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Chapter 82 Internal Strife
More and more Treebeard were rushing over, having heard the news, and they were all discussing it.
Although the war between the Fangorn Forest and the tree-slayers had been going on for nearly four or five years, the killing of Treebeard was still rare. And in most cases, those killed were the war Treebeard who charged at the very front.
However, the first-speed warp Treebeard had never had a battlefield casualty example. Not to mention the bizarre situation of even the original soul being extracted and completely annihilated.
But soon, a thorny Treebeard who looked a little short and fat used branches to lash the ground and roared:
"Look what I found! Footprints! The unique footprints of our Treebeard! This Treebeard stood opposite Mudbeard. Look, he started to exert force in this position, and then rushed up with a sudden force, and knocked Mudbeard down. They entangled and fought in this place, and those damn tree-slayers launched an attack from the side. The thing we were most worried about has finally happened. Those wild Treebeard and tree-slayers have joined forces!"
The thorny Treebeard's discovery immediately attracted onlookers and was affirmed -- because this was the truth! But confirming this was one thing, when it came to what actions to take, the simple minds of the Treebeard came up with many plans, but none of them passed, because this matter seemed simple, but it was actually quite complicated. If it was not handled well, it would be difficult to explain if it touched the foundation of the entire Fangorn Forest.
Because the number of wild Treebeard in Fangorn Forest was already quite large. It would naturally be difficult to find the murderer with just a footprint.
The relationship between the wild Treebeard and the trees of the Treebeard tribe was already somewhat tense. If it were normal times, it would be fine, but if they were pushed too hard, and most of the wild Treebeard were really forced to the opposite side of those tree-slayers, then it would be truly a loss that outweighs the gain!
"Can't we track them?" A Treebeard suddenly questioned: "Grab, didn't you track down the whereabouts of these people before?"
Grab slowly shook his head and said:
"That's because the other party was unprepared and I was able to track them down, but when they left, they used very clever natural magic to melt into the forest, and there were also very powerful Treebeard traveling with them. Now I really can't do anything about it."
But what happened next began to catch the Treebeard off guard.
In the afternoon, another thorny Treebeard was killed. This thorny Treebeard was caught while attacking another logging camp. There were Hobbits, dwarves, humans, and Speymi from the north in that camp.
About half of the members in this camp were attracted by money, but that Speymi appeared out of pure hatred!
---Because his brother came to cut down two trees, and was lucky enough to exchange them for a lot of money. He used all the money to treat his brother's illness. After the money was used up, he had no choice but to run here again to take a risk.
This time, the younger brother was not favored by the goddess of luck. Half a year ago, he was regarded as fertilizer by the Treebeard and buried in Fangorn Forest. After hearing about this, the Speymi brother interrupted his treatment and rushed here. He completely disregarded his own safety with a crazy style of play, seriously injured the Treebeard, and then...this thorny Treebeard was taken advantage of.
At this time, the adventurers pouring into Fangorn Forest, those who came for revenge, had slowly occupied nearly 20%. It could be expected that as time went by, this proportion would increase. It was estimated that this was also Saruman's other intention to spend a lot of money to acquire Fangorn Forest - to let the greedy adventurers gradually weaken the strength of the Treebeard tribe.
There was no doubt that after killing the thorny Treebeard, the people in that camp immediately evacuated. The angry Treebeard began to pursue, but in the process of pursuit, a warp twist Treebeard was ambushed and tricked again. This time, although he didn't die, he was also beaten half to death, and he wouldn't be able to recover for decades.
However, this Treebeard at least provided a very clear piece of information, that is, among the people who attacked him, there was indeed a wild Treebeard. This wild Treebeard should belong to the arboreal Treebeard lineage, and its characteristics were described in detail, and there was also an archer and a magician among those people.
The next morning, the Treebeard of Fangorn Forest devoutly prayed to nature, hoping that the forest could protect them, that yesterday's nightmare would pass, and that they would rather temporarily give up those adventurers who were felling the forest, and instead set up elaborate traps to be sure to catch the hateful team that ambushed them behind the scenes.
However, that team seemed to know their intentions and completely disappeared from their sight.
The Treebeard's patience was being worn away by time little by little, because they knew that the more time they delayed, the more trees in the forest would be felled by that group of damned greedy tree-slayers.
