Chapter 347 What Happened in the Past
Not long after everyone felt at ease, a shouting sound suddenly came from the twisted forest that was getting closer and closer. It sounded like the movement of a large group of people marching in the forest. At the same time, the dark forest also gathered from everywhere. There were flickering torches like fireflies. This movement made Lily subconsciously pull out her ice and fire blades, and the others immediately became alert.
Accompanied by the rapid sound of horse hooves, a group of knights were the first to rush out from the shadows of the dense forest. They rode tall military horses and wore bright uniform armor of the Church Knights. The armor was covered with a sacred cloak printed with the coat of arms of the Glory Sect. Each knight held a long sword, and the long sword was filled with the brilliance of magic. He looked as if he was about to enter a battle. Behind these knights, groups of soldiers who were obviously mages also ran out on horseback.
More and more soldiers jumped out on horseback from all over the dense forest. The next few groups were obviously members of the Kingdom's Knights. They shouted murderously and ran to the open space on the lake beach, but they were all dumbfounded: There are only black boulders everywhere and a small group of unknown strangers. The "prey" they are chasing has disappeared.
"Uu——Uu——"
With the shouts, the knights reined in their horses and stopped, while several captain-like soldiers trotted to Hao Ren and the others. They did not dismount, but clenched their swords vigilantly: "Who are you? !Why are you wandering around the Holy Lake?"
Hao Ren was a little dazed. He didn't know what was going on, but he still subconsciously said the nonsense he had memorized long ago: "We are traveling mages from the Northern Empire... In Horlai A mercenary group has been registered here in the tower, and they came here on a mission to find the Holy Temple Orb a while ago."
He was still not sure about the origins of the knights in front of him, so he only mentioned that he was a mercenary group looking for the Temple Orb, but did not mention that the Temple Orb had been found. However, the middle-aged knight captain opposite, who looked like a leader, heard that After this explanation, he became even more vigilant: "Orb? The search operation was terminated half a month ago! You..."
Just when Hao Ren noticed that the situation had changed and began to think about how to deceive him next, the bearded ascetic suddenly came up from behind: "Are they the paladin of the church? Which parish? We are ascetics who accepted the mission of the goddess. "
The four bearded men are all wearing shabby gray robes, and their presence is usually low. When they are not talking, you can't notice them at all. Just now, the knight captain thought that these four gray robes were just ordinary mercenaries. At this time After hearing what the other party was saying, I took a closer look and finally recognized that the gray robe was the symbol of the ascetics of the church. The bearded man also took out a shiny metal piece from his arms and waved it in front of the knight captain. The latter looked at it carefully before turning over and dismounting: "It's an ascetic?! Why are you here? We haven't heard of the superiors. Come down, the ascetic..."
It seems that the knight captain is very cautious. Even if he sees the "identity certificate", he will not be fooled directly. After all, ascetics are very special in the Huiyao sect. They are not regular troops, but only the Pope and the Goddess. The appearance of a small group of special elites and ascetics under direct command in a place like this is really unbelievable. The bearded man carefully looked at the logo on the church officer before taking off his hood: "He is a senior knight of the Rector of Gelton. You should have seen the four of us at the 'Introduction Ceremony' a few months ago. .”
The induction ceremony was the meeting held when the Holy Temple Orb first arrived in Beinz Parish a few months ago. When the knight captain heard these four words, he immediately looked up and down at the bearded man and the other three people beside him. After a moment, He looked shocked: "You... you are the four masters of the Temple Orb, why are you here?"
Only then did Betsy boldly jump out, patting her chest vigorously and pretending to lead: "You still have to ask! The Temple Orb was found by our mercenary group! By the way, we also found the four masters - but I don't know In addition to a set of orbs and a manor, how much extra reward can the four masters exchange for..."
Hao Ren hurriedly pulled back the mercenary girl who said nothing: Betsy is good at everything, except that she gets excited once the topic of getting rich is brought up. Listen to what she said, and you will know that she has brought together several masters. I found it, but those who didn't know thought she had kidnapped her...
The bearded man looked back at Betsy, with a dull expression on his face: "We are definitely not as precious as the pearls, but we should be able to exchange them for a few good horses."
