Chapter 119 The Hut in the Mother Tree
"I have given orders for them to attack the elves' outlying towns."

Through prayer as a bridge, the Pope heard Laming’s report.

This was not what he wanted to hear, but out of trust in his high priest, he still asked the reason.

"This will reduce casualties, and with those towns as fulcrums, we can conveniently stockpile supplies and then plan new offensives."

The Pope did not need them to have a town as a fulcrum, nor did he need them to have a complete attack plan.

Laming should be clear about this.

"Taking these towns can also reduce the amount of supplies the elves need from the outside world. It is difficult to sustain a long-term war relying solely on the output of the forest..."

Laming was still analyzing the battle when the Pope interrupted him.

"Why should we send the Skitarii to attack the elves' forest?"

Laming on the opposite side gave the answer without hesitation.

"Eliminate the alien races to prevent them from harming humans..."

Suddenly, the Pope could not hear clearly what Lai Ming said. It seemed that there was a burst of mumbling and roaring arguing about something. In the end, the mumbling prevailed.

"No, no, our purpose is..."

Lei Ming suddenly realized that he almost misunderstood the original purpose.

"Our goal is to use that forest to eliminate the most affected grassroots priests and crusaders."

Although Laming remembered their purpose, the Pope could no longer trust him.

"You leave now and return to the Wind Whispering Kingdom to organize missionary affairs."

Originally, the Pope hoped that Laming could organize these priests and rush into the forest to die more efficiently. But now it seems that even the high priest Laming will involuntarily forget this purpose and start organizing a real offensive.

"But, there is no agreement with the Kingdom regarding missionary work..."

"There is no time to think about this now. The impact has already spread to high priests like you. If this continues, the church will gradually deviate from the vision when it was founded."

The Pope has made his decision.

"I know this will come at a great cost. It will increase those kingdoms' fear of us, and then they will use this as an excuse to expel our priests and clergy. Lania will also be very dissatisfied with our behavior. We may have to spend a lot of effort to appease her and the nobles in the kingdom."

He has begun to think about how to minimize the consequences of the church's actions.

"Stop the attacks on those outlying towns of the elves, and then go to the Whispering Wind Kingdom and let the person in charge of that area, whether it's Lannia or the prince he appointed, know that no matter what, the church will start preaching in the Whispering Wind Kingdom, and the church will remove all obstacles to the preaching, even if it requires the use of force."

The Pope ended his prayer with a long sigh.

"It would be nice if there were no aliens."

He seemed to hear a roar and understood some of the information contained in it. He shook his head, hardly paying attention to what he had just heard, and pushed the door and walked out of the prayer room. Next, he might need to leave the cathedral and go to some kingdoms to appease those uneasy kings and nobles.

"Cancel the attack on those elven towns."

Laming stood up and looked at the gathered priests behind him.

"Why? Obviously this is the only way to cause the greatest harm to those alien races."

The priests seemed dissatisfied. If Laming could not come up with a reasonable explanation, they might obey orders temporarily. But when Laming left and the command was transferred back to the priests, they would plan another offensive against these towns. "But this would also cause harm to humans."

Since Lai Ming was able to become the high priest, he would naturally not lose to the young priests he taught in terms of rhetoric.

"Look at those caravans outside the town. They are all humans. Are you going to make them the center of the battlefield?"

"But we tried to evacuate them."

A priest spoke up and made a suggestion.

"You now have better enemies. Look at that forest. It's inhabited by aliens. There's no need to identify the target, and there's no risk of our compatriots getting hurt. Our goal is just to kill the aliens, and they're just ahead."

The excuse that Laming came up with on the spur of the moment was full of loopholes, but the priests were seized by a strange fanaticism after hearing about the killing of aliens and did not pay attention to the details.

"Next, it will be up to you to command the attack."

Laming looked at the priest who had opened his mouth to make the suggestion.

"Attack the forests where the aliens live. Don't worry about anything else."

After saying that, Lemming left the temporary camp of the crusaders.

……

"The mother tree is in front of you. You just need to enter the mother tree through the tree hole and then start praying."

Lysabel walked towards the mother tree while recalling the words of the Elf High Priestess.

The elves were in the distance, watching her slowly move forward. Two tree people stood on either side of Lysabel, leading her towards the mother tree.

Elves will only appear around the mother tree twice in their lives, once when they are born from the mother tree, and the other time is when they die and return to the mother tree.

There are some tree people under the mother tree. Lisabel can't understand what these tree people are busy with. She can only roughly guess that they are maintaining the mother tree.

A fruit fell from the mother tree, and a tree man turned to the fruit and picked it up.

Under the guidance of the tree man, Lisabel walked into the tree hole. Before the darkness swallowed her, she saw the tree man gently open the fruit, and inside was a young elf.

The moment she fell into darkness, Lysabel could no longer feel the presence of the tree man around her. A low whisper sounded in her ears. It was the voice of the god of nature, which made Lysabel feel very at ease.

Lisabel continued walking. The space in front of her was obviously much larger than the tree hole she saw outside. The murmur became clearer, as if guiding her to move forward.

A ray of light appeared in front of us, coming from a house with an open door.

The house stood abruptly in the darkness, and the whispering sound became clearer and clearer.

"It's okay, just go in."

The voice flashed past Lisabel's ears. She was very familiar with this voice. She could hear it when she prayed.

Lisabel walked into the room without hesitation. The strong light made her temporarily lose her vision. When she recovered, she saw a cozy little house in front of her. There were several flower pots on the windowsill, and the flowers in them were quietly blooming. The sound of birds singing from outside the window made Lisabel feel unreal.

She remembered that she was inside the body of the mother tree.

"Welcome to my cabin, kid."

(End of this chapter)