On the edge of the steep cliff in the cold wind, the sound of waves crashing against the rocks was soaring up like an angry beast roaring in filial piety. The robes of people walking among them will inevitably be blown away, like birds flapping on the black and gray rock walls, as if they will take off from the ground the next moment.
And in the trembling waves of the crumbling sea, there is an extremely small contrast with the vast and deep sky and the waves of the sea in the distance, as well as the coastline of the lake and the outline of the city. However, there is actually a building at the other end of this sunken cliff.
It's just that this building is also embedded in the cliff as a whole. Only the side facing the sea is made of large pieces of gravel. I don't know how many years have passed on the outer wall, slightly showing some traces of artificial creation; however, there are also growths on the stone wall. Full of moss, vines and low shrubs.
Therefore, if you cannot observe closely, it will be difficult to find that there is actually a several-layer shelter hidden in the cliff. Brother Franceschet also introduced in a low voice: "This is where the internal members of the Order of the past have practiced silent cultivation and meditation. Therefore, outsiders are usually unable to enter; even if members of the Order want to To use it, one must be nominated by the chief priest of the cathedral, or one of the other six abbots. But this time someone obviously broke the commandments and vows, hiding and sheltering an unknown existence."
Under the feet of the sea, the waves rushed like thousands of horses galloping, and the hollow echoes were like bursts of muffled thunder; Jiang Tian also came to this building. However, the moment the thick outer door gently closed, the roaring cracks outside, the roaring waves, and the fighting and attacks originating from the holy mountain all disappeared.
The air suddenly became warmer and drier; it was like entering a completely different space. The stone floor has been used for many years, but it is still a soft and silent carpet when you step on it. The lamps in the recesses of the wall exude the comfortable smell of fine whale oil.
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And in the short porch, there are even dark red velvet curtains hung; it is obviously very different from the monastery described by Brother Francescochet where priests stayed away from the world and understood nature. And this result also made his face look particularly ugly:
"How could this happen?" The next moment, he pushed open the dark red curtain without hesitation and rushed in first; then he let out another exclamation and backed away in panic. "...There are several corpses inside!" As the curtain was briefly lifted, a smell of blood suddenly came out.
Jiang Tian then walked into the room and saw a rather magnificent hall with complete equipment, as well as several corpses lying on the ground among the messy and overturned furniture. Although they wore the most common gray hooded linen robes of ascetic monks, the expensive material exposed from their elbows and collars.
At the moment of death, his face was filled with twisted expressions of disbelief, horror, and anger. The wounds on these corpses didn't look obvious, but they all fell on vital parts of the body such as the armpits, under the ribs, and collarbones; therefore, the amount of bleeding was large and had not yet completely solidified.
Judging from their location, they seemed to have been caught off guard and were attacked from the side one after another. After struggling painfully and knocking over a bunch of items, they died of heavy bleeding in a short period of time. However, the room was empty, and the murderer seemed to have disappeared.
"There is still space underneath." Then Jiang Tian just stamped his feet a few times and said without hesitation: Uhtred and Mine, who came with him, then used weapons to pound the ground and walls without hesitation. Soon, I found the covered entrance under a pile of messy utensils.
After falling below, the cold and humid sea breeze that is unique in winter immediately followed the deep downward spiral staircase and the horizontal corridor that led to an unknown place, making the person's whole body tingle from the soles of his feet to his scalp. However, here, Jiang Tian once again saw a body leaning against the wall.
However, the linen robe worn by the corpse was open, revealing the lining of white coarse silk; and his lower body was also pierced by a sharp weapon, and he struggled painfully for a distance before dying; a monk-style short-leaf hammer was embedded in the On the wall not far away. This also allowed Jiang Tian to conjure up the image of an assassin.
Judging from the height at which the leaf hammer was thrown, as well as the location of the deceased's wound and the angle of penetration, it can be seen that the opponent was at least a very agile little man; and he was quite familiar with these followers/guardians, so he was able to attack at close range during the attack. A fatal blow. This made Jiang Tian more and more curious.
Afterwards, Minie, who entered the horizontal corridor separately, quickly left and returned, shaking his head at Jiang Tian. But as Utred descended the spiral staircase on the inner wall, there was the sound of roars and weapons clashing. As Jiang Tian jumped down in the air, he landed gently at the bottom of the spiral staircase of more than ten meters.
Just as screams were heard, Utred, who was holding a military straight sword, had just backhand pierced a linen-robed attacker who appeared from behind the stone wall; while the other two guard knights waved clubs and hammers. With his sword, he struggled to block the small group of armed men coming from the doorway at the other end.
