To be honest, Hao Ren was actually waiting for the old general's words - in the past ten days, he has been trekking through mountains and rivers in the wasteland and mangling forests of the Kolo world, but he has not eaten a single meal, even if there is no shortage of food and drink in the different space between him and Veronica, sitting in the barren mountains and forests is definitely not a good environment for eating, so as soon as Magus said to start eating, Hao Ren suddenly felt that the old man was much more pleasing to the eye......
The old general admitted that the environment of the Westside Fortress is limited, and Princess Veronica is not a demanding person, so this simple reception banquet was directly carried out in this simple reception room, and soon Hao Ren also knew that such a simple reception room in front of him was actually the highest standard place in the Westland Fortress: this fortress is magnificent from the outside, but it is a pure battle fortress from the inside out, everything here is set up to resist the forces of chaos, there is no superfluous decoration and no superfluous luxury, Even the room where Magus lived was only a lap larger than a normal soldier.Throwing all your strength into the fight against chaos and squeezing all the resources used for personal pleasure into force - this is the normal life of the frontier people.But although the reception banquet is not sumptuous but also delicious and nutritious enough, the front-line soldiers fight bloody battles every day, the upper echelons of the kingdom as long as their brains are okay will definitely not be wronged in the supply of the soldiers here, fresh vegetables and a kind of soft and sweet dough make Hao Ren appetite, and a kind of thick soup made of mushrooms also allows him to quickly relieve the fatigue accumulated over the past few days.He was distracted when he was eating, but Princess Veronica was obviously not paying much attention to the food in front of him.Her Royal Highness was very worried about the abnormal changes in the Chaos Frontier: "When exactly did the monster siege begin?"
”"On the day of your disappearance, Your Highness Princess," said Magus, sitting across the table, his massive size making him look like a giant beast lying at the table, "to be exact, the fourth hour after the entire Shadow Jungle defenses collapsed—when the forces of chaos reached their peak of the day, those things suddenly appeared out of the air.This attack was completely unforeshadowed, and even the wizards in the magic tower didn't notice any signs, and if it weren't for the eternal order rune on the outer wall of the Westside Fortress, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to resist the first round of attacks. ”Veronica nodded, "Did the attack continue after that?"
”"It lasted one to three days at a time, with varying intervals in between, and Chaos hovered outside the city, and no matter how many times the power of the Flame Tower broke them up, it didn't seem to show any signs of weakening.To be honest, I find this very disturbing: this year is already the seventh year of the Tides of Chaos, and after their peak, they should be in decline, but the situation is ......
It's like it's strengthening. ”"The ...... in the kingdom" "The goddess is sheltered, the road is still open, the communication has not been interrupted, and although there is also a small force of chaotic forces infiltrating the mountain corridor in the west, it is not yet a threat.If aid had been cut off even in the kingdom, this would not have been the case for a long time. ”Veronica breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, Father and General Grohn should already be discussing countermeasures." ”"Countermeasure?
I'm afraid it's hard to have any effective countermeasures," the old general shook his head, "Your Highness, I've been fighting against Chaos for seven years, and in the year of order, I've been fighting against the big and small chaos rifts in the kingdom for your father, I know very well what kind of enemy we are facing, it is unknowable and uncontrollable, although it is sad, but in the face of the tide of the Karnos Sea, human beings have always been passively accepted, passive resistance, every time we survive from the tide of chaos, it is not because mortals have defeated it, And only because the tides ended before we became extinct.If this tide really continues according to this trend, all the old man can do is die here.Delay enough time – that's the only countermeasure. ”Hao Ren raised his head and looked at Magus with some surprise.He didn't expect to hear such pessimistic and desperate words from the mouth of this seemingly iron-blooded old general, but once such words came out of the other party's mouth, he knew that this was already a reality that the Kolo people had long accepted.In this case, the old man can still calmly say that he died in battle, which is the most admirable.Veronica obviously knew that the old general's words were the truth, so she could only bite her lip: "......
I know.One more thing, about the Hearthfire outposts in the Shadow Jungle......
"After 'that day', we lost contact with all the outposts," Magus spread his hands, "Chaos attacks are quite frequent, and all the crossings between the fortress and the jungle defense line are completely blocked, and our best scouts can't pass through those shadows, until recently, a team of daredevils managed to cross the Chaos blockade and find the nearest outpost to the fortress, and there were only two scouts who came back alive, and the news was terrible. ”"I know......
Veronica lowered her eyes, "the defenders of the fortress are dead, it seems to be from the madness." ”Marcus propped his hands on the table and looked at Her Highness the Princess with blazing eyes: "You and your knights miraculously crossed the entire forest, do you know what happened there?"
”Veronica shook her head: "I'm also confused, General, there is no trace of any attack on those outposts, all the buildings are intact, the arsenal has not even been opened, but the defenders inside are dead."
