V8.Chapter 109

The goddess of agriculture is a very special existence among the gods.

First of all, she is the daughter of the Mother of the Earth. She has a special status in the natural gods, and because the powerful gods of the natural gods have basically fallen or left, the entire natural gods are currently dominated by the forest goddess and the goddess of agriculture. The forest goddess is the daughter of the father of the oak tree, the goddess of springs and peace is her sister (but in the service of the goddess of agriculture), and the aforementioned unicorn goddess is her mount in battle. The status of the natural goddess has always been maintained by the goddess of forest and ranger. Even if she is currently only a god with medium power, any enemy with powerful power will not dare to ignore her.

For part of the power of the Father of the Oak has been inherited by his daughter, Merika, the goddess of the forest.

Another part of the natural pantheon is composed of the goddess of agriculture. She represents the part where nature and intelligent creatures coexist peacefully, and of course, it is mainly the relationship between humans and nature. The existence of agriculture balances the plundering and destruction of the natural world by human beings. The goddess of agriculture’s teachings are not completely biased towards human beings. She is naturally favored by Druids because she expects to reduce human demand for nature through the development of agriculture. If farming can meet most of the basic needs, then human damage to nature and forests will be much less. At present, this is correct, because where the goddess of agriculture has extensive influence, agriculture is more developed, and people have less demand for forests and nature, and more are creating wealth from the land.

Half of the goddess of agriculture belongs to the natural pantheon, and the other half belongs to the human pantheon.

Her existence is a special kind of god because of the relationship between the Mother of Earth and the Lord of Glory. Although the combat power is currently unclear, no one will easily provoke a god.

Sauron needs her support.

Because both the Mother Earth and the Lord of Glory are golden thighs with powerful divine power. At present, the Mother Earth is still sleeping, but this ancient god may wake up at any time, and its strength cannot be ignored at all.

Southern Principality.

This is a fertile land near the south coast, with more fertile land than Amber City and White Horse City.

The entire southern principality is crossed by two rivers. The goddess of agriculture is the dominant god of the land, and her goddesses include the goddess of springs and peace, the goddess of rivers, the goddess of sprouts, and so on. These gods originally served the Mother Earth, and then they followed the newly promoted Goddess of Agriculture after the Mother Earth returned to hermit.

Many large barns can be seen in the possessions of the goddess of agriculture.

This is the largest grain production area in the entire material plane, and almost 70% of the grain trade in the south is provided here. Devotees and priests of the goddess of agriculture built vast barns to store food, and they hoarded more grain than any kingdom on the road. However, although she is a kind-hearted deity, the goddess of agriculture also has her own limitations, that is, she does not have much ability to mobilize the food here. She can control the resources in the church, but the wealth held by believers is not controlled by her. Therefore, even if there are constant refugees from all over the world, the goddess of agriculture has no spare energy to help. This is the exact opposite of Sauron's control over Modo City. The secular power dominates the southern principality, including manor owners, nobles and chambers of commerce. They are willing to serve and believe in the goddess of agriculture, but if they are allowed to take out their accumulated wealth To help others, these people may all turn their faces in minutes.

but.

Even so, the number of refugees in the southern principality is the smallest, and the nobles form an army to guard against evil creatures and prevent those refugees from entering this fertile land.

The entire Southern Principality has two seasons of farming, which is unmatched by the overseas archipelago. Here, almost every town and village has an altar and temple of the goddess of agriculture. After each harvest, a grand harvest festival is held here. .

Sauron's destination was the City of Harvest.

A city sheltered by the goddess of agriculture should also be the most beautiful city on the material plane.

This is a city like a garden. Before Sauron got close, he saw many beautiful manors. Almost all of these manors were planted with many flowers and plants. It looked like a retro-futuristic urban greenery, but it was more harmonious. Much beautiful. This is where the true believers of the goddess of agriculture are. They are called "shepherds" by the outside world. Most of them are gardeners, farmers and druids. They pursue the balance between nature and agriculture. nature. The biggest difference in this city is that all fertile land will not be converted into farmland. Along the way, Sauron saw many fertile fields, but these people transformed them into beautiful gardens.

have to say.

The Goddess of Agriculture has indeed created a dreamlike garden city on the Material Plane.

Sauron strolled on the wide and flat avenue.

He is observing the entire Harvest City, and he is also observing the most real thoughts of the Goddess of Agriculture through these, as if it is the order, rules and promises of Modo City, that is Sauron's true thoughts, so it extends to the interior of Modo City. It is difficult for people who ignore the order in Modo City to survive. This is the influence of the gods on the world.

