Chapter 236, Alliance Request (5,000-Word Chapter!)

On the fields of Wenford Principality, the ice and snow gradually melted, and a ray of spring appeared on the ground.

The lake goddess Morgiana sat sideways on the body of the unicorn Sylphane, and behind her was a troop of Holy Grail knights, advancing along the dirt road.

Due to the melting ice and snow, the road was somewhat muddy, and the knights marched relatively slowly, which gave Morgiana more time to think. The Lake Goddess Witch was wearing a brown woolen coat, with a gray carved silk dress inside, and a white one. Soft boots showed heels from under the skirt.

Just now, she received a magical message.

This is a very strange magical message, because the owner of this message is not a human, nor an elf, nor a vampire, but a tree spirit in the forest.

An elder treant named Teresa sent a message to Morgiana, inviting the witch of the lake to meet in Sharon Forest, saying that he hoped to discuss the alliance with the witch of the lake.

"My lord, do you want to go directly to Bodleix?" A Holy Grail knight asked. It is no news in the kingdom that Musilon's vampire has changed. Many serfs and even nobles are in panic. The horrors this country brings are a half-closed secret.

Morgiana had been waiting for the king's action. Normally speaking, it was not her turn to mobilize the army and lead the dukes to launch wars. The prophet of the lake god of the order of nuns, assigning missions to the knights of the Holy Grail, and searching for prodigies with magical talents.

Most of the time, there is no conflict between the lake god witch and the king.

But when the Blood Red Duke kept gathering the army of vampires, there was no news from the king at all. Mogiana, who hadn't seen Richard taking action for a long time, finally couldn't help it, and then she walked out of her tower. Appear and head to the front with the Grail Knight.

"No, I'm not going to Bodleix, you guys are going to the Principality of Bordro, to help Boderick coordinate the defense, and deal with those black Holy Grail knights, I'm going to the Barony of Jean, I have something to do." Mo Jaina said in a deep voice.

"Yes." The Holy Grail knights led away, and Morgiana rode to the Baron of Jean: "Let's go, Sylphine, hurry up."

It took two days for Morgiana to arrive at Ryan's territory.

"His Royal Highness Morgiana?" Ryan was very surprised by the arrival of the Lake God Witch.

At the same time, Francois, Duke of Winford, and his son and daughter who were guests in Lane's castle were also very surprised.

After the fairy in the lake personally made the marriage contract, Francois immediately agreed that he came this time to discuss the engagement with Ryan. The engagement ceremony is simpler than marriage, whether it is Francois or Ryan. The meaning is to keep a low profile and wait until the time of marriage to get married.

So in the drawing room on the second floor of the castle, Morgiana also joined the discussion.

"My lord, if you want to come here without saying hello in advance, I'm not well prepared." Ryan brought a sumptuous refreshment and wine and placed them in front of Morgiana.

Suria was wearing a standard Brittany marquise dress, and she was sitting next to Ryan. What happened today made her very shy, and she kept her head down in everything she did.

But a female knight is a female knight after all, and what she learned from her father was never coddling and avoiding, just like when the fairy in the lake asked if she would like it, Suria immediately gave an affirmative answer, Suria Now holding Ryan's hand tightly, he declared his determination to his father, his brother, and Morgiana who came from afar.

Seeing the hands tightly held by Ryan and Suria, Morgiana frowned indiscriminately. She straightened her skirt and said softly, "Is this what the lady means?"

"Yes, my lord, this is the meaning of the lady." Francois's elegant face was full of joy, and he smiled at the lake goddess: "I also think that Ryan is a very good young man, We're going to put the engagement on Lily's Day this year, which is the lady's birthday."

The duke's legitimate son, Julius, who had just finished a battle, also nodded. The knight of the kingdom looked at Ryan with dangerous eyes, but also a little relief.

Morgiana only felt a little irritable for no reason. As the first choice of the fairy of the lake and the spokesperson in the mortal world, the witch of the lake will not disobey the order of the fairy of the lake, so she just nodded slightly: "Since it is a lady I mean, I have no opinion."

Several people sat for a while, Ryan asked why Morgiana came here: "My Highness? Why did you come here suddenly, I thought you would go directly to Bodleix."

"I came here because a tree spirit invited me to meet inside Sharon Forest to discuss a temporary alliance." Mogiana held the Holy Grail of potions in her hand, and besides Ryan, the family of Duke Wenford and Moggie were in the house. Anna was not as indifferent as usual, and the golden eyebrows of the Lake God Witch raised: "So I will come here first, and then enter the interior of Sharon Forest from you."

"A request for an alliance?" Ryan said suspiciously: "I remember that most of the dryads are vicious and full of isolated ideas. Why do some dryads want to form an alliance with the kingdom?"

"Because the dryads want to remain isolated, they won't accept that the entire kingdom becomes a vampire's country, so they consider forming an alliance with the kingdom." Mogiana had some hesitation on her face, and she told Ryan and others the whole story.