Still, we found some clues, and some of the outpost commanders seemed to hold out longer than the others, and they stayed ......"
Veronica recounted her findings in those outposts, and Magus didn't interject throughout the story, the old general just listened intently, and the mighty eyebrows on his face gradually became entangled."
We know nothing about these things," said Magus, with a grim and terrible expression, "that I have failed your father." ”"General, there is a limit to manpower," Veronica reassured, "that you can hold this fortress in the West, which is already the greatest merit of the kingdom.What happened in the Shadow Grove was strange at every turn—not just what happened to the outpost, but also the strange defeat of my army, and the fact that the Order Nation, though always proud, had never turned it over in the past centuries, all of these things deserve to be investigated, and the scholars of the royal capital are probably the only hope. ”Magus frowned: "Scholars......
We can only count on them.What happened on the western front must be reported to the royal capital immediately, and I will arrange for a messenger. ”"The Courier?"
Veronica raised her eyebrows, "Teleporter ......"
"It couldn't be used ten days ago," Magus shook his head, "The interference is getting stronger day by day, the wizards say that there is a shadow vortex in the sky above Ansu is gradually taking shape, and the spatial structure on the continent has become very unstable, and now except for the hinterland of the kingdom, the spatial teleportation in other regions has been completely deactivated." ”Veronica thought for a moment and said decisively, "......
Then I will also go back to the royal capital. ”"Well, you survived safely, and Your Majesty must be eager to see you immediately.""
That's not just the reason," Veronica put down the cutlery in her hand and looked at Hao Ren on the side, "We have experienced a lot of incredible things on this trip to Chaos, and some things are more reassuring to tell my father in person, and my sister ......
She's a little more knowledgeable, and maybe more interested in the Guardian.At the same time, I am also worried about the situation in the country, and if I don't show up again, some people may not be able to sit still. ”"Ha, the circle of nobles......"
Magus snorted, his tone undisguised his disdain and annoyance.Hao Ren looked at the people around him, and felt that he didn't seem to have the need to participate in the current topic, so he continued to eat seriously with his head down.After the feast, Hao Ren and the other knights went back to their rooms to rest, but Veronica and Morian stayed.Together with General Magus, they ascended the fortress's high spire, and they ascended the spiral staircase to the highest platform of the Western Fortress, where the Tower of Flames stood high above the pedestal behind them, emitting a radiant light that shrouded the entire fortress in shelter.Looking around, the Shadow Jungle was like a muddy black cloud entrenched gloomily in the western land, and the farther away was completely shrouded in darkness, and the mountains on both sides of the fortress also extended all the way up in the light, and finally obscured by the shadow clouds in the sky, only on the east side of the fortress could you see the vast and unpolluted mountains and hills, and a glimmering road stretched through the mountains and forests, all the way to the kingdom.If you only look to the west, you will feel like you are surrounded by a sea of darkness and trapped on an island.This is the bridgehead of the world of order, the place on the edge of light."
About the 'Ancient Guardian'......"
Magus looked at the large forest in the distance, as if casually speaking, "Your Highness the Princess, do you trust him?"
”"He saved everyone's lives, including mine."
Veronica said lightly.Magus heard the voice of the voice: "It seems that you are not so sure about his origin as well. ”Veronica didn't say anything.At the beginning, it was indeed Her Royal Highness the princess who identified Hao Ren as the ancient guardian, but this did not mean that she did not have follow-up thinking, after so many days of thinking and observation, especially after noticing Hao Ren's misunderstanding and even ignorance of many common senses in this world, the doubts in her heart began to gradually increase.Confusion in memory is often not a panacea.Magus waited for a few seconds, found that there was no response, and continued: "You should have also thought that there may be hermits who survived the last century in the wilderness, but it is unlikely that there are things from the previous generation - chaos shuffles once every hundred years, and except for a few specific tearing points, there are almost no ancient ruins in the world that have not been discovered for a thousand years in a row. ”Veronica glanced at the old general: "The sacred mountain of Kasuan is in a rift point, whether it was a hundred years ago, three hundred years ago, or a thousand years ago, it was always shrouded in chaos, I know it's incredible, but there really is a temple there. ”Magus's eyes widened."
His origins are indeed a mystery," Ser Morian finally spoke at this moment, "but he is certainly not a servant of Chaos, nor is he a cultist, and he carries with him many extremely powerful holy weapons, the power of which is far from being possessed in this era, and I am afraid that they are really ancient relics." ”"Anyway, the most important thing is that he's on our side," Veronica sighed, "I know you might think my thoughts are naïve, but I'm deliberate, I trust him and believe that he's the guardian of the Holy Land, whether he's really from antiquity or not. ”(To be continued.) )