Chapter 25: The Cretan Bull (Part II)
"Then General Pelux will treat me like a cat!" Anthony thought for a moment and smiled.
"Very well, Anthony-kun can come with me. It's just that your attendants can't be with you. After all, the secrets of the family can only be known by those who have Patik's blood in their veins, and we can only end up carrying the secrets to the grave. Pelux's faint voice sent shudders down Anthony's side. And Anthony knew that the people here were the dead men raised by the family, and once the Cretan Fire Bull Project was completed, it would be the end of their lives.
And the man did not have the slightest resentment or fear.
Anthony followed Pelux to the deepest part of the castle, only to find that it was a deceptive disguise, a huge machine was running, it was the most steel fortress, and Anthony understood the family's intentions. This place is difficult for even the Mecha Knight to capture, because on the way to Anthony, he has already sensed the unique smell of the mecha power core when it burns.
And at this time, he can be more convinced. "Hello, Anthony-kun!" The man in front of him said with a smile. "Greetings from Veronis, current Master of the Knights Hospitaller."
"Knights Hospitaller?" Anthony was shocked, ten years ago, although the crusaders were victorious, the three major paladins were excluded. The Knights Templar were stationed in Jerusalem to fight against the Crescent Empire, and the Teutonic Knights were transferred to East Prussia to conquer the Orthodox Nations, but the defeat at the Battle of the Ice Lake five years earlier had brought it to a halt, while the Knights Hospitaller had been battered by the elite knights of New Rome at the fall of Constantine, and then were divided between the city-states of the Peloponnese and the Cretan islands, where they were almost destroyed and faded from view.
But here they are!
"Gui'an, Your Excellency, Honorable Commander." Anthony suppressed the doubts in his heart, this was not something he should know, and he would not try to find out.
"It seems that Anthony-kun has some doubts about us here!" Veronis saw Anthony's confusion at a glance, and said to Pelux with a smile, "Don't you want to say something?" Pelux-kun. ”
"I was negligent." Pelux replied, "Ten years ago, the family made a pact with the Knights Hospitaller, asking them to take charge of the defense. In contrast, they are in partnership with their families and are also beneficiaries of the program. ”
"Ah~ Ten years, trapped on this island for ten years, finally waiting for this day, as paladins, we can finally return to the world that should belong to us. To be honest, I'm glad that the project was launched so quickly. Veronis said quietly with heavy emotion in his words. It's also time for the Holy See to pay the price. ”
"Your Highness, please witness the miracle next." Veronis shouted loudly and indulgently. Behind him, a huge floodgate was suddenly opened.
A blind, scorching light unfolded before Anthony's eyes as the slowly opening floodgates unfolded.
"No matter how much I watched it last time, I thought it was something that God could create, but it was denounced as a heresy by the ignorant."
"There is a Cretan bull in front of you. The gods that once ruled the world, and those who rebelled against their orders will trample on the other side of the world for the blazing flames. ”
"Oh God!" Anthony muttered to himself, only this kind of name can be worthy of this kind of thing in front of him.
This completely subverts the previous concept of mecha, which is no longer in the form of a human, but the image of a beast. As the name suggests, it's a steel bull monster that burns all over its body. A monster in Greek mythology that even the gods feared.
The beast-type mech, codenamed [Cretan Fire Bull], is a storm-type mecha, and the mechanic who constructed it is simply a madman, mounted with huge heavy artillery, and when they roar, it is like a giant bull spewing flames. At the beginning of its construction, it was estimated that when he was thrown into battle, he would be like a mad bull stepping on everything in front of him, and any fortifications would be vulnerable. And its powerful attack and defense can even be compared to [Achilles].
"Although it is said to be the remains of an ancient ruin, it took twenty years to restore it." An old man walked out from behind the door and said slowly, full of emotion, "I thought that the moment I knocked on the walls of Rome could make it reign in the world again, but I didn't expect that the family was about to start the plan." It seems that the rotation of the gears of the times has also been accelerated..."
"Castro!" Anthony recognized the old man, the hot-hot family genius who disappeared ten years ago, although both Anthony was still eleven or twelve years old, but still had an impression. He was no less mechanically accomplished than the Holy See, and it turned out that he had accepted the plan of the Cretan Fire Bull, but the family wanted to let the people of the family involved in the plan carry this secret to the grave forever, although not to kill them, but to mean house arrest for life. The family was willing to sacrifice such a genius.
"So there are still people who remember!" The old man said with feeling.
"I thought I had forgotten about it for a long time." "Don't dare, it's just that Castro hasn't shown up for many years, and everyone thinks you..." Anthony was speechless and quickly lowered his head.
But the old man shook his hand lonely and said, "It's okay, in fact, there is no difference between the past ten years and the dead." But for the resurrection of God, it was all worth it. Speaking of this, Castro's originally cloudy eyes revealed the brilliance of a young man.
"The family sent you here to value you very much! It's just not necessarily a good thing. Castro said thoughtfully.
"What is the purpose of the family this time?" Antony shook his head and replied, "The family didn't tell me, they just said that they would return to Venice with their things." ”
"Are you in charge of the escort?" Castro asked.
"No, the family has asked for the escort from Crete, and I'm going to Constantinople in the east."
"It's strange..." Listening to Anthony's answer, the old man's face was full of confusion and puzzlement, no matter what, the family should not be like this, but Pelux has also checked the authenticity of the family order.
But absolute obedience to the family's orders eventually overwhelmed the doubts in the heart.
Castro nodded, but the doubts in his heart were still not revealed, this plan is related to the rise and fall of the family, can it really be so hasty?
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Outside the huge castle, a pair of clear eyes are quietly peeping.
He blended perfectly into the dense jungle, and the blonde boy smiled silently under the ochre-red cloak, and Bashils looked at the huge fortress with his fingers stretched out, clenching as if he was about to crush something.
"Bang!"