This time, not only the black-robed priest, but also most of the holy sword knights were glaring at me.
But I said disapprovingly: "I said you can't afford to offend that devil, and I have my reasons."
As I spoke, I pointed around: "Do you, the Knights of the Holy Sword, have the ability to break through the severe cold and come and go freely on the island? If not, don't talk about defeating the devil."
The anger in the eyes of all the knights was extinguished, and Angelo also lowered his head.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, Angelo could deceive his opponents and his subordinates, but he could not deceive himself. If a commander deceived himself and others, his army would be close to defeat.
Betty said weakly: "Wang Huan, you haven't finished what you said, right? You must have a way to deal with the devil."
I shook my head and said: "There is only one way to deal with demons, and that is to separate and kill them. We must not let two demons meet, otherwise, we will only have a dead end. However, there are two ways to track the demon's body. I can tell them. For your reference.”
When I saw Angelo nodding, I stretched out a finger and said: "The first way is that we ignore the island guards and directly track the coffin. Burn the demon body before it reaches its destination. Then, we can think of another way. Go find the island devil.”
When I said this, I changed the subject and said, "However, this method has a huge drawback. That is, we will definitely be attacked by the guards on the island. We may even go to full-scale war with the guards."
Angelo and the priest looked at each other before saying, "What is the second way?"
I stretched out another finger: "The second way is that we don't go looking for the coffin first. We first study what the guards on the island are. See if we can find a way to unite with the guards first. Then Go again and kill the demon."
I paused and said: "However, this method has too many uncertainties. Moreover, we are putting our lives in the hands of the guards. If they cannot stop the coffin, or are unwilling to cooperate with us , I have only one way to die."
After I finished speaking, everyone fell silent. Angelo hesitated for a long time before saying: "Which one of these two plans do you think is more reliable?"
"We're not even sure!" I said sternly: "Exploring the forbidden area is risking your life. If you make a slight mistake, you will die without a burial place."
I showed a smile and said: "I am just a prisoner. The decision-making power is still in your hands. What I can tell you is that no matter which plan you choose, I can take you forward. However, no matter what the consequences are, I am not responsible."
Angelo hesitated before saying, "We need to discuss it."
Angelo and the three of them discussed for a long time before they came back: "We choose the second option and contact the island guards. How can we find them?"
I raised my finger and pointed at the church: "If I guessed correctly, the answer should be inside."
I didn't wait for Angelo to ask again and explained: "Judging from the buildings here, this town has existed for hundreds of years. At least he has not experienced the steam age. At that time, people who could write were very Few, but there will definitely be written records in the church. If you want to uncover the secrets here, you can only enter the church to find the priest’s diary.”
Angelo and the black-robed priest looked at each other before nodding at the same time. Angelo wanted to leave the black-robed priest to guard the church door, but the black-robed priest refused to agree to the other party's request anyway and insisted on following us. Enter the church. Angelo had no choice but to keep Betty.
Just as I was about to walk towards the Holy See, Betty returned my dagger: "You can hold this dagger for self-defense. Remember that your friend is still in my hand. I don't give you the dagger just for you to play tricks."
I smiled coldly, put the dagger on my leg, and strode towards the church.
At this time, although the frozen church was still bitingly cold, the temperature had reached an acceptable range.
It didn't take the three of us long to find the priest who was frozen into an ice sculpture in the study.
The other person didn't know how long he had been dead, but the expression on his face still looked calm and calm, as if his death had foreshadowed his own death, so he had been sitting in the study waiting for death to come.
The black-robed priest searched in the study for a long time before saying: "Damn it, the bookshelves are all frozen. Even if the ice can be melted, nothing can be seen on the diaries inside."
I walked around the priest's body before saying, "No, the priest left a clue before he died. Look at the direction of his eyes."
Only then did Angelo notice that the corpse's eyes were actually looking at his left foot.
Angelo struck the ground with his sword several times before pulling out a diary from the secret compartment under the floor.
The priest was obviously well prepared before hiding the diary. He deliberately wrapped the date with several layers of some kind of leather, so that the diary did not freeze into a lump of ice as we imagined.
I glanced at the diary and frowned: "What's written in it?"
