第六十章：织网

很快，芙拉洛要求召见所有树灵的命令，随着整个骨白宫的官僚系统层层下发到了各处巨树树冠圣殿的内部，并且在极短的时间里得到了回应。
It has to be said that in these years, the power structure of the Floraum Empire has almost reset the furnace and established a new order. Although it still appears horribly crude in the eyes of William, the efficiency is much higher compared to the clan-based society established by Rivendwood more than a thousand years ago with totems as its bond.
最起码不会出现过去那样，虚无君王的军队都已经拍到脸上来了，各部族还要不紧不慢的通过进行狩猎游戏来确定要不要反抗的情况。
The only concern with this mechanism is that it is entirely built on Flora's authority, transcending everyone else's strength. The entire system is almost solely maintained by her. Once she dies or goes mad, or encounters an outsider stronger than her, all the order will collapse and revert back to the way it was before.
Or worse yet.
This could be considered the dilemma that all truly powerful figures in the world with extraordinary abilities will ultimately face.
Who knows how this problem will be resolved in the future.
Of course, William would not be so arrogant as to think that the social evolution of his previous world could be directly applied to this world, which has the existence of real supernatural powers. However, at the very least, he can eliminate some external interfering factors in this world and ultimately restore the true power of choosing the future to ordinary people. Translate the content above.
Of course, this is not something to consider at the moment.
Find the key tree spirit and send Feralo to another timeline - it would be best if William can go together as well. This is the important matter at hand.
As William watched those human figures composed of floating green lights gradually floating into the grand hall, he couldn't help but recall the Ravenwood questline he had undertaken in the past.
假如不算零散推进的支线剧情的话，当年在瑞文伍德一共有两条比较重要的主线。一个是七大灾厄时期，最早在世界之树附近爆发的“繁茂之灾厄”。另一个则是饥腐女士污染世界之树根系，打开了通往“熵之湖”的月境裂隙，令自己的魔军从这里开始入侵现世。
后者没什么可说的，而前者，则是因为过于繁茂，以至于产生毒性了的生命在此处泛滥，致使一切生物都变得极其难以死去——被割开的伤口会成为新生命萌芽的苗床，被斩下的肢体会变为一个独立的个体生存下去。
一个正常死亡缺席，只有彻底“毁灭”才能停止生命的世界。
而此刻，大殿里那些似是由一大群翠绿色萤火虫构成的人形玩意，就是当年散播“生命繁茂赐福”的传播者。
Wherever they go, life seems to uncontrollably expand like a tumor, giving rise to numerous nauseating aberrant creatures... and in a sense, they cannot be killed. Their true form is the subsidiary trees that shelter the various tribes of forest elves, while the floating entities before us are merely their fragments, their projections of consciousness. Therefore, in those years, they were endless, one after another, just as stubborn as gum stuck to the sole of a shoe.
而这也是为什么，此刻威廉通过幻术掩盖了自己真实的样子——被对方给认出来可能会带来一些不必要的麻烦。
世界之树常常会被认为是圣灵“母亲”在现世的象征——一座犹如山峦般高大的巨树如神迹般在此伫立，确实由不得大家不是这么认为。而当初，正是圣灵教会选取世界之树作为“母亲”信仰人格化的凭依，导致了“繁茂之灾厄”在这里蔓延。
而最终的解决办法，是威廉将一把接受过饥腐女士赐福的刀刃插入到了世界之树的核心。
这是饥腐女士一项极为强大的权柄，只要获得目标的血液，她便能制作出能令对方身心完全腐败的刀刃。当年威廉还有些好奇，她究竟是如何获得的圣树大母的血液，毕竟游戏里也没有明说，没想到现如今却是知晓了答桉。
“公爵殿下，树灵们已经到齐了。”
书记官在点数完以后，轻声向芙拉洛说道。
“是全部都到齐了吗？”
芙拉洛抬起头问道。
树灵可以被认为是次一级的子树意志，通常都处于长久的沉眠之中。但森林德鲁尹可以通过一些祭祀的方式将它们唤醒，而这一点被芙拉洛视作为了自己统治的不稳定因素，因此在后来对于橡木议会的改革中，将唤醒它们的权力同样收拢到了自己的手中。
The secretary shook his head slightly and said, "
“还有一位树灵依旧处于深度沉睡之中，我们无法将其唤醒。”
He quickly added, "
“这也是很常见的情况了，所有树灵的沉睡都有着自己的周期。或者说，它们可能自己都分不清哪边才是现实，哪边才是梦境。”
“After which tree, please mark it for me.”