And these armed men wearing monks' linen robes couldn't help but froze in shock when they saw Jiang Tian falling from the sky; in an instant, they saw a faint circular sword light flashing like lightning and flint, and they screamed in agony. He rolled to the ground, with large amounts of blood splattering from the joints of his hands and feet.
"I ask you an answer. If you make a mistake, you will die!" Then, Jiang Tian stepped on the wound of an armed man who looked like he was wearing the most expensive clothes. He watched him scream and asked calmly: "First Question, where is Princess Theresia and who was the assassin before..."
"Ah... stop... stop..., okay, okay, I said... I said." The man, who was in pain to his bones with tears and snot all over his face, screamed: "The princess has escaped. ...Not long ago, there were no other attackers, but we were attacked..."
After a while, Jiang Tian followed a passage in the rock wall and came to the edge of a cliff; it seemed to be another dead end. However, just as he was about to turn around and find another way, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a bloody cloth hanging in the low bushes above from the corner of his eye.
After Jiang Tian took it down casually, he was immediately convinced that it was part of a woman's skirt, just like Ms. Marlena, who had been asked to dress up in various shapes in countless boudoir games and then torn to pieces by his own hands. Close-fitting clothing is general and is also used to wrap wounds.
Jiang Tian kicked his feet instantly and flew out of the cliff. The earth, sea tide, and moist air were rolling in his face. With a gentle thought, he gently pulled at the top of the cliff, and suddenly he was like a big giant. Like a bird, it slowly rises in the wind; it hovers between the cliffs.
Until he saw a trace of dark red blood that was a little higher than the location of the Hermitage Sanctuary. The other side protruded from the cliff like a stepped column. It was easy to ignore the trace of dark red blood. Following the direction where several bloodstains extended, Jiang Tian finally arrived at the top of the cylindrical cliff.
However, here he lost his target again, only the howling sea breeze, flaming vines and bushes, and heavily eroded rocks eroded by the wind, sun and rain. The next moment, Jiang Tian took a deep breath and suddenly shouted: "Theresa... Theresa..."
As the huge sound waves continued to reverberate between the mountain walls and the promontory, they even temporarily overwhelmed the noise of the waves hitting the shore; and the shock caused the bats and seabirds hidden among the rocks to fly up like clouds. At this time, an inconspicuous change suddenly occurred.
Among the noisy and screaming birds, a figure like a small black dot screamed in surprise and fell down along with the scattered stones from the corner of the cliff. In an instant, Jiang Tian could see him. He was a short-haired little man wearing a tan vest with spikes.
"He" was as stiff as a rock, and with eyes full of fear and despair, he pounced towards the suddenly enlarged rocky beach and the roaring tide; then, just as he was about to hit the protrusion of the rock wall, his body paused. Live; face to face with a nest of chirping young birds.
Then, before the baby gulls covered in white down pecked up out of habit, they suddenly flew into the sky as if they were equipped with telescopic springs, dancing and screaming like a roller coaster. He was thrown up into the sky in the blink of an eye, and fell down again in an instant...
In the end, the inexplicably frightened "him" fell into a solid and strong arm, but he passed out with his eyes rolled white and foaming at the mouth. So, the problem finally fell on Jiang Tian, because he felt some kind of warmth and moisture leaking from his arms.
Then, without hesitation, he lifted up the chest of this short-haired boy with a muddy face. Well, it was quite obvious as a gender characteristic. Then he uneasily pulled up the waistband, and there were no extra strange objects. You can basically be sure that this is the goal you are looking for.
However, Princess Theresia, who was able to rise up without hesitation and assassinate the church guardian who tried to silence her; and who was also able to play extreme sports on the cliff, did not fit the description of Ms. Marlena; Or what exactly has happened to her over the years?
At this time, the battle at the foot of the mountain was basically coming to an end. Under the counterattack of the ship of knights from the mountain, most of the Holy Kingdom soldiers had lost their fighting spirit and courage; they retreated to the port and dock market, but refused to launch another attack despite the urging of the officers.
At this time, there was another faint cry from the sea, but it was several large ships from the Holy Kingdom on the other side. Under the dual influence of headwinds and tides, they were full of soldiers and knights in full body armor, and they struggled with their oars. Coming closer to Mont Saint-Michel.
This result also made the soldiers of the Holy Kingdom who had retreated to the port city cheer loudly and cheer again. However, after they cheered several times, a large ship that was already very close to Mont Saint-Michel suddenly came from A large gap opened in the bow of the ship.
Immediately afterwards, it was as if the layers were disintegrating and shattered in the middle; in the blink of an eye, it suddenly turned into a piece of wreckage scattered on the sea, as well as many human bodies struggling to sink... From despair to hope, and then to despair. Sudden changes and gaps also completely disintegrated the soldiers on the island.
