"What do you see?" The three of them approached the mirror in Vivien's hand, and saw a light emanating from the mirror, which was the light from the tears of light on the head of the rat-shaped golem.

The mirror reflects an uninhabited room, also filled with seawater, but it does not affect the purpose of its use. It is a prayer room, there are no windows in the room, the walls are painted black, and in the center of the room is a broken statue of a god that has been eroded by the sea. The idol rests on a stone platform that is wide enough to allow one to kneel and pray facing the idol on the platform. In one corner of the room was a long stone table fixed to the deck, covered with a black cloth that had been soaked in the water, but a box made of metal was still fixed to the table. The rat-shaped golem ran back and forth in the room several times, confirming that there were no nightmares in the room.

"Then I'll open the door. Catherine held her shield and opened the door with her one-handed sword.

"Sure enough, there was no one. Several mermaids entered the room, and as soon as they entered the room, they saw a surprising scene. There was a large hole in the wall of the room near the side of the ship, which was not connected to the outside sea because the room was in the middle of the buried sediment, but even so, it was clearly distinguishable.

"The hole was broken from the inside. Catherine leaned close to the entrance to observe the damage at the edge of the hole: "The planks on the edge of the hole are twisted outward, indicating that the force is bursting from the inside out, and it should be that the people inside have sensed that the ship has sunk to the bottom, so they broke the side of the ship and fought the attackers." However, this explosive power is amazing, if you want to break the wall of the ship outward, you need not only to have the strength to break the wall of the ship, but also to be able to break through the water pressure outside, which I definitely can't do anyway. ”

"I can use magic to create powerful explosions, and I can barely do it. Vivien said, "But this time it is estimated that this wall will be blown away, and even half of the ship will disappear, and there will never be only such a big hole." ”

"Maybe he broke the wall before the boat sank. Lina guessed: "For example, he found out about the attack of the Sea Clan in advance, and then broke through the wall first. ”

"Then he must have a great enmity with his colleagues. "If he did, it wasn't the Sea Clan attack that silenced the ships, he did," Panis teased. ”

Lina was stunned, annoyed with Pannis's bared teeth, but did not refute anything.

The room was empty, the statue was too broken to see its shape, a hole and nothing to see, and soon all eyes were focused on the metal box fixed to the serpet table in the corner. The metal box is slightly larger than a book, and the surface of the box has a diamond-shaped emblem carved into a shadow-like object, which is clearly a nightmare creature representing the gods of nightmares and fears, and the entire emblem is likely to be the symbol of the Nightmare Church. The box is made of magic steel, which has been soaked in seawater for thousands of years without rusting, and the surface is still clean and smooth. When the lid of the box was opened, the box was already soaked in seawater, and a canon made of parchment was placed in the center of the box, the contents of the canon had disappeared into the sea, but the parchment was still preserved. In the gap between the canon and the box, there were several small objects, most likely once sacred objects containing divine powers, but now they were just some broken scraps.

"It's probably the Book of Law. Lina spread out her hand, and the silver magic book on her waist floated to her palm. The texture of the silver book is not visible, but it is still undamaged when soaked in seawater. Lina flipped through the Dharma book casually and said, "Like my earthly praise, this holy book in front of me was once blessed and even written by the gods themselves, but it has become an ordinary canon with the fall of the gods. This person's position in the Nightmare Church should be the presiding priest or the chief preacher, not the bishop. Only these three positions are eligible to hold the Holy Scriptures. See what I do? I'm the exception. ”

The other four snickered a few times, not delving into the issue, and Catherine pinched the blank canon and said, "This must be very important for a church. ”

"Of course. Lina said without hesitation: "Every believer, even if he sacrifices his life, must protect the holy scriptures, and it is not only a symbol of the honor of the church, but also a weapon for priests to fight." ”

"But why is it left here, if it's so important?" asked Catherine, "Shouldn't something so important, and a weapon, be carried with you?" ”

"No, if I were him, I wouldn't have taken it with me in a hasty encounter. Lina shook her head and said, "If our previous speculation is correct, when the incident happened, Timos had already fallen into a deep sleep, and the divine power that responded to the believers had become very weak, and the holy scriptures would inevitably lose the blessing of divine power, that is, they would lose their combat ability, and they would become no different from ordinary canons." At this time, taking the holy text into battle not only cannot be used as a weapon, but also has the possibility of being destroyed, so of course you have to stay in the cabin and come back to get it after the battle is over. ”

Then, he didn't come back to pick it up. Catherine smiled a somewhat contradictory, not knowing what kind of expression to give to the victim, and in the end she could only give a final gift with a complicated smile.

