Hollow Knight: Hallownest

"Sir, the frontline scouts have returned. The news is indeed true..."

The butler looked serious and continued: "It's even more miserable than what the sentry who came before described."

"I understand. Where are the reinforcements? Have they passed?"

Lurian stood up and straightened his clothes, then stood up and walked towards the elevator. The butler followed closely and reported.

"It's over. I guess we are currently performing maintenance tasks in the town, which can somewhat alleviate the situation there."

"Okay, you go to Sainz's place later. While I'm away, he will temporarily handle my official duties."

"As ordered."

The two of them walked together to the King's Station and separated. The situation was critical. Taking the stag beetle would allow them to reach the town faster. The butler kept walking and walked straight deeper until he saw the garrison. The Tower of Love on the edge of the City of Tears.

"The Lord Watcher has an order and ordered me to come and report."

The sentry in front of the Tower of Love was not unfamiliar with the steward. After asking his purpose, he let him into the Tower of Love. The steward had not been here many times. Looking at the bottles and jars around him, he couldn't help but feel sorry for the minister. Somewhat admired.

He vaguely remembered that the last time he came, the collections around him had not grown to this size.

Just as the housekeeper skipped the collections and continued to walk higher, and saw the door of Sainz's office right in front of him, a black shadow suddenly descended next to him and stopped in front of him. The dark body and bright His eyes blocked his way forward.

"Is that it?"

The butler's eyes only flashed a hint of surprise, and soon calmed down. When the defender came to the spire, he handed this object to the Lord Watcher. After that, he didn't see the whereabouts of the puppet again. It turned out that It was given to Sainz.

He raised his steps and prepared to take a detour, but was still stopped by the puppet's four long arms.

"Hello, I'm here to deliver a message to Lord Sainz. Please let me pass."

After saying that, the puppet in front of him remained motionless. The butler said it again, but the result was the same. He must have failed to understand the words. The butler's expression was helpless, so he had no choice but to shout loudly towards the door not far away:

"Lord Sainz! Lord Watcher has an order!"

There was a response soon after the voice was heard.

"Collector! Have you been stopped by someone again? Get out of the way!"

Sainz's words were much more useful than the butler's. The moment the words came out, the collector disappeared as quickly as he came. The butler's expression was a little strange. He seemed to have heard the laughter. ?

beep...

The sound of rapid footsteps came from the other side of the door. Not long after, the door in front of the housekeeper was opened, and what came into view was a haggard face.

"Lord Sainz."

The butler leaned over and saluted, and Sainz hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and asked softly: "The collector didn't do anything extraordinary just now, right?"

"Your Excellency, you are too worried. The Collector didn't hurt me, he just blocked me in front of the door. He is an excellent guard."

The name Collector was of course familiar to the housekeeper, but he felt a little weird when he called the puppet 'Collector' in front of the Collector.

"Hahaha, I don't know if that kid has been with me for a long time, but he also imitated me and started to maintain and clean those collections. He actually learned how to do it in a decent way. It doesn't have a name, so I just called it for convenience. It's a 'collector', but don't be offended by it, steward."

Sainz's expression was relaxed, but he could not hide the fatigue shown by the thick black circles around his eyes. The butler smiled and hurriedly told him the purpose of his trip.

"Master Watcher, do you want to temporarily entrust me with his official duties... Okay! Anyway, I'm busy anyway, so I'll have to help the housekeeper. I really can't leave here, so please send me the things you need to deal with. Send it over."

"Lord Sainz said something serious, so I won't bother you anymore. Seeing that you look tired, please pay more attention to rest. Don't get sick from overwork."

Sainz smiled and nodded, turned around and walked to the desk. He looked at the scenery outside the window, rubbed his eyes lightly and continued with the unfinished business.

The butler sighed lightly when he saw this. Although Sainz is the most capable minister under your lord, is it too much to force so many official duties on him?

But then he thought of the recent special situation and had no choice but to shake his head.

After being busy for a while, it should be fine.

......

Mo Rong opened his eyes again, and all he saw was darkness. It was very different from the cell where he was held before. The darkness here seemed to penetrate his eyes and reach deep into his soul, which was terrifying.

"The White King's methods are really mysterious."

Mo Rong, who was on the execution platform not long ago, really felt the pain at the moment of execution. I don't know if it was King Bai's waiting for revenge. He passed out from the pain. But now, it seems that he did not break his promise. .

Mo Rong struggled to get up, and subconsciously pressed his arms to the side. The friction sound sounded, which was harsh in the silent abyss.

"these are......"

Mo Rong casually touched the things lying under him and beside him. When he looked closer, Mo Rong saw that it was a mask. He turned his head and leaned down. In an instant, his hair stood up. There were pairs of empty eye sockets on the countless masks. Everyone seemed to be looking at him, which was really scary.

"It doesn't feel like this in the game yet. Now it seems that it has... the flavor of a horror game."

Mo Rong's mouth trembled, and after standing up straight, he made a lot of noise. Remembering that these masks were containers during his lifetime, Mo Rong felt like he was walking in a sea of ​​heads. For a moment, he felt that his thoughts were too much. hell.

Before taking a few steps, some special void particles slowly rose from the pile of masks and condensed into shape in the air. Their eyes glowed with a white light that was incompatible with the surroundings.

"...Brothers, compatriots?"

Mo Rong murmured, they seemed to have sensed that there was an intruder in the abyss, and their heads emerged from the pile of masks, staring at him closely, as if they were looking at him curiously.

Mo Rong kept walking and walked straight towards a soul floating in the air. However, before he could get close, the soul of the container turned into a ball of black particles and sank into the pile of masks. Mo Rong frowned. , walking towards other souls, but the result was the same several times.

"Hey~, why are you avoiding me? Let's have a little relationship with each other."

As a pure void material, why do I have no affinity for these containers?

Forget it, the purpose of his coming here was not for these souls scattered at the bottom of the abyss. Mo Rong put his hand into his arms, put on the flowers of ruins and began to look around.

Not long after, a hole was found among the masks.

"Underneath, is that stone egg?"

Mo Rong peeled off the mask that was buried on it and stretched his head to look down. However, the light was so dim that he could only see clearly even the mask had to be close to his face, let alone the potholes.

After thinking about it, there was nothing else that could threaten him at the bottom of the abyss except the tendrils dancing in the black pool. Mo Rong jumped straight down, relying on the mantis claws to walk through the intricate roads in the pit.