Hao Ren hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "You are too polite, you are too polite. People like you are worth at least two houses even if they are kidnapped and sold..."
Vivian punched him hard from behind: "If you can't speak, don't speak!"
The knight captain and the other team captains around him were still a little confused at this time. The Temple Orb that had been missing for several months was suddenly found. Even the four masters who were originally listed as "martyr saints" were intact. Standing in front of them, this sudden situation made them feel very unreal. But after a moment, these professional soldiers reacted. The knight captain suddenly turned around and shouted to the adjutant behind him: "Send the signal! Call the other teams! Escort the holy relics back to town!"
An adjutant immediately fired a flare into the sky. After the fire exploded at high altitude, the knight captain suddenly remembered something else. He looked at the piles of hill-like black stones at the scene in amazement, and looked at the bearded man in disbelief: "Master, just now There should be a group of stone demons here...have they all been purified by your Excellencies?"
The bearded man pointed at Hao Ren calmly: "He was the one who got rid of him."
The knight captain swallowed his saliva. He was shocked when he saw the remains of the stone giants on the lake beach. Seeing just a few mercenaries in front of him, he certainly couldn't believe that there were more than a hundred stone giants. The giant was killed by these people. At most, he reluctantly believed that it was the powerful ascetic who created this miracle. But now the latter admitted that the credit should be attributed to an ordinary-looking mercenary, which made him feel a bit fanciful. Tan: "Him? Alone?"
"The average number of them is two per person," Hao Ren chuckled and pointed at the people around him, "I am one hundred and twenty-two."
The knight captain's mouth didn't close for a long time, and finally he choked out a sentence: "...Are all the magicians in the Northern Empire monsters?!"
Hao Ren crossed his arms to show off his expert temperament. The data terminal buzzed in his pocket, transmitting the voice directly to his head: "Pretend, keep pretending. You just burned some calories while running in circles. What's wrong with you? Betsy's DPS is higher than yours, isn't it?"
The knight captain didn't know the real situation and treated Hao Ren as a monster anyway. However, he was just a middle- and low-level officer who followed orders and would not pursue the details. Yzaks realized that there was no longer any misunderstanding, so he stepped forward and asked: "What is going on here? Were the stone giants driven here by you? In addition, we passed by the sentry by the lake before. Stop, what’s going on over there?”
The knight captain looked at this two and a half meter giant and subconsciously adjusted his helmet: "You don't know? Where have you been for the past half month?"
"We are with them, not in the Beinz area." Hao Ren raised his finger and pointed at the bearded man. "We just ran in directly using space teleportation. The specific situation is related to the orb. It is confidential. We can only tell after meeting the rector. . Just explain to us what’s going on here.”
Lifting out the "Temple Orb" was indeed useful. The knight captain immediately doubted his presence. He sighed: "The stone giant came from the Dragon's Back Mountains... Do you know this? Well, the basic situation is half There was a sudden surge in the number of stone giants a month ago, and they once broke through the defense line of Layton Town, and an ancient passage appeared on the side of the mountain, allowing many monsters to infiltrate into the Twisted Woods to the area around the Holy Lake. We were ordered to encircle and suppress the area just now tonight As for that group of monsters, we have been tracking them for two days and two nights, and we only succeeded in driving them into the encirclement tonight - I didn't expect you to solve them. As for the lakeside outpost, it was lost a few days ago, and now the Holy Lake Several outposts in the surrounding areas are attacked almost every day... These are not secrets. You will know when you go back and inquire. There are also many mercenaries helping to guard the outer defense line to prevent the stone giants from running into the kingdom."
"What's the situation in Leighton Town now?" Hao Ren asked smoothly.
"Marshal Ofra is guarding it personally and has recaptured it. You can rest there," the knight captain said, shrugging and smiling, "It's just that I'm not guaranteed a good sleep at night: the mountains will shake when those big monsters run. , and the nearby mountains crack several times every day.”
The bearded man suddenly asked nervously: "Where is the Holy Lake?! What on earth do those monsters want to do to the Holy Lake?! Have they damaged the lake?"
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