297 Catacombs Romance Night-3
As the largest existing burial ground, the Catacombs of Paris appeared when the plague broke out in Paris for many years.
Because the number of people who died from the plague was so large that the mountains of corpses affected the living conditions of the nearby residents, and the corpses flowed into the cellars of the nearby residents, people had to choose to dig up all the bones in the civilian cemetery and store them in the abandoned underground quarries - this is the origin of the well-known "Catacombs of Paris".
However, the truth of the matter is not so.
The reason why a large number of bones were transferred to the quarry was indeed to dispose of the corpses that had nowhere to be piled up, but there was another unknown reason for horror:
-- Offering a large number of corpses as a tribute to the nameless monster hidden in the underground of Paris can appease its wrath.
What the inhabitants of the ground do not know is that in the underground of Paris, a huge "monster" is hidden. The reason why the quarry, which was later used to store the corpses, was closed because the monster had killed several workers.
No one knew what it was, because only one of the people who saw it for what it really looked like had come back alive, and he was so frightened that he was so incoherent that he foamed at the mouth when he spoke, and he couldn't describe the monster at all.
But despite this, the other workers in the quarry heard a sick, scalp-tingling howl coming from the underground tunnel. The sound was so harsh that it had even caused a small landslide, and it could not have been made by a human being.
After several workers lost their lives, the quarry was abandoned on the grounds that it was "mined", when King Louis XVI of France learned of it. He personally ordered the elite French knights to enter the quarry and wipe out the monsters inside.
Until dozens of brave knights. Disappeared into the abandoned quarry, and everyone realized. The monsters hidden inside are simply not something that human soldiers can deal with.
Then, the missionaries of the church, who got the news, came up with an idea:
Like the terrifying monsters of ancient times that needed to be worshipped, this monster may also be appeased by offering sacrifices. At that time, smallpox and plague broke out in France for many years, and if the corpses of the dead were sacrificed to monsters as "tribute......
Just as the priests had expected, after the abandoned quarry became a cemetery full of human bones. The monster hidden in the depths of the quarry was indeed much quieter - of course, two workers had mysteriously disappeared while carrying the bones. But compared to the previous ones, the damage caused by the monster this time is obviously much smaller.
Since then, as time has passed, the monster seems to have vanished, and those who knew there were monsters underground have also died. Therefore, the legend of the monster hidden under Paris has not been passed down to future generations.
But even if the person who knows the truth is still alive, it is impossible to know that the monster hidden underground has not disappeared. Instead, they found a new "way to entertain" --
"So, that's why you're called tarot?"
After listening to the story told by Werf, Zhang Luo raised his head thoughtfully and stared at the corpse of the "upside-down hangman" on the ceiling.
Let's put it this way. Including myself, these heretical creatures in the catacombs of Paris, which are named tarot cards, are actually just "playthings" of another terrifying monster. It sounds unscientific, though. But Zhang Luo continued to ask Villeff: "How do you know?" ”
"I've always heard from the 'Empress,' and she's always lived here. She was a beautiful vampire, and now we don't see her again. A frustrated glint flashed in Vilf's dark yellow eyes: "She's very nice to me......"
"So you're not an aboriginal here? Is there some reason why you came? Zhang Luo continued to gather intelligence.
"Yes." The blonde woman with a single ponytail nodded: "Donrosk City." You've probably heard of it, right? ”
"Of course." Zhang Luo motioned for her to continue.
Vilf sighed and whispered, "You can see that I am indeed a demon, and I am also the colonel of the 'Conqueror', and I fight the executioners on that battlefield every day. Until the day the World Engine was turned on, all of my men died in the annihilation of the city, and I was too badly injured to maintain my demonic form. ”
"So you came up with the idea of hiding here?" Zhang Luo asked.
- No one knows better than him what is happening in the city of Donroske, after all, the "Gaia Engine" that caused the annihilation was turned on by Frankenstein in front of him.
Vilf nodded again: "Well, I wanted to go to Siberia at that time, but suddenly I thought of the Catacombs of Paris, and I thought it should be a good hiding place. That's why I came here, and now that I think about it, I was probably controlled by that monster at the time, so I chose this ghost place......"
"By the way, if you tell me all the details of yourself, aren't you afraid that I will be the executioner?" Zhang Luo said with a smile.
Hearing this, Welf shook her head, looking deflated with a broken jar: "It doesn't matter if you kill me, this place is already driving me crazy......"
"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Luo looked at the blonde woman in front of him curiously.
- Even when he was seriously injured, he was able to maintain the shield on his body, and the level of strength of Werf can be imagined. Zhang Luo knew that if Werf hadn't been injured, the strength would definitely be above his human form.
So, what is going on in this catacombs that would make such a powerful demon give up all hope of survival?
Werf raised her head and looked at Zhang Luo, with a self-deprecating smile on her face: "I don't want to be at the mercy of some damn monster, after learning about the situation here, I want to leave here immediately, but that can't be done." I can't open the large space door, and I can't find a way out at all, so I'm obviously walking along the road, but like a damn ring, I'll always go back to the room where we met......"
"Oh? Can't just leave with the space door? Zhang Luo said as he opened the storage space, took out a pitch-black metal block and placed it on the ground, and then used the Eye of the Executioner to try to open the generator to create an "unstable portal".
But...... The portal did not appear.
While the place doesn't look like there are any distractions and the storage space works fine, the portals that can be traversed by creatures are unreachable for some unknown reason.
However, even so, Zhang Luo immediately thought of a way to leave.
Putting away the portal generator, he smiled at the frustrated Villeff, "Do you want to go to Los Angeles to have fun?" ”
"What do you mean?" There was a hint of confusion in Vilf's voice.
"I was caught here by a monster from a subway station in Los Angeles, and he must have used a portal or something to 'teleport' from Los Angeles to Paris." Zhang Luo patted Welff on the shoulder: "So, as long as we find the portal he used, we can leave here." ”
Hearing this, Ville's eyes widened slightly, stared at Zhang Luo, and asked, "Why are you helping me?" That doesn't seem like much of a good deal for you, does it? ”
"Only boring guys are obsessed with things like 'benefits,' and I don't care about those things." Zhang Luo smiled and stretched out his right hand to Velf, who was sitting on the bed: "Do you want to come with me?" ”
Vilf was silent for a moment, and on her face, which had been frowning, she finally showed a faint smile, stretched out her cold little hand to grab Zhang Luo's hand, and nodded vigorously:
"Hmm." (To be continued.) )
PS: I heard that everyone is tired of watching the plot of the war, and what I wrote is a little boring, so now let's have an adventure puzzle story to spice up (of course, there is still a battle) ~ I hope you like it ~