Heilowits

"Are you doubting my ability to gather intelligence?" The Hermit lowered his head to look at them, asking with a faint smile.

"Of course not."

Ludian hurriedly waved his hands.

The Hermit tapped the ground with his scepter and said meaningfully, "This war began centuries ago. The filthy creatures lurking deep underground, the brutal Evil Gods, the evil dragons from the north—they all want to claim this city for themselves."

"After I awoke, my duty became protecting this city Victoria left behind, safeguarding its people and civilization."

The man's voice was distant, carrying the sigh of ages, as though it had remained unchanged for hundreds, even thousands, of years.

"You knew the queen from three hundred years ago?"

Ludian was astonished and exhilarated, his heart surging.

A mysterious guardian from centuries ago, Mind Flayers hidden among the populace—in his eyes, this was clearly an ancient secret buried by time, a grand Main Storyline!

"Of course."

The Hermit wore an expression of reminiscence as he said weatheredly, "That child was just like you back then—carefree, charging about everywhere, wanting nothing more than to make something of herself."

As he spoke, a smile appeared on the Hermit's face, as though he had recalled something amusing. Yet when that smile faded, an indescribable sorrow lingered in his eyes.

A child?

He actually regarded someone from three hundred years ago as a junior?

Ludian was utterly stunned, and his resolve to cling tightly to the Hermit's thigh only grew firmer.

Such a mysterious, ancient, powerful being was obviously the old grandpa specially prepared for a genius mage like him!

At that moment, the man before the four players seemed increasingly unfathomable. Just what was his true identity?

Just then, Lena spoke in a bright voice, "Then why do you protect this city? Does it