The 1,500-year-old Phantom Palace sleeps quietly east of Kevenlas. The grey sky shrouded the lifeless castle, and it was a terrifying landscape with dead leaves, black-brown earth, and the stench of decay. What do you mean by landscape painting? Because everything here is quiet, and there is not a trace of movement.

"Ka Cha!" a huge foot stepped on a dead branch with one foot, making a crisp sound that broke the dead silence. In the silence, the voice seemed a little harsh.

"What kind of place does this place where birds don't?" said Arnold, scratching at his bare scalp, "and there is nothing but the broken branches and the stench of this place." "It seems that he is the culprit who has just broken the silence.

"There's so much here, death, corruption, despair, and depravity. Captain Mark looked around and said, "It's a good place for the undead to live." ”

"Exhaust all the uselessness, you can sell these things for money?" Arnold snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Don't worry, this is just the periphery of the Phantom Palace, the prohibition of the Phantom Palace has been opened many times for thousands of years, and everything that should have been taken away has already been taken, so you can't find war relics on the periphery. We'll have to go deeper this time. ”

They are the Storm Demon mercenary group led by Mark Bruce, and the internal gladiatorial battle in the morning can be regarded as reconciled under Mark's mediation. Under the pressure of being watched, they embarked on a journey to the Phantom Palace.

Arriving in a small town southeast of Kevin Lass, Mark asks an old man in the area for general directions and leads them to a tavern.

"Feel free to spend, but don't drink too much. After dropping a sentence, Mark went to the bar and asked for a drink, and then struck up a conversation with some of the guys at the bar.

"What is he doing here?" Rinnon asked Erica, puzzled. Erica shook her head, not knowing what to say.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" Neil said with a lewd smile.

"Inquiring about the news?" Erica and Rainon asked puzzled, "Isn't it already known about the charm of the Dao ......?"

"Shhh Samantha made a gesture of silence.

"Don't we already know the location of the Phantom Palace?" asked Erica in a whisper.

"If only it could be as simple as a mercenary. There are so many things to be careful about when doing this. First of all, the old man before only gave a general direction, but the detailed road and geographical conditions are not clear, so it is difficult and dangerous to walk. Secondly, we are not the only mercenary group interested in the Phantom Palace, there are many people who fight those war relics ideas, so we must at least briefly understand how many people there are and which mercenary groups have already arrived, so as not to encounter unnecessary danger when we get it. Samantha explained to Renon and Erica in detail.

"Unnecessary danger?"

"Hey, hey, hey, sometimes the human heart is more terrible than those horrible undead creatures. Hey, hey, hey!" Neil interjected suddenly.

"It's ......" Erica didn't seem to be able to accept the statement.

"Speaking of geography, doesn't Captain Mark have a map in his hand?" Rainon remembered that Mark had stared at a map for a long time along the way.

"That's right, it's a map of the area around the Phantom Palace, but it's best not to trust this map lightly. Do you think about the Phantom Palace, what kind of place is that, is it a place where you can go and come when you say you want?" Samantha asked rhetorically.

"You mean the map is fake?"

"No, it's hard to say whether the map is true or not, but we must not trust this map lightly, it can only be used as a reference. Isn't this a check on the information, Captain Bruce?"

Two hours passed, and Mark came to Samantha's side with a red face and said, "Hey, sexy beauty, come, have a drink with me......"

"Don't talk nonsense, how much do you hear?"

"Uh......" Mark said with a drunken look as he put down his glass, "it seems that we are late, but this is exactly what I want, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach." Let them be substitutes for the dead!"

"What the hell?" said Arnold, looking impatient.

"At least twenty mercenary groups have arrived here, and five mercenary groups are known to have already set off. And this time, there is very little information about the surrounding geographical environment, or those old foxes are very vigilant. Mark said and took a sip of wine, "Let's go to the periphery today to see the situation, and if we don't go deeper, we will go into it early tomorrow morning." ”

"Twenty mercenary groups, so many people?" Rinon exclaimed.