The black-robed priest glanced at me with a disdainful expression: "This is Latin, of course you can't understand it."
Latin was originally the dialect of the Latium region in central Italy. Later, with the expansion of the Roman Empire and the spread of Catholicism, it expanded into a common language in Europe. It is still used by the Vatican.
Judging from the text alone, this diary is difficult to fake.
After reading the diary for a long time, the black-robed priest exchanged a look with Angelo and said, "According to the records in the diary, many years ago, this priest named Martin led thousands of people to escape the Black Death. People left Britain, found an entire isolated island and settled there, gradually building up the town we see here.”
The Black Death once ravaged Europe in the 13th century, taking away the lives of 25 million people, equivalent to one-third of the European population. At that time, even the Holy See agreed for the first time to dissect the corpses of patients to study how to curb the spread of the Black Death. It is not surprising that some people went to sea to escape the plague.
The black-robed priest continued: "They spent a long period of quiet days on the island. It wasn't until someone offended the elves on the island that disaster began to strike?"
"Elves?" I couldn't help but ask, "Did you read that correctly?"
The black-robed priest said displeasedly: "Wait until I finish! The elf here refers to the elf."
Elves are creatures that appear in Norse mythology. They are often depicted as having slightly longer pointed ears, holding bows and arrows, blond, blue-eyed, tall and similar in size to humans.
Elves are also called fairies or goblins. Their general appearance is similar to humans, but they have wings on their backs. Because their bodies are short, they are easier to fly.
The black-robed priest continued: "Although there were conflicts between humans and elves at the beginning, they were within the scope of mutual restraint. Apart from the elves playing pranks, no humans caused any substantial harm."
"It wasn't until one day that the residents of the town couldn't bear the pranks of the elves and killed an elf that the conflict between the two completely broke out."
"People caught the elves like insects and nailed them to the wall. The elves also began to use various methods to cause people to die by accident. Casualties would occur on both sides from time to time. However, until then, There was no all-out war."
"Priest Martin is the only one among all the people who can stay sane. He always feels that elves are kind creatures and the residents of the town are also simple and tolerant people. The conflict between them must be due to some misunderstanding."
"However, humans do not understand the language of the elves. If you want to communicate with the elves, you must find the legendary elf stone. Only those who get the elf stone can understand the language of the elves. Priest Martin has been looking for the elf stone, hoping to Resolve the conflicts between humans and elves.”
"Just when Priest Martin was about to find the Elf Stone, more than a dozen children in the town suddenly disappeared. By the time people found the child, they had all drowned in a pond where elves often hang out."
"This incident finally aroused the anger of the residents of the town. The irrational residents rushed into the elves' territory, grabbed several very important elves, and killed them in the town square."
"Priest Martin, who was looking for the Elf Stone, had no time to prevent this tragedy. He was repenting for this incident until he died."
"The death of that elf finally triggered a war between the two sides. The elves did not know how to attract ice and snow, which began to spread gradually on the island, almost turning the island into a glacier."
"Priest Martin knew that the elves' revenge was coming, but he had no way to prevent the tragedy. He could only watch the island being gradually frozen. Before he died, he always hoped that someone would find the elves' stones and clarify the truth for mankind. A misunderstanding with the elves.”
The black-robed priest said this and closed the diary: "This is the secret of Ghost Island. What do you think?"
I mused: "If you go by the things in the diary, those elves should be the guards on the island. The previous conflict between humans and elves was an obvious coincidence. Maybe it was the conspiracy of the devil. The other party wanted to take advantage of the relationship between humans and elves. to escape from the conflict between them.”
I hesitated before saying: "If my inference is true, I do not recommend looking for the Elf Stone. It is difficult to clarify a misunderstanding that has been hidden for hundreds of years in a short time."
"We are close to the Elf Stone, and it is easy to cause conflicts with the elves. In this way, it may create opportunities for the devil. I think it is a wise choice to continue tracking the coffin. What do you think?"
Angelo said: "I agree with Wang Huan's statement."
The black-robed priest shook his head and said: "I don't agree. If we continue to track the coffin, it will be more likely to cause conflicts. Because the strong ones among the elves are also tracking the coffin. I think we should look for the elven stone."