Chapter 33: The Secret Passage
After leaving Blair City, Roland and the others did not move in the direction of the Blair Fortress in the north, but followed the map all the way to the north-east. Along the way, everyone made the necessary supplies and rested, and there was no pause. Luo Ailan still clearly remembered her father's instructions to her before leaving in the morning.
"Roland, remember to go early and return early when you leave this time, don't delay the time, remember to come back from the direction of the fortress when you come back, someone will pick you up at that time. Also, this is who your squad is outside, don't tell the truth about you and your team. At the same time, remember that you don't advance, stay at the bottom of the orange halo. It's not too late to cultivate when you come back. The Prince of Ceylon warned Roland and the others early in the morning before they set out, and at the same time gave each of them a copy of the information, which was the identity information they were to memorize for this mission. Although with a sense of incomprehension, Roland and the others still deeply remembered what the Prince of Ceylon said.
"Your Royal Highness, how far is it to get there, it's been almost a day, and the sun is about to set. Sora Occam, who always couldn't control her mouth, asked with a big grin.
"How many times have you said that when you leave Blair City, you are not allowed to call me by my name or His Royal Highness the Prince, but you have to call me Young Master or Your Excellency Pierce, remember?" Regarding the character of Sola Occam, Roland and others have always been extremely speechless, saying that he is shrewd and capable, but he often does things that make people cry and laugh, saying that he is big, and sometimes very shrewd. You see, let him change it, and he will give you a perfunctory thing.
"Yes, young master. Sora Occam said with a grin, "But young master." How long do we have to get to our destination, the birds don't poop, the chickens don't lay eggs, and we have to march in a hurry, and our buttocks hurt. But when he turned his face, he had a rogue expression.
"It's almost there. According to the directions on the map, the cliff in front is where we are going. Looking at the map, looking at the mountains in the distance, Roland pointed to a cliff that he was not quite sure about. Although he has lived in Blair's territory since he was a child, Roland is not familiar with every place in Blair's territory, and the direction indicated on the map is far away from the place where people in Blair's territory often move, so it can be said that if it weren't for this mission, it is estimated that no one will come here.
"Nima, you still have to run for a long time. Solo Christine, who was at the back of the right side of the line, sighed as he looked at the cliff.
When Roland and the others finally came to the cliff, the sun in Blair's sky was about to sink to the bottom of the mountain range to the west.
"Damn, son...... No, young master, you didn't lie to us, did you, or were we deceived by the prince?" At this moment, the cliff in front of everyone's eyes is a cliff, without any traces of artificial excavation, let alone any secret passages.
"Young Master, you can't be wrong about the map, right?" said I. Ward, too, faintly suspicious. After comparing the map and the nearby situation again, Roland finally affirmed that the place was not wrong, it was here, but as for why there was only a cliff, Roland was also puzzled, could it be that his father really lied to himself?
"Can you show me the map, young master?" asked Meng Ferral in a whisper. Roland did not hesitate, and handed the map to Meng Ferral, who took the map, and after comparing and observing, he also determined that one end of the secret passage was here. As the sun gradually set, the night slowly fell, and everyone became more and more anxious.
"Let's get the camp up first, even if we have to go back, it will be tomorrow. Seeing the sun completely set over the mountains, Roland had to arrange for everyone to set up camp first, while he still looked at the cliff in front of him. The cliff is not very distinctive, it is exactly the same as the rest of the Blair Mountains, if there is one difference in the fact that the cliffs here are unusually empty and flat in front of them, you must know that this place is far from the Blair Basin, and the Blair Mountains are very rugged.
"My eldest young master, don't look at it, let's have some dinner with everyone first. While Roland was pondering hard, Jean O'Feliel came to Roland with a torch and spoke.
"Huh?" Looking at the cliff illuminated by torches, Roland felt that this scene was so familiar.
"Sister Yan'er, stay here and don't move. After saying that, Roland walked towards the other end of the open space in front of the cliff, and when Roland stood in the distance and looked at the cliff, Roland realized that this was not an enlarged version of the secret room of the Prince's Palace.
"Let's look for anything unusual in the center of this open space. Roland shouted to the team. After hearing Roland's shout, the bored crowd immediately became energetic, and held torches to look carefully near the center of the open space.
"This Nima, except for weeds, it's still weeds, what are you looking for? Looking at the weeds in front of her, Sora Occam muttered anxiously, and then stabbed her match into the ground in front of her, followed by a crisp crash as the saber sank halfway down.
"Sola Occam, stand still!" Roland shouted at Sola Occam, who was about to walk away, but was frightened by Roland's shout. Lola had also poked the ground with the sword in his hand before, but it was all wet mud, so Sola Occam's crisp sound was an extra concern for Roland. When Roland ran to Sola Occam, he drove Sora Occam far away, and then carefully began to dig up the ground, as the surface of the soil was cleared out, a round stone slab lay quietly at the feet of Sola Occam, the four directions on the stone slab were written "positive, negative, separate, and combined", and Roland did not move the stone slab, after making the mark, Roland instructed everyone to go to the surrounding of the open space, and he quietly calculated the gap between here and the size of the secret room. After going back and forth from the stone slab to the cliff several times, Roland finally calculated the gap between the two before everyone's patience wore it down. This is ten times the size of the secret room, and if Roland's idea is correct, it means that Roland will devote ten times more energy to complete that set of footwork.
