The God of Light and Darkness has the least records of the seven righteous gods in the world. The Papal State, where the whole country believes in Him, has been in a state of isolation for many years after the Second Holy War. Church branches in other countries were also shut down after the defeat of the Holy War. It was completely destroyed and little was known about it.
At least Austin never saw his followers walking in the kingdom of Meletni.
"If there is any basis for what you said, then the madmen in the Papal State have turned this place upside down long ago." Austin said, "They did not attack the Kingdom of Meletni in the previous two holy wars."
Lysa explained: "This is your father's contribution. After he became the 'Legend of the Seven Seas', this place became his base camp. It basically prevented outsiders from exploring. It was difficult to get close, let alone know these secrets. , I also learned about this after reading the "Memoirs of Benjamin" collected by the royal family."
While speaking, Revery had already walked to the entrance of the ruins and activated the mechanism: "Those monsters have become more active after the last time. You must be careful."
"Uh-huh." Austin agreed and took out his revolver. Now that Doug and Beowulf are out of contact, his combat effectiveness is really strong.
Just after thinking this, a strange feeling suddenly arose in my heart, and then I heard a familiar voice.
[Are we outside? ] Beowulf "awoke" first, "Where is this place?" ]
"Gargoyle Atoll, Benjamin's home base."
"Gargoyle Atoll...Benjamin..." Beowulf fell into thought.
"What's going on here?" Austin asked. He also wanted to ask this guy from the future if he knew about the Gargoyle Atoll.
"It was destroyed before the God War, but I don't remember why."
"That--"
Buzz——
Just when Austin was about to speak, there was a sudden strong ringing in his ears, and then his vision went dark.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the familiar deep sea, the familiar evil god, and the familiar "bubble sound": "Find the clues to the God Killer in the Gargoyle Atoll."
"Ah?" Austin was surprised, "Is there really a God-killer?"
The evil god didn't give any response and "kicked" him out of the divine realm the next moment.
The oracle did not specify what the specific clues were, but it was clear that the scope was in the Gargoyle Atoll, which should be the purpose of Lysa and her party's trip. The evil god clearly said "find clues", which means that there is no power here that can kill gods. At most, there are only some clues.
Austin thought: Doesn't this mean that he can completely tamper with the clues through some means so that Lysa and Revery can't get this power. As for the evil god, he probably won't issue an oracle for him to find unless he completely trusts his followers.
After walking along the diagonal passage for more than ten minutes, the three Austins walked into the familiar hall - there were some fragments of diving suits scattered not far away.
"So what's next? How to find it?" Austin asked, believing that Lysa and others must have a plan.
"Go to that door first," Lysa said. "I want to see where Mariano is sealed. There should be clues there."
The three of them moved forward in a triangular formation, with Revery walking at the front holding a lamp in his hand, while Lysa and Austin walked side by side behind, alert to their surroundings.
Austin thought the place would be completely submerged by water, but so far it seems that only some damp breath is left. He doesn't know what mechanism was triggered to drain the seawater out of the ruins.
After not walking for too long, the three of them stood in front of the giant door again. It had been completely opened, revealing a square hall with a high dome. The surrounding walls were painted with murals and runes, which had been baptized by time. Already blurry.
Austin squinted his eyes and observed carefully. He roughly saw four giants. The position of his hands was a protruding stone platform with a thick chain attached to it. The other end of the chain was shattered into pieces and fell to the ground in pieces. On the ground, it seems that it was used to seal Mariano before.
In the hall is a small pool with some sea water left in it. On the other side of the giant door is a square table with several candlesticks and an open book on it. Revry pulled out a long knife. , walked there cautiously.
Austin looked up at the dome. There should be a door in this hall that could connect to the outside world, so that Mariano could leave.
The blue sky and white clouds painted on the dome have now become mottled, revealing a hidden gap.
Austin walked around the pool and looked around. The hall was bare, with no other furnishings except the square stone platform, so he also walked to the platform.
While Lavery was looking at the candlesticks, Austin turned his attention to the book.
When I looked closer, I realized that it was a book carved from stone. There were only a few sentences written on the open pages, which were now no longer legible.
"This is the spell to open the dome." Lysa also came over and said.
"Magic?" Austin raised his eyebrows, "I thought magic was just something that existed in legends."
"Of course not." Lysa smiled and shook her head. "What I'm talking about is of course it's not a mysterious thing like magic, but a voice-activated alchemy mechanism."
Austin nodded, then reached out and touched the stone book. There seemed to be something strange at the beginning. After groping for a moment, he turned the page of the stone book under Lysa's shocked eyes.
"Ah?" they both said in unison.
Austin groped for another long time, trying to see if he could turn another page, but there was no response from Shishu.
"This is also a 'spell'." Lysa pointed to the short text above.
Looking at the words twisted like earthworms on it, Austin felt dizzy. They seemed to move, get entangled, and then converge into strange faces or weird shapes.
Revery frowned, stretched out his hand to cover the stone book, and pulled Austin and Lysa out of the illusion.
"Don't look at it casually." Lavery glanced at it, "It's probably ancient writing that has been contaminated by divinity. Do any of you understand ancient writing?"
Lysa shook her head.
[I can understand. ] Austin was about to shake his head when Beowulf spoke.
[Pale eyes scan the earth, blood baptizes all living beings, and they are reborn in the dusk of death. ] Beowulf said, [As long as you don't read it in ancient language, it won't trigger the mechanism. ]
Austin repeated it, and then the hall roared.
"Fuck! Didn't you say it wouldn't trigger?"
Beowulf was silent, black mist seeped out of Austin's body, Lysa and Revery also reacted respectively.
"What's going on?" Lysa looked at Austin.
"I can't come!"