Furalo said absentmindedly, then discreetly glanced at William Kane in the corner, who also nodded in acknowledgment—she never expected things to go so smoothly.
And the next thing to do is to use this opportunity to stabilize those envoys sent by the imperial faction.
"Children of the Great Mothers, thank you for responding to my summons during this time period."
Falao said to the buzzing tree spirits under the throne.
Most of the tree spirits nodded slightly, as a sign of respect.
She continued,
“客套话我就不多说了，直接进入正题吧。大概在半个小时前，帝国元老院的使臣找到了我，希望翠玉省能够为他们之后对阿瓦洲的远征提供直接的军事援助……”
According to Floro's standards, her mobilization of the treants to participate in the defense of Green Harbor can already be considered an impassioned speech. She first deeply analyzes the common interests between the Empire and the Jade Province, explaining the benefits they can gain by helping the Empire win this war. Then she goes on to say that unless it is a defensive war to protect their homes and country, it would be extremely difficult for the forest elves to quickly raise a sizable army. Translation: Based on Floro's standards, her appeal to the treants to join the defense of Green Harbor can be considered an eloquent plea. She starts by analyzing the mutual interests between the Empire and the Jade Province, highlighting the advantages they can gain by aiding the Empire in winning the war. She then emphasizes that unless it is a defensive war to safeguard their homeland, it would be extremely challenging for the woodland elves to swiftly assemble a substantial army.
In the end, her focus was on hoping that these tree spirits could share some of their power and create a summoned army composed of fragmented souls to participate in the war.
These words are 70% true and 30% false. The main purpose of saying this is still to conceal the true intention of summoning these tree spirits to the White House.
On the other hand, those tree spirits are completely uninterested in her proposal. After some bargaining, they finally agreed to summon a summoning creature that is only enough to serve as an imperial legion.
羊装发怒的结束了这场临时的召见，在看到最后一名树灵离开后，芙拉洛的嘴角不由的露出了一丝笑意。
派出一支仪仗队规模的援军，才更加符合那些使臣对于自己的预期才对。这样好歹能够让那些家伙在大使馆安静的待上一段时间了，即便自己深陷另一条时间线暂时回不来，短时间内也不用担心他们在这边搞什么大动静。
"So should we just kill them all?"
After listening to his explanation, William frowned and asked.
“审判长大人，杀死帝国使臣是直接按照谋反处置的，眼下有三支军团还在翠玉省境内……我想至少在完全解决瑞文伍德的问题，彻底整合两省资源之前，您应该不会想同时在两线作战吧？”
对此，威廉没有做声。
芙拉洛说得对，如今是饥腐之年，假如自己这次能够一劳永逸的解决掉饥腐女士，或者至少能够在某种程度上重创她。那么他将得到大半年月境无法直接干涉现世的窗口期，到时候他可以借着这个时间差，完成对于帝国高层的清洗，并且不让权力真空的时期给月境可乘之机。
Now it is definitely not wise to start a war simultaneously with the Lake of Entropy and the Empire.
Moreover, reinforcements from Princess Remeidis and the demon generals under Duke Brock are on their way. The number of people who can defeat them in the mortal realm is extremely limited.
But what kept William silent was not this reason.
For some reason, he always felt that the envoy was a hidden danger. Perhaps the timing of their arrival was too coincidental, or maybe their mission was too targeted.
“威廉大人？”
芙拉洛试探性的询问将威廉从沉思中拉了出来。
“先去那个树灵那里吧，抓紧时间。”
回过神来的威廉立刻说道。
Perhaps I'm overthinking it too much...???
…………
Amidst the boundless sky, among the vast emptiness between the stars, within the moon mirror reflecting the shadows of the human world.
In the place known as the Moon Realm.
From the perspective of a king with six dazzling crimson eyeballs.
无数阴谋的丝线，缠绕在了一个好似火炬般耀眼的存在的身上，并且逐渐被编织成了一张引导着他步入毁灭命运的大网里。
她轻笑了一声，再度拨动了另一根纺织的阴谋丝线，令那个存在自身命运的开始震颤。