Chapter 43: Between the Past and the Present

For a moment, the ladies held their breath at the same time, and the ancient temple immediately fell silent. There was no sound in the dark hallway, only the slightly rapid heartbeat of the girls echoing in their ears.

This is a very strange temple, all the walls do not have a single window, and after entering the temple, it is completely isolated from the outside world, and the light from the outside world cannot penetrate the temple at all. But the temple did not fall into darkness, and at the top of the temple's walls, every three meters there was a piece of masonry that always glowed, illuminating the space inside the temple. No one understood the reason why these bricks were shining, and even in Vivien's eyes, these bricks were just the most ordinary bricks, and it was logically impossible to emit light, and in the end, the reason could only be attributed to the special technology of the First Age or to the omnipotence of divine power.

If it is an ordinary building, if it is built in this style, the air inside the building must be very dirty, but although this temple is closed, the air inside is not bad, it should be hidden air purification circle or similar equipment, although you can't feel the magic fluctuations when these equipment are running, but from the effect point of view, the presence of these equipment is the inevitable reason.

In a closed environment, the transmission of sound is very sensitive, but even so, the ladies still can't hear what Diana wants them to hear. But there was a voice, for Pannis's ears moved, and he said, "This voice...... It came from underground, well, it seems that they have been playing hide and seek with the ghouls all the way, and have entered the main part of the temple. ”

"The underground is the main part?" Catherine asked in surprise, "I've never heard of a temple that would use the basement as the main body, that would be very disrespectful to the gods." ”

"Hehe, for the gods now, even for Denya, whom Lina believes, of course this is disrespectful. Pannis spread his hands and explained, "But for Danacus, who is in charge of death, the underground part is where his essence is, so it is normal to use it as the main body. ”

"Shall we go down?" Diana did not make her own decision at this time, but asked Pannis, "It is a bit troublesome to think about going down, although I can hear the sound and smell the smell, but it is all coming up directly, I can't find where the stairs are." ”

"It doesn't matter. Pannis's smile was a little stunned: "I know, we were in that temple back then, but we searched most of the places thoroughly, things like stairs are too easy to find, come with me." ”

"Was it so easy for you to enter the temple at that time?" Vivien kept recording in her notebook, "Is it also true that the temple that has been silent for countless years is empty, and there are countless treasures and secrets hidden waiting to be discovered?"

"Easy? heh, heh, heh. Pannis's laughter was eerie: "You don't want to know what happened to us, it's the most desperate nightmare." ”

"The gods?" Catherine guessed tentatively, "I remember you mentioned that there were the bodies of the gods in there." ”

"I'm sorry I lied. The corners of Pennis's mouth twitched, and he shook his head, "It's not the corpse of the gods, but the ...... The corpses of the gods and the people who move. ”

"I see, you also met the undead at that time, was it a skeleton or a skeleton knight?" Since Pannis began to lead the way, Lina resumed walking on both feet, and Diana escaped into the depths of Lina's psyche, and Lina controlled her body by herself: "Sure enough, it is worthy of the temple of Danacus, and it will always be related to the undead." ”

"It's not a skeleton, it's not a bone knight. Pannis didn't answer, just shook his head and sighed softly.

"This is the meditation room, a place for priests to meditate and examine themselves. Pushing open a door, inside was a room with no light at the top of the wall, and Pannis introduced like a guide, "If it were the First Age, you might be able to see four or five high-ranking priests meditating in this dark room. Of course, it is certainly not going to be seen now. ”

"Whew. "In my memory, several balls of dark light with devastating power blasted towards me the moment the door opened, and seven sit-in corpses raised their heads in the room. They show no signs of life and are considered undead, but apart from their appearance, they retain a large part of the characteristics of a living person, making it impossible to tell whether they are alive or dead. The dried corpses had a common feature, a deep eye socket on their foreheads, and sparks of energy pulsed inside.

Pannis closed his eyes, ignoring the sight he remembered, and stepped into the room, leading everyone through the room in the darkness, pushing open the door on the other wall and entering another hallway.

"If the two temple rooms are of exactly the same effect, this corridor leads to the meeting room and the confessional room. Pannis continued, "On the other side is the library, and the closest staircase to us is in the library. ”

"Library?" Lina and Vivien raised their eyebrows at the same time, and asked in unison, "Are you sure it's the library?"