"yes, it seems that none of them have been able to come back to pick it up. Pannis shrugged his shoulders and said, "What people want to get, sometimes they have to pay a corresponding price." ”

"In the eyes of some, they are righteous heroes who sacrificed everything for the sake of their faith. Freya sighed, "But in the eyes of others, they may just be a bunch of evil demons who deserve to die ten thousand times." But what about the end result? Heroes and demons? Thousands of years have passed, and they are just a few bones in the deep sea, a few lines of words in the historical record, like a beach overflowed by the sea, and there is no ...... left."

As soon as Vivien raised her hand, a cyclone exploded not far in front of Freya, causing the sea to turbulent violently, so as to stop the spread of the water waves, interrupting Freya's long exclamation: "Okay, okay, since there's nothing to see here, let's hurry to the next room, complete the task one minute earlier and go home one minute earlier, and I still have to study the use of mermaid tears." ”

Freya had a surprised expression, apparently not used to this unique underwater way of being stopped, but she still controlled the rat-shaped golem to walk towards the second chamber. The second cabin is more spacious than the first, and likewise more monotonous than the first. The first room also had a bed, an altar, and a sermon table, and the second room had nothing but a bed. However, in the corner of the wall next to the bed, there were several pieces of armor that looked beautifully made, and the material of the armor connection parts had rotted in the water, and the armor that had lost its fixation was scattered all over the ground.

"This should be the room of the chief of guard of the church or the general of the state. Lina explains, "But in most churches, both positions are held by the same person. However, there is nothing to be noted here, and this position is unlikely to have access to too many core secrets, nor does it have access to some sensitive items. ”

"There are no holes in the walls here. Vivien said, "There were no bodies in the house. ”

"It is likely that he was not in his room at the time of the incident. Catherine said, "This is also a normal thing. ”

"Yes, it's normal. Lina nodded, "The chief of the guard is responsible for the safety of the archbishop, and he often has to follow the archbishop, and most of the time he will not be in his room. ”

"Nothing noteworthy just go. Catherine said, "The next one is the last cabin on this side." ”

Everyone didn't even enter the second room and decided to skip it to check the third. Freya didn't let the rat-shaped golem exit the room this time, and directly controlled the golem to burrow into the rotten walls and burrow into the third chamber. Everyone was taken aback when they saw the image of the third cabin, which had no roof in sight because it was already filled with floating debris. Crystal bottles and bowls floated on the roof, small metal tools were scattered on the floor, and the walls were covered with patterns of unknown material, which had not yet decayed.

Seeing this room, it didn't take Lina to explain at all, everyone already knew its owner. Freya poked Vivien, "Stupid, your companion." ”

"It's like you're not a mage yourself. Vivien rolled her eyes, "Isn't that your companion too?"

"This must be a court mage. Catherine said, "Or, if it were to be replaced by a church position, it would be ......."

"The gods' magicians. Lina said, "It's okay to call the chief mage of the mage group." ”

"This room must be inspected. Catherine said: "This identity should know a lot of core secrets. ”

"I would recommend this as a final location. Vivien shook her head vigorously and said, "Think about my laboratory at home, what will happen if outsiders come in?"

The corners of Catherine's eyes trembled, and she remembered the final defense set up by Vivian, the magic circle that could destroy more than half of the foreign pavilion, and could only shake her head with a wry smile: "It's been thousands of years, will the trap here have failed?" Okay, I already know, you want to say that the failed trap may be more dangerous, right?" ”

"Well, because no one knows if they're out of control or out of control. Vivien said: "Even if it fails, it can't be judged whether it is a complete failure or a partial failure, in case the trap is triggered, it is better to say otherwise, this ship will definitely not be saved, so I said that I will finally check here." ”

"Don't study it. While the group was still debating whether or not they should enter the cabin for inspection, Freya had already controlled the puppet to the fourth room, the largest room facing the hallway and staircase. As soon as he entered the room, he saw a corpse lying on the ground that had disappeared from the pelvis down, clutching a white crown that looked like it was made of fish bones. (To be continued.) )