"The knight guarding the east gate of the capital of Wright is the most powerful knight in the entire kingdom, or even the most powerful knight in the entire mortal world, the mountain knight Baldwin. I believe you met him when you came out, right?"
On the big river where all five fingers could not be seen, the old man rowed the trembling one-leaf boat and talked to Ivan.
"I heard that he was a character who existed before this era. He was able to enter the palace in the sky and share the supreme glory with the King of Dawn."
"Then how did he become like that?"
Ivan asked curiously.
"Hehe, because of the original sin of mankind."
Only the lower half of the old man's face showed a sarcastic smile.
"Because of greed."
Slowly shaking the oars, he recounted:
"I heard that this mountain knight used to be a knight who was loyal to a certain character before the beginning of the Bright Era. For many years in the Dark Era, he followed this character to the north and south, and made many achievements. The character did not treat him badly, and gave him many honors and rewards, but he was not satisfied with this. He knew that his master had found the most beautiful treasure in the world in the dark, so he betrayed his master to the master's enemy in exchange for it. After the Era of Light, the King of Dawn judged good and evil, and poured the treasure that he sold from his master into a golden armor, which covered him forever. He was condemned to mortals. During this time, become a slave knight in the Kingdom of the Lord of Dawn's followers, guarding the gates for mortals forever."
Listening to his words, Ivan suddenly remembered the fragmented memories he saw in the chaotic sea of thoughts.
But he didn't know whether it was his memory or the memory of the spirit he plundered from the mountain knight.
The boat swayed, and light suddenly appeared in front. Ivan saw a round of sun on the river. Although it was already a setting sun, it was only in the afternoon. Even compared to the cemetery where Ivan woke up, the light here was even stronger. strong.
The old man seemed to be impatient to slowly lean the boat towards the shore and let Ivan get off the boat.
"Sorry, I really don't like things like light, hehe."
The old man laughed softly:
"The residents of this country are even more [enthusiastic] than those from the Wright Capital. You have to be careful not to be [captured] by their enthusiasm."
The boat left the bank and slowly disappeared into the darkness on the river.
Ivan turned back and looked at the "country" in front of him.
Desolation, this is the first impression this country brings to him.
Rugged mountain roads, bumpy stone bricks, this country has obvious man-made traces, but it looks very crude, and its technical ability is obviously very low.
Ivan climbed up the mountain road and found that there was still a large stone gate on the top of the mountain road. The stone gate was tightly closed, and some wonderful symbols were painted on the door.
He pushed the stone gate, but even with the strength he had gained after defeating many enemies, including the two powerful enemies, the Black Iron Puppet Knight and the Mountain Knight, there was no way to shake this huge stone gate.
In desperation, Ivan could only detour.
He found a path beside the stone gate, used both hands and feet, climbed to the top of the mountain beside the stone gate, and finally saw the appearance of the country inside the stone gate.
It is a city slightly smaller than the capital of Wright. The buildings in the city are mostly stone houses, which are naturally far inferior to the exquisite buildings of the capital of Wright, but it can be seen that the number of people who once lived here. Still a lot.
Ivan found a slope from the inside of the stone gate and slid down, and just after landing, he heard the dog bark.
A few scrawny villagers ran over with a few fierce dogs. When they saw Ivan, they didn't ask any questions, and attacked Ivan directly.
They all had red eyes and shriveled bodies, and the dogs were skinny as well, obviously in a state of madness without reason.
What these villagers hold in their hands are only crude farming tools, rakes, hoes, sickles for harvesting millet, etc. They are also wearing commoner clothes, their defenses are weak, and their fighting ability is not too strong.
The real trouble is still the same as before. Those barking dogs, they are even more ferocious than the bulldogs bred by the knights in the capital of Wright.
Ivan died here, because these villagers called friends and friends while fighting, calling more villagers and more dogs, trying to block him here, Ivan fought all the way, and finally killed He went out, rushed into the town, found a small safe room, and hid temporarily.
Taking this opportunity, he also used the ring to call out the tomb-keeper girl, asking the other party to help him digest the spirit accumulated in his body.
"Really? You have arrived in that forbidden country."
While gently stroking Ivan's palm to help him digest the spirit in his body, the gravekeeper girl said:
"That country is buried with many secrets that other countries don't want others to know. The person who founded that country was originally a heretic in the eyes of most races in the world."
"pagan?"
Ivan quietly felt the spirit in his body melt into himself, while muttering.
"Yes, in this world, people mainly believe in the four gods."
Gravekeeper girl said:
"The country headed by the northern kingdom believes in the gods in the heavenly palaces such as the King of Dawn, the country headed by the southern swamp kingdom believes in the underground lord of the underworld, and the elves living in the eastern jungle believe in their own elves God, and in the mountains of the west, dwarves and orcs believe in their father of fire and metal."
"You're also an elf, aren't you?"
Ivan looked at the pointed ears of the tombkeeper girl and asked.
"It used to be."
The tomb-keeper girl withdrew her palm and said with a light smile:
"But I don't believe in the so-called elf god."
"Then who do you believe in?"
Ivan asked.
The gravekeeper girl just smiled and didn't answer.
Saying goodbye to the girl once again, Ivan came to the center of the town.
After talking with the tombkeeper girl, Ivan felt that he should probably investigate the god that this country believes in.
The tomb-keeper girl told him so much, but she didn't say which god this country believed in. He felt that the secrets buried in this country must be the same as the one who made this country collectively labelled "different". The deity of the "Cultist label" is related.
The girl deliberately didn't say anything, or she was guiding him intentionally or unintentionally, and came to explore the secret of that god.
After some exploration, he found that there is also a church in this town.
In the church, the overall arrangement is similar to that of the church of the King of Dawn, but in the position of the shrine, there is a man dressed in a fully armed knight's armor and leaning on a large sword.
However, this statue currently has no head, so Ivan doesn't know what it looks like.
In addition to this statue, there is another existence in this church.