The situation inside the hall can already be vaguely seen.
Through the light green energy curtain on the main entrance of the Pyramid Palace, Hao Ren could see that the main hall was brightly lit, and huge devices were lined up neatly in the extremely wide main hall, and there were many people running around wearing robes. In the deeper part of the main hall, there is a bright light.
Finally, looking back at the old phantom that was gradually turning into a black pine forest on the square, a group of people quickly entered the hall under the leadership of Liya.
Liya still kept her eyes tightly closed, just reminding everyone to follow behind her to avoid tripping over the broken walls in the real space, while Hao Ren quickly swept his gaze across the entire hall.
He saw that there were actually not many people in this wide building, and such a vast space was actually prepared for some mysterious "equipment" with no apparent use. There are two rows of tall square pillars with faint silver light arranged along the main hall. On the giant pillars, you can see the flowing light and the ever-changing rune interface. Between the giant pillars are tall and tall " Technicians" ran around, surging energy jumped on the top of those giant pillars, and gathered at the end of the hall—
There was a platform above the ground, and on the platform stood a very beautiful and dignified woman in a gorgeous dress.
That woman seems to be the person who presides over everything in the hall. She is holding a platinum staff tightly in her hand, and the other hand is placed beside her as if she is holding something. She is looking at the direction of the palace gate, so powerful Incredible life energy emanates from her and is released into the square outside the palace.
It turns out that the life force released by the "pyramid" comes from here - a powerful natural spellcaster.
And behind this woman is the source of the light that Hao Ren saw before: it turned out to be a metal prism filled with energy. The prism was inlaid on the platform under the woman's feet, and there were countless complex runes circulating around it. , a low humming sound emanated from the prism, resounding throughout the hall.
Vivienne suddenly touched Hao Ren's arm lightly, and pointed to the side of the platform where the woman in the fancy dress was: "That's where the smell of blood comes from."
Without waiting for Hao Ren to say anything, Liya nodded slightly, closed her eyes and "looked" in that direction, and the scene in that area immediately became shaken, and a vague figure appeared there between the virtual and the real. .
It was a human being who seemed to be lying face down on the ground, unable to see life or death
The soldiers on the periphery breathed a sigh of relief: a human being whose life and death seemed to be unknown is better than some indescribable monster.
Hao Ren frowned, and walked towards the unknown figure.
After getting closer, he saw that the human who fell on the ground turned out to be a warrior in armor.
He has brown curly hair and a dark complexion. The armor on his body is completely different from the armor of most soldiers in this world. It is a black light armor that seems to be spliced by a large number of soft metal sheets. You can also see a slight flow of light, and you can't see an ordinary knight's sword or soldier's one-handed sword on the weapon hanging buckle on his waist, but a short black stick about a foot long hanging on it—other than that Seeing no other weapons, he could only regard this short stick as his weapon.
Of course, Hao Ren and his party couldn't tell where the warrior in this costume came from, but Charlemagne exclaimed beside him: "This is... the Knight of the Broken Sword?!"
"Is this the Knights of the Broken Sword?" Hao Ren was startled, "The Knights of the Broken Sword under Princess Constance?"
"I have seen Broken Sword Knights when I was young," Charlemagne nodded, "their outfits are very recognizable, and there is no mistake."
"How could the Broken Sword Knight be in such a place... How did he get here and not be swallowed by the phantom..." Hao Ren felt shocked, and then quickly checked the Broken Sword Knight's injuries: there was a large piece of land on the nearby ground There were bloodstains, and there were a lot of damage on the knight's armor. It was obvious that the opponent fled to this place after being seriously injured. "He's still alive—rescue him quickly!"
"It's strange, the wounds have healed..." Vivian noticed the strangeness immediately, "Only the armor can see a lot of damage, but the limbs under the armor have been restored... Except for the blood at the scene, there is no trace of it." where the blood on his body…”
"Healed?" Hao Ren frowned, "Then he is just unconscious now?"
The data terminal took the initiative to fly off Hao Ren's shoulder: "Let this machine check it."
And just as the data terminal began to check the physical condition of the Broken Sword Knight, Hao Ren's attention was refocused on the "Phantom" in the palace.
He saw monsters faintly appearing outside the gate of the palace. The guards standing in front of the pyramid and defending the last line of defense had already gone into battle. The slightly distorted sound of explosions and shouts of killing came through the energy curtain at the gate of the palace. Entering, a depressive atmosphere of impending doom is spreading throughout the main hall.
However, those tall figures who were busy among the square giant pillars were not affected in the slightest. They were still adjusting the state of each giant pillar in an orderly manner, and gathered their energy to the mysterious device behind the woman in Chinese clothes.
Hao Ren saw a soldier in silver armor coming to the high platform, bowing to the woman in fine clothes, "Holy King! The last line of defense is urgent."
The tall woman with gorgeous clothes and outstanding appearance is indeed the "Holy King" that the guards in the square are trying to defend.
