The darkness of the cavern was illuminated by the light, and Antonio, armed with the spear of the Holy Knight, observed his surroundings with the light, and the first thing that caught his eye was a broken sword covered in rust.

He stepped forward to pick up the sword on the ground, and a few letters were faintly visible from the rusty sword, Antonio frowned slightly, and suddenly heard Tali's exclamation behind him, and the knight leader turned sharply to shine the light on the mermaid, and saw her take two quick steps to retreat from the pile of dry bones.

"Are you alright?" Antonio stepped forward to illuminate the pile of bones with the light, Tali shook her head with trepidation, and by the light she saw that there were many dry bones lying on the sides of the narrow cave passage, covered with spider silk, and some disgusting worms slowly wriggling on the broken skull.

Antonio plunged the sacred spear into the ground, crouched down in front of the dry bones and ripped off a necklace from its neck bone, the badly corroded chain was easily torn off, Antonio took the metal plate from the necklace and looked at it, and threw it back at the dry bone.

"These people are not rangers. Antonio stood up and said to Tali, "None of the white bones we saw along the way have an identity tag on it, but this one has an identity tag for the exclusive use of the Duchy's army, indicating that this is a Duchy soldier." ”

"Soldiers of the Duchy?" Tali looked down at the pile of bones in surprise, surprised by Antonio's words.

The Knight Commander nodded affirmatively, "That's right, not only the identity nameplate, but the broken sword I just picked up from over there is also engraved with the words 'Allegiance', and only soldiers' weapons will be engraved with such characters." ”

"Why did the king send his army here?" Tully looked around blankly, she couldn't imagine why these soldiers were here, how they died in this uninhabited abyssal crypt, if it weren't for the wurm's wind, she and Antonio might not have found them at all.

"Let's keep walking, maybe our answer is just ahead. Antonio pulled his spear out of the dirt and walked side by side with Tali into the depths of the cavern, where they saw many broken weapons and broken bones, and even some fragments of chain mail.

"This may tell us who these people are. Antonio picked up a piece of broken chainmail from the ground and said, "Chainmail is commonly used by Itali's army, and it can effectively help Itarians resist swamp monsters, even Amazonian arrows and javelins. ”

"So, these are Italy's soldiers?" asked Tali, looking at the fragment of chainmail in Antonio's hand.

"Possibly, but I don't remember the history of the Itali kings sending people deep into the swamp, what they came here to do, I guess it wasn't to slaughter the Hydra. Antonio threw the shards on the ground and turned back to Tali and said, "That's a dead end." ”

The two of them avoided the white bones scattered on the ground and walked forward, as they walked, Tali suddenly stopped, looked back at the dark passage behind her, Antonio looked back and asked, "What's wrong?"

"There seems to be some sound. Tali said, staring at the endless darkness behind her.

Antonio took off his silver helmet and listened quietly, there was a dead silence in the passage, he listened carefully for a moment, and comforted Tali, "It's okay, maybe it's a hallucination, too quiet an environment always makes people uneasy." ”

Tali nodded slightly, glanced into the darkness behind her, and turned around suspiciously, Antonio saw that she seemed to be relieved, so he said, "If you are really not at ease, summon the lamp god and let him cover us behind." ”

Tali agreed, and she stroked the golden oil lamp around her waist with her hand, and the lamp god floated out of the lamp, gathered in front of the two of them, gathered into a human form, stroked her chest, and said, "At your command, my priestess." ”

"Please protect us in the back and let us know if anything is unusual. Tali said softly to the god of lights, and without saying a word, the god of lights turned his waist and flashed behind the two, waved his hand to the two and said, "Don't worry, with me and the two of you, don't worry about moving forward!"

Antonio and Tali looked at each other and smiled, and walked on, the god of lights following them, a pair of bright golden eyes shining in the darkness, I don't know if it was really from his cover, and there was no strange sound from behind.

After walking along the narrow passage for an unknown amount of time, a boulder suddenly blocked the end of the passage, the two stopped and looked at the dead end in front of them, Tali turned back at a loss and asked, "There is no way, should we go back?"

"Wait a minute, there's something weird here. Antonio plunged his spear into the ground and stepped over to the boulder, where he found that the surface of the stone was covered with broken scratches, many broken stones were scattered under the rock, and there were large broken dents in the stone walls on both sides.

