Hollow Knight: Hallownest

Although he had just woken up, the stimulation of danger to his senses still made Ida quickly pull out the bone nail and stab it backwards, but the bone nail was stopped halfway and could not move forward at all.

Taking advantage of this gap, Ida turned his head, and his eyes, which were as vigilant as a wild animal, suddenly froze.

"Master?!"

He looked up along the bone nail that the other party had extended to him, and saw that it was the same outfit that Delia was wearing. The latter had not met Ida for a long time since she had been stationed abroad with the queen, and she was even stunned by the word "Master".

Ida wanted to speak, but he saw a figure standing quietly in the corner of his eye. He turned his head to look, his expression became even more dull, and then a hearty and surprised smile rose like a slowly melting glacier.

"Quiruo?! Long time no see!"

The call of Quiruo came louder than that of the master. He hadn't seen Quiruo for a long time since the last farewell. Mo Rong said that he was going to travel outside the Holy Nest. It was a pity that he didn't see him for the last time before they parted. He thought he would never see him again in this life.

Quiro's reaction was the same as Delia's. Ida had grown up after becoming a guard, and he looked completely different from what he remembered. But no matter how much he changed, they had been together for a long time and had fought side by side. After a while, his expression changed again and again. He hurriedly stepped forward and held Ida's hand. When he was about to chat with her, he seemed to remember something and hurriedly said:

"This is not a good place to reminisce about the past. Let's go inside and talk..."

A group of insects walked into the dilapidated trading company and found a secluded room before they started talking to each other.

Ida introduced Revik somewhat embarrassedly. Although the latter was still sad, he still greeted him politely. Quiro and Delia asked where they came from, and told Ida what had happened in the past few days and their speculation on the reasons.

Both parties were extremely surprised. Ida couldn't believe the drastic changes that had taken place in Hallownest during this period, while Drya and Quirrel were surprised that there were other bugs involved in this era.

"You just said that you came from Knight Zemor?!"

"Is she...is she okay?"

Delia was rarely speechless, her expression was very excited, and her eyes were full of earnestness.

She had been separated from the other four knights for a long time and had completely lost contact since she woke up. Since the white stone could not be used, she could not think of a way to find her old friends. Even the White Lady was helpless about this. Now that she heard that Zemor was still alive, how could she remain indifferent?

Ida told Drya all the news she had seen before. After listening, the latter breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a moment and said:

"In that case, let's go meet up with Zemor first and put the investigation aside for now."

"Ida, do you have anything else to do with this person?"

Ida glanced at Revik, who was looking down sadly, and patted her on the back. When he was about to ask something, he saw her nodded. Seeing this, he also knew Revik's answer.

Now that Holy Nest is no longer what it used to be, he alone may not be able to protect Revik. Besides, the queen is still alive, so it would be safer to listen to Drya's words.

After deciding, they set out again to return to the Swamp of Souls, following Ida as she knocked on Zemor's door.

The knights had an extremely good relationship to begin with, and since they hadn't seen each other for a long time, Zemor and Drya's meeting was very much like that of Quiro and Ida, and the two sisters were both delighted to get close to each other and went into the house to talk.

During this period, Delia was also quite curious about the appearance of Kunule. Compared with Ida's simple doubts, she only took a few glances to see the extraordinary relationship between Zemor and Kunule.

"No wonder you were always too shy to tell us what type of person you liked. It turns out..."

After she teased like this, the room was immediately filled with teasing and shy laughter.

After reminiscing about the past, Delia mentioned again what she had said to Ida before, and took out a white root from her arms and handed it to Zemor.

"This is what the Queen gave me as a reserve. Take it and use it the same way as the white stone."

Zemor took the whisker, a hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes, and then he raised his head as if nothing had happened: "So you are going to explore the Deep Nest later?"

"Well, the first reason I came this time was to check on your situation, and the second was to ask if you wanted to go with us. After all, more strength means more assurance."

Delia originally thought that Zemor would consider it for a while because of Kunule's existence, but she didn't expect that he nodded as soon as she asked.

"Since it's for Hallownest, then I should naturally contribute."

After negotiating for a while, they decided to keep Kunule and Revik in the house for the time being. After all, they were the only two people present and their strength was not very high. If something unexpected happened, they might not be able to take care of it.

So the traveling team was completely determined at this time——

Quiro, Ida, Delia, Zemor.

With the help of two knights, Quirrell felt much more at ease about this trip. However, Ida's brows were furrowed and he was still worried during the journey.

He knew that if they encountered the warriors who invaded the palace again this time, with their current lineup, they would probably have no choice but to run for their lives. Deep Nest was very close to the kingdom, so he could only pray that such a thing would not happen.

The four insects moved forward stealthily all the way, passing through the desolate and silent main city. Accompanied by the appearance of large patches of mushrooms, the group of insects entered the fungal wasteland.

Although the mushrooms here are still dense, their surface is dull, shriveled, wrinkled, and lifeless. Even the smell of the spores they emit is extremely pungent, which is almost different from what they remembered.

Zemor broke his silence at this point and began to remind everyone to be careful.

"Nowadays, we hardly see the Mushroom Tribe in this fungal wasteland. The only ones we need to be careful of are the Mantis Tribe. They are sensitive to environmental changes. The slower you go, the better. It's best not to make any noise."

Upon hearing this, the insects did not ask any more questions, but just nodded and continued to move forward.

Sure enough, after they sneaked forward for a while, the figures of mantis warriors appeared in the wasteland.

Their postures are still tall and straight, but their bodies have grown a lot bigger. The most obvious thing is that their cheeks under their eyes are left with extremely obvious black tear marks due to the passage of time.

Seeing this, Delia was shocked. She remembered very clearly that Commander Noais looked like this after being infected by the void in the abyss!

She inadvertently stepped back and happened to step on a swollen mushroom. The bursting sound was not loud, but it was particularly prominent in the quiet environment.

The mantis warriors patrolling in the distance paused, turned their heads together, and looked towards where they were with their empty eye sockets at the same time.

"run!"