Chapter 1221 Chaos War

Wearing heavy armor and climbing up the mountain - Hao Ren initially thought that the knights in front of him were ordinary humans, but when he saw that these people were wearing full-body armor weighing dozens of kilograms and weapons including long swords, throwing axes, and hand crossbows, Armed with various weapons, he climbed all the way to the top of the mountain as if on flat ground and was almost out of breath. He then realized that these guys in front of him were probably superhumans in another sense.

The ancient door of the temple has collapsed. The open door and the cavity above the main hall make it completely unable to protect it from wind and rain. Thousands of years of abandonment have caused many parts of this sanctuary to be covered with dust and rubble. The empty hall cannot provide any protection. Any environment that allows people to rest comfortably, but even such a bad situation is already precious to the exhausted knights.

As Hao Ren said, there is no fog of chaos on the Holy Mountain. Perhaps this temple, which had been abandoned for many years, still provided a weak power of protection, preventing Chaos from invading the place. The moment she stepped into the temple, Veronica felt a reassuring breath flowing into her heart. She glanced at Hao Ren gratefully, then sat on the ground with a long sigh, and the other knights were no better than her.

"Your Highness Princess..." The old knight Morian couldn't help but speak, but Veronica waved her hand: "Sir, don't worry so much, it's important to recover your strength. I can feel the power of order here, although it is weak. But it’s enough to dispel the chaos, and it’s safe here.”

Morian blinked. There was no doubt about the talent of "detecting chaos" spread in the blood of the Talos royal family. So he also took a breath, took off the handguards and waist armor that were in the way, and put the long sword within reach. However, he still stood upright next to his princess.

"Incredible..." The old knight looked around the abandoned temple. His eyes swept over the ancient and exquisite murals and reliefs, and stared at the statues of ancient heroes for a long time. Finally, he saw the large cavity above the temple, and the The thing floating without gravity in the hollow position, "...This is the legacy of the previous generation. I didn't expect that there is such a holy land remaining in this desolate wilderness... I have experienced a lot in my life."

"I just said, there must be good things in those ancient books," Veronica smiled weakly. Although she is a leader among the younger generation in the kingdom, she is still too young after all. The fatigue accumulated in the past few days is gone now. She felt that she could hardly stand up. She looked at her current embarrassed state and shook her head with some self-deprecation, "Those old guys in the House of Nobles will definitely want to do it again when they see my unbecoming appearance." A lot of bashing - they haven't had a reason to bashing me in a long time since last year's Pilgrimage."

"Property, propriety," Morian shook his head, his tone full of disdain, "Those guys, even if they are thrown to the border of Chaos, they will only talk about propriety and etiquette to the servants of Chaos."

Veronica smiled, then turned to look at Hao Ren: "Mighty hermit, thank you for your help. Please forgive me for my rude behavior at the moment - my knights and I are really tired. I am The eldest daughter of the King of Talos Kingdom, Veronica Saint Talos."

The knight princess was serious when she spoke, but she still leaned lazily on the stone wall behind her. She looked nondescript, but she was a person of good temperament. Hao Ren was slightly surprised after hearing the other party's self-introduction:

I didn't expect that the girl in front of me, who was dressed in blood, in a miserable state, and sitting in an inelegant posture, was actually a princess. Is it so easy to trigger plot missions these days? Why go out to rescue someone whose family background is all related to the royal family...

However, after being slightly surprised, he was more indifferent, because creatures like princesses were not rare to him. He also had a princess from the demon world at home, who used a screwdriver to tear things apart all day long, and was scolded by the adults in the family. Yelling indiscriminately.

This kind of indifference has another meaning in Veronica's eyes.

Hao Ren didn't know what the princess was thinking. He just quickly remembered his all-purpose self-introduction: "Oh, your highness, hello, hello, I am a traveler passing through here..."

He choked back before he finished speaking, because he suddenly remembered the damn natural environment nearby: a barren stone mountain, a desolate and silent wilderness, and an army of monsters emerging from the mist—— Although he didn't know what those monsters and fog were about, it was obvious that a place with these things was definitely not suitable for self-driving travel. Seeing the miserable state of the royal family's regular army in front of him, who were about to be wiped out in the wilderness, Hao Ren estimated that the most desperate traveler in the world probably didn't go to this ghost place to collect information.

