The corrupted monster entrenched in the center of the town ruins not only shocked Hao Ren, but also Veronica, a local who should know the land of chaos well, expressed great surprise, which surprised Hao Ren.
"Isn't it usually like this?" Hao Ren looked at the knight princess beside him, "Didn't the old knight just say that after lighting some fire in the town, the corrupted monsters wandering in the wilderness will be attracted?"
"But we also said that the number of corrupted monsters is far less than that of Chaos servants," Veronica lowered her voice, with unconcealable nervousness on her face. She turned her head, and Hao Ren saw her lavender eyes.
There was a glimmer of light in the darkness, "Corrupted monsters are the state of creatures in the world of order after they are contaminated by chaos, but not all creatures of order can become corrupted monsters. In most cases, those who are polluted are directly swallowed by the power of chaos.
Assimilated, not one out of ten can complete the transformation. In the realm of chaos, only the servants of chaos are the real protagonists here."
When Her Royal Highness the Princess said this, she cautiously glanced at the center of the town, then looked back and explained: "And this is the hinterland of the Chaos Realm, and it is even less likely that there are so many corrupted monsters."
The second half of Veronica's explanation was not so detailed, but Hao Ren already understood what it meant.
According to the nature of corrupted monsters, they should only appear in large numbers at the junction of the world of order and the world of chaos, because only there there is enough "material" that can be transformed by pollution. The deeper you go into the depths of chaos,
Corruptors should be as rare as possible. Even if there are a few who appear here by chance, they should be rare. But the ones in front of us seem to be far beyond the common sense of this world.
"Perhaps they wandered over from other places, such as the border of the Order World." Hao Ren guessed casually while looking around.
"Wandering?" Veronica turned her head and glanced at Hao Ren. Although it was normal for the "ancient guardian" to have a little confused memory after waking up from a deep sleep, the accumulation of many mistakes in common sense still made the opponent confused.
She was full of doubts. In fact, the princess had already doubted Hao Ren's origins. However, she knew that this powerful "hermit" was the last resort for herself and her soldiers, so she just calmly suppressed it.
After thinking about what he was thinking, he shook his head slightly, "Corrupted monsters rarely wander around. Most of them linger in the place where they fell before they were alive. The corrupted monsters that can move are all extremely powerful guys in their lifetime. After they transform into monsters,
It still retains a certain amount of thinking ability, so it will take some unexpected independent actions. But these... are not the kind of monsters that are powerful enough to move at will."
"It sounds like some kind of undead," Hao Ren muttered, "Okay, let's not consider how these guys appeared here. The key thing is why they gathered here. Can you see if they are surrounding them?
What?"
Hao Ren raised his hand and pointed to the center of the group of monsters. He saw that the countless twisted monsters that gathered together formed several rings around something. There was an open space in the center of all the monsters, and there stood a
A dark and strange thing: it is a square stone tower more than ten meters high. The stone tower is divided into three floors from top to bottom, with the top being thin and the bottom being thick. Complex and mysterious reliefs are painted on the stone walls of the upper two floors, and on the other side of the stone tower
The bottom floor is a hollow structure, and it seems that there is a lot of space inside the tower base.
"That's the fire," said Veronica.
"Fire?" Hao Ren first subconsciously asked, then reacted and said vaguely, "Oh, that's not what we used back then."
Veronica seemed to have gotten used to Hao Ren's "situation". She just nodded with understanding: "The furnace used today was improved by Archbishop Polman of the Order State 655 years ago. Compared with the old furnace,
The fire has an extra level of rune wall, which looks more like a fire tower used in big cities. It’s normal if you don’t know.”
Hao Ren silently wrote down the newly acquired knowledge. Fire seems to be a shelter device used in smaller settlements, such as villages and towns, and the big cities in this world use a kind of "fire tower".
A powerful device to resist the power of chaos. According to this rule, there should be a national-level protection system on it, and the technology of these protection systems is mostly controlled by a national force called the "State of the Order". I just don't know.
