The trek through the barren wilderness was a strenuous one, but thankfully it didn't last long—the humans of Kolo far outnumbered the earthlings in physical fitness, and the combat professionals among them were even more superhuman, and the knights traveled lightly and on foot, all the way in a rapid march with little rest in between.A few days later, Hao Ren learned from Veronica that the border of the plain was not far away.In fact, no one including Hao Ren could see the shadow of the Shadow Jungle yet, but the Traveler's Talisman in Veronica's hand had begun to glow constantly, which was a reaction to the magic beacon approaching the edge of the Shadow Jungle, and if all went well, everyone would be able to see the iconic landmark landscape between the two regions in half a day: the Hill of the Unknown Soldier.Although the oppressive atmosphere in the Chaos Realm brought a lot of psychological pressure, the "holy relics" that Hao Ren lent to the Knights brought strong protection to the team.Veronica had never seen any retainer artifact that could bring such a lasting and effective protection of order, the light emitted by that light white plate did not diminish in the strongest places of chaos, and the light of order it released for several days was almost constant, no need to be recharged, and no need to be recharged or purified, that thing continued to shelter everyone in the chaos like the embodiment of divine power, and there was no sign of exhaustion.This made Her Royal Highness the princess can't help but think, if there were a few such holy relics in the kingdom's army, how many brave soldiers' lives would be saved?
The Kingdom's Chaos Expeditionary Force will be extremely safe to fight outside the borders of order, and if there are more of these holy relics to form a defense line on the borders of the Kingdom, then the forces of Chaos will definitely not be able to threaten the safety of the people anymore.But these thoughts only turned around in her heart, and she didn't say it after all, she knew that each of these holy relics from ancient times was precious, and only in a holy place like the Kasuan Temple could there be so many remains, and the number of holy relics in the hands of Hao Ren, the "ancient guardian", was definitely limited, and he couldn't be too greedy.In the past few days, in addition to following the knights all the way as a "guard", the rest of the time is basically to understand the worldview of this world, on the one hand, to communicate with Veronica or Morion, and on the other hand, to study various strange phenomena found on the way.Compared with dealing with the old knight, he prefers to say a few more words to Princess Veronica, who has a more straightforward personality - this is not because Her Royal Highness the princess is eye-catching, but because the old knight has a rigorous personality and has the cunning and suspiciousness unique to the old courtier, even in the face of Hao Ren, the "ancient guardian", the old man's attitude is not so blind trust, Morian will often express doubts or rhetorical questions about some common sense questions raised by Hao Ren, and in comparison, Her Royal Highness the princess is much more cordial.Although Veronica did not suspect Hao Ren's lack of common sense, even if she doubted her, she didn't say much, on the contrary, out of curiosity or other reasons, Her Royal Highness the princess would even take the initiative to talk to Hao Ren about some things.Now they are discussing things about ancient myths, which are quite beneficial for the journey to relieve boredom.“…… Ancient books say that Kolo in ancient times was actually a complete land, called 'Ancient Kolo Continent', and all the kingdoms of the present day were actually connected in those days, and a large amount of water formed oceans and rivers that flowed between kingdoms," Veronica recounted the knowledge she had heard from her scholarly mentor, "but there was an evil giant who was imprisoned in the deepest part of Kolo, and this giant was called 'Lokmadon', who was a prisoner of the goddess of creation, so he was sealed in the depths of the earth and suppressed forever.As the years passed, Rokmardon's chains lost their effectiveness due to the reversal of the starry sky of the universe, and the evil giant escaped.He angrily struck the earth, and the ancient Kolo continent was torn apart, and the largest fragments were five, which were today's Ansu Continent, Radiant Continent, Eternal Winter Country, Kanaan Secret Realm, and the Sanctuary where the Order Country was located. ”Hao Ren listened to Veronica's narration of these ancient legends, and silently connected "Lokmadon" with "eldest son" in his heart, but at the same time he wondered: the eldest son is a huge tentacle-like creature that grows inside the planet, and their image is very different from the human form, why do the humans of this world call it an "evil giant" in mythology?
He thought about it for a while, but did not delve into this issue: ancient myths were often missing and distorted, and it was normal for such mistakes to occur.He casually picked up Veronica's words, "What we know is similar to yours......
Well, the world fell apart and then it floated in the sea of Karnos, right?
”"That's right, continents float in nothingness, countless floating islands, large and small, float between continents, hanging rivers and waves of magic swell endlessly between the rifts of the shattered world......
