Wearing heavy armor and climbing up the mountain, Hao Ren first thought that the knights in front of him were ordinary humans, but when he saw that these people were wearing full-body armor weighing dozens of kilograms and various weapons including long swords, throwing axes, and hand crossbows,
Weapons, after climbing all the way to the top of the mountain like walking on flat ground and almost out of breath, he realized that these guys in front of him were probably superhuman in another sense.
The ancient door of the temple has collapsed. The open door and the cavity above the main hall make it completely unable to protect it from wind and rain. Thousands of years of abandonment have caused many parts of this sanctuary to be covered with dust and rubble. The empty hall cannot provide any protection.
Any environment that allows people to rest comfortably, but even such a bad situation is already precious to the exhausted knights.
As Hao Ren said, there is no fog of chaos on the Holy Mountain. Perhaps this temple, which has been abandoned for many years, still provides weak protection, preventing chaos from invading here. The moment Veronica stepped into the temple, she felt
She felt a reassuring breath flow into her heart. She glanced at Hao Ren gratefully, and then sat on the ground with a sigh of relief. The other knights were no better than her.
"Your Highness Princess..." The old knight Morian couldn't help but speak, but Veronica waved her hand: "Sir, don't worry so much, it's important to recover your strength. I can feel the power of order here, although it is weak.
But it’s enough to dispel the chaos, and it’s safe here.”
Morian blinked. There was no doubt about the talent of "detecting chaos" spread in the blood of the Talos royal family. So he also took a breath, took off the handguards and waist armor that were in the way, and put the long sword within reach.
However, he still stood upright next to his princess.
"Incredible..." The old knight looked around the abandoned temple. His eyes swept over the ancient and exquisite murals and reliefs, and stared at the statues of ancient heroes for a long time. Finally, he saw the large cavity above the temple, and the
The thing floating without gravity in the hollow position, "...This is the legacy of the previous generation. I didn't expect that there is such a holy land remaining in this desolate wilderness... I have experienced a lot in my life."
"I told you, there must be good things in those ancient books," Veronica smiled weakly. Although she is a leader among the younger generation in the kingdom, she is still too young after all. The fatigue accumulated in the past few days is gone now.
She felt like she could hardly stand up. She looked at her current embarrassed state and shook her head with some self-deprecation, "Those old guys in the House of Lords will definitely want me again when they see my unbecoming appearance."
It's been a long time since last year's festival and they haven't found a reason to criticize me."
"Property, propriety," Morian shook his head, his tone full of disdain, "Those guys, even if you throw them to the border of Chaos, they will only talk about propriety and etiquette to the servants of Chaos."
Veronica smiled, then turned to look at Hao Ren: "Mighty hermit, thank you for your help. Please forgive me for my rude behavior at the moment. My knights and I are really tired. I am Talos.
The eldest daughter of the king of the kingdom, Veronica Saint Talos.”
The knight princess spoke sternly, but she still leaned lazily on the stone wall behind her. She looked nondescript, but she was a sweetheart. Hao Ren was slightly surprised after hearing the other party's self-introduction:
I didn't expect that the girl in front of me, who was full of blood, in a miserable state, and sitting in an inelegant posture, was actually a princess. Is it so easy to trigger plot missions these days? Why go out to rescue someone whose family background is all related to the emperor...
However, after being slightly surprised, he was more indifferent, because creatures like princesses are not rare to him. There is also a princess from the devil world in his family. She uses a screwdriver to tear things apart all day long, and is scolded by the adults in the family.
Yelling indiscriminately.
This kind of indifference has another meaning in Veronica's eyes.
Hao Ren didn't know what the princess was thinking. He just quickly remembered his all-purpose self-introduction: "Oh, your highness, hello, hello, I am a traveler passing through here..."
He choked back before he finished speaking, because he suddenly remembered the damn natural environment nearby: a barren stone mountain, a desolate and silent wilderness, and an army of monsters emerging from the mist. Although he
I don't know what happened to those monsters and fog, but it is obvious that the place where these things are entrenched is definitely not suitable for self-driving travel. Seeing the miserable appearance of these royal regular troops in the wilderness, who are about to be annihilated, Hao Ren estimates the world.