What kind of organization is the Taoist Order, and how closely does their "religious order" relate to the Goddess of Creation?
There were at least several thousand corrupted monsters surrounding the extinguished furnace device. However, they strangely did not take any extra action. These twisted and blind monsters just stood quietly in the darkness, and all looked straight.
Staring at the dark square stone tower, this strange scene seemed to make people feel numb.
Hao Ren frowned: "This is the fire you lit before? So they were attracted by the fire?"
"Theoretically yes, but I have never seen monsters attracted by the fire... behave in this state," Veronica shook her head, "Look, the fire has been extinguished, so the monsters attracted
They should gradually disperse, but they stay here motionless... I feel that the Tower of Fire is emitting a strange aura."
Hao Ren thought for a moment and shook his head: "There is no need to waste time with monsters. The most important thing is to get on the road right now. These guys don't seem to be moving anyway. We can just avoid this town and save a lot of trouble."
However, Veronica fell silent after hearing this. The knight princess thought about it, and then looked at Hao Ren with a hesitant expression.
"What's wrong?" Hao Ren asked curiously.
"I know this is a bit of an excessive request," Veronica said, "but I hope to investigate the cause of this anomaly. All changes in the land of chaos are of great importance to people living in the world of order.
Important information, usually we need to make huge sacrifices to find out the news from the depths of chaos..."
Hao Ren didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking before he knew what she meant: Her Royal Highness the Princess actually wanted to check the condition of the furnace device.
Surrounded by thousands of monsters.
If he were really a local born and raised in Colo, he would probably reject Veronica's request without mercy. After all, bravery does not mean recklessness.
However, Hao Ren was different. He thought for a moment and nodded: because he was very interested in the stove device. In fact, if he hadn't brought a group of disabled soldiers with him, he would have definitely found a way to come here by himself.
The entire ruins were turned over and studied.
This is the professional spirit of the examiner: observation.
"You agree?" Veronica looked at Hao Ren in surprise and added the honorific in her tone, "But as you said, we don't actually need to be here..."
Hao Ren waved his hand to interrupt the other person's next words: "Because I can do it, I agree. But these monsters are indeed a bit troublesome. There are too many of them. There may be thousands of them gathered in the square, and I suspect there are more in the shadows nearby.
There are too many guys. To deal with so many monsters, one person can only use powerful attacks, but that would affect too much area."
Veronica swallowed, and the image of "ancient people" became more unpredictable in her mind, but she still quickly entered the state: "You are right, fighting here may destroy the furnace device, so
It's best to lure these monsters away. And it only needs to be temporarily diverted. If I can get close to the base of the fire, I can make it burn again. Although it is only temporarily burning, the power of the fire is still greater than that of ordinary holy objects.
It’s powerful. When the time comes, with the help of the power of the furnace fire, the monsters won’t be afraid.”
Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "So the plan is that I will lure away those monsters, and then you will find a way to light a fire in the center of the square?"
Veronica nodded, but there was a look of shame on her face.
Because this arrangement is obviously a bit excessive, especially when facing a benefactor whom he just met and who saved his life not long ago, asking him to do something that seems to be a suicide attempt can be said to be abandoning the way of chivalry.
Although based on the strength shown by this "ancient guardian", this "bait" job is actually not that dangerous.
Hao Ren didn't think so much. He just recalled the various battles he had experienced and nodded: "Okay, then I will find a way to lure these monsters away. I am better at pulling monsters away."
Veronica tilted her head: "Pulling monsters?"
"It's just to lure enemies," Hao Ren touched his chin, "Besides, it's not safe for you to light the fire alone. It's best to bring your knights with you, because I'm not very stable at pulling monsters..."
Veronica's head still didn't turn around: "Isn't it stable to pull the monster?"
"It's just that we may not be able to lure all the monsters away. Many monsters won't take taunts."
Veronica thought for a while and felt that the language of ancient people was really profound. (To be continued.) 8