This time, not only the black-robed priest, but even most of the Holy Sword Knights were glaring at me.

But I said disapprovingly, "I said that you can't afford to mess with that demon, and I have a point." ”

As I spoke, I stretched out my finger and pointed around, "Do you Holy Sword Knights have the ability to break through the cold and come and go freely on the island? If not, don't talk about defeating demons." ”

The anger in the eyes of all the knights was extinguished, and Angelo bowed his head.

Angelo, as the commander of an army, can deceive his opponents and subordinates, but he can't even deceive himself, if a commander reaches the level of self-deception, his troops will not be far from defeat.

Betty said sensitively: "Wang Huan, you didn't finish your words, did you? You must have a way to deal with the demon." ”

I shook my head and said, "There's only one way to deal with demons, and that's to divide and kill." The two demons must not be allowed to meet, otherwise, we will only die. However, there are two ways to track down the demon's corpse, and I can name them for your reference. ”

When I saw Angelo nodding, I stretched out a finger and said, "The first way is that we don't care what the island guards are, and go directly to track down the coffin." Burn the demon's body before it reaches its destination. Then, find a way to find the demon on the island. ”

When I said this, I changed my words and said, "However, this method has a huge drawback. That is, we are definitely going to be attacked by the guards on the island. Even an all-out war with the guards. ”

Angelo and the priest looked at each other before saying, "What's the second way?"

I held out another finger: "The second way is that we don't go to the coffin first." Let's go and research what the guards on the island are. Let's see if we can find a way to unite with the guards first. Then go and slay the demons. ”

I paused, "However, there are too many uncertainties in this approach. Moreover, we are putting our lives in the hands of the guards. If they can't stop the coffin, or if they don't want to cooperate with us, I will have to die. ”

After I finished speaking, everyone fell silent, and Angelo hesitated for a long time before saying, "Do you think which of the two plans is more certain?"

"I'm not sure!" I said, "Exploring the forbidden land is risking your life, and the slightest mistake is a place to die without a place to be buried." ”

I smiled and said, "I'm just a captive." The decision is yours. What I can tell you is that whatever option you choose, I can take you forward. However, I am not responsible for any consequences. ”

Angelo hesitated for a moment before saying, "We need to discuss it." ”

Angelo and the three of them discussed for a long time before they walked back again: "Let's choose the second plan and contact the island guards. How can I find them?"

I raised my hand and pointed to the church, "If I'm not mistaken, the answer should be there." ”

Without waiting for Angelo to ask, he explained: "Architecturally, the town has been around for hundreds of years, at least it hasn't lived through the age of steam. At that time, there were very few people who could write, but there would certainly be written records in the church, and the only way to uncover the secrets was to enter the church and find the priest's diary. ”

Angelo and the black-robed priest looked at each other before nodding at the same time, Angelo wanted to leave the black-robed priest to guard the church gate, but the black-robed priest did not agree to the other party's request anyway, and insisted on following us into the church. Angelo had no choice but to leave Betty behind.

I was just about to walk to the Holy See, but Betty returned my dagger: "This dagger, you take it for self-defense, remember that your friend is still in my hand, and I didn't give you the dagger to play tricks." ”

I smiled coldly, pinned the dagger to my lap, and strode towards the church.

At this time, the frozen church was still cold and bitterly cold, but the temperature reached an acceptable range.

It didn't take long for the three of us to find the priest who had been frozen into an ice sculpture in the study.

The other party didn't know how long he had been dead, but the expression on his face still seemed calm and calm, as if dying had heralded his own death, so he had been sitting in the study waiting for death to come.

The black-robed priest searched for a while in the study before saying, "Damn, the bookshelves are all frozen, and even if you can melt the ice, you won't see anything in the diary inside. ”

I circled around the priest's body before saying, "No, the priest left a clue before he died, you can see the direction of his eyes. ”

Angelo then noticed that the corpse's eyes were actually looking at his left foot.

Angelo tapped his sword on the ground several times before he pulled out a diary from the dark compartment under the floor.

The priest was obviously prepared before hiding the diary, and deliberately wrapped a few layers of leather around the outside of the day, so that the diary did not freeze into a lump of ice as we thought.

I glanced at the diary and couldn't help but frown, "What's written on this?"