The most desperate traveler probably wouldn't go to this damn place to collect the scenery.
These thoughts went through his mind very quickly, and his reaction was not slow: "...Ah, I can't seem to remember where I came from."
Veronica had a puzzled look on her face: "Have you... lost your memory?"
"Not really, I'm just a little confused," Hao Ren scratched his hair, "I found myself in this place as soon as I woke up. I still vaguely remember some things here, but I'm completely confused about the situation in the outside world.
.Who do you think I am?”
"Amnesia... Awakening?" Veronica frowned, quickly sorting out the knowledge she collected from the royal collection and her bachelor's tutor in her mind, "This seems to explain it... Could it be that you were there many years ago?
Have you been sleeping in this temple since the Holy War?"
"Holy War?" Hao Ren was stunned, "Oh, yes, Holy War. I remember there was a war here before I fell asleep."
Veronica had a look of surprise on her face, and her eyes looking at Hao Ren became more serious and awe-inspiring.
During this short conversation, Hao Ren roughly guessed what the princess in front of him was thinking.
She probably regarded herself as an ancient person who had been sleeping in this temple for many years. Since there is a temple on this stone mountain, it means that this place has not always been so deserted. Maybe it was also a religious holy place with a prosperous population many years ago, but
As time has passed, this place has been devoured by barbarism, and this guy who ran out of the temple naturally makes people think of the legend of the ancient sleeping man.
In a world where magic exists, such a thing does not seem so unimaginable.
Anyway, after working as a prosecutor for the past few years, Hao Ren has already developed the habit of facing any situation with the greatest compatibility. No matter what happens, he remains calm and accepts it calmly. This is how to smoothly integrate into any observation role.
The major premise.
So he tried not to speak, and just listened to the conversation between Her Royal Highness the Princess in front of her and the old knight beside her, occasionally interjecting a word or two, but hardly revealing any valuable information, which was perfect for a person who had been sleeping in the temple for many years and was not interested in worldly affairs.
The identity of the "Ancient Guardian".
"When did you wake up?" Veronica looked at Hao Ren curiously. The man's clothes in front of her made her feel very novel. The clothes were clean and tidy, and there was no sign that he had been sleeping with his master for many years.
This made her very confused, "Did the ancients of the previous generation wear this kind of clothes?"
"It's only been a few days since I woke up," Hao Ren shook his head. "I don't know much about the previous generation. What's the situation in the outside world now? Is there still a war?"
Just speaking cautiously will make you fall into passivity. Ask questions first to gain the initiative before the other party raises more embarrassing questions. This is also Hao Ren's work experience.
"Peace has never really come to the land of Colo," said the old knight next to Veronica. "The slaves of Chaos will attack every century, and they will become more and more fierce every time. This year is the first of the Chaos War.
In the past seven years, they have been more ferocious than any time recorded in history, and many lands with order have fallen."
Veronica also had a look of shame on her face: "We are ashamed of our ancestors who fought bravely. In the seventh year of the invasion of Chaos, we have lost more land than in any previous century, and the border of order has retreated to the twilight.
Near the wall... The Order State has stabilized the defense line of the Twilight Wall, but the land outside is now semi-contaminated."
Hao Ren turned away slightly: Her Royal Highness the Princess was sorry to her ancestors. He felt that he, the fake "Ancient Guardian", could not bear it...
However, the words of the old knight and Veronica also gave him some interesting information, which made him think:
This place seems to be deeply troubled by a long continuous war. Every century, an enemy named "Chaos" will invade the civilized world. People in this world seem to have their own way to resist the invasion, but their resistance still remains.
Difficulty moving forward.
In the dream plane, he has seen the blood disaster of the eldest son, the evil cult of the brain monster, and the army of the traitor, but what exactly is this "chaos"?
Maybe it has something to do with the "Lord of Madness" in the Dream Plane? But he has already come into contact with the shadow monsters summoned by the fragments of the universe, and he just said hello to the monsters condensed from the mist. There seems to be no connection between the two.