I was about to catch Annie, but the latter pointed to a piece of wood on the ground and said: "Here..."
"Let's go!" I just glanced at the tree stump that looked like it had been chopped off with a knife, and then I pulled Annie up and hid among the fallen leaves nearby.
Anne hadn't heard the footsteps of the knights until now: "What's going on? Are you talking?"
"That's a cross used for execution. It has to be tested on people!" I said quickly and then made a silent gesture to Anne. Although the latter suppressed his voice, his face became paler.
The cross was not originally a symbol of the church, but an instrument used to impose the death penalty. It can also be said to be a method of execution. Especially popular in the Persian Empire and ancient Rome.
The cross at that time was usually used to execute rebels, heretics, slaves and people without citizenship. At that time, this kind of death penalty was also taboo. Due to the large resource consumption, only a few people were usually executed per year. This type of punishment will not be used unless the offender is an extremely serious offender.
It was not until Jesus was tortured on the cross that the cross was given new meaning, representing God's love and redemption for the world, and became a sacred and inviolable symbol.
In Western heraldry, the cross appears in different images, and there are as many as 385 types of coats of arms transformed from the cross.
Western heraldry, also known as the business card of aristocrats, is an identifier unique to a person, family or group. Europe had its own heraldic system in the Middle Ages.
Heraldry, originally called a coat of arms, was born on the battlefield in the 12th century. The main purpose of the coat of arms was to identify knights who were unrecognizable because of their armor. The common view that heraldry was the preserve of the nobility stems from this.
Among the coats of arms is a symbol called the Antonine Cross, which uses a "T" shape. It is also called the robber's cross. Legend has it that when Jesus was martyred, robbers were also hanged on the execution ground. The torture instrument at that time was this "T" shaped cross.
Just now, the Knight Commander stopped the first group of adventurers from picking up the machete. I felt strange. Later, when the three adventurers screamed, I saw the knights praying solemnly, and I guessed that an execution was taking place in the distance.
In medieval Europe, the death penalty may not be much different from a street sideshow to people at the bottom of society. It was common for people to rush to watch the execution. However, among the aristocratic class, the death penalty was a serious and serious matter, and the process of watching the execution must be maintained with reverence and solemnity. At that time, the church happened to be the absolute highest level in Europe.
The Knights of Holy Light are the continuation of the Church Knights at that time, and all the rules and customs will naturally be passed down.
At that time, I guessed that the difference between the jungle cross should be its function.
Crosses with different meanings will execute different people. However, they will not let anyone see any difference until they take the life of their prey. This is the Curse of the Crosswoods.
Although I guessed the execution method in the Cross Jungle, I didn't guess the basis on which the knight commander selected the three adventurers at that time.
If it is based on their behavior, then the knight commander must first know that the three of them are robbers, or have committed robber crimes. As a knight of the church, go back and follow a group of adventurers? I'm afraid they didn't even collect all the information about the other party, right
While my mind was spinning, the Holy Light Knight was approaching the edge of the "T" frame. The knight commander said: "Mark the current location and continue to let the prisoners go in the other direction."
When I glanced towards the crowd, the knight commander was also scanning the crowd: "Roll up your sleeves."
After the members of the Falcons rolled up their sleeves one by one, "Y"-shaped patterns appeared on the arms of the three of them, but Andre's hand appeared with an "X"-shaped coat of arms.
now it's right!
I didn't pay attention to the arms of the three adventurers just now. Now it seems that the three of them should have similar marks on their bodies. This is consistent with the "curse". According to legend, people who have encountered a curse will have special marks on their bodies. mark.
"Two marks?" The knight commander pondered for a moment and then said: "You three go this way, you go this way."
When the four adventurers separated and left the place without saying a word, I happened to see Andre walking towards us.
I patted Annie's hand gently, and while Andre was pushing the branches on the ground, I moved towards him and hid beside him. When Andre took a step forward, I moved a little bit, and followed him a little bit. Out of sight of the Knights.
Andre turned around several times to confirm that he couldn't see the knights, and then he said angrily: "Wang Huan! Did you cause the conflict between us and the Holy Light Knights?"
I looked at the other party with a half-smile: "Without me, wouldn't you have conflicts? Don't forget, where is this place? No matter what curse you are stained with, you will become the target of destruction by the Holy Light Knight."
Andre suppressed his anger and shouted in a low voice: "What now? What should we do? All the falcons have fallen into the hands of the Knights, and we have entered the cursed land again. Wang Huan, I don't care if you did anything just now. , if you can save us, the grudges between us will be wiped out. Otherwise, I will call the knights over immediately."