"Just look at it. Pannis smiled, chose the direction to the left, and walked down the long hallway, the sound of footsteps echoing through the dead silence of the hallway, clear and piercing.

"Whoosh. In my memory, a giant three-eyed skeleton with a height of about two and a half meters burst out of an open door on the side of the wall, and the strangely shaped long-handled battle axe in its hand swept through the corridor with a terrible whistling sound, and a translucent air blade formed by fighting qi roared past. The Three-Eyed Skeleton is extremely agile, has a balanced offensive and defensive ability, and has a strong sense of autonomy, no matter how you look at it, it is a normal and powerful enemy, not an undead creature.

"Huh. Wandering between memory and reality, Pannis let out a soft laugh and let the three-eyed skeleton pass through his body to the end of the hallway, pushing open the two black doors at the end. Behind the door is a huge room, rows of huge bookshelves make the room be slowly arranged, fifty or sixty meters high bookshelves directly connected to the roof, it looks magnificent.

"That's right, Library. Pannis nodded, pointed to the bookshelf and said, "But it seems like a pity." ”

Vivien and Lina hung their heads in frustration and didn't say a word. It's a pity that in the huge library, the shelves are all empty, not only are there no books, not even a piece of paper does not exist, only the layers of empty bookshelves are like open mouths, laughing at the two disappointed girls.

"Look, that's the staircase. Pannis pointed with his chin in front of him, and in a corner of the library, a spiral staircase swirled downward: "Thankfully, the specifications of the two temples are identical, which saves you a lot of trouble." ”

"This staircase, it's wooden, can't it be rotten? Catherine cautiously pinched the handrail of the staircase, which was dry and sturdy, like new: "Why? The temple can't be new, look at the texture of the wood." ”

"Don't be so surprised, big sister. Lina shook her head and said, "Don't use common sense to think about a temple that is concerned by the gods. If the gods wished, they could make their temples look like new for millions of years, as long as they had their minds. ”

"There's also the technology of the First Age Godmin. Pannis added in a low voice, but no one but himself heard it.

Stepping up the sturdy wooden staircase, Pannis looked back at the first step. The light from the top of the wall poured down from above, and Pannis couldn't help but cover his eyes.

"Erupt, Holy Light. In the memory, the girl's crisp voice echoed, dragging the last light winged man flapping his snow-white wings and floating in the air, the dazzling light burst out from the girl's hand, so that everyone who looked back couldn't help but cover their eyes, and what they heard in their ears was the girl's crisp and innocent laughter.

"Tread, step, step. The five of them slowly descended the wooden staircase, and there was a monotonous stampede under their feet. The spiral staircase is very high, and it takes almost forty meters down to the ground. The underground space is also a giant library, integrated with the upper floor.

"It's also a library. Pannis said, "But now we're in the main part of the temple. ”

"Do you need me to ask Diana to keep tracking?" Lina still held a deep grudge at the lack of books in the library, and her voice was full of resentment.

"There's no need. Pannis shook his head and said, "Since they came down on their own, it means that they not only want to hide and seek, but also have some special purposes." Since they have a special purpose, then their goal can only be the only one, the central altar, don't worry, I know the way there. ”

"Who would come to such a place without a special purpose. Catherine rolled her eyes and said, "Also, do you really guess who those people are?"

"Probably, hehe. Pannis grinned and said, "If you let Vivien show me that leg again, maybe I'll be a little more sure, hehehehe." ”

"Fuck off. Catherine pushed away Pennis, who had stopped in the way, gritted her teeth and said, "Don't think I don't know what you want to do. Hmph, you're recovering now, aren't you, and you're starting to do this again, I knew I would have let you run away just now. ”

"Hehe, it's too late to say anything. Pannis smiled as if he was playful: "Since you picked me up again, it won't be so easy for you to drive me away this time, and you will regret it when the time comes." ”

"Really?" Catherine glanced at the one-handed sword at her waist and asked with a smile on her face, "Since I will regret it later, shouldn't I dispose of the source of regret in advance now?"

"I was wrong, please forgive me. "Pannis's apology is always so timely and sincere.

"Don't make a fuss. Lina and Vivien had already run to the exit of the library and beckoned, "We vaguely heard shouting just now. (To be continued.) )