Chapter 31: The Caged Man

Simon woke up early in the morning feeling refreshed, and yesterday's fierce battle was like a dream. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he picked up the heavenly fire on the table, and used the smooth surface as a mirror to tidy up his messy hair.

Simon put away his belongings and prepared to find Christina, who had arrived at the Brotherhood and had been given a black booklet containing a map of the Brotherhood, which Simon had instructed to go to a room labeled the Office Room next to the assembly hall on the first floor.

"Since it's a group event, why don't you hold it in the assembly hall? It's really confusing. ”

And there are no underground buildings on the map, and there is not even a passage to the underground, so it may be a classified area.

Simon knocked on the door three times, only to find no response.

"Is anyone there, please?"

Simon, who couldn't get an answer, tried to push the door, only to find that it wasn't locked.

When Simon entered the room, he found that it was empty, only a wall clock ticking, and Simon subconsciously looked at the time.

Eight twenty.

It turned out that it was so late, and it was estimated that they all went to the meeting, so it was no wonder that they felt very quiet in the dormitory after waking up.

The entire floor was empty, except for Simon, and there was an unsettling agitation in the silent air. It's too quiet, and Simon doesn't have a heartbeat, which is particularly weird, does everyone need to be there for a meeting? But isn't it an exaggeration to not even leave the guards.

Boredom, Simon sat in his chair and flipped through the papers on the table. It's all the records of the fraternity's outings and the day-to-day documents of the changing of the guard.

Suddenly there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and the door was pushed open with a bang, and a person walked in recklessly.

"Vanessa?!"

Vanessa was also surprised when she came in and found Simon alone.

"Simon? How did you end up here, and what happened to you, how did it feel like it had become different from what it used to be? ”

Simon said with a wry smile.

"You don't have to say that from everybody, Vanessa, what are you doing here?"

Vanessa frowned, as if to see Simon out of a flower.

"Answer my question first, where have you all gone?"

"It's supposed to be a steel conference, on the basement floor."

"Basement? How could it be there? ”

"Yesterday I heard Sinclair say it himself, it's the basement."

Vanessa pondered, feeling like she was missing something important.

"Vanessa, when did you wake up and they didn't inform you?"

Simon asked, puzzled.

"I only woke up this morning, and it was in Sister Christina's house, but I woke up alone, and I didn't see any messages. Ah, no matter, let's go underground now. ”

Vanessa pulled Simon and prepared to leave.

"But I'm not a member of the Brotherhood, so it's not a good thing to do."

Vanessa walked ahead and said without looking back.

"You are the benefactor of the brotherhood, much more advanced than ordinary members, what can't you attend."

So, does it have anything to do with being kind to the Brotherhood and participating in the internal affairs of the Brotherhood?

However, Simon let Vanessa lead him to the assembly hall next to him, and he was also a little puzzled by the current situation, why no one had informed Vanessa, and Christina's room was ...... Does this have anything to do with what Hinclair asked for Christina to meet in the evening yesterday?

Come to the empty assembly hall, which is a circular platform made of stone, surrounded by stepped seats, and in the center is an iron podium with three intersecting gears carved into it.

Vanessa walked over to the podium and pressed a mechanism on the inside of the podium, and the entire platform began to sink.

"Simon, come up, this is the lift platform that leads to the underground."

The two of them stood on it, and with the roar of the machinery, they began to descend to the basement level, because there was no light around them, and Simon felt as if he was falling into an abyss.

"Has it always been like this here? Don't have any lighting tools? ”

"Because you don't need it, there will be light when you get to the place anyway."

In response to Simon's question, Vanessa said nonchalantly.

"What happened after I was unconscious, you'd better explain it to me."

Vanessa is curious about what happened after that, especially the part about Simon.

"Well, let me pick and choose the key points."

Simon briefly told Vanessa what had happened to the crowd at the Temple of the Sun.

Time passed slowly, and the lifting platform finally reached the end, which was indeed illuminated by the lights on the wall.

"I didn't expect it to be so deep, I thought it would be very close to the ground."

"After all, it's a refuge for the Brotherhood, and it's also for protection against air attacks. However, Simon, can you lend me Skyfire for two days? Just two days. ”

Vanessa begins to coquettish Simon, who is intrigued by Simon's description of the flying sword attack, and is eager to pull out the heavenly fire.

"Well, we'll talk about it later."

Simon awkwardly shook off Vanessa's entanglement and walked towards the front door.

Pushing open the gate, there is an open flat land with smooth bluestone paved on it, and there are many training facilities, which seems to be a training ground.

