Marianne grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and sniffed it.
"The soil here is so fertile. It's rare to see this outside."
For Marianne, who had been living in the City of God's Blessing, this was something that could only exist in the mouth of her ancestors.
The outside world was desolate and filled with monsters. The earth was barren. Humans could only barely survive in the broken cities. That was why the last pure land of humans, Lapuda, was so precious. Only the nobles had the right to go there.
"There are some buildings over there."
Allen pointed at a forest in the distance. There seemed to be something hidden in the shadows of the trees.
Mr. Assaches pondered for a while and suddenly walked back to the exit of the cave. He used his fist to punch the edge of the cave.
When the exit of the cave completely collapsed, he clapped his hands and said, "Let's go and take a look."
"Master, I'll go explore." Marianne said quickly, "I'm almost recovered. There shouldn't be a problem."
"Be careful." Mr. Assaches nodded.
Seeing the maid turn into a shadow and sneak away, Allen couldn't help but be amazed. "Count, Miss Marianne didn't seem to have appeared in the castle before."
"She's here now." Assaches replied indifferently. Then, he looked at K forehead Lili and said, "No matter what, don't leave my sight. Do you understand?"
"O … Okay." K forehead Lili nodded.
She wanted to say something but stopped.
She actually had some questions that she wanted to ask Arthashis about — about Marian's origin.
However, the owner of the dungeon, Allen, was beside her. Mr. Assaches seemed to be avoiding Allen's existence. K forehead Lili could only give up for now.
They waited for a while and were about to catch up with Marianne. However, a black shadow sneaked back.
Marianne, who had just explored, appeared again and said with a serious expression, "Master, there's … something in front."
…
Lifelike human-shaped stone statues appeared in front of him in a chaotic manner — in a settlement in the middle of the forest.
Weeds had covered more than half of the settlement, and most of the wooden houses had rotted away … The few of them walked among the statues, their expressions becoming increasingly solemn.
"This place seems to be built by the God Blessing Church … The clothes on these stone statues seem to be the old-fashioned equipment of the warriors of the God Blessing Church."
"Yes, this is the old equipment of the Holy See." Mr. Assaches took a deep breath and said, "These sculptures are not of the people who live here. They are … former members of the Holy See!"
The sculptures were of warriors … a group of warriors who seemed to have encountered something terrifying and were running away in a hurry!
All of the statues were facing the intruders. They were fleeing with terrified expressions on their faces. Many of them were even looking behind them.
"These are not statues, they are people! It was alive, but it ran into something and turned into a stone statue. "
Arthashis's sudden conclusion stunned everyone. A bone-chilling feeling crept up their spines … It was as if there was something terrifying in this bountiful land, instantly destroying the beauty of this moment.
Silence!
It was too quiet!
There was no sound at all … In such a rich land, there was not even a small animal or insect!
…
The settlement that they found was more like a sentry post that was set up by the God Bless Church. As they went deeper, they found more than ten similar settlements.
In the settlement, they found similar statues.
Then … it was still quiet.
"Eh, this gathering place seems a little different."
It was almost the end of the forest, but the settlement they found here was much bigger than the previous ones. Not only were there buildings, but there were also some old vehicles of the God Blessing Church.
At this time, Moria came to a car with a big boiler. He suddenly opened the front cover of the car and looked at it, "Master, this car … Maybe it can still be used."
Assaches's eyes suddenly brightened. He looked around and said, "Let's look in these buildings, maybe we can find some coal for burning. Marianne, see if you can fix the car. "
"Got it."
K forehead Lili was surprised at this time, "Miss Marianne, you … know how to fix these things?"
Marianne said calmly, "Master's library has a lot of knowledge, I will take some to read when I am bored … There are some old equipment of the Holy See in the castle, and I have studied it a little. Miss K forehead Lili, do you want to come and help? "
"I … I'd better go and find something." K forehead Lili shook her head subconsciously.
Everyone split up and started to work … More than half an hour passed as they busied themselves.
When Mr. Assaches came back, Allen and K forehead Lili had come back first. It seemed that they had found something. Marianne was working hard to repair the car.
"What did you find?" Mr. Allen asked directly.
At this time, Mr. Assaches was holding a book in his hand. He said slowly, "Good luck, I found a diary."
"About here?" Allen's eyes brightened.
Arthashis casually handed the diary to Allen, who hurriedly flipped through it.
Assaches continued, "Our previous guess was right, everything here was indeed arranged by the Holy See … No, the last Pope Cicero. Every gathering point was actually a transit station for transporting resources. God Bless the Holy See seems to have a research base behind that mountain. All the materials are transported there. "
Allen had already flipped through half of the diary. "According to the diary, the owner of the diary had no idea what kind of research was being conducted at the research base … He was unable to reach the edge of the research. The closer he got to the base, the tighter the security became, and the higher the authority required. But there was something else written here … "
"What was written?" Marianne frowned.
