The barrier was still the barrier, the Twilight Capital was still the Twilight Capital, the Steampunks were still the Steampunks, and the Twilight Guards were still the Twilight Guards. Of course, these people were somewhat different from when they first met. For example, most of them had bandages wrapped around their foreheads, and in some serious cases, the bandages had been wrapped from their foreheads to their crotch. They looked like the returning warriors of death. Anyway, when Hao Ren saw them, he could not help but wonder why these people were so desperate. They should just go back and lie down, instead of standing in line to welcome Galazur and the others.
Of course, even if these people were really here to annoy Galazur, it would not be of much use. The dragon queen was an inspector with thousands of years of experience. What was the concept of thousands of years of experience? It was not enough to describe her as a wily old fox. She was at least at the level of a sly old fox. Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her, she would not bat an eyelid. Her nerves were as tough as dead nerve endings. Hundreds of Twilight Guards, scarred and resentful, stood on both sides of the avenue. Galazur and Anthony Alfonso walked past the group of people who had just been beaten up by them, praising them as they walked. "Good job, young man." "You are all brave men. I admire you very much." "You have worked hard!" "Little brother, I see that you have an amazing bone structure and a dignified face. Are you interested in learning magic runes with me?"
Basically, that was the situation.
Odin had woken up from hundreds of years of Chaos. The great ancient sage had regained control of the entire city in a very short time, and the Twilight Guards were now under the rule of the Iron Throne. After a brief conversation between Hao Ren and Odin, they returned to the city through the main gate of Twilight Capital. The Steam Assembly also warmly welcomed them, whether voluntarily or not. The city guards lined up on the steel avenue where the former Lightseekers embarked on their journey to greet the foreign heroes returning from Niebelungen. Steam chariots and armored soldiers lined up on both sides of the avenue. The residents living in the outer fringe area poked their heads out of the nearby buildings, trembling, to see what was happening on the avenue. For these numb miners, life was always lacking in variety, and this unprecedented scene in front of them made them a little helpless.
Looking at Galazur and Anthony Alfonso greeting the Twilight Guards on the roadside, Hao Ren, who had just been in office for a few years, was a little embarrassed. He pulled the dragon queen's sleeve from behind and said, "Sister, is it okay for us to be so familiar with these guys who just fought with each other?"
"What's wrong with that?" Galazur shook her head indifferently. "I'm sincerely praising them. These guys may be a little indiscriminate, but to be honest, they are very manly. I've fought many battles in my life, but it's rare that someone dares to shout at me when I swooped down in my dragon form. Tsk, tsk, they are a good group of soldiers."
Listening to the dragon queen's heartfelt words, Hao Ren pursed his lips and did not say a word. He thought that the dragon queen's train of thought was really different from ordinary people. But looking at the old mage who was trying to recruit anyone as a disciple, Hao Ren suddenly felt that Galazur was quite down-to-earth.
The spider robots of Steam Six also lined up on both sides of the road to greet them. These huge and intimidating black iron machines retracted their mechanical legs and crouched on both sides of the steel avenue like small fortresses. The multiple pairs of compound eyes on their heads flashed with red light as they watched Hao Ren and his team passing in front of them. For these special elite forces, even the orders from the Steam Assembly were not absolute. These mad scientists, who only saw the safety of the city as their only mission, still maintained a considerable degree of vigilance against these "invaders" in front of them.
But one of the spider robots suddenly shivered when it saw a little guy in Hao Ren's team, and then unconsciously moved half a step back. The huge movement of the huge robot immediately attracted Hao Ren's attention. He turned his head and found that the robot's mechanical leg was obviously newly installed. Not far behind him, the little demon Y 'lisabet was walking next to Y' zaks with a smirk on her face. The little girl was also holding a complicated mechanical ball in her arms, which was something called a stabilizer that she had removed from the stomach of the spider robot. As for the mechanical leg that the little girl treasured, under Hao Ren's coaxing and pestering, he had kept it in his dimensional pocket.
Nangong Wuyue could not help but put her hand on her forehead and sighed softly. "Sigh, why do I suddenly feel that we are guilty?"
