"Trust me, jump off-"
Novi knelt on the edge of the soil cliff and looked at Garlan who opened his hand to him below.
His hands were clenched tightly.
The dark blue eyes flickered, obviously struggling.
Can't trust that person.
Nobody can believe it.
… no one he could trust is out of this world…
He also has a bloody feud.
He must live, by any means necessary.
From such a high place, he would most likely die if he jumped down.
And if, as the person said, he would catch himself, the opponent's arm would definitely be injured a lot, and he might even be broken.
So, in case that person below is just lying to him... Or, if you regret halfway...
Yes, can't believe it.
In this world, no one can believe except yourself.
Novi's fingertips almost dug into the ground, he took a deep breath and forced himself to look away from Garlan below.
Either way.
Originally, the matter had nothing to do with this person, it was me who implicated him.
So if this person can escape, he won't feel guilty.
As for myself, just follow the idea just now, directly invest in the religion of all things, and use the power of the religion of all things to avenge myself.
The child thought, stood up, turned around and walked on the way he came.
At the end of the long road, in the stone gate, there have been several believers of the Taoist religion in black and blue robes.
Seeing the boy standing alone before the circuit breaker, they looked surprised and rushed towards the boy impatiently.
Novi stood blankly at the end of the broken road, watching the cultists approaching him.
Soon, he will be one of them.
Even doing the same thing as them, killing countless innocent children as sacrifices...
No matter how indifferent his face was, the child's clenched knuckles were extremely pale.
Do you really want to be one of these monsters in human skin
Do you want to kill innocent children with your own hands and drain their blood like these people
Was he really... going to become the person he hated the most
In one thought, it was hell.
The child stared blankly at his hands.
He just remembered the warmth of his sister's hand... the same as that person's hand...
[Come, follow me.]
[Run forward, don't look back.]
[Believe me!]
…
The important prey was right in front of him, and the child who had nowhere to go seemed to have given up escaping, and stood there dumbfounded, motionless.
The child lowered his head, bit his lower lip, and his fluffy and messy forehead was scattered in front of his eyes, blocking most of his face, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.
The believers of the religion of all things don't care what their prey is thinking at the moment, after all, the order they received is only to catch this living mouth.
The man in front was only a few steps away from the boy.
less than a hundred meters away.
Just a few more seconds.
Coming soon, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the child who was close at hand—
However, at this moment, the child who had been standing quietly for a while suddenly turned around.
The child rushed to the open circuit ahead.
Even though there was a high cliff in front of him, he used all his strength to rush forward fiercely.
Then, take a leap.
The outstretched hand of the believer in the teaching of all things at the forefront grabbed the air.
He opened his eyes wide, but could only watch the thin figure fall down in front of his eyes.
…
Think of hell.
Think of heaven.
The weightless body fell from the sky.
The wind whistled in my ears, and there was a terrible humming sound.
The wind that brushed against his cheeks slashed his skin like a knife.
His heart almost stopped beating, and it jumped out of his mouth.
He opened his eyes with difficulty, but was stunned to see that the boy waiting under the cliff had retreated to a place some distance away from where he fell.
His heart was instantly terrified.
Are you going to die
he thinks.
Did he believe it wrong? So is he going to die here
At this moment, the boy standing not far away suddenly moved.
Garlan rushed towards the place where Novi fell.
Just before Novi was about to fall to the ground, Garlan jumped forward.
Instead of reaching out to pick up Novi directly, he reached out and grabbed Novi's hand and collar, pulling it hard in the air.
Looking from the side, it was as if Gallan slammed forward and knocked Novi, who had fallen vertically, sideways.
Novi only felt that his body was pulled by a force, and the whole person rolled in the air.
He was pulled, turned, and hugged by Garlan.
The two drew an arc in the air and fell diagonally to the ground.
The huge momentum and inertia made them unable to hold back their momentum, and the two of them rolled on the ground for more than ten laps without stopping.
In the end, with a thud, he rolled and fell into the underground river not far away, splashing large swaths of water.
Novi was dizzy and dizzy from the tumbling just now, and suddenly fell into the water, and he was so frightened that he struggled desperately.
Just after he choked several sips of water in a panic, someone pulled him, who was about to sink, from the bottom of the water.
As soon as he surfaced, he didn't care about anything else, subconsciously hugged the person who was pulling him up tightly, and then coughed violently, the corners of his eyes turning red.
Fortunately, he was soaked all over his body and his face was wet, so that people couldn't see the water droplets oozing from the corners of his red eyes and dripping from his forehead, or...
He thought, it must be just the physiological tears he coughed up, and there is no other meaning.
He thought so, resisting the sour feeling coming from the tip of his nose, and continued to cough desperately.
While coughing, he grabbed the person beside him tightly.
After a while, he took his breath away and slowly opened his eyes.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the young man in front of him.
The boy was originally covered in dust, and his face was stained with dust and blood stains, black and dirty, and his original appearance could hardly be seen.
But at this moment, the long gray hair was dipped in the water, revealing its original golden luster, and it seemed to glow even in the dim underground.
Most of his face was also washed clean, revealing the true face of a young man.
