Chapter 180 Blood Lake and Orb
No matter what the means, anyway, this pass and the mercenary upgrade proved to be obtained - if you follow the regular steps to receive tasks and earn credit, it will take at least one or two months to reach the fourth-level mercenary team. After all, for a little-known small As far as the team is concerned, it is not easy for you to take on twenty missions. The competition in this industry is fierce.
To be honest, Hao Ren thought of Taobao on Earth: If today's matter was left to the group of professionals who have good reviews on Taobao, it would probably be done more efficiently than him. The mercenary rating in another world is only level five. You can do whatever you want on Earth. Take a look at any website. If the ranking system is not nine stars and eighteen diamonds, you would be embarrassed to say that you have a ranking...
However, another main reason why Hao Ren's little trick was successful today is that the Mercenary Association is too lazy to argue with him, and the world is still in the stage where human rule is supreme: the boundary between the fifth-level mercenary group and the fourth-level mercenary group is not How important is it, even if a bunch of incompetent rookies (in fact, many mercenaries are really not good at fighting, they help solve the residents' troubles, they are more like contract production police running errands) go find someone twenty times. Cats and dogs can be brushed up. This is just an artificial boundary used to judge whether the team is newly established. Even if someone steals the chicken and skates, the association is too lazy to investigate. In addition, the elder sister in charge of task registration is in a hurry to get off work to eat, and she is too lazy to follow Hao When Ren argued, he just ignored it.
Now Hao Ren and his party are walking on the streets of the town carrying their badges (which are small rectangular metal pieces, similar to work ID cards, with a thin crystal plate embedded in the middle for storing information). Hao Ren held in his hand a complete set of information about the Beinz Blood Lake incident, and he had just asked Betsy to inquire about the situation. Now he finally had a comprehensive understanding of the entire incident and this mysterious blood lake.
Beinz Blood Lake is a lake located in the center of a barren land on the west side of the Kingdom of Horleta. The entire territory of the Kingdom of Horleta is shaped like a horizontal irregular trapezoid on the map, and Beinz Blood Lake is It is located on the short side of the west side, so it is also part of the kingdom's border line. Beyond the Blood Lake and further to the west is the land of scattered tribal states established by the mountain people and some western werewolves. Since the Kingdom of Horleta has a long history and has gone through the expansion and impetuous stage of the early great powers. In addition, the current rulers of the kingdom are committed to internal development and win over neighboring countries. Therefore, it has relations with several tribal states in the west. Better, the area around the Blood Lake has become a very stable national border - this is a good thing for the countries on both sides of the border, because the vast area around the lake is a dangerous zone, and it is full of people. Violent mutated monsters. Once a war breaks out, the warring countries will always use various secret techniques to drive these monsters into the territory of the hostile country. This will be a disaster for everyone.
The wasteland near Beinz Blood Lake is both a defensive barrier and a time bomb, something that no one can do anything about.
The converted size of this lake is about 120 kilometers in length, and the widest point is more than 40 kilometers. However, there are a series of sporadic small depressions at the north and south ends of the lake, which are like fragments from the red gem of Blood Lake. The fallen debris usually spreads for tens of kilometers, so the entire blood lake is extremely large. Its biggest feature is the blood-red lake water: including the Blood Lake itself and the surrounding satellite lakes, all water bodies present a bright red color all year round. On the south side, it is only connected to the Beinz Blood Lake system. The Little Chaldan River is separated by a thin line, but it is extremely clear. The two bodies of water are very close to each other but distinct, which is a wonder. That's why the Blood Lake got such a name.
Just like the legend that Betsy told Hao Ren about the goddess' destruction of the world, the Blood Lake is regarded by many people in this world as a holy place related to the goddess. The current mainstream legend believes that the Blood Lake was transformed by the wine glass thrown by the goddess into the world. (Hao Ren thinks this means making a hole), and the red water in the lake is dyed red by the red wine in the wine glass. Because this wine glass represents the goddess's anger against the sins of mortals, the "bloody water" in the lake represents Due to the sins of mortals, as long as the evil things in the world are not eliminated, the blood lake will always be red.
Of course, there are other legends about this lake, such as a drop of blood dropped by the goddess on the world, or a drop of blood and tears shed by the goddess when she saw the evil on the earth, but neither of these two theories can "explain" ancient civilization. The reason for being destroyed is why it has not become popular. Currently the largest sect in the world, the "Glory Sect" respects the goddess of creation as the supreme god. In order to warn the world not to forget the disasters caused by the arrogance of the ancients, they adopted the most popular first legend when explaining the blood lake phenomenon.
