Passing through the square with the emblems of the Church of the Eternal Sun and the Church of Steam, and up the wide stone steps, Angel and Pierre enter the second level of the catacombs.

"In fact, the third and fourth floors, known as the 'Old Ossuary', were built much earlier, and the first and second floors were converted from quarries under Trier, which were larger and more 'people'."

Pointing to Intisven above the stone door leading to the third floor, Pierre read it intimately:

"Entrance to the Old Ossuary."

Carelessness aside, the college student was quite hospitable...... Maybe there is also a factor in my appearance, but when he says "more people", does he mean the bones on the ground?

Angel pondered, looked around the tomb on the second floor, and found that the passage here was wider, and there were more bones scattered everywhere in the corridor, and there were even "loose" white bones directly blocked in the middle of the corridor and divided into multiple parts.

But soon, Angel discovers that he is indeed talking about "people".

Continuing along the black line, within a few steps, a bright candle appeared in front of the two of them, which was a combination of four white candles, they belonged to three men and one woman and four young people, dressed very fashionably, similar to Pierre next to Angel.

The four of them were dancing a strange dance around a corpse arranged in a cross-seated position.

"What are they doing?"

Angel asked softly.

"A ritual," Pierre also lowered his voice, "a test of courage." ”

When he heard the first half of the sentence, Angel already had information about various "rituals" such as sacrifices and demon summoning in his mind, but he didn't expect that it would be such an answer in the end.

"Trying your guts? Here? ”

"Of course, this is a popular fad among universities in recent years, more than anyone dares to stay underground for longer. They even go to the third floor to sing, but more often than here, it is wider than the first layer, and it is not as narrow as the third layer.

"A lot of people who go to the third floor are alone, hehe, I also wanted to try it alone today, but I didn't expect to meet you."

Pierre replied with a hippie smile.

I'm afraid that they are not alone, but soon "there is only one person left...... Perhaps more squads will be wiped out in the catacombs, completely forgotten.

Angel already has an indifferent attitude towards the activity of this college student, after all, the other party does not remember his missing companion at all, and still thinks that this is just an ordinary underground "attraction", so naturally he will not be too vigilant.

The only thing she wondered was why Trier's official Extraordinaire didn't lock it down, instead allowing ordinary people to come and go freely, and every now and then all existence was erased by accidentally dropping a candle?

Erase ...... Angel thought of the black-haired angel lady who came to the aid of the Night Church during the Great Smog of Beckland, according to Klein, Mr. A, who was chasing him, was erased by an eraser in a second under the gaze of the other party, and presumably the same was true of Lady Panatia.

Exactly like Pierre's companion who lost his candle in this catacomb......

Could it be that there is a seal in the tomb with similar extraordinary abilities?

Unfortunately, there are too few clues to analyze any conclusions at the moment.

She continued to follow Pierre, bypassing the four young men dancing and continuing in the direction indicated by the black line.

Along the way, every time he passed several burial chambers, Angel could find more or less several companions, most of them young students, but also a few people who came to pay their respects to relatives and friends, all of whom were holding a white candle and protecting themselves with the faint light of the candle.

After walking longer than the third floor, Angel came to the first floor of the tomb, which is also the closest to the ground, where the corpses are noticeably more "fresh", many of which were placed here not long ago.

Of course, not only the corpses, but also the people are much more "lively".

Angel soon met a group of giggling college students, more than a dozen of them, lined up in a long line, looking here and there as if they were sightseeing, touching there, the dim candlelight swaying in the corridor, like a river moving slowly.

"Isn't this also a test of courage?"

She looked at Pierre, who for the first time since the two had met, did not answer her questions earnestly, but smiled brightly at the group of students.

"Hey, Antoine, Chloe," he patted the young man on the shoulder, and smiled and saluted the other woman, with an exaggerated gesture, "Don't you all have classes tomorrow?" ”

"I'll take my new friends to the third floor, Ines and Camille, and everyone will come along," replied the brown-haired man named Antoine, pointing to the two young women in the group, but his eyes couldn't stop glancing at Angel, "What about you?" How can you come here alone, and still bring such a beautiful lady. ”

"We've only known each other for a while."

Pierre said indifferently, but the corners of his mouth couldn't be suppressed.

Angel barely finished "translating" the two of them in the extremely fast Intis dialect at this time, and understood Pierre's communication for the purpose of showing off, but she did not refute, but waited for him to finish greeting these familiar college students, and staggered past the team of as many as fifteen people, watching them slowly walk in the direction of the entrance on the second floor.

"Thank you for not demolishing me."

Looking at their backs, Pierre whispered.

"If you can take me out, we'll settle it."

Angel smiled lightly, and her eyes chased the dim candlelight away.

In her sight, the two female students in the middle of the team who had been brought to "long insight" gathered together and whispered, eagerly blowing out the candles in each other's hands.

The whole team seemed to pause for a moment, and then continued on, with Antoine's whisper of direction from the leader, and the gossip about Angel's relationship with Pierre at the end of the team was quietly discussed.