"I know," the woman known as the Holy King nodded lightly, "Stand back, everything will pass."
The soldiers retreated, and the "Holy King" raised the platinum staff high and put it down heavily.
There was a loud bang, and the sound of the platinum staff colliding with the high platform resounded throughout the hall, followed by the voice of the Holy King: "People of Khersonga, the last moment has come! We have already retreated!" You can retreat, and there is no need to retreat! The continuation of the world is here to fight, and I am with all of you, for our descendants, for their present, future, and future generations—take up arms!"
A powerful life force erupted from her body. This force was unprecedented, so powerful that it was unbelievably strong. It even formed light green ripples visible to the naked eye. Spread in all directions.
On the square outside the pyramid, in the city outside the square, and even on the plain outside the city that has been turned into scorched earth and swallowed by the black pine forest, countless soldiers who died in battle but failed to turn into the black pine forest stood up again. stand up…
Relying on this powerful alien vitality, the long-dead warrior who could not die again stepped onto the battlefield again, but unleashing such a miracle on such a scale did not come without a price.
The figure of the "Holy King" began to shake, and the arm holding the platinum staff couldn't bear the too powerful magic impact first and burst open, blood and flesh mixed with fragments of clothing scattered on the platform under her feet, followed by her Her body began to be torn apart, and horrible wounds appeared on her skin out of thin air, and the flesh and blood inside seemed to be unable to withstand the strong pressure followed by shattering. In just a few seconds, she was has lost its vitality.
However, she did not "die".
The incomparable life force with strong obsession is still entrenched on the platinum staff. This force has become an uncontrollable storm. The "Holy King" at the center of the storm is also engulfed in it, and her torn body is forcibly reorganized , and was reinfused with vitality, but this life force that violated the order tore her body apart again, and then reassembled again... the cycle repeated.
Finally, the body of the Holy King was completely annihilated in the storm of life, but a plant grew rapidly from the flesh and blood. Under Hao Ren's astonished gaze, it transformed from a tender seedling into a towering giant tree. The space covered half of the hall.
And the metal prism behind the Holy King was charged to the limit, and with a "buzz", it burst into a strong white light—
All illusions come to an abrupt end here.
Liya didn't open her eyes, but everything in the great hall vanished into thin air. The splendid temples, the fighting guards, and the mysterious ancient equipment all disappeared in the white light, replaced by a dim and silent ruin, and the ruins in the ruins. Plausible fragments of wreckage.
The only thing that hasn't changed is a towering giant tree in front of Hao Ren's eyes—it grows in the middle of the ruins, and its roots have completely wrapped the platform above the ground, and its spreading crown covers most of the main hall. .
Between the canopy, there is a tender green shimmer flowing slowly.
The scene was surprisingly quiet, and no one spoke. The scene presented at the last moment of the old phantom greatly shocked everyone's minds. The sense of shock is multiplied.
Hao Ren's side was better. The Charlemagne brothers and sisters and the guards they brought had completely lost their ability to speak.
Lily blinked her eyes and was the first to break the silence. She pointed to the giant tree in front of her: "The vitality of the black pine forest..."
"That's right." Hao Ren also looked at the giant tree in front of him. Even without using any supernatural observation methods, he could feel a powerful life force emanating from the giant tree and permeating the entire forest. Every corner of it, "Until now she is still releasing vitality... We have finally arrived at the center of the black pine forest, where the fountain of life and the temple mentioned in the legends are located."
"When did this happen?" Vivian asked the most critical question.
"No way to judge," Leah opened her eyes after the illusion ended, she looked at the surrounding ruins and shook her head slightly, "After the end and reshaping, the timeline has been cut off, and many things no longer have cause and effect Contact, everything that happened here is already an illusion that cannot be verified or falsified in a lost time and space, even if we are sure that these things have happened, we can’t trace the clues.”
"But at least one thing is certain - all of this happened before the formation of the dark realm, because there was an orbital bombardment before," Hao Ren said affirmatively, "I guess this is the scene of the inhabitants of this world resisting the erosion of madness..."
"But if that's the case, the level of this war is too low," Leah shook her head, "orbital bombing and surface assault...under normal circumstances, it's still a fierce battle, but compared to the doomsday disaster that can destroy the entire universe , it’s not enough to see.”
Vivian guessed: "Maybe this is just a corner of that doomsday."
Leah was noncommittal about the speculation.
What they were talking about was beyond the world view of the local people in Laherien, so even if they listened to it completely, Awenna was confused. She looked at Hao Ren and then at Leah, and couldn't help it: "What the hell are you guys talking about?"
"Some myths and legends recorded by the World Tree Temple," Hao Ren said casually, "I will tell you about these legends when the situation stabilizes, but for now... Let's take a look at the situation of the Broken Sword Knight first. Terminal , have you figured out why he was unconscious?"