Chapter 367 It’s Time to Take the Blame

The blood-red lake water surged to form a huge whirlpool, the sound was like thunder, and it rolled endlessly. The entire center of the blood lake turned into a funnel shape, and it didn’t take much to think about it. You don’t need to think about it to know that the small island and the church on the island must have been affected by this big whirlpool. Devoured. Such a majestic and horrifying sight made Lily, a foolish and bold person, have her hair stand on end. The dog girl whined subconsciously in her throat, turned her head and got directly behind Hao Ren: "It's leaking...it's leaking at the bottom of the lake!"

Ofra stared at the scene in the middle of the lake in stunned silence, muttering to herself: "Is this... the goddess' anger rekindled?"

She was like this, and the elite knights who followed were even more shocked. The Huiyao Sect is the national religion of Horleta, and the soldiers in its army are basically believers, and more people can be sent to perform tasks in the Beinz area. They are the most determined group among them. When these warriors saw such horrific changes that could only appear in mythical stories taking place in the Ten Thousand Years Holy Land, they were all at a loss. If it weren't for their daily rigorous training and Ofra's aura, The situation here is probably in chaos.

The strong old man who had always been with Ofra looked at the lake for a while, and his aura slowly began to change: "The Holy Land has undergone tremendous changes, and the lake has swallowed the Sanctuary. I'm afraid something that was suppressed in ancient times will come out. Be vigilant and be ready at any time. A fierce fight." After the words fell, the old man's figure had completely changed. His already strong figure became even stronger, his muscles bulged, his hair and beard were elongated and hardened like wolf hair, and a pair of dark black Wolf ears appeared out of thin air, and then he twisted around and dug behind his back, revealing a wolf tail. Ofra looked at the old man: "Can't you wear low-waisted trousers and wide-swept tops that are in line with your ethnic customs?"

The old man fiddled awkwardly with the clothes near his tail: "Don't talk, it will affect my momentum."

Hao Ren: "..."

Only then did Lily react. She jumped in shock: "Ah! Same...same... compatriot! It turns out you are also a werewolf!"

"I just saw a werewolf, is it so strange?" The old man glanced at Lily, "Although there are not many werewolves in Horleta, they should not be rare yet. But you, little girl, I pay attention You've been here for a long time and still haven't figured out which branch you belong to."

Lily swung her tail vigorously, throwing out a wind and rain tornado in the rain: "I am a northern werewolf! A northern breed, the kind that pulls sleds~~~"

Ofra and the old man were both confused after hearing this, and Hao Ren quickly smoothed things over: "Don't care about the details. She doesn't even know where she is. She was adopted by humans since she was a child. Let's go and talk to those people. Let’s meet up with the church members who escaped.”

Under the leadership of the old werewolf, everyone increased their vigilance and were prepared to encounter monsters at any time, and then headed towards a light pillar along the lakeside beach: that light pillar was the alarm beam seen in the town before. The church knights and high-ranking priests who retreated from the island in the middle of the lake have found a place to camp by the lake, waiting for support. But they didn't expect that the first one to arrive was not the church knights led by Gordon, but the kingdom knights led by Ofra.

Hao Ren saw a large-scale magic barrier by the lake, and a large group of people were hiding from the heavy rain in the barrier. Temporary rune stones and activation equipment were set up at the edge of the barrier. Some clergy in black robes were maintaining this shield. Inside the barrier were hundreds of embarrassed church knights and monks of all levels. Many of these people were sitting directly on the ground without any image. Some of the wounded were receiving treatment. Nervous-looking warriors could be seen everywhere whispering and discussing the meaning behind this disaster. Senior monks in white robes were They walked around among the "refugees" to reassure people and stabilize the atmosphere.

Ofra led the knights to arrive, causing a commotion among the people inside the barrier. Several high-level monks who seemed to be leaders walked out of the crowd. Ofra led Hao Ren and the others directly towards these people. : "I am Kingdom Marshal Ofra, how is the situation here?"

"We thought the rector would bring someone here..." A tall, thin monk in white robes was slightly stunned, but in this case he did not dwell on the issue of religious divisions. He pointed to the crowd behind him, "If As you can see, people have basically evacuated, but the precious sacred objects and ancient books in the sanctuary have been swallowed by the whirlpool."