"If the dryads really think this way, it's understandable that they would want to form an alliance with us." Francois spoke first, and the Duke himself tapped his fingers on the table: "For hundreds of years, whether it is wood elves or trees The Jingdu pursues a diplomatic principle of absolute isolation, but when Brittania fell into war and danger, there is no shortage of precedents in history for wood elves or dryads to lend a helping hand to us."

"Yes, no matter how you say it, the Kingdom and Athel Loren have a mutual agreement. Compared with the vampires who spread corruption and death, they obviously hope that we, Britannia, can block foreign enemies for them, so that they can continue to be isolated. Go down." Ryan also nodded, from this point of view, it is not surprising that there are dryads asking for an alliance.

"Let's wait until I meet the elder tree man. We still have to rely on ourselves to fight against the Red Duke and his undead. If the conditions of the tree man elder are too excessive, I will not agree." Mogiana nodded: "Too I'll be leaving in a moment."

The beautiful face of the witch of the lake is firm, and she defends the country.

"...Do you want me to go with you? Your Highness Morgiana? It's too dangerous for you to be alone." Ryan always felt that something was wrong, so he tried to ask.

"No, I can just go. The dryads are all eccentric guys, especially the tree elders. It is a laborious task to communicate with them. I have a sense of proportion." Mojiana flatly refused: " Too many people will arouse the dryad's ill will."

Ryan wanted to say more, but Morgiana reached out her hand to signal that there was no need to talk about it.

After sitting for a while, the Lake God Witch rode the unicorn Sylphine and left alone, heading towards the Sharon Forest.

Ryan, Francois, Julius, and Suria continued to sit in the reception room. For some reason, Ryan always felt a little uneasy when he thought of Morgiana's back. He tried to talk to Fran Sova said: "My Duke, I always feel that something is wrong. Do you still remember the disappearance of the Goddess of Mercy and the series of vampire activities?"

"Um……"

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Morgiana rode the unicorn Sylphine towards the depths of Sharon Forest.

The place where the Dryads and the Lake God Witch agreed to meet was in the deep interior of Sharon Forest, a place where the woodland was sparse, even if the unicorn could easily cross all obstacles and intertwined roots in the forest, Morgiana It also took almost a day to arrive.

"Stop, Sylphine, stop." Morgiana could feel that the tree elder was ahead.

This is a giant tree tree man with a height of nearly ten meters. It has a large number of tentacles and huge sharp claws. The ancient mysterious magic spells that have been possessed since the beginning of the world are engraved on them. .

The elder treant led a group of dryads and tree monsters. It looked irritable and crazy. When Morgiana approached on the unicorn, the elder treant also took his own steps. In the forest , the faces of these dryads are full of vicious expressions, and their attacks are powerful and deadly.

Morgiana couldn't help recalling the birth and process of the dryad.

The production of dryads started from the beginning of the world. At that time, the forest of Athel Loren was half the size of Brittania now. Ever since the oak tree took root here, forest spirits began to appear. If this pure energy creature attached Among the trees, the weak ones are called Zhuoya, and the strong ones are tree men.

Some ancient treants are as old as the entire world.

When the elves retreated from the mainland, some elves were reluctant to leave because they allied themselves with the dryads in the forest of Athel Loren. Winter grants protection, and this covenant lasts for thousands of years.

But not all dryads like elves, especially as the corruption of the world deepens with chaos, many tree elders fall into rage, and every year the crazy dryads are eliminated and sealed by the wood elves.

The giant treant headed by it spoke to Morgiana, who came from afar. Its body exuded bursts of heat, and its eyes glowed like lava: "Brita...Nia, fairy...witch?"

"That's right, I'm Morgiana, the witch of the lake god. Are you the elder tree man who came to negotiate?" Mogiana raised her head. She held up the holy grail of medicine and held the long sword in one hand, and said vigilantly.

"It's not...me." The tree elder suddenly stepped back.

Morgiana frowned, and she looked behind the tree elder.

A female dryad with a slim figure came out.

It is actually a bit weird to say that the figure is slim, because this is not a word used to describe the dryad, but in the eyes of the lake god witch, the female tree spirit in front of her can indeed be called a slim figure. Her body is covered with bark and has a female figure. The complete silhouette, the large strands of thin branches and roots are like her long hair, and her twisted face is full of hatred and resentment, which is not hatred against Morgiana, but hatred against everything in the world.

In the Dryad's view, any act of destroying the forest deserves death.

"I'm Teresa, and the elves also call me the ghost of the branch, the fairy witch of Brittania." The female dryad said: "The elder of the tree people council, I came here this time to discuss with you The alliance thing."

"I know, that's why I came here." Morgiana knew who the female dryad in front of her was.

"Branch Ghost" Teresa, an incredibly long-lived female dryad, her existence is longer than the wood elves came to Athel Loren. It is said that she still remembers the years when the elves did not come to the forest, even the forest Orion the king and Ariel the queen of the forest will also pay their respects before her.

