In this world, the Apocalypse prophecy that has been preserved in the Dharma King's Hall for countless years contains such a record: When the sun sets for the fifth time, there will be a lake of red to the west of the capital city with the names of the new and the old. Evidence of the coming of five messengers, and the messenger's name is the Eagle of Darkness. He is the master of the sinful black sheep, and he is also the king of the blind white sheep.
The most terrifying thing is that it is said that once he appears, the world will soon fall into the Dark Ages?
And today, guided by the Book of Revelation, a group of knights belonging to the Holy Iron Rope Knights of the King's Hall finally found the 'Red Lake' recorded in the books, and stationed themselves in the scarlet lake with dilapidated remains everywhere. Armor, weapons, rotting corpses, stench of miasma, and the edge of the 'Red Lake' that had been dyed reddish-brown by blood for some time.
That’s right!
This is the place where Guts and the Eagles were sacrificed by Griffith, making him bear the brand, causing Casca to become insane, and making all his companions die in the mouth of the devil!
"Is this this crappy place?"
"It really stinks!"
Looking at the tragic image in front of him, a knight of the Knights of the Holy Iron Rope who was riding on a tall war horse with rich decorations and a vest couldn't help it.
"Vice Captain Yasang..."
"What's your opinion on this?"
So, he first pushed away the visor of his helmet, and then impatiently asked a knight beside him who had equally gorgeous armor but was wide and fat.
"opinion?"
"No no!"
Hearing this, another fat and bearded man next to the knight waved his hands impatiently and said in annoyance.
"Serpico, isn't it your job to study the Book of Revelation?"
"do not ask me!"
"I only know that a brutal massacre happened here!"
Having said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued to point at the terrifying lake in front of him.
"look!"
"Those broken arms and legs, those rotten intestines, half heads, those gnawed clean ribs and spines, and..."
"Hey!"
"And that asshole who is a female mercenary?"
"Looking at the degree of decomposition of the corpse, I guess it only lasted about ten days and a half at most, right?"
"Of course, considering the cold weather, it may have been more than a month, but it shouldn't be earlier."
For the fat, strong and sinister-faced vice-captain, even though he was used to seeing battlefields and corpses, looking at the corpses stained dark brown with blood and almost all of them were dead and completely dead, He couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive and guilty at the horrific sight of being eaten away.
"but……"
"This is not so much a battlefield as it is a slaughterhouse. I have never seen a battlefield like this!"
He didn't know what was going on here, but he only knew that this was definitely not an ordinary battlefield, and those unlucky ones who had turned into skeletons and were being soaked in the reddish-brown lake water were definitely It’s about encountering some of the scariest things in the world!
So, as he spoke, he couldn't help but move his position on the horse. While making himself look more calm, he also didn't forget to look around warily.
"You're not right."
"Whether it's a battlefield or a slaughterhouse, there's nothing like this!"
"Here, it looks more like..."
"The leftovers from being eaten?"
Looking at everything in front of him and smelling the rotten, nauseating and pungent smell in the air, the expressions of the knight who just spoke first, Serpico, gradually became serious.
He also didn't know what happened here, and he had never seen anything like it, and he didn't believe that the corpses that were not very badly decomposed could be caused by animals or fish, because under normal circumstances, the bodies of soldiers would be eaten by animals or fish. The corpse will only gradually rot, turn white and swell when soaked in water, instead of being fragmented and chewed up like this, leaving only pale, fleshless bones and arms that were torn off with plate armor!
in particular……
He had calculated that it would definitely take a lot of people to dye this small lake like this. But he took a quick look and found that most of the things left at the scene were broken armors and weapons, and they were everywhere. Most of the corpses were severely mutilated, and even the skeletons scattered everywhere were not complete at all. Where the missing parts went is a question worth exploring.
"Eat, eat the leftovers?"
"!!"
"Damn it!"
"Even wild wolves and crows wouldn't eat like this, right?"
He was startled for a moment, and then Yasang, the fat, strong and sinewy-faced vice-captain, began to curse and yell.
"certainly!"
"It's definitely not wolves and crows..."
"Didn't you notice?"
"There are almost no animals around here, not to mention wild wolves and crows, not even schools of scavenging fish. They are all staying away from and fearing this area..."
"!!"
"That!"
"Then tell me, what kind of food will it be?"
"What kind of monster would eat so many corpses?!"
"have no idea……"
"have no idea?"
"Hello!"
"Serpico, don't you study the Book of Revelation all day long?"
"If I ask you now, you will say you don't know this or that. What do you do on weekdays?"
"You're not looking for those young widows or girls, are you?"
"you!"
"Well?!"
However, before the knight Serpico and the deputy captain Yasan could continue to argue and tease, suddenly, two knights who entered the shallow water of the lake to salvage seemed to have found something, and then hurried over. .
"Report, report!"
