Looking at the suspicious dents on the cliff, Becky stared at them for quite a long time without speaking.
"Those rock giants are probably split from the cliff," Y'zaks frowned, feeling some of the mysterious forces around him, "there is a very weak force coming from the depths of the earth, the mountain is the vent of this power."
"There are four of them on the east side of the mountain, but there must be more rock giants out there, don't know where the rest of them now." Vivian's tone was tense, and the fact that this caving cliff and possibly a whole bunch of rock giants were about to rush out of the mountains reminded her of the mythical age on Earth. She was sure this was going to be a disaster— because she had witnessed many similar catastrophes before. "Becky, who should we report to?"
They could not solve the situation in front of them by themselves, so the first task was to inform the 'relevant department' in this world, but Vivian did not know who could deal with this kind of thing.
"The Disciples of Glory... or the Knights of the Kingdom." Becky had been in a daze since the beginning and now she finally woke up from it. Cold sweating on her forehead, she spoke hastily, "Let's go back now! We need to inform the Knights of Leyton town!"
No one dared to delay the time and quickly running down the hill. Hao Ren found that Becky was panic from head to toe and realized that this kind of incident was unprecedented in the Plane of Dreams and asked, "You have never heard that there are rock giants at the Dragonspine Ridge?"
"No!" Becky said loudly to stay calm. "Never have any kind of big monsters appeared in the mountains, let alone the rock giants! This must be related to the disappearance of the orb, I'm afraid the Goddess will..."
Becky was afraid to continue. As a native, the tale of the destruction of the world by the goddess and the atonement of humans were deep-rooted in her mind. Also, the job of a mercenary was precarious. Therefore, she was quite superstitious. In her mind, there was a secret and ancient connection among the Beinz Blood Lake, the Dragonspine Ridge, and the Orb of the Holy Synod. These connections made her more tempted to associate the situation with a bad direction.
"Don't worry too much," Hao Ren comforted Becky, "Even if the sky is falling, we have Y'zaks here. The church and those important persons in the Knights will find a way."
Becky looked at Hao Ren gratefully and said, "Although I don't know where your weird words come from, it sounds quite reasonable. Thank you."
Y'zaks, the tallest one in the team, could not help drawing back his neck. Now even he also felt that Hao Ren was really not very good at comforting people.
Going down the mountain was much faster than going up the mountain, and with them rushing at full speed, they finally left the mountains range before the sunset and set foot on an old wide path, which led them straight to Leyton town.
In the fading daylight, Hao Ren saw a lavender glow rising from the earth in the far distance, and did not know what it was.
"It seems to be a town-level defensive barrier." Becky saw the lavender glow, not sure whether she looked relieved or worried. "The town activated the defense, I'm afraid the rock giants have…"
Hao Ren mounted the horse and said, "Don't say anymore, let's go!"
Everybody mounted their horses and rushed away. The urgent situation made the foolish Lily made more error. She could not mount the horse after trying for many times. In the end, she could only give up, barked loudly, and carried her horse and rushing all the way to catch up with them. So basically it looked like this: Hao Ren, Vivian, and Becky were riding horses and rushing in front of the team, the fierce-looking Y'zaks ran wildly behind them, and Lily carried the horse and ran madly at the back of the team with sand and stones flying around her. It was a chaos. If not for the wrong timing, Hao Ren really wanted to stop and record Lily. What was the use of this horse?! Might as well just let her run with Y'zaks from the beginning!
After rushing all the way, Layton, the small town at the foot of the mountain finally appeared in front of them.
This is a town that was slightly smaller than Lamberg town, built according to the shape of the mountain. It was located in the middle of a canyon terrain, and this valley is the key road to The Gnarled Grove. It was obvious that this town was built specifically to guard this thoroughfare. Large tracts of lavender light curtain hanging from the sky like a waterfall which sealed both ends of the valley.
On the open ground in front of the valley, there were traces of battle.
The originally flat triangular rocky beach was still littered with blast pits and green smokes still coming from the pits. The broken swords and the fragments of various equipment scattered everywhere. There were a lot of cracked dark brown stones scattered on the ground within hundreds of meters of the entrance to the town, some of which were still trembling slightly, should be the remains of the rock giants.
It seemed to have used large-scale combat spells here. Strange magical energies still remained in the air. A lot of glimmering tiny air masses or energy sparks were floating about half a meter above the ground. This was a short-lived magical life. Although The Disciples of Glory believed that these magical remnants were just ordinary energy reactions, far from being 'life', those old-fashioned wizards, especially those from the steeple factions, still called it 'magical life' in accordance with the customary tradition.
The battle was just over, and Hao Ren could smell a lot of strange smells in the air, but it seemed that Leyton town was not damaged by the raids of rock giants. Here, after all, was the stronghold that guarded the Beinz Blood Lake, stationed with the elite troops which were far beyond the imagination. Obviously, the lavender beams of light that enveloped the whole valley were not created by ordinary people.
In front of the town, a number of half-curved bunkers, built with huge rocks and steel, were urgently molded by battlefield mages in the fighting. Just before they reached the bunkers, there were more than 10 heavily armed knights jumping out of the bunkers. One of the tall men who did not wear a helmet and looked stronger than the others shouted, "Who are you? Report your identity!"
Becky reined in the horse and dismounted lightly, shouted before she touched the ground, "Don't be nervous. We're humans, not the rock giants!"
These town guards were quite a bit oversensitive. The surreal battle just now left them in a state of extreme nervousness. And now the sky had become increasingly dark, therefore, a group of unidentified strangers that suddenly ran to them from the direction of the mountains made them overly nervous. The guards were relieved after Becky spoke to them, but the officer was still nervously pointing to something behind Hao Ren, "What's that monster over there?"
Hao Ren paused, then turned to see Lily was holding her horse running to them...
"You are the monster! All of you are monsters!" Lily put down the innocent pony that was frightened by her and shouted with her hands on her waist.
"Oh, it's a werewolf, what a huge strength." The officer stared at Lily for some time, and then only put down his weapon embarrassedly and apologized, "Sorry, I have night blindness."
Hao Ren, "..." Was it really okay for a guy like that to be the sentry captain?
He did not know that the big fellow was also a temporary replacement. The real sentry captain was still lying in the hospital of the town.
Becky came to the sentry captain and said, "We are a mercenary corps, just came from the mountain. We have something important to report to the Knights! Or the head of the church, anyway, the official in the highest position in the town right now!"
When the sentry captain heard this, he could guess what had happened to them in the mountain and quickly sent a man to find the border mage to unblock the entrance while looking nervously at the direction of the mountains, asked, "Is... is it something related to the monster?"
Becky nodded and did not speak.
The protective barrier over the town was maintained by the small church in the middle of town, no one dared to shut it down at this critical period. However, there were some improvised energy node devices on the outskirts of the town. The boundary mages could temporarily open some passages for people to enter and exit through the barrier by controlling these devices. Soon they got permission to enter the town. A man with a straight face in the robe flew out of the town and said, "I was instructed to take you to meet the rector. It's an emergency now, the whole town was under martial law. Don't leave my sight until the rector gives you full permission, I hope you can understand."
It was a reasonable request. All of them nodded, and then followed the serious man in the black robe into the Leyton town, which was already in a state of alert.