The old man in front of him had a kind attitude and did not have too much of the imposing manner of a person of high status. As he spoke, the armored woman who had her back to the door turned around and looked at them curiously. Hao Ren found that this was a woman much younger than he had expected. She looked about twenty-five years old, with fair skin and a beautiful face, but there was a faint heroic spirit in her facial features. It seemed that she had been on the battlefield for a long time and was not just a pretty face.
Becky instinctively felt a little nervous when she saw the big man. She quickly folded her hands in front of her chest and made a special gesture, then bowed deeply. Her voice was stiff. "Hello, Your Excellency. I'm Becky, a level-two mercenary from Lamberg Town. That... Ah, I have important information to report!"
"Don't be nervous, I've heard," Bishop Gelton waved his hand to indicate that Becky did not have to be so polite. He curiously glanced at the people behind Becky and found that these people were neither bowing nor nervous, but had a subtle sense of alienation. He could not help but look at them a few more times, but he did not say anything about it. He just turned to Becky and said, "You just came down from the mountain? You know about those giants? "
Becky quickly nodded. "Yes... Yes! We saw that they split from a mountain peak on the south side of the ancient mountain road! "
"Split from a mountain peak?" The old man's eyebrows trembled, and his turbid eyes flashed with a surprised brilliance. "How did they split? Tell me the details. "
Although Becky was usually careless and fearless, she was a civilian after all, and a civilian who had a deep-rooted sense of awe for the Disciples of Glory. It was the first time in her life that she had seen such a big man like the bishop, so she could not act out of line. She hurriedly told the old man what she saw in the mountain in detail and mentioned the battle at the eastern foot of the mountain.
"You killed three stone giants? Looks like you're very strong. "The old man looked at a few miscellaneous soldiers beside Hao Ren in surprise. He could not feel much of the murderous aura of a warrior from these people, and they did not even look like skilled mercenaries. However, this group of people could quickly find a way to kill the difficult stone giants in their first encounter, which surprised him." Are you also a mercenary group? "
Lily jumped on the spot. "All the good names have been taken by dogs..."
Hao Ren had already stopped the girl at the first moment, but he still couldn't turn the tide. Lily's action was too strong.
The old bishop sighed. "Mercenaries nowadays... are getting more and more ridiculous. When I was young, there were so many Silver Hands, Silver Fists, and Silver Eyes, but now they have become rare names. Young people these days really do not value names."
Hao Ren muttered, "All the good names have been taken by others. Why don't you say that the last mercenary group in the Silver Series is the Silver Knee?"
"We saw the situation outside the town just now." Vivian did not want to linger on this topic and took the initiative to divert everyone's attention. "There was an attack here too? What's the situation? "
"There were two attacks. The knights suffered some casualties, but after finding the stone giants' weakness, they were successfully repelled." The old man did not hide the situation here and roughly explained what happened that afternoon. Only then did Hao Ren know that after the stone giants split from the cliff, they attacked the town at the foot of the mountain, and attacked twice in a row.
The first attack took place three hours ago. About an hour after the loud noise came from the mountain, more than a dozen stone giants rushed out of the mountain road in front of the town. Most of the knights' casualties were caused by the first attack. The monsters' powerful combat ability was secondary. The most difficult thing to deal with was their ability to continuously regenerate as long as they touched the ground. No one knew this at first, and there was no one like Y'zaks who could play around with the stone giants to study their weaknesses. Therefore, the knights went through a tough battle, but in the end, they still repelled the stone giants after paying a certain number of casualties.
The second attack took place an hour ago, not long before Hao Ren and the others arrived at the town. More than a dozen stone giants rushed out of the mountain road, but because they were prepared, this attack was easily defeated.
"It was very sudden at that time, and the monsters almost rushed into the town," the bishop said in a deep voice. "Fortunately, this is the last checkpoint before the Holy Land, and there are many knights stationed here all year round, so nothing serious happened."
"Based on the timing, the stone giants should be heading straight for the town after they split from the cliff." The young woman who had been talking to the bishop before had not spoken a word until now. Her voice was steady and magnetic, "Bishop, what do you think of this?"