"Is this it? How no one. ”

Simon asked in surprise.

Looking at the familiar scene in front of her, Vanessa began to recall her previous nightmares, and she shook her head violently, clearing her mind of the illusions.

"It should be here, maybe it's a layer lower, let's go over and take a look."

"Or an elevator?"

"No, it's the stairs this time, follow me."

Vanessa led Simon through the empty training grounds.

"Wait a minute, something is wrong, you look at the shadows there, there seems to be something."

Simon felt the fire begin to tremble frequently, and he drew his sword, and the light on the sword flashed.

Vanessa, though drawn to Skyfire's beautiful appearance, looked away and searched for movement in the shadows. Vanessa's ability to see through darkness allows her gaze to penetrate all darkness, and she sees a strange creature crawling on the ground.

"What's that?"

At first glance, the creature looked like a human, but its limbs were slender and its knuckles were as sharp as an animal's claws, its whole body was encased in some kind of metal grille, there was no skin inside, and its body was covered with bright red tendon tissue, which was particularly hideous. Its head was also bare flesh, except for a completely sealed black iron mask on its face, which had no holes to breathe. As if unable to adjust to its body, it twitched and crawled forward on its elbows and knees, but strangely the metal grille rubbed against the ground without making a sound.

"It doesn't look like a friendly creature, this is obviously the underground base of the Brotherhood, how can there be such a monster?"

Simon couldn't help but say what was on his mind.

At the same time, Skyfire split into five shuttles and swirled into a state of battle.

"Wait, don't attack yet."

Vanessa stopped Simon with a solemn expression.

"This guy always feels a little familiar."

As the two of them watched, the creature that looked like it was in a cage slowly approached. As you get closer, you can see that its bare muscles are still emitting heat, but they are completely blocked by the metal grille, and this cage does not seem to be purely restraining.

This strange creature approached without any intention of attacking, it seemed to be able to sense the gaze of the two, it approached Vanessa's feet, and rubbed Vanessa's feet like a pet, showing unexpected dependence and obedience.

Just as Vanessa was at a loss, the creature seemed to be stimulated by something, and suddenly trembled violently, its muscles twisted so much that it began to turn red, and it slammed its head on the ground frantically, and still no sound came. It suddenly raised its right hand and tapped it lightly on the surface of Vanessa's feet, and even though its body was suffering inhuman pain, the hand was still steady.

"This is?!"

Vanessa's expression became extremely shocked, this is the code used within the Brotherhood of Steel!

By tapping on and off, Vanessa pieced together a short sentence in her mind:

Save me.

Vanessa couldn't believe that this twisted monster turned out to be a human and a member of the Brotherhood of Steel. In the underground base inside this brotherhood, there are monsters suspected of being members of the brotherhood!

Vanessa's mind was filled with a myriad of conjectures, a horrible fact that subverted her belief in the Brotherhood, and she even wondered if it was another dream.

"Be careful!"

Simon pulled Vanessa back to his side, stepped on the flames, and jumped into the air.

A huge spear slices through the air and nails the creepy to the ground, its sharp head cleverly piercing through the gap in the grille, making a hole in its head.

A heavily armored figure approached from a distance, covered in silver full-body armor and helmet, making it impossible to tell who it was.

"It's Vanessa, you're late. Come with me to the Steel Conference. ”

"Are you...... Uncle Tom? ”

Vanessa said uncertainly.

"Haha, who else but your Uncle Tom can have such shining armor."

The man known as Uncle Tom came to the two of them.

"Alright, let's go, don't waste time."

"Wait, uncle, what's going on with this monster?"

Vanessa didn't follow Uncle Tom, she pointed to the corpse that had been pinned to the ground with a spear.

"This is a monster that we caught from the outside world before, because it was strange, so it was left for the mages to use as research materials, and it took this opportunity to escape from this conference, and it didn't hurt you, right?"

"Not really, but can you explain why it's our code?"

When Vanessa said this, the whole atmosphere instantly froze.

With a wave of Simon's hand, Skyfire expanded its cruising range and surrounded the three of them from afar.

"What nonsense are you talking about, how can it be coded, it's that you're too sensitive."

Uncle Tom shrugged his shoulders with ease, but Vanessa's expression didn't relax in the slightest.

Vanessa said slowly in a mournful tone.

"Can you take your helmet off, Uncle Thom?"

Uncle Thom fell silent, and no one knew better than him what kind of body was hidden under the glossy silver armor. Now this armor is his skin, and at the same time his eternal cage.