Chapter 213: The City of Mourning
After talking in a low voice for a while, An Fei and the others slowly walked out of the private room, and the owner and several waitresses who came to the flower garden hotel were waiting below, the boss was around fifty years old, and he should be short-sighted, because his eyes were originally very wide, and after seeing An Fei and his party going downstairs, he narrowed his eyes into a slit to see people. γReading.comγ
Erte's injured hand had been hastily bandaged, and when he saw that the sheriff of the city was also injured, the hotel owner and the hostess looked at each other even more, and then immediately turned their gaze to something else. They also knew that someone was dead upstairs, but the sheriff was in the hotel, so they didn't have to worry about these things, and it was wisest not to look, hear, or ask, and to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
"My lord, where are you going, do you want to sit at my sheriff's office?" asked Erte, who walked outside the store, softly.
"No, I'll walk around and look for you in the evening, and you get what I need ready as soon as possible. Anfei looked at Erte's hand: "Your injury...... Does it matter?"
"It's okay, my lord, I won't delay. Erte laughed.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman suddenly pounced on the Flower Garden Hotel, her eyes were fixed on Susanna, and she screamed frantically: "Child!
Suzanne was startled, and subconsciously held the hilt of the sword, and the middle-aged woman caught up with an old man behind her, and rushed forward to hug the woman's thigh at a speed that did not match her age, but the difference in strength between the two people was not small, and the woman was still struggling to move forward. He dragged the old man to the ground.
"Child......" The woman was already less than five meters away from Susanna.
"There's no kid for you here!" said Erter, "Vicky, why did you release your daughter again?!"
Several heavily armed soldiers rushed out of the grocery store opposite the hotel, and without saying a word, they pressed the woman to the ground, and the old man rolled over and got up, not bothering to answer Erte's question, nor bothering to observe his bloodstained arms, hiding his face and crying bitterly, and from An Fei's angle, he could even clearly see teardrops the size of beans.
"Take them all away!" said Aether, waving his arms.
Several soldiers tugged at each other. Lifting his legs, he forcibly pulled the woman away, and the old man was still sitting on the ground crying, and Ott sighed softly, walked over to the old man, and squatted down to whisper a few words of comfort. He also handed the old man something, which was a few silver coins. Finally the old man choked up and staggered down into the street.
"What's going on?" Anfei asked softly. An Fei will be vigilant every time there is an emergency, but he has been carefully observing for a long time just now, and he has not found anything abnormal.
"Old Vicky is a very poor man. Ert smiled bitterly: "He only has one daughter, and he finally raised him with hard work, recruited a son-in-law, and got a granddaughter and a grandson, and finally lived a good life." His daughters and sons-in-law are very capable, and the family business is getting bigger and bigger. Who knew that disaster fell from the sky, and the soldiers of the Shining Sand Empire occupied Violet City. Snatched his granddaughter away, his son-in-law clashed with the soldiers of the Shining Sand Empire. was killed, the soldiers of the Shining Sand Empire also lit a fire in his house, and the remaining grandson was burned to death, a good home, and in the blink of an eye, there were only two people left, and finally his daughter went crazy again, alas......"
"It's pathetic. Suzanne said quietly.
"Hehe......" Erter's face was smiling, but there was bitter hatred in his eyes: "There are many people in Violet City who are more pitiful than Old Vicky!"
"I heard it before I came. Violet City is a very beautiful city, and now ......" An Fei couldn't help but sigh.
"Lord Aroben, the original lord of Violet City, is still in the city. My lord, if you see him, you will know what kind of miscellaneous people are in the Shining Sand Empire!" "Erte said viciously: "The people of the Shining Sand Empire wanted Lord Aroben to go to Blacknia City to persuade him to surrender, but they were scolded by Lord Aroben, and they finally cut off Lord Aroben's hands and hamstrings, and killed all the people in the City Lord's Mansion, even the children! Lord Aroben ...... him" Speaking of this, Erte couldn't speak anymore, and his voice became trembling:" However, Lord Aroben did not give in until the end!"
