Hao Ren had heard of the name of the Changfeng Mountain Range when he was inquiring about the basic situation of the Dragon Empire. The long and narrow sea area connected by the "rift" is also the natural border of the empire, while the Changfeng Mountain Range starts from the cliff coast, extends for a hundred kilometers inland of the empire, and then gradually becomes flat, becoming a part of the southern hills.
This short mountain range is inconspicuous in the empire, but it has a lot of fame, because it is one of the most prominent dividing lines of the black pine forest. The south side of the mountain range is a vast and rich populated area, and the north side is the The endless black pine forest, the giant trees with exceptional vitality in the black pine forest spread to the halfway up the northern foot of the Changfeng Mountain Range, and stopped abruptly at a dividing line called "razor's edge".
Those elves who were obsessed with studying the mysteries of the black pine forest were curious about it, so they excavated some stones on the north side of the Changfeng Mountains for research, and found that these stones had the magical power to interfere with the life cycle of the black pine forest, so they carved on these stones Runes, made into special rune stone bricks—this is how the rune stone bricks inlaid on the green forest barrier in Greenway came from.
But that was hundreds of years ago.
Due to the fact that the elves mined a large amount of mountain rocks to make runes, and the black pine forest itself was not stable, the "razor's edge" of the Changfeng Mountains had two large-scale displacements in the past few hundred years. The mountain itself has collapsed several times under the erosion of the black pine forest, and the final result is that this mountain range has become an insurmountable natural danger for ordinary people. Even those elves who can walk on the ground in the mountain forest dare not easily set foot on it. In addition, the black pine forest connected to the northern foot of the Changfeng Mountains belongs to the "lost forest", that is, an area where there are no roads in the forest and ordinary people will get lost if they enter. Therefore, no one will try to enter the forest from there. No sentries were set up there.
In fact, except for the entrances and exits connected to the roads in the forest that have been discovered around the black pine forest, the Imperial Corps has always been defenseless against this vast forest—except for walking on and near the roads in the forest. There is only a dead end to enter the dense forest, and there is no need for defense at all.
So Hao Ren was very curious when he heard what Kaim said: "Crossing the Changfeng Mountain Range? How did you make it over? Aren't you afraid of being trapped to death in the Lost Woodland?"
"For the Broken Sword Knight, the Changfeng Mountain Range is nothing." Kaim smiled, "Just walk up the mountain and jump down towards the forest, but as for being trapped in the Lost Woodland... you don't know Is it? The Broken Sword Knight will not get lost in the black pine forest."
Hearing this, Hao Ren and the others involuntarily exchanged glances.
"You mean, the Broken Sword Knight can walk freely in the black pine forest, right?" Vivienne looked into Kaim's eyes, "that is to say... what you walk in here is not something ordinary people can see not those 'roads in the woods', but those real... roads."
Kaim nodded slightly, and when he looked at Hao Ren and his party, his eyes changed a little: "I thought you would know about it, after all... you, like me, can enter this lost kingdom."
Liya blinked, and looked at Kaim with interest: "So you call this place the Lost Kingdom, interesting... It seems that you are not affected by all kinds of phantoms in the black pine forest."
Hao Ren took up the conversation: "We are from a hidden temple organization, and we have some special methods to walk freely in the black pine forest, but because we don't care about world affairs, we don't know much about the outside world, and we don't know the rules. About the Knight of the Sword. In fact, we all heard the name Knight of the Broken Sword from these few friends."
As he spoke, he pointed to Awenna and Charlemagne who were standing beside him.
"The Temple of the World Tree," Charlemagne nodded, "the name of their organization. My sister and I, as well as these soldiers, happened to be rescued by them, so we went together."
"I haven't heard of it," Cam shook his head, "but it doesn't matter, there are always some secrets in this world that we don't know, especially when the whole world is divided into two. Anyway, you saved me One life, and without violating my oath of knighthood, I will help you as much as I can—if you need help."
Of course we need help, the information that a Broken Sword Knight can tell is the greatest help, but Hao Ren can't say it directly, so he changed the subject and asked about Kaim's experience after entering the black pine forest: "Let's not talk about it beforehand, what happened to you and your fellow knights? Did you still get attacked after entering the black pine forest?"
According to Kaim, he entered the Black Pine Forest with several Broken Sword Knights. After that, they were equivalent to getting rid of the pursuit of the Imperial Corps and the Black Sword Knights, but now he fell to the ground alone and seriously injured. In the ruins of the "Lost Kingdom", those fellow knights were nowhere to be seen, and only part of the scars on Kaim's armor were cut by the black steel mechanical sword, and the other scars were obviously not wounded by the sword. , All of these show one thing: Kaim and his comrades were attacked by other things after entering the black pine forest.