The child's dark blue pupils contracted violently for a moment.
At this moment, he seemed to return to the past.
A long time ago, in that bright garden, when his important people were still by his side, his father smiled and unfolded a picture of a beautiful blond boy in front of him and his sister.
"...Gallan...the crown prince?"
He stared blankly at the same face as in the portrait, and murmured the name.
Carrying the sluggish boy, Garland smiled at him, and then took him to swim to the river.
They rolled down the underground river under inertia and washed a little far from the shore.
Trying to swim to the river, Garlan just stretched out his hand, but before he had time to grab the rocks by the river, he suddenly heard a creaking sound, and an arm wearing black and red gauntlets stretched out in front of his eyes and grabbed his hand .
At the same time, a familiar voice sounded.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Your Majesty."
The blond knight, who was kneeling by the river, firmly held his majesty's hand.
He grasped it tightly, and looked at Garlan with one eye, as if he was afraid that if he let go and blinked, the other party would disappear in front of his eyes.
He looked at Garlan without blinking, and said with a smile, "I'm glad to see with my own eyes that you're safe."
Following Kaihos's words, the little black mouse who was obediently squatting at his feet squeaked twice unwillingly, as if asking for credit.
After all, even if the gravel was removed and the road to the underground palace was cleared, without the black mouse sniffing the scent to lead them, Kaijos and his party would not have been able to find Gal so quickly in this vast underground palace like a labyrinth orchid.
In addition to Kaihos, dozens of elite knights who followed Kaihos down to look for also bent over and knelt in the back.
The faces of the knights were either relieved or happy.
"Fortunately, it's not too late, a little earlier than I thought."
Garland smiled.
He knew Kaijos would find him soon, so he wasn't too nervous even if he didn't know the way out.
He trusted his guardian knight.
It has always been so.
"Kaijos, didn't you find any trace of Heimos on your way here?"
After scanning the crowd, but not finding the familiar figure, Garlan asked.
Kaihos shook his head.
"No trace of Lord Heimos has been found."
"Uh... It seems that when it comes out in the future, the sachet you gave me has to be given to Heimos."
"It's me who didn't think well."
Cayhors replied.
He didn't expect that Heimos would actually be separated from Garland.
After all, as long as he goes out, Heimos has always followed Garlan closely, never leaving.
"Ah, yes, then."
Garlan finally remembered that he still had a child in his arms, and both of them were still soaking in the water.
He pushed the child ashore.
Kaijos stretched out his other hand and grabbed it, and with a light lift, he lifted the child out of the water and put it aside.
Then, he lifted Garlan up from the underground river with both hands.
The child didn't seem to come back to his senses, staring blankly at Garland.
"Did you save this child?"
"Well..."
Standing by the river, Garlan twisted his wet hair casually.
He looked at Kaihos and asked, "You sent a summons to say that you rescued the Prince of West Asia."
When Garlan said these words, he glanced to the side, and he clearly saw that the expression of the sluggish little boy suddenly changed.
"I'm sorry, the cult deceived me with a double, and the prince I rescued was fake."
"I've sent a team of Cavaliers to accompany Canal's Cavaliers to continue their search," Kejos said.
He didn't know if he found it or not.
After all, Gallan was in danger at the time, so he had no intention of taking care of the Prince of West Asia.
"keep the change."
Garlan said, then lowered his head and smiled at 'Novi', who pursed his lips.
"Right, Prince Sia?"
He didn't think much about it at first, thinking that the child was just a sacrifice to escape from the chaos, but gradually he felt that something was wrong.
The little boy did not behave like an ordinary child.
Although he looks thin and his eyes are a bit fierce, his gestures and gestures seem to be taught by good manners - not intentionally, but have become accustomed to it.
And... it's just an ordinary sacrifice, and the followers of the religion of all things will not be so crazy.
Later, what 'Novi' said made him confirm his guess.
After Garlan said that, the child's pupils trembled, Xia raised her head, and looked at the boy in front of her with complicated eyes.
The man he looked forward to day and night.
He had imagined the moment when he and the crown prince met countless times.
How to talk to the other party, how to show weakness, and how to impress the other party to help you.
He had already simulated it countless times in his heart.
But he never thought that his meeting with the former prince of Aaron Landis, the current king of Aaron Landis, was in such an incredible way.
Kaihos was stunned when Garlan said that, then turned to look at West Asia.
"... Prince of West Asia?"
He said, staring at West Asia with a clearly inquiring look.
After a little silence, Xia nodded.
"Yes."
he admitted.
"I am the Prince of West Asia of Canal."
He leaned over and knelt before Garlan.
"Thank you for saving me from the religion of all things, King Gallan, I have been looking forward to meeting you, I..."
He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.
Xia's eyes showed a bit of confusion.
Some kind of inexplicable emotion filled his chest, and it swelled so much that his heart throbbed faintly.
He was full of words, but he didn't know what to say.
In a trance, he remembered that day again.
In the garden bathed in bright sunlight, the unfolded portrait, the father holding the portrait, and the king who comforted her head...
He closed his eyes and clenched his hands.
Miss Wang.
This must be your guide.
You have been guarding me in the kingdom of heaven, and you have led me to this person.
