Hao Ren knew that the commotion of them barging into the Blood Wardens' line of defense would definitely draw out the people from the Royal City. After all, the Royal City was right next to the first entrance to the Furnace of the Ancestors, but he did not expect Willy to be the first one to come running out.
In truth, Willy did not come running out because he heard the Blood Wardens' alarm. Not long after he separated from Hao Ren's group, he had shaken off the blood magic influence Vivian had left behind. While the young man was weak and indecisive, he was not stupid. After some thought, he realized that his new friends were about to do something big, and so he immediately ran back to the castle to inform Master Orrow before running out on his own. Along the way, the Blood Wardens sounded the alarm and alerted the soldiers from the Royal City, and only then did Willy coincidentally meet up with the soldiers.
The young noble bastard was out of breath, but when he saw the Blood Wardens lying all over the place, he was so shocked that he almost forgot how to breathe. "What … What are you doing?!"
Hao Ren was about to enter the gate, but when he saw Willy running towards him, he stopped and decided to leave a few words for the young man. He rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on. "Do you know why we're here?"
"You want to destroy the forbidden grounds?!" Willy was having a hard time accepting the truth. While he felt that his new friends were a little weird, he instinctively did not see them as bad people. In the eyes of the natives of this world, barging into the Furnace of the Ancestors was treason. "Why are you doing this?"
"We're not destroying it." Hao Ren looked Willy in the eye as he knocked out the last Blood Warden who was trying to get up. "We want to save it. It's a complicated process that can't be explained in just a few words. You just need to know that the Furnace of the Ancestors is on the brink of death. It's severely malfunctioning, and we might have a way to repair it."
"You'll destroy everything!" A middle-aged nobleman beside Willy shouted. "The Furnace of the Ancestors is a divine artifact. It's eternal and doesn't need any repair! Leave that place immediately and accept your divine judgment. If the ancestors are willing to forgive you, you might be spared! "
Hao Ren shrugged nonchalantly, his gaze still on Willy. The young man's eyes were struggling. The education he had received since he was a child made him think that the actions of these people in front of him were deviant. However, the words "malfunction" and "repair" that Hao Ren mentioned caused ripples in his heart. Willy could vaguely remember similar words appearing in the ancient books and the bizarre tales Master Orrow told him. Though the mainstream voices of this world had always dismissed those tales as heresy, Willy was fascinated by them. The young man had a curiosity and receptivity that most in this world did not possess, and that was one of the reasons why he was so disliked.
Hao Ren smiled. "Willy, do you still remember the old stories that Master Orrow told you?"
Willy nodded reflexively before his face darkened. "I'm a disgrace to my family. I'm only fascinated by those stories."
"The real world is even more glorious than the most ancient part of the story." Hao Ren looked up at the Furnace of the Ancestors in the dark. The huge metal blades on the radiating grid occasionally reflected a faint light from the distant lights. "This world is not just this cramped and cramped old dome, and the end of the world is not this heavy layer of metal. First, we'll get this city working again, and then I'll show you what the real world looks like. When that time comes, you'll know that your drive to improve and thirst for knowledge are not flaws, but the most precious traits of your race. "
Willy listened half-heartedly, while the nobleman from the royal city beside him was getting impatient with Hao Ren's words. The nobleman only saw a bunch of barbarians trying to destroy the most sacred place in this world, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers behind him stepped forward in unison.
"Archers in position, ready —"
"Do you know, based on my experience, it's more effective to use a different method when negotiating with primitive tribes and city-states." Vivian raised an eyebrow as she tilted her head and whispered into Hao Ren's ear. She then snapped her fingers, and the cold wind howled.
A crimson glow emanated from Vivian's eyes as a cold mist that reeked of blood surrounded her. The wind howled as frost descended, and the temperature dropped so quickly that it made everyone feel as if they had fallen into an icy cavern. The weapons and armors of the royal city soldiers were visibly covered in a layer of frost, and frost was what the commoners of this world feared the most. Just as the soldiers were panicking from the extreme cold, Vivian's voice pierced through the cold wind. "Then I'll put it in words that you can understand. The Ice Witch will be the final judge of this world! We will take stock of the firewood in the Furnace of the Ancestors. Whether this world will fall into eternal winter, or break free from the cycle of cold, everything will be decided today! "
Hao Ren's words may have worked on Willy, but Vivian's words had everyone at the scene in awe. Cries of horror came from all directions, and the best of the kingdom's soldiers dropped their weapons, shivering in the cold. "The Ice Witch! The Ice Witch has arrived! "" It's the legendary End-Time Winter, the End-Time Winter is here! "" Ancestors, we're done for! "
Hao Ren felt a jolt in his chest pocket, and the voice of the MDT rang in his head. "You're supposed to be the most authentic quack in the universe, but at this critical moment, you're not even as good as the bat demon at home."
"Stop it, I'm just a quack, but Vivian has been worshipped by the people of Earth as a goddess. Their work experience is on a different level." Hao Ren pursed his lips. While he was slower than Vivian, he had already reacted. He pulled Lily forward and whispered, "Flamejoy!"
Lily was stunned for a moment, and without thinking, she summoned her flaming claws. Hao Ren grabbed Lily's hand and lifted it into the air, and Vivian cooperated by withdrawing her cold aura.
The crowd burst into an uproar. "The Fire Witch?! There's a Fire Witch! "
"The fate of this world will be decided by them." Hao Ren said with a straight face, leaving the superstitious and ignorant soldiers and nobles with endless imagination. He then turned around and strode into the entrance of the central control station.
After Vivian and Lily turned around, the soldiers and nobles who were immersed in fear, confusion, and excitement were strangely quiet for a moment. Then, without anyone knowing who started it, people started to kneel and worship them.
A bald man in a colorful tattered robe raised his hands and shouted, as if he had suddenly received a revelation. "The Judge of Ice and Flame! These people represent the will of the gods, and the fate of this world will be revealed! "
The soldiers knelt down one by one. "The Judge of Ice and Flame! The Judge of Ice and Flame! "
Nangong Wuyue was walking at the back due to her large body. She could hear the commotion coming from behind her. The siren maiden was stunned. She turned around and suddenly conjured some small ice balls floating in the air. Then, she wagged her tail, a little embarrassed. "Actually, I'm quite powerful. Look, I can conjure ice too …"
The crowd was in an uproar again, and then they knelt even more reverently. The nobles and scholars shouted, "The Elongated Ice Witch! The Elongated Ice Witch! "
There were no snakes in this world, so everyone agreed that Nangong Wuyue was a Elongated Ice Witch.
Nangong Wuyue was speechless.
The siren maiden's face was green as she entered the central control station. She used her tail to slam the heavy metal door shut, and the commotion outside was blocked by the thick metal door. Hao Ren looked at Nangong Wuyue's expression and decided not to mention the word "elongated" or "elongated" for at least a week.
"Shouldn't we have done this from the beginning?" Lily was still a little excited. She waved her Flamejoy. The feeling of being the center of attention had excited her.
"I didn't think of it at first. If it wasn't for the situation, I wouldn't have thought of it." Vivian pursed her lips. Then, she was a little worried. "Hao Ren, do you think we can completely subdue those people like this?"
"The smart people in the royal city might realize it." Hao Ren shook his head nonchalantly. "But it doesn't matter. Look at those people outside, don't they look like they're temporarily stunned?"
Lily and Vivian nodded in unison.
"So it's settled. At least there won't be any trouble for the time being. Besides, we've already crossed the critical radiation zone. No one will come in to harass us anymore." Hao Ren said as he walked forward. "Let me think … If I'm not mistaken, the control room should be this way. Let's go check it out first."
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