Chapter 352 Undercurrent

Hao Ren and his party stayed in the guest room doing nothing for a long time. They traveled all night in the Twisted Woods last night, but because the team was not ordinary people, the energy consumed by running around this night was not very big. They recovered after a short rest, and then they Everyone started to do their own thing. Y'zaks and Nangong Wuyue were not very interested in running around outside, so they continued to rest in their respective rooms out of boredom. Vivian took advantage of their free time and continued to take out Lily brand yarn balls to knit for Hao Ren. Scarf, this girl Betsy was still immersed in the wonderful prospect of becoming a rich noble. She spent half a day in a state of excitement walking around various rooms. In the end, Nangong Wuyue couldn't stand this nagging guy. After running to Hao Ren and complaining, Betsy finally calmed down a little. But Lily could always find something to do: she stayed in the house not long before she ran out to play. She ran around from nowhere and came back with a lot of strange food in her hands. She found Hao Ren. He started shouting: "Landlord, landlord! Come and eat some good food! There is a market in the southwest corner of the town~~"

Hao Ren was currently in his room, holding a thick and old-looking book and flipping through it. There were a lot of messy volumes on the desk in front of him. These ancient books from another world looked quite laborious. , even with the help of a translation system, you still need to concentrate to understand what those obscure and difficult ancient terms are saying. So he didn't even raise his head when he heard Lily's greeting: "I know, I know - I'm looking for something to eat all day long, so be careful not to eat it."

Lily didn't take it seriously and happily ran over and stuffed a piece of sweet pastry into Hao Ren's mouth: "Eat, eat, eat. By the way, landlord, what are you looking at?"

Hao Ren pointed to the book on the table: "Things related to the Dragon's Back Mountain Range, as well as the customs and customs of the Beinz area."

Lily grabbed a few books and flipped through them curiously: "Oh, it's true, where did you get these?"

"I borrowed them from a priest nearby. There is a library in the church." Hao Ren then raised his head. "These are books open to the public. I said that I am a magician who likes to study history and legends. They So you lent me these things... Oh, by the way, the snacks taste good."

Lily happily stuffed another cake into Hao Ren's mouth: "Really? I have good taste! By the way, landlord, what have you researched?"

Hao Ren ate the snack in two bites, then grabbed Lily's tail and wiped his mouth: "I haven't found anything special so far. The legends about the Dragon's Back Mountain Range are quite consistent: something created by the ambitious ancient magic emperor who twisted nature. , which contains the resentment and curse after the death of the Magic Emperor. The power of the goddess contained in the Beinz Blood Lake has been suppressing the evil forces in the mountains for ten thousand years. The legend is generally like this. However, some of the more unpopular stories are also quite popular. Interesting: There are legends that the Dragon's Back Mountains are the same underground as the Blood Lake. There are also legends that another creation of the Magic Emperor is suppressed under the Twisted Woodland. There are even legends that the Magic Emperor is not dead at all, and his body is in a secret room under the mountains. Frozen in ice, as long as the mountains collapse, he will be resurrected and restart his evil rule. These legends and stories are not directly inconsistent with the orthodox teachings of the Huiyao Sect, but because they are too mysterious and scary, they are classified as distortions by the sect and have certain limitations. control……"

As he spoke, he raised the big book in his hand: "This book, for example, criticizes these 'crooked theories' from beginning to end, and the records are particularly detailed."

Lily let out a long sigh: "Oh - this can quite explain the strange things that have happened in this area in the past few months. Anyway, people everywhere are panicked now. I also heard people on the street saying that people in the royal capital have been going there. Several reinforcements have been sent here, but because there is no way to fundamentally solve the stone giant, no matter how many people come, we can only remain in a stalemate."

While the two were chatting, a burst of shouting and neighing suddenly came from the window. It sounded like movement coming from the main road in the town. Hao Ren opened the window and took a look outside, and found some people wearing mage robes and light armor. Soldiers were passing by on the road, but the town's bell tower didn't ring, so it probably wasn't a monster coming. He knew that Lily had just come back from outside and asked casually: "What is that for?"

Lily poked her head out from under Hao Ren's arm and looked at it for a while: "It should be the patrol of the Kingdom Knights coming back from the mountains. By the way, I also met a compatriot on the street! She was also a female werewolf. She She is a vanguard in the Kingdom Knights, and we chatted for a long time~ Her armor is so majestic!"

