Hollow Knight: Hallownest

While the Knights of Hallownest continue to fight to the death, its King has long since distanced himself from the center of the chaos.

The teleportation array lit up in a vast expanse of white. This place was deep in Holy Nest, and the thick earth blocked all light sources. However, the environment that should have been dark was brighter than Dirtmouth, which was exposed to the sky. It was even a little dazzling.

The 'sky' that belonged to this place continuously dropped some kind of feather-like white ash, which accumulated on the ground like drifting white snow. In some places, the thickness was enough to even submerge an entire large sentinel. Fortunately, there was wind, and there were numerous eye-catching small pits, so the white ash did not bury the entire place.

Wom, the White Lady and Delia walked out of the light curtain of the teleportation array and stepped on the soft land, but they could not find peace in their hearts, especially Wom. Ever since he walked out of the teleportation array, his brows have been twisted into a ball, and his face is so gloomy that water seems to be dripping out of it.

"what happened?"

Mrs. White asked hurriedly upon seeing this, while praying secretly that there would not be any worse news. However, misfortunes never come singly, Worm's next words completely shattered her fantasy.

"The entrance to the abyss, the seal I placed on the stone door... was broken."

Worm's voice was low and he suddenly sighed, his eyes full of helplessness brought by powerlessness.

The Void God did not come to chase them the first time they escaped, but disappeared without a trace. It must have gone to destroy the seal of the abyss. It is estimated that even the lighthouse beside the Black Lake would have been reduced to ashes, and would no longer be able to resist the upsurge of the void.

"The seal was...broken?"

The White Lady murmured aimlessly, the upwelling of the Void was not an unprecedented event, so the word was not unfamiliar to her.

In terms of impact, the power of the void is actually inferior to that of the dream plague. The latter can spread spontaneously without contact, but the former cannot.

But conversely, when it comes to power, the latter is completely inferior to the former.

If the dream plague wants to kill an ordinary insect, it has to wait until the energy accumulates to a certain level and completely infects the mind before it can be effective. However, the void matter does not have such a long lead time. As long as there are any lower creatures, as long as their bodies come into contact with the void matter, they will be destroyed by the violent and chaotic energy in it in a moment, and their souls will be devoured, and they will be directly turned into a body.

What's more important is that void matter can pollute water sources. Even if the speed is not fast, if it is not stopped, no living creature in and around Holy Nest will be able to avoid being eroded by the void, and it will completely become a paradise for the void.

The last time the void surged up was a lesson for us.

"Then let's..."

Just as the White Lady was about to speak, Worm raised his hand to interrupt her. The latter shook his head and stepped forward: "I can't take care of it. You have to know that I can't defeat it in the temple, let alone in the abyss."

"There's nothing the Radiance can do in that place."

The three had just taken a few steps forward when the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook. In the white curtain formed by white ashes, several huge black shadows jumped up and down and moved towards them.

When they were completely exposed, Delia, who had been silent all this time, gradually widened her eyes.

It was a large springtail, which looked similar to the ones she remembered seeing elsewhere, but its size was nearly ten times larger.

Is it the Insect King?

No... Delia rejected her inner guess because she saw more and more large springtails approaching them behind the white curtain.

If a race wants to survive for a long time, it must have one and only one unified will. This also explains why many races have one and only one insect king or insect queen, but the insects in front of us are obviously neither.

The white ashes piled on the ground suddenly rose up, and when she looked again, Delia's figure had disappeared from the spot.

Several dazzling cold lights flashed across the bodies of the giant springtails at the same time. The latter seemed unaware of the pain. A straight snow line suddenly appeared from top to bottom in the center of its head. After a few crisp sounds, the giant springtails were neatly split into two halves. The hot liquid spread on the ground, washing away the original appearance of this place.

Worm continued to move forward, and large and small springtails continued to jump out from the white screen, but with Drya blocking them, they fell down with a bang before they could get within twenty steps, clearing the road for them to move forward.

Without the harassment of the springtails, the surrounding environment returned to silence, with only the occasional sound of ashes being trampled lingering in their ears.

Just as the three of them stepped deeper into the cave and walked more than a hundred steps, a simple and honest voice suddenly came from the shadow of the rock wall above.

"Woohoo~~~"

Delia's body suddenly stiffened, her hair stood on end, and she immediately pulled out the bone nail and held it in front of her body, staring fiercely at the place where the sound came from.

"Who are you hiding in the shadows? Why don't you bow to the king when he comes to you?!"

The delicate shouting caused the ashes hanging on the surrounding branches to fall in pieces. Suddenly, a face popped out from the shadows above, its eyes moved downward, the corners of its mouth drooped, and its expression did not seem very happy.

Delia frowned, kicked her legs and came to the opposite side of the corridor in the stone wall, pointed the bone nail at the face, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Why don't you bow before the king instead of waiting here?"

"Woo...Woo Hulu~~~"

The face filled with sadness shrank, and it muttered something that Delia couldn't understand. It looked pitiful, but did not show any hostility.

"Drea, don't be rude."

Worm appeared beside her at some point, pressed the bone nail back to her side with his hand, and then took two or three steps to the opposite corridor. Delia wanted to raise her hand to dissuade him, but immediately put it down and followed closely.

When she looked closer, she discovered why the face had not spoken for a long time. It turned out that the body hidden in the shadows was very fat and bloated, almost filling the entire passage.

"Long time no see, Badong."

With a smile on his face, Worm walked up to him and patted him on the body as if they were old friends.

Although his expression was kind, Badong looked a little nervous.

"Woo woo woo~~ (Long time no see, Worm)"

"he is?"

Mrs. White also came into the corridor at this time, and after a moment there was a hint of familiarity in her eyes.

Her roots had detected this breath before, and it was the first time she extended her roots to this place that she discovered this breath.

Badong was still talking, and Worm was listening quietly, turning his head and looking in the direction he was going.

"Intruder?"