Chapter 12: Sythea I

It was almost half an hour after the two of them left.

On the desolate black cave plain, at the entrance of the cave where Liao Ji and Irene had only come out not long ago, there was a sudden violent spatial distortion.

The scenery around the entrance of the cave seemed to be dyed with a strange dark red, which flowed through the air like a liquid, and was becoming extremely viscous at a very fast speed.

There is only one force that can produce this effect.

Turbidity.

And judging from the momentum, the concentration of turbidity is by no means low, at least it is above "Class B" pollution.

Finally, when the entire area was shrouded in dark red, the fluctuations of the space seemed to have reached its peak, and the next second, the viscous dark red liquid completely solidified and turned into three human figures.

They wore religious attire, in a holy opalescent color, but the hats and turbans on their heads that completely concealed their long hair, and the stockings that covered their thighs were pure black when they were split at the sides of the dress.

The three of them all have cross pendants on their chests, and with their very representative outfits, it is not difficult to judge the identities of the three people.

Church nuns.

Among them, the tallest nun still has a silk scarf around her eyes, but at this moment, a faint blood stain is spilling from the inside out.

She seemed to consume a lot, and as soon as she condensed, she fell half-kneeling on the ground, gasping for breath, and from the bare skin outside her nun's clothes, you could see the dark red lines similar to Irene's original, symbolizing "turbidity".

There is no doubt that this nun is also a doomer.

As for the anomaly in this place just now, and the appearance of the three of them out of thin air, it is not difficult to speculate that it should be the use of "teleportation" or turbid items, and the distance of teleportation is definitely not close.

Unlike Irene, though.

After urging the power of turbidity, these dark red lines on the nun's body at this moment were so large that they almost covered her whole body, like the rhizomes of an old tree in the ground, spreading and stretching uncontrollably, as if greedily absorbing the nutrients of this body, and it looked even more terrifying from the outside.

Fortunately, at this time, the cross in front of the nuns' chests flashed with pure white light, and the dark red lines that crawled all over the nuns' bodies gradually faded under this white light, and finally all of them submerged into the nuns' bodies and disappeared completely.

"Ma... Archbishop Maria! The two nuns who followed hurriedly stepped forward to help.

The blindfolded nun named "Maria" waved her hand to indicate that she was okay, then slowly stood up, looked left and right at the area they were in, and finally locked her eyes on the entrance to the cave, and the cross on her chest flickered abnormally.

"Let's go, the position that the goddess has pointed out is down here."

Maria took the lead and went deeper into the cave, while the two nuns behind her, looking at each other, could see the confusion and confusion between them.

After all...

They went so hard that they even didn't hesitate to use the "A-class" turbid items sealed in the underground confinement chamber in the deepest part of the church, and they just came to... This kind of wilderness?

But strange in their hearts, they did not dare to slack off or slack off, and immediately quickened their pace, and followed Archbishop Maria with nervousness and apprehension.

There is only one reason.

This is... The guidance of the Divine Maiden!

You must know that since three hundred years ago, the goddess Sythea, who single-handedly founded the Holy Kingdom and the Church, announced that she had entered the "confessional room", their goddesses rarely appeared in the world, and even later, even the news became less and less, which once made them very worried for their faithful followers.

Now that the goddess has taken the initiative to communicate with them and also issued a holy mission, how can this not make them excited and excited, even the chief bishop Maria has personally dispatched.

If it weren't for the priestess's message, which specifically emphasized that this operation must be set off immediately and kept secret to the highest standard, otherwise they believed that the crusaders of the church would completely surround the entire black cave plain in less than half a day.

Without saying a word, the three nuns walked quietly through the dim and winding tunnels of the cave, without torches or maps, and the Holy Cross, which shimmered on their chests, was their best light and guidance.

Finally.

"This is it." Archbishop Maria, who was leading the way at the front, stopped.

It could be seen that even the tall masked nun was a little nervous at the moment, and the light of the cross in front of her chest had flickered to the maximum, and even faintly reverberated somewhere in front of her.

And there...

When you look at it, there is a large hole in the ground that has collapsed.

