Chapter 1714 - The Gorgonian Demon in the Black Forest (2/2)
Graeme hesitated a little bit upon hearing the question, but he still answered, “We had ran into the Gorgonian Demons.”
“The Gorgonian Demons?” Charlemagne was taken aback, “Here, in the Black Forest?”
“Yes, while it is difficult to comprehend, but it is true,” Graeme sighed softly, “We had planned to go through the forest’s heart up north, but when we were nearing the north of the forest we were attacked by the Gorgonian Demons, and it was a Lord class Gorgon, my comrades and I were caught unaware and by the end of the fight only I managed to escape alive, but the moment I got here I lost my consciousness, and by the time I woke up… I met you people.”
Hao Ren and the rest looked at each other as Lily asked Awenna who was by her side, “What is… that Gorgonian Demon thing?”
“You don’t know that?” Awenna blinked in surprise but still went ahead with the explanation, “In the north of this world, there is a dimensional rift right across the World’s Scar, and we call the area behind the rift the Gorgon Abyss. The Gorgon Abyss is a scorched wasteland, and there are many ruined and twisted giant rocks here, and the Gorgonian Demons live in that wasteland. They have bodies made out of metal and rock, covered in lightning and fire, even the weakest of the Gorgonian Demons could easily match hundreds of normal soldiers.”
“And while the Gorgon Abyss is open, only a few Demons will enter this world directly through it, this is a rare consolation,” Charlemagne continued, “That aside, while the abyss is directly across the World Scar, it is not right in the center, and most of it is within the Empire’s borders, while only a small part is extended into the White City Federation on the eastern hemisphere. The Kingdom of Izzo had built many ‘sentry fortresses’ to monitor and defend against the occasional incursions, while on the empire’s side…”
Graeme took over before Charlemagne could complete his sentence, “That is the series of fortresses built by the Army of the North, and the Knights of the Broken Blade under the leadership of Princess Constance too helped with the defense. And in fact, the last challenge to be a Knight of the Broken Blade is to kill a low level Gorgonian Demon barehanded, and only after passing this test, we officially graduate from a knight-in-training and gain the right to go around the country and perform missions.”
Hao Ren nodded, and at the same time compared the information from the probes. The probes had indeed detected an unstable dimensional rift north of L’Haronne, but as this planet was once enveloped by divine power and recreated, there were many unstable dimensional rifts and unique energy blast points, and so he never paid much attention to that, and never expected that the dimensional distortion north of the planet was such a special place.
But upon mentioning the north of the empire, he suddenly remembered something, “Wait up, Graeme you said that the empire’s Army of the North is in charge of guarding the Gorgon Abyss? And that means the six northern provinces right? Now they had gone south with Princess Constance’s rebellion, what about the fortresses?”
Lily too realized something was of, “Could it be that because no one was guarding the northern fortresses that the Gorgonian Demons had escaped and made their way to the Black Forest?”
Hao Ren nodded as he listened to what Lily had to say, and thought to himself if that was the case, the Princess had pretty much thrown everyone under the bus with her rebellion. The Army of the North was meant to guard the Gorgon Abyss, and now they had followed the princess ‘uprising army’ down south against the imperial army and the Knights of the Ebon Blade, what of the monsters that escaped from the abyss? They were allowed to run amok just like that?
No… the princess would not do something that foolish.
And just as expected, Graeme immediately shook his head, “Her highness would not be so fatalistic, and she had already considered the issues with the defense of the northern fortresses before even moving the army south. Based on what I know, she had used a special measure to temporarily stabilize the abyss, and it will last for at least two years…”
“She could stabilize the Gorgon Abyss?” Charlemagne’s expression was exactly like when one heard an outlandish tale, but seeing how open the Broken Blade knight was, he had to trust him. “Alright, even if it is real, the Gorgonian Demons appearing in the Black Forest… is not a good sign.”
Even Graeme was concerned, as his brows furrowed repeatedly, “That’s why I need to quickly go back north, and understand what is going one, but there is a Lord class Gorgon in the north of the forest, and we do not know if there are any other Demons lurking in the forest, this is…”
“Then come along with us,” Hao Ren interrupted Graeme with a smile, “You can lead us on your original path, and I would like to see what a Gorgonian Demon actually looks like.”
Graeme was shocked as he stared at Hao Ren, “What? You know that there’s a Demon there and you still want to ‘see’ it?”
“It can’t be helped,” Vivian sighed, “We are heading north too.”