"Anyway, congratulations on taking the first step. Catherine's eyes seemed to reddened slightly, and she smiled softly and said, "Welcome home, Pannis." ”

Pannis, who was covering his face and moaning, was stunned for a moment, and a grateful smile slowly appeared on his face: "Well, I'm back." ”

"Yay. The three girls rushed up at the same time, surrounded Pannis, and embraced each other.

"What interesting people. Marcia, who was a silent bystander very consciously, tilted her head to look at the three girls who were hugging each other, smiled and said to herself: "Sometimes humans are much stranger than monsters, but they are not annoying. ”

"Let's go. Freed from the girl's encirclement, Pannis said, "We've been delayed for a long time, so let's go in now and see what this temple really looks like." ”

"Pannis. Lina's voice was a little small, and she asked tentatively, "Are you really okay?"

"I can't say it's completely fine, but this step will have to come out sooner or later. Pannis said calmly: "If in the end I was really scared away by a temple, and I was really scared to the point of collapse by my own heart, it would be too humiliating, so I can only face it head-on." ”

"Let's go. Catherine patted Pennis on the shoulder, pushed the temple's ajar door open, and walked into the temple. As soon as they entered the temple, the ladies shivered with the cold and dampness peculiar to the large building.

"This temple is exactly the same size as the one I've ever seen. Pannis did not shy away from it, and took the initiative to say the question that the girls were curious about but did not know whether to ask: "It is the same time, the temple that serves the same gods." Vivien, remember the divine text you mentioned earlier?"

"You said that there is a temple with the corpses of the gods of the First Age?" Vivien's eyes could illuminate almost the entire temple, and she gritted her teeth and asked, "In other words, there may be one here?"

"It's a pity. Pannis shook his head and said, "If nothing else, there can't be those things here, you might as well give up." But you should be able to see quite a few myths here, like there. ”

As soon as they entered the gate of the temple, and standing at the entrance, Pannis pointed to the walls on either side, and there were many inscriptions carved on the walls, which belonged to the few people even in the First Age, and the words used to worship the gods. Looking at the passage in front of him, which could not be forgotten for a hundred years, and looking at the temple that he was in that could never be escaped in his dreams, Pannis seemed to feel that the world was in chaos, the past and the present were intertwined in front of him, and memories and reality were constantly flashing in front of his eyes.

"Is this the god's temple?" Lina looked around as she walked, both from the layout of the temple to the carvings of the decorations, so unfamiliar that she couldn't identify the owner of the temple at all, "It's strange, I've seen most of the gods' temples in books, but I've never seen anything like this." ”

"Whose temple is this. In his memory, the dwarf raised his hand to catch the giant battle axe that flew out to cut off countless undead, dragged his beard and asked in a dwarven unique tone: "Hmm, let me see, the carving of the stone wall has the unique style of the first age, and sure enough, this is the temple of the first age, could it be that the owner of the temple is the remnant soul of the god in charge of death that we are going to face?"

"Danacus. Pannis explained to Lina, "In the sewers of the City of Innocence, the Cultists of the Servants of the Gods once mentioned that the god they believed in was Danakus. ”

"Hasn't Danacus fallen?" Lina asked in surprise, "But the situation here shows that the temple has an owner, could it be that Danakus has recently awakened again?"

"Obviously, that's the case. Pannis smiled bitterly: "But you have a mistake, Danacus did not wake up recently, maybe he woke up a long time ago, say, a hundred years ago." ”

"Do you think the heroes of a hundred years ago were fighting against the remnants of Danakus?" Catherine immediately grasped the meaning of Pannis's words, "So, the evil god sacrifice of the servants of the gods is also to restore the god of death who has been badly damaged by the heroes?"

"Except for the parties involved, who can be sure of this kind of thing, it can only rely on speculation. Pannis said like a bystander. Anyone who doesn't know the situation will find it hard to imagine that he is actually an eyewitness to the events: "Maybe they are trying to reopen the door of death, hehe." ”

"Don't make jokes like that. Catherine punched Pannis in the back: "Such a terrible thing, if it happens again, it will be troublesome." There is no second Nelly-sama and Kyle-sama to fight valiantly, and when the time comes, lives may be destroyed. ”

"Okay, okay. Pannis shrugged: "Actually, I also think it's better that this kind of joke doesn't happen." Vivien, let's go, don't look at it. ”

Forcibly dragging Vivien through the long hallway inside the entrance to the temple. At the end of the corridor is the prayer hall of the temple, which is considered the largest room in the temple. The prayer hall was empty, and in the middle of the prayer hall was supposed to be an idol of the deity, which would automatically take on the appearance of a deity under the will of the deity for worshippers to worship. In the middle of the current prayer hall, there is also an idol of the deity, but the idol seems to be shrouded in a vague mist, and it is impossible to identify the deity.

