As Hao Ren had expected, Raven 12345's divinity had always been effective against the so-called 'Chaos.'
The monsters in the mist were a product of distorting the laws of nature. The negative aura they carried could be felt even by a half-baked priest like Hao Ren. And Raven 12345's divinity was undoubtedly the power of Order. The chaos in the mind did not mean that the laws were chaotic. A true god was the benchmark of the will of the universe. How could the Chaos fight against it?
Every 'divine artifact' would trigger a large-scale phenomenon when it entered the mist. Sometimes it was radiant, sometimes it was lightning, and sometimes the mist suddenly rolled up and retreated thousands of meters. When Hao Ren put Raven 12345's hair in, it even triggered a small-scale psionic storm. Half of the mountain was illuminated by the holy light. The power of Chaos entrenched here was distorted and astoundingly rich. This wilderness could even be said to have completely deviated from the order of the universe. So much so that the 'divine artifacts' that Hao Ren took out here had a violent conflict with the surrounding environment. No matter what kind of conflict it was, it was obvious that it could effectively dispel the surrounding 'Chaos.'
The dispelling effect was so powerful that Hao Ren had to carefully sift through the pile of divine artifacts to find one or two slightly milder and non-harmful things to use. Otherwise, mortals standing in the field of conflict between Order and Chaos would be directly turned into ashes.
Finally, Hao Ren ran back with a plastic plate. This plate was a recent addition to his collection. It was brought back when he stole a plate of 'grapes' from Raven 12345, and it had the logo of Erliqiao Fifth Plastic Factory printed on it …
But Veronica and Morian did not know the words on the plate. In their eyes, it was a shocking divine artifact.
And Hao Ren seemed to have a lot of such divine artifacts.
The two chief knights and more than 20 royal knights looked at Hao Ren in a strange way. They were knowledgeable people and had seen a few of the holy artifacts of Order collected by the royal family. But the things in Hao Ren's hands were really eye-opening. First of all, none of them looked like holy artifacts. There were cups, plates, chopsticks, paper and pens. Second, when Hao Ren used these things, he did not show any respect at all. He took them out and threw them on the ground. Holy Spirit above, how could anyone treat a holy artifact like this?
Even the king's chief scholar had to wash his hands and kneel on the ground for five minutes to get a statue of a goddess from the storeroom.
Later, Veronica thought carefully and decided to blame everything on the 'ancient customs' that had been lost for a thousand years.
"This should be able to provide protection." Hao Ren came back and held the plate in his hand to show off. "I just tried it. It can produce a few hundred meters of safety zone. It is much more useful than your flag."
"This is a holy artifact from the temple?" Morian could not be as open-minded as the princess. The strict old knight could not help but want to ask a few questions. "I have seen ancient sacred relics before, but I have never seen a miracle that was so … so 'vivid'," Hao Ren said with a frown.
"These are special artifacts." Hao Ren tried to make himself look serious. "They are for my personal use. They are different from the mass-produced standard equipment in the temple. You don't have to ask about the origin of this thing. I don't know. "
"Personal use of a divine artifact?" Veronica looked at Hao Ren as if she was looking at an unknown lifeform. She wanted to ask if the ancient people of a thousand years ago were all monsters, but in the end, she changed the topic. "Were you the chief priest of this temple? So young … "
Hao Ren thought for a moment and said seriously, "I am really a high-ranking priest."
Crazy goddess above, he hadn't said a single lie since the beginning.
Seeing that the princess and the old knight still looked like they had something to say, Hao Ren quickly waved his hand. "Okay, okay, you won't get anything out of me. I don't know a lot of things. Let's get everyone to rest first. Those who are injured, those who are hungry, those who are sleepy, get some sleep. After that, we still have to return to the civilized world. "
That finally stopped the princess and the old knight from asking a hundred thousand questions.
The knights only rested in the temple for a day. When the Traveler's Amulet in Veronica's hand turned a circle, the knights received the order to set off.
