The sudden return of the Templar Orb sent a shock to the town.There weren't many civilians in this particular town, most of the townspeople were actually clergy and knights of the kingdom, or at least "militiamen" trained in combat, and everyone here had been involved in a series of follow-up actions after the orb disappeared, and everyone knew what the Templar orb meant to the kingdom, so it was understandable that a knight would be a sensation when he ran across the town avenue and shouted "The return of the Templar orb" along the way.Hao Ren and his party rode into the town of Leighton under the escort of the Knights, and not long after they saw the townspeople watching along the way, as well as the receiving procession that kept coming from all directions.When they arrived at the intersection of the first main road, the town's large bell tower began to roar, and the distant and loud sound of bells resounded in the sky, as if to dispel the oppressive atmosphere that had lingered here for more than half a month.Amidst the sound of bells and the noise of the crowd that continued to gather spontaneously, Hao Ren couldn't help but look back at the knight captain beside him: "Is it okay to spread this news like this?"
Theoretically, even if this kind of treasure comes back, it should be kept secret first......"
"This is the territory of the goddess," the knight captain pointed in the direction of the church with a solemn expression, "Those who are qualified to stay here are the most faithful servants of the goddess, and the orb has already returned to its rightful place when it enters here."
And ......"
At this, the knight captain paused, and a smile appeared on his face: "The people here are in such need of encouragement that nothing good has happened in months, and we need good news to let everyone know that the goddess is still looking after her people." ”The bearded man and the other three ascetics were surrounded by the knights in the middle, and they didn't care about the noise around them, and the young nun with a strange voice just looked up at the crowd around her: "......
Too loud. ”"We have succeeded in our mission," said the bearded man softly, "and there are many unexpected things happening here, and I will pray all day and night when I return, and perhaps the Goddess wants to enlighten us through these events." ”The town still bears the grim traces of the previous stone giant invasion, the pavement of the main road has obviously been repaired recently, the stone slabs on the ground are mostly brand new, and the houses on both sides of the road are damaged, and in some places have even collapsed completely.Hao Ren still vaguely remembered the scene of the town he saw when he last came here, and he found that some of the buildings in his memory were gone, leaving only wooden stakes that had not been demolished or half-rebuilt frames.Simple wooden houses and even tents can be seen on both sides of the road, and the townspeople have maintained order in this environment.According to the Knight Captain, the golems passed straight through the center of the town, and they were so purposeful that they even turned a blind eye to attacks on both sides of the road, and the rampaging group of monsters dealt a devastating blow on the main road and its surroundings.The only thing that wasn't overrun by Golem was the church in the middle of town: the powerful magical enchantment of the church itself made Golem so jealous that the monsters bypassed it.As a result, the squares on both sides of the church were reduced to rubble.Soon the procession came to the church, which was still standing in the middle of the town, and a hunchbacked old man in a splendid robe stood in front of the church waiting for the crowd.He personally ran out to meet the Templar Orb, the old body of the dragon bell looked unusually thin in the cold wind, and Hao Ren even wondered how long the old man's body and bones could stand here: compared to the last time they met, the rector of Gerton looked even older, and his face was almost completely bloodless.The crowd turned over and dismounted, and four dervishes came forward from behind, and the bearded man and Gerton saluted each other: "Your Excellency, I haven't seen you for many days, thank you for the mercy of the goddess, we have come back alive." ”Gerton nodded tremblingly, his rickety old body as if he was about to fall down in the cold wind at any moment, but his voice was still loud: "It's a pleasure to see the four masters return intact, and it's not pleasant to include you in the ranks of martyred saints. ”Ascetics are a group of people with a special status in the Radiant Sect, and they can only be awarded this title after years of practice and painstaking study of various mystical knowledge, which not only represents great strength and firm faith, but also represents their own achievements in academic, religious, historical and other aspects, so every goddess believer will call them "masters", even the Pope will call them so.It's just that low-level believers call ascetics out of respect for their superiors, while high-level believers mention the word "master" more often as a "title" and "title".The bearded man waved his hand: "It is my life's wish to become a martyr, if I can, I would prefer to respond to the goddess's order to die generously at any time, but this time the goddess still needs me to wait for the body to be left behind, and we will only return from the place of death."
