The bloody aura was extremely light, and it had been covered up a lot by the chaotic environment in the forest, Hao Ren believed that if it weren't for his physique already being a demigod and being able to ignore the various interferences of the chaotic environment on mortals' perception, he would definitely not be able to smell this smell.Veronica and her party beside her obviously didn't notice the slightest fishy smell in the air.The princess and the knights were only happy now, after so long trekking through the dangerous land of chaos, the sudden sight of a light of order still shining was immense, and the knights were also human and tired and frustrated, they had persevered here entirely by a strong faith, and now, the glimmer of light in the depths of the forest had given these weary warriors new strength: they had approached the outpost of Taros.For those who trek through the realm of chaos, seeing such an outpost is like returning home, a sign of the world of order.But Hao Ren had to pour cold water on them: "Then the situation in front is not quite right." ”"What's wrong?"
Veronica, though excited, did not lose her calm and judgment, and she immediately controlled her mind when she heard the "Ancient Guardian" say this, "What do you see?"
”She knew that the "Ancient Guardian" had a special power and could perceive more things than ordinary people in the Chaos Realm, so there was no doubt at all at this time."
There's blood," Hao Ren said simply, "from the outpost." ”Veronica's eyebrows immediately furrowed: "......
How could it be, the fire in the outpost should still be burning, and it would be impossible for Chaos minions to attack it, and if it was a corrupted monster, they would not be a match for the outpost guards. ”Veronica's self-confidence is justified, "Servants of Chaos cannot condense entities within the light of order" is an unbreakable truth in the world of Kolo, and corrupt monsters, although they can force their way into the light of order, are nothing more than moths to fire, they may be a great threat to civilians, but they will not be the match for the battle-hardened elite veterans in the outpost.So here's a common sense: on the front line, as long as the fire in an outpost is still burning, then the outpost is safe, no matter how tragic the battlefield outside is, monsters can't break through the goddess's barrier.So she immediately made another guess: "Maybe there was a battle near the outpost." ”Hao Ren shook his head slightly, silent, but he knew that Veronica's conjecture was not very reliable.Because in the Chaos Realm, everything disappears at an astonishing rate, especially things related to life, and the remains of fallen soldiers are usually eroded into magical elements within ten minutes without the protection of the Order Relic, so battles in the Chaos Realm usually don't require cleaning the battlefield at all - everything will dissipate before the second army arrives.If there is a battle outside the outpost, then it is impossible for the bloody gas to stay.In fact, this is not only Hao Ren can think of this, Veronica can probably think of it too, but Her Royal Highness the princess may not want to think so: she would rather believe that there was a fierce battle outside the outpost than believe that the outpost of a kingdom has fallen like this.But Haoren's warning still worked, Veronica ordered everyone to be vigilant and armed, and the old knight Morian opened the way in front, and the small team slowly approached the fireplace in the depths of the forest.After crossing the ancient trees and bushes, the whole picture of the Hearthfire Outpost was revealed to everyone, this kind of outpost was only a small stronghold - it had a fence made of stones and rough wood, the wall was actually not protective against the monsters in the chaos, it was mainly used to block the occasional corrupted monsters, so it was not very tall, and some runes that glowed faintly could be seen on the wall, which did not seem to be working, and three tall wooden watchtowers could be seen inside the wall, Standing on the watchtower should be able to monitor movement in all surrounding corners.In addition, there are only a few two-story wooden buildings inside the outpost, which are supposed to be barracks and warehouses and other facilities.A not-so-bright pillar of light shot into the sky from the center of the outpost, it was the light emitted by the furnace device, it was located at the heart of the outpost, and it was the basis for all the facilities here to survive the chaos - the kingdom spent a lot of money to maintain these outposts, in fact, more than 80% of the investment was used to maintain the miniaturized furnace fire device.In this place far from order, the furnace device needs to rely on precious mana fuel and holy relics to keep burning, which is not easy to obtain.As soon as she saw this outpost, Veronica's heart sank, and she knew that Hao Ren had right: something had happened to the outpost.Because there were no lights in it, all the lights in the outpost had been extinguished, except for the light of the light of the furnace and the rune light of some of the permanent fortifications, and even the light of order of the furnace was extremely dim: the small furnace fire device needed constant manual maintenance to light up, and the dim light meant that there had been no one to add "fuel" to the fire for at least several days.A faint smell of blood wafted into her nostrils, and this time even Veronica was aware of it.The knight princess drew her sword to magically mask the light on its blade, and she ordered the flag bearer to stay put, then slowly touched forward.Hao Ren watched the other party cautiously come to the gate of the outpost, he clenched the spear in his hand, ready to help at any time.Soon Veronica gestured from afar, a gesture that represented safety ahead and no breath of chaos."
