"This was placed here a year ago." Hoover walked over and looked at the statue.
Including the stone platform, the statue is at least nearly three meters tall. Everyone has to look up at him when they come here.
“He was the origin of the fraternity, the original mentor.
The craftsmen have been carving intermittently for more than half a year. They are very careful and want to restore the charm of the mentor as much as possible. "
Cage nodded, but couldn't help but look at the outline of the face.
His memory was very good, and he was sure that he had definitely seen a similar face.
But it seemed that because it was not completed, he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.
The carver was squatting in front of the stone platform at the moment, using a hammer and chisel to carve something on the stone platform, which seemed to be a string of words.
"What is he carving?" Cage asked.
"Creed." Hoover whispered in a low voice, "The creed that everyone in the Brotherhood will implement to the end was also taught by this mentor."
When they entered, about twenty or thirty men and women wearing assassin uniforms also walked into the entrance behind them. Seven or eight of them stood in a queue, facing the unfinished statue in the middle.
The assassins who brought them in stood on both sides.
Hoover also pulled Cage aside.
"This is an initiation ceremony," Hoover explained. "It is presided over by the mentor and takes the oath of formal joining the fraternity."
Several assassins lit all the torches in the secret room, and the flickering firelight illuminated the dark basement red.
Hei Lang stood in front of them and glanced at everyone present.
"I think that since you have come here, you have overcome many tests and stood in front of me.
You should have no confusion in your mind about your future.
What I am going to say next are the words of advice given to me by my mentor.
His words stuck in my heart and became our dogma.
I hope you will engrav these words in your souls forever and pass them on forever. "
Hei Lang's face was very serious and his articulation was very clear.
"While others blindly pursue the truth and reality, remember-"
"Everything is empty." The other assassins around him said together.
The resonance of the voices of dozens of people made it seem as if the entire secret room was vibrating.
"While others are bound by laws and morals, remember—"
"All things are permitted."
"Walking in darkness and serving light, we are"
Everyone, including the group of members who joined the club, also answered the question at this moment.
"Assassin!"
The shadow of the hood obscured their faces, but those pairs of eyes were extremely clear in the darkness.
"All things are false, all things are permitted"
Cage watched all this absentmindedly, silently reciting this creed in his heart, and the fire in his heart burned with it for some unknown reason.
"Okay, you go up." Heilang said, "Before going to the church, do the final branding."
The assassins who had just joined the association nodded and left one after another.
"Heilang, I also want to join the brotherhood."
Cage walked up directly and said.
Hei Lang was not surprised by this, he smiled and said, "Of course, the Brotherhood welcomes all like-minded people to join.
However, whether you can become an assassin depends on whether you can sustain the rigorous training. "
Cage nodded seriously.
"Then let's wait until everything is over." Hei Lang murmured softly.
He looked around, and several main members of the brotherhood were surrounding him.
Hei Lang began to slowly tell them about his experience, and at the same time told Cage's guess.
Hoover nodded and said in agreement, "That makes sense.
Mentor, I will send someone to guard Lorelai right now. "
"It's too late, I will take people there myself." Heilang looked at Hoover, "And you, Hoover, you stay in the manor if we don't come back.
You continue to recuperate and continue the spirit of the brotherhood. "
Hoover was stunned. When he realized what Heilang was going to do, he said anxiously, "Mentor!"
"There is no room for maneuver in this matter." Hei Lang whispered.
He looked at Hoover, his bright eyes like candlelight swaying in the wind.
“Your family’s fields were occupied by nobles, you lost your source of livelihood and fell into the abyss.
When I found you, your mother and wife were starving to death.
After I rescued you, you cried and told me that you never wanted to see that scene again.
Now, is your sentence still useful? "
Hoover fell silent, with a slight struggle on his face.
"Pass on the creed." Hei Lang solemnly asked, seemingly speaking to Hoover and the assassins around him.
"Until the day the world no longer needs the Brotherhood."
He looked to one side and said, "Hagu."
"Yes." Hagu stood up from the crowd. He was also one of the three people who participated in the Headless Horseman incident and was also the elder of the Brotherhood.
"Choose thirty people and let's go to Lorelei together."
"Yes!" Hagu nodded again and again.
Then he turned around and walked out of here, preparing to arrange the horses.
That night, they hurried to Lorelei.