Hao Ren also noticed that most of the people hiding in this barrier were empty-handed, and only a few supplies were piled in the central open space. It seemed that the maelstrom appeared quite suddenly, and no one could react. What was going on in the church? and the island were all devoured.

"The Rector of Gelton is bringing people here, but my knights are good at rapid marches and are faster than them." Ofra nodded, "How did the whirlpool appear? What were the signs before? What changes happened later?" "

"Appeared suddenly without any warning," the tall and thin monk was still frightened when he recalled that scene. "Only a few minutes before the whirlpool appeared, we heard a huge gurgling sound coming from the water, like a giant beast swallowing water. There was a movement, and then a very strong earthquake occurred. The entire island in the middle of the lake began to tilt, and then a whirlpool suddenly appeared. Fortunately, the sanctuary guards are all the best of the best, and their devout faith has brought us divine protection, allowing us to He walked across the lake and ran out."

There were no visions from heaven, no monsters, and no miracles - even unknown miracles did not appear. This puzzled the staunch believers at the scene. However, Hao Ren suddenly felt something in his heart. What the hell? Thoughts popped up uncontrollably: Could it be my fault?

He could remember how much noise he and those little green men made at the bottom of the lake!

"Captain Hao Ren, what did you find?" Ofra noticed the change in Hao Ren's aura, turned around and asked in confusion. She knew that this "mercenary group" was full of weird things, and she thought that some of the clues they found last night were related to today's vision.

Hao Ren shook his head vigorously: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm distracted every day. Marshal, what do you think?"

"You have to go to the whirlpool to confirm it with your own eyes," Ofra said without hesitation, "It might be dangerous. You can wait on the shore."

Hao Ren wanted to find a quiet place to watch. Unfortunately, after thinking about all the trouble he had gone through at the bottom of the lake, he knew he had to see it with his own eyes. But when he looked at the surging lake in the distance, he couldn't help but mutter: " How can we get through this? The whole island has been swept down."

The whirlpool was at least one kilometer wide, huge in scale and frightening in force. The depression in the center of the whirlpool was as terrifying as the endless abyss that swallowed everything. Hao Ren felt dizzy after just one look at it. He really couldn't think of any way to safely go there and check it out. Find out. Among the people in my group, Vivian is the only one who can fly, Yzaks is powerful in combat but has mediocre water-based skills, Lily's best skill is dog-pawing, and Betsy can't be counted on. You can't create anything like an aircraft carrier here - and looking at the size of the vortex, I'm afraid the aircraft carrier's arrival will be in vain.

"It would be great if May was here." He couldn't help but murmured, and Ofra was a little curious: "Is she the girl who went to the mountains? What's so special about her?"

"The great water magician," Hao Ren raised his hand and pointed to the lake, "Even if she can't bring people into the maelstrom, at least she won't drown if she goes in by herself."

"Is there a water magician here?" Ofra was not worried about this. She pointed at the warriors behind her, some of whom were mages wearing wizard robes. "They should be able to bring a few people to safety." Arrive near the whirlpool. But we'd better wait for the Rectory of Gelton, this is the Holy Lake after all."

The group of people took a break at this lakeside shelter. Among the elites brought by Ofra were specialized enchantment mages. Expanding the magic barrier of the lakeside shelter would be enough to accommodate everyone. With this barrier blocking the wind and rain outside, Hao Ren felt an indescribable sense of security coming over him: the strong wind and heavy rain outside were really disturbing.

Lily began to run around the entire camp looking for friends. When she saw someone who was taller, she would go up and ask them excitedly: "Hey, are you a werewolf? Are you a werewolf? Sister, are you a werewolf? This little brother, are you a werewolf?" A werewolf..."

She was acting crazy again as usual. Every time she saw her compatriots in this world, she would be so excited for a while. Thanks to this husky who was so careless in everything, he stirred up the atmosphere. There were finally more people in the gloomy shelter. Somewhat angry.

Vivian, on the other hand, took advantage of the people around her not paying attention and dragged Hao Ren to a secluded place: "Landlord, do you think that whirlpool will..."

Hao Ren looked bitter: "Don't mention it. The data terminal just scanned it. There is a big hole under the whirlpool, and the lake water pours directly into it - right where we were constructing before!"