After discussing in low voices for a while, An Fei and others slowly walked out of the private room. The boss of the Garden Hotel and several waitresses were waiting below. The boss was around fifty years old and should be short-sighted because of his eyes. Originally he opened his eyes wide, but after seeing An Fei and his group coming downstairs, he narrowed his eyes to see people.
Utter's injured hand had been hastily bandaged. Seeing that the city's police chief was also injured, the hotel owner and waitresses looked at each other in shock, and then immediately turned their attention elsewhere. They also know that someone died upstairs, but the Sheriff is in the hotel, so they don't need to worry about these things. The wisest choice is not to look, not to listen, not to ask, and to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
"Sir, where are you going? Come to my police station to sit down?" Utter asked softly as he walked outside the store.
"No, I'll take a walk around and look for you in the evening. You can prepare the things I need as soon as possible." An Fei looked at Utter's hand: "Is your injury... important?"
"It's okay, sir, I won't delay things." Utter smiled.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman suddenly rushed towards the Flower Garden Hotel. Her eyes were fixed on Susanna, and she shouted crazily: "Child! My child!"
Susanna was startled and subconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword. An old man chased up from behind the middle-aged woman. He rushed forward at a speed that was inconsistent with his age and hugged the woman's thigh. However, there was no difference in strength between the two. Small, the woman is still struggling to move forward. He dragged the old man to the ground forcefully.
"Child..." The woman was less than five meters away from Susanna.
"There is no child of yours here!" Utter said sharply: "Vicky, why did you let your daughter out again!"
Several heavily armed soldiers rushed out from the grocery store opposite the hotel and pushed the woman to the ground without saying a word. The old man turned over and got up. He didn't bother to answer Erte's question or observe that he was being tortured. With his arms covered with bloodstains, he covered his face and cried bitterly. From An Fei's angle, he could even clearly see teardrops as big as peas.
"Take them all away!" Utter waved his arms and shouted.
Several soldiers tugged at his arms. He lifted his legs and forcibly pulled the woman away, but the old man was still sitting on the ground crying. Utter sighed softly, walked to the old man, knelt down and whispered a few words of comfort. He also handed something to the old man, which was a few silver coins. Finally, the old man got up with choked sobs and staggered towards the street.
"What's going on?" An Fei asked softly. An Fei would be vigilant every time there was an emergency, but after observing carefully for a long time just now, he didn't find anything unusual.
"Old Vicky is a very pitiful man." Utter said with a wry smile: "He only had one daughter, and he raised her with great difficulty, got a son-in-law, a granddaughter, and a grandson, and finally lived a good life. His daughter and son-in-law were very capable, and the family business was getting bigger and bigger. Who knew that disaster would fall from the sky, and soldiers from the Shansha Empire occupied the Violet City. His granddaughter was snatched away, and his son-in-law and soldiers from the Shansha Empire The soldiers had a conflict. He was killed. The soldiers of the Shansha Empire also lit a fire in his house. The remaining grandson was burned to death. In a good home, in the blink of an eye, only two people were left. In the end, his daughter went crazy again, alas..."
"How pitiful." Susanna said faintly.
"Haha..." Utter's face was smiling, but there was deep hatred in his eyes: "There are many people in Violet City who are more pitiful than Old Vicky!"
"I heard someone say before I came here. Violet City is a very beautiful city, and now..." An Fei couldn't help but sigh.
"The original city lord of Violet City, Mr. Aroben, is still in the city. Sir, if you saw him, you would know what kind of bastards the people of the Shansha Empire are!" Utter said viciously: "The people of the Shansha Empire are They wanted Lord Aroben to go to Blacknia City to persuade him to surrender, but he was scolded by Lord Aroben. In the end, they cut off Lord Aroben's hand tendons and hamstrings, and killed all the people in the city lord's palace. Even children are not spared! Master Aroben..." At this point, Utter couldn't continue, and his voice became trembling: "However, Master Aroben did not give in until the end. !”
An Fei was surprised when he heard these words. In this world where monarchy is the only political system, the army does not talk about humanitarianism, but the abuse of nobles rarely occurs, because whether in the political arena or in the army In the world, the noble class has always occupied a dominant position. Even if they want to ensure their own safety, they will not use extreme methods to deal with the enemy's nobles. Who dares to say that they will never make a mistake? It is already a rule that nobles can still enjoy good treatment even if they become prisoners. They can regain their freedom when the ransom is paid.
