Chapter 53: The Scenery at the Top of the Mountain

readx; Little Peter stood at the gate of the castle and watched Uncle William drift away on his horse. www.biquge.info He sighed in his heart, turned to Eva standing behind him, and said, "Okay, let's go back and pack our things." Don't keep people waiting. ”

Eva gave him a warm smile. Little Peter's inner desolation and sadness were dispelled by this smile.

When they take their belongings from their respective rooms and go to the agreed place. Cardinal Ratfar was waiting for them, surrounded by a group of monks behind him. He watched as little Peter and Eva walked over. The monks behind him also quietly closed their mouths and looked at the two of them quietly. Little Peter and Eva couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Cardinal Ratfar smiled at them both. One hand straightened the black monk's robe he was wearing, and the other waved casually to signal that they were ready to go.

The crowd boarded the carriage that was parked nearby. Uncle Henry escorted them out of the castle with his team of Papal Knights. Peter and Eva Jr. were dragged into the same carriage by Cardinal Ratfar.

When they were seated in the carriage, the carriage moved slowly. Seeing their curious and puzzled eyes, Cardinal Ratfar could only smile at them and explain: "Originally, according to the rules, we should have set off on foot and walked back to the monastery. However, I was out for a little too long this time, so I had to rush back in a carriage. Speaking of which, I came by horse-drawn carriage when I came, after all, the time was very tight. It's not too late for me to come. ”

Little Peter opened his mouth and didn't know what to call each other.

Cardinal Ratfar saw his hesitation, thought about it, and understood something. He smiled and said, "Actually, according to the doctrine, we should all call each other brothers." But I guess you can just call me Ratfar for the sake of distinction. We don't need to be so exquisite. ”

Little Peter and Eva looked at each other and nodded vigorously.

The carriage drove on the road. The scenery flashed through the small windows on both sides of the carriage. Little Peter turned his head and looked out the window at the scenery without saying a word. Seeing that they were not in high spirits, Ratfar pulled out a Bible from the luggage beside him and read it.

And so they walked for about ten days.

On this day, little Peter left the carriage at the signal of Ratfar. He got out of the car and looked around with his luggage. By the time Uncle Henry got off his horse and walked up to him. He asked curiously, "Uncle Henry, why don't we go on?"

Henry smiled and touched his head and said, "Well, there's the monastery ahead." The cardinal is ready to take you to the nearby peak. With that, he pointed to a tall mountain not far away.

Little Peter turned his head to look at the mountain carefully, and he couldn't see anything but the steepness. He had a strong curiosity about Fatrar's intentions.

Cardinal Fatlar walked over slowly. He looked at Henry, nodded, and said to little Peter and Eva, "Come, I'll show you the most spectacular view of the neighborhood." I hope you don't think it's a terrible thing to spend time climbing with me as an old man. In fact, there is a reason why you are led to climb this mountain. You'll find out when you go up. After saying that, he didn't care, and the two people who stood behind him and didn't understand very well walked forward.

Little Peter and Eva hurried after him. Uncle Henry walked at the end with some knights, and in front of them were the monks of the monastery. A group of people walked towards the mountain.

When they came to the foot of the mountain. Little Peter noticed that the mountain was a little weird. On one side is bare stones, but on the other side there are rich plants. One side looks lifeless, but the other side is not full of life.

In silence, he followed Ratfar and began to climb a trail.

As he crawled, he noticed that sometimes there were some red-stained stones on the path under his feet. The stones were irregularly shaped, but the color was a desperately dark red. When we reached the mountainside, some white bones appeared.

Some of these bones look like human limbs, some resemble human bodies, and some are directly human heads. One common feature of these bones is that they are all fragmented and incomplete. It's like being dismembered by a severe punishment before death. Little Peter frowned tightly, pursed his lips, and climbed up without saying a word. From time to time, he watched the path under his feet, lest he step on some tattered weapons and bones.

The peak is littered with tattered weapons and mutilated bones. It's as if an unusually tragic war was going on here.

He didn't know what was going on, but he had a glimpse of what Fatrar had asked him to climb the mountain.

Cardinal Fatlar, who was at the front, couldn't walk anymore, so he gasped and found a clean place to sit down. He took out the water bladder from his luggage and drank it. Everyone was finally able to have a respite and found a place to rest.

Little Peter took two sips of the water from the bladder and carefully resealed the bladder. He looked around curiously, and then walked up to Uncle Henry.

He whispered some questions to Uncle Henry. It wasn't until Uncle Henry shook his head or pointed fingers that he figured out what was going on. This peak was once home to Cromwell Abbey. However, in the distant past, the specific record should be more than 200 years in the divine calendar. It was once attacked by a group of barbarians. The knights sent by the Holy See and the attacking barbarian armies fought in this mountain.

In the end, the Holy See was defended by several knights and managed to repel the barbarian attack. To commemorate this tragic victory, the Holy See moved the entire monastery from the foot of the mountain. And let this ancient battlefield site remain the same. Every ten years or so, the new members of the Holy See's Knights come to this mountain to pay their respects.

Little Peter was fascinated by what he heard. He didn't even find out when Eva had come to hit them.

When everyone was almost rested, Cardinal Ratfar was back at the forefront. Little Peter struggled to climb up, his mouth exhaling heavily. His physical strength gradually exhausted, and he was still supported by Eva to barely reach the summit.

Little Peter was held tightly by Eva's arm. When he reached the summit, he saw the scenery at the foot of the mountain in all directions. Not far away, a splendid monastery is particularly striking and surrounded by surrounding fields. He looked closely at the scenery below the mountain, and gradually he became obsessed with this feeling of seeing everything and mastering everything.

At this time he heard the voice of Cardinal Fatrar: "Peter, Eva. The scenery you see now is that you climbed up on the corpses. Remember, there are countless bones buried under your feet with every step you take. If you don't want to be a white bone that is trampled under the feet of others, you have to keep climbing up. ”

Eva held little Peter, who was visibly lost in thought, and listened to the hairs standing on end. She couldn't help but shudder.