The corrupted monsters entrenched in the middle of the town's ruins not only startled Hao Ren, but even Veronica, a local who was supposed to know a lot about the Chaos Lands, expressed great surprise to Hao Ren."
Isn't that what you usually look like?"
Hao Ren looked at the knight princess beside him, "Didn't the old knight just say that after lighting some fires in the town, the corrupt monsters roaming in the wilderness will be attracted?"
”"But we also said that the number of corrupted monsters is far less than that of Chaos minions," Veronica lowered her voice, with an unconcealable tension on her face, she turned her head, and Hao Ren saw her lilac eyes flickering in the darkness, "Corrupt monsters are the state of beings in the world of order after being polluted by chaos, but not all creatures of order can become corrupted monsters - in most cases, those who are polluted are directly swallowed and assimilated by the power of chaos, and there are only one in ten who can complete the transformation."
In the realm of chaos, only the minions of chaos are the real protagonists here. ”Speaking of this, Her Royal Highness cautiously glanced at the center of the town, then retracted her head and explained, "Moreover, this is the hinterland of the Chaos Realm, and the number of corrupted monsters is unlikely to be so large. ”Veronica's second half of the explanation was not so detailed, but Hao Ren had already understood what it meant.According to the nature of corrupted monsters, they should be things that only appear in large quantities at the junction of the world of order and the world of chaos, because only there are enough "materials" that can be polluted and transformed, and the deeper you go to the depths of chaos, the rarer the corruptors should be, and even if there are a few guys who happen to appear here, they should only be rare - and these seem to be far beyond the common sense of this world."
Maybe it's wandering from somewhere else, like the borders of the world of order."
Hao Ren casually guessed while probing his head."
Wandering?"
Veronica turned her head and glanced at Hao Ren, although it was normal for this "Ancient Guardian" to have a little confused memory after waking up from her slumber, but the other party's accumulation of many common sense mistakes still made her full of doubts, in fact, Her Royal Highness the princess now has doubts about Hao Ren's origin, but she knows that this powerful "hermit" is now the last reliance on herself and her soldiers, so she just quietly suppressed what she thought in her heart and shook her head gently, "Corrupt monsters rarely wander, Most of them hover where they fell before they died, and the corrupted monsters that move around are all extremely powerful creatures in their lives - they still retain some thinking ability after transforming into monsters, so they will take some unexpected autonomous actions.But these ......
It's not a monster so powerful that it can move at will. ”"Sounds like some kind of undead," Hao Ren muttered, "Okay, let's not think about how these guys ended up here, the key is what they're doing here."
Do you think they're surrounding something?
”Hao Ren raised his hand and pointed to the center of the group of monsters, only to see that the countless twisted monsters gathered together were actually forming several layers of ring-like encirclement around something, and there was a clearing in the center of all the monsters, and there was a dark strange thing standing in the clearing: it was a square stone tower more than ten meters high, the stone tower was divided into three layers from top to bottom, thin at the top and thick at the bottom, and the stone wall of the upper two layers depicted a complex and mysterious relief, and at the bottom of the stone tower was a hollow structure, it seemed that there was a lot of space in the base of the tower."
That's the fire."
Veronica said."
Fire?"
Hao Ren first subconsciously asked a question, and then reacted immediately, vaguely, "Oh, we didn't use it like this back then. ”Veronica seemed to have gotten used to Hao Ren's "situation", she just nodded knowingly: "The furnace fire used today was improved by Archbishop Polman of the Order State 655 years ago, and it has one more level of rune wall than the old furnace fire, and it looks more like the fire tower used in the big city, so it's normal that you don't know." ”Hao Ren silently jotted down his newfound knowledge - the hearth fire seems to be a shelter device used by smaller settlements, such as village-level units, and the world's large cities use a powerful device called the "Flame Tower" to resist the forces of Chaos, and according to this law, there should be a national protection system on it, and the technology of these protection systems is mostly controlled by a national power called the "Order State".It's just that I don't know what kind of organization the Order State is, and how much their "Order" is connected to the Goddess of Creation.At least a few thousand corrupted monsters had exhausted the water surrounding the extinguished furnace fire, but they strangely did not make any unnecessary moves, these twisted and blind monsters just stood silently in the dark, staring directly at the pitch-black square stone tower, a strange sight that made people's scalps tingle.Hao Ren frowned: "You lit this furnace fire before?"
