Although Angelica was vague, Hao Ren roughly guessed the situation about the Ancient Sage through her brief words along the way. ↖,
First of all, there is no doubt that the Ancient Sage is definitely not a human being, and he is still alive today but in a very bad state.
The Ancient Saint is indeed the highest being in the Twilight City. Human beings living here worship him as a god on earth. In the early days of the establishment of the Twilight City, when the situation of the Ancient Saint was still good, he was indeed the leader of the city.
The supreme ruler, but this situation did not last too long. The Ancient Saint may have made some kind of sacrifice in the process of establishing the Twilight City. This sacrifice caused his vitality to drain rapidly, and he was gradually unable to bear the responsibility of managing the city.
Heavy responsibility. According to the information Wendell added, the Ancient Sage stopped directly managing various affairs of the city fifteen hundred years ago, and stopped having direct contact with the outside world at all a thousand years ago. The Iron Throne is also in
In that era, it was closed and no longer open to ordinary people.
Five hundred years ago, the Ancient Sages began to gradually lose their ability to communicate with the outside world.
To this day, he should be unable to speak, move, or express any of his wishes. Ordinary people cannot communicate with him at all. Only the special group of "caregivers" can still use it due to some mysterious ancient bloodlines.
The voices of the ancient saints can be heard in some way similar to telepathy, but this kind of listening is also very chaotic and confusing. In Angelica's words, it is like talking in a dream.
Such a king cannot rule the kingdom, so after the Iron Throne is closed, all management power in the Twilight City belongs entirely to the Steam Parliament, and the Steam Parliament has lived up to its expectations: although it is a bit conservative and stubborn, it has never been
From top to bottom, everyone has done their best to keep the city running to this day.
For many years, the Ancient Sage has been in a state of suspended animation, relying on a fragile spiritual connection to simply communicate with his caregivers, but there has never been the slightest sign of truly waking up. But today, his mental activities suddenly changed.
was strong, and gave instructions to the caregivers through psychic contact, asking them to bring travelers from outside the twilight barrier to themselves.
By this time, Hao Ren and the others were already in full swing with the Twilight Guards. In fact, it was their fuss that attracted the attention of the Ancient Sage.
The Ancient Saint still hadn't fully woken up. He could only talk to the caregivers. Although the caregivers themselves were respected, they could not interfere in the management of the city. In addition, they had no time to contact the Steam Council and explain in their hurry.
situation, so after emergency discussions, the caregivers divided into two groups. One group went to the upper city area to find the Steam Council to convey the Ancient Sage's will, while the other group came directly to meet Hao Ren and his party.
"Did you know that the three of us are coming here?" Hao Ren looked at Angelica in surprise, "We are operating in secret."
"This is the instruction of the Ancient Sage. He is watching you," Angelica smiled and nodded to Wendell. "Although I don't know why, this old gentleman also heard the voice of the Ancient Sage.
The Holy Spirit sees your coming through his eyes."
Wendell said with a proud expression that this was indeed the case, and Hao Ren suddenly became curious about this old man: he was just an ordinary person, how did he get in touch with the ancient saint who was almost buried deep underground?
Unknowingly, the group had passed through several blocks along the secret route provided by Angelica. Hao Ren noticed that the surrounding buildings were gradually becoming sparse, and the messy small and medium-sized houses were disappearing.
They were replaced by larger and neatly arranged stone buildings. After turning the last street intersection, the scenery suddenly opened up, and a solemn megalithic building appeared in front of the group of people.
This is an overall pyramid-shaped stone fortress, with neat black and gray ashlar stone pillars stacked up layer by layer. Although the fortress lacks decoration, it has a solemn atmosphere. The fortress is surrounded by a large empty square. This square
It may have been an important meeting place in the Twilight City in the past, but now it seems empty, silent and lifeless.
At the top of this pyramid fortress, a pale golden light pillar broke the darkness and extended upward into the depths of the layered urban structure.
Hao Ren looked familiar to this stone fortress, and after trying to recall it for a long time, he suddenly realized that the structure of this thing was similar to Odin's Golden Palace in the Asaph Garden.
