The history of the Gloomy Church can even be traced back to the time when the royal city of Lothric was built, when the church was not yet of its current size and was not called that name, but later on, no one remembers its name, only the word secluded, which has nothing to do with sacredness.

Nestled in the forest outside the city of Lothric, the church served as a bridge between Ilusil and Lothric, and over the years it has been expanded to resemble a huge fortress with a garrison of priests and knights of Lorthric origin on the size of a regular army.

At this scale, there could not be only one administrator of the secluded church, but Archbishop MacDonald, Archbishop Louis, and Archbishop Klimt.

The three archbishops are said to have been sages who came to their own library of Lothric when they were young, and the reason they became archbishops is related to King Osroes.

There was once a sage named Eldridge from Ilusil in the secluded church, who was infected with the habit of eating living people for some reason, and King Osroes found that Eldridge's soul would become stronger and stronger after cannibalism, so he arranged for the archbishop to guide some villagers to embark on the path of living sacrifices to become Eldridge's rations.

And Eldridge began to become like a drowning fat pig as he continued to devour humans, and finally the dark power of the distorted human nature that precipitated made him turn into a puddle of black mud, just as the firewood of the previous fire transmission had almost burned, so this guy who was specially raised by the king was put in the position of passing the fire and became a salary king who could not be called a hero.

After Aldridge spread the fire, his unburned muddy body was stuffed into a coffin and sealed in the church, and the most important thing for the three archbishops besides managing the church was to ensure that Eldridge's remaining power did not affect the outside world.

This history can be said to be the black history since the spread of fire, and that's what Arnold knows.

However, Zhang Lin knew that everyone had underestimated the impact of Aldridge's stump, and since the three archbishops were from the Great Library, they must have been curious about the unknown power, and Aldridge's dark power, which was different from the abyss, was an excellent object to study.

Since the secluded church is still in contact with Los Ric, it means that Aldridge is still lying quietly in the coffin, and the three archbishops should not be too deep at this time, Zhang Lin doesn't want to run there and face all the guys who are affected by the gloom.

"If you're going there, you'll pass by the swamp and take this with you, or the poisonous insects and some tormenting locusts in the swamp will make you feel miserable."

Arnold provided Zhang Lin with a pair of tall boots that resembled rain boots, which worked well for the swamp.

Arnold then brought some mosquito-repellent medicine and moss balls for detoxification, but it was all green-haired stuff, and Zhang Lin felt that he would rather use a more precious medicine for comprehensive healing than eat this thing.

"Although you don't think you need it, adult, but this is still for you."

The place where the undead settlement left was a tall tower, and the elevator in the tower could also lead to the bottom of the mountain, and Greilat insisted on running to see Zhang Lin off. As the situation in the village became more and more tense, the slightly thin thief was covered with protective things, and the throwing knife on his waist alone was clanging, and it was obvious that he could not steal anything.

Originally, it was believed that after the fire transmission was carried out normally, the flames would be rekindled, and the curse of the undead would be far away, and some people who had not yet become living corpses would survive. But now, the fire has not been carried out for a long time, and no one knows what more and more undead will do in the face of despair.

Faced with a string of small daggers handed over by the thief as flying knives, Zhang Lin really couldn't use them, but he didn't refuse the other party's kindness.

"I've quenched these daggers, and I heard that a group of bandits have recently appeared under the mountain, and this thing is quite effective against the living."

"You don't have to worry about me," Zhang Lin smiled, holding a dagger and turning it around his fingertips, "but you have to pay attention to protect yourself." ”

"These are all daggers that I treasure, you take it easy, the poison quenched on it is bloody, you must not pay attention to it and pick your teeth," Greillard was stunned for a moment, seeing Zhang Lin's appearance of playing with the dagger, he had some itchy hands, but he immediately came back to his senses and reminded him.

"Don't worry, I bring my own toothpicks, and I don't have the habit of licking the blade before fighting." Zhang Lin shrugged and said there was no need to worry.

Greelat, who was about to say goodbye, suddenly thought of something, "By the way, my lord, if you meet a bald head named Patch in the secluded church, this guy has taken a fancy to other people's churches, I hope he hasn't been caught, you can ask him to help solve some trouble, I once saved his life on the high wall, and he owes me a favor." ”

After the two said goodbye, Zhang Lin walked into the tower on the side of the cliff.

The style of the tower is similar to that of the towers in the city of Lothric, it looks like it has been some years old, and the elevator looks like it was originally maintained, but now it is not taken care of.

The elevator in the tower is divided into two sections, and if you step on the previous section and touch the mechanism, you will go up, and pull up the platform that leads to the lower level, and if you can't turn your brain, you may be confused by this elevator.

However, this was not a problem for Zhang Lin, and soon he stepped on the pedal in the middle of the elevator, triggering the mechanism to slowly descend on the elevator.

Unlike in the game, this is a passage down the mountain, and the distance is a bit long, and the gaps in the walls on both sides that have fallen into disrepair can see the fleeting mountain wall and the distant sky, which is enough to show that the terrain of the undead settlement is still very high.

After about a minute, the elevator finally reached the bottom, and the stone chamber below was probably built inside the mountain at the foot of the mountain, so the stone bricks were dyed yellow-green by some moss.

After the bell rang, the missionaries and mentors sent by the secluded church in the settlement were evacuated, and when they left, they closed the gate at the base of the tower, making the place even darker.

Zhang Lin came to the door, put his hands on the thick door panel, with a creaking sound, the door was pushed open by him, and the expanding sunlight through the crack in the door finally covered the dark tower with a layer of white veil.

and the lack of vegetation, it looks bare, almost like the undead settlement of a coal mine, at this time the outside of the tower is obviously much better, and the ecological environment of this world obviously cannot be viewed in terms of normal seasons and geographical differences.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Lin pushed the door open completely, and then embarked on the road of this once living sacrifice.