The search team entered the deepest part of the Holy Mountain, and the wolf cavalry who were responsible for leading the way found themselves stepping into a completely unfamiliar place.
Deep in their homeland, there is such a strange world.
Hao Ren followed the silent Uruk, and the dozen knights and monks accompanying him were on both sides of the road, guarding and searching. Everyone's nerves were already tense, but they had not encountered the enemy yet.
.
"The other wolf cavalry have also sent messages," Uruk muttered suddenly, his ears trembling slightly in the air. The werewolves' special communication secret method allowed them to keep in touch with each other in this mountain, "Several teams are coming.
When I walked toward the valley, they all said they didn't remember the mountain roads here."
The situation is just as Hao Ren speculated. The brain monster has used some kind of mental interference or the ability to distort perception to shield the valley. For any thinking creature, this is equivalent to digging out an area from the mountain out of thin air and being destroyed.
The people who interfered had no idea about this. No one can tell when this interference started, but there is one fact that is very disturbing: from the historical records of werewolves migrating to the Holy Mountain to the present, this valley has been
does not appear on their map.
A knight didn't think about it for a while and mumbled casually: "Why did you suddenly discover this valley this time?"
Uruk glanced at him: "Because of the protective crystal, this is the first time someone has come here while conscious."
While walking, Lily suddenly pointed ahead and shouted: "There is something ahead!"
Hao Ren looked in the direction of Lily's finger and saw half a stone pillar exposed on the snow slope next to the mountain road ahead. It looked like the remnants of some kind of man-made object. He stepped forward and took a look and found that it was a piece of black paint.
There are still traces of uneven runes on the obelisk. An accompanying monk quickly identified these runes: "They are the marks of the pagans."
"This thing has been abandoned for a long time," Yitzhak stroked the almost completely eroded dents on the obelisk, "Can you check it?"
The data terminal floated over and took a photo: "There are paint residues inside the dents, which must be from at least three or four thousand years ago."
If even this obelisk fragment is from three or four thousand years ago, then the other relics in this valley will only be older than this. Ofra looked at this relic in astonishment, and suddenly figured out many things, such as
Why do cultists still appear here unnoticed despite being under constant surveillance by the Huiyao Sect?
Because they are already here!
"They have a longer history than the Huiyao Sect," Hao Ren clapped his hands and stood up, "Even before the werewolves migrated here, before the Horleta Kingdom was established. Before the Huiyao Sect was established, this valley
They have been enveloped by the power of the brain monsters. They did not develop under the eyes of the Glowing Sect at all. The situation was exactly the opposite: it was the Glowing Sect and the Horleta Kingdom that developed under the noses of these cultists.
"
Ofra had a strange expression on her face. She couldn't accept this fact at all. This was even more unreal than when she first heard that the cultists' base was hiding in the Beintz area. Even Betsy, a rough-looking mercenary, thought this was a bit fanciful.
Strange story: "The Returning Sect is older than the Glory Sect? Then this world has been theirs for a long time! They have been hiding here for thousands of years and have done nothing?"
Hao Ren waved his hand: "I don't know what they have done. We can only rely on data. At least since the werewolves migrated here, the hinterland of the Holy Mountain has been shrouded in spiritual interference."
Vivian touched her chin thoughtfully: "There must be a reason why it has been kept secret for thousands of years, and only recently came out. If they didn't have some big plan, it would take thousands of years to slowly reveal it.
The reason is that some changes have taken place in recent years, which forced them to come out for activities. It should be related to the goddess."
Ofra still frowned. She found this hard to believe. In any case, the fact that those cultists had been hiding in the Holy Mountain for thousands of years greatly impacted her worldview. Thousands of years... this
If it is an ordinary race, how many generations have passed?
When did the first cultists gather here? Where do they come from? How do they live here? How do they pass on their inheritance? What kind of contact do they maintain with the outside world? What allows them to live in seclusion in such a place for thousands of years?
Is it secret and has been passed down for so many generations but still maintains the same fanaticism? Is it just the mind control of the brain monster? Or is there other reasons...
"Keep moving forward," Ofra shook her head and ordered the knights, "Concentrate and report any hallucinations or psychological fluctuations as soon as possible."
Even though she was holding the protective crystal, the uneasiness in her heart still spread. Mind control is something that is so difficult to guard against and frightening. The scary thing about it is not only that it can make people lose their minds, but also that it can make people completely unaware of it all.
.It is difficult for a sleeping person to realize that he has fallen into a deep sleep, and a person targeted by mind control is most likely to have been eroded when he feels conscious.
Any excellent master of mind control knows a trick: the best way to control prey is to make the prey still feel free. And any instructor responsible for teaching mind defense will also remember to remind his students: when you feel you
When your enemy is not that powerful, it often means that you have been defeated.
Uruk and the remaining wolf cavalry walked in front with cautious expressions. This mountain road was no longer familiar to them, and there were unfamiliar forks and landscapes everywhere in front of them, even though they were walking on the road in their hometown.
, they still feel as confused as the foreigners behind them. Now their only advantage is to adapt to the terrain and environment here, so that they can have more opportunities when they are attacked, but God knows if this is of any use.
"Why do I feel that the brain monster here seems to be more powerful than the one in Nasatorn?" Lily came to Hao Ren and muttered, "The brain monster in Nasatorn also needs to subtly interfere for a long time to control others. Why?
Does this place make people GG as soon as they enter the mountain?"
"Maybe he set something here," Hao Ren curled his lips, "It has been thousands of years, and it should have dug out an Epang Palace even with its tentacles."
Lily thought seriously and poked Vivian's arm next to her: "Bat, do you know how to get around Afang Palace?"
Then Vivian and Hao Ren ignored the husky who gave up treatment.
At this time, Uruk, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. His ears trembled slightly in the cold wind, his nostrils opened slightly, and a vague smell of fishy smell floated over from nowhere: "Be careful...
Is there something unclean?"
Ofra immediately drew out her long sword, and the blade of the sword ignited with blazing holy flames. Nangong Sanba and Nangong Wudi also narrowed their eyes at the same time. They activated the special skills of the demon hunters. In the sight of the hunter's spiritual vision,
, the snow-capped valley is covered with a strange light blue light and shadow, and all unclean things will be invisible in their sight.
However, the first one to find the enemy was not these combat experts, but the stupid cat who had been running around restlessly since entering the mountain, poking here and there: "Go away" suddenly let out a exclamation, and then
Suddenly, he jumped out from behind a big rock not far away: "Meow wow, there's a monster!"
Almost at the same time as he "rolled" back, a strange humanoid creature suddenly rushed out from behind the rock!
It can only be said that he is a "humanoid creature", because this thing has almost completely broken away from the human form. This monster is covered in ulcers, abnormally tall, with rough wounds and unmatched bodies everywhere, just like several
It looked like a piece of corpse put together, and it was also wearing a strange-looking vest. The vest was completely black, with a large number of black crystal flakes dotted on the surface, constantly emitting hissing electric light. It didn't look like Holley at all.
Equipment that tower people can make.
After the first "stitch monster" popped out, there was a continuous rustling sound all around, and a large number of such monsters emerged from unknown places, surrounding everyone in the blink of an eye.
Hao Ren didn't know how these monsters escaped everyone's perception, but he didn't have time to think so much at this time. After taking out his long spear and short cannon from the portable space, he rushed forward: "Kill them first!"