Inside the underground passage of the Temple of the Sun, Simon finally made it to the bottom. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the bottom of the passage is a smooth platform, in the center of which a glowing sword is inserted, and the platform is painted with various geometric patterns and sun emblems, which appear to be only decorative patterns and have no special effect. Although you can see the surroundings clearly through the light emitted by the sword, the wall next to it is still a little dim and you can't see clearly.

Simon walked over to the sword and took a closer look.

The one-handed sword was made entirely of a crystal-like substance, crystal clear, and burned with the white flame that never went out, and it was this flame that brought light. It can be seen that the sword is broken, the body of the sword is almost broken into several pieces, but it is not completely destroyed under an invisible restraint, and the individual fragments float as if they are alive, barely maintaining the shape of the sword. There are also a large number of runes engraved on the sword, these runes are both like flowers and cloud patterns, very beautiful and elegant, and there is a small piece of text engraved on it, obviously Simon can't understand what kind of text it is, but he still understands the meaning of the words.

"Everyone who does evil will be cut off."

Simon felt a similar aura from the sword as the winged skeleton he had encountered earlier, and instead of making a rash move, he chose to go back to join the group and tell them the news.

When Simon returns to the temple hall, he finds that Sinclair has not returned, and he walks over to Vanessa and Aphrodite.

"Aphrodite hasn't woken up yet?"

"Well, she doesn't show any signs of injury, we can only wait for her to wake up on her own."

Vanessa said gloomily.

"The president hasn't come back yet?"

"Well, this place is so big, it's normal for the president to spend some time. But Simon, why did you come back so soon? Did you find anything noteworthy? ”

"Well, I found a glowing sword in the basement, it feels a bit like the skeleton I encountered before, I guess it's probably a holy relic from the past."

Simon describes the sword's appearance, but Vanessa says she doesn't recognize it.

"Maybe Aphrodite knows, but she's still asleep."

Vanessa seemed interested in the sword, and kept asking Simon about the details of the sword.

"What is that sword made of?"

"It's like crystal."

"What about the hilt of the sword?"

"Golden metal, I'm not sure."

"Does the fire above have a temperature?"

"No, I didn't feel the heat even when I got closer."

"There's still ...... that"

“…… That's all, I really haven't tried to pull it up, the flames on it don't look like an illusion, and I don't want to be charred. By the way, I've always been a little curious, is President Hinkley a warrior? ”

Simon's mind was swollen by Vanessa's endless questions, and he quickly changed the subject.

"President, he seems to be a rune craftsman, skilled in making magical items and golems, and the armor on his body is said to have been made by himself."

"Artisans? So how can you feel comfortable growing up and taking risks? ”

Simon asked, puzzled.

"Don't worry, it's said that the president often went out to explore alone a long time ago, and there was never a problem."

Vanessa said nonchalantly.

"But judging from today's battle, President Hinclair's combat power is really not strong, right? And it's impossible to stealthily or stealthily move in heavy armor. ”

"Everyone has their own secrets, why bother to investigate so deeply, without the president, there would be no current Brotherhood of Steel, we all trust him very much."

Simon looked at Vanessa, who was full of pride, and didn't know how to speak.

People change, no matter who they are.

"What are you talking about?"

Sinclair walked over with a smile on his face.

"You're back, President, have you found the library?"

Vanessa asked happily.

"Well, I found it, but there are so many books in it, I'm afraid we need to find them together."

"Alright then, Simon, let's go."

Simon said, pointing at Aphrodite.

"You can't leave Aphrodite here, can you?"

"Of course, are you stupid? Naturally, I'll take Aphrodite with me, and I'll leave this task to you, Simon. ”

Vanessa said with a look of course.

Simon looked at Aphrodite in chain mail, his face a little blue.

"It's a bit inappropriate to let me carry it on my back, I'm also a warlock after all, and I shouldn't be allowed to do this kind of physical work."

"What are you talking about, or not a man? The president has an injury, and you won't let me carry it, right? Of course, if you're going to use magic, I don't mind. ”

Simon thought back to the magic he had mastered, and wept to the fact that there were no moving object type spells at all.

"Okay, I can't carry it."

Simon carried Aphrodite with a bitter face, but unlike what he imagined, the chain mail on Aphrodite's body was very light, but it was not heavy, and Simon did not have too much trouble carrying Aphrodite on his back.

Simon and Vanessa followed Sincley up the spiral staircase to the library upstairs. I don't know if there is still a remnant of the light caused by the skeleton just now, although there is no lighting equipment along the way, it does not appear dim, it is much better than the underground passage, and the naked eye can see the surroundings clearly.

"This is it."

Sincley pushed open a door, revealing a sea of books.

"That's too much, isn't it?"