"Strange, why is this happening. Lina looked at the blurred face of the idol, and said to herself in confusion: "It stands to reason that after the temple is activated, the idol should appear at the same time, I have never heard of the situation where the temple is activated but the idol is still in a hazy state." Could it be that it was because the gods were hit hard again and couldn't respond to the believers? Well, I can't figure it out, the realm of the gods is really extremely complicated. ”

Pannis didn't hear Lina's self-talk, and in his eyes, in the empty prayer hall in front of him, countless corpses seemed to suddenly appear, and the corpses fell neatly in the direction of the idol, as if they were dying collectively at the moment of prostration, and as if they were willing to sacrifice their lives for the gods in a planned way.

"Hey, there are so many corpses here. The elf's noble and elegant voice echoed in the prayer hall: "And why didn't these corpses stand up like the ones outside? If anything is abnormal, it means that there must be something wrong inside, and I think this time will be no exception." Be careful, everyone, and be more vigilant about these corpses. ”

"Notice, there's blood on the front. Sensing the most important thing, Marcia pointed to the ground on the side of the prayer hall and said, "And it's fresh." ”

The rest of the people quickly gathered around, and as Marcia had said, there was a small patch of blood on the ground. Pannis twisted the blood stains with his fingers, leaned over and sniffed it again, looked up and said, "It is indeed fresh, leave it for no more than an hour." If nothing else, the owner of the bloodstain should be the target we want to rescue and the comrade-in-arms we want to find. ”

"Can you track it?" asked Catherine expectantly.

"It's difficult, the other party is also an expert, an expert who hides his tracks, even with my sense of smell and perception, it is not so easy to find. Pannis paused and explained, "There are so many rooms and side roads in this temple, it's like a huge labyrinth. It seems that our comrades-in-arms who have not met have made up their minds to play hide and seek with the enemy in the maze, so they deliberately hide their tracks like this. ”

"But the bloodstain ......," said Catherine, "the blood is left on the ground." ”

"It doesn't say anything. Pannis shook his head and said, "Because you can't judge whether our comrades-in-arms left on purpose or unintentionally, if you think about it, you will fall into the trap." ”

"That's when it's my turn to help. Lina's face had changed an expression, with confidence and majesty, she walked over and pushed Pannis away, leaned over and lay on the ground on all fours, sniffed hard at the bloodstains, and nodded: "It's the blood of the owner of that thigh, yes, it's hers." ”

"Can you track them down, Lord Diana?" asked Catherine.

"It's easy. Diana shook her and licked the back of her hand naturally: "Come with me, it doesn't smell close." ”

Following Diana, who led the way, several people walked through the complex passages of the temple. Every place feels very familiar in Pannis's eyes, but it is familiar, but it is never missed.

"For the glory of our ancestors. When he pushed open a door, Pannis was shocked, and once again he seemed to see the old werewolf's emaciated but still powerful body, as if he had heard the old orc's heroic laughter again: "Damn the undead, confess to your ancestors." ”

"Pannis?" Catherine beside her tugged down Pannis's sleeve and pulled him back from the illusion of memory, "What did you think of, suddenly so distracted?"

"Nothing, just a bit of the past. Pannis shook his head and shook off the memories in his mind: "It seems that this temple is really empty, and there is not a single piece of furniture and ornaments. ”

"It seems that the servants of God will not be able to control this place for long. Catherine said, "Otherwise, there would have been enough traces of life here, rather than nothing like there is now." ”

"Maybe the temple has just risen to the ground. Pannis replied, "They don't have time to control it yet." ”

"So, you also think that the temple was originally buried in the ground?" Catherine asked the question she wanted to ask Pannis when she saw the temple.

"That's right. Pannis nodded, "This temple has a long history, long enough for the change of terrain to bury itself, like the sewer works in the City of Innocence." ”

"How could such a deep underground structure float to the ground on its own?" asked Catherine, puzzled.

"By the will of the gods, everything is possible. ”

"Shhhh Diana, who led the way, motioned for everyone to be quiet: "Listen carefully, the sound in the distance." (To be continued.) )