As Isabelle's feet landed on the dusty stone floor, she quietly drew her two daggers, eyes like falcon's eyes watching the room around and the corridor in front of her. It is large enough to accommodate 20 people, and on the east side of the room is a stone staircase leading to the second floor.

In the dark, dead silence of the room, it seems that even his own heartbeat can be heard. The adrenaline in Isabel's body was surging at an accelerated rate, and some sweat broke out from the palms of her hands holding the short sword. With some light shining into the room from the broken window, I slowly walked to the stairs on the east side and looked upstairs.

Unfortunately, she saw nothing, not even the ghosts of the monks who had gathered in the monastery for hundreds of years. After making sure that there was no one else in the tower, he returned to the glowing window and looked at the two men outside, "Fast, hand me the longbow, you two come in quickly." ”

At this point, three members of Team 1 followed the outer wall behind the altar to a solitary rectangular stone house to the east, and quietly peered into a glassless window with their backs against the outer wall. Similar to the room on the first floor of the tower where Isabel lives, the house is equally dark and deadly. However, the three of them vaguely saw that there seemed to be some utensils and a bed in the corner of the room, and on closer inspection, there were some traces of human activity elsewhere in the house.

Now, the three guards can confirm that the room was still inhabited until this time. After a few whispered words, the three of them quietly walked towards a huge complex of buildings not far from the stone houses to the south. Leaning back against the wall and glancing at the glassless window, one of the guards whispered, "Brothers, let's go in." ”

By the time Team 1 entered a warehouse-like room through a window, Team 2 had already reached the outside of two stone houses on the west side of the River Skyl. A transverse house on the left was empty, not even a chair. The trio speculated that it was a visitors' reception room, as the house was located not far from the entrance to the main hall. On the right, a house with a north-south slope looks more like a dwelling. No, like a house that can sleep a lot of people, to be precise. Perhaps, it was a house used by the monks to take in the landless wanderers.

The two squads were advancing quickly, while the three Isabel members of the third squad were still in the main building of the monastery at the moment. Leaving the tower on the north wing of the "Cross" and entering the interior, the three are presented with a majestic and majestic 12th-century Gothic architectural style.

The large round stone columns, the criss-cross single-brick multi-arch structure of the abbey top, the carved capital, the architectural style of the whole basilica is generally similar to that of other abbeys and churches in the Yorkshire countryside. To the west is the main hall, and to the east is the choir in front of the altar. The trio made rounds and found no valuables or traces of human activity.

The trio decided to continue their reconnaissance on the south flank directly ahead. As she walked through the passage to the outside of the south wing room, Isabel noticed four room entrances in front of her. Just as the three of them were still deciding which entrance to take, there was a burst of talking, laughter, and scolding from outside the first entrance on the right.

Isabel saw a glimmer of light through the gap between the two doors. Judging that the outside of the gate was most likely an open area such as a monastery square or courtyard, she pointed to the gate at the second entrance, "Let's go there, there are people outside." ”

The three of them crept up to the closed door, and put their ears to the door and listened to the sound outside. After a while, William Chong, who was standing opposite Isabel, smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I have heard the words robbery, murder, and money, and it seems that there are indeed thieves and lawbreakers here. ”

Isabel leaned against the door and smiled indifferently, "It's a very nice shelter to live in for free, and shelter from the wind and rain......"

After listening to the movement outside, Fast pushed the door very subtly. Then, he shook his head and looked at Isabel, "Your Excellency, the door seems to be blocked, what now?" ”

"Go back to the main hall and go through the other entrances to find the door that leads to this place."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Returning to the empty old building, devoid of the smell of people, the trio headed for the other entrances to the south, trying to find other entrances to enter. By this time, Team 2 had passed through the medical room on the right from the monastery's containment chamber and entered a long and unusually wide corridor running north-south.

Although the corridor is very long, the nearly 20 windows on the left exterior wall that have lost glass allow bright sunlight to shine into the dark corridor without hindrance, which brings great benefits to the reconnaissance and search of the second team. Halfway through the cloister, the trio noticed a door on the right.

At this time, William Parr, who came from the direction of the main hall, saw the three of them at the door and hurriedly walked over, "Brothers, have you found anything?" ”

The three of them shook their heads, and one of them grumbled, "The damn farmer has moved everything here and left nothing." ”

William looked up at the roof of the cloister and smiled, "It's a good thing they haven't torn it down yet." ”

After the four of them talked about their respective investigations, William thought and kept staring at the door in front of him, "Brothers, this door may lead to the place we are looking for, we can investigate it first." ”

The members of the second team unanimously agreed and went to the door with William, who reached out and gently pushed the wooden door, and the door actually opened. As the door opened a crack, the four of them immediately became nervous. After William had the three guards hide in the cloister, he leaned against the door and peeked at the glow behind the door.

At this point, Isabel, who had entered through the south wing room, quickly found an open door that led to the rest of the world. Walk through this door through a small hallway, and find another door on the right side of the hallway. The door was not locked, and when you pushed the door in, you were greeted by a small rectangular auditorium.

Passing through the small hall to the two large wooden doors to the west, Isabel saw through the cracks in the doors: a group of three, groups of five men, daughters and children dressed in various costumes were gathered in a very wide courtyard to bask in the sun, rest, talk or eat.

That's right, this is where she overheard the conversation with William and Fast in the main hall just now. Located in the heart of the monastery, in a square courtyard under heavy protection. At this moment, the aroma of barbecue wafted through the air.