Hollow Knight: Hallownest

"Your Majesty, why do you look so tired?"

In the main hall, Mrs. Bai came and stood next to King Bai.

"Well, it's not about the God of Light. The Ancient God is the Ancient God. It's really laborious to solve this problem."

Madam Bai stretched out her hands like tree roots and gently wrapped them around King Bai's body, emitting a reassuring white light.

"Your Majesty, you still have to take care of your health. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me so that I can share your worries with you."

King Bai closed his eyes, feeling the soothing breath, and waited for a while before speaking.

"This kind of thing can't be rushed for a while. The void matter may also hurt your body. If possible, I don't want you to come into contact with those things. I have everything."

"If I really need your help, I will call you. You have helped me keep an eye on Hallownest these days, which is already a great achievement."

The tree roots slowly climbed up to King Bai's head and massaged it. Mrs. Bai saw this and didn't ask for anything more.

"I have spread my roots almost all over the kingdom these days. I believe there will be no place that can escape the detection of those roots."

"That's good. It also prevents us from not knowing immediately if something unexpected happens. By the way, where is Nois?"

"She is at the martial arts training ground."

"Can that kind of ability be learned effectively in a martial arts training ground?"

"I do not know either..."

The White King stood up, and the White Lady also took back the tree roots wrapped around him.

"I'll leave it to you to monitor the kingdom from now on."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. As Queen, I will do my best for Hallownest."

......

The days in the martial arts training ground are boring. If I keep practicing with dummies, sooner or later Ida will go crazy out of boredom.

In this regard, Delia gave him a good suggestion.

"Bored? If you're bored, just go find other people in the martial arts training ground to practice."

Just do what you say. Although the guards in the palace are on duty most of the time, many of them still practice their martial arts in the martial arts training ground.

During this time, Ida also met several people, one of whom was standing opposite him not far away.

"are you ready?"

Ida looked at a guard with disheveled hair and long tentacles growing on the opposite head and said.

He had just met this person. When he was fighting the dummy, he saw this person standing there in a daze. He thought she was idle, so he made an appointment with her.

The man nodded, indicating that Ida could attack.

Upon seeing this, Ida immediately picked up the bone nails and struck at the person. Seeing that the person did not dodge, he thought she was stunned by her speed and curled her lips.

"It turns out you are a novice guard like me."

The force of slashing the bone nails was a little lighter, and it wasn't until Ida was about to slash at him that the man made a move.

Actually, not really.

There was only a flash of white light, Ida didn't even see how she moved, and she disappeared before her eyes.

"What about people?"

You must know that his master Delia was so fast that he could still leave a shadow when dodging. Why did this person suddenly disappear quietly?

After looking around, he realized that she had appeared in another place, and at this time bursts of gentle and melodious singing sounded.

Ida heard it was a female voice.

"Damn it, aren't we still fighting and you start singing?"

Ida felt slighted, so she picked up the bone nail again and rushed towards the person opposite, but this time it didn't go so smoothly.

I saw many floating white substances suddenly appearing next to the man. As soon as Ida was about to get closer, she was knocked away by those things.

Ida, who was knocked to the ground, quickly got up, shook her head, and touched herself in confusion.

It was obvious that he was badly hit just now, but why was there no scratch on his body except dust?

Hallucinating?

Ida, who did not believe in evil, cautiously attacked her again this time, but the result this time was the same as before, but Ida understood clearly.

At first, Ida thought the floating white substance was the aura it emitted, but she didn't expect that it could actually hurt him.

What made him even more stunned was that the thing was not attacking his body!

"I must have seen a ghost..."

Ida didn't dare to act recklessly this time. The person opposite him was completely unheard of in terms of dodge and attack.

Anyway, it was definitely not the simple guard he imagined.

"Greetings to the king!"

A terrifying aura came from behind, and when she heard the voices of other guards not far from the training ground, Ida looked behind her, only to realize that King Bai had arrived at the training ground without knowing when, and immediately knelt down to salute.

"Greetings to the king!"

The man opposite was also ordinary, but King Bai's next behavior confirmed Ida's suspicion.

"Commander Nuo, please rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

King Haku's voice reached Ida's ears, and her pupils shrank slightly.

Commander? She is actually a leader? !

He was careless. Fortunately, he thought the other person was a rookie. It turned out that he was the rookie.

There was another flash of white light, and the powerful aura gradually dissipated in the martial arts training ground. Only then did Ida raise her head to look at the position of the person just now, but there was no trace of him.

......

"Commander Nuo, I need you to be responsible for the transportation of void matter in the coming days. Can you do it?"

"I am ignorant and dare to ask your Majesty what the void material is?"

The White King took out a small jar of void material and handed it to Nois, telling her about the abyss lighthouse and the black lake beside it.

"Remember, try not to come into direct contact when acquiring void matter. If you are accidentally contaminated, go to the inside of the lighthouse and bathe in the light immediately. Remember."

"My subordinate understands!"

After saying that, Noais walked out of the main hall and disappeared into the palace.

Seeing her retreating figure, King Bai slowly closed his eyes. Now he only had to wait quietly for her to send the void matter back.

Nois came to the abyss and felt the bottomless dark atmosphere from below.

It was a substance full of primitive power that seduced the souls of ordinary people. Nois gradually went deeper and deeper, and the closer he got to the bottom, the clearer this feeling became.

She now knew why the king sent her here to collect void matter. If her soul was not strong enough, and she walked here alone, she would be lost halfway before even seeing the bottom of the abyss, turning into withered bones dotted with darkness.

Finally, not long after traveling forward, Nois saw the long-lost light and the lighthouse the king mentioned.

The light from the top of the tower shines directly into the lake not far below, but even though the light is so dazzling, it disappears without a trace the moment it falls into the lake.

The black was so pure that the lighthouse's brilliance could only stop at it and could not go any deeper.

Nois gradually walked to the lake, staring at the dark and deep lake, reflecting her figure.

It seemed to have unparalleled attraction. Just focusing on it for a moment, Nois felt the power, a powerful force. As long as she immersed in the lake, she could enjoy it immediately.

That's right, as long as her footsteps move forward slowly, slowly...

wrong!

Noisi immediately stopped in her tracks. At this time, she was only half a foot away from the lake.

This black lake is so dangerous!

He quickly calmed down and no longer focused on the lake. He hurriedly scooped up a can of lake water and rushed to the inside of the lighthouse.

"See the Commander!"

Noisi waved her hand to signal the retainer to stand up, and looked at the huge jar that was emitting light. A warm breath filled her whole body.

It is the power of the king.

After staying in the lighthouse for a while and feeling that the discomfort on his body disappeared, Nois walked out.

When I left, I looked back at the black lake. Thinking of what I had just done, my heart still palpitated.

No wonder the king warned her so, and no wonder she was so foolish that she almost fell into the path of matter. That power could draw away the soul just by immersing one's mind in it.

Recalling her figure reflected on the lake, the darkness in her eyes was frightening.

As she stared into the darkness, the darkness stared back into her.