It was no wonder that Fangzheng was so surprised. Because just as he was about to subdue the other party, Fangzheng saw the man's face clearly. He was the knight with a very dangerous name who had fought with him before. But Fangzheng did not expect to meet him again here.
"Who are you?"
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Knight Conan was taken aback. He put down his struggling hand. He originally thought that the other party was a cultist, but he did not expect that the person would call out his name as soon as he fought his way in. And his face … .he looked quite familiar?
Thinking of this, Knight Conan frowned and looked at Fangzheng. At the same time, he struggled to find his name in his memory. But soon, Fangzheng revealed the answer.
"I'm Fangzheng."
"You're Mr. Fangzheng?"
Hearing this answer, Conan came to a sudden realization. He widened his eyes and looked at Fangzheng from head to toe. Finally, he found some traces of familiarity in this young man.
"You're still alive, Mr. Fangzheng. Where have you been for the past half a year? Why haven't I heard any news about you? And you've changed a little too much …. "
Fangzheng understood Conan's doubts. The age of his original body was about 18 or 19 years old. When he reshaped his body, Fangzheng chose to look like himself when he was 20 years old. That way, there would not be too much difference. Fortunately, he had been away for more than half a year. Otherwise, if it was just a few days or a few months, the change would be very difficult to explain.
"It's a long story. In fact, I've only been back here for a few days …. I didn't expect I'd been away for so long."
Fangzheng replied while sheathing his sword. He did not have to worry that his answer would arouse Knight Conan's suspicions. This was a world where magic civilization was quite advanced. Many mages had mastered some spells that could connect to the Dimensional Plane. There were also many stories of people who mistakenly entered certain worlds. In fact, when Fangzheng came back this time, he was already prepared … .well, he had another bold idea.
"I see … I see. Great Knight Stone and Great Knight Marte will be very happy when they know."
"Alright, let's catch up later."
Since the other party was someone he knew, Fangzheng didn't have to be so vigilant. He looked around and asked curiously.
"What's going on here? It seems like you were attacked? "
"That's right! Those damned cultists … "
At the mention of this matter, Knight Conan was also infuriated, and he told the whole story to Fangzheng. And Fangzheng finally knew what had happened to the Overworld after he transmigrated.
After he defeated the Child of Chaos, the underground cave collapsed (so Fangzheng finally understood why he was teleported to this godforsaken place). Fortunately, Great Knight Stone and Great Knight Marte managed to escape with the remaining Paladins. The Lich Lord was nowhere to be seen. The space barrier that was originally used to seal the place was also removed, so the team returned to the Holy Cathedral.
As one of the members, Knight Conan was dismissed from his duty as a member of the team after returning to the Holy Cathedral. This was not because the Bishops were dissatisfied with them, but because this search team was originally a temporary gathering mission. Now that the mission was over, everyone naturally disbanded and went back to their own homes.
By the way, according to Knight Conan, the Bishops seemed to have determined that the Paladins who were killed while pursuing the cultists were killed by the Lich Lord. In addition, the Lich Lord had killed more than ten Paladins in order to complete the ritual to remove the seal of the Child of Chaos. It could be said that the Lich Lord was definitely going to take the blame.
After completing the mission, Knight Conan returned to the Northern Alliance. This was his birthplace and also the place where he became a Paladin. He was supposed to head to the Order Fortress to participate in the battle, but he was severely injured in the battle with the Lich Lord. Later on, the Child of Chaos gave him a wave of anti-magic debuff, which weakened his body. In the end, Knight Conan was appointed to guard the Order Fortress. On one hand, he monitored the supply line, and on the other hand, he could rest. After all, everyone knew that the rear was not as dangerous as the front. Besides, with Knight Conan's abilities, he naturally wouldn't be weak. If not, he wouldn't have been selected to join the team and head to the Shadow Ravine.
In the beginning, it was rather peaceful. But as the days passed, Knight Conan gradually became nervous. He was also a member of the Order Fortress, so he naturally knew about the disaster of the magical beasts. Although he could only stay at the rear, he ordered everyone to be vigilant and be ready to resist the disaster. At the same time, he specially sent two teams of Knights to patrol the rear and the front.
And just three days ago, something strange happened.
It happened when the first snow fell. At that time, Knight Conan realized that he didn't receive any communication from the Order Fortress, which made him a little puzzled. Because according to the rules, when the first snow fell, the Order Fortress would first contact the strongholds at the rear to ensure that everyone was ready to deal with the disaster of the magical beasts. This set of procedures had never changed since Knight Conan joined the Holy Cathedral. But the first snow fell late into the night, and he still didn't receive any notification. This made Knight Conan nervous all of a sudden. He immediately sent a team of Knights to the Order Fortress to check on the situation, and at the same time, tried to contact the frontline with the Holy Cathedral's crystal again.
But there was still no response.
This time, Knight Conan felt that something was wrong. He immediately reported to the Holy Cathedral headquarters at the rear, but soon after, Knight Conan realized that he couldn't get in touch with the headquarters.
At this moment, Knight Conan was also shocked. He had never encountered such a situation at all. But no matter what, he was still an elite knight and had fought against the Lich Lord in the Shadow Ravine, so his reaction was naturally not bad. He hurriedly ordered the entire stronghold to be locked down and activated level one combat readiness mode.
