The trek in the desolate wilderness was an arduous journey, but fortunately the journey did not last too long. The physical fitness of the humans in the world of Colo far exceeds that of the people on earth, and the combat professionals among them are even closer to supermen. The Knights
They marched lightly and on foot, marching quickly all the way, requiring very little rest. A few days later, Hao Ren learned from Veronica that the border of the plain was not far away.
In fact, no one, including Hao Ren, can see the shadow of the Shadow Jungle yet, but the Traveler's Talisman in Veronica's hand has begun to emit constant light. This is a reaction to the magic beacon approaching the edge of the Shadow Jungle. If everything goes well,
In up to half a day, everyone can see the iconic landmark landscape between the two areas: the Hill of the Unknown Soldier.
The journey along this journey was smooth and safe. Although the oppressive atmosphere of the Chaos Realm brought great psychological pressure to people, the "sacred objects" lent by Hao Ren to the Knights brought strong protection to the team. Vero
Nika has never seen any military holy weapon that can bring such long-lasting and effective protection of order. The light emitted by that light white plate has not weakened at all in the place where the atmosphere of chaos is the strongest. The light it has released over the past few days has not weakened at all.
The Light of Symbol is almost constant and does not need to be recharged or cyclically purified. It is like the incarnation of divine power and continues to protect everyone in the chaos without any signs of failure.
This made Her Royal Highness the Princess couldn't help but think, if there were a few such holy objects in the kingdom's army, how many lives of brave soldiers could be saved? The kingdom's Chaos Expeditionary Force would become extremely safe in fighting outside the border of order.
, and if there are more such holy objects to form a defense line at the border of the kingdom, then the forces of chaos will never be able to threaten the safety of the people.
But she only kept these thoughts in her mind, and never said them out. She knew that each of these holy objects from ancient times was extremely precious, and only in a holy place like the Cassuan Temple could there be so many.
The number of sacred objects in the hands of Hao Ren, the "ancient guardian", must also be limited, so he should not be too greedy.
In the past few days, apart from following the knights all the way as a "guard", Hao Ren spent the rest of his time basically learning about the world's world view. On the one hand, he communicated with Veronica or Morian in a subtle way.
, on the other hand, is to study various strange phenomena discovered on the road.
Rather than dealing with the old knight, he prefers to talk to Princess Veronica, who has a more straightforward personality. This is not because Her Royal Highness the Princess has an eye-catching appearance, but because the old knight has a strict personality and has the cunning and suspicion unique to the old courtier.
, even when facing Hao Ren, the "ancient guardian", the old man's attitude was not so blindly trusting. Morian would often express doubts or ask rhetorical questions about some common sense questions raised by Hao Ren. In comparison, the princess
Her Highness seemed much more cordial. Although Veronica had doubted Hao Ren's lack of common sense, she didn't say much even if she suspected it. On the contrary, out of curiosity or other reasons, Her Royal Highness the Princess
He would even take the initiative to chat with Hao Ren about some things.
Now they are discussing things about ancient myths. These stories are very useful to relieve boredom during the journey.
"...Ancient books say that Koro in ancient times was actually a complete land, called the 'Ancient Koro Continent'. All the current kingdoms were actually connected back then, and a large amount of water formed oceans and rivers.
Running endlessly between kingdoms," Veronica vividly recounted the knowledge she heard from her scholar mentor, "but there is an evil giant imprisoned in the deepest part of Colo. This giant is called 'Locke'
Lock Marton', he was a prisoner of the goddess of creation, so he was sealed in the depths of the earth and suppressed forever. As time passed, Lock Marton's chains lost their effectiveness due to the inversion of the universe and stars, so this evil giant escaped.
He struck the earth angrily, causing the ancient Koro continent to fall into pieces. There were five largest fragments, which are today's Ansu Continent, Glow Continent, the Kingdom of Eternal Winter, the Secret Realm of Cana'an, and the Kingdom of the Order.
In the Holy Land, except for the secret realm of Canaan, the other four continents are ruled by the Kingdom of Order."
Hao Ren listened to Veronica's narration of these ancient legends and silently connected "Rock Marton" with the "Eldest Son" in his mind. However, while doing so, he also had doubts: the Eldest Son is a huge tentacle-like creature growing inside the planet.
, their image is very different from the human form. Why do humans in this world call them "evil giants" in myths?
He thought for a while but did not delve into this issue: ancient myths often have flaws and distortions, and it is normal for such flaws to occur.
He picked up Veronica's words casually: "What we know is similar to yours... Well, the world was torn apart, and then it was floating in the sea of Karnos (nothingness), right?"