An Fei was very surprised to hear these words, in this world with the monarchy as the only political system, the army will not talk about humanitarianism, but the phenomenon of abuse of the aristocracy rarely occurs, because whether in the political arena or in the army, the aristocratic class has always occupied a dominant position, even in order to ensure their own safety, they will not use extreme methods to deal with the nobles of the enemy country, who dares to say that they will never stumble? It is already a rule that the nobles will still be treated well even if they become captives, and that they can regain their freedom when the ransom is paid.
It can only be said that Blacknia City has been unable to be attacked for a long time, and the mentality of the upper and lower levels of the Shining Sand Empire is already close to hysteria!
There was a lot of commotion just now, and some people came out one after another and stood on the side of the street, if in other normal cities, the people would definitely have to talk about the farce, but here, not only did there be no sound, but everyone looked similar, silent and numb.
"Where is Lord Aroben now?" An Fei asked slowly, "I think we should go and see him." β
"In my home. β
"Your family?" An Fei was stunned.
"The City Lord's Mansion has been destroyed, and Lord Aroben can't move, where can he go?" Ute let out a long breath: "Moreover, Lord Aroben once saved me, I will serve him like a father!"
"You're doing a great job!" Anfei nodded, "How's his body?"
For that Aroben, An Fei has an indescribable feeling, in fact, such a character is difficult to evaluate. Ruthless, uncaring to see one's own family killed, to abandon one's small family for the sake of one's country? If such a person is worthy of praise from the point of view of monarchs and historians, but if they become relatives of Auroben, those hymns may never be spoken again.
"The health is very poor, but Lord Aroben said that he will definitely try his best to live, and he will wait until the day of revenge!" "My lord, I am not flattering you, I admire you and respect you from the bottom of my heart, really!
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An Fei smiled, didn't speak again, and after a moment of silence, Erte continued, "My lord, have you thought about where to go?"
"I just want to just walk around. β
"Then let my men follow you, and if anything happens, I can contact you right away. β
"It's fine. β
Ert beckoned, and a young man in his early twenties ran over: "His name is Ilioni, and he is very clever. With that, Erte leaned into Ilioni's ear and whispered something, and Iliioni's eyes widened. Erte said a few more words before Ilioni controlled his expression and stood aside respectfully.
"Alright, Erth, you can get your business done first, and also, take care of the things upstairs. An Fei said slowly: "Susanna, you get in the car." β
"Aren't you going to get in the car?" Suzanne was stunned.
"I'm not on. An Fei shook his head and said, "Pay attention to that little guy." "He wanted to take a closer look at Violet City, and if he always hid in the carriage, he would definitely miss a lot of places.
Over there, Erte took his leave, and here Suzanne got into the carriage with a bamboo basket, and An Fei strolled down the long street, while the coachman drove the carriage and followed An Fei in a stop-and-go manner.
It stands to reason that the combination of Anfei and his group is a little weird, the carriage drawn by eight horses is tall and spacious, and the decoration style of the carriage is even more opulent. Everyone can see which people are the owners of the carriage, and if there is a carriage, they have to walk without sitting in the carriage, and they really have nothing to do. But what's even more bizarre is that no one pays attention to An Fei, even those who walk with their heads down so that they almost bump into An Fei, they just hurriedly avoid it, and they don't even bother to raise their eyelids.
The more I walked, the clearer my feeling became, this is a silent city, a dead city. But in a deeper sense, it is also a city of mourning, and everyone is holding something in their hearts.
And this kind of emotion is more terrifying, or through the passage of time, the things that the people hold in their hearts will slowly disappear, or because of the appearance of a certain fuse. The whole city exploded like a bomb!
I don't know how long I walked, An Fei found himself standing in front of the Flower Garden Hotel again, it seemed that he had made a big circle, this time the female greeters didn't dare to snub the guests, they hurried out, standing on both sides of the store, but they didn't dare to speak, they looked at An Fei so timidly, they didn't know what An Fei was going to do.
Looking up at the sky, An Fei turned around and walked to the front of the carriage. Knocked lightly twice: "Susanna, are you hungry?"
"It's ok. β
"What does it mean to be okay?" Although An Enclave has a strong ability to understand. But this sentence stumped An Fei.
"Anfei, we're hungry. Black Eleven hurriedly continued: "From the morning to the present." We didn't eat anything!"
"yes, it's already afternoon. Appa answered.
