Chapter 3

We hiked to the edge of the cliff near the sea outside the science and technology center, a huge stone statue lying flat on the beach under the cliff, the body of the colossus has been buried by the sand, only the face and chest are still exposed to look up at the sky, as if telling the thrilling scene that happened when the end of the Great Western Continent came. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

If we were to tell these things to a human being, he would not believe what we are seeing. I also hope that one day the fear and hostility of human beings towards vampires will disappear, and since they are all the masterpieces of the Creator, they should live in peace on Earth.

"Alex, what are you thinking?" asked Isabel.

Her words interrupted my thoughts. "I'm wondering when we'll be back in Elias. I said.

"You're the same as I thought, we can't be here all the time. ”

"You didn't want to go to Europa with me to go back to Elias, did you?"

"To be honest, it's a little bit. ”

Isabel's words make me miss the castle on the other side of the ocean that stands at the top of the continent of Europa. I wanted to find an opportunity to go back there and touch every door, every window, every painting, every tree, even every stone. No matter how beautiful the Island of Night is, it doesn't belong to us, we just visit a historical civilization.

We sat on the edge of the cliff and looked down at the ocean, the sea was calm, as if there were no boring days in the whole world, only romantic nights.

I gently put my arms around Isabel's slender waist, "Remember when we first met?"

She glanced at me, "I knew who you were when I first saw you, and from that moment on, I didn't pursue anyone else, even if someone else was Prince Charming, I didn't care, I just liked you as a half-breed." ”

"It's the same when I first saw you, since the moment I saw you, I no longer ask the gods for any better gifts, I can only be true to my heart. ”

"Me too. ”

"There is nothing in the world that is more faithful to oneself than one's own soul!" I then gave her a deep kiss.

In the days that followed, we traveled almost every inch of the island and witnessed many cutting-edge technologies that had not yet existed in the human world. Here, malignant diseases in the human world have long since ceased to exist, and even malignant tumors, advanced AIDS, and cancer are rated as one of the smallest symptoms. There are also four-dimensional holographic virtual technology that allows people to communicate face-to-face, compressed air engines that revolutionize the transportation field, Pimi robots that can unblock blood vessels in blood vessels, and gene therapy chambers that can quickly restore the original appearance of the human body's broken parts, and many other high-tech technologies, I will not explain them all.

In addition, we also heard from the patrol soldiers on the coast: Legend has it that there is a mysterious underwater city ruins on the bottom of the sea around the Night Island, which contains a large amount of gold and silver treasures. With great anticipation and curiosity, Isabel and I spent two days exploring the waters off the coast of the Isle of Night.

The effort paid off, and we finally found the legendary underwater city at the junction of the continental shelf and the continental slope, about 0.5 nautical miles south of the Isle of Night. Although the place is decadent, its former aura remains.

Isabel and I kept it a secret and didn't get the news out right away, but prepared two underwater flashlights, hoping to find some of the great treasures of the Atlanteans in the underwater city. So we sneaked into the underwater city and boldly searched inside.

Today, the undersea city has become home to some marine life. In the course of our search, we discovered that there was indeed a large amount of gold and silver treasure in the underwater city, so it seems that it is not a legend. But we were not interested in these treasures, and we always felt that there was something more valuable than gold and silver treasures waiting to be discovered, but we searched for hours, and found only a mysterious sarcophagus here, except for gold and silver treasures, delicate handicrafts of various materials, and the remains of corpses. Curious, I pushed open the heavy lid of the sarcophagus, and there was no body inside, but a metal box was found. The mysterious box was so heavy that I was no longer interested in anything in the underwater city, so I took it ashore and opened it in a place where no one was around. Inside the box was a rectangular granite slab with four lines clearly engraved on it, which we couldn't read at all, and though most of them were written in Latin, I still didn't know what they meant.

I brought the slate ashore and studied it carefully with Isabel, but I couldn't understand the meaning. So we took the slate to Auguste Manor and gave it to my father. Although my father was proficient in sixteen ancient and modern scripts, he could not understand the meaning of the words on the tablet, so he enlisted Pfik Rawitt, the most authoritative paleographer on the Isle of Night. He conducted an in-depth study of the slate on the spot, and he faced the words on the slate, and his mouth was full of words, as if he had translated the general meaning. My father asked him, "Do you know what the words mean?"

He didn't know whether to say it or not, but hesitated and said, "Do you really want to hear it?"

"Honestly, what does it mean?"