In the middle of the line, the two vacated positions quickly disappeared in the adjustment of the people before and after, as if the original team was arranged like this, as if only these thirteen people entered the catacomb.

The two schoolgirls who blew out the candles disappeared in plain sight.

"Pierre, why did they say they came to the Catacombs?"

The smile on Angel's lips disappeared as she looked sideways at the "guide" beside her, who looked back with a puzzled expression.

"Of course, it's to go to the second floor for a test of courage ceremony, as I said, it's very popular now."

He replied earnestly with a smile on his lips.

After the disappearance of the two members, even the reason for coming to the catacombs changed...... Angel sighed and closed her eyes, remembering the youthful smiling faces of the two schoolgirls a minute ago.

At least for as long as I can remember, they still exist......

"Let's go, let's go back to the surface."

She calmed down and said to Pierre.

……

It took another fifteen minutes, and just as the candle was about to burn out, the two finally reached the entrance of the first floor.

A series of black lines converge here, ending in a naturally formed and then artificially modified megalithic arch, flanked by elaborate reliefs of skeletons, sunflowers, levers and gears.

From time to time, visitors come and go from the doorway, either alone or in groups, most of them smiling, a few holding sacrificial objects, their faces expressionless, but none of them have the slightest fear of the place.

Also, those who know the truth are gone, and the "survivors" will think that this is just a tomb that needs to bring their own candles......

Angel thought wistfully as she stepped out of the arch, feeling a lightness on her body, and some invisible pressure disappeared.

It wasn't like it didn't bother me...... Her heart moved, and she looked back to see two inscriptions written on the lintel of the arch in Intis:

"Stop!"

"Ahead is the Empire of Death!"

Beyond the "Empire", it is still not the blue sky that Angel expects, but an underground passage composed of stone pillars and stone walls built between them, and at the top is a huge stone ceiling supported by stone pillars, and on both sides are hung gas lamps, and the pale yellow light extends forward, giving people a sense of reassurance.

"Compared to the tombs, underground Trier is a beautiful sight."

Pierre climbed the stairs and walked out of the stone archway, blowing out the candle in one gulp, throwing the remaining small piece of candle into the corner and raising his eyebrows at Angel.

"Let's go, there's the real 'exit' ahead."

After leaving the tomb, he still did not regain his memory, and it seems that his companion has literally "disappeared", and even everyone's memory of him no longer exists.

Angel couldn't help but glance back at the entrance of the tomb again, looking at the pitch-black doorway and the Sun Emblem and the Triangular Emblem on the door, as well as the "Empire of Death" on the lintel.

Then, she followed Pierre, walked through this somewhat bustling underground passage, climbed up the stairs to a height of tens of meters, and finally saw the real blue sky.

No, it was already dark, the last rays of the sun had just disappeared from the west, and the night was gradually covering the entire sky, and the familiar moon peeked out of the thin clouds, casting a crimson veil over the ground.

The buildings around are generally low, and the style is not much different from that of Rune, but with characteristic cornices and pointed arches, and a large amount of red brick, which is clearly distinguished from the grayish Beckland streets.

"Where do you live? Do you need me to send you back? ”

Pierre leaned in again, smiling and asking.

I'm afraid that the place where I live is a bit far from here, and the time difference is more than two hours...... Retracting her gaze from the last bright color of the setting sun, Angel teased inwardly.

"I've just come to Trier and haven't had a place to stay yet, do you have any recommendations?"

Led by the "hospitable" students, Angel travels from the Observatory District, where the Catacombs are located, to the memorial parish to the east, where there are several universities, including the École Normale Supérieure where Pierre studied, and the population is dominated by rented students.

Angel saw that Pierre might have other intentions in introducing her to live here, but she didn't plan to stay for long, and she didn't know her place well, so she didn't refuse.

On the street not far from the Normal School, she checked into a three-story hotel, but she was frustrated when it came to payment, and the currency most commonly used by Intis was called "Filkin", which was equivalent to about 1/24 of a gold pound, and there was also a "gold louis" similar to the gold pound, but instead of accepting the most widely used roune currency, she had to go to a nearby bank to exchange it.

Fortunately, Pierre had some cash with her, and she got a small amount of Firkin and rented a single room.

After declining Pierre's request for "dinner", Angel went to his temporary residence, which was not luxurious, and locked the door, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The two-hour experience was simply more tiring than the five days since she left Beckland combined.

"The most difficult step has passed, go get the money tomorrow and buy back Rune's steam train ticket!"

Angel doesn't know how to get back to Bansey from the catacombs, but at least she knows how to get back through the "normal way".

"I'm afraid I won't be able to spend the New Year with Klein......"

She thought to herself, a little frustrated.

There aren't so many elements of the ring.,This part is mainly for the main line service.,Most of the plot will still be placed in the first part.,Of course, there's a lot of interesting witch settings and plots in the ring.,I will also make some references.。

(End of chapter)