I don’t know how much time passed before Rodrigo, Friar Delan, and another knight’s retinue Alonso rushed all the way to the depths of the ground, covered in blood, and barely managed to kill these sudden attacks. Most of the cadaver dogs were temporarily freed from the imminent threat.
However, they were also lost in these criss-crossing underground passages; what was even worse was that several other soldiers were injured to varying degrees. Although no one has died yet, the sequelae caused by the claws of the corpse dogs scratching the skin are continuing to show up.
After the intense exercise subsided, some people began to experience symptoms of alternating chills and fever, and others almost lost feeling including the wounds on their arms. But Rodrigo still tried his best to encourage them and emphasized over and over again that he would never give up on any of them.
Then, while they were resting against the wall, they used the last lantern to carefully observe the surrounding environment. Here, there is no trace of garbage or sewage. Instead, the air is filled with a smell of decay and mildew that makes people's nose itchy and tingling.
On the limestone walls, dug out strips and niches were filled with skeletons; obviously this was an ancient underground cemetery that also served as part of a special shelter. Therefore, the bones stored inside were obviously crispy and cracked.
Unexpectedly, there would be such an underground space of uncertain scale beneath the little-known Tabu Fortress/City. Moreover, judging from the various carved patterns and carvings on the wall, it is clear that they are the relics of Adamism, one of the early Christian sects in the mountains.
The sect advocates restoring the sinless state of Adam as recorded in the Bible before he sinned; that is, the pure and straightforward life in the Garden of Paradise. They were completely naked when holding services; they believed that singleness and virginity were sins; they should cancel marriages and advocate living in groups; there were even legends that they barked randomly.
One of the best features of this sect is that their funerals do not include any grave goods or clothing. After everyone died, they went through special rituals and curled up into a ball in the form of the placenta; they were densely stuffed into stone caves or niches; the earth was the mother body.
Still, the ideas of this small sect were so outrageous that they were accused of restoration and worship of pagan gods, and of having sex with the devil in celestial rituals that returned to primitive innocence. It aroused the attention of the church and the powerful class at that time who emphasized the hierarchy of hierarchy and everyone's position.
Therefore, they were classified as heretics and punished and suppressed; therefore, they were almost completely eliminated from history. There are only some faint traces left in the Seven Kingdoms of the British Isles. The Holy Kingdom, which is strictly guarding against the return of Charlemagne's remnants, also pays special attention to this.
Therefore, the directory of ancient heretics in the hands of most senior knights includes a brief description of the Adamites. Therefore, Rodrigo could only continue to encourage them to move forward. At least as the cemetery and shelter left from ancient times, there was a high probability that there would be an exit.
However, as the corridor progressed, the conditions of the soldiers supporting each other became increasingly worse; some even began to hallucinate, saw something horrifying, and talked nonsense and refused to move forward. Roderigo could only be knocked unconscious and dragged forward.
Then, they saw an obviously artificial creation, which was a rectangular cage nailed to the wall; there were also traces of grease left by a short period of burning. Seeing this, Rodrigo's expression could not help but darken again, but he secretly regretted it...
But when he lost his way and the lamp oil was about to burn out, he could only remain calm and move on. As they staggered along, the traces left by various items on the wall became more and more numerous; the sound of wind and ditches even reappeared.
Then, they followed the direction of the ditch and reappeared in the corner of a huge hollow with gurgling water. The top looked so deep and dark that it quickly swallowed up the dim light they brought. However, in front of them was a tall stone platform with bright torches.
Surrounding this stone platform are several rings of water channels; murky water filled with foam and dirt flows slowly in them. And on the mottled stone platform, there are vaguely projected figures shaking. But none of them seemed to notice the uninvited guest who broke into the scene.
Therefore, Rodrigo couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but tightened the only remaining Saxon knife in his hand; in fact, in the previous narrow fight, his cowhide armor had been torn and scratched; there were many cases Worsening casualties. Therefore, he did not want to cause unnecessary problems.