No matter what the legend is, the wild and dangerous area around the Blood Lake is definitely related to the red water body. On the land nourished by the blood lake, ordinary crops and most common plants cannot grow. Instead, various strange forms and unique plants can grow. Magical plants with miraculous effects. These plants have larger sizes and darker leaves. They usually have high medicinal or magical material value. The church claims that these properties are the result of being blessed by the goddess. But with great benefits comes great risks. The strange plant system around the Blood Lake also nurtures a large number of strange creatures that cannot be seen in the outside world. Most of these creatures are ferocious and powerful, have a strong sense of territory, and almost all of them control Innate magic power - even a rabbit eating grass is like this. Many people will take risks and explore around the Blood Lake in order to collect materials, but few people dare to break into the hinterland alone, just because they can't defeat rabbits...well, they can't defeat Warcraft.
However, these legends and stories are just fun for Hao Ren. He doesn't care whether the goddess's destruction of the world has anything to do with him, because he knows the real goddess and knows that she is someone who would not even bother to descend to earth even if a human being becomes a god. Guan Guan’s off-the-line eldest sister, he is concerned about the disappearance of the Temple Orb that happened not long ago.
"Glory Sect" is rooted in the Kingdom of Horleta, the oldest big country in the world. It was established at almost the same time as the kingdom. It was the first state religion of Horleta before the doctrine was spread to the whole world, and the Holy Temple Orb was The first pope of the church and the first king of Horleta obtained it from a "sacred place" together. It is said that it represents the goddess's last vestige of trust in the world, and is naturally a treasure shared by the kingdom and the church. According to the church, the goddess understands the development trajectory of the world after the destruction of the world through the temple orb, and detects whether the evil in this world has sprouted again. Therefore, the church and the royal family conduct a ritual "goddess inspection" every year. Under tight protection, we set out from the royal city of Stuyn in the east of the kingdom, passing through four sanctuaries and four ruins in the kingdom along the way. The final destination was the Beinz Blood Lake, which is where the legendary flames of destruction first burned. . People in this world believe that this method can express their determination to change their past mistakes to the gods.
The orb will stay at the Beinz Blood Lake for four days, and finally return to the royal city along the original route. After that, the Pope will announce that the goddess has understood what has happened on the earth in the past year and recognizes the repentance of mankind. The next event will be held A grand celebration.
This is the grandest celebration in the Kingdom of Horleta. It is an unprecedented event every year, even grander than the King’s birthday celebration and founding celebration. It will even attract congratulations from all countries in the world, including those with ties to the Kingdom. A bad country - because the Glory Sect is a world-recognized holy religion, even though the Orb Tour is held within the territory of Horleta, it can be called a world-class event.
But this time the orb was lost.
According to the rules, it was placed in an ancient church on an island in the center of Beinz Blood Lake during its four-day stay. It was closely guarded by church knights and kingdom knights, with layers of defensive formations, responsible for escorting it in the final stage. Viscount Bullock, who was on the mission, was a well-known brave knight in the kingdom and a devout paladin canonized by the church. He was impeccable in terms of strength and character. However, after just the first night, the orb disappeared.
It is said that all the knights heard a thunderous roar coming from the depths of the Blood Lake that night. The roar lasted for ten minutes, causing a sensation in the camp. Then, a strange light appeared under the water near the island in the middle of the lake, flickering. The uncertain radiance was as if something was burning under the water. The knights stationed on the island reported that they felt a strong earthquake, but the camp on the lakeshore did not feel the shaking. During the investigation, Viscount Bullock said that he saw a large number of bubbles floating up from the bottom of the lake, and at the same time smelled a smell similar to burning sulfur. These commotions finally calmed down in a strong flash of light that penetrated the sky and the earth. The restless knights, authorized by the accompanying bishop, took the risk and illegally opened the door of the chapel and found that everything inside was missing.
Including all the tables, chairs and furniture, a layer of wall and part of the ceiling, the four ascetics who had to pray in the church for four days without eating or drinking, and the Holy Orb, everything was gone.
Hao Ren felt that this was indeed like a large-scale space gate opening event - especially the light.