"Captain Farnese!"
The two men ran to the leader of the Knights of the Holy Iron Rope and reported loudly, and immediately presented what they found.
"Look!"
"We found these!!"
When knight Serpico, deputy captain Yasan and Farnese, the leader of the Holy Iron Chain Knights wearing beautiful silver plate armor, rode up to meet them, they only saw that the two knights had already A broken and wet flag, a deformed but emblem-bearing shield, a broken long sword and a pair of gauntlets with certain marks were placed on the shore of the lake towards them.
"..."
Seeing this, the leader of the Knights of the Holy Iron Chain, Farnese, who was wearing beautiful silver plate armor and the daughter of the Vatimio family, pushed open the visor of his helmet and revealed his delicate and beautiful face. .
She is the youngest daughter of the four brothers and sisters of the wealthy and famous Vatimio family. When she was 16 years old, she was asked by her father to get married, which caused her to become insane and burn down the big house. Since then, she has not been accepted by her father and has been called "The Queen" by outsiders. Be 'Vatimio's Devil'!
After that, she had to enter a monastery and became a nun, but she quickly used her family's influence to sit on the last seat of the Grand Inquisition of the French Emperor's Hall. She is currently the head of the Knights of the Holy Iron Chain and was elected a few days ago. I was ordered to lead the knights to investigate this black tide incident.
"!!"
"this is……"
"snort!"
"Is it the Eagle Group?!"
He only glanced at it. Before Farnese, the leader of the Knights of the Holy Iron Chain and the daughter of the Vatimio family, could speak, the knight Serpico and the deputy captain Yasan looked at each other first, and then They all frowned and snorted.
"Eagle Group?"
First he frowned slightly, and then the leader of the Holy Iron Chain Knights and the daughter of the Vatimio family, Farnese, who was wearing beautiful silver plate armor, nodded.
"I've heard of them..."
"Those are a group of very legendary guys..."
The name of the Eagle Group has spread all over the country some time ago, so after seeing clearly the items presented by his subordinates, Farnese slowly fell into memories and slowly elaborated:
"In the beginning, they were just a mercenary group, and in the past few years, they were very active for a time."
"later……"
"After joining the Kingdom of Mitland, he became famous for his repeated military exploits. The King of Mitland then personally designated the Eagle Watching Group as the official regiment of the Kingdom of Mitland, naming it 'White Phoenix'. Their leader was even He was granted the title of nobility, and the rest of the regiment members and generals were also promoted to noble ranks..."
"pity!"
"That Griffith is a fool. He actually defiled the princess of the Kingdom of Mitland at night, making the King of Mitland furious and imprisoned her. Then he began to send troops to encircle and suppress the Eagle Group."
"But I heard that although the Eagle Group's vitality was severely damaged, it survived one siege after another. How come it was destroyed here this time?"
"Look at this situation..."
"I'm afraid the remaining people will all die here, right?"
Speaking of this, Farnese couldn't help but feel a little emotional and confused.
Because she didn't know why Griffith would do such a stupid thing, and she didn't know why the Eagle Group, which was originally entangled with the army of the Kingdom of Midland, suddenly collapsed here.
"Captain!"
"Could it be other troops from the Kingdom of Mitlan who did it?"
At this time, a knight whose face could not be seen clearly behind the three people suddenly spoke.
"No……"
"Even if the army of the Kingdom of Mitland wipes out the Eagle Group, the most they can do is cut off the head and take it back to receive the reward. They will not dismember the body or eat the body parts."
"Look!"
"Those teeth marks on the ribs..."
First she shook her head, and then the female leader Farnese pointed at the reddish-brown half-body of an unknown person lying on the bottom of the lake, where the blood was solidified, but the water was still clear.
At this time, they all could clearly see that there were several deep tooth marks on the cleanly chewed ribs, and the same corpses and bones were scattered everywhere in the lake. , that kind of weird and terrifying thing, she believed, even the most brutal army or those pagans in the world could not do it!
"That's right!"
"Captain, it seems that what was said in the Book of Revelation has come true. It is very likely that this is the place where the fifth messenger descended!"
"Eagle of Darkness, Master of the Sinful Black Flock, King of the Blind White Flock."
"I guess……"
"It's possible that something abnormal appeared here and ate the entire group of eagles!"
At this time, Serpico spoke.
"Captain!"
"We are in big trouble!!"
"If the Book of Revelation is correct, the world will soon fall into the Dark Ages..."
"We must find the 'Dark Eagle' quickly!"
Although he did not understand the whole story for the time being, and was still suspected of being alarmist, the knight Serpico, after pondering for a while, still had to dutifully speak out a certain conclusion of his.
After all, it is his job to study the Book of Revelation, and since some omens, or prophecies, in the Book of Revelation have already appeared before his eyes, then of course it is necessary for him to remind their leader.