"There are a lot of mercenary groups, but there aren't many of them. Most of them are small mercenary groups, and the larger mercenary groups don't look down on this garbage at all. And not everyone dares to go to the small mercenary group, because the undead of the Phantom Palace are not vegetarians, and they are generally mercenary groups like us. ”

In this way, the Wind Demon Mercenary Group and his party came to the periphery of the Phantom Palace. Outside, there is a forest of dead wood, with dry trees scattered on a barren black-brown soil. Both the dirt and the branches smell of decay.

"The foul smell came from the dirt. Ruinon said, covering his nose.

"Everything here is polluted. Mark put on his gloves and grabbed a handful of dirt and said, "Look. "The dirt was so loose that it shattered when scratched, and it spread out in Mark's hands, and a puff of black smoke came out of the particles.

"Even the earth has been polluted by the dark forces, and the Phantom Empress's strength is really strong! No wonder she was able to repel the Holy See army back then. Erica said with a frown.

Ruinon's eyes stared at the slowly drifting black smoke, feeling the dark power coming from the earth, and he actually had an extremely comfortable feeling. He didn't like the stench of corruption in the air, but the smell of death and the desolation that pervaded the place gave him a sense of intimacy, as if he were supposed to be a part of it.

What's wrong with me??How can I have such a strange idea?Ruinon suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"It's not surprising at all, because you, like me, are creatures of the dark. The nightmare's voice swirled in Ruinon's mind, "This is a treasure of feng shui for the creatures of the dark world, and it has a strong allure that even I want to live here for the rest of my life." It's no surprise that you have this idea. ”

"Don't associate me with you, a creature who lives in the shadows of darkness! I'm a normal human being. "Rainon's protest of dissatisfaction.

"What are normal human beings? Human beings are living beings, and who set the standards? Creatures that live in the sun are normal, while those who live in the shadows are classified as dark creatures and are considered abnormal?" said Nightmare with a mocking taste, "all this is nothing more than nonsense made up by the Holy See. Renon, the telekinesis you rely on as a magician is dark telekinesis, so you and I are both dark creatures in the mouth of the Holy See, evil beings. ”

"The Holy See, is this also related to the Holy See?"

"There are many things related to the Holy See, don't underestimate the influence of the Holy See in Middle-earth, although they did not promote the Holy Sect of Light to the hearts of everyone in Middle-earth, but their doctrinal ideas affect the words and deeds of everyone on this Middle-earth continent, including you, who hate them deeply. I@#&* (River crab crawled) If it weren't for the Holy See's dark power, the amount of darkness is the source of evil, and the dark creatures are the most unforgivable, how could Uncle Ben be so miserable?"

(Cult of Light: The largest religious force on the continent of Middle-earth, believing in Zeus, the creator god, as the almighty master.) The congregation called its own organization the Holy See, which was based in Byzantium. Founder: Zahama Duratan, who was later named the first pope, the exact date is unknown, according to legend it was in the prehistoric century. He spread the teachings of the eastern Andes, spread the voice of Zeus, the creator god, and exhorted people to believe in Zeus, do good and eliminate evil, and stay away from the temptation of the demon Satan. The general doctrine of the Holy Religion of Light is: 1. Zeus created the world, all things in the universe were created by Zeus, Zeus is an omnipotent god, the master of the world. 2. Human nature is sinful, and sin is the root of suffering. 3. Only by believing in and relying on the Lord God Zeus can people atone for their sins and enter the kingdom of heaven for eternal life after death. 4. There is heaven and hell in the world, and those who are sinful will fall into hell and suffer eternal sins when they are tempted by Satan...... Wait a minute. ）

(Zaha Dulatan: a man of the prehistoric century, the founder of the Holy Cult of Light, the first pope of the Holy See.) According to ancient legend, Dulatan was originally a criminal who was full of crimes, but a chance encounter led him to accept the guidance of the creator god and reform himself into a devout believer in the creation god. He spent his life preaching the gospel of the Lord God to the world, relieving people from suffering and guiding them to heaven from eternal sin. ）

"Nightmare, it seems that you also have a lot of resentment towards the Holy See!"

