Chapter 194: Layton Town under Martial Law
Looking at the suspicious dents on the cliff, Betsy stared at her for a long time and didn't speak.
"I'm afraid those rock giants really broke off from the cliffs," Itzhax frowned as he felt some mysterious force around him, "There is a very faint force coming up from the depths of the earth, and this mountain is an outlet for this power. β
"There are four on the mountain path to the east, but there must be more Golems splitting out, I don't know where the rest of the guys have gone," Vivien's tone was a little nervous, the collapse of the cliff in front of her and the fact that there might be an entire army of golems about to break out of the mountains reminded her of the mythological age on Earth, and she was sure that this would be a catastrophe - because she had witnessed many similar disasters, "Betsy, who should I call to report this?" β
The situation in front of her cannot be solved by individual combat strength, so the first priority is to notify the "relevant departments" of this world, but Vivien doesn't know who can handle this kind of thing.
"Radiant Sect...... Or the Knights of the Kingdom," Betsy had been in a daze since just now, and only then did she wake up suddenly, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and her tone was hurried, "Come down the mountain!" Go inform the Knights of Layton! β
Everyone didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly ran down the way down the mountain. Hao Ren found that Betsy's whole person was panicked, and realized that this kind of event was unprecedented in the dream plane: "You haven't heard of stone giants in the Dragonspine Mountains before?" β
"Nope!" Betsy said loudly to ensure her composure, "Don't talk about Golem, there are not even large demonic beasts in this mountain range!" This must have something to do with the disappearance of the orb, I'm afraid the goddess will ...... again."
Betsy didn't dare to say anything more halfway through, as a local native. The story of the goddess's destruction and the atonement of humanity is deeply ingrained in her mind, and the mercenary profession is in danger. She was also more or less superstitious, and in her mind there was some kind of secret and ancient connection between the Beinz Blood Lake, the Dragon's Back Mountains, and the Templar Orb. These connections made her even more reluctant to associate the current situation in a bad direction.
"Don't worry too much," Hao Ren comforted Betsy, "the sky is falling and there is a high roof, and the big names of the church and the knights will figure it out." β
Betsy glanced at Hao Ren gratefully, "I don't know where you got these strange words, but every time it sounds, it makes senseβthank you." β
The tallest Izzax in the team couldn't help but shrink his neck, and now even he felt that Hao Ren was really not very good at comforting people.
The descent was much faster than the ascent, and with all the haste of the group, they finally left the range of the mountain range before the sun set and embarked on an ancient wide road that led straight to the town of Leighton.
In the light of the sky, which had gradually dimmed. Hao Ren saw a lilac glow rising from the earth in the distance, and he didn't know what it was.
"It seems to be a town-level defensive barrier," Betsy saw the lilac glow, and her face showed a look of relief or worry, "The town has activated its defenses, I'm afraid the stone giant has ......"
Hao Ren turned over and got on his horse: "Don't say more, let's go!" β
Everyone turned over and galloped away, and Lily, the fool, made more and more mistakes, and jumped behind for a long time without climbing on the horse. In the end, he could only give up on himself, and carried his horse all the way to keep up with the army, so that everyone was basically like this: Haoren and Vivien, a few other people who could ride horses, ran in front, and Itzhax galloped fiercely behind the team. Lily carried the horse to the back of the flying sand and rocks, and the group ran up in a formation called a group of demons dancing and a hundred ghosts walking at night - if it wasn't really the time, Hao Ren really wanted to stop and record Lily's head for half an hour: What is the use of this girl taking a horse! It's better to let her run with Yitzhax in the first place!
After a gallop all the way. The small town of Layton at the foot of the mountain finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
This is a slightly smaller town than the town of Lombuir, built on a hillside. It is located in the middle of a canyon terrain that is a key road to the twisted woodlands. It is evident that the town was built specifically to guard this main road. Above the town, a large curtain of lilac light could be seen hanging down from the sky like a waterfall, sealing the two ends of the valley.
In the open field in front of the valley, there are traces of battle.
The originally flat triangular rocky beach was littered with explosion craters still emitting green smoke, broken swords and various unnamed pieces of equipment were scattered everywhere, and many broken black-brown stones could be seen within a few hundred meters in front of the entrance to the town, these stones were scattered on the ground in piles, some of them were still trembling slightly, and they should be the remains of rock giants.
It seems that large-scale battle spells have been used here, strange magical energy is still left in the air, and there are many small air masses or energy sparks floating half a meter above the ground, these are short-lived magical beings - although the Radiant Cult believes that these magical remnants are just ordinary energy reactions, far from being called "life", those of the old school, especially the mages from the spire, still refer to them as "magical beings" according to the custom passed down from ancient times.
The battle had ended not long ago, and Hao Ren could still smell a lot of strange smells in the air, but it seemed that Leighton Town had not been damaged by the Golem's raid. After all, this is the important town that guards the Beinz Blood Lake, and there are far more elite troops stationed than you can imagine, and the lilac pillar of light that envelops the entire valley is not something that ordinary people can make at first glance.
There were several semi-arc-shaped bunkers built of boulders and steel in front of the town, which were urgently shaped by the field mages in the battle just now, Hao Ren and the others just ran to the bunkers when they saw more than a dozen heavily armored knights jumping out from behind, one of them was a big man who was not wearing a helmet and looked stronger than the others, and roared imposingly: "What person?!" Report your identity! β
Betsy grabbed the horse's head and dismounted lightly, shouting before he landed: "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, it's a human being, not a stone man!" β
These town guards are actually a little nervous, the surreal battle just now made them all soldiers, plus now that the sky is getting darker and darker, a group of unidentified strangers suddenly running from the direction of the mountain range made them a little too nervous, these guards breathed a sigh of relief after Betsy spoke up, but the little officer still pointed nervously behind Hao Ren: "Who is that four-legged combination monster over there?!" β
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to see Lily who was running over with her horse......
"You're the combiner! Your whole family is a combo! Lily lowered the innocent pony, who had been scared out of her hand, and yelled with her arms crossed.
"Oh, it's a werewolf, so much strength," the little officer looked at it for a long time before he put down his weapon in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, I'm night blind." β
Hao Ren: Is it really okay for people like ...... to come here to be the captain of the sentry?
He didn't know that the big man in front of him was also on temporary duty, and the real sentry captain was still lying in the town's infirmary.
Betsy came to the captain of the sentry: "We are a mercenary regiment, we just came from the mountain, and we have something important to report to the knights!" Or the head of the church, in short, the biggest official in the town! β
As soon as the sentry captain heard this, he guessed what was going on in the mountains in front of him, and quickly sent one of his men to rush to find the enchantment mage at the entrance of the town to open the passage, while looking nervously in the direction of the mountain range: "Yes...... What about monsters? β
Betsy nodded, but didn't say much.
The protective barrier over the town is maintained by the energy provided by the small church in the center of the town, and no one dares to close it casually at this juncture, but there are some temporarily arranged energy node devices on the periphery of the town, and the enchantment mages can temporarily open some passages on the barrier for people to enter and exit, and soon Hao Ren and they obtained permission to enter the town, and a man in a robe with a straight face flew out of the town: "I was ordered to take you in to meet the recess, it is an emergency, The whole town is under martial law, and I hope you will understand until the rector gives you full permission. β
This is a very reasonable request, Hao Ren and the others nodded one after another, and then followed the man in a black robe into the town of Layton, which was already on first-level alert. (To be continued......)