"In Theophalan, there is an unknown secret passage hidden beneath the royal city, where it hides a secret left over from antiquity, and this secret is firmly in the hands of the royal family of Theopharan...... At least, that's been how it used to be.

This secret passage has been called a black abyss by the royal family.

It is a wake-up call to the darkest times of the royal family, and each king is the guardian of the secret, until the end of their time comes, when the old king will continue the guardianship to his successor. ”

The above is an excerpt from The Lost Civilization: Theopharan (unedited edition).

Standing in front of the majestic palace, the bard had mixed feelings, the last time he had been here was a few years ago, he had crossed the crocodile belt with great difficulty, and after a long search in the dark fork in the road, he had miraculously found this lost civilization.

However, it was not the wine and the beautiful women who awaited him, and the king of Theopharan tried him and imprisoned him in a dungeon on trumped-up charges. He lived in a dark and small space for several years, carved his observations into the walls with stones, and would make small talk with a group of new prisoners whenever they were brought in.

It's a pity that all the people who were sent were crazy, except for one man named Goben Azouk.

The man sat quietly in his cell, waiting for the royal verdict against him.

From the time Goeburn arrived in the dungeon to the time he left, there was a conversation between them:

"Everything in this kingdom, sooner or later, will be mine. Surrounded by the jailers, Goeben continued to speak wildly.

"If there really is such a day, can you get me out of this damn place?"

The bard remembered Goeben's eyes, the man of Gundam like a beast that had found its prey, with a hint of banter and playfulness in its ferocity, Goeben grinned, revealing his sharp teeth, which were clearly different from ordinary people: "The day I hold the scepter, I will release you from here...... Then I will cut off your head and hang it on the gate of Theophalam. ”

He swore it was the first time he had seen Goeben, and he was sure he had never provoked the other.

In short, the world is unpredictable.

The bard never imagined that one day that the madman would actually ascend to the throne, and use strange spells to play with the whole kingdom between applause. He also did not think that the king who had judged him was now reduced to a prisoner, and with the help of the outsider who called himself Eric Moussa, they had to return to the black abyss beneath the royal city.

"It's unpredictable, isn't it?" said the bard, licking his lips and turning to King Brydon.

The king was too lazy to take care of him.

He felt that the bard was not an important character, that he was just a madman who was immersed in his own fantasies all day long.

"Although it is possible for Goben-Azuk himself to stay in the palace now, and all of his men want to dismantle me, I do not miss the beauty and girl of my hometown at all, I only want to find the secret passage to the abyss of the Black Stone and complete the last chapter of my travelogue. ”

"It's the Black Abyss. Eric corrected him in a low voice.

"Oh yes, it's the Black Abyss. The bard replied with a hippie smile.

He couldn't understand why His Majesty had been so serious—they had not only escaped from the dungeon, but had blown it up, and most of the jailers who had mocked him were buried under the rubble. At least he would not have been beheaded on the first day of Goben-Azuk's reign and hung above the city gates like a monkey.

What's more, the secrets of this kingdom are about to unfold before his eyes without reservation.

It doesn't get much more exhilarating than that.

The old king glanced at the bard.

This guy is not only a madman immersed in his own world, but also a madman who is not afraid of death. However, he was not crazy at all, and the exiles were all crazy, but they drew strength from madness, and this self-proclaimed bard had no fighting power at all, and was simply a drag bottle.

The sad reality is that none of the three of them have much combat power, and there is only one Unstable Crystal, which is used to level the dungeon. So they had to sneak around the perimeter of the palace, and if the guards spotted them, they could be sentenced to death.

The only advantage of being the former king of Theopharan was that he knew the royal palace better than anyone else.

"You're interesting, if it had been before, I might have hired you to join my consortium. Eric added, the bard's optimism calming the tension a little.

"It's okay now, I'm worried that I won't be able to find a job after escaping from here, I've been locked up here for so long, and God knows if the tavern won't be open...... Wait a minute, I don't mean 'before' because your consortium was dissolved, right?Business failed?Or did you run into a bad competitor?I had only heard of one Lilith Chamber of Commerce before I was locked up. ”

The bard seems to have a natural habit of talking, and he doesn't care about the possibility of being discovered, and still chatters under the walls.

The king's brow jumped at every word he spoke, and he was so dazed that he believed Eric's evil, and not only escaped from the dungeon with him, but also told him the secret of the Black Abyss. However, this Eric's identity does not sound simple......

"It's worse than that. Eric replied indifferently.

"What's worse? You can't have provoked the Kingdom Army, right? In the days before I came, the Kingdom Army was all fierce...... They're charging you protection money?"

"It's a little worse than you might think. ”

"What could be worse?"

"As long as I get out of here, it won't be the Kingdom Army who will be in charge of chasing me, but the Knights of the Round Table of the Church. ”

Eric's relaxed answer immediately brought the atmosphere to a freezing point.

Not only the bards knew about the Knights of the Round Table, but even the kings, who were born underground and had never been to the surface, knew the existence of the Council of the Round Table, and everyone knew what the Knights of the Round Table represented.

However, the next moment, the bard laughed out loud: "Wow, I didn't expect you to look sven, but you quietly offended the Knights of the Round Table, what's the matter? Could it be that you blew up the church headquarters?"

"You guessed it. ”

"You've really blown up the church headquarters! That's it, if I can get out of here, I'll follow you, even if it's the worst thing, people like you are definitely a leader!"

This bard is a fool, right?

The king was no longer able to complain, and most people knew how far Eric had provoked the Knights of the Round Table of the Church, but this guy came up with a smirk on his face.

"Do you really want to follow me?"

"Of course. ”

"Then I have a task for you. ”

"Say, wrap it up on me, boss. The bard patted his chest and promised.

"Do you see the soldiers over there? I have carefully observed the terrain, and it is impossible for us to blend into the palace with them...... So, I need you to find a way to get their eyes away. ”