I looked at Andre, whose eyes were red, and said, "We can join forces. I will help you rescue the people, and we can join forces to kill the Knights."
"Okay!" Andre nodded: "Let's go back now."
"Wait a minute!" I raised my hand to stop Andre: "Aren't you afraid of the curse on you?"
Andre rolled up his sleeves: "This is not a curse, it's my original tattoo. It's just very similar to the curse's logo."
Only then did I understand why Andre made an "X"-shaped gesture toward me. He was reminding me that I could leave the team.
I was about to say something more, but suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my arm. When I looked down, I saw that my left arm seemed to have been burned with a soldering iron, and green smoke was coming out. When the smell of being burned rose with the wind, the flesh on my arm also dented, as if a reverse cross mark had been branded by a soldering iron and suddenly appeared on my arm. The fishy smell overflowed and the pain penetrated to the bone marrow.
"Reverse cross!" Andre couldn't help but exclaimed and backed away: "You are cursed! You..."
When I covered the wound with my hand and looked at Andre, Annie's scream suddenly came from the distance: "Wang Huan, hurry up!" The sound of the Knight of Holy Light stepping on fallen leaves also followed.
I turned around and rushed into the woods without hesitation. Andre only hesitated for a moment before catching up from behind. I took off my backpack and threw it to him: "There are weapons in the bag, be careful!"
As I spoke, I turned around and hid in the fallen leaves on the ground. When Andre tried to hide again, it was already too late. He could only draw a shotgun from his backpack and pointed it at the Holy Light Knight running behind him.
After I escaped from the tunnel, my equipment had been messed up long ago. I didn't even know what was in my backpack. Looking at it now, I must have been carrying someone else's backpack, otherwise there wouldn't be a shotgun in it.
Andre grabbed the spear and hid behind a tree, facing a Holy Light Knight and pulling the trigger. The moment the latter sprayed gunfire into the air, the other four Holy Light Knights passed by their companions and approached An Andre rushed towards him at great speed.
Andre simply stood up from behind the big tree, spraying out fire from the shotgun in his hand. Four Holy Light Knights were shot into the air by him one after another, but they stood up with black spots all over their bodies and continued to charge. To Andre.
At this time, Andre had already emptied the bullets in his shotgun, and it was too late to change the ammunition. He simply pulled out the machete and stood in front of the Holy Light Knight.
I stood up in the midst of a knight's rapid dash. The long sword in my hand turned into a silver-white halo, slashing across the opponent's neck. Before the blood-stained sword light stopped, the knight's headless body had already He rushed out and knelt on the ground holding his swords in both hands.
The corpse supported by the sword did not fall down. The blood spurted from the opponent's cavity instantly dyed the knight's armor red. However, after the death of their companions, the remaining four Holy Light Knights stopped at the same time. Holding the long sword, he stepped backward step by step.
I was suddenly stunned: Those knights were obviously afraid of something, otherwise, they would not have changed from advancing to retreating.
Is it the headless corpse they're afraid of
As soon as I reacted, the four knights threw away their swords and ran away. But before the four of them had taken a few steps, I heard several bow strings vibrating and popping in the distance. When I turned around again, the three knights had been killed with long arrows piercing their throats.
Ye Xun is following!
Just as I was about to look up, I saw the only remaining knight facing Ye Xun, who emerged from the forest.
The man had no intention of fighting with Ye Xun. He just took a photo with him, turned around and fled. The opponent ran away as fast as a galloping horse. In the blink of an eye, he rushed out a distance of more than ten meters.
Before the man could run far, four members of the Tulip family jumped up among the fallen leaves, shook off the ropes in their hands and blocked him in the air. It was too late for the man to stop his momentum, and he just hit the opponent's rope.
The Holy Light Knight fell to the ground under the force of the rope, and the four Tulip members also fell to the ground under the opponent's huge force.
Ye Xun didn't wait for the knight to get up, and he took a step forward and swung down the long sword. Ye Xun's sword did not mean to hurt anyone, but it was close to the opponent's armor and swept past him. Dazzling sparks came from the opponent's throat. Directly between the lower abdomen, a cut of more than a foot was made in the sacred armor, and half of the sword in Ye Xun's hand was also cut off.
Ye Xun gestured to me not to move his fingers, and walked toward his opponent with his sword tilted.
Ye Xun was approaching his opponent step by step. The man suddenly pulled out a dagger and stabbed it hard at the gap in the armor. Before the opponent's blade could get close to the armor, Ye Xun's long sword had already arrived first, and the silver-white sword glow was criss-crossing. Within three feet, a sword sliced off the opponent's wrist.
Ye Xun then looked at his opponent again.