Hollow Knight: Hallownest

"Queen, can you send me to the Mantis Tribe? I have something important to tell you..."

Zemor hurried to the White Lady and bowed to speak, looking at her anxiously, as if he didn't even want to wait for an answer.

Not long ago, when he was sparring with Delia, Kunule suddenly came to him. His mood was completely different from usual. He was nervous and flustered, and his words were trembling and he could hardly speak clearly.

After understanding the situation, she found out that it was Kunule who sensed a powerful death crisis. This crisis had little to do with her, but it was directed directly at her blood relatives.

In other words, at this moment, the Mantis Tribe has invaders breaking into it, and directly threatening the life of their lord!

She even suspected that she had heard it wrong!

The Mantis Tribe is not a weak tribe. In addition, under the influence of the void, their combat power must have doubled. In this state, they can still be killed by unknown insects. She really can't imagine who has such ability.

"In that case..."

After listening to her description, Mrs. White showed a hint of confusion, but now was not the time to delve into it.

Even if Zemor didn't say it, she would send them to investigate, not because she cared about Kunule or the Mantis tribe.

In fact, her mind is mostly on the invader... no, maybe the future ally!

......

This time, there was one more person, Marcos, in the operation than in previous ones. Lu Ruien's position was replaced by Mo Rong, and what surprised them even more was that the White Lady actually gave the position of team leader to Mo Rong.

He was also assigned the task at short notice, and was taken away by Zemore before he had a general understanding of the matter. It was not until they were walking that he heard her talk about the whole story.

"What?! A bug was defeated by the Mantis Lord?!"

Seeing this, Quiro hurriedly covered his mouth and signaled with his eyes to Kunule who was in a depressed mood beside Zemore.

Mo Rong nodded apologetically and lowered his voice a lot.

"Do you know who it is?"

Zemor shook her head. She also asked Kunule, but the latter had no idea of ​​the invader's methods, so this operation could be considered as being completely in the dark.

Although he didn't know anything, Mo Rong's thoughts were similar to Madam Bai's. Since they were enemies of the void, they could probably be considered friends.

Unless it's someone like the Nightmare King who would offend anyone.

Because their lives were at stake, they traveled in a hurry, much faster than when they reached the Fungal Wasteland on their way to Deep Nest. Mo Rong quickly led the team to the gate of the Mantis Tribe using the route in his memory. When he saw the gate was guarded by a single insect, the news of the invader was confirmed.

"Usually there are Mantis Warriors stationed here. Although they seem lax now, I'm afraid this might be a trap..."

"Keep some distance from me. I have many ways to save my life."

Mo Rong was extremely alert and rushed into the door first, but all he saw was still an empty space, without even a shadow of a mantis.

He called upon the insects to keep walking and then moved downwards. The first half of the journey was quite smooth, so smooth that Mo Rong almost suspected that this was the calm before the storm. Looking at Kunule's expression again, her face was pale without a trace of blood.

She knew the order within the Mantis Tribe very well. A scene like this where the defense seemed lax was often because all the warriors were gathered together. There was no need to explain the reason why this happened.

Sure enough, after they went deeper, chaotic and frenzied shouting began to come from below, drilling into their ears like insects that could penetrate any hole and gnawing at their brains.

The eyes of the insects behind, especially Kunule, showed some violence to varying degrees, but it was quickly suppressed.

This sound can actually affect one's mood? !

The bugs looked at each other, feeling a little shocked and a little nervous.

Are there really insects that can affect the life of the Mantis Lord in this environment? Even if there are...

He should be dead.

Mo Rong read the doubt in their eyes, but he did not change his mind and still planned to go down and find out what was going on.

"It's still the same, you guys..."

"No."

Just as he was about to do the same as when he explored the entrance, he was rejected by the two brothers and Delia behind him. The latter frowned and said:

"I don't know what's going on down there, but if you go down there alone and something unexpected happens, it will probably be difficult to get out."

"Several lords and a group of mantis warriors..." Zemor murmured in a low voice and nodded in agreement with Delia's statement: "It's better for us to act together, at least we can look after each other."

Mo Rong was silent for a moment, then turned his head and said "hmm".

He was still the one leading the charge. As they got closer and closer to the square below, the roars almost completely filled their ears. At this moment, not only their spirits, but even their physical blood was aroused by the deafening roars, becoming increasingly boiling.

The breathing of the insects behind him inadvertently became much heavier, but because they were all excellent fighters, they would not be affected to the point of losing their minds in this situation.

Finally, at the corner of a stone wall, the insects saw everything that happened in the square, and their pupils suddenly shrank as small as needles.

A large number of mantis warriors waved their weapons and roared towards the center of the square, as if they were going to tear the invader to pieces and devour it. The mantis warrior closest to the iron cage kept shaking and hammering the cage with his sickles, as if he wanted to break into the center of the square, but the iron cage was too strong and stood still.

"My hair..."

Mo Rong looked at the battle in the middle of the field, and felt his jaw drop to the ground.

In the distance, a blurry yellow figure waved his arms alternately, and huge yellow shadows kept falling around him. The speed was extremely fast and the power was not to be underestimated. The venue was blasted into a honeycomb. Above it, the four mantis lords could hardly get close to him. Even if they used a combined attack technique, they would always be suppressed by the yellow shadow and fall to the ground helplessly.

Embarrassed.

Mo Rong never thought that the four mantis lords would be so embarrassed in a four-on-one situation. The yellow figure looked so short and weak in front of them, but it was like a mountain standing in front of them that they could not cross no matter what.

In just a short while, each of the four mantis lords had crouched down once.

But unfortunately... Mo Rong narrowed his eyes. He could see that the yellow shadow was gradually losing power. On the other hand, although the mantis lords were constantly being attacked, black particles in the air continued to merge into their bodies. As one gained power while the other lost power, the former was bound to be defeated.

After more than dozens of rounds, the situation turned out just as he had expected. The steps of the yellow figure became increasingly disordered and it was obvious that he was on the verge of defeat.

Save him... Mo Rong frowned, signaled the insects behind him, and then gathered his strength to break into the cage.

Just at this moment, a shadow suddenly passed through the center of the square from nowhere, and in the blink of an eye, the yellow figure disappeared from their sight.

"It's actually him?"

Mo Rong's eyes sparkled, somewhat unexpectedly.