Lavinia? Du Song? Kant was no stranger to Hao Ren. She was the sister of Count Willie. On a journey in the wilderness, the freckled female knight took the initiative to contact the ancient guardian. At that time, she showed enthusiasm like an admirer of the sanctum. Her behavior was so special that it left a deep impression on Hao Ren.
Count Willie had been confirmed to be a believer of the Cult of Armageddon lurking in the Kingdom of Order. The Kant family behind him would not be able to get away with it. As his sister, Lavinia was naturally under suspicion.
So after the incident at the Kant manor, the guardian knight was immediately arrested by the internal knights of Rudolph III. But the king had obviously underestimated the scale of the operation of the believers of the Cult of Armageddon and Lavinia's position in the entire secret cult. Lavinia was rescued by a large number of cultists on the way to a secret prison outside the city. Not only that, she went back to attack the standard-bearer whom she had guarded for many years before the royal knights could react and took the ancient sacred relic from him.
Hao Ren was not too surprised when he heard the news. It could even be said that part of it was in his plan. After knowing the identity of Count Willie, Hao Ren immediately suspected Lavinia, who had taken the initiative to get close to him. After Count Willie escaped, Hao Ren had expected Lavinia to escape as well. When Rudolph III finished speaking, Hao Ren just nodded. "I have wanted to ask before. It seems that you have long known that Count Willie and his Kant family are members of the Cult of Armageddon?"
"The believers of the Cult of Armageddon have infiltrated everywhere in the Kingdom of Order, but we are not helpless against them," Rudolph III said faintly. "We can get some clues about the cultists hidden in the kingdom, but some of them are too deep and have even penetrated the foundation of the kingdom. To eliminate these people, we need long-term preparation and the right time. More importantly, we must not let them know before we act. Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain. I had locked on to the Kant family a few years ago, but it was only today that I completed all the preparations and wiped them out in one fell swoop. It's a pity that I did not foresee the tide of Chaos, nor did I foresee the Cult of Armageddon's subversion this time. When I finally acted, I left behind many regrets. "
Ania looked curiously at Hao Ren's reaction. "Lord Guardian, it seems like you don't care about the ancient sacred relic that was stolen?"
"It would be better to say that I was right when they took that thing away." Hao Ren smiled. "At that time, when they tricked me into going there, in addition to making up lies, they asked me about the two divine artifacts of the Cassouin Grand Temple. I knew that the two divine artifacts must be of great significance to them. At that time, I didn't know that they were cultists, but I could guess their motive for looking for the divine artifacts."
Alfred, the old scholar, was interested. "Two divine artifacts from the Cassouin Grand Temple? What are they? "
"One is called the Radiant Disc, and the other is called the Heart of the Sky." Hao Ren roughly described the situation at that time. "That's it. They seemed to value these two things so much that they took the initiative to mention it at the risk of being seen through by me in advance."
"Then Lavinia took it away …" Veronica seemed to have finally understood.
"Haha, if they are going to use the Radiant Disc for a ritual, then they are in for a lot of fun." Hao Ren shrugged.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became strange. They looked at each other, and everyone's expression was particularly strange. A moment ago, they seemed to be solemn, but now they could not help but feel a little awkward.
Ania looked at Hao Ren with a smile. "Guardian, this … is really not in line with your identity."
"This is wisdom!" Hao Ren laughed.
While the atmosphere in White City was tense because of the incident of the cultists, and Rudolph III was discussing the fate of the world in the secret chamber, at least most of the topics were. In the south of the kingdom, a large legion had gradually reached the border of civilization.
With a flapping sound of wings, a flock of Twilight Night Sparrows were disturbed from the twisted canopy of the Black Forest. They shook off a large number of feathers and leaves in the air and quickly flew into the cloudy sky. Among the dense bushes under the canopy, a pair of small, orange-yellow eyes blinked twice. The owner of this pair of eyes was vigilantly watching the movement outside the forest. After confirming that there was no danger, a slender, lizard-like creature covered with scales came out from behind the bushes. This lizardman was wearing a simple armor made of animal skin and some kind of carapace, and he held a sharp obsidian javelin in his hand. The dark red pattern on his forehead indicated that he was a lizardman warrior from the depths of the southern forest, and the obsidian javelin in his hand indicated that this lizardman warrior was a warrior of the tribe.
