Chapter 1264 The Secret Order

White City, Golden Rose Palace.

Rudolf III's secret chamber seemed a bit crowded today. This special room, which never received more than three visitors at the same time, made an exception to receive many people this time - the king's three children sat beside him, his two important ministers, Lu Grand Duke En and General Groen sat on the other side, while the "Ancient Guardian" sat opposite him.

In addition to these people, two other people were also in the room.

One is the history and natural history tutor of the princes and princesses, the famous scholar Alfred of the kingdom. This is a somewhat bald, fat old gentleman with a white beard hanging down on his simple black academic robe. The man looked very kind. He was sitting next to Hao Ren with a smile, and he had been looking at the famous "ancient guardian" curiously.

Another person stood behind the king. She was a mysterious woman covered in a black burqa. She was tall and thin. She didn't say a word. She stood there like a piece of wood that couldn't speak. Even her face was hidden. Under the shadow that seemed to be a magical effect, her face could not be seen clearly from any angle. Hao Ren could only judge the gender of the other party through the figure vaguely exposed under the burqa, and guess the identity of this mysterious person: This person's aura concealment skills are astonishing. Even if you stare in her direction, you will easily ignore her presence. And even if you notice her figure, you will quickly forget it as soon as you turn your face. This is not Magic effect, because even Hao Ren's magic immunity talent is ineffective against her aura concealment.

This is probably a secret agent of the kingdom, or the king's secret knight, or some other similar character. All in all, he is not a simple person. Her presence here is enough to prove the significance of the current conversation.

"First of all, I want to speak." The first person to break the silence was not the king or Hao Ren, but Veronica. This princess was a little angry from the beginning, "I know you are all wary of cultists. But you just listed an ancient guardian who saved my life and protected the Western Fortress as a target of suspicion. This is intolerable to me - Talos has always been a country based on justice and reason. When did we become Are you a coward who is so frightened by a group of cultists that he can only doubt others randomly all day long?"

"I am the only one who has doubts about the ancient guardian," Grand Duke Luen said calmly, his expression unchanged for a thousand years, "It has nothing to do with Your Majesty and General Groen. If Her Royal Highness the Princess has any objections, just vent them to the old minister."

Veronica stared: "I'm not venting, I'm just questioning."

Hao Ren didn't expect that the princess would be so concerned about his affairs, and he couldn't help but feel a little touched. However, in fact, he didn't care that much about this misunderstanding. There was still some confusion and discomfort at the beginning, but in the vague After guessing the truth of the matter, he didn't care anymore. As a prosecutor who walks between the mortal world and the gods, the influence of a mere Talos kingdom on him is actually approximately zero. He is looking at Kolo, not any of Kolo's countries and individuals, as long as these things do not interfere Just go to what he's doing.

However, there are still necessary expressions. He waved his hand: "Veronica, don't be so excited, I don't care. It can be seen that you are in trouble. This trouble is probably not small, so I understand. "

Rudolf III silently glanced at Hao Ren, with a trace of appreciation and gratitude deep in his eyes: "Thanks to the Guardian for his profound righteousness, we are indeed in trouble - let's keep the story short, I don't know what the Guardian has to say about Annihilation How much do the Secret Order know?"

Hao Ren was stunned: Why is it a new term?

"Are these the Annihilation Believers you are talking about?" He shook his head. There was no way to make up these things, so he simply stopped making them up. "I don't know, I've never heard of them."

Veronica was surprised: "But this cult has existed since ancient times. They were quite famous a thousand years ago."

Hao Ren blinked, feeling that this was more embarrassing...

But fortunately, the ancient guardian's characteristics of "lack of memory" and "confusion of common sense" are already well known, and this issue is not the key, so no one present did not delve into it, but the old scholar Alfred explained it next to him. After a moment: "The Annihilation Secret Cult, they are probably the oldest cult group in the world. Even scholars in the Holy Domain specialize in studying this group and believe that they are as old as Chaos in this world - they were... Seducing fallen mortals is a madman who steps towards chaos step by step. Ever since the evil giant Rock Marton breathed his last breath, his breath has polluted the ancient mortals and created the earliest followers of Annihilation."

