Chapter 1224 - An Unusual Gathering (2/2)

“What’s wrong?” Hao Ren asked.

“I know that this is an unreasonable request.” Veronica said. “But I wish to investigate the phenomenon before us. Every information in the realm of Chaos is important to the realm of Order. And we normally would need to pay a dear price to get even a morsel of information…”

Hao Ren did not need to wait for Veronica to finish before he caught the princess’ intentions. She intend to check out the furnace’s condition.

With the horde of monsters surrounding it.

A local would have flinched and rejected Veronica’s request outright. Bravery does not equate recklessness.

But Hao Ren was different and nodded after some consideration. He too was interested with the furnace’s system. And to be honest, if he did not have a group of wounded knights with him, he would have came here alone to study the whole place.

This was the drive of an Inspector. The drive of inspections.

“You’re agreeable to this?” Veronica looked at Hao Ren in surprise and her tone immediately took a respectful turn. “But just as you’ve said, we do not need to linger…”

Hao Ren waved his hand and stopped Veronica half way through. “I agreed because I’m capable of doing it. But this monsters are indeed a handful. Just too many of them. There’s probably thousands there, and I suspect more are hiding in the shadows. I need to launch a wide-area attack against so many, but that would need the zone of collateral damage is equally wide.”

Veronica gulped hard and the ‘ancient’ seemed much much more mysterious to her. But she quickly shifted her attention to the task at hand. “You’re right. Fighting here would mean damaging the furnace. So it’s best if we can draw them away. Even for a moment. I can light the furnace up again if I can get close, and even temporarily, the furnace’s power is much stronger than the holy relics, and we can use the furnace’s power against the monsters.

Hao Ren raised his eyebrow. “So the plan is for me to lure them away, and you think of a way to get to the central plaza to light the furnace up?”

Veronica nodded, with an shameful expression etched on her face.

The plan was demanding, especially to someone she just knew, and have been her savior to boot. It was against her code of chivalry to let the person perform such a suicidal role.

That said, the ‘ancient guardian’ capabilities alone would have made this task a rather trivial one.

Hao Ren did not put too much thought into it and after running through his memories of his past fights, he nodded. “Alright. I’ll think of a way to lure them away. Pulling mobs happens to be my specialty.”

Veronica titled her head in confusion. “Pulling mobs?”

“That means getting the enemies’ attention.” Hao Ren rubbed his chin. “That said, it’s dangerous for you to go alone. Better get your men here as well. My threat generation is still not that stable…”

Veronica could not spin her head around. “Threat generation… not stable?”

“That means I might not be able to get all attention of all of them. Many monsters are immune to taunts.”

Veronica thought for a bit, and found that the ancient lingo was indeed quite something.