Kaim hesitated after hearing Hao Ren's question, but he still said, "We met the Gorgon demon."
"Gorgon Demon?!" Charlemagne was taken aback, "In this black pine forest?"
"Yes, although it's hard to understand, it's true," Kaim sighed softly, "We originally planned to go straight through the middle of the forest and head north, but when we approached the northern end of the black pine forest, we suddenly encountered the Gorgon demon The attack, and it was a lord-level Gorgon-my comrades and I were caught off guard and were severely injured. In the end, I was the only one who escaped alive, but I also lost consciousness after returning here, etc. When I woke up again... I saw you."
Hao Ren and the others looked at each other, and Lily curiously asked Ai Wenna next to her, "What is that Gorgon demon...?"
"You don't even know this?" Evanna blinked in surprise, but she still explained, "At the northern end of the world, there is a space channel that stretches above the crack in the world. We call the large area behind that space channel the Make the Gorgon Abyss. The Gorgon Abyss is a broken wasteland burned by flames, and there are countless broken and twisted boulders inside, and the Gorgon Demons are monsters that live in that wasteland. They are made of steel and rock. The formed body is covered with thunder and energy flames, and even the lowest-level Gorgon demon has a combat power that surpasses a hundred soldiers."
"But although the passage of the Gorgon Abyss is open, only some demons will enter this world through the passage. Above the world rift, but not in the middle, most of it is located in the territory of the Dragon Empire, and only a small piece of the White City Federation extends to the Eastern Hemisphere, so the pressure on the Dragon Empire is several times greater than ours. On the side of the White City Federation, Yisu led the establishment of the 'Sentry Fortress' to monitor the Gorgon Abyss and resist those Gorgons who occasionally escaped from the space passage, while on the side of the Dragon Empire... "
Before Charlemagne finished speaking, Kaim took the initiative to say: "It is the fortress group established by the Northern Legion, and the Broken Sword Knights led by Her Royal Highness are also assisting in the garrison. In fact, the last test to become a Broken Sword Knight is to use bare hands." Fighting a low-level Gorgon demon, only by passing this test can we graduate from apprentice knights and obtain the qualifications to walk and perform missions across the country."
Hao Ren nodded slightly, and compared it with the information scanned by the previous detection probe. The previous detection probe did find an unstable space fault at the northern end of Laherien, but the planet was completely destroyed from inside to outside. Covered and transformed by divine power, unstable space faults and special energy burst points abound, so he didn't care, but he didn't expect that the space distortion point in the north of the planet turned out to be such a special place.
But when he mentioned the northern border of the empire, he suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, Kem, you said that the northern border army of the empire is responsible for guarding the Gorgon Abyss, right? It is the six northern provinces? They have now followed Kang Princess Stans is going south, what about the fortresses in the north?"
Lily also reacted immediately: "Could it be because the northern fortress group is left unattended, so the Gorgon demon ran out, and even ran into the black pine forest?"
Hao Ren nodded as he listened to Lily's words. At the same time, he thought to himself that if this is the case, Princess Constance's sudden jump would have really tricked everyone. The Imperial Northern Legion is used to guard Gore. Those who paid tribute to the abyss, but now follow the "rebel army" led by the princess to go south to fight against the imperial army and the black sword knights, so what about the demons who ran out of the abyss? Let them sweep the world
No... Her Royal Highness should not do such a stupid thing.
Sure enough, Kaim immediately shook his head: "His Royal Highness will not be so reckless, she has already considered the defense of the northern fortress group when she mobilized the northern army. As far as I know, she has used some special means to let The Gorgon Abyss has temporarily stabilized, at least for one to two years... "
"She can stabilize the Gorgon Abyss?" Charlemagne's expression seemed to have heard a fantasy, but a Broken Sword Knight said it so swearingly, he couldn't help but believe it, "Well, even if it's true , the Gorgon demon that appeared in the black pine forest...is not a good omen."
Kaim was obviously also worried about this, he frowned and paced back and forth: "That's why I have to go to the north as soon as possible to find out what happened... But there is a lord-level golem in the forest to the north." Ergon, and I don't know if there will be more demons lurking in this forest, really... "
"Then let's go together," Hao Ren interrupted Kaim with a sudden smile, "You take us the way you originally planned, so I can see what the Gorgon demon looks like."
Kaim was taken aback, and looked Hao Ren up and down with staring eyes: "What are you talking about? You know that there are Gorgon demons there, but you want to 'see'?"
"It can't be helped," Vivienne sighed, "because we happen to be going to the north too."