But unfortunately, the other party's actions were faster than Knight Conan expected. Before he could even give the order, those damn cultists had already launched an attack. They launched an attack on the entire stronghold. At first, the Holy Cathedral soldiers were still fighting these cultists, but the other party was too strong. There was even a destructive mage among them who could control Hellfire!
Destructive mages were the backbone of the Church of the Day of Destruction. Corresponding to the existence of the Great Knights, their strength was not much different. If Shi Dong or Matt were here, they might be able to stop the enemy. But Conan was just a Holy Knight who had just recovered from a serious illness. He was no match for them at all. As a result, before he could do anything, the enemy directly blew up the tower he was in with a Hellfire Blast, and Knight Conan was directly buried inside.
Fortunately, he was not crushed to death. But by the time he woke up, the entire stronghold was already empty. Knight Conan himself had barely escaped from the rubble. Just as he finished bandaging his wounds and was about to search for traces of the cultists, Fangzheng appeared. At that time, Knight Conan did not know that it was Fangzheng. He thought it was the cultists who had returned, so he hid by the wall and waited to capture one as a hostage. He did not expect that … .he would actually run into Fangzheng.
"So that's how it is …."
After listening to Knight Conan's story, Fangzheng did not say much. He just sighed and patted Knight Conan on the shoulder.
"Well, relax a little. At least you're still alive now. That's a good thing, isn't it?"
After all, your name …. I won't say anything.
"Sigh …."
But Knight Conan's expression was not very good.
"I'm only worried about what happened at the stronghold now. You know, it's impossible for them to escape from the disaster of the beasts. Without supplies from the rear, the stronghold won't last a month! And now, our contact with the rear has been completely cut off …. Those cultists have captured my men and didn't even let go of their bodies. I'm really worried about what they'll do …. "
"Won't the rear have any reaction when we've lost contact with the stronghold?"
Faced with Fangzheng's question, Knight Conan shook his head with an ugly expression.
"Although the Northern Alliance should send someone to check on the situation, in fact, it's the Holy Cathedral that's taking over, and …."
Having said that, Knight Conan did not say anything more. He just let out a long sigh.
Of course, Fangzheng understood what Knight Conan meant. On this continent, the relationship between countries was very delicate, even more so than on Earth. It was even more subtle than on Earth. Although this continent was led by the Kingdom of Saint and other powerful countries, and other countries couldn't be compared to them, these powerful countries couldn't bully the smaller countries as they pleased like on Earth.
He originally thought that the powerful countries in this world could do whatever they wanted, but after reading the records of the Holy Cathedral, Fangzheng found that this world was not exactly the same as he had imagined.
The reason was very simple. This was a world of magic!
A weak country was bullied by a powerful country, then destroyed. Their prince had to leave his hometown, then had many adventures, and finally became a powerful legendary powerhouse who came back to take revenge. This kind of plot was not a novel on this continent. It had really happened more than once!
There were also weak countries that were bullied to the point where they could not resist. In the end, they lost all hope and sacrificed the people of their entire country to open a portal to hell, plunging the entire continent into a period of darkness and war for a full 150 years. This kind of thing was not a novel. It was written in the history books!
This was a world of magic. Everything was possible!
Although these people eventually died due to various reasons, and that crazy country was completely destroyed. But these were all lessons learned in blood! How would you know if another person like Long Aotian would appear in those weak countries?
Not to mention destroying your entire country, killing a few members of your royal family, or focusing on the capital city to bombard it with five consecutive fireballs. Do you still want the face of your country that had existed for thousands of years? Even on Earth without magic, people could still crash airplanes into buildings and play as human bombs. In this world, it wouldn't be a human bomb, but a human nuclear bomb!
Perhaps the kind that could cause trouble for hundreds of years.
This was also the reason why those small countries were not completely annexed by the powerful countries. In the past, there were ambitious monarchs who wanted to destroy these small countries, but they all failed due to similar reasons. And after hundreds of years of continual wars, these big countries finally reached a consensus. Why must they force the other side into a corner? Our country is so big, our resources are so abundant, and our society is so harmonious and stable. Why must we force others to die, then sacrifice a wave of hell teleportation and drag us in as well? Isn't there something wrong with our brains?
Finally, after the death sacrifice incident, all the countries on this continent gathered in Karon and signed the world-famous "Violet Covenant", which stipulated that no country could easily declare war on another country unless there was an emergency. At the same time, it also defined the covenant between the various countries.
So the current situation on this continent was basically equivalent to the countries forming an alliance with each other through economic or military means.
The relationship between the Northern Alliance and the Kingdom of the Saint was the same. The Northern Alliance was originally an alliance of some small tribes in the north, who then sent representatives to form an alliance with the Kingdom of the Saint. The Kingdom of the Saint assisted them in guarding the border, maintaining order, and eliminating Chaos. In return, the Northern Alliance needed to be responsible for the logistical supply of the Order Fortress.
The two sides had always cooperated well, but Knight Conan also knew that things were not that simple. There were also a lot of troubles within the Northern Alliance …
But now was not the time to talk about this, so he quickly changed the topic.
"Mr. Fangzheng, what do you think?"
"Me?"
Hearing Knight Conan's question, Fangzheng thought for a moment.
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