Chapter XXXIX: The Coat of Arms of the British Empire
The monastery was originally a place for the clergy to practice penance, so the furnishings inside are very frugal, but this can be said to be the main monastery of the Bendu, which can be called a benchmark existence among the monasteries in the country, similar to Tsinghua in the university and Shaolin in the temple, so the core chapel has begun to show the high-end in the bones.
Not to mention the fine bone china objects that are placed, not to mention the magnificent colonnades, the beautifully carved arches, the colorful glass, the towering minarets, but the portraits of kings, queens, and nobles hanging on the walls.
These portraits seem ordinary, but in fact they are all written by everyone, and any one of them is priceless. The statues standing next to it are directly carved according to the faces of the noble kings after their deaths, and the shape can be said to be absolutely real and vivid.
Although it had just been ravaged by the Mother of the Cave, and there was an indescribable fishy smell rippling in the air, I was still unconsciously infected by the atmosphere when I entered it.
Fang Linyan, as a hired guide at this time, was not good at falling behind, and suddenly heard a sound that seemed to be loud in the room on the right, and when he walked in, he realized that there were actually three priests who were wrapped in a large white silk sac from head to toe, and only two breathing holes were exposed from the nose.
There is also a skeleton next to the silk sac, which looks like a giant mantis, but only most of the shell remains, so it is difficult to distinguish.
They were apparently food stored by the Mother of the Caves, and most of them had fallen asleep with paralyzing venom injected into their bodies.
However, it was a member of the Church Order who made the noise, he was obviously physically strong and powerful, so he successfully resisted the invasion of paralyzing venom, and after hearing the sound outside, he struggled frantically, and sure enough, it attracted Fang Linyan's attention.
The spider silk that enveloped them was so tough and so mucus that they had to be burned little by little with a lighter, and after rescuing them, the reputation of everyone in the team and the Royal Dragoons increased significantly.
After killing the Thunderbird before, Fang Linyan's relationship with the British Royal Dragoons was upgraded to Friendly (2500/5000), and after rescuing these three people at this time, his reputation had soared to Friendly (2950/3000), and he was only close to being promoted to Respect.
The members of the Knights of the Church are called Knight Dolan, and they are in fine condition after being rescued, but the other two priests are unconscious, but Robbie is almost certain that they are not in danger of life, because the Mother of the Cave also likes fresh food, so the paralyzing venom injected will only put them into a state of suspended animation or hibernation, and can survive for at least a month.
The Knight of Dolan and the other two priests were members of the visiting Franciscans, and they had planned to come to the base camp of the Order, asking for an exorcism, but they did not expect to encounter such a dangerous surprise in Westminster Abbey.
Robbie then gave them a drug, which was supposed to bring them to their senses in a short time.
When the Knight of Dolan heard that they had come to look for Archbishop Molegni, he told them that the Archbishop's abode was indeed in the back, and that he had gone to meet him yesterday, so he was willing to lead the way and help find someone.
However, there is another terrifying species of earthly creature infested in this area, and that is the Death Bug.
These insects, gifted with earth-based magic, can move freely through the dirt like fish in water, and have an extremely keen sense of hearing, can sense footsteps hundreds of meters away, and can also judge the size and weight of their prey from the sound of footsteps.
Then it suddenly attacks its prey from underground, first spitting acid to blind the prey, then tearing off large pieces of the enemy's flesh with its mouthparts full of ring-shaped teeth, greedily devouring them, and also possessing the ability to entangle snakes, this insect also has a very bad habit of hunting all animals that can be killed in the vicinity, and then collecting them together, because they have a strong digestive system, fresh meat can be eaten, and carrion also feels that it tastes better.
The Dolan Knights were attacked by two death bugs, and then the team was separated, and finally they had no choice but to crash headlong into the lair of the Mother of the Cave.
Therefore, the Dolan knights hope that they will be mentally prepared, because it is likely that Archbishop Molegni has been killed.
With the Dolan Knights as the "leading party", the Vantessi team moved faster, and soon they passed through a magnificent patio with huge fan-shaped pendants and a crystal gorgeous stalactite vault that seemed to hang upside down, which combined Gothic architecture with this unique arch rib style, which was spectacular.
