A cathedral … It's just as I thought … Klein looked at the ruins in front of him and silently muttered to himself.
At that moment, the crimson moonlight that penetrated the accumulated fog scattered across the half-collapsed buildings. It was much thicker than before, and it was getting closer to the color of blood.
Klein maintained his German Sparrow's trademark coldness as he spoke without any emotional fluctuations.
"Where were you exploring previously?"
As he spoke, Klein glanced at the lantern in The Hanging Man's hand that hadn't shattered despite all the suffering. He subconsciously tightened his muscles and skin when he was illuminated by the flames.
Although the flames were ultimately isolated by thick glass and metal fences, they still left him a little fearful.
Alger didn't notice the minute changes in German Sparrow. He raised his dagger-wielding right hand and pointed at the most intact and grandest building in the ruins.
"There."
Only the main body of the building was left, making it impossible to know what its original layout looked like. They could only judge from the current remnants that it had characteristics such as thick walls, huge expanse, and narrow windows. Moreover, it once had a tower and a bell tower. Its appearance was simple and ancient.
"This is an architectural style from the early Fourth Epoch. It's recorded in the books of the Church of the Storm. It's said that during that period, the various Churches widely used a similar style to build their cathedrals." Alger had a deep impression of the ruins. Over the years, he had flipped through many books and grasped a certain level of information. "Its greatest characteristic is that it has a temple above and a tomb below. Life and death are united together. However, I can't confirm that the interior of this ancient cathedral is the same as what I described because I've never ventured deep into it."
This might be an architectural style left behind by the Third Epoch … Klein made a certain guess as he walked towards the ancient cathedral ruins with an abnormally tall doorway. He left the lantern behind him and only enjoyed the light without bearing the burden of the flames.
The two quickly walked up the exaggerated grayish-white stone steps and arrived in front of the doorway. They saw the remnant classical stone pillars and concentric multi-layered arches inside.
Klein wasn't in a hurry to enter. He reached his left hand into his pocket and took out a gold coin. He flipped it between his fingers as though he was chanting something.
Suddenly, he flicked the gold coin with a clang. As he spread out his palm and waited for the coin to land, he turned his head to The Hanging Man.
"How did you determine that there's an item in the cathedral that's worth no less than a Card of Blasphemy?"
After saying that, he looked at the gold coin that had fallen into his palm and casually put it away.
Alger pointed inside.
"I've said it before. Back then, my strength was inferior to Zillinges's, so I naturally couldn't go in as deep as him. I had no way of knowing what he saw, and I could only deduce from his words that there was something very precious and important inside. Furthermore, I had to be at least at the level of a true Sequence 5 to obtain it.
"However, the mural near the entrance and the marks on the ground might explain something."
Klein nodded and walked into the dark doorway that the crimson moonlight couldn't directly illuminate. The black trench coat he was wearing fluttered slightly behind him. Alger held the lantern and clenched his dagger tightly as he followed behind.
After passing through the doorway, Klein used the crimson moonlight that shone through the hole in the dome to see a rather deep hall in front of him. The classical stone pillars that supported it had already collapsed in half.
At the end of it wasn't the altar, nor was there a staircase that led upwards. It was pitch-black, and it was difficult to see any details. It was as though it went deep underground.
It's not a temple, but a tomb … The temple and tomb are both underground? I can't tell. I have to go down to know … Klein subconsciously looked to his left and right and discovered that there was a side door on each side. However, the area they led to had completely collapsed. There was no way out.
The mural near the entrance and the marks on the ground … He recalled what The Hanging Man had just said. He took two steps diagonally and released the invisible Wraith Señor. With his night vision, he sized up the remaining mural on the wall.
The background of the mural was a majestic mountain. At the top of it was a huge cross that was covered in layers of light.
In front of the cross stood an exceptionally majestic figure, surrounded by two-winged, four-winged, and six-winged angels.
This … Klein only took a cursory glance and felt a strong sense of familiarity.
He had seen similar murals before in Blasphemer Amon's mausoleum!
Focusing his attention, Klein quickly found something different. There weren't two infants that represented Amon and Adam, nor were there any twelve-winged angels. In front of the cross, the majestic figure that was covered in holy light held its hands in front of its chest, holding a simple and unadorned stone slab.
The stone slab was drawn in an extremely blurry manner, but it gave off an ancient and young, sacred and sinister feeling. It was extremely contradictory.
Stone slab … Klein's pupils dilated slightly as a term flashed across his mind:
Blasphemy Slate!
This should be the ancient God of the Sun, the Lord that created everything that the City of Silver worships … Indeed, the Blasphemy Slate is closely related to "Him" … I wonder if this is the first Blasphemy Slate or the second … Klein roughly understood who this cathedral belonged to, and he began to believe that there was something very precious and important hidden deep in the ruins.
He retracted Señor's gaze and made the marionette look at the ground.
Apart from being covered in cracks, there were also some strange marks left on the stone slabs. They were dark red in color and the size of a human's forehead. They overlapped from time to time, extending all the way to the end of the hall.
