Chapter three hundred and forty seventh jewels returned
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The sudden return of the Temple Orb caused quite a shock to the town. There were not many civilians in this special town. Most of the townspeople were actually clergy and kingdom knights, or at least "militiamen" who had received combat training.
"After the orb disappeared, everyone here had more or less participated in the subsequent series of actions. Everyone knew very well what significance the Temple Orb had to this kingdom, so when a knight ran across the town avenue like lightning,
, after the news of "The return of the Holy Temple Orb" was shouted along the way, one can imagine the sensation in the town.
Hao Ren and his party entered Leyton Town on horseback under the escort of the knights. Not long after they saw the townspeople watching along the road, as well as the support teams that were constantly coming from all directions. When they arrived at the first main road intersection
At that time, the big bell tower in the town began to ring loudly, and the distant and loud sound of the bell resounded through the sky, seeming to dispel the depressive atmosphere that had been lingering here for more than half a month. Between the ringing of the bells and the noise of the crowds that continued to gather spontaneously
During the sound, Hao Ren couldn't help but look back at the knight captain beside him: "Is it okay to spread the news like this? In theory, even if this kind of treasure comes back, it should be kept secret..."
"This is the territory of the goddess," the knight captain pointed in the direction of the church with a solemn expression, "Those who are qualified to stay here are the most loyal servants of the goddess, and the orb has returned to its rightful place once it enters here.
And..." At this point, the knight captain paused, with a smile on his face: "The people here need encouragement so much. Nothing good has happened for several months. We need a good news to let everyone know about the goddess.
Still caring for her people."
The bearded monk and three other ascetics were surrounded by knights in the middle. They didn't care about the noise around them. The young nun with a strange voice just looked up at the crowd around him: "...it's too noisy."
"We finally successfully completed our mission," Big Beard said softly. "A lot of unexpected things happened here. I will pray all day and night after I go back. Maybe the goddess wants to give us some enlightenment through these events."
The town still retains the tragic traces left by the previous stone giant invasion. The road surface of the main road has obviously been urgently repaired recently, and most of the stone slabs on the ground are brand new. Many of the houses on both sides of the road are damaged, and some places have even completely collapsed.
Hao Ren still vaguely remembered the scene of the town he saw when he came here last time. He found that some of the buildings in his memory were gone, leaving only wooden piles that had not been dismantled or half-rebuilt frames.
Simple wooden houses and even tents can be seen on both sides of the road. In this environment, the residents of the town maintained the order of life here. According to the knight captain, the stone giants passed straight through the center of the town at that time. Their purpose was clear, and they even attacked
The attacks on both sides of the road turned a blind eye. This large group of rampaging monsters caused a devastating blow to the main road and its surroundings. The only thing that was not overwhelmed by the stone giant was the church in the center of the town: the powerful magic enchantment of the church itself made the stone giant deep.
Deeply afraid, the monsters avoided the church.
As a result, the squares on both sides of the church were reduced to rubble.
Soon the team arrived in front of the church that still stood in the center of the town. A hunchbacked old man wearing a gorgeous robe stood in front of the church waiting for everyone. Hao Ren recognized it as the Rector of Gelton, whom he had met once. He
He ran out to greet the Holy Orb in person. His old body looked extremely thin in the cold wind. Hao Ren even doubted how long this old man could stand here: Compared with the last time they met, the Rector of Gelton looked even more fragile.
He was old, and his face had almost lost all color.
Everyone stood up and dismounted, and four ascetics came up from behind. The bearded man and Galton greeted each other: "Your Excellency, the Rector. We haven't seen you for many days. Thanks to the goddess for your mercy, we are back alive."
Galton nodded tremblingly. His rickety old body seemed to be about to fall down in the cold wind at any time, but his voice was still loud and clear: "I am very happy to see the four masters returning intact and including you among the martyred saints.
The procession is actually not pleasant."
The ascetics are a group with a special status in the Huiyao sect. They can only be awarded this title after years of practice and intensive study of various mysterious knowledge. This not only represents strong strength and firm belief, but also represents themselves.
For their achievements in academic, religious, historical and other aspects, every goddess believer will call them "masters", even the Pope will call them this. However, low-level believers call the ascetics this way out of respect for the superiors.
, while high-level believers mention the word "master" more as a "professional title" and "title".
The bearded man waved his hand: "My lifelong wish is to become a martyr saint. If possible, I hope to respond to the goddess's command and die generously at any time. But this time the goddess still needs my body to wait for us to return from the place of death.
