Through the remote scanning of the data terminal, Hao Ren discovered that there is a hole leading directly to the ground at the bottom of the maelstrom, which is most likely related to the previous crashed spaceship. He suspected that the spaceship had already destroyed the geological structure there when it "crashed" at the bottom of the lake, but the spaceship itself just blocked the hole hit by itself like a plug, so nothing happened. After helping the little green men to pull the spaceship out, this fragile structure begins to crumble.
It's just that the crack didn't happen on the spot. There should be a thin layer of rock crust barely supporting it. Hao Ren thought of the lake water cavity left after the spaceship was teleported away. At that moment, I don't know how many tons of lake water carried hundreds of meters The water pressure of the water hit the bottom of the lake fiercely, and I'm afraid this is the last straw that caused the leak to collapse.
The rock crust held on for more than a day after that, and now it finally crumbled.
This is the inference made based on the scan image sent back by the data terminal. Both Hao Ren and Vivian feel that this guess has at least 80% credibility.
"We have to take the blame for this," Hao Ren sighed, "Fortunately no one died, otherwise I would be under more pressure. Don't let Ophra know about this."
Vivian knew that Hao Ren was a very principled person in this regard, and he had a strong sense of responsibility. He must be quite self-blaming at this time, so she comforted herself: "Don't take it all on yourself, the geological structure should be in the spaceship. It was already destroyed when it crashed. Even if we don’t do anything, the maelstrom will appear sooner or later. It’s all about sooner or later. You can’t leave that spaceship alone, can you? Oversight, it would have been nice if we had been more cautious and let the data terminal do the exploration."
Hao Ren nodded and looked enviously at Lily who was running around the camp looking for werewolves to make friends with: "I really envy that girl's heart."
"Does she have a heart?"
"It's because of lack of heart that I envy..."
After the heartless husky had run two or three laps in the entire camp and found a large group of werewolf friends, Gelton and his church knights finally came late-in fact, they didn't come too late , It can even be said that the speed is super fast. He and his men set off earlier than Ophra, and taught the knights to have the acceleration skills of magic. It took them more than an hour to finish the ordinary cavalry. It took almost a whole day to run the distance. It's just that Ofra's marshal's charge was really unreasonable, so she abruptly left behind the church knights who had started earlier.
Gordon saw that the Knights of the Kingdom had arrived ahead of schedule. There was no surprise on the old face, as if he had guessed that the vigorous female marshal would decisively throw aside the rules of the Holy See in this situation. On the contrary, a few ordinary bishops frowned frequently after seeing the knights of the kingdom who moved faster than them, but these people would not say much in front of the marshal and the rector.
Becky's eyes were sharp, and she saw the four ascetic monks surrounded by church knights at a glance. She immediately waved her hand happily to greet the latter. call.
Gerton quickly found the person in charge at the scene to confirm the situation of the Blood Lake Maelstrom. When he heard that the entire church had sunk to the bottom of the lake, he coughed violently. The already old and rickety body trembled violently under a burst of coughing, as if ready to be summoned by the goddess at any time: "The whole sanctuary has sunk?!"
"Yes." The tall and thin priest from before had a heavy expression.
Gordon's wrinkled face flushed with blood: "Where's the holy coffin?!"
"The holy coffin is sealed in the underground of the church, and it is integrated with the magic circle. Normally, it takes at least a quarter of an hour to open it. The situation was urgent at that time. It is really..." The tall and thin priest's face was full of guilt. If you fail the goddess, you will not be able to transfer the holy coffin in the future. It has sunk into the vortex along with the church."
There was a gurgle in Geldon's throat. Hao Ren thought that the old man was going to report to the goddess on the spot, but he didn't expect him to recover after panting, "... Goddess has mercy. Today's great changes must be God's test , This kind of major event cannot be reversed by one or two people. The goddess will forgive you... but the holy coffin must be found! If necessary, you can even go to the whirlpool to find it! Mage troops, prepare to follow me to the whirlpool!"