The bishop bowed his head and pondered for a moment before he slowly said, "Dragonspine Ridge is a blasphemy built by the arrogant mage-emperors in ancient times. Every stone on this mountain is a challenge to the authority of the goddess. All the anomalies that happened here should be attributed to sinful motives, and the stone giants that split from the mountain are undoubtedly full of sin. I think their target should not be this checkpoint, but... the Beinz Sacred Lake."
"I think so too," the woman nodded. "The disappearance of the Orb of the Holy Synod, the unusual movements in the sacred lake, followed by the appearance of monsters in Dragonspine Ridge, and these monsters are now trying to attack the sacred lake. This series of events is an obvious, planned provocation."
The bishop was silent. He did not like the words "attack" and "provocation", but the facts in front of him made it difficult for him to refute. In the end, he could only nod and said, "Perhaps the sinful souls of the ancient times have not given up. They are brewing something..."
The armored woman said word by word, "Eloken has declared war on the goddess, Your Excellency."
"It is too early to think that this is a holy war," the bishop seemed to insist. "The authority of the goddess is not so easily provoked."
"But the ancient mage-emperors did successfully provoke the goddess once. We have to respond before they provoke us a second time, or the goddess will not be angry for a second time."
The bishop was silent for a long time this time. In the end, he could only wave his hand helplessly. "... Your Excellency Ophra, please remember that some things are taboo and should not be mentioned frequently near the sacred lake. Even without the Orb of the Holy Synod, the goddess will still know what is happening in this world. Well, I will consider opening the Divine Sarcophagus, but at least three months later. I hope you can report this matter to His Majesty. "
"Wise move," the woman called Ophra nodded, and then suddenly remembered that there were other people present. She smiled apologetically at Hao Ren and said, "Sorry, I was too busy arguing and neglected you."
Hao Ren was confused and was still in a daze. Becky, on the other hand, jumped up in surprise. "Wait... wait! Your Excellency Ophra! You, you... you... "
Ophra crossed her arms and seemed to find Becky's reaction very interesting. "I am Ophra, the Marshal of the Kingdom. What's wrong?"
Becky thought for a moment, clapped her hands, and fainted.
Nangong Wuyue was the closest to Becky, and she quickly helped the mercenary up. Becky opened her eyes in a daze, and saw that the heroic legendary heroine was still standing in front of her. She was about to faint again, but this time, Nangong Wuyue threw an ice ball at her face before she fainted.
"Are you that surprised?" Ophra laughed heartily. "I have seen a lot of interesting people, but this is the first time I have seen such an intense reaction."
"I, I... I worship you!" Becky jumped up and wanted to pounce on her, but she nervously retracted her hand halfway and stood at attention. Then, she began to bow. "Your Excellency Marshal... No, Your Highness... No, Your Majesty..."
"Don't be like this. I'm not a member of the royal family, nor am I a duke." Ophra smiled and waved her hand as she moved away. It seemed that being addressed as "Your Highness" made her feel awkward. "I heard your name just now. Is it Becky? You have made a great contribution this time. You are an excellent mercenary. "
Hao Ren could not help it at this time. He came behind Becky and whispered, "Who the hell is this?"
"How can you not even know this?!" Becky stared at Hao Ren as if she had seen a monster. Then, she remembered that he was a "sorcerer from the Northern Empire", but she still felt a little incredulous. "The Hognar Empire should also know Marshal Ophra, one of the three heads of the kingdom, a famous heroine in the whole continent! You're too ignorant. "
"It's not that exaggerated." Ophra smiled. She now looked approachable, completely different from the aggressive look she had when arguing with the bishop. "I just happened to experience a lot of things."
Then she turned to the bishop. "Your Excellency, then I will leave first. I will let my knights take charge of the night defense. Tomorrow, we will discuss in detail how to deal with the monsters that ran out of the mountains. If the information of these mercenaries is accurate, we have to face more than 20 rock giants."
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