Well, don't waste time, we should send the holy relics into the church immediately. ”Gerton nodded, and looked at Hao Ren and the others with slightly cloudy eyes: "How many mercenaries......
Oh, I still remember you, it was you......
Awesome young man, I did not expect that you would finally accomplish this sacred feat, and the Goddess would be pleased, and the Kingdom would remember your merits. ”At this time, even Betsy was embarrassed to ask about the reward with a shy face, and the mercenary girl awkwardly made a righteous Ling Ran look: "You're welcome, you're welcome, it's my life's wish to be loyal to the goddess and the kingdom......"
Gerton is an old man, as early as the last time they met, he could see at a glance that Betsy was the kind of standard mercenary who couldn't pick up money and walk, and at this time he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly: "Come together, I want to learn more about how you found the orb and the four masters." ”The group followed Gerton into the church, the building had remained intact under the impact of the golem due to its powerful magical protection, and inside the church there were two or three times as many black-robed monks as they had been before—they were all clergy who specialized in battle, and the golden thread on the chest of their robes showed their strength and qualifications.Hao Ren went back to the same reception room where he had last met Gerton, and he remembered that he had also met another big man here last time: Aufra, the marshal of the kingdom.But the marshal wasn't there today, she must have been stationed on the periphery of the defensive line.Everyone sat down on the benches and a few chairs in the reception room, and Gerton was the last to sit down in his high-backed chair, coughed lightly twice, and looked up at the bearded man: "Master, where have you come from?"
”The bearded man glanced at Hao Ren and told Gerton about the process he had discussed: "We have been trapped in an ancient alien space for the past few months.It wasn't until not long ago that he was rescued by chance by these young people. ”A look of surprise flashed in Gerton's cloudy eyes: "Alien space?
What's going on?
”"Maybe it's the relics left by the ancient civilization again," the bearded man said calmly, the dream plane does exist in this kind of alien space relics, and it is much more common than on the earth, after all, this is the birthplace of the "alien civilization", so this reason is better than anything else, "This should be a test of the goddess to us, we faced cold and hunger in the alien space, and finally survived by hunting those twisted and weird ancient beasts, and the belief in the goddess made us persist until the end, And found the weak point of the desperate situation in another space, so as to establish contact with the outside world.These young men were mages from the northern Horna Empire, who were prodigious in spatial magic, and they eventually helped open the ruins—but the ruins were far from here, deep into the barren lands of the far north. ”Hao Ren subconsciously glanced at Betsy a few times while listening: These nonsense things were actually made up by Betsy, otherwise how could Hao Ren, an outsider and a stuffy person like a beard, think of such a story that conforms to the worldview and will not be seen flawed?
As a veteran mercenary who has been in the tavern for many years, Betsy is not lacking in this kind of bluffing adventure legend.As long as the parts of this "tavern story" about "Uncle Ben slaying the dragon bravely" and "this girl slaying the demon king angrily" are removed, the rest of them are basically true, and a little processing can explain the disappearance of the bearded four for several months.Anyway, it can't be verified, and there is no shortage of strange things related to ancient civilizations in this world.What's more, ordinary people really can't imagine that dervishes can fool people......
Gerton nodded, and he really didn't have much doubt about this story, because he knew that more than once in history, someone fell into a desperate situation left by an ancient civilization, and those who came out would bring out such a thrilling adventure story.And this happened to a group of determined believers, which only the will of the goddess could explain, so he stood up and bowed respectfully in the direction of the icon enshrined in the church: "Thank you to the goddess for mercy." ”Then he turned his head to look at Hao Ren: "I also want to hear your story......"
Hao Ren immediately straightened his spirit, knowing that the time had come for him to pretend to be fashionable, he wanted to show his demeanor as a person of great merit in the best mental state, but Gerton's first sentence was like this: "I still remember that you are calling the mercenary group 'good name has made the dog', right?"
”Hao Ren's face suddenly collapsed, and he had to nod after holding it for a long time: "......
Uh, yes, ......"
Heroes are teenagers," Gerton smiled and nodded, "The good name makes the dog the head of the regiment is indeed hidden." ”Hao Ren continued to look like a zombie: "......
Uh, thank you ......"
(To be continued.) )