In the centuries-old Luan Cathedral, the sound of roars and metal collisions broke the tranquility of the sanctuary. The pungent smell of magical flames burning the air filled every corridor and room. The gathered volunteer mercenaries The peace and common people set off a frenzy on the upper floor of the entire church. Hidden priests and Holy See knights were constantly found from hiding corners and dragged to the square outside. This terrible movement even penetrated the thick The ground spread to the underground palace facility under the church.
Wright led more than a dozen white knights to walk in the deep underground palace of Luan Cathedral. The heavy and rapid sound of iron shoes stepping on the ground echoed in the ancient stone corridor, and the sound of fighting on the ground would faintly float from time to time. , Misty as if in another world.
Amber's figure kept shuttling in the shadows near the white knight team. She caught up with Wright and couldn't help being curious: "Have you been to this place before? Why do you look so familiar..."
"The underground structures of large cathedrals are all similar. There is a rectangular dungeon extending directly below the main hall towards the direction of the Holy Spirit Tower. There are one or two crossroad structures in the middle. There are fixed regulations," Wright said in a deep voice as he walked. , "Be careful, there may be enemies hiding under here..."
"That's what I said... but I didn't see anyone along the way," Amber looked around, and could only see the corridors and stone roads illuminated by magic spar lamps, "but the feeling here... is indeed It's kind of weird...”
Wright didn't respond, but silently communicated his sense of the Holy Light in his heart. With a faint light emerging in his eyes, this facility located underground in the church showed a different form in his vision:
He saw countless translucent spirit bodies floating in the long and deep corridor, runes that mortals couldn't understand shone on the mottled ancient walls, the stone slabs on the ground were soaked by faint light, and a thin layer of mist was coming from The cracks in the slate floor rose up, gradually filling the entire corridor.
The other white knights also activated their tactical eyepieces one after another, watching out for any abnormal energy reactions.
"The spirits in the sanctuary have been disturbed..." Wright's footsteps gradually slowed down, and his tone was unusually serious, "The energy field here is very active."
Amber thought about it seriously, and found that she couldn't understand at all: "What do you mean?"
"The church gathers people's spiritual power. The older and the larger the church, the more so. For hundreds of years, there have been countless devout believers and clergymen who have been active inside and outside the church. They prayed devoutly during their lifetime and rest here after death. His soul will form a strong echo in the underground palace of the church. The echo is not an undead, but an unconscious hollow echo. They are harmless and have a calming effect to a certain extent, so people walk After entering the ancient cathedral, there will be a slight sense of relaxation. The priests call it the miracle of the God of Holy Light, but in fact this is just a natural phenomenon that can be fully explained by theory," Wright explained to Amber With this knowledge, he frowned, "There are also a lot of echoes gathered here... but these spirits that should have been dormant underground... all seem very restless."
Amber suddenly got goosebumps all over her body, and Emily's figure emerged from the air beside Wright. The little girl looked at the empty corridor in the eyes of ordinary people with wide eyes, and waved her hands happily to those invisible spirits. The body greeted.
Wright immediately asked the little girl to go back: "Emily, hide well, there may be danger here."
Amber swallowed, and while thinking about the possibility of turning around and running away now, she asked, "Where will this be ahead?"
"It should be a prayer room. The underground prayer room is exclusively for the church's principals," Wright looked towards the end of the corridor, "the holy light there...is extremely active."
The team raised their vigilance and began to continue heading towards the depths of the underground facility. Amber looked around and found that there was no suitable opportunity for her to escape, so she had no choice but to shake her head and bite the bullet to keep up.
The noise from above gradually faded away, and those indistinct sounds seemed to be wrapped in a thick layer of curtains, turning into indistinct murmurs. In the middle, the corridor gradually came to an end.
An oak door stood quietly in front of it, and the magic spar lamps on both sides of the wooden door exuded a soft and warm light, and in the small open space in front of the door, there was a figure in a black robe kneeling quietly.
The white knights clenched their warhammers in an instant, and Amber immediately raised her poisoned dagger, but the kneeling figure didn't respond at all. Unless he was deaf, it was impossible for him not to hear the voice coming from behind. The sound of heavy footsteps coming.
Wright made a gesture to signal everyone to stay alert, while he himself held a warhammer in one hand and cautiously came to the figure.
The other party has been dead for a long time.
Letby gestured for safety. After the others approached, he used the hammer handle to shake the body in the black robe, and the latter fell down without a sound.