So, under the silence that he demonstrated first, the group also moved slowly along the edge of the outer ring waterway in the darkness with the lights out, towards the passage where there might be an exit on the other side of the stone platform. However, when they were about to climb the stone stairs, an accident happened.
However, a soldier who was seriously injured and unconscious suddenly twitched while being dragged; his belt with an iron buckle also hit the stone steps. A crisp sound echoed in this deep space, as if it was infinitely amplified; it also awakened some kind of ritual being performed on the stone platform.
The next moment, Rodrigo was stunned as he saw many white human bodies emerging from the edge of the stone platform; as well as the screams, exclamations and curses of men and women that broke out one after another; and finally merged into some kind of hoarse scream. Voice: "Guard, someone broke in."
However, Rodrigo couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the voice of one of them. Because he had already recognized the identity of the other party; that was his nominal superior and chief officer, Lieutenant Colonel Riel, the second border garrison officer of the Oriental Pyrenees Frontier Province of the Holy Kingdom...
However, what moved faster than these people on the high platform were other entities that jumped out of the darkness; almost faintly roaring and roaring, they walked around the bottom of the high platform. They pounced on Rodrigo and his group who were running upward on the steps of the passage with all their strength; but they were at least dozens of bone-faced corpse dogs.
At this moment, they could only run away with all their strength, so that some of the bandaged wounds burst open again; and little bits of blood spilled down all the way. However, at the other end of the stone staircase, firelight and human voices were heard again, and it was the outside guards who arrived.
However, seeing that Rodrigo was being attacked from both sides, he suddenly stood down, closed his eyes and stood on the sword, murmuring words to synchronize his breathing and heartbeat... The next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes that became energetic, and relied on the blood in his blood. With his renewed strength, he charged into the guards.
The next moment, the only thing that could be heard was screams and screams in the narrow and empty hallway; then they quickly subsided. At this time, a corpse dog also rushed up the stairs, biting the nearest soldier who was seriously injured and lagging behind; then, with the opponent's desperate expression, he was suddenly penetrated and flew away.
Roderigo, covered in blood and dressed in rough clothes, reappeared in the porch, holding several weapons in his hands; he redistributed them to everyone without any interruption. The next moment, he rushed back down again and opened his bow left and right, slashing and rolling several corpse dogs in front of him; there was a cry of surprise behind him.
But at some point, a strange creature that looked like a giant bat quietly came through the air and grabbed a soldier who rushed into the porch before it was time. He picked it up in the air and tore it into two pieces, then sprinkled it down like a demonstration. A bloody storm. Then, he was hit by Roderigo's weapon.
Immediately he screamed, emitting an invisible sound wave that made him dizzy, nauseated and vomiting; he fell headlong into the darkness beside the stairway. However, Rodrigo, who had been the first to suffer recently, was also dizzy and his ears and nose were wet and sore with blood. It was obvious that his senses were seriously injured.
He could only let the monk Delan, who rushed down again, dragging him hastily back to the porch. However, when the faint whistle sounded again, the bone-faced corpse dogs rushed up the steps again; Rodrigo, who was suppressing a splitting headache, also raised his knife and shouted:
"You go first, I'll stop them...". The next moment, a corpse dog had rushed in front of him, biting his blade and drawing blood, and pushed him down a step. Although it was cut off quickly, it made him feel weak and exhausted, and the sequelae of stimulating his bloodline were obviously beginning to appear;
"No, you should go first." The scarred Brother Teresa and another knight's retinue suddenly stopped in front of him, blocking the bites of more corpse dogs. At the same time, he shouted quickly and roughly, "Only if you come back alive can you win the trust of all the great knights. Don't let our sacrifices be in vain!"
Before they finished speaking, they were thrown to the ground one after another by the corpse dogs that rushed forward, roaring and biting; but several other soldiers also turned around and passed over the exhausted and shaky Rodrigo; swung their weapons towards Those corpse dogs may be entangled with them and rolling down...