The thoughts in his mind were running very fast, and his reaction was not slow: "...Ah, I can't seem to remember where I came from."

Veronica had a puzzled look on her face: "Have you... lost your memory?"

"Not really, I'm just a little confused." Hao Ren scratched his hair, "I found myself in this place as soon as I woke up. I still vaguely remember some things here, but I am completely confused about the situation in the outside world. .Who do I look like to you?"

"Amnesia... Awakening?" Veronica frowned, quickly sorting out the knowledge she collected from the royal collection and her bachelor's tutor in her mind, "This seems to explain it... Could it be that you were there many years ago? Have you been sleeping in this temple since the Holy War?"

"Holy War?" Hao Ren was stunned, "Oh, yes, Holy War. I remember there was a war here before I fell asleep."

Veronica had a look of surprise on her face, and her eyes became more serious and awed as she looked at Hao Ren.

During this short conversation, Hao Ren roughly guessed what the princess in front of him was thinking.

She probably regarded herself as an ancient person who had been sleeping in this temple for many years - since there is a temple on this stone mountain, it means that this place has not always been so deserted. Perhaps it was also a religious holy place with a prosperous population many years ago. , but as time has passed, this place has been devoured by barbarism, and this guy who ran out of the temple naturally makes people think of the legend of the ancient sleeping man.

In a world where magic exists, such a thing doesn't seem so unthinkable.

Anyway, after working as a prosecutor for the past few years, Hao Ren has already developed the habit of facing any situation with the greatest compatibility. No matter what happens, he remains calm and accepts it calmly. This is how to smoothly integrate into any observation role. the major premise.

So he tried not to speak, and listened to the conversation between the princess in front of him and the old knight beside her, occasionally interjecting a word or two, but hardly revealing any valuable information - perfect for a person who has been sleeping in the temple for many years and has never been born. The identity of the "ancient guardian" of things.

"When did you wake up?" Veronica looked at Hao Ren curiously. The man's clothes in front of her made her feel very novel. The clothes were clean and tidy, and there was no trace of the man who had been sleeping for many years. This made her very confused, "Did the ancients of the previous generation wear this kind of clothes?"

"It's only been a few days since I woke up," Hao Ren shook his head. "I don't know much about the previous generation. By the way, what's the situation in the outside world now? Is there still a war?"

Just speaking cautiously will make you fall into passivity. Ask questions first to gain the initiative before the other party raises more embarrassing questions. This is also Hao Ren's work experience.

"Peace has never truly come to the land of Colo," said the old knight next to Veronica. "The slaves of Chaos will attack every century, and they will become more and more fierce each time. This year is the first of the Chaos War. In the past seven years, they have come more ferociously than any time recorded in history, and many ordered lands have fallen."

Veronica also had a look of shame on her face: "We are ashamed of our ancestors who fought so bravely - in the seventh year of the invasion of Chaos, we have lost more land than in any previous century, and the border of order has retreated to Near the Twilight Wall... The Order State has stabilized the Twilight Wall's defenses, but the land outside is now semi-contaminated."

Hao Ren turned away slightly: Her Royal Highness the Princess was sorry to her ancestors. He felt that he, the fake "Ancient Guardian", could not bear it...

However, the words of the old knight and Veronica also gave him some interesting information, which made him think:

This place seems to be deeply troubled by a long continuous war. Every century, an enemy named "Chaos" will invade the civilized world. People in this world seem to have their own way to resist the invasion, but their resistance still remains. Difficulty moving.

In the dream plane, he has seen the blood disaster of the eldest son, the evil cult of the brain monster, and the army of the traitorous son, but what exactly is this "chaos"?

Maybe it has something to do with the "Lord of Madness" in the Dream Plane? But he had already come into contact with the shadow monsters summoned by the fragments of the universe, and he had just greeted the monsters condensed from the mist. The two seemed to be different...