With a slight rustling sound, the bushes next to it also shook, and then more lizardmen warriors came out from behind the bushes. In the end, there were as many as ten lizardmen warriors.
This was obviously a scout team. But if an experienced human commander saw this scene, he would not believe it. The lizardmen in the Black Forest were just undisciplined, inferior creatures in the eyes of humans. Their low intelligence and low level of civilization were their biggest labels. These lizardmen tribes hid in the depths of the forest. Not to mention scouting the border of the human kingdom, they usually did not even dare to approach the patrolling human cavalry in the forest.
But now, ten lizardmen had appeared at the border of the kingdom, and it was obvious that they were scouts who had come out to investigate the situation. This scene was truly inconceivable.
"The human … city … smells of smoke," the first lizardman said in a low voice.
The first lizardman to stand up said in a low voice, its voice carrying a hissing sound. Its nostrils opened and closed in the air, carefully sensing the smell and temperature changes coming from afar.
The second lizardman that stood up stretched its neck, and the dark blue folds of its neck flowed with magic light. The weapon in its hand was not an obsidian spear, but a stick made of animal bones. This was a lizardman shaman. Its crude magic skills were almost instinctive, and in the eyes of human mages, it was laughable, but in the eyes of the lizardmen, it was rare.
The lizardman shaman concentrated and cast an eagle eye spell on itself. It carefully observed the human territory on the other side of the forest, and hissed, "There's smoke rising from behind the city wall. The wall … has fallen. The human city has been breached."
The other lizardmen soldiers began to discuss.
"Probably many days ago."
"The smoke is still coming out. It shouldn't be too long ago, probably two or three days ago."
"The humans have probably run away, towards their cities further north."
"But maybe there are still humans riding horses left. Those humans are very fierce, and they are not afraid of monsters."
"Those humans have also run away. They need to be near the city to move, but now their city is gone."
"Should we go forward and explore?"
"No, the alpha only let us scout the edge of the forest." The lizardman shaman interrupted the soldiers' conversation. "And the new leader said that the amulet might lose its effect if it's too far away."
The other lizardmen heard the shaman's words and immediately quieted down, looking at the amulet hanging around the shaman's neck in awe.
It was a crude work of art, composed of sturdy leather rope, two colored stone beads, a feather, and a handful of wolf hair. But it was only the handful of snow-white wolf hair, the fluff from the tail of the wolf that made a difference.
The wolf's fur emitted a faint light in the darkness. The light was very gentle, but it was enough to repel the power of Chaos in the surroundings. The lizardmen soldiers were protected by this powerful "magic item" that allowed them to move freely in the Dark Forest that had been contaminated by Chaos.
The lizardmen's knowledge of magic was quite shallow. In their eyes, the amulet worn by the shaman was already a very powerful magic item. If the level of their civilization was a little higher, they might even worship this amulet as a divine artifact and write it into their own myths and legends.
The storm of Chaos that landed from the southern part of the Ansu Continent had overtaken the migrating army led by the alpha, turning the entire southern forest into a twisted and rotten Black Forest. 60% of the creatures in the forest had died or turned into the minions of Chaos. Most of the rest buried themselves deep in the ground, waiting for the end of the tide of Chaos. More than 70% of these buried refugees would soon die, and there were only a few lucky ones who could really survive the tide of Chaos.
And at the forefront of the storm of Chaos, the human cities had been baptized by it a few days ago. It seemed that the sturdy human fortresses did not last long.
Seeing this scene, the lizardman shaman felt a deep sense of fear, but also a sincere sense of relief.
In the face of the alpha's coercion, the lizardmen tribe chose to surrender decisively and became members of the huge Magical Beast Army under the alpha's command. It turned out to be an absolutely wise move: they had survived until today.
"Go back and report to the alpha," the lizardman shaman's withered yellow eyes turned, and he turned back to the forest. "The human cities are finished."
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