In fact, they have been hungry for a long time, and An Fei always has a thoughtful look along the way, Black Eleven and Appa don't dare to disturb An Fei's thinking, and now that they finally have the opportunity, of course, they should hurry up and speak.
"Then deal with it here. β
Ilioni hurriedly rushed to the hotel, not to grab something to eat, but to arrange it. Unexpectedly, the front legs had just rushed into the Flower Garden Hotel, and a sharp whistle suddenly sounded on the street outside. Ilioni was stunned for a moment, then turned and rushed outside, blowing a whistle vigorously.
"What's wrong?" Anfei turned as well.
"My lord, I don't know. Ilioni replied hurriedly, blowing his whistle as he ran to the other place.
An Fei and Black Eleven and the others glanced at each other, and everyone did not enter the hotel, but looked at the street.
After a while, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and two horses galloped into everyone's sight, one horse sat upright, and the knight on the other horse, Anfei, did not see, and Ilioni and a group of people also ran over, but they were far away from Etra.
In the blink of an eye, Erte rushed to the front, and without waiting for the horse to stand firmly, he jumped off the horse's back with a rollover, and almost rolled to the ground.
"My lord, there's something I need to talk to you about, can we find a place to be alone?" said Ett, gasping for air, with a very complicated look in his eyes, one part shock, three parts joy, and six points excitement.
"Let's get in the carriage and talk. An Fei looked at Ertedi's expression and smiled: "Black Eleven, you guys also come up." β
"My lord!" Ute had already followed An Fei, and immediately stopped when he heard An Fei's words: "I insist on my opinion!"
"What do you mean, Erth?" Appa was a little upset, the first time he met Anfei, he had tried to get Anfei to drive Suzanne away, and now he also tasted the taste of not being trusted, it was indeed very uncomfortable, and Erte was his friend, and he was still trying to speak for Erte when the morning was unpleasant.
"I'm sorry, Apa, it's not that I don't trust you, this matter is too important!" Ett smiled bitterly: "My lord?!"
An Fei pondered for a moment, turned around and walked towards the hotel, although the contact time was very short, but there were a lot of things that happened, he already trusted Erte more, it should be a very important thing to make Erte so unreasonable and impersonal.
Erte followed Anfei into the hotel and looked around: "You all go out!"
The waitress in the hotel didn't dare to say a word, and obediently walked outside the hotel, including the boss, Apa and Black Eleven outside glanced at each other, and barely suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, he can only do this, he can't turn his face, right?
"What the hell is going on?"
"My lord, if you didn't happen to be in Violet City, I don't even know what to do. Captain Utte breathed a sigh of relief: "We are building an earl's palace for your lordship, do you know about this?"
"Yes. β
"Just now, when a few slaves were digging the base, they suddenly dug up a stone tablet, it was Brancico's stone tablet!!" Erte's eyes became shining, and the muscles on his face were constantly twitching, obviously extremely excited.
"The ......name Bransico? I seem to have heard of it somewhere. "An Fei Yi
While reminiscing.
"No, sir, you really don't know?"
"I'm sure I've heard of it. β
"My lord, where is the royal palace of the Holy City built?" said Ete with a wry smile.
"Built on Mont San Brancico...... Is that San Blancico?"
"My lord, how many more Bransicos can there be?" Erte touched his nose, he originally thought that An Fei would exclaim, but who knew that he had gained a regret, An Fei didn't know the name Bransico at all.
"What does his stele represent?" Anfei didn't think the news was so important.
"I really doubt that you are from this world!" Ert smiled bitterly again: "After Blansico's death, Queen Marisa, although grief-stricken, still resolutely took up the heavy responsibility left by Blancico and commanded her army to continue the war against the demons. When the demons were defeated and the war came to an end, Marissa suddenly disappeared. Legend has it that Marisa had built an underground labyrinth long ago, and that she had secretly transported her husband's remains to the labyrinth after the war, and the last thing Marisa did was to confine herself in the labyrinth. β
"Go on. β
This legend is well-founded, Blancico and Marissa have a deep relationship, and after Brancico's death, Marisa always said that she has become a loveless person, and the only thing that supports her to live is responsibility. Erte said slowly, "Later, countless tomb robbers went around looking for clues to the labyrinth. And in hundreds of years, three underground labyrinths have been found, but unfortunately they are all fake labyrinths left by Marisa. β
"How do you know it's fake?"
