There was a highland in the north of White City, which was separated from all the urban areas and protected by an extra ring of walls. The most elite guards and the most powerful mages of Taros swore with their lives to guard the highland for generations. A permanent anti-air force field had been operating over the highland for three centuries. Neither a dragon nor a bird could fly over the highland. On the ground, there was only one avenue extending from the Royal District that led to the entrance of the highland. Such a strict defense was only to protect one thing, and that was the foundation of any kingdom of Order, the Sunscorch Tower.
The tower stood proudly on the platform. It was more magnificent than any building in White City. The top of the Palace of the Golden Roses was only at the waist of the Sunscorch Tower. The white tower was built with the purest enchanted moon rock. Its surface was engraved with ancient runes that could only be deciphered by the scholars of the sanctum. Blue and gold crystals were embedded in the outer wall of the tower according to a certain pattern. The powerful energy field formed by the crystals filled the entire highland with magic. At the top of the streamlined white tower, three huge white crystals were rotating around the "Flaming Sun Crystal" at the top of the tower, spreading the powerful power of Order from the inside of the tower to the sky day and night.
Unlike other sacred relics of Order, the Sunscorch Tower did not emit such a strong and obvious beam of light. In fact, apart from a faint circle of light, this sacred and powerful tower would not emit any additional light at all. The Sunscorch Tower was not used to light up the Order Barrier. Its main function was to serve as the energy redistribution center and divine hub for all the Towers of Order in the kingdom, including the Furnace and the Spire of Flames. In a national-level Order Barrier, all the towers were connected. Their power formed a sea of energy in another dimensional zone invisible to humans. The true form of the Sunscorch Tower was hidden in this sea of energy, where it shone brightly and controlled all the power of Order.
This was the knowledge built by the scholars of Collow through various models. In fact, in the eyes of humans, the connection between the Sunscorch Tower and other towers was completely invisible.
However, Hao Ren could see it.
Hao Ren followed Rudolph III, the princesses, and the princes to the Sunscorch Tower. As soon as he looked up, he saw countless pale silver lights extending from the top of the tower. These lights crisscrossed in the sky, interweaving into a large net that almost covered the entire sky above the highland. These lights gradually faded away from the Sunscorch Tower and disappeared at the end of his sight.
Rudolph III came to the gate of the Sunscorch Tower. The old king placed his hand on the mithril door and whispered the vow left by the ancestors of Collow and the goddess of creation. With a rumbling sound, the door gradually slid open to both sides.
Inside was a space filled with light.
Light rays crisscrossed in the huge space, refracting or bending along invisible media, forming a complex and ever-changing mysterious three-dimensional pattern. A white crystal floated in the center of all the light rays. The crystal constantly refracted all kinds of strange images as it rotated. Below the crystal was a pool with a radius of about two meters. The pool was filled with a crystal-clear, light-like liquid.
Hao Ren observed carefully and found that there was actually a layer of something floating above the liquid. It took him a long time to realize that it was an extremely thin, translucent, and almost invisible silver-white flame.
The flame burned quietly above the liquid as if it was ready to go out at any time.
"This is the Sacred Flame of Order of the Sunscorch Tower." Rudolph III came to the pool and quietly looked at the phantom silver-white flame. "For the past seven years, my blood has been burning here. When it was at its peak, it could almost envelop the entire holy white crystal. But now …"
Hao Ren thought for a moment and decided to express his opinion in a more euphemistic way. "I think it will go out soon."
"Veronica will ignite these flames, and the legacy of the Kingdom of Taros will continue," Rudolph III said, looking at his only descendant who still had the power of a guardian. "Veronica, the moment you ignite this flame, you will take over my scepter, and you will become the new ruler of Taros. As a queen, you should use your power carefully and not be as reckless as before."