"Yes, the continent is floating in nothingness, and countless large and small floating islands are floating between the continents. The suspended rivers and waves of magic are endlessly surging between the cracks after the world is broken... But...
To be honest, I have never seen the Hanging River. I heard that they are very spectacular things, but there are no such rivers in the Kingdom of Talos. There are only two hanging rivers in the entire Ansu continent, one is above the Kingdom of Beacon,
The other one is in the void outside the northern border of Ansu Continent, and only the most daring wizards built wizard towers near the hanging river."
The somewhat careless Princess waved her hand as she spoke: "Actually, I really want to go and see it. Unfortunately, the Chaos War has broken out, and now there is no chance to travel around."
Hao Ren agreed casually, and at this moment, a hazy hill appeared in his field of vision.
"Is that the Hill of the Unknown Soldier?" he asked, pointing into the distance.
Veronica immediately looked in the direction of Hao Ren's finger. Of course, she didn't see anything. Even though she rubbed her eyes hard, she still couldn't see the physical body. Mortals can't see very far in this chaotic fog.
However, after moving forward for a certain distance, the Hill of the Unknown Soldier appeared in everyone's sight.
This famous local landscape appeared in front of Hao Ren. Compared with its fame, the hill itself is actually inconspicuous. It is just a small mound raised in the wilderness, surrounded by some messy
There are stones, but just on this inconspicuous little mound, there is a stone statue standing quietly:
It was a sculpture of a warrior, carved from gray-black dense rock. The warrior's face was blurred, but he could still be seen wearing heavy armor and a majestic weapon. He was holding a broad sword in both hands, looking up at the desolation.
Deep in the wilderness, it was like a general looking over the battlefield.
This is the famous "Hill of the Unknown Soldier" in the desolate wilderness, or "Hill of the Unknown Knight" in ancient German.
"There is such a sculpture here..." Hao Ren couldn't help but muttered when he saw this sculpture standing alone in the wilderness. There was no village in front of it, no shops in the back, and the hill itself didn't look like a historical relic.
, but there is such a lifelike sculpture standing here, of course people can't help but be a little curious.
However, Veronica looked at him strangely and asked in a low voice: "Don't you know? Haven't people in the previous generation heard the story of the 'Last Elf Empire'?"
Hao Ren was stunned and immediately knew that he had exposed his secret again, but making excuses at this time seemed to be too obvious, so he simply nodded and admitted: "I really don't know, or even if I know, I won't be able to live up to the tenth century."
, the terms of many things have changed, and even many of our words have different meanings from what you have now. The 'last elven empire' you mentioned was not even known as what it was called in our time."
This reason was well founded. Veronica slightly reduced her doubts and explained: "That is really an ancient legend. It is said that six thousand years ago, there was a very powerful elf empire in the desolate wilderness, named
'Suhoma', this empire has a great and ambitious emperor. This emperor unified all the kingdoms on the plains and almost ruled the entire Ansu continent. He wanted to build the greatest country on the land and almost
Success, but just when he was about to swear to become the King of Kings of Ansu Continent, the tide of chaos broke out.
"It is said that it was the strongest tide of chaos in the entire millennium. Darkness broke out from the hinterland of the elven empire and quickly spread to the entire continent along the magical veins in the desolate wilderness. The empire experienced thirty days and nights of hell.
The scorching heat was like scorching, and there were thirty days and nights of apocalyptic winter that turned steel into powder, followed by various disasters such as plague, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Finally, 80% of the order on the Anzu continent was restored.
The land began to become deserted, and almost in the blink of an eye, the power of chaos broke through all the defense lines...
"The ambition of the Elf King was quickly shattered, but he still led his remaining soldiers to fight to the death. The last rebels fought and retreated. Their final battlefield was in front of the Emperor's Seat in the Elf King City.
Right here, this is the capital of that glorious empire."
Hao Ren looked around and saw only the vast wasteland.
"So this is the Elf King?" he asked, pointing to the "sculpture" on the hill.
"Many people think so. The Elf King died standing in front of his throne. After all his guards fell, he supported his body with his sword, looked at the burning capital, and said: I want to stand
Here, watching my kingdom sink into darkness, it will one day rise, and then I will fall. So the oath of the Elf King was fulfilled: he stood in this place forever, for six whole years
Thousands of years of wind and rain have not destroyed this stone statue. It is said that he will stand here forever until the elves become the masters of this continent again, or the world of Koro comes to an end."
After hearing this story, Hao Ren didn't speak for a long time, and finally he broke the silence: "Then this place should be called the Hill of the Unknown King."
Veronica shook her head: "The Elf King died standing while holding a sharp sword. He left this world as a warrior, so this place is called the Hill of the Unknown Warrior." (~^~)