"Because there's something missing. Erte pondered for a moment: "There is another reason, after those tomb robbers discovered an underground labyrinth, many people thought that they had really found it, and there was nothing in the labyrinth except some gold and silver treasures, and not many people were interested in Marisa's legend anymore." More than 100 years later, several tomb robbers discovered an underground labyrinth, and the furnishings and items in the labyrinth were almost identical to the previous one. My lord, think about it, why did Marisa deliberately build the fake labyrinth, and what did she want to protect?
An Fei didn't rush to speak, and thought carefully about the possibilities and credibility.
"My lord, and there is one thing of all importance that has completely lost all traces with the disappearance of Marisa. No one ever saw it again. β
"What is it?"
"Forbidden... Fear... Right... Staffβ" said Erte, word for word.
"What is the Forbidden Scepter?"
Ert almost fainted, ignoring the sharp pain of the wound on his hand, his hands were already clenched into fists, revealing a gritted tooth and said: "My lord, Blansico died in the battle of the current St. Blancico Mountain! And after Blancico died in battle, the Forbidden Scepter broke through the blockade of the demons and flew back to Marisa's hands, do you know what it means?"
"So amazing?" An Fei raised his eyebrows, he was used to things like magic and fighting spirit, but an item had its own spirituality. It's too shocking to explain.
"Your Excellency. The Forbidden Scepter is an artifact! It is a complete, true artifact! In the records, the Forbidden Scepter hides the secret of God. It is said that an ordinary person holding the Forbidden Scepter can also cast forbidden spells. After Ett finished speaking, he took a deep breath: "Do you understand?"
"Understood, but ...... What does the stele represent?"
"There's a maze down there!"
"Maybe it's still a fake maze. It's not that Anfei likes to spoil the fun, it's that he's used to looking at things from the worst perspective.
"......" Erte was speechless, could he still be considered a normal person when he heard the news of the Forbidden Scepter?
In fact, I can only blame Erte for being too shallow, and it is very easy to make An Fei frightened, for example, if you say 'Have you seen Muto Lan's films?', it is estimated that An Fei will definitely jump wildly. Then he grabbed Ert and asked him where he was from.
"Whether it's a real labyrinth or a fake maze, you have to figure it out. An Fei said slowly: "Let them come in, let's discuss it." β
"I can't. Your Excellency!" Erte hurriedly stopped An Fei.
"You know, Erth, they are my companions, partners with whom I can trust my life. An Feidi's face was a little dark.
"My lord, it's not that simple. Ett smiled bitterly: "I have to write a report every month and send it to the Holy City, but until we find out the secret, I will not divulge anything, even if I go to the Holy City to meet His Majesty, I will never say it! β
"There's no need to do this, right?" An Fei's expression was a little indifferent.
"My lord, if the secret really spreads, Violet City may completely disappear from the world!" "Do you know, my lord, those construction slaves have already been executed by me, they are all captives of the Shining Sand Empire, I didn't want to let them go, and now I can't take risks." β
"Oh?"
"My lord, if the top powerhouses in this world are concentrated in Violet City, who has a way to restrain them? Even if Your Majesty transfers all the troops of the empire, there is nothing you can do!"
An Fei chuckled in his heart, he knew too well the destructive power of the peak powerhouse, and Teacher Thor once said that there are many peak powerhouses who have chosen to escape from the world, break through the bottleneck and challenge the peak of the god land independently, there are so many countries on the continent, almost every country has a peak powerhouse, if these guys really all come out and gather in Violet City, Violet City will be on the verge of destruction.
"It's not a question of trust or distrust, my lord. After arguing for a long time, Erter's voice was already a little hoarse.
(I accompanied my girlfriend to see a doctor that day, and I delayed a chapter, and I didn't dare to delay yesterday's one again, and today's two chapters were sent together, and I made up for yesterday's, and the previous chapter must be made up as soon as possible.) Also, today's day is a little special, I hope everyone is vigilant, don't be deceived, I was fooled yesterday, that fool actually remembered the wrong day, and took yesterday as a holiday, I was really helpless to eat this loss...... οΌ