The first thousand two hundred and sixty-two chapters
White City, Golden Rose Palace.
Rudolf III's secret chamber seemed a bit crowded today. This special room, which never received more than three visitors at the same time, made an exception to receive many people this time. The king's three children were sitting next to him, and his two important ministers, Grand Duke Luen.
Sitting on the other side with General Gronn, and the "Ancient Guardian" sitting opposite him.
In addition to these people, there are two other people in the room.
One is the history and natural history tutor of the princes and princesses, the famous scholar Alfred of the kingdom. This is a somewhat bald, fat old gentleman with a white beard hanging down on his simple black academic robe.
The man looked very kind. He was sitting next to Hao Ren with a smile, and he had been looking at the famous "ancient guardian" curiously.
Another person stood behind the king. She was a mysterious woman covered in a black burqa. She was tall and thin. She didn't say a word. She stood there like a piece of wood that couldn't speak. Even her face was hidden in the
Under the shadow that seemed to be a magical effect, her face could not be seen clearly from any angle. Hao Ren could only judge the gender of the other party through the figure vaguely exposed under the burqa, and guess the identity of this mysterious person:
This person's aura concealment skills are astonishing. Even if you stare in her direction, you will easily ignore her presence. And even if you notice her figure, you will quickly forget it as soon as you turn your face. This is not
Magic effect, because even Hao Ren's magic immunity talent is ineffective against her aura concealment.
This is probably a secret agent of the kingdom, or the king's secret knight, or some other similar character. All in all, he is not a simple person. Her presence here is enough to prove the significance of the current conversation.
"First of all, I want to speak." The first person to break the silence was not the king or Hao Ren, but Veronica. Her Royal Highness the Princess was a little angry from the beginning, "I know you are all wary of cultists.
However, you just listed an ancient guardian who saved my life and protected the Western Fortress as a target of suspicion. This makes me intolerable. Talos has always been a country based on justice and reason. When did we become a group of people?
The cultists are so frightened that they only think about others and are cowards?"
"I am the only one who has doubts about the ancient guardian," Grand Duke Luen said calmly, his expression unchanged for a thousand years, "It has nothing to do with Your Majesty and General Groen. If Her Royal Highness the Princess has any opinions, she can vent them to the old minister alone."
Veronica stared: "I'm not venting, I'm just questioning."
Hao Ren didn't expect that the princess would be so concerned about his affairs, and he couldn't help but feel a little touched. However, in fact, he didn't care that much about this misunderstanding. He was still confused and unhappy at the beginning, but he vaguely guessed
After the truth came to light, he didn't care anymore. As a prosecutor who walked between the mortal world and the gods, the influence of a mere Talos kingdom on him was actually approximately zero. He was looking at Colo, not any of Colo's
Country and individual, as long as these things don't interfere with what he is doing.
However, there are still necessary expressions. He waved his hand: "Veronica, don't be so excited, I don't care. It can be seen that you are in trouble. This trouble is probably not small, so I understand.
"
Rudolf III silently glanced at Hao Ren, with a hint of appreciation and gratitude deep in his eyes: "Thank you Guardian for your profound righteousness. We have indeed encountered trouble, so let's keep the story short. I don't know what the Guardian has to say about the 'Secret Cult of Annihilation'.
'How much do you know?"
Hao Ren was stunned: Why is it a new term?
"Are these the Annihilation Believers you are talking about?" He shook his head. There was no way to make up these things, so he simply stopped making them up. "I don't know, I've never heard of them."
Veronica was surprised: "But this cult has existed since ancient times. They were quite famous a thousand years ago."
Hao Ren blinked, feeling that this was more embarrassing...
But fortunately, the ancient guardian's "memory loss" and "confused common sense" characteristics are already well known, and this issue is not the key, so no one present did not delve into it, but the old scholar Alfred explained it next to him.
After a while: "The Annihilation Secret Cult, they are probably the oldest cult group in the world. Even scholars in the Holy Domain have studied this group specifically and believe that they are as old as Chaos in this world. They were seduced into corruption.
