"There is a beast hidden in every man's heart, and the wise king will not let the people unleash their dark side, but the cruel and bloodthirsty king will do everything possible to unleash the dark side in the hearts of the people, so as to encourage people to go to war, to kill, to plunder, to conquer the world. However, what is the point of such conquest if people conquer the world only to be plunged into endless darkness?"

Standing on the wasteland outside the city, Leo said to Adrian, the city official beside him.

"You mean the resumption of the Arena in Hradi?"

Adrien walked behind and asked confusedly.

"Not just this thing, but many more, our king has lost himself, and he needs someone who can wake him up. ”

"Commander, let's be careful when you speak, although you and I are like-minded now, and these soldiers also obey my orders, but if you say such things in the city today, I am afraid that His Majesty the King will directly send guards to hunt you down. ”

Leo's words surprised Adrien, and at the same time scared him into a cold sweat. As a former knight serving in the Templar Order, Adrien had great respect for his captain, and he did not trust Leo, who was the head of the Knights, to do anything detrimental to the kingdom. But King Khradi exiled the noble knight anyway.

"Alas, if he really sends men to hunt me down, then come, our fate is in the hands of the gods, and there is no escape. ”

Leo said, a wry smile on his lips.

"Mentor, do you still have a firm belief in Tyrese (the main god of the gods, similar to Zeus's place in Greek mythology)?"

Adrien broke up a dozen of his guards and walked in front of Leo, which would facilitate their communication without fear of betrayal by his soldiers and go to the king to inform. Although these soldiers are loyal to Adrian, they are indispensable in these years......

"Well, I believe that all the power of the knights comes from this. ”

When it comes to faith, Leo becomes serious. As a powerful knight and loyal believer, Leo is one of the few people who has been blessed by Tyres, this world has its own beliefs, maybe only demigods, but these demigods often give back their power to mortals, which Abdul-Jabbar once couldn't figure out, but after a long time, he knew what was going on - the gods that humans in this world had believed in for a long time were actually just some demigods, and no one knew the real god yet.

"Alas, it's a pity that it has abandoned us for too long. ”

Speaking of Tyres, Adrien began to lose again, once every young man who swore to join the Knights, believed and longed to see the true blessing of the Holy Light one day, but ten years have passed, twenty years have passed, and there are very few knights who can actually receive the blessing of the Holy Light on the battlefield, and even a devout believer like Leo has not received the blessing of the Holy Light once in the entire orc war. The only miracle occurred when Leo was a young man, when he was hunted by wild beasts, and when he was dying, the Holy Light favored him.

"No, it's always with us, and I'm sure that as long as we continue to believe in it, one day, Tyrese will bless us again. ”

Leo said, the look on his face becoming more determined. Thousands of mortals want to be favored by the gods, but many times even the most devout believers never have the opportunity to see such a moment in their lifetime. But Leo still believes in ......

"Well, I hope so. ”

Following Leo, Adrien sighed.

......

As the wind and sand continued to blow towards the border city, Leo and Adrion had finished their routine inspection of the fortifications and were about to return to the city, when the accompanying soldiers discovered a strange cave entrance on a small raised dirt slope.

"What is this?"

When Adrien and Leo arrived at the place where the soldiers had sent their report, the scene in front of them undoubtedly surprised everyone present. What kind of creatures nest in this wilderness? And judging by the size of this hole, the creatures that live here are not small creatures, but there are not many creatures that nest in the sand, except for some insects and anteaters, but the insects are too small to let those small insects pass through. Even if it's an anteater's nest, the hole is still too big......

"Just go in and have a look. ”

Looking at the bottomless black hole, Leo just stood in front of it and said coldly. But the knight boss has such a fearless psychological quality, and the other minions do not have such courage. Even Adrien hesitated to go in, perhaps an unknown beast was hiding inside?

"I'll go in first, follow me boldly, and the rest will go back to the city first, and if we haven't returned to the city in two hours, come to us with the army. ”

Facing the look of the soldiers present looking at each other, Leo directly pulled out his long sword and ordered the soldiers behind him. Then he was the first to walk into this strange cavern that was so dark.

The strange cave was pitch black, and the soldiers lit it with a few tar torches, and the further they went, the narrower the cave became, and the more passages branched out, it was almost like an underground labyrinth.

"Look, sir. ”

A soldier discovers a foreign object on the cave wall.

It was some flowing spider web, but it was very thick, more than a hundred times thicker than ordinary spider silk.

"Don't touch. ”

Adrien was about to touch the strange wire nets, but was stopped by Leo in time.

"There may be a Brook Zerg living here. ”

"What kind of creature is that?"

Adrien's soldiers asked, puzzled.

"Legend has it that they are an ancient Zerg that can evolve, they are the ancestors of all the insects on the ground today, except that they are much larger, some of them are five to six meters in size, and they are completely giant bugs. ”

Leo explained, holding a torch and walking inside. But after Leo's explanation, the soldiers behind him were even more afraid to go inside.

"Then why hasn't anyone seen this monster for thousands of years?"

Adrien asked in a low voice, apparently a little scared too.

"They hibernate, or they don't hibernate, they sleep en masse. So we don't usually see them. ”

Leo continued to answer the questions and carefully tread the slurry-covered ground.

"Sir, how do you know this?"

Adrien's men were skeptical of Leo's words......

"I've heard the Lightward Keeper Eshara talk about the ancient history of the dungeon, and I can't be wrong with what comes out of his mouth, he has more experience than any of us, but it's been ten years since he died. ”

Leo said, sighing that Eshara had once been the greatest of human mages, but unfortunately died in the Land of the Dead.