Chapter 11 Looking at the Scene

Looking at the suspicious dents in the cliff, Becky stared, speechless for a long time.

"Those rock giants probably really split off from the cliff," Izhaks frowned, sensing some mysterious power in the surroundings. "There's a very weak force surging up from the depths of the earth. This mountain range is an outlet for this force."

"Four have appeared on the mountain path to the east, but more rock giants must have split off. I wonder where the rest of them have gone," Vivian said, a little nervously. The sight of the collapsing cliff and the fact that an entire legion of rock giants might be about to burst out of the mountains reminded her of the mythical era on Earth. She was sure this would become a disaster – because she had witnessed many similar disasters. "Becky, who should we report this to?"

The situation at hand could not be solved by individual combat strength, so the first priority was to notify the "relevant departments" of this world, but Vivian didn't know who could handle this matter.

"The Radiant Church… or the Royal Knights," Becky had been in a daze since just now. Only now did she suddenly wake up. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she said urgently, "Get down the mountain quickly! Go notify the Knights of Leyton Town!"

No one dared to waste any more time and hurried down the mountain. Hao Ren noticed that Becky was completely flustered and realized that this kind of event was unprecedented in the Dream Plane: "Haven't you heard of rock giants in the Dragon Spine Mountains before?"

"No!" Becky said loudly, trying to stay calm. "Don't mention rock giants, even large magical beasts haven't appeared in this mountain range! This must be related to the disappearance of the Orb. I'm afraid the Goddess is going to…"

Becky didn't dare to continue speaking halfway through. As a local native, the story of the Goddess destroying the world and humans atoning was deeply rooted in her mind. Moreover, the mercenary profession was precarious, and she was also a little superstitious. In her mind, the Bainz Blood Lake, the Dragon Spine Mountains, and the Holy Sanctuary Orb had some secret and ancient connection. These connections made her even more unable to resist associating the current situation with a terrible outcome.

"Don't worry too much," Hao Ren comforted Becky. "If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. The big shots in the Church and the Knights will find a way."

Becky gave Hao Ren a grateful look: "Although I don't know where these strange words of yours come from, they always sound quite reasonable – thank you."

Izhaks, the tallest in the group, couldn't help but shrink his neck. Now even he felt that Hao Ren wasn't very good at comforting people.

Going down the mountain was much faster than going up, and coupled with the fact that everyone was rushing with all their might, they finally left the mountain range before sunset and set foot on an ancient wide road that led straight to Leyton Town.

In the already dimming light, Hao Ren saw a faint purple glow rising from the earth in the far distance. He didn't know what it was.

"It seems to be a town-level defensive barrier," Becky said, seeing the faint purple glow, with a look on her face that was hard to tell whether it was relief or worry. "The town has activated its defenses. I'm afraid the rock giants have already…"

Hao Ren jumped onto his horse: "Don't say any more, let's go!"

Everyone jumped onto their horses and galloped away. Lily, the idiot, became more clumsy the more anxious she got. She jumped and hopped for a long time but couldn't climb onto the horse's back. In the end, she could only give up and barked loudly, carrying her horse and running wildly to catch up with the group. So the group was basically like this: Hao Ren and Vivian and a few others who could ride horses were running in front, Izhaks was running fiercely at the back of the group, and Lily was carrying the horse and running at the very back, kicking up dust and rocks. The formation of the group running was a riot of demons and ghosts – if it weren't for the fact that it really wasn't the time, Hao Ren really wanted to stop and record half an hour of Lily: What's the use of this girl occupying a horse! It would be better to let her run with Izhaks from the beginning!

After galloping all the way, the small town of Leyton at the foot of the mountain finally appeared before everyone's eyes.

This was a town slightly smaller than Lunberg, built against the mountain, located in the center of a canyon. This valley was the key road to the Twisted Forest. It was obvious that this town was built specifically to guard this important road. Above the town, large swathes of faint purple light curtains could be seen hanging down from the sky like waterfalls, sealing off both ends of the valley.

On the open ground in front of the valley, there were traces of battle.

The originally flat triangular stone beach was covered with explosion craters that were still emitting green smoke. Broken swords and fragments of various unnamed equipment were scattered everywhere. Within a few hundred meters of the town entrance, many shattered dark brown rocks could be seen. These rocks were scattered on the ground in piles, and some of them were still trembling slightly. They should be the remains of the rock giants.

Large-scale combat magic seemed to have been used here. Strange magical energy still lingered in the air. Many small, glowing balls of gas or energy sparks floated half a meter above the ground. These were ephemeral magical lives – although the Radiant Church believed that these magical afterimages were just ordinary energy reactions, far from being considered "life," those old-fashioned mages, especially those from the Spire faction, still called them "magical lives" according to the ancient tradition.

The battle had just ended not long ago. Hao Ren could still smell many strange smells in the air, but it seemed that Leyton Town had not suffered any damage in the rock giants' raid. After all, this was an important town guarding Bainz Blood Lake, and it was garrisoned with elite troops far beyond imagination. The faint purple light pillar that enveloped the entire valley was obviously not something ordinary people could create.

In front of the town, there were several semicircular bunkers built with huge rocks and steel. These were emergency fortifications shaped by battlefield mages during the battle just now. As soon as Hao Ren and the others ran to the front of the bunkers, they saw a dozen heavily armored knights in full armor jump out from behind them. One of them, a burly man without a helmet who seemed stronger than the others, roared with great momentum: "Who goes there?! Identify yourselves!"

Becky reined in her horse and dismounted lightly. Before she landed, she shouted, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, we're humans, not stone people!"

These town guards were actually a little paranoid. The surreal battle just now had made them see danger everywhere, and coupled with the fact that it was getting darker and darker, the sudden appearance of a group of unknown strangers running from the mountains made them a little too nervous. After Becky spoke, the guards breathed a sigh of relief, but the junior officer still pointed nervously behind Hao Ren: "What is that four-legged, upside-down monster over there?!"

Hao Ren was stunned and turned his head to see that it was Lily, who was carrying her horse and running over…

"You're the monster! Your whole family is monsters!" Lily put down the innocent pony that had been frightened half to death by her and shouted angrily, putting her hands on her hips.

"Oh, it turns out to be a werewolf, so strong," the junior officer stared hard for a long time before awkwardly lowering his weapon. "Sorry, I'm night-blind."

Hao Ren: "…" Is it really okay for this kind of person to be a sentry captain here?

He didn't know that the big man in front of him was also temporarily filling in. The real sentry captain was still lying in the town's infirmary.

Becky came to the sentry captain: "We're a mercenary group, just came from the mountains, we have important matters to report to the Knights! Or the person in charge of the Church is also fine, in short, the highest-ranking official in the town right now!"

As soon as the sentry captain heard this, he guessed that the group in front of him had encountered something in the mountains, so he quickly sent a subordinate to rush to the town entrance to find the barrier mage to open a passage, while nervously looking at the mountain range: "Is it… about the monsters?"

Becky nodded and didn't say much.

The protective barrier above the town was maintained by the energy provided by the small church in the center of the town. At this critical moment, no one dared to close it casually, but there were some temporarily arranged energy node devices on the outskirts of the town. The barrier mages could temporarily open some passages in the barrier for people to enter and exit by controlling these devices. Soon, Hao Ren and the others obtained permission to enter the town. A man with a stern face wearing a robe flew out of the town: "I am ordered to take you in to see the parish chief. It's an emergency now, the whole town is under martial law. Don't leave my sight until the parish chief gives you complete permission. I hope you can understand."

This was a very reasonable request. Hao Ren and the others nodded, and then followed the serious man in the black robe into Leyton Town, which was already on high alert.