So they're attracted by the fire?
”"Theoretically, but I've never seen a monster drawn to the fire......
In this state," Veronica shook her head, "you see that the fire has been extinguished, so the monsters that were attracted should gradually disperse, but they stay here motionless......
I felt that the Tower of Fire was giving off a strange aura. ”Hao Ren thought for a moment and shook his head: "There's no need to waste time with monsters, it's the most important thing to hurry now."
Anyway, these guys don't seem to be moving anywhere, so we can just bypass this town and save a lot of trouble. ”However, Veronica fell silent when she heard this, and the knight princess pondered, and then looked at Hao Ren with an expression that wanted to say nothing."
What's wrong?"
Hao Ren asked curiously."
I know this is a bit of an overkill—" Veronica said, "but I'd like to investigate the cause of the anomaly in front of me."
All the changes that happen in the land of chaos are vital information for those who live in the world of order, and usually we need to make great sacrifices to hear the news from the depths of chaos......"
Hao Ren didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and knew what she meant: This princess actually wanted to check the situation of the furnace device.In the case of being surrounded by thousands of monsters.If you are really a native of Colo, you will probably refuse unceremoniously after hearing Veronica's request - after all, bravery is not the same as recklessness.However, Hao Ren was different, he thought for a moment and nodded: because he was already interested in the furnace device, in fact, if he hadn't brought a group of disabled soldiers with him, he would definitely have found a way to turn over the entire ruins and study them if he hadn't brought a group of disabled soldiers with him.This is the professionalism of the examiner: observe."
Agreed?"
Veronica looked at Hao Ren in surprise, and added honorifics directly to her tone, "But like you said, we don't actually need to ...... here" Hao Ren waved his hand to interrupt the other party's next words: "Because I can do it, I agree."
However, these monsters are indeed a bit troublesome, there are too many of them, and there may be thousands of heads gathered in the square, and I suspect that there are more guys in the shadows nearby, and one person can only use a powerful attack against so many monsters, but the scope of the impact is too large. ”Veronica swallowed, the image of the "ancient man" became more unfathomable in her mind, but she quickly entered the state: "You're right, fighting here has the potential to destroy the furnace device, so it's best to lure these monsters away."
And as long as I can get out of the way for a while - if I can get close to the base of the fire, I can make it burn again, although it is only temporary, but the power of the fireplace is still stronger than that of ordinary relics, and when the time comes, with the power of the fire, the monster will not have to be afraid. ”Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "So the plan is for me to lure away those monsters, and then you find a way to go to the center of the square to light a fire?"
”Veronica nodded, but a look of shame appeared on her face.Because this arrangement is obviously a bit excessive, especially in the face of a benefactor who has just met and saved his life not long ago, it can be said that it is abandoning the way of knighthood to let the other party do such a seemingly death-defying thing.Although in terms of the strength shown by this "ancient guardian", this "bait" job is actually not so dangerous.Hao Ren didn't think about it so much, he just recalled the various battles he had experienced, and nodded: "Cheng, then I will find a way to lure these monsters away, I am still good at pulling monsters." ”Veronica tilted her head: "Pull the monster?
”"It's to lure the enemy," Hao Ren touched his chin, "It's not safe for you to go alone to light a fire, it's better to bring your knights with you, because I'm not very stable to pull the monster......"
Veronica's head still didn't come over: "Is the monster unstable?"
”"You just can't lure the monsters away - a lot of monsters don't eat taunts."
Veronica thought about it for a moment, and thought that the language of the ancients was so profound.
(To be continued.) )