Chapter 52: The Ruins. Arrive on
Above the sun, it is no secret to Ye Qi now; On the other hand, there is a strong man above the sun, so what about the holy weapon? Although there was already a guess in his heart, it wasn't until the inadvertent of the strange wolf just now that Ye Qi was able to finally affirm - in this regard, Ye Qi, who already knew the character of the strange wolf, understood very well that the strange wolf's inadvertent behavior was completely based on the fact that he already had a 'more likely guess', so he gave it away;
It's no wonder that just fragments have such a force......
Completely subconsciously, Ye Qi thought of the four fragments of the Key of Doom in his hand - although using the fragments of the Key of Doom, he created more than two hundred shadow minions and nearly a thousand shadow warriors for himself, but Ye Qi did not have any clue about the origin of the Key of Doom; Although he was sure that his contract companion definitely knew something, the other party's way of trading with a lion's mouth made it impossible for him to trade with the other party until the last step.
Luckily, my self-control was able to restrain my curiosity!
Ye Qi, who comforted himself in this way, shifted his mind away from the fragments of the Key to Doom and continued to focus on the most important thing now - the comeback of the Holy See, what is it for?
Although there had been several inaccurate speculations before, after identifying the holy artifact above the Solar, Ye Qi immediately listed this as the absolute focus - other than that, Ye Qi did not find a more reasonable explanation; Although his several speculations have a certain possibility, they are comparatively speaking. Undoubtedly, this is the only one that can stand. I don't want those speculations to be based on speculation.
But. Even with a more reasonable explanation, Ye Qi still has many puzzles, one of which is most concerned about how the people of the Holy See know that the ruins excavated by Jacob may contain the Holy Weapon 'above the Sun'? Although excavating ruins is not a secret business, as long as someone is interested in investigating it, they can learn everything; However, it is not easy to know the contents of the road without being excavated, except for looking for them in the history books. The only way to look for it is to look for it from legends.
However, in the sentence that 'history is written by the victors', it can be seen how unreliable the above method is, and therefore, Ye Qi is very skeptical, even if a similar record is found, under what circumstances would the Holy See believe such a record - except for the so-called 'God' and the 'oracle', Ye Qi has not thought of any way to make the religious madmen of the Holy See so sure.
But the 'oracle' was already in the early days of the Divine Age. As far as the disappearing things are concerned, Ye Qi would not think that they will appear at such a time; If it does appear. The Holy Age, which was entirely in the hands of the Holy See, would not have been only a hundred and fifty years—according to his fellow contractor, 'That fellow must have been extremely uncomfortable, too?' I've got a big gift for it! Ye Qi was completely convinced of his own contract companions; Whether it is the character shown by the other party or the ability it shows, Ye Qi thinks that the other party can do this.
How did the Holy See confirm this?
Is there really such a thing as prophecy?
Ye Qi, who was standing in front of the ruins, couldn't help frowning - Ye Qi wouldn't disbelieve in those legendary things, but he wouldn't believe them all; The former is due to the fact that the existence of the witcher is enough to prove some legends, while the latter is due to his natural caution; Without any verification and information, Ye Qi will not blindly believe anything.
It's like the so-called prophecy, a mythical art that is said to be able to see through the future - however, from the end of the 'hastily' of the Divine Age, Ye Qi will not believe that prophecy can reach the magical realm described by the Holy See; Moreover, with the example of the strange wolf, Ye Qi believed that if the Holy See's so-called prophecy could really have that kind of accuracy, then his contract companion would have ceased to exist, instead of signing a contract with him, he had been hiding in the corner, secretly plotting something.
once again denied his conjecture, which made Ye Qi's frowning brows tighter and tighter, and in the end, Ye Qi shook his head helplessly and threw out the thoughts in his mind - there were not enough clues, and it was impossible to speculate; It's better not to think about it and face the next thing with recharge.
According to Jacob's previous estimates, as long as it goes well, the second gate of the ruins can be opened before dark - in fact, if it weren't for the unexpected battle with the Holy See in the Sennuma District last time, Jacob used explosives to blow up the tunnel dug up again in order to support, the second gate would have been opened in the last Midwinter Festival.
It takes hundreds, two hundred or even thousands of years to build a city, but a few hours of work is enough to destroy such a city - the same is true for excavating ruins; After the tunnel that took nearly a year to dig was blown up, Jacob and others had to double the time to re-excavate it.