The mortals are madmen stepping towards chaos step by step. Ever since the evil giant Rock Marton breathed his last breath, his breath has polluted the ancient mortals and created the earliest followers of Annihilation."
Princess Ania took over the words of her mentor: "Annihilation believers are fanatics who worship chaos and regard the evil giant Rock Marton as the 'truth of the world'. They believe that the destiny of the world is to step into chaos and darkness. This is the creation of the world."
The fundamental purpose of the world goddess to build the world of Koro, and order and light are just ripples that appear accidentally in the development process of the world. The mortals and their civilizations born in these ripples regard this short-lived order as the truth. This is the 'original
Folly'. They believe that the behavior of mortals to continue order and fight against chaos is preventing the world from developing along the correct line and is the source of Kolo's pain. They believe that it is the endless chaos war that causes Kolo to fall apart and give this land
The earth has brought great pain, and they have their own set of lofty 'ideals' to correct these 'mistakes', which is to end the resistance of mortals and let the entire world fall into its proper course."
Veronica rolled her eyes: "To put it bluntly, they just go around wreaking havoc and trying every means to make humanity lose the Chaos War."
Hao Ren listened carefully to the description of this cult group. To be honest, he was familiar with any cult group. He was not too surprised when he heard about the secret sect of annihilation: Cultists are like that after all.
Why did madness come about? He was just a little curious: "Their ideas are quite fresh and refined, but aren't they themselves mortals?"
"Yes, so they regard themselves as targets that need to be 'purified'," Veronica spread her hands, "This is the most crazy thing about them, they don't even let themselves go when they go crazy. I heard that Annihilation
The Secret Order's 'Code of Annihilation' also clearly states that when the end of the world comes, all Annihilation believers should immediately destroy themselves to please Rock Marton. Do you think a guy who is so crazy has any logic?"
Hao Ren nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Yeah, I know, they really beat themselves up when they go crazy."
Ordinary people may find it unimaginable after hearing about such a crazy cult group, because the behavior of these fanatical believers is not only illogical, but also seems to be meaningless. Ordinary cults always use the only chance of salvation in the end of the world as a way to deceive people.
As a bargaining chip, believers believe that their crazy behavior can allow them to avoid certain disasters or obtain far-human rewards. However, in this secret sect of annihilation, their teachings point to the only annihilation believers. Not only will they not be saved in the end of the world,
On the contrary, they are existences that must be destroyed. They regard themselves as things that need to be purified. The believers have not gained anything from this belief.
Instead, you are destined to lose your life.
But Hao Ren was not too surprised by their chaotic teachings, because he knew that there were many indescribable powers in the Dream Plane. These powers were spiritual poison to mortals. Even just hearing about them was enough to make their minds firm.
People are crazy and crazy.
If the evil giant Rock Marton is the representative of this power, then it is not surprising how crazy his followers can be.
"I think you should already know what happened to Aniya and Andrew," Rudolf III said in a low voice. "Although no clear evidence was found in the end, there are clues that there are Annihilation believers behind this incident.
shadow, and what happened today further confirms this."
Hao Ren understood immediately: "Veronica..."
"Yes, Veronica's danger in the Western Territory was no accident," Rudolph III said with a gloomy expression. "In the White City, it was the alchemist master Lu En found who cured Aniya and Andrew's illnesses. In the Western Territory, it was the guardian who protected them.
Veronica, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."
"The defeat in the Western Territory battle was caused by the tide of Chaos and the withdrawal of the Order State. Could it be that those Chaos Cultists have so much energy and can control these factors?"
Grand Duke Lu En shook his head: "Those cultists themselves are inextricably linked to the power of Chaos. Even if they cannot control the tide of Chaos, they can still use the tide of Chaos to formulate their own plans. As for the early withdrawal of the Order State,
…”
The Grand Duke said, looking at Rudolf III with questioning eyes.
The king nodded and sighed: "Say it, these things will no longer be a secret soon."
"The Royal Mystic looked at the Holy Realm from the Tower of Mysteries and observed that the light of Asuman at the top of the Holy Realm had been extinguished."
Aniya and Veronica exclaimed.
Obviously, these two princesses, like Hao Ren, only knew the news at this moment. (To be continued.)