Chapter 19: Atonement (2)
The city wall stands in the wind and snow, the city wall has collapsed half, the blood of the big beach is solidified on the earthy yellow city wall, the broken bricks are scattered at the foot of the city wall, Luo Mu looked at the broken city wall, this is the end of the road, there is no city gate, some are just an abrupt city wall.
Why was this wall built here?
Luo Mu turned his head, he seemed to be able to pass through the wind and snow, and saw the ruins where he had just stayed, which was also the place where the church was located, Luo Mu walked to the bottom of the city wall, and it was not difficult to see from a close distance that this city wall was built in a hurry, and the people who built it may have been exquisite and capable, but the time was too short, and the soil between the bricks was extremely rough and irregular.
Then there is only one answer, they want to stop what is pouring out of the ruins, or even from the church.
Luo Mu looked at the broken weapons scattered under the city wall, and the traces of blood that went straight from the city wall to the city wall, no one knew how tragic the war was here, but Luo Mu knew that no matter what they wanted to stop, they had failed.
There were countless gaps in the broken city wall, Luo Mu and Sireis easily turned over, and as soon as they saw the scene behind the city wall, Luo Mu's pupils suddenly shrank, he had never seen any bones before this city wall, and now, in this simple trench behind the city wall, Luo Mu looked around, and there were corpses and broken armor everywhere.
On this makeshift city wall, countless armor bodies stood by the city wall until they died, they still held the long pole supporting the battle flag in their hands, and the corpses that fell to the ground without armor had long been directly frozen by the cold here, and even the expressions of death were frozen on their faces, and their skin seemed to have a strange blue-black color due to the drying and freezing.
Luo Mu looked at the warrior sitting on the ground with his head bowed and wearing armor beside him, and lightly touched it with a slashing cloud, and the armor was directly scattered, and the people inside had already turned into white bones, and even the white bones had now turned into ashes!
Luo Mu folded it slightly, and the long pole that still supported the battle flag was broken, Luo Mu gently held the battle flag in his hand, and the battle flag was already at the end of the crossbow, Luo Mu felt that the battle flag in his hand seemed to be reduced to pieces at any time.
The rectangular battle flag is painted with gorgeous patterns, and in the center is a double-headed eagle symbol that can still be seen in pale gold, and on either side of the double-headed eagle, two long swords are also painted, which seems to symbolize that the battle flag belongs to the knights of the army.
Luo Mu stared at the battle flag, he didn't speak for a long time, Sireth leaned over slightly, looked at the battle flag, and asked, "What's wrong?" Luo Mu frowned tightly, this symbol he was extremely familiar with, he was sure that maybe it was in Igniz's training, or in Nogres's course, he must have seen it, but at this moment he really couldn't remember.
Luo Mu shook his head and said, "It's nothing" As he spoke, he folded the battle flag carefully and put it in his pocket, Luo Mu touched a few more armors around him, without exception, the soldiers wearing armor at the time of death all turned into dry bones, and those corpses that were not wearing armor all became quick-freeze-dried corpses, with the clues here Luo Mu couldn't analyze any problems at all, he and Sirius explored a little, and then continued to walk forward.
Behind this city wall is still a spreading road, and at the real end of the road, there is a city far larger than the ruins just now, this should be the main city, Luo Mu can see in the distance that there is a huge building in the farthest distance, where it seems to be a palace, but this city does not seem to have broken out The terrible war in the town where the church is located just now, although the houses are dilapidated, but they still retain their original appearance.
The ground in the town was covered with snow, but countless corpses were scattered everywhere, warriors, civilians, but more of the blue-black, shriveled corpses.
However, it can be seen from the planning of the streets and the construction of the houses around it that this town must have been vibrant in the past, at least the people's lives were very rich, Luo Mu was advancing in the town, and the corpses everywhere symbolized that there must have been a war here, at least something broke through the wall that could not be called a city wall and rushed in, but the people in this town seem to have given up resistance, and it was a completely one-sided massacre.
Luo Mu looked at the street full of corpses, and pushed open a street gate at random, the gate was already rotten, Luo Mu pushed it lightly, and it collapsed, Luo Mu frowned and walked into the room, the room was not big, it seemed to be just an ordinary residence, the things in the room were normally furnished, Luo Mu walked through the living room and walked to the bedroom, he saw three corpses snuggled together, lying on the bed.
Luo Mu stepped forward, gently opened their bones, in the hands of an obvious male corpse, holding a sharp knife that had long been rusted, and the sharp knife was tightly stuck into his corpse, their corpses also showed a strange blue and black, although their clothes were broken, but Luo Mu could still distinguish that this was a family of three, and they committed suicide.
Luo Mu is completely confused about this world, what is going on here?
Suddenly, Cyreth's voice rang out from outside the house, "Master, come and see this!"