It can only be said that Blacknia City has been unable to be attacked for a long time, and the mentality of the upper and lower levels of the Sand Sand Empire has become almost hysterical!
The commotion just now was very loud, and some people came out one after another and stood on the street. If they were in other normal cities, the people would definitely talk about it when they saw the farce, but here, not only was there no sound , every common person looked the same, silent and numb.
"Where is the Lord of Arrowben now?" An Fei asked slowly: "I think we should go see him."
"In my home."
"Your home?" An Fei was stunned.
"The City Lord's Mansion has been destroyed, and Master Aroben is unable to move. Where can he go?" Utter exhaled a long breath: "Besides, Master Aroben once saved me, and I will serve him like my father." Serve him!”
"You did a good job!" An Fei nodded: "How is his health?"
An Fei had an indescribable feeling about that Aroben. In fact, it is difficult to evaluate such a character. Cold and heartless, watching his own family being killed without caring? Do you have a strong character and abandon your family for the sake of the country? From the perspective of monarchs and historians, such people are worthy of praise, but if they become Aroben's relatives, those psalms of praise may never be uttered again.
"The health is very poor, but Master Aroben said that he will try his best to survive. He will wait until the day of revenge!" Utter said slowly: "Sir, I am not flattering you, I admire you from the bottom of my heart. , I respect you, really! Because it was you who destroyed the pride and wholeness of the Shansha Empire.
Gryphon Squadron, for all of us! "
An Fei smiled and said no more. After a moment of silence, Erte continued: "Sir, have you decided where to go?"
"I just wanted to take a walk."
"Then let my people follow you. If anything happens, I can contact you immediately."
"That's fine."
Utter waved, and a young man in his early twenties ran over: "His name is Ilioni, he is very smart." After Utter finished speaking, he whispered into Ilioni's ear. After saying something, Ilioni's eyes suddenly widened. Utter said a few more words before Ilioni controlled his expression and stood aside respectfully.
"Okay, Utter, you go about your business first, and take care of the things upstairs." An Fei said slowly: "Suzanne, get in the car."
"Aren't you going to get in the car?" Susanna was stunned.
"I won't go." An Fei shook his head and said, "Pay attention to that little guy." He wanted to observe the Violet City carefully. If he always hides in the carriage, he will definitely miss a lot of places.
Over there, Utter said goodbye and left, while here Susanna got into the carriage with a bamboo basket, and An Fei strolled along the long street, while the coachman drove the carriage and followed An Fei intermittently.
It stands to reason that the combination of An Fei and his group is a bit weird. The carriage drawn by eight horses is tall and spacious, and the decoration style of the carriage is more luxurious. Everyone can tell who is the owner of the carriage. They have to walk without sitting in the carriage. It is really easy to find trouble. But what's even weirder is that no one pays attention to An Fei. Even those who walk with their heads down and almost bump into An Fei just avoid him in a hurry, not even bothering to raise their eyelids.
The further An Fei walked, the clearer his feelings became. This is a silent city, a dead city. But in a deeper sense, this is also a city of mourning, where everyone is holding something inside.
And this kind of emotion is quite scary, either because of the passage of time, the things that people are holding back in their hearts will slowly disappear, or because of the emergence of a certain fuse. The whole city exploded like a bomb!
I don't know how long he walked, but An Fei found himself standing in front of the Garden Hotel again. It seemed that he had made a big circle. This time, the female waitresses did not dare to neglect the guests. They hurried out and stood at the door of the store. On both sides of them, they didn't dare to speak. They just looked at An Fei timidly. They didn't know what An Fei was going to do.
Looking up at the sky, An Fei turned around and walked to the car. Knocked twice: "Suzanne, are you hungry?"
"good."
"What do you mean okay?" Although An Feidi is very understanding. But this sentence stumped An Fei.
"An Fei, we are hungry." Black Eleven hurriedly answered: "From early morning to now. We haven't eaten anything!"
"Yeah, it's already afternoon." Appa also answered.
In fact, they had already felt hungry. An Fei always had a thoughtful expression along the way. Black Eleven and Apa did not dare to disturb An Fei's thinking. Now that the opportunity finally came, of course they took the time to speak.