The gate is closed," Hao Ren walked over and pushed the heavy copper-covered gate of the outpost, "There is no sign of being breached." ”Veronica nodded: "The gate is blocked from the inside, which means that the commander of the outpost ordered the entrance and exit to be sealed before the accident, maybe the people inside noticed something." ”"But something happened after all," Hao Ren pressed his hand on the immovable door, "Can you open the door with some violent means?"
”Veronica didn't react at once: "......
Yes?
It's no problem to break the door, but we have to make a hammer first......"
"Boom-" After a loud popping sound, the door covered with metal was directly unloaded under Hao Ren's brute force, and a whole door frame was directly torn off with the nearby wall within two meters, and was thrown into the distant forest by Hao Ren.Veronica and the knights were dumbfounded: the goddess is above!
Is this meow still human?!
What did ancient people grow up eating?
But Hao Ren didn't have time to pay attention to Her Royal Highness's eyes that couldn't see the life form at this time, because he couldn't help but be stunned after seeing the situation in the outpost: all the soldiers in the outpost were here, and they died in the open space between the barracks and the sentry tower, the coagulated dark blood had stained the whole land, and the thick bloody air came to his nose, but there was no trace of battle in the outpost.The soldiers appear to have been killed without resistance.Veronica also noticed the situation inside, and Her Royal Highness the princess's face turned slightly pale.She walked into the outpost with Hao Ren, and bent over the corpse of a Kingdom soldier as she passed by, and when the young man in the cloth uniform was turned over, Hao Ren saw that his chest was in a mess, and the scene made his scalp tingle: the flesh on the young man's chest was almost scratched, the muscles were blooming one by one, and the expression on his face was distorted to a terrifying degree, as if he had suffered unimaginable fright before he died.Veronica lifted the soldier's hand, which was stained with blood: "He caught himself like this. ”Morian squatted down beside him, and the old knight's face was full of solemnity: "Looking at this expression, it looks like he was scared to death." ”"And most of these soldiers are not wearing armor," Veronica looked up at the front, and more corpses were spread out in front of her eyes, those corpses were basically the same death, more than half of them were not wearing armor: the soldiers of the first-line legions of the Talos Kingdom were uniformly equipped with enchanted half-length armor that was easy to put on and take off, and balanced attack and defense, and only wore this kind of armor when they were preparing for battle or on duty in shifts, and they usually wore cloth military uniforms, "Many people seem to have suddenly run out of nowhere while they were resting in the barracks, you see, There are even people who don't have shoes on. ”"They ran out of the barracks, and then they were scared to death outside, and they scratched their chests before they died," Hao Ren said, shaking his head slightly, "It's weird." ”At this time, a knight who was exploring the path in front suddenly shouted: "Your Royal Highness, Princess!
We've found the Outpost Commander!
”The Outpost Commander also died, but in a different way than a normal soldier.The commander died in the open space in front of the small fireplace, as if he wanted to protect the place on his deathbed, he was wearing a full suit of armor, but there were no scars on his armor, he clutched a broken commander's sword in his hand, and countless criss-crossing sword marks could be seen on the ground around him—as if the officer had fought to the death with some unseen enemy before he died.The cause of the commander's death was also suicide: he ended up wiping his neck with the broken sword in his hand.Veronica scrutinized the junior officer's body to confirm that he had committed suicide in a frenzy, and soon found something else on the ground next to his body."
There are words here!"
Her Royal Highness exclaimed.It was a few lines written in blood, as if the commander had struggled to write after a moment of struggling to regain his consciousness on his deathbed, the lines crooked, but still not affecting the reading: "There is something in the dream, and it runs out of our hearts......"
(to be continued). )