"Of course, if it weren't for their Uncle Ben, who would have become the object of admiration and worship of hundreds of millions of people, how could it be like everyone is beating now?"

"Huh...... As long as you eat people, even if you don't have the Holy See, you will end up being beaten by everyone......" Ruinon thought to himself in a cold sweat.

"This is just the outermost part of the Phantom Palace, and it's impossible to find anything valuable, so let's go inside. Captain Mark said to the group, as he took out a strange quill and scratched a shallow mark on the trunk of a tree.

"What is this for? Marking?" asked Rinon.

"yes. ”

"Can you see such a shallow trace?"

"Hahaha. Mark smiled and did not speak, and raised his hand to gently swipe the feather of the quill over the marked tree trunk, and the shallow trace slowly burst into a fire and began to "burn". Of course, this is not really burning, and this fire is not really fire, it is just a magical light and shadow, which only lasts a few seconds before it is extinguished.

After this episode, the Storm Demon Mercenaries continued their way forward, and after passing through a dead forest, they came to a dry riverbed, about a meter deep and two meters wide, which could be crossed. On the opposite bank was a low, ruined wall, covered with blackened vines.

Captain Mark came to a gap in the low wall, poked his head cautiously inward, and at the same time broke off a piece of vine, pinched it with his gloved hand, and made a series of "click, click" sounds. "There are no living people and no dead souls. He spread out his hand and said, only to see that the dead vine in his hand had been crumpled into a black crumb, exuding a thick black gas.

"Bruce, be careful! your gloves!" Samantha exclaimed suddenly.

I saw a black spot appear in the center of Mark's gloves around the pile of debris, which gradually darkened in color and grew larger and larger.

"Oh, shit, my gloves!" Mark shouted as he quickly took off his gloves and threw them to the ground, "I'm a magic glove sewn with white steel hair on the steel gibbon's forearm! ”

"Think about the time when the Phantom Palace was besieged by the Holy See's Templar Order for more than a hundred years without success, and finally repelled the Holy See. Erica stepped forward and took out a small brush and said, "That makes sense. With that, she went to the low wall, brushed away the dry vines, brushed away the dust from them, and the dilapidated wall revealed its original face. After a hundred years of war and millennia, the ornamentation on the walls has become dilapidated, and there are occasionally a few angular carvings that remind people of the craftsmanship of ancient craftsmen.

Samantha pulled out a bow and arrow, poked at a few depressions, and said, "It seems that there was a fierce battle here, the Holy See's Templar Knights are quite capable of fighting, and there are archers in their army who have reached the level of snipers. ”

"Oh, how did you come to that conclusion?" asked Mark, raising an eyebrow.

"Look here, here...... And here, these small pits are all traces left by bows and arrows, and the arrow marks are about four centimeters deep. Samantha chiseled the wall twice more and said, "The limestone wall is made of age, and the weathering factor is taken into account...... The traces should have been deeper. Such deep arrow marks can only be done by sniper-level archers. ”

"Really, where did the bow and arrows go here, and they were picked up by the people of later generations?" Rinon curiously stretched out his hand to the wall, feeling an irresistible allure to everything here.

"Be careful!" Erica shouted at the sight of Ryanon's dangerous move.

"You don't want your hands anymore?" Mark said, grabbing Rainon's hand, "Do you want to compete with gloves made of gibbon monkey fur?"

"Ah......h

"Children are always curious. Samantha looked at Rinon and said, "Just don't make any trouble." ”

"Hey, hey, hey, is it really curiosity?" Neil asked himself, grinning.

Arnold looked around without saying a word.

Captain Mark looked up at the sky and said, "Damn! It's so cloudy that you can't even see the sun." As he spoke, he took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, "It's still early, let's move forward a little more." With that, he drew a mark on the limestone remnant wall with a quill, and then jumped over the wall from the breach.

Everyone jumped in. It's okay if you don't jump, but one is bad, and there are tremors under the black soil.

"No! Everyone, retreat, retreat immediately, retreat. Mark saw that the situation was not good, and immediately beckoned everyone to hurry back.

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