"Then let's deal with it here."
Ilioni hurriedly rushed to the hotel first. He didn't want to grab something to eat, but to make arrangements. Unexpectedly, just as the front legs rushed into the Garden Hotel, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded on the street outside. Ilioni was stunned for a moment, then turned around and rushed outside, holding a whistle in his mouth and blowing hard.
"What's wrong?" An Fei also turned around.
"My lord, I'm not sure either." Ilioni replied hastily, blowing the whistle and running towards another place where the whistle sounded.
An Fei, Black Eleven and others looked at each other. No one entered the hotel and looked towards the street.
After a while, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and two horses galloped into everyone's sight. On one horse sat Utter, and on the other horse was a knight An Fei had never seen before, while Ilioni and a group of people He also ran over, but was pulled far away by Er.
In the blink of an eye, Utter rushed forward. Without waiting for the horse to stand firm, he jumped off the horse and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, An Fei had quick hands and eyes and grabbed Utter.
"Sir, I need to talk to you about something. Can we find a place alone?" Utter said while breathing heavily. The look in his eyes was very complicated, one part shock, three parts joy, and six parts. Just excited.
"Let's get on the carriage and talk." An Fei looked at Erte's expression and smiled: "Black Eleven, you guys come up too."
"Sir!" Utter was already following An Fei, but he immediately stopped when he heard An Fei's words: "I stick to my opinion!"
"Utter, what do you mean?" Apa was a little unhappy. When he first met An Fei, he once tried to ask An Fei to drive Susanna away. Now he also tastes the feeling of not being trusted. It is indeed very... It was uncomfortable, and Utter was his friend. Even when the unpleasantness happened in the morning, he was still trying hard to speak for Utter.
"I'm sorry, Appa, it's not that I don't trust you, this matter is too important!" Utter smiled bitterly: "Sir!"
An Fei pondered for a moment, then turned and walked towards the hotel. Although the contact time was short, a lot of things happened. He already trusted Utter. Who could make Utter so unreasonable and unhuman? It's a very important thing.
Utter followed An Fei into the hotel and looked around: "You all get out!"
The waitresses in the hotel didn't dare to say a word and walked out of the hotel obediently, including the boss. Appa and Black Eleven looked at each other outside and reluctantly suppressed the unhappiness in their hearts. He could only do this, he couldn't Go and have a falling out
"What happened?"
"Sir, if you hadn't just arrived at the Violet City, I don't know what I should have done." Utter breathed a sigh of relief: "We are building the Earl's Mansion for you, do you know this?"
"Know."
"Just now, when a few slaves were digging the base, they suddenly dug out a stone tablet. It was Blanco's stone tablet!" Utter's eyes became bright and the muscles on his face were twitching. , obviously extremely excited.
"Bransico? This name... I seem to have heard of it somewhere." An Fei said
While recalling.
"No, sir! You really don't know?"
"I must have heard of it."
"Sir, where is the palace of the Holy City built?" Utter smiled bitterly.
"Built on San Blancico Hill...is that San Blancico?"
"Sir, how many Blancos can there be?" Utter touched his nose. He originally thought that An Fei would exclaim in surprise, but unexpectedly he got a regret. An Fei didn't know about Blancico at all. name.
"What does his stone tablet represent?" An Fei didn't think this news was that important.
"I really doubt whether you are from this world!" Utter once again showed a bitter smile: "After Blancico died in the battle, Queen Marissa was heartbroken, but she still resolutely provoked Blancico's legacy. She took on the important task of commanding her army to continue fighting against the demons. When the demons were defeated and the war came to an end, Marissa suddenly disappeared. Some people said that Marissa had built an underground labyrinth long ago, and there was no need to worry about her after the war. She has secretly transported her husband's remains to the maze, and the last thing Marissa did was to seal herself in the maze."
"Go on."
"This legend is well-founded. Blancico and Marisa had a deep relationship. After Blancco died, Marisa always said that she had become a person with no love in her life. The only thing that kept her alive was Responsibility." Utter said slowly: "Later, countless tomb robbers searched for clues in the maze. They found three underground mazes in the past few hundred years. Unfortunately, they were all fake mazes left by Marissa."
"How do you know it's fake?"
