on the table and took a bite, and said while chewing it: "You have something to repair..." The second half of the sentence was swallowed by him in the stomach with the barbecue, because the equipment on the bronze beard was covered with mud and dust, and the materials seemed to be nothing special, but there was no damage at all.
"Of course not. Look at this," Bronzebeard stood up, lifted his belt and said, "This is the belt for us adult dwarfs! A dwarf belt is enough for a dwarf to wear for a lifetime."
"So are the shoes?" Dunk bent down and looked at the bottom of the table.
"That's right. Dwarf boots." The toes of the bronze beard twisted proudly in the shoes. He pulled open the lining of his clothes, "Look at this, the dwarf leather armor, with metal guard plates embedded in it."
"Okay, okay, I know your equipment is extraordinary." Dunk stuffed a sip of bread into his mouth: "Is the village lively?"
"It's so lively! The people in the caravan are crazy." The bronze beard jumped excitedly, as if remembering something, so he hurriedly sat back to the table and picked up two slices of bread, made a sandwich with vegetables and barbecue.
"Is there a church or a college?" Dunk was still thinking about the magic book. There were no new skills to learn in the past few days, and the upgrade progress was still on the spot.
"Let me think about it..." The Bronzebeard bit a big bite of the sandwich, chewed it a few times, and said, "There is only one church of the forest goddess Melikay."
"That's for sure, sweet mushrooms grow in the forest..." Dunk saw the sweet mushrooms grinded into white crushed in slices of bread. He learned the movement of bronze beards and also made a sandwich.
The Goddess of the Forest is one of the natural deities. I wonder if I can borrow books in His church. Well... just ordinary books are fine. Will it be because I am a half-baked druid, and even the gate of the church is not allowed to enter? Probably not, at least I can cast natural spells normally...
Dunk was hesitating in his heart whether to go to the Forest Goddess' church tonight, but the bronze beard opposite had already eaten his sandwich.
"I'm going to the tavern," Bronze beat his stomach and walked towards the wooden door, waved his hand behind and said, "There is a strongman competition there, I just signed up~"
"Go and go." Dunk watched his companion leave, took the last bite of meat strips, and rinsed his mouth with clean water.
He was the only one left in the quiet low wooden house, without computers, TVs, and mobile phones.
Strictly speaking, this is the first time Dunk felt that night was very bored after traveling through time. During the days when he was recuperating from Zhishuixi camp, he slept soundly at night. After leaving the camp, he switched to the night watch with the bronze beard every night, sleeping or standing guard all night, not like now...
No wonder they all like to go to the tavern...Dunk cleaned up in the room, blew out the candlelight and left the wooden house.
Walk through the quiet alley and walk into the only street of Tianmu Village. There are dark green vine awnings on both sides of the road, and the simple wooden tables are filled with various commodities. It seems that many business travelers have regarded this transit station as a bulk cargo point.
Behind the canopy are grocery stores, magic prop shops, barber shops, taverns and cottages marked with room license plates. The simple shops along the street are hung with firefly lanterns for lighting, and candles are used in the cottages behind them, and bright flames are sprinkled onto the street from the cracks of the door or from the open doors.
Dunk walked along the noisy crowd, and the curiosity in his heart gradually turned into confusion.
Shouldn’t sweet mushrooms be everywhere in the village of sweet mushrooms? Why can’t sweet mushrooms be seen at all in the shops along the street selling ingredients...
"Hey man. That's right, I'm calling you," a handsome young man sitting in a canopy called Dunk: "Is this the first time I'm visiting Sweet Mushroom Village?"
Dunk looked at the jungle costumes and the short bow behind the young man, and said, "Yes... are you a Forest Ranger?"
"That's right." The Forest Ranger looked exhausted, and his eyelids drooped to look at the table. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, and said with a breath: "You're so unfortunate that Sweet Mushroom Village is going to suffer. Leave early, it's still time to leave now."
"Why..." Dunk was about to ask, but saw the ranger suddenly looking at a dim alley corner, and his eyes, which were originally full of fatigue, became extremely alert.
Dunk slowed down for half a second and looked at the corner of the black clothes indented into the shadow behind the wall.
The forest ranger shook his hand at him, whistled like a bird's song, and then turned into a slender green shadow, jumping several times on the tables and stools and canopies on the streets and then sank into the shadows in the corners.
"This..." Dunk was stunned for a few seconds, completely confused. But he couldn't catch up with the figure of the Ranger, otherwise he would definitely ask him for a clear answer.
It’s better to go to the church of the goddess of the forest. If it is really the same as the Ranger said, the church’s clergy will definitely send a warning to the residents...Dunk found the signpost on the street and followed the guidance to the north of the Sweet Mushroom Village. A few minutes later, he arrived at his destination.
The churches of each deity are full of distinctive characteristics. There are only a few deities who use square stone houses and wooden houses as churches.
Just like the Forest Goddess Church in front of you, it uses the trunk of a banyan tree as its wall and the canopy as its top. It does not require open fire lighting, but only fireflies and glowing moss. Everything is arranged according to the preferences of the Forest Goddess.
Dunk opened the curtain of the vine door at the main entrance, and as soon as he stepped in, a string of messages came from his mind:
"Nature's Evidence: Discovering a Church of the Goddess of the Forest. Upgrade progress: 3.30/9.00."
The movement of crossing the door paused for a second, then he followed the other visitors and found a crooked tree to sit down.
You can gain experience when entering the church, so will you gain more in the temple and monuments? Does the experience gained from the successful salvation of servants come from the faith value contributed by the pan-believers? In this way, as long as you help the natural gods consolidate their faith, you may gain experience...Dunk thought about it and had a new view on improving the druid level. However, whether this upgrade method is feasible remains to be verified.
Chapter completed!