Hao Renxin said that this husky could really ignore his identity as a dog and become a sibling with an orthodox werewolf, but considering Erha's sharp teeth, he did not dare to say this. He was not surprised that Lily could meet her compatriots here. After all, the Dream Plane was originally the home of aliens. Vampires and werewolves in this place were all normal races. Although vampires were difficult to identify, he had seen many in the town. A werewolf with animal ears on his head. It's just that the Kingdom of Horleta is a human country. The foreign races in the country are basically a small number of immigrants from outside or the descendants of overseas students. There are even fewer foreign races who can serve in the military. Lily finally met someone who works in the kingdom's knights. The werewolf seniors will definitely feel excited.

Seeing that Hao Ren didn't seem to be interested in this topic, the husky girl swung her tail and slapped Hao Ren on the latter's back with dissatisfaction: "It's really uncooperative. Aren't you curious about what we talked about?"

"What about the taste of bones and the teething stick?" Hao Ren answered smoothly.

Lily slapped her tail and Hao Ren grinned: "You think I only know how to eat!"

Hao Ren quickly apologized, and Husky became happy again: "Although we also talked about meat and bones... But we mainly talked about the fighting situation in this place in the past two months. I said that I was the deputy leader of the mercenary group, and the werewolf sister was She was very happy to tell me about the march and fighting. She complained to me that the Church Army was stubborn and many people in the Kingdom Army were dissatisfied with what happened recently..."

Hao Ren originally didn't care about the messy information that Lily was running around outside and brought back, but when he heard this he couldn't help being stunned: "Wait a minute, what did you tell me about what happened recently?"

"It seems to be task distribution," Lily's ears twitched. "The Church Army is responsible for the battles around the Blood Lake, and the Kingdom Army is responsible for the Dragon's Back Mountains. The latter has some objections to this arrangement, because the battle pressure in the Dragon's Back Mountains is relatively light. Also stay away from the 'Holy Land'. Some soldiers with more radical beliefs in the army think this is unfair. By the way, I heard that Marshal Ofra has negotiated with Gelton several times because of this matter, and wants the Knights of the Kingdom to share some of their troops. Went to help around the Blood Lake - but it didn’t work out, it seems to be related to the teachings.”

Hao Ren thought of what he saw in the Twisted Woods last night: Eighty or ninety percent of the troops within the Leighton Line of Defense were indeed church troops wearing white robes, and the kingdom knights as the "government army" Due to some stubborn doctrinal regulations, the regiment could only fight on the outside. He scratched his chin and laughed: "It's true...but those knights are very enlightened, and some of them complained because the work was too light. I'm afraid normal people would like to be sent to a safe zone, right?"

Lily flicked her tail: "Religion, who knows what they think. The area around the Blood Lake has become a geomantic treasure. Even if people die every day, the Church Army and the Kingdom Army are still scrambling to get into it. It is said that they can get a " Martyr's honorary title."

Both Hao Ren and Lily found it difficult to understand this strange idea related to religion, so they chatted for a few words and stopped studying the little friction between the religious soldiers. Next, he and Lily discussed the issue of teething sticks and meat bones. When Lily was almost drooling on her feet, they suddenly heard the sound of metal plates rubbing against each other in the corridor outside, and at the same time there were servants. Voices of greetings and greetings came from everywhere.

A moment later, a servant opened the door: "Marshal Ofra is here to visit and wants to meet the head and deputy head of the 'Good name makes dogs laugh' mercenary group."

"Marshal Ofra?" Hao Ren was a little surprised, and then he realized, "How many times have I told you that you don't need to mention our team's name every time!"

Marshal Ofra's personal visit soon alerted everyone, and Betsy spread the news like a whirlwind as she rushed from room to room. Hao Ren rushed to the small living room and saw that the legendary heroine was already sitting upright on the high-backed chair in the center, still looking majestic with her armor on her body.

Ofra got straight to the point: "I'm here to inform you that you will prepare for a day tomorrow and follow me to the Royal Capital the day after tomorrow. Your canonization and rewards will be carried out in the Royal Capital."

When Betsy heard this, she cheered subconsciously regardless of her image, but Hao Ren was greatly surprised: Just for this matter, is it worthy for the dignified marshal to personally come to the station of a group of novice mercenaries?