In fact, the rest they got was far from enough, but Veronica had to consider the problem of supplies and the human mind. The second point was especially important. Staying in the realm of Chaos for a long time was fatal to the human mind, and this effect still existed even under the protection of the Sanctum. The knights had been wandering in the wilderness for too long. If they did not leave this place quickly, they would be devoured by Chaos sooner or later.
Before stepping out of the temple, Veronica asked everyone to remove their armor and secondary weapons.
"Everyone, only keep your regular clothes, main weapon, Amulet of Order, and Sorcerer's Stone set. Get two days' worth of water and food from me," Veronica instructed as she walked back and forth among the knights. At the same time, she put the heavy armors and weapons into her dimensional bag. These things would still be useful after crossing the wilderness, but for now, they were just a burden. "We don't have any mounts anymore, so we have to go into battle lightly!"
The princess finally showed some of the temperament of a commander. She was commanding more than twenty tall men, and her elegant demeanor made Hao Ren look at her in a different light.
A young knight could not help but ask, "Your Highness, what if we encounter monsters without armor?"
"We can only trust in the guardian's holy relic." Veronica looked at Hao Ren. "He said that these ancient relics can protect us until the end of the journey, and they will not need to be recharged like the Golden War Flag. If everything goes well, then we will not encounter any battles along the way."
Finally, she added, "Crossing the wilderness with armor is a hundred percent suicide. At least we have a chance of survival if we travel light."
After all the preparations were done, the lightly equipped knights left the abandoned ancient temple. Under the leadership of Hao Ren, the small army began to set off for the wilderness at the foot of the mountain.
The desolate wilderness was shrouded in eternal darkness and chaos as always. Mist filled the world, and the only thing that could be seen was the desolate land and the twisted rocks. Some black plants that looked like thorns were sparsely distributed on the ground with the texture of fossils.
The dark spots in the sky wandered slowly, like a sky-devouring behemoth lurking above the mist, looking down at the world with malice.
The Golden War Flag in the hands of the standard-bearer had been replaced by the "holy relic" that Hao Ren had temporarily lent to the small group of knights. This divine relic that had once been used by the gods was now emitting a gentle white light. Wherever the white light shone, Chaos retreated, the mist dissipated, and the road ahead opened up.
The lightly-equipped group of knights advanced in the wilderness. Everyone's nerves were stretched taut. While the power of the holy relic could dispel Chaos, this was, after all, a notorious forbidden zone for life. Servants of Chaos were not the only ones lurking in the mist. Occasionally, there would be monsters that wandered from the wilderness and had not been completely disintegrated by Chaos. These poor creatures between Order and Chaos would often break through the seal of the divine relic. Every year, countless careless travelers would be killed by these monsters. The dignified knights naturally could not afford to make such a mistake.
"Just seven years ago, the edge of the wilderness was still the territory of the World of Order." Looking at the lifeless scene before her, Veronica could not help but sigh. "At that time, there were some small villages between the Shadowy Forest and the wilderness. A town called Tamirk produced the best wine in the western part of the continent. It is said that three hundred years ago, the wilderness was even called the 'Green Plains'. Because of the continuous grasslands here, the centaurs have lived here for a long time. "
Morian sighed softly. "The Chaos is always eroding the World of Order, and then the World of Order will reclaim its territory. This tug-of-war has been going on for thousands of years, and no one knows when it will end. The barren land will become fertile land, and the glorious kingdom will become a swamp. This is reincarnation. This is the rule of the world. "
Hao Ren looked at Veronica and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Of course, you should have been asleep a thousand years ago." The princess smiled. She had firmly believed that Hao Ren was an ancient guardian who had been sleeping in the holy land for a thousand years. "That was the previous era, the era of the thousand-year war between Order and Chaos. The battle you experienced should be more thrilling than our little skirmishes."
It can be seen from the explosives, Her Royal Highness added in a low voice.
"Tell me more about this world," Hao Ren said. "I know nothing about your world."
"Of course, we still have a long way to go. You have plenty of time to listen to me."
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