After checking his physical condition and the condition of his portable space, Hao Ren decided to explore the temple first.
Of course, he was even more worried about where Lily had gone—but before that, he at least had to figure out where it was. Judging from various details, he is sure that he is no longer in space, so where is this temple
He first inspected the stone pillars in the temple and the sculptures between the stone pillars, which were badly damaged. The temples built by mortals cannot be compared with the real temples of gods on the founding star. These once solid boulders have been weathered for thousands of years and are now completely unrecognizable. Most likely only a pedestal remains. Hao Ren stopped in front of a barely-preserved sculpture. The image of this sculpture was a warrior in armor. He leaned on a long sword and faced the center of the temple. He raised his head slightly and focused his gaze on the empty space above the hall: Reminiscent of the other half of the temple that was split, that should be the location of the suspended pulpit.
The pulpit represented the voice of the gods, so these sculptures should represent the greatest Holy See warriors in history, or some other similar characters——Hao Ren reasoned with his half-clergy logic.
Apart from these sculptures and stone pillars, there was nothing more noticeable on the lower level of the temple. Hao Ren turned around twice but found nothing, and finally he came to the gate of the temple.
After passing through the wreckage of a collapsed wooden door, the scenery outside the temple came into view. Although many guesses and assumptions had been made in his mind before, Hao Ren couldn't help but open his eyes wide when he really saw the situation outside. : A vast world, shrouded in chaos.
The temple is located on a mountain, almost completely occupying the peak of the mountain. Looking down from the front of the temple, you can see the rocky mountain stretching at the foot, the darker it goes down, and the foot of the mountain is almost completely immersed In the dark. There is no life to be seen on the mountain, only the remains of dead and twisted bushes and black boulders dotted the slopes.
Hao Ren worked hard to concentrate, and finally allowed his eyes to break through the darkness in the distance. He saw a barren wilderness spreading out at the foot of the mountain. The wilderness was covered with distorted plant remains and strange black shadows that could not be seen. The hazy fog hovered over the wilderness, making it even more difficult to see the distant scenery. And above this barren land, there is boundless darkness and chaos shrouded, the sun, moon, stars, and clouds cannot be seen, only large groups of shapeless pitch-black patches in a kind of gray-black Rolling against the background, it looks like the end is coming.
In any case, this doesn't look like normal "weather" or even any kind of atmospheric landscape that can be seen from the surface of a planet.
"What the hell is this place..." Hao Ren couldn't help muttering when he saw this strange scenery that was absolutely unnatural, but he was still slightly relieved: Anyway, this place does look like the surface of the earth, at least it is better than continuing to float in the universe. Much stronger in space.
If Lily also landed in this place, there shouldn't be any problems.
And when Hao Ren was thinking about where to start to find Lily's whereabouts, a little light that suddenly appeared on the plain at the foot of the mountain caught his attention.
The bright light appeared from the distant chaos and desolation, and gradually drifted towards this bare stone mountain. Although the light was weak, the darkness and mist on the earth seemed to be dispelled. Hao Ren Looking carefully, I finally saw a group of figures in the shaking twilight, and it seemed... there were other things around those figures.
A dozen or so tired soldiers, broken armor, chipped swords, and the Jinhui Battle Banner that was almost torn into a few strands of rags, the entire squadron of the once glorious Talos Royal Guard now has only a few things left. Under the faint light emitted by the flag, the bright shelter was only a mere hundred meters away. As she moved forward numbly in this desperately narrow shelter, Veronica's heart was sinking bit by bit.
The tragic battlefield of the Shadow Forest still lingers in my mind like a nightmare. More than two thousand brave veterans died in that bloody meat grinder. The knights wailed and died without dignity, and the entire position was covered in stinky blood, and the most proud pearl of the kingdom—Princess Veronica led the battle for the first time, only with dozens of soldiers At the end of the panic breakout, even these dozens of soldiers have already been killed or injured, and they are about to be swallowed up by this forgotten dark wilderness.
