In fact, Hao Ren sometimes thought that although there were a lot of strange creatures in the house, Lily was not the dumbest among them. Perhaps the lively husky maiden was a smart girl who looked like a fool deep down. It was not that she did not use her brain, but she had cleverly found the most relaxing way of life. If she could eat and drink without thinking, why bother to be a smart person?
Judging from the current situation, Hao Ren absolutely did not believe that the husky had relied on this silly method to build up an army of beasts in the past month. The law of the forest was cruel, and she must have been smart when she was the alpha wolf. It was only now that she had found her long-term meal ticket that she decisively turned off her self-reliance module and chose to return to the husky's domain.
But looking at the satisfied dog maiden, Hao Ren could not say much. It was touching enough that a husky, who claimed to be dead, could not forget to look for a 'feeder', not to mention that this stubborn girl still insisted on paying three to four hundred dollars a month for rent.
By then, Lily had circled the hill again. When she came back, she looked dejected. "The two cult leaders have run away?"
Hao Ren waved his hand indifferently. "It's okay. They are not going to end well."
Lily put her hands on her hips. "But they have stolen our stuff!"
Hao Ren glared at her. "You, a husky, have a good sense of security!"
Calaxus looked at the interaction between the two, but he could not be as relaxed as Hao Ren. Two high-ranking believers of the Cult of Armageddon had escaped under his nose, which made the high-ranking monk feel like there was a fishbone stuck in his throat. "They have escaped using the forbidden dark magic. To be able to draw this power from the depths of the Chaos, they must be at least 'manifesters' or even 'executors' in the Cult of Armageddon. If these guys run away, there will be endless trouble."
"Don't worry," Hao Ren smiled. "I have an arrangement."
Calaxus wanted to say something, but when he saw Hao Ren's expression, he swallowed his words. Since the cultists' escape was an established fact, saying anything more would only add to the regret.
Hao Ren patted Lily's arm and said, "I haven't introduced them yet, they are —"
"Oh, by the way, let me introduce them." Lily suddenly remembered. She quickly pointed to the mixed forces next to her and introduced them one by one. "This is Tridis from Fort Raven, the commander of these Raven Knights. This uncle is Calaxus, from a place called Sanctum. These people he brought are the Sanctum investigation team. They are here to look for a 'light'. I don't know what it means. Lastly, these tall and strong guys are my guards! The Alpha's personal guards! I brought it out from a floating island in the south. It followed me all the way. "
When the beasts heard the alpha introducing themselves, they immediately became noisy. But when Lily glared at them, they instantly quieted down.
"Wow, you have quite a reputation among them," Hao Ren could not help but tease. As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of something behind Lily. "What happened to your tail?"
Hao Ren did not notice it as the situation was too chaotic just now. Now that it was quiet, he noticed the husky maiden's abnormality. He did not know what happened to her tail, which she had always cherished. Almost half of it was bald, and it looked like an old broom.
Hao Ren frowned. "I know you have the habit of biting your tail, but it shouldn't be that serious, right?"
Lily seemed to realize something. She quickly covered her buttocks with her hands and screamed, "Don't look!"
Hao Ren was dumbfounded. "... So what's wrong with you?"
Lily's face was red, and her ears were trembling. "I … I am trying to protect my people! Well, and to maintain world peace! "
At this time, Calaxus could not help but say, "The alpha has a powerful power of Order. She used her fur as an amulet to help the beasts resist the Chaos. This is a great sacrifice."
Hao Ren gave Lily a strange look. It seemed that the maiden's recent experience was even more bizarre than his. But now was obviously not the time to tease her. A cornered dog would do something desperate, and if Lily became anxious, she would make a big fuss. Hao Ren quickly changed the topic and turned to look at Calaxus and Tridis. "There must be a reason why the cultists are here. Let's leave some people outside to keep an eye on them while the rest go into the ruins to investigate. What do you think?"
Of course, no one objected to this proposal. After leaving most of the people on guard, Calaxus, Tridis, Lily, and Hao Ren, along with a few sanctum monks, stepped into the half-destroyed Horgus' Hut.
