"This stonemason must have never seen what a real monster should look like, otherwise he wouldn't have carved such an out-of-proportion, such a funny."

Waddell hurried back, he was now about to find all the information he had brought, and a strange word came to his mind, which he had seen a long time ago from ancient documents on the history of Western architecture, and he vaguely remembered that the word referred to this kind of rooftop statue, although he had never known the specific meaning, but by virtue of his erudition, Waddell had memorized the spelling of the word.

After searching through the stacks of books, Waddell was sure that he was not mistaken, and that it did have a meaning referring to a kind of man-eating monster that was legendary in the era of Western ignorance. Of course, this animal is long gone, so the main meaning of the word is now a drain, and from the perspective of semantic evolution, this thing seems to have a little connection with rainy days, which is not difficult to understand for Waddell, who has seen its real body. Perhaps the ancients could only see it when it rained, so they ended up making a portrait of it with its mouth wide open into a drain.

It has stood like this on the four corners of the top of the Gothic building for thousands of years, and when the lama god babbled about what happened to him in Tibet forty years ago, did he ever think that something like this had been standing on the roof for thousands of years? Of course, Waddell also knew that such an association might just be some kind of misunderstanding, there are often things attached to Western legends, maybe this statue is just an exaggerated imagination of the ancients about mandrills, these things full of superstitious background are not true, they are not closer to reality than the monsters in the Bible.

However, there is one thing that Waddell doesn't understand, after Christianity spread throughout Europe, almost all the early monsters were swept away, and the North Sea Monster or Centaur faded out of people's memory, why did he leave such an obscene and hideous image alone? Is it because this thing keeps appearing after that?

According to the absurd legends of ancient times, behind the gates of hell, this soaring humanoid monster is only an insignificant small character, so the account about it is far less detailed than that of other powerful demons, and it can be said that it only left an image without too many words. In the few accounts of this monster, its trick is to turn into a stone statue and then hide motionless for hundreds of years, and there is no mention of it being invisible. Seeing these words, Waddell couldn't help but remind himself that he was only occasionally dabbling in the dregs of superstition, and that in front of him were probably two completely different animals, one real and the other fictional. "Maybe because it's the exact opposite of a cherub with feathered wings, Christendom has allowed this outdated monster to continue to exist as a messenger to the opposite of heaven? Or...... How many times has it really been sighted? ”

"That's right, a monster that has lost its religious stage can still exist, it has not entered history like a fire dragon or a witch, it must have shown some kind of power." Waddell sat on a bed full of books, his head full of chaotic thoughts. He had forgotten that it was time to exchange clues with the woman, but it wasn't too important, and if she felt he had something important to say, she would call herself.

Sure enough, the phone in the duty room rang, completely interrupting Waddell's train of thought. Waddell walked over in annoyance, picked up the phone and said nothing, waiting for the woman to speak.

"I'll tell you something, the thing you said might be found...... There's no one around you, right? You need to be confidential. She whispered.

"You see it again?" Waddell asked. He wanted to get straight to the point, and it wasn't the woman's turn to remind him of the secrecy.

"No, but we found the entrance you mentioned, the Russians have discovered it and are preparing to go down and investigate, I have a plan, huh...... I call it the 'Yellow Sparrow' program, you know what I mean? ”

"You know, isn't it just following them to pick up ready-made?" Waddell's straightforward answer surprised the woman a little, she didn't expect others to see through the essence of her plan at a glance.

"Yes, you're right, that's what it means, the Russians have been in for 3 hours, and my men are going to wait a few more hours, and if they don't come out yet, my men will go down to find them."

"Yours better not enter that catacombs now."

"Why?" The woman asked, stunned.

"Because the Russians will not come out alive, not a single one."

"I know how dangerous it is, and my people haven't seen anything dangerous, they have their own ways to deal with it, unlike those fools under you......" She laughed as she said this.

"I don't know how dangerous it is, you are the one who is in danger, I suggest you wait 24 hours before entering there, if those Russians come up, you can still keep an eye on them, and you will not be directly in danger. If your people insist on going down, then they have to take me with them. ”

"Do you know its new habits?"

"Yes, that's why you have to take me with you, I can help you when it matters." Waddell said eagerly. But after he finished speaking, the woman remained silent, perhaps she felt that what Waddell said had some truth, but this woman felt that Waddell's last performance made her feel that it was very unwise to let him go with her. Waddell sensed this from her pause.

"Do you know why it hid underground this time?" Waddell asked.

"I don't know."

"Let me tell you, there is an ancient saying in China: The good defender hides in the nine places, and the good attacker moves in the nine heavens, it goes up and down, attacking and defending freely, and with your few wizards, you will definitely not be able to deal with it, so you can't do without me." Waddell patiently coaxed the woman, hoping that she would not refuse his request.

The woman didn't think what Waddell said actually made sense. But if it doesn't make sense, Waddell never says. Anyway, one more person is always useful, right?

"I know, then you can come, we will wait for you, I will definitely protect you." The woman said slowly, although her words were simple, but she could hear that what she said was not easy.

Waddell had always taken such promises very seriously, knowing that anyone who spoke lightly often could not even protect himself, such as his old friend Stein in the SS Special Brigade. But in his heart, the woman was an exception, because this person did what he said. It can be said that she is a completely outdated and heroic person. Thinking of this, Waddell couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.