"Guilty my ass," Nangong Sanba said with his arms crossed. "We are here to help. They are the ones who took the initiative to attack."
The unlucky half-baked demon hunter was the only casualty in the previous battle. When he was doing his sixteenth pose, his sister caught him with her tail and threw him to a nearby pillar. Now he was full of resentment.
At the end of the greeting line, Hao Ren saw a small group of people, many of whom were wearing the uniforms of the Steam Assembly. They should be the legendary senior members of the assembly. In addition, there were some figures in black robes with thorny crowns on their heads. There was no doubt that they were the representatives of Odin: the caretakers.
From the composition of this small group of people, it could be seen that the transfer of power in the city had been completed. But outsiders had no idea how much internal operations and thunderous means were involved in the transfer of power in such a short period of time.
Lily poked her head around the group of Steam Assembly members and turned to Wendell. "Old man, your prodigal son is not here."
Wendell smiled helplessly. "Hope is just an ordinary sheriff captain in the Steam Assembly. He is not qualified to be here. And I don't think he wants to see me at this time. "
"Oh, I know. My worldview has collapsed." Lily nodded knowingly. "When I first found out that I was a husky, I was devastated too. I couldn't sleep for half the night. Fortunately, I forgot about it after thinking about it for the second half of the night …"
Wendell was dumbfounded.
"Angelica," Hao Ren came to the small group of people and finally found an acquaintance. "I didn't expect the ancient sage to settle things so quickly. I thought it would take a long time to deal with the Steam Assembly."
Angelica showed a gentle smile, but her answer seemed to be irrelevant. "The ancient sage is the foundation of the survival of the entire city."
As she approached the female caregiver, Lily could not help but sniff. She saw a few slightly weird-looking caregivers standing behind Angelica. These caregivers had black steel masks on their faces, and their black robes were even heavier. The crown on their heads was not made of thorns, but a circle of ornaments that looked like the tip of a spear. Lily smelled a faint smell of blood from these gloomy caregivers, which made her think.
Hao Ren also noticed this. He looked at the members of the Steam Assembly around Angelica. Unfortunately, he did not know what the members of the Steam Assembly looked like. If he knew, he would find that one-third of the high-ranking members were not in this place.
But even if he did not know the inside story, Hao Ren could make some guesses.
Such was human nature. After the ancient sage had been silent for hundreds of years, the members of the Steam Assembly had forgotten who the real ruler of the city was. For short-lived humans, a 'king' who had not spoken for hundreds of years was equivalent to an ancient legend. If it were not for the Twilight Shroud that was still shining above their heads, perhaps some people would even fundamentally deny the existence of the ancient sage. This tendency existed not only among the people but also in the Steam Assembly.
And the people in the Steam Assembly with this tendency were even more stubborn. They had more power in their hands, which made them more reluctant to have an ancient sage suddenly wake up and order them.
Humans were fickle.
But in any case, the wise people were still the majority, and so was the Steam Assembly. Before Hao Ren and his entourage returned from Niebelungen, the city had completely returned to the control of the ancient sage and his caregivers. Odin had paved the way for Hao Ren's follow-up work.
At this time, a ball of white light suddenly appeared behind Hao Ren. The white light circled around them and then strolled around curiously. As it strolled, it muttered, "This place … looks different from a different angle."
The members of the Steam Assembly suddenly became nervous when they saw another 'unknown creature'. To be honest, they had not recovered from the big event of the ancient sage's awakening, the reshaping of etiquette, and the restoration of order. At this time, they were confused. Hao Ren quickly said, "Don't be nervous. This is the soul of the World Tree. Whitey, don't wander around. There are steam engines everywhere in this place. If you fall into the steam, you will not be found."
Nangong Wuyue sighed. "The soul of the World Tree has become Whitey …"
The speaker of the Steam Assembly was a calm and serious middle-aged woman named Lavinia. Hao Ren only told her one sentence:
"The sky will clear up in twenty-four hours. After that, you have to be prepared. This city will soon be uninhabitable."
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