The Treebeard persisted until noon, but suddenly noticed black smoke rising in the distance. There was also a faint, indescribable aura in the black smoke. For humans and human-like races, that aura was no different from wood being burned, but the Treebeard could clearly distinguish it. That was the aura of their own kind being burned!!
Without a doubt, they rushed over at the same time and witnessed the tragic scene. Two Treebeard were killed, and the body of one of them was set on fire. However, the murderer was nowhere to be found. What made these Treebeard feel gratified was that those who died were not their companions and clansmen, but two wild Treebeard.
The thorny Treebeard Thickthorn, who arrived first, walked over staggeringly and began to examine the corpses of the dead wild Treebeard. For some reason, the cause of death of these two wild Treebeard seemed difficult to find. Thickthorn had been lying in ambush all morning, and it was inevitable that he would be impatient. In order to facilitate his observation, he rudely and violently dug open the chest of the dead Treebeard to check whether arrows had been shot in.
Because the Treebeard tribe leaders had always maintained a contemptuous attitude towards the wild Treebeard. More importantly, there was also a wild Treebeard in that mysterious combination, so this guy was casual and rough when examining the corpses of these two wild Treebeard!
Grab, as a direct descendant of Treebeard, was of course also present at this time. He felt that Thickthorn's actions were a bit inappropriate and was about to speak to stop him, but then he thought that Thickthorn's best friend was also seriously injured yesterday, and the culprit was a wild Treebeard of the arboreal Treebeard lineage, so he considered Thickthorn's feelings and hesitated.
However, Grab considered the feelings of his own people, but forgot one very important thing: he did not consider the feelings of the other wild Treebeard! Not all wild Treebeard were alone. Because of their different ideas from the mainstream, the wild Treebeard who were driven out of Treebeard originally had a psychology of sympathy for each other.
Therefore, when the wild Treebeard, who also smelled the aura, arrived at this battlefield, what they saw was the Treebeard tribe Treebeard, who were usually "superior", surrounding the corpses of their own kind, and the dead Treebeard had been dissected and torn into pieces!
-------The mood of these wild Treebeard at this time can be imagined! Suddenly, the crowd was excited, angry emotions began to be ignited, and they kept sending signals to notify their relatives and friends.
In this situation, Grab stood up and tried his best to explain the behavior and motives of his clansmen. Just as he was about to calm down the anger of those wild Treebeard, a small shrub Treebeard stood up and shouted angrily:
"Murderer!!"
Then, while shouting, he suddenly rushed towards the thorny Treebeard Thickthorn, who had the most violent temper!
As the Treebeard who inspected the corpse, Thickthorn received the most accusations and criticisms. He was already full of anger, and his face was severely whipped by this shrub Treebeard, so he immediately went berserk, dragged the shrub Treebeard over and gave him a few heavy blows!
But after these few blows, the shrub Treebeard was seen collapsing on the ground, and he was already dead!!!!
Under such a fuse, the onlookers wild Treebeard finally couldn't bear it any longer, and rushed up with angry and hoarse roars. A big conflict that had been brewing for a long time finally broke out. The internal chaos of the Treebeard had inevitably appeared!
With conflict, there would naturally be casualties, and with casualties, there would be hatred.
In the deep divide between the Treebeard tribe Treebeard and the wild Treebeard, blood and anger had already begun to flow!
If it were normal times, then Treebeard could stand up and use his great prestige to quell this bloody dispute, but now Treebeard was also at a critical period of guarding his golden fruit, so the unrest further deteriorated, and the conflict quickly spread to the entire Fangorn Forest.
The already restless forest had now become a place where three forces attacked each other, and it was completely chaotic!
Needless to say, this was a farce directed by Fang Senyan and the others.
And the real cause of death of the small shrub Treebeard who played a fuse in the conflict was due to Mr. Farrell's spirit leaving and flying out...It had nothing to do with the grumpy and unlucky Thickthorn.
On the morning of the fourth day, Fang Senyan stood at the camp, staring at Fangorn Forest not far away. The sunlight shone on his face, but his expression seemed particularly indifferent. Reef walked up to him at this time, and said worriedly:
"Boss, Fangorn Forest is indeed in chaos now, but...I still think your plan is too risky."