He faced the words on the tablet and translated: "It reads: Once the tablet comes to the surface, an important figure of the House of Eggstad will incarnate as a devil and try to plague the world, but eventually die by his own hands." ”

"House Eggstad?"

"Yes, it can also be translated as 'Agestein' and 'Egenstey', and it can also be translated as ......"

"What else can be translated into?"

"Translated into ......" Pfik hesitated, looking like he didn't dare to speak.

"Say it quickly. My father persecuted him.

"It can also be translated as 'Auguste'. ”

My father and I were stunned, and even Isabel was taken aback.

Pfick continued: "Whether translated 'Egerstad', 'Agestein' or 'Egenstey', it is pronounced closest to 'Auguste,' and therefore can also be translated directly as 'Auguste.'" ”

My father was silent for a moment, and then said, "My Auguste family has only the fate of being rulers and saviors, and there is no fate of destruction, and the words on the slate are just coincidences, or they can be said to be nonsense. He angrily snatched the slate from Pfike's hand, looked at the cursed contents of the slate, and kept muttering, "One nonsense, one nonsense." In a fit of rage, he slammed the slab to the ground, smashing it into a puddle of rubble.

Everyone present was silent. Isabel looked at me, then at my father, not knowing what to do.

My father quickly calmed down and continued, "Alex, Isabel, where did you two get this slate?"

"Father, we found it in the ocean. I replied.

"The legendary underwater city?"

"You're right, father. ”

"Is that true? What else is in the underwater city?"

"Treasures of gold and silver. ”

"Actually, what I need now is not any gold and silver treasure, even if I am given a thousand gold mountains, it is no match for a small dark elemental fragment. But...... It is a pity that the treasure is left at the bottom of the sea, so it is better to salvage it. ”

So, my father mobilized half of the island's personnel and a large number of ships to start salvaging the treasures of the seabed.

Is the "House Auguste" on the slate the same family I belong to?If so, who would be the devil who destroyed it at my own hands? This curse from the undersea city added another thing to my heart. If this devil was referring to my father, it would be terrible.

Is the curse of the underwater city real? I thought about this for two days and nights. Seeing that I had been depressed, Isabel invited me to the beach, hoping to relieve the pressure on my heart. I happened to run into Frank and Wiñola, who were looking for romance on the beach, and I told them about it, and they were taken aback.

Frank was silent for a long time before he said, "Could it be just a coincidence?"

"There are no such coincidences in the world. I said.

"We'd better not think about it yet. ”

"I don't want to think about it, but it's really hard for me to sleep. ”

"That Pfik Rawitt, I'll have to kill him tonight, see if he dares to talk nonsense?"

"You can't blame him, he just did what he could to help translate it. Besides, my father asked him to translate it. ”

At this moment, an airship with bright lights flew in from the night sky not far away, and then stopped on a platform not far from us. The airship's hatch opened, and a guard stepped out of the cabin, who told us that we were being sent to Europa.

I feel like it's almost time to go to Europa. We boarded the airship, and the commander of the airship also told us the bad news, saying: "In recent years, the power of the witchers in Europa has been increasing, the vampires of Europa have almost been killed by them, the surviving Dark Realm will flee to Scandinavia and Greenland, and the evil spirits have fled to the cold Siberian forests, and there is almost no place for the blood clan in the entire continent of Europa." ”

"What about the werewolves?" I asked.

"They are secretly assembling in an attempt to unite to protect their team from violation. ”

"How many witchers are there?"

"No one knows about this, some people say there are only a dozen of them. ”

"What?" I burst into a burst of laughter, "a dozen people, ridiculous." ”

The commander looked serious, "I'm not kidding you. ”

I immediately became serious," he continued. ”

"Their leader is Arthur Crantim, a witcher with extraordinary abilities, he can kill as many vampires as he can, and the witchers who follow him are just as cunning and suspicious as he is. ”

I imagined the shocking scene when Arthur killed the vampire, and said to myself, "It's Arthur again." ”

"He's a vampire master, we have to admit it. ”

"What do other people think about this?"

"Some of our men will go to Europa to find Shuster and the Dark Elemental Fragments as soon as possible, and some of us will go to Greenland, where we have our sphere of influence, which is currently threatened by the Canadian wolf clan, where your father and the elders will go, and you and Frank will need to take some of them to Europa as well. ”

"It's not a trivial matter, witchers and werewolves are not easy to mess with, and once you mess with them, they will rack their brains to destroy you. ”

The commander looked ahead, "It's here, ready to land." ”

The airship descended to a half-frozen river, and the commander told me that a train would pick us up in a moment. Isabel and I waited here for a few minutes, and a train from the end of the 19th century pulled white smoke slowly towards us from a tunnel not far away, and stopped at the stop sign next to us, and Anthony stepped out of the train, he was the captain of the train, and he was very happy to see us and picked us up on the train.