It was a discipline monk with tattoos on his scalp and a holy emblem on his chest, and his face made everyone feel extremely strange
There was no pain on his face, and there was no distressed expression at the end of his life. On the contrary, there was a smile on his mouth, and his face was peaceful and peaceful, as if he was still immersed in boundless peace and joy at the moment before he died, and this peace The joy lasted until after his death.
Seeing the strange death of this discipline cultivator, and thinking of his kneeling posture before, Amber couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat: "Oh my god... this... how did this guy die?"
"I was attacked by a mental attack spell without defense."
Wright said in a low voice, then raised his head and looked at the tightly closed oak door.
"The underground structure of this facility is blessed with magical power...it should be able to withstand it..." The newly promoted Patriarch analyzed in a low voice as if talking to himself, and then waved to the subordinates behind him, "Prepare for the cleaning process. "
The white knights acted immediately and swiftly. Some of them opened their shields and formed a line of defense in front of the gate to deal with the impact. Others began to untie the grenades from their waists and backs. Amber was stunned: "What? What cleaning process?"
No one answered her, and between her questions, several white knights opened the weapon box carried by the team, and took out several sets of individual howitzers with acceleration rails, sights, and tripods, and started Quickly assembled in front of the gate to see their proficiency, it is obvious that these warriors have been trained in the army for a long time before becoming white knights.
Amber's ears perked up all of a sudden: "Wait a minute, this thing is not the Iron Ranger..."
"I borrowed it from Soldering," Wright said in a deep voice while directing two team members to set up a significantly larger howitzer directly facing the door, "don't worry, anyone with too much power will Did not bring."
While speaking, the white knights had set up the howitzers, and the heavy heavy-explosive grenades were pushed into the accelerating orbit. These soldiers of the Holy Light prayed in a low voice while pushing the cannonballs: "Holy light, mercy... Holy light!" Bless the accelerated orbit. May the Light bless this shell and its fuze...”
Amber suddenly felt that there were problems everywhere in the scene in front of her: "Hey wait! You are not following the procedure! Normally, when you encounter this kind of secret room underground, you should carefully disengage the mechanism and follow..."
In the middle of the noisy half-elf's bluffing, Wright had already raised the mechanical power hammer in his hand, and then the heavy and destructive weapon slammed heavily on the door of the prayer room with the sound of howling wind. : "Holy punishment!!"
There was a loud bang, and the wooden door was torn apart. At that brief moment, Amber seemed to see something suddenly light up behind the door and wanted to rush out. Grenades, heavy grenades, crystallized bombs, and the continuous impact of holy light smashed into the prayer room.
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom..."
The explosion sounded deafeningly, and the entire underground structure of the church trembled violently. If it was a normal building, it would only collapse in the face of this terrible explosion. Its underground structure is beyond imagination. When it is full of energy, it is even stronger than the outer city wall. In this underground palace that has been blessed with countless magic, the sound of explosions rumbled continuously like the ringing of bells and bells. During the bombing that lasted for one and a half minutes, the White Knights fired out nearly a hundred grenades, bombs and grenades. And more Holy Light shocks When the explosion finally came to an end, Amber still felt her whole head buzzing and shaking, even though she had covered her ears for the first time, but it was obvious... the elf blood brought her His excellent hearing is really a fatal weakness at this time.
And Wright rushed into the prayer room with his warhammer as soon as the explosion stopped. Under his leadership, other white knights followed suit.
"Stay vigilant!!"
In the cloud of smoke and dust, Wright loudly reminded everyone to be vigilant, while his eyes quickly swept across the large prayer room.
The prayer room was already in a mess. The ground, walls, and roof blessed by the Holy Light were severely damaged in the terrible bombing just now, and there were amazing cracks and crumbling stone slabs and bricks everywhere. Between the wall and the ground, a faint golden light can still be seen slowly creeping. It is the remaining protection spells that are working hard to maintain the supporting structure here and repair the damage to the building.
As for the furnishings in the room other than the walls and the ground...they had all been wiped out in the previous explosion.
"Ahem... cough cough..." Amber coughed and followed into the dusty room at the end, "You can't do it like this, you are more or less... cough cough... are you more or less priests..."
Wright raised a hand and interrupted Amber's loud bb, while his sight fell on the middle of a messy room, where a mass of wriggling flesh, crystals, and flowing light were converging at a speed visible to the naked eye stand up.
Amber was taken aback: "What the hell is that?!"
Wright opened his eyes wide. Between the squirming flesh and the weird crystal-like substance, he saw a piece of broken fabric, which was obviously a part of a gorgeous cassock: "...it's that bishop!!"