Fearing that there might be cultists hiding in the ruins, everyone kept their weapons in hand.
After a fierce battle, the old house, which had been preserved by magic until now, could no longer hold on. Half of the house had collapsed, and there were broken walls everywhere. Dark red lines could be seen on the broken walls and roof, which were the evil runes left by the shadowy mage Horgus centuries ago. These runes once summoned the power of Chaos to the Kingdom of Order. But now, these runes had lost their power. Under the erosion of dark magic, they were mottled and fell off, adding to the horror of the ruins.
The bodies of the cultists were everywhere, but there was nothing special about them.
While observing the situation in the old house, Hao Ren found something new on Lily. "Why are you glowing?"
Lily was grabbing her tail, feeling sad. She had been covering her tail with a wolf skin cloak, so it was not that embarrassing. But the wolf skin had been torn when she shapeshifted, which was the husky maiden's biggest loss in the battle.
Hao Ren's words finally made Lily, who was in a sad state, look up. She looked at her glowing arm and suddenly remembered something. "Oh yes! Mr. Landlord, I was just about to ask you! What's going on with me glowing? "
"This is the sacred light of Order," Calaxus interrupted. "Alpha, this is a gift from the goddess of creation."
"What a gift from nature!" Lily glared at him. "I can't sleep well from the shaking! Don't interrupt. Mr. Landlord, this is what happened. "
Lily then told Hao Ren everything that happened after she left the southern floating island, including how she and her team encountered the storm of Chaos, how she glowed when the Chaos hit, how she saved a group of Sanctum investigators, and how she used her 'holy light' to open a path in the Black Forest. The whole process was detailed and vivid. Aside from the characters, it sounded like an advertisement for a light bulb factory.
In short, there were two points: I suddenly glowed; I didn't want it to be so glowing, but I didn't know how to turn it off!
After that, Lily blinked and looked at Hao Ren, looking forward to his answer: Mr. Landlord is so powerful, he must know what to do.
As an experienced and certified pope, how could Hao Ren not understand the husky's situation? He scratched his chin and thought for a moment. He looked at Lily meaningfully. "Usually, when I get food from Raven 12345, you pack it all yourself, right?"
Lily nodded, as if it was a matter of course.
Hao Ren spread out his hand. "If you eat too many of them, you will become one yourself."
Lily did not know what Hao Ren meant. She pondered for a moment before she realized what Hao Ren meant. "What should I do? Will someone stew me? Am I like Tang Seng now? Eating a piece of meat can make me immortal? "
Lily raised her hand and looked at it. After a long while, she asked, "Mr. Landlord, what do you think I taste like?"
"That's not the point!" Hao Ren said.
"Then tell me how to not light up," Lily said with a sad face.
"Based on the current situation, you will only light up when you are in a chaotic environment. This should be a passive phenomenon caused by the natural conflict between Order and Chaos." Hao Ren scratched his chin. "To be honest, it is very difficult to actively control the divine power. Even I, who have a certification, have to train to master the trick of controlling the power. You probably won't be able to learn it in a short time. From now on, try to stay in the realm of Order, or learn to get used to it, at least until you 'leave this place'."
Lily was obviously not satisfied with the answer. She grabbed Hao Ren's arm and shook it. "Mr. Landlord, tell me the trick. Maybe I can learn it! I'm not stupid. I graduated from Peking University four times! Tell me, how do you train — "
Hao Ren glared at her. "The first step of mental control is to be calm."
Lily's ears drooped. "Then I'll try to adapt to this state. It's good to be glowing …"
It seemed that Lily was quite self-aware of her husky nature.
At this moment, the female knight Tridis, who was walking in front, seemed to have found something. She gestured to the people behind her to stop and whispered, "There seems to be something in front."
Everyone immediately became alert. Hao Ren tiptoed forward and stopped beside Calaxus. "What is it?"
"Dark magic, the primordial magic energy from the Sea of Carnos." The high-ranking monk drew a sacred symbol on his chest. "A blood sacrifice, a sinful ritual of the cultists."
Hao Ren looked up and saw a bloody altar in the middle of the half-collapsed room in the distance.
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