The carriage is lively, a gramophone from the 30s of the 20th century is playing beautiful music, and most of the passengers here are playing cards and talking about love.

Since it was so noisy, Anthony made a point of finding us a quiet carriage and brought us steaming black coffee and delicious snacks, and since Anthony still had something to do, he left not long after.

I opened the window and everything I saw was beautiful, as if to say goodbye to me. The train is passing through a huge stone bridge that connects two cliffs, estimated to be miles away and wide enough for ten jeeps to sit side by side, and is thousands of years old, to say the least. The huge piers fall straight into the vast abyss of the sea of fog, as if at the end of the world and the beginning of heaven.

Hallelujah has some of the most beautiful spring and winter in the world, and I'm about to return to Europa to see more. I took a big breath of fresh air and enjoyed the smells, not knowing when I would be back again.

Isabel took a sip of her coffee, "This coffee was brought from South Africa. ”

I also took a sip, "It tastes really good, I just don't know where it comes from, since you say it's made in South Africa, it must be South Africa." ”

"You're so confident in me?"

"Because I like you. Like someone, and at the same time instinctively believe everything that person says. ”

"You're really good at talking. ”

After half an hour of small talk in the carriage, the train came to a halt. After stepping out of the carriage, Anthony takes us to a castle called the "Temple of the Giants", which is one of the places where the Dark World will often gather. When I saw all this, I realized that the big guy was waiting for me and Isabel.

I quickly apologized to everyone, "I'm sorry, we're late." ”

When my father saw me coming, he nodded at me and said, "Let's get started." ”

I was amazed, was that what my father had said? I watched him and the other elders walk out of the castle. "Father. I shouted, but he didn't look back.

Frank came over and whispered to me, "Look at you, just wander around, my father is going crazy looking for you both." ”

"What did my father say?"

"Father gave us some people, old acquaintances, plus Anthony, Sister Lucas, and dozens of elite members of the Underworld Society, as well as some corpse robbers. ”

"To Europa?"

"Yes, Anthony knows how to go. ”

"By the way, didn't my father say Isabel was with us?"

"Not to mention, after some deliberation between my father and Green, he decided to let Isabel and Green go to Greenland together. ”

When Isabel heard this, she hurriedly interjected and said, "No way, I'm not going to Greenland, I'm going to be with Alex." ”

"I don't count, you go to your father to ask for clarification, my father planned to put you in our team at the beginning, but then ......"

"My father said it again, I have to go to him. She turned around and wanted to talk to her father.

I grabbed her, "Where are you going?"

"Don't you know?"

"I'm with you. ”

Isabel and I hurried to Siegfried Manor, where her mother, Monica, had invited us in, and Green had just arrived.

"You may be seated. Monica served me tea.

"Alex. Green greeted me warmly, "I was just about to send you farewell." Hurry up, Isabel, and in a few hours, we'll be on our way. ”

Isabel was furious, "Where are you going?"

"Greenland, of course. Green didn't take Isabel's personal opinion seriously at all, and his expression looked like he liked going to Greenland, and he thought his daughter liked to go too.

"But I don't know about it. ”

Green's face froze, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly, "What do you mean?"

"Maybe you should ask for my opinion. ”

"I don't understand what you're saying. ”

"What do you want me to understand?"

"What the hell is wrong with you?"

Monica didn't seem to understand what was going on, and she asked her daughter, "Isabel, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that the situation was so tense, I interjected, "Mr. Siegfried, allow me to interject, yes, Isabel wants to go to the continent of Europa with our team to find Schuster's whereabouts, and bring back the Dark Elemental Fragments by the way. ”

"What?" said Green, a little angry.

"I think it's up to your daughter to decide where to go. ”

Isabel still stuck to her thoughts, "I've decided to go to Europa to find the Dark Elemental Shards. ”

"Ridiculous, that's not where you go. Green said.

"What do you mean?"

"I can hear that your father is worried about you, Isabel. I said.

"It's not necessary, I've grown up a long time ago, and I have the ability to survive on my own. She growled.

