Although Anjelica was vague, Hao Ren probably guessed about the situation of the Old Sage through a few brief words from the other party along the way.
First of all, there is no doubt that the Old One is definitely not human, and he is still alive until now-but the living condition is very bad.
The Old Sage is indeed the supreme existence of the Twilight City, and the humans living here worship him as a god in the world, and in the early days of the Twilight City, when the Old Sage was in good condition, he was indeed the leader of the city. The supreme ruler of the country, but this situation did not last for too long. The Old One may have made some kind of sacrifice in establishing the Twilight City - a sacrifice that caused him to lose his vitality rapidly and gradually become unable to take on the burden of running the city. According to the information Wendell supplemented from the side, the Old Sage no longer directly managed various affairs of the city 1,500 years ago, and completely stopped direct contact with the outside world 1,000 years ago. The Iron Throne was also in that era Closed, no longer open to common people.
Five hundred years ago, the Old Sage began to gradually lose the ability to communicate with the outside world.
Today, he should be unable to speak, move, or express any of his wishes. Ordinary people can’t communicate with him at all. Only the special group of "caretakers" can still use the "caretaker" because of their mysterious ancient blood. The voice of the Old One was heard in some way similar to telepathy, but this kind of listening was also very chaotic—in Angelica's words, it was dreamlike.
Such a king cannot rule the kingdom, so after the closure of the Iron Throne, all the administrative powers of the Twilight City belonged entirely to the Steam Council, and the Steam Council lived up to expectations: Although it was a bit conservative, it never From top to bottom, they are still conscientious, allowing the city to continue to operate to this day.
For many years, the Old Sage has been in a state of suspended animation, relying on a little fragile spiritual connection to communicate with his caretakers, but there has never been a slight sign of real waking up, but today, his mental activity suddenly changed strong, and through psychic connections, instructed the Caretakers to bring to themselves travelers from outside the twilight barrier.
At this time, Hao Ren and the others were already fighting with the Twilight Guards in full swing—in fact, it was their brawl that attracted the Old Sage's attention.
The Old Sage still hasn't fully awakened, he can still only talk to the caretakers, and although the caretakers themselves are respected, they can't intervene in the city's management affairs, and they don't have time to get in touch with the Steam Council and explain The situation, so after an urgent discussion, the guardians divided into two groups, one part went to the upper city to find the Steam Council to convey the Old Sage's will, and the other part came directly to meet Hao Ren and his party.
"Do you know that the three of us are coming here?" Hao Ren looked at Anjelica in surprise, "We are operating secretly here."
"This is the instruction of the Old Sage, he is watching you," Anjelica smiled and nodded to Wendell, "Although I don't know why, this old gentleman also heard the voice of the Old Sage, the ancient The Holy sees you coming through His eyes."
Wendell said with a proud expression that this was indeed the case, and Hao Ren immediately became curious about the old man: He is just an ordinary person, how did he get in touch with that ancient sage who was almost buried deep underground
Unknowingly, the group had passed through several blocks along the secret route provided by Angelica. Hao Ren noticed that the surrounding buildings were gradually becoming sparser, and the messy small and medium-sized houses were disappearing. In their place were larger and neatly arranged stone buildings. After turning the last street corner, the scenery in front of them suddenly opened up, and a solemn megalithic building appeared in front of the group of people.
This is a pyramid-shaped stone fortress, which is stacked with neat black and gray square stone columns. Although the fortress lacks decoration, it has a solemn and solemn atmosphere. There is a large empty square around the fortress. In the past, it may have been an important meeting place in the Twilight City, but now it looks empty, quiet and lifeless.
And at the top of this pyramid fortress, a pale golden beam of light broke through the darkness, extending upwards to the depths of the layered urban structure.
Hao Ren looked at this stone fortress with familiarity. After trying to recall it for a long time, he suddenly realized that the structure of this thing was actually similar to Odin's Golden Palace in Asa Garden.
"This is the sanctuary of the Iron Throne," Angelica pointed to a gate at the bottom of the pyramid-shaped building, "the gate is over there, please follow me."
The inside of the stone fortress is not as grand and magnificent as imagined. In fact, as the residence of the "Old Sage", the interior decoration of this building is simply shabby in Hao Ren's opinion. The walls of the stone corridor are bare, and the floor is covered with old stone slabs. There are no decorations such as sculptures or murals along the way. The only decorations are the gas lamps embedded on the walls: It was as bright as daylight inside.
Along the way, Hao Ren also saw other caregivers: they were male, female, old and young, dressed exactly like Angelica, and even their temperament was similar: quiet, taciturn, gentle, with little expression of emotion. This strange commonality may be caused by living in the sanctuary for many years.
The caregivers already knew about the arrival of the visitors. After seeing Hao Ren and his party, they just nodded slightly, or stood on the side of the road and bowed in greeting. Everyone kept silent. During this period, only two young caregivers and Anjelica had a conversation. Had a brief conversation.
In this weird atmosphere of silence all the way, Hao Ren and the others were brought into a hexagonal hall.
They finally saw the mysterious Old Sage and his present condition.
The hall is full of winding and tangled pipes and cables. These shimmering lines extend from the six stone platforms around the hall to a metal platform in the center of the room. On the metal platform is a transparent Inside the crystal is the Iron Throne: a thin, twisted old man sits on a black metal seat.
If he hadn't known it in advance, Hao Ren wouldn't even be able to believe that the man in front of him was still alive.
He was shriveled like a skeleton, his whole body was gray and black with decay, the thin layer of skin was close to the bones, and it was filled with various pipes, while the old man's head was covered by a The iron frame was fixed, and many cables ran from the temples and the back of the head, all of which were connected to the Iron Throne under his body.
Hao Ren noticed that Old Sage was wearing a blindfold on one eye, and he guessed the identity of the other party.
Vivienne didn't have much surprise on her face when she saw the Old Sage, she had expected it: "Odin, it really is you."
"So that's what's going on..." Hao Ren also had a feeling of enlightenment, the king of gods whose whereabouts were unknown on the Waigrett Plain—who else could do this kind of thing except him
Wendell seemed very excited. He didn't even notice that Vivienne next to him called out the name of the Old Sage very familiarly. The old man just prostrated himself on the ground in excitement, kissing the stone floor in front of him over and over again: " Saints! The light seekers have found a paradise, and the land of Asgard still shines!"
Odin on the Iron Throne didn't make any response, he just continued to sit there silently, seeming to have completely lost the ability to communicate with others. Hao Ren turned to look at Angelica: "Is he always like this?"
"It's been like this since the first time I saw him." Angelica nodded slightly.
"What should I do next?"
"I don't know," Angelica said, "I was just ordered to bring you here. The Old Sage's wishes cannot be fathomed."
Vivian suddenly said, "I know what to do. Hao Ren, give me Gungnir."
Without knowing why, Hao Ren took out the sharp gun from his portable space and handed it to Vivian, and saw the latter chanting a few spells to the spear in a low voice. The gun was placed on the platform under the Iron Throne.
In an instant, the large crystal that sealed Odin released a faint gleam.
"Actually, I just tried it, but I didn't expect it to work," Vivian explained, "The Asa tribe has high attainments in spiritual power, and they are quite good at the way of the soul. The strong among them will use part of themselves The soul and life force are poured into the objects that accompany it for life, as a backup in an emergency. Gungnir was broken into three pieces before, but the mechanism inside it is still operating, so I guess the power sealed inside is also Still there."
Hao Ren was very optimistic: "So, he can recover?"
A weak and old voice suddenly came from all around: "Unfortunately, it is not possible." (To be continued~^~)