When the three of them cautiously came to the hole, the first thing they felt was the thick smell wafting from under the mouth of the hole... Burning flavor?

Maria took the lead and jumped straight down without hesitation.

Her ability to become an archbishop is not only due to her faith, but also to her absolute strength as a powerful doom.

As soon as she landed, Maria frowned at the mess around her, which looked like a fire scene.

Structurally, it looks like a secret room, but unfortunately everything in it has basically been burned, and it is difficult to obtain any useful information.

Maria's fingers wiped the embers on the wall, judging by the temperature, the fire in the secret room should have only been extinguished not long ago, as for the cause of the fire...

"Archbishop, there are a lot of corpses here!" The two fellow nuns in the back also jumped down easily, and judging from their movements, they were undoubtedly doomers.

The trio found a number of charred and blurred corpses, and although they were all unrecognizable, they could still be deduced from the general outline of the body to be humans and kobolds.

At this point, the outline of the whole incident is almost clear.

It should be a group of human expeditions, lucky enough to find this underground vault, but unfortunately before they could evacuate, they were attacked by the indigenous monster kobold in the cave, judging from the final result...

It is likely that this expedition team fought to the death with the monsters, but unfortunately it was finally wiped out, and the sparks of the battle ignited the secret room, and finally presented the current scene.

So, the goddess will guide them to the reason why they are so anxious...

The fire can hide many traces, but it can't, and the faint residual turbid smell in the air is something that Maria has sensed the moment she jumps.

So...

Could it be that this secret room is not an ordinary treasure of the Great Emperor, but a legend... A truly valuable legacy?

Maria thought of this, as did the two nuns behind her.

The three of them immediately exchanged glances with each other, and the heartbeats in each other's chests all beat violently because of this.

At this point, everything makes sense.

Indeed, in this world, only the "Great Emperor" can make their goddess take it so seriously, right?

"Archbishop, then we are now..."

"Don't be in a hurry, keep tuning," Maria said as she continued to walk deeper into the chamber.

But what she didn't expect was that she was only halfway through her words, and as her position moved, when a seemingly ordinary sarcophagus appeared in her field of vision...

In an instant, the church cross, which was located in front of Maria's chest, suddenly burst into a bright white light like day, as if it had been subjected to some strong stimulus.

Along with it, there is also a terrifying aura that makes people palpitate.

Under the shocked and stunned expressions of the three nuns, just like how the three of them appeared on the Black Cave Plain out of thin air just now, at this moment, in the secret room in front of them, under the bright white light, there was a hazy holy figure, which was rapidly condensing.

Although it is only a blur of light and shadow.

But it can still be seen that the long shawl hair as blue as the sea looms under the one-piece robe and hat, the shirt with the cross-neckline on the upper body wraps the heavy and round twin peaks, the elegant holy ribbon just binds the slender waist, and the close-fitting dress also crosses from the middle to the sides, revealing the slender and straight legs wrapped in pure white stockings.

It is not difficult to see that the design of the church's nun dress is completely based on this dreamy light and shadow at this moment.

The white light finally faded, but Maria's whole body was completely soaked with sweat.

With her excited and trembling gaze, she didn't even dare to look directly, the three nuns had already bowed their heads respectfully, even if it was only the afterglow, but Archbishop Maria couldn't help but keep peeking towards the new figure in the secret room.

A round forehead, long eyelashes, clear and bright sea blue eyes, and a swan-like white neck.

The flawless facial features bring a touching beauty, and the small but upturned nose is matched with cherry-like lips, which is beautiful at the same time, but also has a sense of love.

Even as a woman, Maria's cheeks were hot at the moment, and her eyes were full of infatuation.

After all, it was in her heart, the most perfect person in the world, and the only constant belief in her life.

Their goddesses.

Sytheia.

"God... God—" Maria's voice was already nervous and excited.

She never dreamed that the goddess would come here in person, although it was only a light and shadow clone, but this was the first time in a hundred years.

However.

This dreamy light and shadow... Sthetia did not respond to the three most faithful nuns behind her.

Or rather.

In the eyes of this goddess phantom at this moment, in her entire world, there was only one thing left.

Sarcophagus.