That's it. Okay. Don't waste time, we should send the holy relics to the church immediately."
Gelton nodded and looked at Hao Ren and the others with slightly cloudy eyes: "Several mercenaries... Oh, I still remember you. It turned out to be you... awesome young people. I didn't expect that you would end up...
After completing this sacred feat, the goddess will be pleased, and the kingdom will remember your contribution."
At this time, even Betsy was embarrassed to ask about the reward with a shy face. The mercenary girl awkwardly made a righteous appearance: "You're welcome, you're welcome. It is my lifelong wish to be loyal to the goddess and the kingdom..."
Gelton is an experienced man. As early as the last time they met, he could tell at a glance that Betsy was the kind of standard mercenary who couldn't walk around picking up money. At this time, he didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly: "Let's come together.
, I want to know in detail how you retrieved the orb and the four masters."
Everyone followed Galton into the church. The building was protected by powerful magic power and remained intact despite the impact of the stone giant. Inside the church, two or three times more black-robed monks could be seen than last time——
They are all priests who specialize in fighting, and the golden threads on the chests of their robes can illustrate their strength and qualifications. Hao Ren came to the reception room where he met Gelton last time. He still remembered the previous meeting.
I also met another big shot here for the first time: Ofra, the female marshal of the kingdom.
But the female marshal is not here today, she should be stationed outside the defense line.
Everyone found a place to sit on the benches and several armchairs in the reception room. Gordon was the last one to sit down on his high-backed chair. He coughed twice and looked up at the bearded man: "Master
, where did you come back from?"
The bearded man glanced at Hao Ren and told Gordon about the previously discussed process: "In the past few months, we have been trapped in an ancient alien space. It was not until recently that we were rescued by these young people by chance.
.”
A look of surprise flashed through Galton's cloudy eyes: "An alien space? What is going on?"
"Perhaps they are relics left by ancient civilizations," Big Beard said calmly. Such alien space relics do exist in the Dream Plane, and they are much more common than those on Earth. After all, this is the birthplace of "alien civilization"
, so this reason is better than anything else, "This should be a test for us by the goddess. We faced cold and hunger in a different space, and finally survived by hunting those twisted and weird ancient beasts. For the goddess's
Faith allowed us to persevere until the end, and we found the weak point of the desperate situation in another space to establish contact with the outside world. These young people are mages from the Horna Empire in the north. They are amazingly accomplished in space magic. In the end, they helped
The ruins have been opened - but the exit of the ruins is far away from here, and has penetrated into the barren land of the far north."
While listening, Hao Ren glanced at Betsy subconsciously: These nonsense things were actually made up with Betsy's help. Otherwise, how could Hao Ren, an outsider and a boring guy like Big Beard, think of something so consistent with the worldview and not knowing how to do it?
A story about a flaw being discovered? As a senior mercenary who has been in taverns for many years, Betsy is most indispensable for such bluffing adventure legends.
As long as the parts about "my uncle bravely slayed the dragon" and "my girl slayed the devil in anger" in this "tavern story" are removed, the remaining plots are basically true. A little processing can explain the big beard.
The disappearance of the four people for several months cannot be verified anyway, and the world has never been short of strange things related to ancient civilizations.
What's more important is that most people really don't think that ascetics can also deceive people...
Galton nodded, and he really didn't have much doubt about this story, because he knew that more than once in history, people fell into desperate situations in different spaces left by ancient civilizations, and those who came out would tell such thrilling adventure stories.
When this happened to a group of staunch believers, only the will of the goddess could explain it. So he stood up and saluted respectfully in the direction of the icon enshrined in the church: "Thank you to the goddess for showing mercy."
Then he turned to look at Hao Ren: "I also want to hear your story..."
Hao Ren immediately regained his composure, knowing that it was time for him to pretend to be fashionable. He wanted to show his demeanor as a man of great merit in the best mental state. However, Galton's first sentence was this: "I still want to be fashionable."
Remember, you are called the mercenary group called 'The Dogs Got a Good Name', right?"
Hao Ren's face suddenly fell apart. He held it in for a long time before nodding: "...Um, yes..."
"Heroes are born in youth," Gelton nodded with a smile, "The captain really hides his secrets even though he has a good reputation."
Hao Ren continued to look like a zombie: "...Um, thank you..." (To be continued)