"We can't tolerate the destruction of the forest, and we can't tolerate our territory being invaded by other creatures, so I made a request for an alliance." The female dryad opened her mouth, and her voice was hoarse like wood rubbing against each other. The sound, her eyes were full of sadness and anger.

"Then why did you form an alliance with us?" Morgiana turned over and got off the unicorn to show her respect. She was still full of vigilance, and the lake god witch raised her long sword and asked the female dryad.

"Because we have...a common enemy." Teresa, the branch shade, said in an ugly human language, and she motioned Morgiana to look behind her.

The Lake God Witch turned around abruptly, and her blue eyes suddenly widened.

From the shadows of the forest emerged a tall, sullen vampire, clad in black armor of the curse, with a hairless head, holding a cursed sword in one arm and a sword in the other. Holding the hook sickle, his pale complexion almost turned into a thick undead wind under the shade of the tree.

The most insidious and cunning vampire in the Carstein family! Manfred von Carstein.

"Manfred von Carstein?" The dryads immediately protected Morgiana and the female dryad Teresa in the middle.

"Hehe, the dryad and the lake witch actually want to form an alliance under my nose? This is really not a good idea." Manfred laughed and approached, the vampire count raised his hand, and a blood-red energy beam Flying directly towards Morgiana.

Nagash's gaze!

Powerful magic power began to condense in Morgiana's hand, a mist appeared around the lake goddess witch, the potion chalice turned white, and Morgiana immediately released a protective spell.

Six-ring magic, the goddess mist.

The blood-red energy beam hit the white mist, making a loud noise.

"Die!" Manfred immediately drew out his sword. The cursed sharp long sword exuded the aura of gray-white undead, and pointed directly at Morgiana's chest. The Lake God Witch also immediately drew her sword.

When swords clashed, Morgiana, who was not good at close combat, immediately took two steps back. The golden belt on her waist flashed, and the golden round shield protected her. Manfred was forced to retreat, and then Moggie Anna immediately recited the spell, and the energy in the Holy Grail of the Potion suddenly turned purple, and a purple mana dragon gathered from the Holy Grail of the Potion, ready to attack the enemy.

While Morgiana was chanting and casting spells, she could hear the fairy in the lake anxiously wanting to say something to her, but the lady's words were indistinct like waves crashing on rocks.

No distractions were allowed during the battle, and Morgiana couldn't control that much anymore. The purple mana dragon shot out under her chant, knocking Manfred into the air and crashing into the trunk of a giant tree superior.

The energy in the Holy Grail of the potion was transformed into blue again, and Morgiana planned to summon thunder and lightning to deal a fatal blow to the vampire count.

"Hmm!" Just halfway through casting the spell, a stabbing pain suddenly came from the waist of the Lake God Witch.

"What... what?" Mogiana turned her head with difficulty, and found that the female tree spirit had pierced her waist with a thin branch, and an unknown green liquid was slowly pouring into her body.

"Uh! What... what? This is...?" Mogiana was about to ask the female tree spirit what she wanted to do, when a strong sense of numbness covered her whole body, she tried hard to open her cherry lips, but she couldn't say anything. Voice, with a trace of crystals flowing from the corner of his mouth: "You..."

The Holy Grail of Potion fell to the ground.

"It's amazing, the fairy and witch of Brittania." The female dryad laughed viciously: "This kind of ancient tree spiritual liquid can even be solved by forest dragons. As long as ordinary humans are injected with a little bit, it may be directly Will it become a puppet?"

"You are..." Morgiana's legs went limp and she could hardly stand up, her hands were immediately bound firmly by the dryad's tentacles.

"It's not good if you attract other humans... How about it, Lord Vampire, this is the gift of our alliance. Have you seen our sincerity?"

Manfred got up from the ground, he opened his mouth and laughed loudly: "I saw it, dryads, I feel your sincerity, I agree with your request, when the vampires rule this country, we will follow Covenant, drive those elves out of the forest, and then destroy them."

"Very well, then the Fairy and Witch of Britannia will be our meeting gift." The Dryad laughed wildly.

Morgiana's eyes widened. She tried hard to reach out to grab something from her body. The Lake God Witch tried her best to mobilize the last bit of strength in her body, trying to break free.

Manfred reached out and took a gemstone from the waist of the lake witch's long dress, and then crushed it directly. He whispered in Morgiana's ear: "Oh, if you attract other Holy Grail knights alright."

"Traitor... Teresa, you have violated... the peace treaty." The gem shattered into pieces and fell to the ground, and the hand of the Lake God Witch drooped down, and then more branches tied her tightly, wrists and The ankles were completely bound, and the female dryad took off her golden belt and long sword, and disarmed her.

Another ancient wood spirit liquid was injected into Morgiana's body, and the lake goddess couldn't move at all. All she could do was pant slightly: "Save... Ms.... Save..."

"Your lady will not come to save you, dear Highness the Lake God and Witch, come! Take her away! Another sacrifice is settled."

"yes!"