When Hao Ren came to the special reception room of Rudolph III, he saw two other people in the room besides the king. One of them was Grand Duke Loen, and the other was the mysterious woman standing behind Rudolph III, shrouded in shadow: Lady Gloom.
The atmosphere in the room seemed a little strange, but not depressing or anything else.
"Are you looking for me?" Hao Ren sat down in his seat and looked at Rudolph III curiously.
The king nodded. "There is some news from the southern front. You may be interested."
"News from the south?" Hao Ren was stunned. Just when he was about to ask what the frontline of the war of the indigenous kingdom had to do with him, he vaguely guessed something. "Wait a minute. Is there a clue about the person I'm looking for?"
The king did not answer immediately. Instead, he seemed to mention something irrelevant. "Recently, there has been a sudden rise in the south of the kingdom of a large number of beasts and abhumans, called the Beast Tide. They first appeared on the floating island outside the southern border of the kingdom, and then flew across the Sea of Carnos by some unknown method. After landing in the southern forest, they have been moving all the way to the north. You should already know that a powerful storm of Chaos broke out in the south of the continent, but the Beast Tide was not annihilated by the Chaos. Instead, it absorbed almost all the surviving abhumans in the Black Forest. A few days ago, they finally arrived at the border of Fort Raven and fought with the Chaos in the great wilderness. As a result, Fort Raven was rescued, and the southern gate of the kingdom was stabilized with the help of the Beast Tide. "
Hao Ren blinked. "So this Beast Tide …"
Grand Duke Loen nodded. "Their leader is a mysterious character called the Alpha. She should be a woman, with wolf characteristics, and seems to be very similar to the ancient person you described."
"That's all?" Hao Ren was a little curious.
Rudolph III spread his hands helplessly. "The storm is coming, and the border between Order and Chaos is affected by primordial magic energy. The transmission of information is not smooth. The limited resources of the magic net are basically allocated to the frontline. The news about the alpha has just arrived. If it were not for the fact that the Beast Tide was too shocking, this information would have been delayed."
"Alpha and the Beast Tide..." Hao Ren was already in a state of shock. He could not help but mutter, "That guy can play so big... You really can't just let go of a husky."
Rudolf III did not hear it clearly. "What did you say?"
"Ahem, it's nothing. I'm quite interested in that alpha. She's most likely the one I'm looking for," Hao Ren quickly interrupted. "I just didn't expect her to go to a deserted island out of nowhere … I want to go to the south immediately to confirm it."
Rudolph III and Grand Duke Loen exchanged a look when they heard this. His Majesty the King looked thoughtful.
"What? Are you not letting me go? " Hao Ren seemed to have expected this. His expression was quite indifferent. "I have helped you as much as I can, and I have left you the lifeblood. You can use it to help other kingdoms ignite the Sunscorch Tower. I think your biggest problem has been solved. Besides, I'm not from your kingdom. "
"Of course you can leave. The royal family of Taros will not be unreasonable." Rudolph III immediately shook his head. "The kingdom already owes you a big favor, and of course, it will not think of anything else. But if you want to go to the south, I hope you can bring someone with you. It's just a convenience for you."
"Who?"
"Lady Gloom," Rudolph III said. As soon as his voice trailed off, the tall, thin woman who had been standing silently behind him had appeared in front of Hao Ren like a ghost. Her movements were so strange that even Hao Ren could not see it clearly. It was almost like teleportation. "I hope you can bring her with you."
Hao Ren looked at the ghost-like secret agent of the king in front of him, a little surprised. At first, he thought that the old king wanted him to bring Veronica. After all, the knight princess was a general, and it was normal for her to go to the front line in this situation. He did not expect that he would be escorting a secret agent who should not leave the king's side in theory.
"Isn't she your secret agent? Why is she leaving the capital at this critical moment? "
"She has a mission." Rudolph III did not mind explaining more to Hao Ren, the ancient guardian. "You may not know this, but in the Beast Tide in the south, there is actually a group of Sanctum investigators. According to the report, they seem to have encountered an accident while crossing the Sea of Carnos and finally became a member of the Beast Tide under the protection of the alpha. I hope you can bring Lady Gloom to meet them. Then Lady Gloom will know what to do."