Besides, that's exactly the mission of the Knights of the Holy Iron Rope when they come here!
"Dark Ages?"
Listening to the words of his entourage, Farnese, who was wearing beautiful silver plate armor, did not react hastily. He just lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then quickly shook his head.
"No!"
"Serpico..."
"It's too early to tell!"
"go!"
"You all go!"
"Continue to investigate and see if there are any more clues!"
Then, before the attendants beside her wanted to say anything more, she waved her hand and gave orders to the two knights who had retrieved the flags, shields and other evidence.
"yes!!"
"Here!"
Of course, the two people did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly turned back again and took more people into the water to enter the terrifying "Red Lake" that was full of blood and rancid smell, and also covered with a large number of wreckage, and began to investigate carefully.
…
At this time, when the knights of the Holy Iron Rope Knights were wandering on the shore of the 'Red Lake' to investigate the truth of the matter, Gus, who was covered in black armor and carrying the huge 'Dragon Slaying' sword, came here. At that time, he was advancing step by step in a dense forest.
"..."
()
And behind Gus, the little girl who was humming a song at this time, even kicking stones and thorns, and jumping up and down, followed leisurely, of course there was no one else except Annie.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Hello!"
|ω)
"Uncle Gus..."
()
"Where are you going?"
(′～`●)
"We've been traveling for several days. We should at least find a carriage, right?"
(~)
"If you have no money, I can give you a little bit!"
(-)
Saying that, Annie suddenly quickened her pace and ran to the other party and asked quietly.
Anne said that she was really not joking. If the other party was willing, she could take out a large piece of gold at any time, and then it would definitely be enough for the other party to hire the best carriage and travel to any place leisurely.
"..."
Unfortunately, Gus did not answer, and had no intention of talking to Annie. He just buried his head and continued to move forward through the thorns and thorns in this dark dense forest.
"??"
(.)
"Why!"
(°ー°〃)
"Are you mute?"
(﹏、)
Seeing this, Anne was of course a little unhappy, so without thinking, she immediately arrived in front of the other party and protested loudly.
"..."
So Gus had to stop.
"I don't know where to go either."
"If you don't want to, you can leave on your own, I'm not stopping you."
After saying that and looking at Anne lightly again, the silent man Gus turned around and walked around her and continued to walk forward unhurriedly, without any intention of explaining more.
For now, in his heart, Annie is still the same as those demon gods, they just want to manipulate and play with him, treating him as a pawn.
Therefore, since he cannot resist, he can just ignore the other party and do things according to his own wishes, which is the attitude of non-violence and non-cooperation.
Of course, Gus didn't know about the 'non-violent non-cooperation' attitude, he just had to do it subconsciously when he had no choice but to do it.
"No way!"
(ˇεˇ)
"Didn't I say that I want to verify that issue with you!"
(︵`)
"so!"
()°
"I think I still have to follow you and see how far you can go!"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
That's right!
In Anne's opinion, it was equivalent to a bet between the two of them, and she would definitely not leave easily before she saw the results and had no facts to prove that she was right.
Naturally, if the 'facts' are not conducive to proving her point of view, Anne will definitely not hesitate to secretly tamper with and help. She has long been very good at that kind of thing.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"..."
"As you wish!"
Hearing that Annie refused to leave, Gus didn't take it seriously and just continued walking forward.
soon!
As the two chatted, they walked out of the dense forest and arrived in front of a large plain.
In the distance, there was a dark and huge city outline, just lying at the end of the horizon in the dim night.
"??"
(.)
"Where is your destination?"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"Finally we're here!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"Been gone for so many days..."
(′～`●)
"correct!"
!(;o)o
"Uncle Gus, what do you want to do here?"
()
Although Annie didn't follow him all the time these days, and only occasionally teleported and monitored him when he had free time, she still asked curiously.
"..."
"kill!"
Gus was silent for a while, and finally said this coldly, then resolutely dragged his heavy steps onto the wilderness where the weeds were almost half a man high and continued walking forward, as if he was planning to start from the distance. The main road leads to the city ahead.
Because he really didn't know where to seek revenge from Griffith and those gods and demons, but he knew that it would always be right to ask those inhuman guys about the situation, and those guys would definitely know. Clues.
certainly!
It doesn't matter if you don't know, if the other party doesn't know, just kill him!
When the time comes, he will just go on to find the next monster. After all, he is out for revenge, and before taking revenge, killing some monsters to vent his anger is also a good choice.
"kill?"
(.)
Hearing this, Annie blinked.
"It's part of revenge, right?"
(^o^)
"Hello!"
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
"Just wait!"
(＿＿*)
"hateful!"
(へ╬)
Seeing that the other party stopped talking and was still walking forward on his own, Anne had no choice but to stomp her feet bitterly, and then continued to follow him with a brisk step.
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(*)Monthly pass~(*)Monthly pass~
(End of chapter)