Veronica was stunned. Apparently, the knight princess did not think so much before. "Ah? Father, you didn't say before … "
"You should know what it means to ignite the sacred flame," the king waved his hand. "I brought you here not for fun, but to let you see the fate of the kingdom. Veronica, darkness has come. On this continent, and even on all continents, the Kingdom of Order will be extinguished in the long night. Taros is very likely to be the last lighthouse in the long night. This is a difficult time, but we have no choice. Perhaps our kingdom will go out one day, but you, as the guardian of the kingdom, at least let them live through the last century of peace. "
Veronica moved her lips, and the strong knight princess flinched a little. "Father, I … I don't think I can be a good king. In terms of ability, Ania is much smarter than me. I can only go on the battlefield. I'm stupid at other times."
Rudolph III looked at his eldest daughter quietly. After a long time, the old king smiled. "I know."
Veronica suddenly coughed. "Father, you can be more euphemistic."
Rudolph III sighed. "I have thought about it for a long time, and I really don't think you have the potential to be a king."
Veronica was speechless.
"Ahem." At this time, Hao Ren could not stand it anymore. He interrupted the increasingly strange conversation between the father and daughter with two dry coughs. "Well, it's not time for us to say our last words yet, right? Didn't we agree before that I will take a look at the situation of the Sunscorch Tower first? After all, I am a clergyman. If I can't do anything about it, you can talk about abdicating the throne. "
Grand Duke Loen, who had been standing behind the king without saying a word, also stepped forward. He looked at Hao Ren with a blank expression and nodded slightly. "The guardian is right. After all, the Sunscorch Tower is a technology from Sanctum. Perhaps the people of Sanctum have a way to reactivate the system of the tower without using the power of the bloodline."
Rudolph III took a deep breath. "In that case, guardian, please."
There was not much expectation in the king's tone, but there was still a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
There was indeed Veronica left in the Kingdom of Taros to reignite the flame, but the bloodline descendants of other kingdoms on the continent had all lost their power. If this trend continued, the Kingdom of Taros would become the last sanctuary in the Chaos. Such a future was not bright even for the people in the sanctuary. The power of the Chaos of the entire world would press on this kingdom, and the result would be nothing more than a slight extension of the time of death. So even if there was a glimmer of hope, Rudolph III hoped that the Sunscorch Tower in every kingdom of Order could be reignited. This was not only for the continuation of the whole world, but also for a brighter future for his kingdom.
Now that Sanctum had lost contact, Hao Ren was obviously the only hope.
Under these hopeful gazes, Hao Ren came to the bottom of the huge crystal. He bent down and carefully observed the pool filled with a strange liquid.
The liquid was obviously not water, but it was not blood either.
The flame burning quietly above the liquid was also not a normal flame — it had no temperature.
"Can I put my hand in it?" Hao Ren looked up and asked the king. "I have washed my hands."
The king was stunned for a moment. He did not expect the guardian's inspection technique to be so simple and crude. But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was no such taboo in the Sunscorch Tower. He nodded and said, "Yes, but be careful when you put it in. The water looks normal, but in fact, it contains a lot of energy. Ordinary people can't touch it for too long."
Hao Ren nodded and carefully put his finger into the silver-white water.
Just as his fingertips touched the surface of the liquid, he suddenly felt a fluctuation in his mental world.
This feeling was fleeting, as if it was an illusion. But Hao Ren still keenly captured the momentary change just now. He quickly made a judgment: it was not an illusion!
At that moment, he seemed to feel that his mental link with the outside world had loosened for a moment!
He pulled his hand out and saw the thin silver-white liquid on his fingertips was disappearing little by little as if it had evaporated into thin air. The feeling of establishing a mental link was still lingering in his mind.
Hao Ren frowned. This time, he was prepared in advance. After focusing his mind, he put his finger into the "water" again.
"… Answer, call, call, Petrachelys calling Captain, please answer, call, call …"
Nolan's voice echoed in his mind.
Hao Ren was shocked. The Sunscorch Tower could be used as wifi!
Who are you going to reason with in the supernatural field?
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