There is also a vine rose that is more than 100 years old in the courtyard, which is in bloom at this time, and the fragrant fragrance of flowers comes to the nose, and the red and white roses that cover the entire wall are swaying slightly among the green leaves, which can be said to be like a sea of flowers, which is magnificent.
However, as if to confirm the words of the Dolan Knight, an obvious deep hole appeared in the originally smooth and neat terrazzo, at least the size of a bucket, and there were several spots of blood splashed next to it, the blood had already coagulated, and it seemed that the time for the victim to be killed had passed for a while. This is clearly the work of the worms of death.
After turning the corridor next to him, Knight Dolan pointed to a very ordinary small room in front of him and said:
"This is the archbishop's room. ”
Fang Linyan immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the door was closed.
Then they came to the door of the room, knocked on it a few times, and finding no response, Lipper and Donov looked at each other, and kicked the door open at the same time.
The scene inside the door couldn't help but be shocking, it turned out that Archbishop Molegni had fallen in blood, unconscious, but fortunately, it seemed that he was still breathing weakly, and the key was that in the center of the room, there were two deep holes the size of buckets!
Obviously, Knight Dolan was not wrong in his prediction, these two hungry and ferocious demon worms would hunt all the animals in the vicinity, but he guessed the beginning but not the end, because these two dangerous giant insects that made him flee were also lying in this room, one of which had been charred and stinking, and the other had been torn into three pieces.
After witnessing this scene, of course, it was necessary to give first aid to Archbishop Molegni, but in the eyes of the rest of the people, it was not unusual for this archbishop to have strong combat power. The shock shown by the Dolan Knight was also a little excessive, and there was no need to show such a stunned look at this time.
However, Archbishop Molegni had a total of two injuries on his body, his chest was gnawed, and then his back was also sprayed by the acid of the death worm, so he had to untie his coat and expose his upper body to rescue, when Fang Linyan was helping to pour medicinal powder on the wound in the past, he suddenly noticed something, and his heart suddenly moved slightly.
After bandaging the archbishop's wound briefly, the two priests who had remained outside also woke up, and the group went back the way they came.
Although there were occasional twists and turns on the way back, because of the expert Robbie leading the team, it didn't cause much turmoil, and it was just a group of blazing-eyed flying snakes, and then a few moss-infected dogs that followed the breath of flesh and blood, and it was not too difficult to kill them after that.
When the group escorted Archbishop Molegni to the square, the entire Fantesi team was excited, to be honest, this feeling of completing the task ahead of the rest of the team was really cool, and of course, the main quest rewards were also very rich.
Although Fang Linyan didn't get the reward of the main quest (because he didn't have a main quest), he still got a hint, that is, rescuing Archbishop Molegny made his reputation soar among the royal dragon knights, and he actually crossed two levels in a row.
From friendliness (2900/3000) to reverence (0/16000), it is equivalent to directly crossing this stage of intermediate respect.
Not only that, but his relationship with Archbishop Molegni was elevated to a friendly one.
After the prestige of the Royal Dragon Knight was raised to reverence, Fang Linyan immediately redeemed the Order of the British Empire (limited to 1) that he had long coveted at the quartermaster's officer.
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Origin: Hargreaves factory, England
Equipment Rarity: Black
Material: Black Iron/Copper/Arcane Dust
Equipment Requirements: Reach the reverence of prestige among the Royal Dragoons
Equipment Position: Backpack (Valid when carried)
Weight: 8 grams.
Special Effect: Carrying increases your evasion chance by 4%, but reduces both critical strike chance and accuracy by 1%.
Description: When forging this medal, the quenching craftsman neglected a process that caused the entropy of the toxins retained in the black iron ore to exceed the standard, so it would have a certain negative impact on the wearer.
Inscription: "For God and the Empire" (FodandtheEmpire)
The reason why Fang Linyan coveted this medal was because the specific attributes of this medal once again strengthened his survivability, although it also weakened the attack power in disguise.
At this stage, Fang Linyan's style of action is still based on Gou, if it can be just positive, it must not be positive, then it must be the best equipment to strengthen survivability, after all, only by surviving can there be better output, and a little weakening can't change anything.
Then the dragon knight's special marching canned must have come to ten.
At this time, the people of Fantesi's team had almost finished their work and came to Fang Linyan, and traded the last remaining 4,000 general points of the final payment, and the general points on Fang Linyan's body at this time directly reached about 14,500 points, which can be said to be the highest peak ever.