As he said that, the old man turned his head and looked at Ophra: "Your Excellency, Marshal, please forgive me for having a dispute with you before. It was my responsibility. Today, I hope that Your Excellency Marshal can face this matter with me, and we will use the kingdom and the goddess In the name of your glory, we must retrieve the holy coffin!"
"I thought you would continue to be stubborn at this time," Ophra smiled. He raised his finger and pointed at his Knights, "Don't worry. I brought these good hands here to deal with any trouble."
Lily was bouncing in the back: "And us and us—we're good too!"
Geldon glanced at Hao Ren and the others unexpectedly. Just now he was wondering why these mercenaries were also joining in the fun, but now he couldn't help asking. Lily imitated Hao Ren's words with a straight face: "Because we serve the country with fists. By the way, the heart also has a pious heart, if you don't believe me, just make up another one... "
Hao Ren stretched out his hand and dragged Lily back: I don't need to say the second half of the sentence!
Becky shrank back with a bitter face: "Actually, I want to say... can I not go?"
This is a mercenary with a normal style of painting - it's a pity that she got on Hao Ren's thief ship, and after cowarding her, she still had to be forced to act righteously.
"You guys can escort the orb back, which is enough to prove your sincerity and reliability," Gordon silently looked at the strange mercenaries in front of him, and nodded slightly, "This matter is dangerous, but if you can prove that you are blessed by God and return safely, the church will give You are rewarded."
Although the old man is pious and almost pedantic, he is not unreasonable. He still knows the emotions of ordinary people, so he just said something casually at this time.
Becky's righteousness immediately became real to Ling Ran...
Nangong Wuyue wasn't around this time, but the people brought by Gordon and Ofrah had experts in water magic in their hands. After a little preparation, they set off for Blood Lake.
Gordon and Ophra led the team, accompanied by more than a dozen magicians from the Knights of the Kingdom and the Church, and Hao Ren and the others followed at the end of the team. This was Hao Ren's first meeting with the bearded man and the others since yesterday's farewell. He purposely walked at the back and whispered to them about the situation: "What is that holy coffin?"
The bearded man silently glanced at Hao Ren, as if hesitating, but in the end, probably because of Hao Ren's special background, he spoke with confidence, and at the same time set up a magic barrier around him to isolate the sound before speaking: " It is a sacred object located under the church in the middle of the lake."
"Holy object? What is it for?"
"The oldest sacred creature," said the bearded man with a solemn expression, "The holy coffin contains the ancestors of life created by the goddess. She spreads these ancestors of life in the world to monitor the balance of the whole world and serve as a kind of final 'insurance'. When the world undergoes great changes, these ancestors of life can maintain balance and even repeat life. There are three holy coffins, all of which are currently in the Holletta Kingdom, and the Beinz parish is one of them."
Hao Ren blinked his eyes and thought for a while. After comparing it with the legends he knew, he asked some questions: "What about the ancient civilization period? If the ancestor of life was created by a goddess, then there should be a holy coffin in the ancient civilization period?"
"No, the original ancestor in the holy coffin was made by the goddess, but the holy coffin itself is a container made by the first pope of the church," the bearded man said in a low voice. Official members can access it, "The ancestor of life is not a creature or a corpse, but a group of strange substances that contain the power of gods. These substances have been lurking deep underground in the ancient civilization period. When those evil magic emperors They recklessly destroyed the balance of all living beings in this world, so that after the goddess died, these ancestors of life returned to the ground from the ancient crypt. They accepted the order of the goddess, protected the few innocent people after the catastrophe and Remodeled many species, and then returned to several sacred caves deep underground. Thousands of years after that, the first pope of the church received oracle, made holy coffins to replace the original seal deep underground, and The ancestor of life was enshrined in several sanctuaries protected by the power of the goddess, and the sacred blood he took out from the sacred cave at that time became the source of divine magic in the future."
After finishing speaking, the bearded man paused for a moment, then looked into Hao Ren's eyes and said, "There is another thing I should confess to you: what we are going to now is the sacred cave!"
Hao Ren's eyes narrowed all of a sudden. (to be continued~^~)