Simon said weakly.

"It doesn't matter, there are categories written on the shelves, we just need to find categories with words like 'local', 'energy', 'purification', etc., and it is best to find books or dossiers with the words 'energy nodes' or 'sacrificial rituals'."

"No problem, leave it to me."

Vanessa patted her chest energetically and agreed.

Simon placed Aphrodite on a long table not far from the door, which had been what had been used for transcription, but now it could only be used as a bed board for the time being.

If I had time, I really wanted to read a book here and supplement my knowledge of this world, but the pressure of survival was always on my body, so Simon could not live freely.

"No matter, let's help find the book first."

Simon casually found a row of bookshelves and began to look for them.

Suddenly, a book called "Speculation on the Conditions of Use of the Relic" caught Simon's attention, and the book had a long sword drawn on the spine, similar to the long sword that Simon had seen burning white flames in the basement before. Simon flipped through the book quickly, and sure enough, he saw a page with a broken sword drawn on it, and it was undoubtedly the same sword.

"Legend has it that there was once an evil dragon that raged everywhere and no one could stop it, and the people were miserable. In order to kill the dragon, the sun god forged it from the light of the heavenly realm, named it 'Heavenly Fire', and gave the sword to the most devout and powerful paladins in the Church. Later, the paladin went through many trials and successfully used the sword to kill the dragon, but because the battle was too fierce, the sword was damaged and could not be used again.

This sacred sword is now housed in the Temple of the Divine Light and Fire, but I have found that this legend is far from the truth from the Church's books. According to the Church's records, the paladin was killed by an accident on his way to slay the dragon, and a young warrior from the countryside later obtained the sword and succeeded in slaying the dragon. This record is even more legendary than legendary, and no one knows exactly how the nameless young man did it, but I am concerned about the fact that he can still use the holy sword despite having no faith.

Does this mean that the relict is really just an ordinary magical item with special requirements, or perhaps just ignorant people who take it upon themselves to attach sacred meanings? The real holy objects may only exist in the heavenly realm, of course, the concept of the heavenly realm itself is also illusory, and the existence of the heavenly realm cannot be confirmed at present, and the realm of the gods may not be recognized by mortals for the time being.

Therefore, it is necessary for the Church to strengthen the custody of the holy relics, and not to allow anyone with malicious intentions to touch the holy relics, so as not to pollute the holy relics or be used by evil forces. ”

In other words, most of the holy relics here are likely to have been taken away by the evil forces, so why is this Heavenly Fire Holy Sword still here.

Simon felt that this trip to the temple not only did not solve everyone's doubts, but brought more mysteries.

Putting aside the doubts in his heart for the time being, Simon continued to rummage through the books on the purification of the land, and at the same time he also paid attention to the dossier on magic, because Aphrodite once said that he wanted to read the books on magic here, so Simon also helped her find it by the way.

The huge library was silent, except for the rustle of three people flipping through books.

After Simon found five or six target books, he finally found a thick copy of "Analysis of the Energy Context Node of Silver City".

"Looks like this is the book Hinclair wants to read, I'll see what it's going to be first."

Simon flipped through the book, but there were a large number of magic runes and arcane terms in it, which Simon, who had no formal sorcery education, could not understand at all, and there was also a magical phantom obscuration attached to the key node distribution map. Simon gave up after trying to read a few pages, he was now just a layman who could use spells, and he didn't understand the principles of magic at all.

"Let's continue to look for other books, and then give them to Hinclair."

Simon gave himself an excuse to continue searching through the vast sea of books.

However, neither Simon nor Vanessa noticed that Sinclair was a bit dull now, and did not look through the books at all, but simply pulled the books out of the shelves and put them back.

At this time, where Simon found Skyfire, Sincley was observing the patterns on the ground.

"I didn't expect this sword to recover, was the previous pillar of light caused by it?"

A flirtatious voice came from behind Sinclair.

"Neham, when did you come?"

Sinclair said to Neuham behind him, expressionlessly.

"You've just arrived, do you need me to help you set up the sealing circle? Or do you want to try to pull that sword? ”

"It's better to help or not, arranging the magic circle is my specialty, not to mention that as a transaction, how can I give you an excuse to cancel the transaction? As for drawing my sword, I don't want to be burned to ashes. ”

Neam laughed.

"Why, I'm very good at keeping my promises. Rest assured, as long as you help me reseal this temple and prevent it from being revived, I will help you move all of the Brotherhood of Steel to safety. ”

"Then why did you come here in person, and in that case, what is the point of your deal?"

"No way, we can't easily get close to this temple since it started to recover. I don't know what happened today, but I came in with no hindrance. ”

Neam stared at Hinclair with interest.

"Won't you explain to me why it all happened, President Hinclair?"