But to be honest, I haven't seen hanging rivers, I've heard that they are spectacular things, but you can't see them in the realm of the kingdom of Taros.There are only two hanging rivers in the entire Ansu Continent, one is above the Beacon Flame Country, and the other is in the void beyond the northern border of the Ansu Continent, and only the most daring wizards have built mage towers near that hanging river. ”Her Royal Highness the princess, who was a little arrogant, waved her hand as she spoke: "Actually, I really want to go and see it, but unfortunately the Chaos War has broken out, and now there is no chance to travel the mountains and rivers." ”Hao Ren casually agreed, and at this moment, a hazy hillock appeared in his field of vision."
That's the Hill of the Unknown Soldier?"
He asked, pointing into the distance.Veronica immediately looked in the direction of Hao Ren's finger, of course, she didn't see anything, even if she rubbed her eyes vigorously, she couldn't see - ** mortals can't see too far in this chaotic mist.However, after continuing to advance some distance, the Hill of the Unknown Soldier appeared in everyone's field of vision.Compared to its fame, the hill itself is actually inconspicuous, it is just a small mound raised in the wilderness, surrounded by some messy stones, but on top of this inconspicuous mound, there is a stone statue standing quietly: it is a sculpture of a warrior, carved from gray-black dense rock, the soldier's face has been blurred, but it can still be seen that he is wearing heavy armor, the instrument is magnificent, he holds a broadsword in both hands, and looks up into the depths of the barren wilderness.
It was as if the general was looking out at the battlefield.This is the famous "Hill of the Unknown Warrior" in the barren wilderness, or "the Hill of the Unknown Knight" in the Gudralic language."
There is such a sculpture here......"
Hao Ren couldn't help muttering when he saw this sculpture standing alone in the wilderness, there is no shop in front of the village, and the hill itself does not look like a historical relic, but there is such a lifelike sculpture standing here, of course, people can't help but be a little curious.However, Veronica looked at him strangely and asked in a low voice, "Don't you know?"
Didn't the last generation hear the story of the 'Last Elven Empire'?
”Hao Ren was stunned, and immediately knew that he was revealing again, but at this time, making excuses seemed to be cover-up, so he simply nodded and admitted: "I really don't know, or even if I do, I can't be right-it's been ten centuries, and many things have changed, and even many of our words are different from what you mean now, and what you call 'The Last Elven Empire' in our time may not be what it was called." ”The reason was reasonable, Veronica reduced her doubts a little, and instead explained: "It is really an old legend, it is said that six thousand years ago, there was a very powerful elven empire in the barren wilderness, called' Suhoma', this empire has a great and ambitious emperor, this emperor unified all the kingdoms on the plains, and ruled almost the entire Ansu continent, he wanted to establish the greatest kingdom on land, and almost succeeded, but just as he was about to swear to become the king of the kings of the Ansu continent, the tide of chaos broke out."
It is said that it was the strongest tide of chaos in that entire millennium, and the darkness erupted from the hinterland of that elven empire, and quickly spread to the entire continent along the veins of magic in the barren wilderness, and the empire experienced thirty days and nights of hellish scorching, and then ushered in thirty days and nights of apocalyptic winter that could turn steel into powder, followed by plagues, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, and finally eighty percent of the land of order on the continent of Ansu began to be barren, almost in the blink of an eye, The forces of chaos broke through all the defenses......
"The Elven King's ambition was quickly shattered, but he still resisted to the death with his remaining soldiers, and the last rebels fought and retreated, and their final battlefield was in front of the Emperor's Seat in the Elven King's City—right here, the capital of that glorious empire. ”Hao Ren looked around, only to see the vast wasteland."
So this is the Elven King?"
He asked, pointing to the "sculpture" on the hill."
A lot of people think so.The elven king stood and died before his throne, and when all his guards had fallen, he supported himself with his sword, looked at the burning capital, and said: I will stand here and watch my kingdom sink into darkness, and it will rise one day, and then I will fall.And so the Elven King's oath was fulfilled: he would stand in this place forever, and the wind and rain would not destroy the stone statue for six thousand years, and it was said that he would stand here forever until the elves became the rulers of the continent again, or the world of Kolo came to an end. ”After listening to this story, Hao Ren didn't speak for a long time, and finally he broke his silence: "Then this place should be called the Unknown King's Hill." ”Veronica shook her head: "The Elven King died standing with a sword in his hand, and he left this world as a warrior, which is why this place is called the Hill of the Unknown Warrior." ”(To be continued.) )