"This is the sanctuary of the Iron Throne," Angelica pointed to a door at the bottom of the pyramid-shaped building, "The door is over there, please follow me."
The inside of the stone fortress is not as grand and magnificent as imagined. In fact, as the residence of the "Old Sage", the interior decoration of this building is simply shabby in Hao Ren's opinion. The walls of the stone corridor are bare and the floor is paved.
There are no sculptures or murals on the ancient stone slabs. The only decorations are the gas lamps embedded in the walls: these gas lamps illuminate the sanctuary as bright as day.
Along the way, Hao Ren also saw other caregivers: they were men, women, and children, dressed exactly the same as Angelica, and even had similar temperaments: quiet, taciturn, gentle, with almost no emotion. This kind of strange
The commonality may be caused by living in the sanctuary for many years.
The caregivers were already aware of the visitors' arrival. After seeing Hao Ren and his party, they just nodded slightly or stood on the roadside and bowed in greeting. Everyone remained silent. During this period, only two young caregivers and Angelica were talking.
Had a brief conversation.
In this weird atmosphere of silence all the way, Hao Ren and the others were brought to a hexagonal hall.
They finally saw the mysterious ancient saint and his current condition.
The hall is full of winding and tangled pipes and cables. These shimmering lines extend from under the six stone platforms around the hall and converge on a metal platform in the center of the room. On the metal platform is a transparent
A huge crystal, and inside the crystal is the Iron Throne: sitting on a seat made of black metal, is a skinny, twisted old man.
If he hadn't known it in advance, Hao Ren wouldn't even believe that the person in front of him was still alive.
He was as shriveled as a skeleton, and the skin all over his body was gray and black with decay. The thin layer of skin was close to the bones and covered with various pipes, and the old man's head was covered by a
The iron frame was fixed, and many cables extended from his temples and the back of his head. These cables were all connected to the Iron Throne under his body.
Hao Ren noticed that one of the Ancient Sage's eyes was wearing an eyepatch, and he guessed the other person's identity.
Vivian didn't have much surprise on her face when she saw the Ancient Sage. She had already expected it: "Odin, it is indeed you."
"So that's what happened..." Hao Ren also had a feeling of enlightenment. Apart from him, who else could do such a thing besides him, the missing king of the gods on the Weigrut Plain?
Wendell seemed very excited. He didn't even notice that Vivian next to him called out the name of the ancient saint very familiarly. The old man just knelt on the ground excitedly and kissed the stone floor in front of him over and over again: "
O sage! The light seeker has found a paradise, and the light still shines on the land of Asgard!"
Odin on the Iron Throne did not make any response. He just continued to sit there silently, seemingly having completely lost the ability to communicate with others. Hao Ren turned to look at Angelica: "Has he always been like this?"
"It's been like this since the first time I saw him." Angelica nodded lightly.
"What to do next?"
"I don't know," Angelica said, "I was just ordered to bring you here. The wishes of the ancient saints cannot be fathomed."
Vivian suddenly spoke: "I know what to do. Hao Ren, give me Gangnir."
Hao Ren took out the magic spear from his pocket for no apparent reason and handed it to Vivian. He saw the latter reciting a few incantations to the spear in a low voice. Then under everyone's curious gaze, Vivian handed it to Vivian.
The gun is placed on the platform beneath the Iron Throne.
In an instant, the large piece of crystal that sealed Odin gave off a faint glow.
"Actually, I just tried it, but I didn't expect it to really work," Vivian explained. "The Asaphids are highly accomplished in spiritual power and are also quite proficient in the way of the soul. The strong ones among them will use part of themselves to
The soul and life force are poured into the items that accompany him throughout his life, as a back-up in case of emergency. Gangnir was broken into three parts before, but the mechanism inside it is still running, so I estimate that the power sealed inside is also
Still there.”
Hao Ren was very optimistic: "So, he can recover?"
A weak and old voice suddenly came from all around: "Unfortunately, it can't be done." (To be continued.)