However, Veronica's biggest worry is not how her defeat on the battlefield will be criticized by the incompetent nobles in the kingdom, nor how her opponents in the upper echelons of the kingdom will divide up her land and wealth after she leaves. She doesn't worry much about her own fate, and she only thinks about one thing: the largest Chaos Lair in the Shadow Forest has finally broken through the blockade, and the Chaos servants will reach the border of the Kingdom within half a month. Who can send an early warning
Even if there is only one messenger to take advantage of the chaos to break through, at least let the border get the bad news, and prepare earlier, maybe tens of thousands of lives can be saved.
However, she is doomed to fail this mission: Although she tried to break out and retreat towards the border of the kingdom at the beginning, the twisted fog blockade of the shadow forest caused her soldiers to go the wrong way. Now it is meaningless for them to turn back, and absolutely There are ten deaths and no life, so I can only continue to move forward in this barren wilderness, looking for that illusory hope according to an unreliable record in the ancient royal book.
"Abominable church country, if their monks hadn't withdrawn from the battlefield in advance, we would never have ended up like this."
Beside Veronica, an old gray-haired knight was full of anger, and at the same time as the voice fell, his body shook violently and almost fell off the horse.
The war horse under the old knight hung its head and staggered as it walked, as if it had been infected with the disease in the barren wilderness. In fact, almost all the remaining war horses in the team were on the verge of exhaustion: Faith and spiritual warfare protect human beings, and it is often more difficult for animals to survive in chaos. Except for those polluting beasts that already live in the lawless zone and are already between monsters and animals, most ordinary animals are losing the shelter of light. They usually don't survive three days afterward.
The light of the Jinhui battle flag is now weakened, leaving only the faint light of a candle in the wind. The shelter it can provide is not enough for human beings, let alone these are only trained military horses. Maybe tomorrow, or maybe today , half of the team will lose their mounts.
If the holy mountain cannot be found before then, one can imagine what will happen to a group of mortals trekking on foot in the realm of chaos.
"Sir Morian, the monks of the Order have also fought bravely, and their bravery and sacrifice are obvious to all," Veronica shook her head, her long lavender hair was stained with blood and lost the past "There must be a reason for their sudden withdrawal—on the border of Chaos, there is more than one Shadow Forest on the battlefield."
The old knight lowered his head and said nothing, and none of the young knights behind the team made a sound.
These are the most loyal soldiers to the kingdom. They have sworn their lives to serve the kingdom many years ago. This kind of loyalty is a well-known trait in the entire Kolo world. Even if they fell into the current situation under the command of the princess, the respect and obedience of these knights to Veronica did not diminish in the slightest.
In fact, they also knew that there was nothing wrong with Veronica's command at all, and even a real battlefield veteran would probably not get better results-three times the unexpected enemies, as well as the monks of the Order. Retreating early, facing this desperate situation, is no longer a situation that can be reversed by an excellent commander.
Veronica looked around, her eyes crossed the wounded soldiers, and on the border of the golden battle flag, she could see countless twisted black smoke, these things emerged from the mist, as if smelling meat Gathering around like hungry wolves, she could clearly see their taking shape, but they wouldn't attack just yet.
Not yet.
The knights had just repelled an attack an hour ago and burned the remaining magic power reserves of the Jinhui Battle Banner. Now the surrounding fog cannot condense enough and powerful Chaos servants, but as time goes by, The power of the Golden Battle Banner will decline, and the monsters in the dark will definitely launch a new round of attacks. It is hard to say how many people will be left after this attack.
Veronica raised her head again, looking into the chaotic distance.
All she could see was a hazy mist and the unfathomable darkness behind the mist. Walking in the wilderness is a hundred times more dangerous than in the mountains, because there is no reference around you, fog and darkness will make people lose their way quickly, although she is holding the most advanced traveler's amulet made by the Royal Alchemist, but this The talisman can only provide a general direction and distance guidance.
In this endless darkness and the lack of markers in the wilderness, only such a little guidance can not give much sense of security.
Her Royal Highness shook her head, trying not to wonder if she had missed the holy mountain. (to be continued~^~)