Princess Anya took over the words of her mentor: "Annihilation believers are fanatics who worship chaos and regard the evil giant Rock Marton as the 'truth of the world'. They believe that the destiny of the world is to step into chaos and darkness. This is the creation of the world." The fundamental purpose of the world goddess to build the world of Koro, and order and light are just ripples that appear accidentally in the development process of the world. The mortals and their civilizations born in these ripples regard this short-lived order as the truth. This is the 'original Folly'. They believe that the behavior of mortals to continue order and fight against chaos is preventing the world from developing along the correct line and is the source of Kolo's pain. They believe that it is the endless chaos war that causes Kolo to fall apart and give this land The earth has brought great pain, and they have their own set of lofty 'ideals' to correct these 'mistakes', which is to end the resistance of mortals and let the entire world fall into its proper course."

Veronica rolled her eyes: "To put it bluntly, they just go around wreaking havoc and finding ways to make humans lose the Chaos War."

Hao Ren listened carefully to the description of this cult group. To be honest, he was no stranger to any cult group. He was not too surprised when he heard about the secret sect of annihilation: Cultists are like that after all they say. How come madness comes. He was just curious: "Their ideas are quite fresh and refined, but aren't they themselves mortals?"

"Yeah, so they regard themselves as targets that need to be 'purified'," Veronica spread her hands, "This is the most crazy thing about them, they don't even let themselves go when they go crazy. I heard that Annihilation The Secret Order's 'Code of Annihilation' also clearly states that when the end of the world comes, all Annihilation believers should immediately destroy themselves to please Rock Marton. Do you think a guy who is so crazy has any logic?"

Hao Ren nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Yes, yes, I know. If they go crazy, they will even beat themselves."

Ordinary people may find it hard to imagine after hearing about such a crazy cult group, because the actions of these fanatical believers are not only illogical, but also seem to be meaningless. Ordinary cults always use the only chance of salvation in the end of the world as a bargaining chip to deceive people, allowing believers to believe that their crazy behavior can allow them to avoid some kind of disaster or get far more human rewards. However, this annihilation secret sect, their The doctrine points to the only destruction - not only will believers not be saved in the end of the world, but they will also be existences that must be destroyed. They regard themselves as things that need to be purified. Believers have not gained anything from this belief. .

Instead, they are doomed to lose their lives.

But Hao Ren was not too surprised by their chaotic teachings, because he knew that there were many indescribable powers in the Dream Plane. These powers were spiritual poison to mortals. Even just hearing about them was enough to make their minds firm. People are crazy and crazy.

If the evil giant Rock Marton is the representative of this power, then it is not surprising how crazy his followers can be.

"I think you should already know what happened to Aniya and Andrew," Rudolf III said in a low voice. "Although no clear evidence was found in the end, there are clues that there are Annihilation believers behind this incident. shadow, and what happened today further confirms this."

Hao Ren understood immediately: "Veronica..."

"Yes, Veronica's danger in the Western Territory was no accident," Rudolph III said with a gloomy face. "In the White City, it was the alchemist master Lu En found who cured Aniya and Andrew's illnesses. In the Western Territory, it was the guardian who protected them. Veronica, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."

"The defeat in the Western Territory battle was caused by the tide of Chaos and the withdrawal of the Order State. Could it be that those Chaos Cultists have so much energy and can control these factors?"

Grand Duke Luen shook his head: "Those cultists themselves are inextricably linked to the power of Chaos. Even if they cannot control the tide of Chaos, they can still use the tide of Chaos to formulate their own plans. As for the early withdrawal of the Order State, …”

The Grand Duke said, looking at Rudolf III with questioning eyes.

The king nodded and sighed: "Say it, these things will no longer be a secret soon."

"The Royal Mystic looked out over the Sanctuary from the Tower of Mysteries and observed that the light of Asuman at the top of the Sanctuary had been extinguished."

Aniya and Veronica exclaimed.

Obviously, these two princesses, like Hao Ren, only knew the news at this moment.