Chapter 181: Stone Statue

At first, everyone was basically against my decision, the reason was similar to Maria, and they all felt that this move was too risky, but in the end, I couldn't stand my repeated insistence, and I couldn't find any other way for a while, so I had to reluctantly agree, but everyone felt that I couldn't be in danger alone, because Ah Zi had no combat effectiveness, Ah Feng had to take care of the injured sister, so in the end, it was decided that the princess, Xiao Jia, and Anton would accompany me, and Maria and the others would stay to guard the church, so as not to repeat the previous mistakes, Everything was decided, and we set off with the acne-ridden young man.

Because of the tossing and turning all day, when we left the church it was almost late at night, if it was elsewhere, the whole city should have begun to fall asleep at this time, but the day in Madoso seems to have just begun, the bars, casinos, and green buildings are all brightly lit at the moment, business is booming, and the money obtained by those criminals and villains during the day seems to have all gathered here, I heard that there are often people who go in and still have a lot of money, but when they come out the next day, they are already penniless, at first I also think these people are ridiculous, Why don't you want to run for a longer time, or simply leave this dangerous city, but then I gradually understood that these people don't want to go, but they can't go, after all, most of the reason why they come to this city is because the outside world has no place for them, and they won't be careful to run for a long time, because in this city where there is no law and fairness, no one knows what tomorrow will bring, they are like a group of lambs who are locked in the same cage as the beast, Knowing his end, but he couldn't escape at all, and finally had to choose to get drunk and dream of death every day, which can't but be said to be a kind of sadness...

A young man with a pimpled face led us through the streets and alleys, and finally to a dilapidated building in the west of the city, which should have been a temple in the first place, but now seems to be abandoned.

"This is it."

"You'd better not play any tricks, or you'll be left walking around with no food!" Antonla couldn't help but threaten.

"I understand." Acne Face nodded, and immediately stepped forward and slapped the door three times, and then heard a "creaking" sound, and the door that seemed to be about to fall down actually slowly opened.

"Dear Mr. Kane, you're finally here." When I walked through the gate, there was a deserted courtyard, where Guillaume, whom I had seen during the day, was already waiting.

"Looks like you guessed we'd come?" I said.

"It's not me, it's my master, who guessed that you would come eventually."

"Your master seems to know me well."

"Of course, I said a long time ago that you two are old friends."

"Now, please take us to meet this old friend of mine. “

"Willing to help, please come with me." Guillaume made an inviting gesture at us as he spoke.

"Be careful, this could be a trap." Antonla, who was standing next to me at this time, couldn't help but whisper, I nodded, and immediately stepped into the temple with the acne man in charge.

At this time, it was almost late at night, although there was moonlight illumination, but the whole temple still looked a little eerie, occasionally the wind blew through the cracks between the ruins, and suddenly there were bursts of terrifying sounds like ghosts crying gods, at this time I couldn't help but admire the "old friend" who had not yet met, and it was really suitable to choose such a place that ordinary people dare not approach as a hiding place.

"When I arrived, my master was inside, but it only invited Mr. Kane to go in alone, and the rest of you were to wait outside." Guillaume led us around the basilica to the backyard of the temple, where we finally stopped in front of a building that looked fairly intact.

"What if we have to go in together?" Antonla asked angrily.

Guillaume smiled faintly: "You can try it."

"You..." Hearing this, the "King of the Red Flame" almost didn't attack on the spot, and the princess and I hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.

"Anton La, forget it, since they dare to say this, they must have no fear, and it is not good for us to really make a big deal now." To say that although Anton La is usually hot-tempered, he is still quite knowledgeable when encountering problems, and listening to us say this is finally to suppress his anger and retreat to the side and keep silent.

"Then I'm in." Seeing that Antonla had finally been appeased, I immediately handed over the acne man to the princess, and prepared to step into the house, when the princess whispered to me.

"Be careful."

"I understand." I nodded immediately, and pushed open the old wooden door.

There was no light in the room, and it was pitch black, so I could only follow the glimmer of light from the window and walk in, where few people seemed to come, and there was an old musty smell in the air. As I entered the house, I realized that the whole building was connected to the mountain wall behind it, so that the interior space was much larger than it looked from the outside, and I walked about a hundred steps inside, when suddenly a hoarse and low voice floated in front of me.

"You're finally here, my friend."

I was startled at first, and then I thought that I had heard this voice somewhere, but I couldn't remember it for a while.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Why, you can't even hear my voice anymore?" There was a clear disappointment in the other party's tone.

"I'm sorry, I do think your voice is familiar, but I can't remember who it is." I'm honest.

"Alas~" There was a slight sigh in the darkness, and then a few candles suddenly lit up in the distance, although the light was a little weak, but it was enough for me to see the surrounding environment clearly.

At that time, my position seemed to be an altar, the blue bricks on the ground were regularly arranged into a circle, and in the middle of the circle was placed a stone statue more than one person high, although because of the age, the surface of the stone statue seemed a little mottled, but it still could not hide its meticulous carving, even the subtleties of the folds of clothes were also vividly depicted, looking at the face of the statue, the facial features were carved almost chaotically, especially the eyes of the stone statue were completely as if they were alive, I could even feel that it seemed to be looking at me, There are several mats in front of the statue, which are completely different from the dirty environment around them, and they are spotless, and it seems that they should be used regularly, could it be that this is the "master" that Guillaume and the others serve!?

"Do you remember it now?" The voice rang out again, and this time I was sure it was from the statue!

"You are..."

"Why, isn't it possible that thousands of years have not only weakened your mana, but also erased your memory?"

I stared at the statue, trying to find a matching image in my mind, I was sure that I had heard the voice, and I had seen this face, but I couldn't recall where it was, who it was, and if the god of wisdom was still there, it might be of some help to me... Wait, a flash of inspiration flashed through my mind at the thought of this, and a name almost blurted out: "You are Watt Hughes."

This time, the voice of the stone statue finally became excited: "You finally remember, my dear friend."

"Oh my God, how could you be in such a place...", I couldn't help but be amazed, and if I hadn't heard this voice with my own ears, I couldn't have imagined that the former first strategist of the kingdom of heaven, the dignified god of wisdom, was now hiding in such a dark and dilapidated building.

"Aren't you the same with each other? The dignified Demon King can only live in a human body now."

"Let's not talk about that, tell me Watt Hughes, how did you end up here, and what happened all these years?"

"That's a long story," Watthughes's tone suddenly became melancholy, and then he told me the whole story.