At this moment, a scene naturally appeared in Klein's mind.
Devout believers prostrated themselves on the ground and crawled forward. Every time they walked a certain distance, they would slam their foreheads heavily on the ground, causing blood to spurt out.
Seeing German Sparrow turn his gaze away and stop sizing him up, Alger probed.
"The ancient God of the Sun?"
At the same time, he inexplicably felt a cold wind blow from German Sparrow's side. He suspected that there were shadows or wraiths lurking around him.
Thinking back to the mutated curly-haired baboon being strangely controlled, Alger vaguely guessed something, but he didn't say it out loud.
Upon hearing The Hanging Man's question, Klein originally wanted to chuckle and reply, "You can also call 'Him' the Lord that created everything, the omnipotent and omniscient God," but he immediately realized that his tone and words were closer to The Fool's and not German Sparrow's. Hence, he restrained himself and nodded slightly.
"It's not hard to tell."
Alger silently heaved a sigh of relief as he looked forward to the item buried deep in the cathedral.
The two of them made a decision at the same time and walked to the end of the hall.
When they approached, Klein finally saw that there were steps leading downwards.
"Underground?" he asked simply.
Alger shook his head and said, "I can't be sure.
"I can't be sure. I've never been down there.
"Although Zillinges tried to go deeper, he returned in less than ten minutes. His aura has become quite weak."
Klein nodded thoughtfully and casually said, "That's right.
"You seem to be very familiar with him."
If it were anyone else, Alger would've pretended as though he hadn't heard it and didn't respond directly. However, in his heart, The World German Sparrow was Mr. Fool's Blessed. His question might represent the meaning of that existence, so he had to treat it carefully.
After deliberating for a few seconds, Alger said in a low voice,
"He and I were from the same town, and we worked as servants in the same chapel.
"The priest there was a short-tempered person who liked to punish his servants. Zillinges couldn't stand it, so he secretly ran away and became a pirate."
So there's such a past … Mr. The Hanging Man is also a person with a story … Klein didn't probe further as he walked down the stairs in the extremely quiet ruined cathedral.
Although his footsteps were already very light, they were still obvious in such an environment as they echoed far away.
Soon, the two of them finished walking down the stairs and saw an arched doorway.
On both sides of the doorway stood two black figures, standing there silently and eternally.
Klein and Alger stopped at the same time and looked at the two black figures. They realized that they were two stone statues.
They were both men, and their bodies were grayish-white in color. One of them wore a bucket-shaped full-body armor, while the other wore a more modern jacket. Their expressions were filled with pain, and their eyes were protruding out as though they were staring at something.
Upon seeing this scene, Klein suddenly jolted as he recalled his encounter in the outside world.
He and Alger also showed signs of being petrified. Fortunately, they got rid of the influence in time and did not really turn into statues!
This … could it be a human who had the same experience … If we had been petrified just now, would we have been 'moved' into the underground of this ancient church and guarded the same doorway for hundreds and thousands of years? Wasn't the power of petrification afraid of these ruins? Klein felt an inexplicable fear, his scalp tingling.
He controlled the fluctuations of his expression and turned to look at The Hanging Man, only to discover that the boorish man's pupils had also widened, and his grip on the dagger had obviously tightened.
Mr. The Hanging Man has the same guess as well. There's no need for me to elaborate further … Klein pointed at the doorway.
"There might be more stone statues inside."
Alger nodded and said in a half-worried and half-joking manner,
"I just hope he doesn't see us."
If we were to firmly believe that we have escaped the effects of petrification, only to see our own statues underground, that would be a horror story … Klein thought for two seconds and said to The Hanging Man,
"Do you have night vision?"
What he really meant was that the lantern's light was very eye-catching in the pure darkness underground. It could easily cause unnecessary changes, so if he had night vision, it was best to extinguish the light.
And he believed that Mr. The Hanging Man would be able to figure out the hidden meaning.
Alger frankly replied, "Yes."
"Yes."
A Beyonder of the Sailor pathway who could dive deep definitely had night vision.
Klein glanced at him and didn't say a word, but his meaning was very obvious.
Then why are you using a lantern?
Alger replied solemnly, "Firstly, it's to mislead the enemy.
First, it's to mislead the enemy. When they see me using a lantern, they will instinctively think that I don't have night vision. When they destroy the lantern and try their best to create a dark environment, I'll give them a surprise.
How sinister … Klein was momentarily at a loss for words.
Alger continued.
"Secondly, it's to guard against situations like the City of Silver. There might be extreme danger hidden in the pure darkness."
Makes sense … Klein didn't signal for him to extinguish the lantern. He first walked past the two stone statues, and under their frozen, pained gazes, he walked into the doorway that led underground.
As he didn't know what the petrified statues represented, nor did he know if the petrified person was completely dead, Klein didn't attempt to shatter them to harvest the Beyonder characteristics and mystical items that might exist.
PS: Another sacrifice, no, recommendation of a book, Marvel's I'm Saber-Toothed Tiger, written by a book friend.
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