"Let's have dinner first, and I'll try it later, right? Eventually, Roland decided to try again with his energy, and then gathered everyone back to the camp. After resting for a while to adjust himself to the best condition, Roland stepped towards the calculated place in the open space.
"You have to remember that what you see later must not be revealed to the outside world. Before the action began, Roland said to the team that although he didn't know the importance of this set of footwork, Roland knew that there were some things that few people knew, especially those related to the ancient human race.
"Got it, young master, you can go, you still can't trust us. Sola Occam looked at him with disdain, and the others looked at him with disdain. Roland suddenly felt that he was too hurtful, but Roland didn't think much about it, and after adjusting his state, he began to experiment as originally planned. The first thirty, the last forty, the left fifty, and the first twenty With the footwork walking, the whole field suddenly seemed to become alive like the secret room, which surprised everyone in the team who was originally standing outside, and Roland himself walked with the footwork, but the unique charm of Roland himself was deeper than when he was in the secret room. Forty on the right, thirty on the back, fifty on the left. But Roland also returned to the original point after walking according to the original plan, and a tall stone gate loomed on the originally smooth cliff, and at this moment Roland didn't want to move for half a minute, and after resting for a while, when everyone walked to the cliff, the stone gate was more real under the background of the torch. There is a palm-like groove on each of the two stone doors that are closed, and when Roland puts his hands into the two recesses as if pushing the door, a stream of information suddenly comes into Roland's mind, and Roland also understands why his father doesn't let them not improve their strength, because this secret passage only allows people below the lower level of the orange halo to pass, and the stone gate has its own detection effect, and there is no need to worry about anyone cheating to pass, if the strength is too high to detect to force through, the stone door and the secret passage will collapse and destroy in an instant. The way to detect it is to put your hands in the grooves. After instructing the rest of the team to do the same, Roland and the others packed up everything, and then slowly pushed open the closed stone door, and there was a deep secret passage in front of them.
It was night, the Prince's Mansion in Blair City, the Blair City at this time was full of celebration and joy, but in the main hall of the Prince's Mansion in the middle, it was extraordinarily quiet at the moment, no wine and meat, no music, no dance, and no celebratory atmosphere. The Prince of Ceylon still sat in his seat, and below stood the heads of all the important departments, both military and government, and in the middle was kneeling an officer, who might have been recognized by Roland if he was there, as the commander of the hussars.
"Heath, how long have you been following me?" asked the Prince of Ceylon in a whisper, his tone filled with deep sadness.
"Prince Hui, I have been following you for 32 years. The kneeling general seemed to know what was going on at this time, and did not cry or struggle, and replied quietly.
"It's been 32 years, and the old brothers who were brought out of the royal capital at the beginning, now there are not many left. As if to bring back some kind of memory, the Prince of Ceylon did not pay much attention to the Heath kneeling below.
"Prince, I can't follow you anymore, this time although there is a reason for it, I still betrayed you. It was like a conversation between a pair of old friends, the two of them chatted like this, while everyone on the side was quiet, and only a few people carried a kind of sadness and melancholy.
"Old brother, although there are many reasons, and the fault is not you, I still have to be sorry for you, and I hope you can do the last thing for me, that is, at the all-army conference in two days, I will borrow your head. If you have any wishes, just say them. Silently looking at the kneeling Hiss, the Prince of Ceylon said calmly and painfully.
"I'm no longer worthy of being a brother to you, and now I only have one request, I hope you can save my family for the sake of your previous relationship. There was no surprise, as if it had been agreed up a long time ago, Hiss, who was kneeling, said lightly.
"Guard, take Lord Hiss down to rest. The Prince of Ceylon shouted at the door, and Hiss, who had been kneeling, stood up and bowed deeply to the Prince of Ceylon, then turned and followed the guards who had come in and walked into the distance.
"Baixiao, send the information to everyone. After Heath left, the Prince of Ceylon seemed to suddenly become much weaker, and said to Yuwen Baixiao, who was in charge. With the words of the Prince of Ceylon, Yuwen Baixiao quietly distributed a booklet to everyone.
When I finished reading it, I put all the booklets in the middle of the fire. After the distribution was completed, Yuwen Baixiao said to everyone. The earlier one got it became more and more angry, and the later one who got it looked at the previous one opened the booklet curiously and read it, and then, like the previous one, the original joy has long been gone, and only full of anger remains.
"The above things are all gathered from the information gathered over the years, and this time it provides crucial evidence for the bandits' extermination operation. There were a lot of puzzles that everyone had before, not that I didn't tell you, but that there was a lack of evidence, even if I told you, I guess everyone wouldn't believe it. Now that the situation is basically clear, I will also tell everyone at ease, and the tens of thousands of troops outside Blair Fortress are the best evidence. After a pause, Prince Roland explained to the officials below, and after a pause, the Prince of Ceylon continued, "In two days, there will be an all-army conference, and I will tell you today that I hope you will go back and be mentally prepared for the soldiers below, so that many people will not be able to understand it by then." Our battle has only just begun. In the end, the Prince of Ceylon was already full of murderous energy.
"No!" the people in the hall did not have any doubts, as the Prince of Ceylon said, the tens of thousands of troops outside the fortress were the best evidence. After that night, a small rumor slowly spread throughout the Blair army that the bandits in the territory had been supported by other highnesses in the kingdom to cause trouble for so long, and as the news spread, it gradually reached the ears of the residents of Blair's territory, and everyone in the entire territory was quietly waiting for the Prince's Mansion to explain the situation. It seems that the smoke that has just been extinguished will be ignited again.