Chapter 103: Empty
"Something is wrong, where have all the people gone?" Gretel whispered. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Diredo turned to look at him, a look of confusion on his face. I remember the time in the woods, where Gretel said that Drugrice had killed one of his children, and that he tried to attack the man, but was defeated and fled. According to this set of arguments, Drogris should have strengthened his garrison, but the scene that appeared in their eyes was like an empty city.
"I can't do that much, what do I do next?" asked Wall.
"We are now in the watchtower on the west side, and we can take a shortcut through the battlements in front of us to enter the Zenith. Gretel replied with a slight frown.
"Heaven?"
"Yes, the so-called paradise of Zoglis. ”
"Good!" Wall took a deep breath.
The group continued to make their way to the hinterland of the peregrine falcon, and this time, Walby was much calmer in the tunnel, and he deliberately slowed down his pace to avoid some surprises. However, until the crowd passed through the battlements, and then through the other side of the watchtower down to the ground, they did not encounter a single person.
Such an abnormal situation made everyone suspicious, and the faint smell of blood in the air made everyone confused.
Wall cursed under the handle of his knife, and he looked at the promenade and the unfinished courtyard built against the inner wall, and just turned around and asked, "How do you go again?" and the whole person froze in place.
"What's wrong?" Hawke couldn't help but ask, looking at him with a frightened expression.
Wall's Adam's apple trembled slightly, and he didn't say a word, just raised his hand and pointed behind the group. The group turned to look in the direction he was pointing. I saw a row of intact or mutilated corpses hanging on the wall behind them, and a layer of fine snow covered it, slightly hiding the bloody smell of these dead things.
However, the fine snow could not completely hide the ugly killing, and the cold air could not completely eliminate the stench of death, and in the moment when everyone stood still, a few crows in search of food fluttered their wings and landed on their "plates", and the snow droplets stained with minced meat were shaken down rustling.
A retching sound spilled down Hawke's throat, Ola and Dildedo turned their heads away with pale faces, and Wall fought through the churning discomfort in his stomach and swept his gaze over the corpses.
"No Silres, no Silres, no Silres!" Wall prayed inwardly.
At this moment, Gretel suddenly spoke.
"It's all a rotating escort ......"
Wall breathed a sigh of relief, rubbing his forehead and laughing, while Gretel continued to mutter, "Why did Drogris hang them?"
"Didn't they follow your rebellious men?" Diredo glanced back.
"It's not. ”
"I've heard that you taught the 'recruits' a lesson in killing chickens and monkeys before you went to war against us?" Hawke asked. He remembered that Leok had mentioned that Drogris had killed several of his people who were unwilling to attack the Nightingale.
"No, those poor fellows are rotten for a long time. Gretel looked at the filthy and cruel sight in her eyes, and she couldn't close her mouth for a moment.
What the hell is Drogris doing? It seems that from the moment he was ready to clean up the nightingale, the tyrant indulged in killing. He ordered the heads of those who had no intention of going to war with the Nightingale, and after the defeat of the battle, many were torn to pieces by his wrath, and what was wrong with these guards?
If the answer is true, it is equivalent to saying that Drogris can't even trust his own guards, who else can he trust?
"He's completely insane. Gretel muttered.
After a brief moment of silence, Wall's soft cough pulled the crowd back from meaningless conjectures.
"Where are you going further?" he swallowed unconsciously, like a prisoner whose death sentence had been suspended.
"I'll have to ask the woman. Gretel raised her chin at Amanda.
Amanda, who was about to be forgotten, was now exposed to everyone's eyes. She frowned slightly at Gretel, her shoulders trembling in the cold wind.
"I ...... I hate to go back to that place!" Amanda said in a sharp tone, like a cat that has been stepped on by its tail.
"Let's go, then!" Gretel replied in a flirtatious tone.
"Alone. He added another word.
"Gretel!" Diledo glared reproachfully, and he looked at Amanda worriedly. Along the way, he didn't know how to get along with Amanda, didn't dare to ask her what had happened to her for years, didn't dare to ask for forgiveness, so he hid aside and fell behind the team under the pretense of carrying Gretel's drudgery...... But that doesn't mean he doesn't care.
Amanda's gaze flickered on Deledo's face for a moment, and she swept past him with disdain, biting her lower lip and looking at Gretel.
"You give me no choice, you devil, you are all here!" Amanda accused, pointing to the group in front of her.
With that, she turned her back to the crowd and took a deep breath. After another moment, a soft-sounding but emotionless voice reached everyone's ears.
"Everyone, please come with me......" Amanda greeted the group again, she suddenly became unusually submissive, and she bowed slightly in an inviting gesture. This look, this demeanor made Diledo frown, and Amanda's low-browed puppet appearance reminded him of some absurd past. He muttered about to say something, but Amanda had already turned forward.
Diredo closed his eyes in frustration, and he suddenly felt his shoulders being pulled forward, and it turned out that Ora, who was helping to carry Grett, was pulled back by him.
Seeing the girl look at her with a confused expression, Diredo couldn't help but sigh.
"I'm such a coward. He followed with his head down......
The section of the wall where the corpses hung was quickly lost, and the group followed Amanda around for a few moments, until they finally stopped in the corner of the courtyard planted with holly and maple trees, while a low door was hidden in the shadows in front of them.
Wall leaned to the door and listened for a moment to the commotion on the other side, then he suddenly raised his foot and kicked it up. The not-so-sturdy wooden door opened, opening a world that Aura and Wall had not expected.
"Oh my God, where is this?"
Wall let out an exclamation, and Ola's mouth opened in disbelief.
I saw a garden at the other end of the door that used the columns to the extreme. Where they were, they could see a rectangular pool half-surrounded by a plain verandah, and two waterways stretched outward like the arms of a beautiful woman, enclosing the building with its dome and tower of light in front of it. In the details, each arch on the colonnade is inlaid with filigree with a gorgeous pattern...... Compared to where everyone had been before, this place resembled a beautiful woman hidden in a boudoir.
At this moment, the whole garden has lost some color because of the thin ice in the pool, but such a well-carved garden can be called a beautiful scenery even in the outside world, and in this place, it is a spectacle.
"Paradise. Diledo subconsciously exclaimed.