At this moment, Rodrigo couldn't help but feel extremely sad and desperate in his heart, as if something was about to break at the next moment. At this time, a miracle suddenly occurred. The corpse dogs gave up on the people in the lake who were bitten by flesh and blood, and withdrew some distance away.
"Rodrigao... I really didn't expect to see you here." Then a voice sounded again, but it was Lieutenant Colonel Riel, the garrison commander who had already put on his coat: "You broke in and destroyed the ceremony. But the gentleman I serve is still willing to give you a chance."
"Join us, so that you and your companions don't have to become food and sacrifices; you can also enjoy the supreme happiness." Lieutenant Colonel Riel said seriously: "That is the practice of a pure-minded knight. Unimaginable enjoyment, money and power..."
"I swear to be kind to the weak; I swear to be brave against rape; I swear to fight against all wrongs; I swear to fight for the defenseless;" However, Rodrigo suddenly calmed down, looking at the bloody and dying companions on the steps, Read a proverb aloud.
"I don't know what to do, since you are so ignorant and stubborn." Lieutenant Colonel Riel on the stone platform also shook his head, but turned to another man in black robe behind him and said: "Sir, maybe we can get one, with glory. The sacrifice of the knight's bloodline..."
"Brother Roderigo..., in order to prevent me from being humiliated and blasphemed while I'm alive." At this time, Friar Delan, who was lying on the ground unable to get up, struggled and gasped and said: "Please grant me the final peace!" When Rodrigo heard this, he nodded silently and stepped forward to wave his sword.
The next moment, there was a sudden and obvious shock in the entire space, and there was a series of roars. Then, the ceiling suddenly cracked open, revealing a ray of skylight which happened to shine on the stone platform. Among the crowd and corpse dogs that were also photographed, many smoked and screamed.
Then more and more skylight was projected down along the cobweb-like dome; the corpse dogs that seemed to be accustomed to the darkness were also shone, screaming and running around, but they always ran into the projected light beams and had nowhere to hide. ; There are also large ulcerated scars on the bare body surface.
However, the dazzling light spots shone on the exhausted Rodrigo, the injured monk Delan and others; they felt extremely warm and at ease. This just happened in an instant. The next moment, the cracked zenith collapsed due to external bombardment.
In an instant, the large pieces of debris crashed down with a roar, and the billowing dust and smoke almost drowned the crowd on the stone platform. Through the large amount of sunlight penetrating into the underground space, Rodrigo could see clearly that he was actually in an ancient temple that was mostly buried underground.
Then, a group of knights wearing silver and white armor, holding various strange-shaped weapons, flew down from the air one after another; the dust scattered and crashed into the ruins. Then, they immediately began to sweep and kill those corpse dogs lurking in the corners.
On the contrary, in the corner, Roderigo and others, whose faces were covered with dust by the billowing dust, were temporarily forgotten. Until Brother Delan came back to his senses, he shouted with all his strength: "Captain Duval, is it you... there is someone here who needs help."
So not long after, Ridrigao, who was lying on a stretcher and was carried out, slowly adapted to the normal outdoor light; he was also a little stunned and full of complexities, looking at the flag flying above the inner city fortress. It was a flag with a smiling golden sun on a blue background.
Then, there were also ferocious and alien corpses that were hoisted out of it using pulleys. They were openly displayed in the only square of the city fortress. Together with those members of the Knights who were disarmed after being captured, the meaning of this is naturally self-evident.
However, when he saw more flags and logos that had been captured and displayed, he was so shocked that he almost rolled off the stretcher. Because, as one of the few royal knights in the Aquitaine region, the red background gold lion flag of the Enoli Knights is also among them.
But Rodrigo no longer had any extra thoughts to think about this; because the leader of the Free Army/Grand Army Commander, who had just led his army to defeat the reinforcements of the Holy Kingdom and captured the fortress city of Tabu, wanted to personally summon him. A rare chivalrous knight.