You've actually been by my side the whole time... haven't you
"I… "
"Whether it's thanks or something else, there's still a long time for you to say it."
Garland said,
"Now I have to find someone, so don't waste time, it's time to go, keep up."
Find someone
Xia was stunned for a moment, and as soon as she looked up, she saw that Gallan had already left. Ignoring the complicated thoughts in her heart, she quickly got up and chased after him.
He also followed Garland step by step, remembering the conversation between Garland and Kaihos he heard just now, and asked in a low voice: "Are you going to find that... Your Excellency Heimos? ?"
Heimos.
Of course he knew the man.
This is the black knight that he admired very much in the past.
Before Garlan could answer, Kaihos suddenly spoke.
"Something's wrong."
He frowned and looked at the underground river beside him, with a solemn look in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, I smell blood."
Kaihos said,
"From the upper reaches of this underground river."
"..."
Garland stopped.
"His Majesty?"
"Does it smell bloody..."
After a moment of silence, Garlan spoke.
"Follow this underground river and go upstream."
"But… "
"It's more possible to find a special place to meet rather than aimlessly."
Garland said, "If you can feel Kaijos, then Heimos should also feel the anomaly there, and he is likely to go there too."
In order to find him, Heimos will definitely not let go of any abnormal or dangerous place.
"and… "
"and?"
"… nothing."
Garlan looked towards the upstream direction of the underground river.
Obviously not as sharp as Kaihos' sense of smell, but he seemed to feel it, and the faint and rotten and bloody aura filled the air.
The same breath as in his dream brought some kind of ominous omen.
Like in that direction, something terrible is about to happen...
…
Garlan and his party went upstream along the narrow underground river. The speed of the crowd was fast, and the slow-moving West Asia was carried by a knight.
The place where they had been walking should be the deeper underground of this stone hall, it was pitch black, and there were hardly any traces of artificial carving.
Fortunately, Kaihos brought people down to find Garlan with a torch, so that they could move forward in the dark underground cave.
Not long after walking, not only Kaihos, but more and more people also smelled the blood.
The higher you go, the stronger the bloody smell.
As they continued to move forward, everyone found that the water in the underground river had faintly changed color.
And the further up you go, the darker the color.
By the end, the water in the underground river had turned red, clearly visible in the weak light of the torches.
At this time, Garland and his party had already reached the source of this underground river.
In this vast underground grotto like the sky, the underground river flows out from the mountain-like rock wall in front of it.
There are black rocks all around, and the rocks are jagged.
This area is rich in yin, and exudes a strange cold that can penetrate into the bones. The small insects and spiders that can be seen everywhere in the ground have disappeared, just like the living creatures here cannot survive, and there is no trace of anger.
Even the moss that had spread all over the stone walls and crevices just now was gone.
Along the way, the dark and dull underground cave suddenly became bright.
Everyone saw that there were finally artificial traces ahead.
Dozens of rough stone steps appeared in front, and short stone pillars with burning braziers at the top stood on both sides of the stone steps, shining a faint fire in this vast underground grotto.
On the rough stone steps, a huge stone gate stood in front of everyone.
This stone gate is more than ten meters high and looks very majestic.
People standing under this door can only look up and look extremely small.
The pitch-black stone exudes a dark atmosphere, and the black-cyan copper pattern is wrapped around the stone door, reflecting the firelight, exuding the unique icy luster of metal, and it looks like a bronze door.
Bronze wraps the black forehead stone, which is hollowed out, showing a complex pattern on the edge of the stone door.
In the middle of the stone gate, the bronze engravings meanderingly outline a huge rune.
There was silence, no one spoke.
The weak fire reflected on the stone gate, and in the gap below the stone gate, a stream of bright red liquid flowed out from the bottom of the stone gate like a trickle of water, flowing over the flat black cyan slate in front of the stone gate, and then, along the rough surface. The stone steps flow down.
Like a waterfall of blood.
The strong smell of blood was overwhelming, and the blood flowing from the stone steps flowed into the underground river like this, dyeing the water in it bloody.
The scene in front of them made everyone look solemn.
They have vaguely guessed that behind this huge stone gate, the cultists of the All Things Religion are probably doing extremely terrible things.
The boy's voice sounded in the darkness, breaking the heavy silence at the moment.
"Enter the door."
Garland said, take the lead and step forward.
Stepping on the rough stone steps dripping with blood, the soles of his boots were dyed blood in an instant.
When stepping on the bloody stone steps to the bluestone square above, everyone was stagnant.
The knights looked ahead in disbelief, and they were frozen in place one by one like petrified.
Someone is coming towards them.
From under the majestic and huge bronze inlaid stone gate, they walked towards them.
The man stopped in front of the stone gate, like the guardian of the stone gate.
The jet-black boots stepped on the blood gushing out from the Shimen underground, splashing bright red blood all around.
The silver-white long sword pointed to the ground, and the faint firelight reflected the familiar and handsome face.
He stepped on the blood flowing on the ground and walked towards the crowd.
Beneath the jet-black hair, the blood-red pupils reflected the opposite Garlan and the crowd, churning with naked killing intent.