Luo Mu walked out of the house and looked in the direction that Sirius pointed to, it was a small shrine embedded in the wall of the living room, but there was no shrine in the shrine, but only a small platform was placed, and on the platform was a curved arc-shaped round platform, but at the moment the round platform was empty, Luo Mu reached out and took the small platform down, and he found that there seemed to be some debris on the small platform.
Luo Mu picked up the debris and looked at it carefully, he immediately recognized that the source of this debris was none other than the eggshell they found under the fire in the first place!
At this moment, only the residue of the eggshell is left here, which means that the contents of this eggshell have escaped!
A terrifying inference suddenly rose in Luo Mu's mind, and it could be seen from the family's cherished place in the most conspicuous place in the living room that the egg was likely to symbolize the god they believed in, and this god was most likely the human-faced snake body of Nelgal that Sister Wendell said, and these weird giant eggs were the symbol of Nelgal.
And the people of this kingdom never imagined that the eggs they worship all day long that they thought were nothing more than symbols would one day hatch things, and these things did not hesitate to kill them, and even destroy their kingdom!
Luo Mu took Sireth to explore several nearby houses very quickly, and sure enough, almost all of them's houses had a shrine in the living room dedicated to Nergale's eggs!
Luo Mu knew that it was very likely that he was not far from the truth, but if he wanted to really understand what was going on here, maybe he wanted to get out of here, the answer should be in the palace in the distance.
Luo Mu and Sireth stepped on the bones all over the place, and walked towards the palace in the snow in the distance, the palace is like the church, not towering and magnificent, but revealing a strange beauty, the palace is in the middle of the town, a towering staircase at the end of the road, Luo Mu raised his head, you can see the palace gate at the end of the stairs.
Luo Mu and Sires walked up the stairs, and around the palace, there was not a single corpse, which made Luo Mu vigilant, he hadn't walked up a few steps, suddenly, a sound of gold and iron intersecting suddenly came from above, and then, several "people" in armor walked down from above.
As soon as Luo Mu's eyes froze, he saw the scarlet eyes of these people in armor exposed in the gaps in the helmets, and Luo Mu clearly saw that there was the same black liquid in their armor as the weird snake-like demon, it was obvious that these warriors were by no means the glorious court knights in their lifetime, they were now just carriers of demons!
But for some reason, these warriors did not burst out of the body like those corpses before, but still kept the human body, a total of five warriors, as soon as they saw Luo Mu and the two, they directly raised the long sword in their hands and rushed over, Luo Mu and Ciris knew that these people had no consciousness with the original, maybe killing them was the best destination.
In an instant, the clouds were chopped, but the demon came out of the sheath, the two had already prepared, the strength of these warriors was extremely great, and they still retained the fighting skills before their deaths, but they also had exquisite defensive dodge moves under the big opening and closing, and the five of them faintly formed a battle formation, with a well-founded advance and retreat, and tacit understanding of the moves.
But Luo Mu's combat power is still not comparable to these warriors, and Ciris is no longer the eldest lady of the delicate family.
Luo Mu's cloud chopping slash on the warrior's armor kept making a sonorous collision sound, the hardness of these armors is far beyond Luo Mu's imagination, this country is by no means a weak country in his lifetime, this armor has gone through the baptism of many wind and rain, and it is still immortal at this moment to protect the bodies of these warriors, even if these warriors have long since lost their former glory.
The demon in the hands of Sireth seems to be the nemesis of these demons, the warriors will have a short period of dullness in the face of the demon, Luo Mu and Sireth are extremely experienced in combat, how could they miss this opportunity, the two exchanged a look, and suddenly attacked a warrior together, the warrior was in the short-term fear of the demon, under the sudden onslaught of Luo Mu and Siris, the warrior was directly stabbed through the neck by the demon after only two moves, and fell to the ground.
After losing a warrior, their battle formation suddenly ceased to exist, and they were quickly broken by Luo Mu and Sireth one by one, and Luo Mu and Sireth finally stood in front of the palace gate.
The temple gate was about four or five meters high, and it was now tightly merged, and despite all the wind and frost, the mark of the two-headed eagle on the temple door was still vivid, and the two-headed eagle grasped the scepter and sword in its left claw, and a crown of jewels in its right claw.
Looking at the double-headed eagle logo with plump wings, there seemed to be a violent thunderbolt flashing in Luo Mu's mind, he gasped and drank "I know!"
Ciris was taken aback by Luo Mu, she hurriedly asked, "What do you know?" Luo Mu slowly turned his head, his face was a rare shock, Luo Mu trembled slightly and said, "This is the Lost Country!"
Before Cyris could react, what exactly is the Lost Country, a bell suddenly rang from the top of the two heads, the huge bell seemed to be able to ring the whole world, the bell seemed to have magic, Luo Mu seemed to hear the end and new life from the bell.
The bell rang and the wind and snow stopped.
As if sensing something, Luo Mu and Sireth stood at the top of the steps, which was the highest point in the town, and the two of them slowly turned around, and the blue-black corpses in the entire town slowly stood up.