Ye Qi didn't understand Jacob's approach at first, but when he took a closer look at the ruins in front of him, he understood why Jacob worked so hard - the green vegetation covered the ruins in front of him, forming a terrain similar to a hill; As Ye Qi, who had been in contact with the ruins many times, just by glancing at the appearance of this ruins, he could see that the preservation of the ruins was quite high.
Unlike other ruins, due to time and war, only some ruins remained, and even the existence of a side hall or something made the diggers happy—the main hall, the side hall, the prayer room, and even the priest's lodging place, as long as you speculate according to the scale, you can conclude that this ruins are all preserved, even intact.
Of course, there is a reason for such a complete preservation - when Jacob took Ye Qi to the mouth of the ruins tunnel excavated again, Ye Qi instantly understood why this ruin would be preserved so well: completely sunk into the ground!
That's right, the ruins in front of Ye Qi's eyes have completely sunk into the ground. In addition to the original dome at the highest point of the temple, the surface is still exposed. The entire temple sank into the ground - as it descended down the tunnel. By connecting with the 'hill' formed by the dome before, Ye Qi was able to sense the enormity of this temple, and when Ye Qi came to the second gate of the temple, the active fluctuations in the blind bucket perception immediately made Ye Qi stop.
Obviously, because of the sinking into the ground, not only the building itself was unusually intact, but also the protective measures that appeared to protect the building were also unusually intact - a stone door thirty feet high appeared in front of Ye Qi's eyes; Just a glance. Coupled with the fluctuations distributed by the perception of the blind fight, it can be concluded that this gate is a combination of tricks and spells!
As for such a protective measure when it is not 'triggered', Ye Qi immediately wisely handed it over to Jacob, the expert - the kind of violent and clear fluctuations, Ye Qi can be sure that as long as there is a slight mistake, the power of the explosion is enough to bury everyone in the tunnel alive; And out of the tunnel, came to the 'hill', where the dome of the original temple was. The same violent fluctuations even told Ye Qi that Jacob and others were not 'breaking through the top'.
After all. There is still room for cracking the stone gate, and if you 'break through the top', you are completely testing the tenacity of your own flesh - and according to the degree of fluctuation, once it erupts, it will definitely not be a salvo with a chariot legion; Such an explosion, unless it is a being above the Solar; Otherwise, anyone will have to become a piece of coke; And with the dome being like this, Ye Qi can fully imagine that the original walls around the ruins must be the same situation, one plus one will be greater than two many times, so if there is a chain reaction, I am afraid that the existence above the sun will be safe and sound in such a situation, at the very least, it will also be not lightly injured.
The guy who designed this temple must be a guy who likes to destroy and dodge construction!
With this affirmation, Ye Qi very wisely returned to the pile of rubble in front of the tunnel, sat down on a large enough stone, and silently waited for Jacob's good news—however, nothing would go according to his own wishes; When Ye Qi saw Jacob come out with a frown, he knew that things were not good; Immediately, he jumped off the rock, walked up to the other party, and asked, "How is it, Uncle Jacob?" ”
"Something went wrong!" Jacob didn't hide it, and explained straight to Ye Qi: "We have entered the end of the opening of that door, but a new problem has just appeared! ”
"Can't you finish it before dark today?"
After hearing Jacob's words, Ye Qi also became a little worried.
"Well, it will take a day at the earliest to correct the error of the previous estimate!"
Jacob nodded solemnly.
A day......
Ye Qi narrowed his eyes, carefully measuring the time that was obviously not enough, but in the end he could only nod helplessly: "Okay, Uncle Jacob, please do it as soon as possible!" ”
"Hmm!"
Without saying much, Jacob turned again and walked back towards the excavated tunnel - obviously, Jacob, who was a witcher, also understood that he was in a complete race against time at the moment; Any delay will cause unnecessary losses.
There is also a day, two nights of time......
Ye Qi, who was standing in place, secretly calculated the time, and couldn't help but groan - obviously, just sitting here and waiting for nothing was unacceptable to Ye Qi.
Perhaps......
A thought suddenly flashed through Ye Qi's mind, and then, immediately, Ye Qi took action.
……
The new presiding judge of the Holy See stood in front of his treehouse, looking at the group of people in front of him, his face couldn't help but be a little stiff and unnatural—at this moment, although he had not received any news from his colleagues, when he saw the person in front of him, he had completely understood why the lord he was following would make him stay where he was; After all, if it was the adult in front of him, it would obviously be easy to complete the unfinished plan.