"I know, so it's up to you to decide. ”

"Alright, don't say it. "Anyway, Isabel has to do what I do, because I'm his father." ”

"I'm not going to go with you, I'm going to have my own life. Isabel's tone was firmer than before.

"Doesn't my words carry any weight?"

"Why didn't you call me when you were looking for the Isle of Night?"

"The journey to find the Isle of Night is difficult and can be very dangerous, so you don't have to participate. ”

"You always treat me like a child, isn't it dangerous to follow you? Do you know what we've been through since you left the Alps? Isabel's eyes filled with tears in an instant.

"How dare you yell at me?"

"Isn't that right? You always want me to listen to you in everything, so that it seems that I have no opinion of my own, and it is unfair to me. ”

"Enough. ”

"I love Alex, I don't want to be separated from him, do you want to see me worrying about someone who loves me every day?"

"I don't know what you think. ”

"Anyway, I won't go to Greenland with you, you haven't consulted me before, you didn't take me seriously at all, even if you consulted with me, I won't go with you, and I will face whatever difficulties I encounter in the future. ”

"What the hell do you want me to explain to you?"

Isabel's tears welled up in her eyes, "You have explained everything, I don't want to go to Greenland with you anyway." ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Siegfried, I'll take care of Isabel. I said.

Green gave me one look and ignored me.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Monica was overwhelmed. The quarrel between her daughter and her husband made it difficult for her to accept.

Green was completely confused, he pointed at his daughter and scolded: "Okay, I don't have your daughter in the future, you can do whatever you want, and don't call me father anymore." ”

"Well, that's what you said, I hate you, I hate you. Isabel snarled impulsively at her father, for fear it was the first time she had yelled at him.

Impulsively, Green picked up a cup and wanted to throw it at her, but his wife tried to stop him and accidentally threw the cup into the corner, and he said to his daughter angrily: "You are so ignorant, don't come back if you leave, this is no longer your home." ”

The sound of the cup shattering tore Isabel's heart apart, "I can't go on like this forever, I have my own thoughts." ”

"That's enough, get out, I don't want to see you again, get out, get as far as possible. ”

Monica couldn't bear to see her husband say such heartless words to her daughter, and she comforted her husband: "Honey, how can you say that, she is just a child, why is she so serious?"

"Why don't you look at her, why is she so serious about me?"

Isabel's eyes filled with tears again, "I'm not a child anymore. It was perhaps the first time in her life that she had heard her father say something that pierced her heart and heartbroken.

"What are you waiting for? Get out!" Green said to her daughter, who seemed to have to get her away this time.

This made Isabel even more sad, and she sobbed, tears streaming down her cheeks. Finally, she calmly said, "Just what I want." Then he pushed open the door and ran out without looking back.

Monica tries to persuade her to come back, but is stopped by Green.

I was at a loss for what to do, so I could only say to Mr. and Mrs. Siegfried, "Rest assured, I'll take care of her." "Then I went after Isabel.

When I ran outside, I could still clearly hear Monica blaming her husband and arguing with the couple. I can only pray silently in my heart for them not to turn this quarrel into a tragedy that could have been avoided.

I followed the scent of Isabel, who was heading in the direction of the Temple of the Giants. I quickly caught up with her, helped her wipe her tears, and comforted: "Don't be sad, everything will pass, don't let others see your feelings." ”

We soon reached the outside of the Temple of the Giants.

Frank came up to me and asked, "What are you doing?" Everyone has been waiting for you, and my father told us to leave early. ”

"Aren't we here?" I said.

"Green agreed that Isabel was with us?"

Isabel nodded lightly and didn't say anything.

Frank said as he wiped the new bullet, "This time I'm going to show the self-righteous enemies how good I am." ”

"Don't worry, the witchers there are very powerful, enough to test you. I said.

He stumbled upon Isabel wiping her tears and asked her, "What's wrong?"

Isabel wiped the corners of her eyes, "Nothing. ”

Frank glanced at me, and I motioned for him not to ask, and he smiled awkwardly, "Since we're all here, let's go." ”

"How many of us are there?" I asked.

Frank also immediately became cheerful, "There are not many people, only a few dozen, but they are all elites. ”

We added Sister Lucas and Anthony, as well as some of my father's elite staff, and the rest were old acquaintances with whom I had been born and died. Everything is ready, I hope that everything goes well with this operation.

According to Anthony's personal analysis, since the radar shows that the dark element fragments may have fallen in Sicily, Italy, then we should go to Sicily first.