"Because there are some things missing." Utter pondered for a moment: "There is another reason. After the tomb robbers discovered an underground maze, many people thought they had really found it, and there was nothing in the maze except some gold and silver treasures. No, not many people were interested in Marissa's legend. More than a hundred years later, several tomb robbers discovered another underground maze, and the furnishings and items in the maze were almost exactly the same as the previous maze. Sir , please think carefully, why did Marissa deliberately build a fake maze? What did she want to protect? Did she just hope that no one would disturb her after death? "
An Fei was not in a hurry to speak, and concentrated on thinking about various possibilities and credibility.
"Sir, there is one most important thing. With Marissa's disappearance, all traces have been completely lost. No one has seen it again."
"What is it?"
"Taboo...scepter...scepter..." Erte said word by word.
"What is the forbidden scepter?"
Utter almost fainted. Regardless of the severe pain of the wound on his hand, he clenched his hands into fists and said with gritted teeth: "Sir, Blanco fought at what is now San Blanco Mountain. Death place! And after Blanco died in the battle, the forbidden scepter broke through the demon clan's blockade and flew back to Marisa's hand. Do you know what this means? "
"So magical?" An Fei raised his eyebrows. He was already accustomed to things like magic and fighting spirit, but an item had its own spirituality. It's so shocking that it's impossible to explain.
"Sir, the Forbidden Scepter is an artifact! It is a complete and genuine artifact! According to records, the Forbidden Scepter hides the secrets of God. It is said that an ordinary person holding the Forbidden Scepter can also release the Forbidden Scepter. Curse." Utter said it in one breath, then took a deep breath: "Do you understand?"
"I understand, but...what does the stone tablet represent?"
"There's a maze down there!"
"Maybe it's still a fake maze." This is not because An Fei likes to spoil the fun, but because he is used to looking at problems from the worst angle.
"..." Utter was speechless. Can someone who can still keep his composure after hearing the news about the forbidden scepter still be considered a normal person
In fact, I can only blame Utter for his shallow knowledge. It is very easy to shock An Fei. For example, he said, "Have you seen Muto Ran's films?" ', I guess An Fei will jump wildly. Then he grabbed Utter and asked where he was from.
"Whether it's a real maze or a fake maze, we have to figure it out." An Fei said slowly: "Let them come in and let's discuss it carefully."
"No way. Sir!" Utter hurriedly stopped An Fei.
"Utter, you have to know that they are my partners, partners who can trust each other with their lives." An Feidi's face became a little gloomy.
"Sir, things are not that simple." Utter said with a wry smile: "I have to write a report every month and send it to the Holy City, but before we figure out the secret, I will not reveal anything, even if I Even if I go to the Holy City to meet His Majesty, I will never tell you! Sir, only the two of us can know this secret."
"There's no need to make it like this, right?" An Fei's expression was a little indifferent.
"Sir, if the secret really spreads, Violet City may completely disappear from the world!" Utter said anxiously: "Sir, do you know? I have executed all the slaves who worked on the construction. They are all from the Shansha Empire. Prisoners, I didn’t want to let them go in the first place, and I can’t take risks now.”
"oh?"
"Sir, if the top experts in the world gather in Violet City, who can restrain them? Even if His Majesty mobilizes all the troops in the empire, there will be nothing you can do!"
An Fei's heart skipped a beat. He was very aware of the destructive power of the peak powerhouses. Moreover, Teacher Sol once said that there are many peak powerhouses who chose to hide from the world, focus on breaking through bottlenecks, and independently challenge the peaks of God and Earth. There are so many countries on the continent. , almost every country has peak powerhouses. If all these guys really show up and gather in Violet City, Violet City will be on the verge of destruction.
"This is not a matter of trust or distrust, sir." After arguing for a long time, Utter's voice was already a little hoarse.
(I accompanied my girlfriend to see a doctor that day, and I missed a chapter. I don’t dare to delay yesterday’s chapter anymore. Today, I will publish two chapters together to make up for yesterday’s chapter. The previous chapter must be made up as soon as possible. Also, today’s day is a bit special. I hope Everyone, please be vigilant and don’t be deceived. I was deceived yesterday. The idiot actually remembered the wrong date and treated yesterday as a holiday. I was really helpless at the loss...)