The black-robed priest glanced at me with a disdainful expression: "This is Latin, of course you can't read it." ”

Originally a dialect of the Latium region of central Italy, Latin was later expanded into the lingua franca of Europe with the expansion of the Roman Empire and the spread of Catholicism. It is still used by the Vatican.

Judging by the text alone, this diary is difficult to fake.

After the black-robed priest looked through the diary for a long time, he exchanged a look with Angelo before saying: "According to the diary, many years ago, this priest named Martin led thousands of people out of Britain in order to escape the Black Death, found the entire isolated island and settled down, and gradually built the town we see. ”

The Black Death ravaged Europe in the 13th century, killing 25 million people, equivalent to one-third of Europe's population. At that time, even the Holy See agreed to dissect the bodies of the sick for the first time to study how to curb the spread of the Black Death. It is not surprising that someone went to sea to escape the plague.

The black-robed priest continued, "They spent a long quiet day on the island, until someone angered the elves on the island, and disaster began to strike?"

"Elf?" I couldn't help but ask, "You're not mistaken, right?"

The black-robed priest said unhappily: "Wait until I'm done! ”

Elves are creatures that appear in Norse mythology, and they are often depicted with slightly longer pointed ears, armed with bows and arrows, blond, blue-eyed, tall, and human-like.

Elves, also called fairies, or goblins, are roughly similar to humans, but they have wings on their backs, and they are more conducive to flying because of their short bodies.

The black-robed priest continued, "In the beginning, although there was a conflict between humans and elves, they were all within the scope of mutual restraint. Elves don't do any real harm to humans other than mischief. ”

It wasn't until one day, when the townspeople couldn't bear the elves' pranks and killed an elf, that the conflict between the two broke out completely. ”

"People grabbed elves like they were catching insects and nailed them to the walls. The elves also began to use various methods to make people die by accident. There are casualties on both sides every once in a while. However, until this time no full-scale war broke out. ”

"Priest Martin was the only one of all who could keep his senses, and he always felt that the elves were good creatures, and the inhabitants of the town were simple, tolerant people. The conflict between them must be due to some kind of misunderstanding. ”

"However, humans do not understand the language of the elves. If you want to communicate with the elves, you have to find the legendary elven stone. Only those who get the elven stone can understand the elven language. Priest Martin has been searching for the Elven Stone in the hope of resolving the conflict between humans and elves. ”

Just as Priest Martin was about to find the elven stone, more than a dozen children in the town suddenly disappeared, and by the time the child was found, they were all drowned in the pond where elves frequented. ”

This incident finally aroused the anger of the town's residents. The insane inhabitants stormed the elves' territory, grabbed several elves of great importance, and killed them in the town's square. ”

"Priest Martin, who was looking for the elven stone, didn't have time to stop this tragedy. He repented of this until he died. ”

"The death of that elf finally sparked a great war between the two sides. The elves did not know how to attract the snow and ice, and began to spread gradually on the island, almost turning the island into a glacier. ”

Priest Martin knew that the elves' revenge was coming, but he had nothing to do to prevent the tragedy from happening, and could only watch as the island was gradually frozen in. Before he died, he always hoped that someone would find the elven stone and clear up the misunderstanding between humans and elves. ”

The black-robed priest said this and closed his diary: "This is the secret of the ghost island. What do you think?"

I muttered, "If you can extrapolate from the events in the diary, those elves should be the guards on the island. The previous conflict between humans and elves, with obvious coincidences, may be a conspiracy of demons, and the other party wants to take advantage of the conflict between humans and elves to get out. ”

I hesitated for a moment before saying, "If my reasoning is true, I wouldn't recommend looking for elven stones. A misunderstanding that has been hidden for hundreds of years and is difficult to clarify in a short period of time. ”

"We are close to the elven stone, and it is easy to cause a conflict with the elves. In this way, it may create an opportunity for the demon to take advantage of it. I think it's wise to keep tracking down the coffin. What do you say?"

Angelo said: "I agree with Wang Huan's statement. ”

The black-robed priest shook his head and said, "I don't agree, we continue to track the coffin, which is more likely to cause conflicts." Because the strongest of those elves are also tracking the coffin. I think I should go find the elf stone. ”