The city also represents the idea of ​​the goddess of agriculture.

Because the gods have their own most essential thoughts, and the first feedback of this kind of thoughts is the core territory that the church holds.

"It seems that the goddess of agriculture is a great advocate of the balance between nature and agriculture."

Sauron watched all this silently, and could feel the peace and harmony of the goddess of agriculture. She didn't want to abandon nature, but she couldn't bear to be hostile to humans, so she tried to act as a balancer.

This land preserves the beauty of nature.

Unlike other parts of the Southern Principality, most of the fertile land has been transformed into farmland as much as possible. There are dense and beautiful forests, small and exquisite gardens, and barns are erected next to the villages. , and in the distance are excavated rivers and creeks.

This is a beautiful land.

To a certain extent, it is more beautiful than Modo City, but Sauron felt that it was a little unreal, especially under the back of the saint's catastrophe, after seeing the ruined Amber City and the ruined White Horse City, he It feels more and more like a castle in the sky.

There were many people gathered in the village ahead.

Sauron approached like a traveler and observed it as if he was watching the excitement.

These people are having a wedding.

It is a very ancient tradition to hold a wedding on a piece of freshly plowed ground, which has been maintained since the Mother Earth.

Some devout believers will hold their wedding on the ground that has just been plowed, and then the newlyweds will spend their first and night here in the evening, an ancient tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years, because it can get Blessed by the Mother Earth, their offspring multiply.

The Church of the Goddess of Agriculture maintains this ancient tradition.

The couple's wedding was officiated by the priest, and the feast was held by the field, and when night fell, the newlyweds would make their beds on the freshly plowed ground, and then they would spend their first night here to gain the land of the earth. Mother's blessing.

nature and humans.

This is a difficult problem to reconcile. The original contradiction between the Mother Earth and the Father of the Oak was because the Mother Earth turned her preference to humans and began to shelter farming, resulting in a cold relationship between the two powerful gods. Even a group of believers who eventually served the Mother Earth, a Druid sect known as the "True Shapers", advocating wilderness and nature, began to switch to the gods like other natural pantheons.

Currently.

These [True Shapers] serve the goddess of the forest.

The arrival of Sauron could not be concealed from the goddess of agriculture, so when he entered the city of harvest, he immediately sent a large number of priests in the main temple in the city's center. Because the church of the goddess of agriculture has many characteristics of motherhood, fertility and women, so priests Most of them were female members. They welcomed Sauron in groups, sprinkled fragrant petals on both sides of the planted flowers and plants, and then greeted Sauron all the way to the temple.

Anyway.

A visit from a true God is significant, and these pastors use it as the grandest welcome ceremony.

The temple of the goddess of agriculture is like a beautiful hanging garden, even if Sauron, the true god, saw it for the first time, he couldn't help but be shocked, because everything in front of him really seemed to be the legendary hanging garden of Babylon.

The entire temple is shrouded in the beauty of humanity and the beauty of nature. The two balance and contrast with each other, supporting everything in front of them like a dreamlike country. There are a large number of believers here, and each believer's face is filled with happy and reverent smiles. It can be seen that their lives are very beautiful, because the residents of Modo City only have proud smiles on their faces, not so calm. And happy smile.

Sauron was invited all the way to the deepest part of the temple.

There was waiting for him a beautiful priest in all manners, and the priest led Sauron into a private realm.

Here is a demiplane.

A beautiful half-plane attached to the temple, looks like a huge garden, in which countless exotic flowers and plants bloom, and in front of an exquisite vine rocking chair, the goddess of agriculture is wearing a long white dress. The skirt sat quietly on it, watching Sauron's arrival.

"Welcome to my country."

The goddess of agriculture stood up and walked slowly. She came to Sauron and gently twisted the corners of her skirt, then bowed her head slightly, and smiled, "I don't know how you feel about Sauron from what you have seen along the way?"

She had long noticed Sauron's visit.

Sauron leaned over to salute slightly, then dragged the hand of the Goddess of Agriculture with his palm, leaned over and kissed the back of his hand lightly, but it was only a kissing gesture, and he didn't really touch the other party. Since the goddess of agriculture used the ancient lady etiquette, he naturally responded to the ancient knight etiquette. Kissing the back of the hand in this etiquette is just a symbol. The most orthodox ceremony will never touch the woman's skin, because it is very rude.

certainly.

This kind of etiquette has evolved and it is really kissing.

Sauron raised his head to meet the gaze of the goddess of agriculture, and said calmly: "It's beautiful. It's natural. But it's also illusory."

Hearing Sauron's words, the goddess of agriculture changed her expression instantly.

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