Lorelai's place is in the middle and upper reaches of the Rhine River, so they can't pass by water and can only go by land, so this is why Hei Lang is so anxious.
The people from the cult may have been waiting there for a long time, and Cage, who had cracked the key riddle, naturally followed the team, because his solution may be needed later.
They probably rode along the Rhine River overnight for several days, and finally arrived near Lorelai's slate on the night of the third day.
"Look."
Hagu pointed into the distance. Through the moonlight, they could clearly see that many tents had been set up on the desolate slate rocks at unknown times, and a group of people wearing dark blue cloaks were walking among them.
On the river, many ships were docked, and craftsmen were building a large crane on the shore, which was used to hoist the diving bell.
It was a large, heavy, solid and bottomless barrel-shaped device, resembling a large clock.
By placing the diving bell vertically into the water, the air pressure principle will prevent water from entering the bell and "trap" enough air for the diver to breathe for several hours.
This method requires a large boat, a lifting cable, and more than three divers to operate at the same time and has a limited range of activities.
In addition, they also brought a bucket-shaped submersible, which was an air bucket covered with fur and reinforced with a glass viewing window, and two gloves.
These are already the most advanced diving equipment of this era.
They lowered their bodies, hiding themselves in the grass, slowly approaching, and finally stopped not far away.
They looked at the camp not far away and the divers who were constantly diving to try to find clues at the bottom of the river.
There are many reefs on this side. The sandbars in the upper reaches of the river cause the river water here to be very fast, form whirlpools, and the water is also very turbid, so the diving search is actually very difficult.
In fact, from Heilang's eagle-eye perspective, many people from the search team had died at the bottom of the river.
"Are those the Nightmare Order?" Cage lowered his voice.
Hei Lang nodded solemnly, "Look at that."
He pointed to the edge of the camp, where the man in blue stood on the top of the slate overlooking the entire diving work.
In the dim moonlight, it was difficult for them to see the man's appearance clearly, but he looked slightly stout, bald, looked to be in his fifties or sixties, and seemed to have some age spots on his face.
"Who do you think he looks like?"
Cage frowned and recalled it, but he really couldn't remember it. The night was too hazy.
"One of the cardinals in the Vatican may be the best successor to the next pope, Zara Mock." Hagu said.
Cage opened his eyes slightly.
"Are all these characters one of their own?" Cage said in surprise.
"In other words, he should be the leader of the Nightmare Order." Hei Lang murmured softly.
Hagu lowered his voice and said, "What should we do?"
"They have been looking for this treasure for nearly a hundred years, but this sect definitely does not exist just to find this treasure.
After finding this treasure, they should have the rest of their goals for the next phase.
But the purpose may not be very friendly.
We have seen too many things along the way where they do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Hei Lang said with deep eyes.
“Our goal is not to find the treasure, but to prevent them from finding it.
There are more people on the other side than we do, and our purposes do not have to conflict with theirs. "
"You mean to sneak in and steal the key?" Hagu said.
"That's what we're good at, isn't it?"
Hagu nodded.
"Don't have too many people." Hei Lang whispered, "You wait here while I sneak in. If I fail, you come back to support me."
Heilang's arrangement was very reasonable, so these assassins nodded in approval.
Among all the assassins, the one with the strongest stealth ability is undoubtedly Heilang, especially since he has the only assassin suit with a breath concealment spell.
Heilang lowered his figure, hid in the grass and moved towards the camp in the distance. While hiding from the crowd, he turned on his eagle eyes.
All the information around him began to appear in his eyes.
All the members of the Nightmare Order were marked red in his eyes, and in these tents, he saw a shining golden silhouette. Judging from the figure, it should be a woman.
There is no doubt that that should be Heilang's sister, Hua Sha.
Heilang's breathing was a little stagnant. For so many years of investigation, this was the first time that he was so close to his sister.
That is his only relative in this world.
However, as a professional assassin, he quickly regained his breath.
He knew that he came today not only to take her away.
If he had just taken her away, another family would have suffered the same way he did.
He still needs to take the key.
His eyes searched the surroundings and quickly found the location of the key.
On the cliff, on the waist of the leader of the cult named Zara, the outline of the golden key was extremely clear in the dark night.
Hei Lang frowned deeply.
Things seemed to be more troublesome than he thought.
(End of chapter)