Although he still didn't know what the plan was going on, the new presiding judge still stubbornly believed that with the presence of this lord, any problem would not be a problem. Even the terrifying Shak Dragon wasn't a problem—comparison. Compared to the adult in front of him. The dragon of Shak is just an insignificant junior; Unless the other teacher's ......
How is this possible!
Such a thought had just risen in his heart, and the new presiding judge immediately shook his head, and threw out of his mind this thought, which was always full of painful and fearful memories; Then, the new presiding judge immediately saluted respectfully to the person in front of him—
"Good day, Warden Chief!"
The new presiding judge, with one hand on his chest, bent down and bowed, bowing to the courtesy. There was a look of respect, and there was no dissatisfaction at all—compared to the dead cardinal archbishop as the person in charge, the one in front of him was undoubtedly the existence that convinced the new presiding judge.
"Chester, I didn't expect you to become the presiding judge after not seeing you for a few years!"
The man who was respectfully saluted by the new presiding judge said very casually, although his tone was quite kind, but he didn't even look at the new presiding judge, just turned his head and looked around; But. His gaze did not linger on any person or object around him, as if he were just habitually observing.
But under such a casual gaze. All the papal seekers present stood upright, without the slightest carelessness; Although at first, when most people saw the ordinary-looking man in front of them, only about thirty years old, dressed like a deacon in black, they were wondering, 'What kind of deacon in black would go to the front' or 'What are you kidding?' But when their leader, the newly promoted presiding judge, stood respectfully in front of each other, they instantly understood the other's extraordinaryness, and when the voice of 'Warden Chief' spoke, it made all the young people of the Holy See present tremble.
If the Pope is their respectable person, and the Lord is a person worthy of their followers, then the man in front of him, who seems to be only about thirty years old, is the most feared person in the Holy See, whether it is on the Pope's side or on the Inquisition's side—although the Inquisition is enough to make some beings tremble in the dark world, but in the face of the latter one, all the Inquisition except for the Lord are sleepless at night, and even sometimes as long as they hear the name of the latter one, It is enough to make some people who are usually bold turn pale.
'Executioner of the Holy See' and 'Cleansing Messenger of God' are the more acceptable titles for the latter, and 'Twilight of the Slaughter' and 'Bloody Executioner' are the names that set off a bloody storm on Lorant back then.
The Holy Prison, as the name suggests, is a place where people who have committed wrongs within the Holy See are held; In a similar way to the Inquisition, as long as the evidence is conclusive, the jailers of the Holy Prison will appear and arrest him, regardless of his status; Execute the death penalty on the spot or bring it back to the prison according to the warden – some people may think that being brought back to the prison is a good option, but the clergy who have committed suicide against God's will will will tell you the truth that death is the wisest decision for you.
Except for the Pope and the head of the Inquisition, no one knew where the Holy Prison was in the Sacred Forest, but they only knew that the power and majesty of the warden were the same as the first two, and they could not be offended; Especially the powerful people of the Holy See, who were in the same era as the warden, knew each other's horror - if the Pope was a benevolent elder, he chose to forgive; The head of the Inquisition was a stern, old-fashioned old man who chose to embrace tradition; Then the warden is a collection of iron-faced and selfless judges and bloodthirsty and ruthless torturers.
Fortunately, however, the warden, despite his iron face, never dealt with the innocent; And this is also the reason why the new presiding judge dared to stand in front of the other party—Chester bent over and peeked at the warden's calm face; Although he has seen it several times, every time he sees this face, the chill from the bottom of his heart always makes him tremble involuntarily, it has nothing to do with his status and status, it is just a feeling, just like a small animal has met a natural enemy.
"My lord, we haven't seen each other in twenty years!"
The newly promoted presiding judge bent over and said matter-of-factly.
"yes, I haven't been out of there in a long time!"
It was still an extremely casual answer, but including the new presiding judge, even the accompanying ascetics behind the warden, all the papal personnel couldn't help but tremble—there, naturally, was the Holy Prison; a place that is enough to make all the papal seeers fear and weep; Even in the "God Says" it is mentioned that 'God threw sin into the abyss and locked sin sin into the river of brimstone; But in the face of the unforgivable existence, he was sent to the Holy Prison! ’
"So, can you tell me about the Shak Dragon?"
After noticing that the adult in front of him withdrew his gaze and placed it on himself, the new presiding judge immediately nodded yes.
"Yes, sir!"
PS Second Update~ I only slept for three hours yesterday, and I was really tired......
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