"Something terrible seems to have happened here. Antonio said and looked back at the back of the passage, and Tali looked at him with an uneasy gaze, and heard him say to the god of lights, "I think there must be a road behind this stone, please go through the god of lights and take a look, maybe we can try to get through here." ”

Without saying a word, Antonio and Tali looked silently at the boulder in front of them, and after a few moments, the god of lights came out of it and said to them, "There is no road in there." ”

The two of them were disappointed when they heard this, but the lamp myth turned around and continued: "But there is a big hole in it, and there are many dry bones and weapons in the hole, and one of them looks very unique, and seems to have some origin. ”

Antonio and Tali looked at each other, and the Knight Leader immediately asked the Lamp God to try to bring them into the cave, and the Lamp God drew a spell on the surface of the boulder, opening a dimensional passage through the boulder, teleporting Antonio and Tali into the boulder.

Antonio, who entered the cave, raised the sacred spear and expanded the range of the holy light released by the spearhead, and the light instantly illuminated the entire cave, and he and Tali were surprised to see that the wide cave was full of dry bones in chain mail, and a large number of weapons were scattered next to the dry bones.

In the center of the cavern, a two-handed greatsword was plunged into the ground, and next to it was a neatly finished dry bone, leaving only the white bones with both hands still tightly gripping the hilt of the greatsword, and kneeling on one knee behind the greatsword in a standard knightly kneeling position.

Antonio and Tali watched it with a hint of awe, and slowly approached the greatsword, where he found that the blade was still shiny and not left a trace of rust, while the other weapons scattered around the cavern were rusted.

He half-crouched down in front of the greatsword and saw a line carved on the sword: Dedicated to the greatest dragon hunter knight, Arthur 61 Austin, 1296 AD.

"Arthur 61 Austen......" Antonio silently repeated the name, looking up at the dry skeleton behind the greatsword, and suddenly heard Tali beside him say, "Look, these things are recorded here!"

Antonio looked back and saw that Tali was standing to the right of the greatsword skeleton, and there was a thick book on the ground, on which were some handwritten records with messy handwriting in blood, and Antonio walked to the side of the dry bone and looked down, and saw that it read:

In October 1296, I can't be sure of today's date, and this will probably be the last record I will ever write, and I wonder if anyone will see it, or maybe it will be here forever, just like us.

My name is Arthur 61 Austin, the son of King Austin of the Duchy of Itali under the Holy Congregation of the Farrell Empire, the head of the Dragon Hunting Knights, leading the most powerful knights on the continent, even the Silver Dragon Wings of the Holy Order can only be relegated to the second.

We've hunted countless dragons who have invaded Itali territory, and the Dragon-Splitting Blade in my hand is soaked in untold dragon blood, and it seems to me that dragon hunting is just part of my daily training, but that was before I was here.

Adventurers who have come to this hell on earth, if you are lucky enough to read this text, hope that you will leave here at once and never come back—if you still have a chance to leave alive, if the poisonous monster has not yet discovered your traces.

I don't think I'm a coward, but I don't even dare to write its name when I write this with my hands, I know its minions are waiting outside, and I can hear the sound of its claws grinding against the walls and the crunch of chewing the bones of my soldiers.

......

At this point the transcript ended, Antonio glanced up at Tali, and then turned his gaze back to the knight who was kneeling in front of the greatsword.

Antonio strode up to it, looked down at it and said to Tali, "Arthur 61 Austin, the leader of Italy's strongest dragon hunter Knights, Prince of Italy. ”

"When he says 'it', he obviously refers to the hydra. Tali whispered to Antonio, as if afraid that too much would bring something terrible.

"It seems that the historians of Itali are lying. Antonio crouched down beside the greatsword and the dry bones, looked into the hollow eyes of the dry bones and said, "Italy's history books say that Prince Arthur and his dragon hunting knights died honorably while fighting the vampire king's army. ”

He looked back at Tali meaningfully and said, "To this day, there is still a statue of this prince in the palace square of Itali, the capital of the Principality of Itali, and he is the pride of the entire Principality. ”

"The history that posterity will see, maybe that's it, there are too many untruths and lies......" Tali sighed and asked Antonio, "What should we do?"

Antonio reached for the book and said, "Let's see if we can find any other records." ”

He lifted a page to try to examine the contents of the front, but the page was lifted, and the whole book suddenly turned to dust.

"Well, it looks like we can't find more information for the time being. Antonio clapped his hands helplessly and stood up, walked up to the greatsword and said, "However, we should be able to take this sword back." ”

"You don't want to uncover this history, do you?" said Tali, holding Antonio's arm uneasily, "We may not change people's minds, after all, this prince should have the glory he deserves after his death, and not bear the stigma of a loser." ”

"I understand, I didn't mean to make the facts public, I just didn't want the hero's weapons to continue to sleep here. Antonio nodded approvingly, reaching out to grasp the hilt of the greatsword, and before he could pull it outward, a bony claw suddenly pressed his wrist.