Hao Ren was startled. "Sanctum? People of the Theocracy? "
"Yes," Rudolph III said with a smile. "Speaking of which, you should also be a member of the Sanctum. Every temple is a stronghold of the Sanctum in the secular countries. Although there are ordinary people working there, the warriors and high-ranking priests of the Sanctum have always been the Sanctum. The Sanctum investigators who met with misfortune are your compatriots, although they are compatriots a thousand years later."
Hao Ren was a little embarrassed. Of course, he knew what Rudolph III said. The common sense about Sanctum and the various temples was well-known in the secular continent. He also knew that there was even a large temple on the plain outside White City. But a month ago, there was a turmoil in the Theocracy, and all the Sanctum warriors, monks, and knights in the temple were evacuated. The temple was now temporarily closed.
This also prevented him, a fake 'temple guard', from dealing with the real Sanctum people.
But now it seemed that trouble could only be delayed, but it could not be avoided. He would eventually meet the people of the Theocracy in the south.
But the awkward expression only lasted for a moment. Hao Ren quickly calmed down. He was not afraid of contacting the people of Sanctum because he knew it would happen sooner or later. Even in his original plan, he had the idea of going to Sanctum to observe.
There should be answers about the origin of Chaos and the evil giant Lockmarton.
Rudolph III read something else from the momentary change in Hao Ren's expression. "Are you going back to Sanctum? Well, now that Sanctum is in trouble, you should go back. "
Hao Ren just laughed and did not answer the question directly.
It was better to wait until they were in the south.
It was a long journey from White City to the southern border, and they had to cross many mountains and forests. Rudolph III was going to arrange an airship for Hao Ren and Lady Gloom, accompanied by a large number of knights and soldiers. But now that Hao Ren finally knew the whereabouts of his husky, he felt that the arrangement was too troublesome. Although the airship was a flying unit, its speed was not that fast. He might as well set the direction of the North Stars and activate the charging mode.
So after confessing that he had a better way to go, he politely declined the king's kindness and then left the secret chamber with Lady Gloom. He was going back to pack his things and try to set off today.
After Hao Ren left, only Rudolph III and Grand Duke Loen were left in the secret chamber.
"Is it really okay to let Lady Gloom leave?" After a moment of silence, Grand Duke Loen looked into Rudolph III's eyes and said, "She has served the royal family for three centuries. She has been the protector of this kingdom since the first king built the city on the Great Plains. Her sudden departure will cause us a lot of trouble."
"She is not a Taros person," Rudolph III said, leaning back in his chair. At this moment, he seemed to have aged twenty years. "You and I both know that she is not even human. No one knows her real name, her race, and her origin. She has a secret. Perhaps she chose to stay on this land because of this secret. But now she has decided to leave, and it may also be because of this secret."
Grand Duke Loen was silent for a long time before he shook his head. "Uncontrollable factors."
"More and more things are out of our control." The king sighed. "The world is undergoing unprecedented changes. This is something that no king has ever faced before. In this situation, we cannot act according to common sense."
"Because of this, you choose to listen to Lady Gloom? This is not like you before. "
"So what if I don't listen? You don't know Lady Gloom. "Rudolph III smiled and shook his head." Lord Loen, Lady Gloom is not just an inner court knight and secret agent. She is much more powerful than you think. If she wants to leave, no one in Taros can stop her. In fact, we should be glad that she at least chose to discuss it with me. "
"What about the guardian?" Grand Duke Loen frowned. "Now that the Chaos is rampant, as long as the guardian stays in White City, we will have one more barrier. But if he leaves —"
"I received a secret letter from the King of Witches and the King of the Desert this morning," Rudolph III interrupted Grand Duke Loen. The king looked serious. "They could only send a few words, but they mentioned the light beam in the direction of Taros observed in the night sky a few days ago and the unusual movements of the Sunscorch Tower in various countries. The nature of the 'explosion' a few days ago is probably beyond our imagination. I am sure that Hao Ren is definitely not a man of Sanctum, let alone an ancient guardian."
Grand Duke Loen's poker face finally changed. "Then he is —"
"I can't guess, but I know that the smartest thing to do is not to get in his way."
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