Allen muttered, "Earthquake … The diary mentioned an earthquake. In the last part, it wrote, 'The number of earthquakes has increased recently' … 'Another earthquake, many roads have been destroyed, we have temporarily lost communication with the research institute' … 'Today, there was no news' … 'Someone is missing' …"
"Missing?" K forehead Lili also frowned. "Did you find it?"
Allen shook his head. "It didn't write after that … Or rather, it didn't have time to write it."
He flipped to the last page of the diary and held it up in front of everyone. There was only one unwritten word on the paper, and it stopped abruptly.
"Something happened to the owner of the diary." Marianne said in a low voice, "Maybe, it has something to do with this disaster."
She looked at the stone statues around her who were in a hurry to escape. Her meaning was clear.
Mr. Assaches also said, "Outside the house where this diary was found, there was a statue on the ground. Maybe it was the owner of this diary."
Silence, silence, silence.
Mr. Assaches sighed slowly and broke the silence. "Marianne, can you fix the car?"
"It should be fine, give me some more time."
"I'll look around and see if there are any other clues. You two rest here for now," Mr. Assaches said seriously, "Marianne, when I'm not here, protect K forehead Lili."
…
…
Bang-!!
The stone exploded, and the sealed exit of the cave was opened instantly. Several soldiers of the Holy Church rushed out with weapons in their hands. They guarded the exit of the cave while looking around.
"The target is safe!"
At this time, Isabel walked out of the cave … She looked a little tired, and there were some burn marks on her light armor.
The young knight, Nairo, checked the entrance of the cave and said, "Ms. Isabelle, these stones should be newly dropped."
"Don't think about it. Only that guy would play these pranks." Isabelle shook her head. "Assaches always likes to play tricks on others … Humph, he never changes."
Always?
Nairo heard the complicated meaning in the woman's words, but he didn't ask further. Instead, he looked at the brand new world in front of him with shock on his face. "Ms. Isabelle, this place?"
"The Land of Origin." Isabelle pointed to the front. "The real treasure of the God Bless Church is there … Let's go, we'll see it soon!"
"Attention, everyone! Check all your equipment and move out immediately!" Nairo instantly ordered everyone.
…
"Stop-!"
A soldier in black armor suddenly raised his hand.
Several soldiers in black armor walked out of the tunnel and returned. "Sir, there are traces of a fierce battle ahead and six burned bodies … and a suspension bridge, but it's broken."
The leading soldier in black armor looked at the old man in the wheelchair.
The old man slowly opened his eyes. "It should be the fire element. They didn't find Isabelle's body, which means they entered successfully … Cain, repair the suspension bridge. The fire element should be defeated. Nairo has the ability to do it."
The leader of the soldiers in black armor, the man named Cain, nodded silently.
The old man in the wheelchair looked at the huge coffin behind him — there were the things he took out from the secret room in the library.
"Finally, we're back to this place."
…
…
"Are we really … going down?"
At the edge of the deep pit in the palace, Medanzo stopped looking around and looked hesitant. There were more than a dozen bodies of the God Bless Church's soldiers.
Griffith only took a few breaths to kill them.
However, there were still many soldiers of the Church in the castle, and she believed that what happened here would be exposed soon. Obviously, Griffith didn't plan to fight the Church's army head-on.
"Since Countess Rose is down there, the mastermind of the Church's operation should be down there too." Griffith said calmly, "If Countess Rose is killed or captured by the Church, I'm afraid you'll never find the key again."
At this moment, Yu Liya and Medanzo looked at each other.
Medanzo: My goodness, did you trick this guy?
Yu Liya: I'm working very hard, okay?
Medanzo: Are we really going down there?
Yu Liya: What else can we do? Even the male lead was taken down there?
Griffith suddenly joined the group chat. "What are you guys talking about?"
Medanzo and Yu Liya were shocked.
Yu Liya said calmly, "I think it's better to take Norsta's key than Assaches' key … Griffith, why don't you bring me to my adoptive father, Norsta?"
"No need." Griffith shook his head and picked up Yulia and Metatro, one in each hand, as if he was picking up chicks. Then, he jumped into the deep pit.
Norsta was dead!
He killed him!
…
…
In the campsite.
K er Lili sat beside the car repair station quietly. Marianne didn't even look at her.
At this moment, Mr. Allen walked over with two water bottles in his hands.
"There's a water source behind the campsite. The water should be fine," Allen placed a water bottle in front of K er Lili. "As for food, we haven't found it yet."
Ke Lili, on the other hand, felt thirsty. She silently took the flask, but did not drink it immediately.
Mr. Allen sat down. "Don't worry. It's not poisonous. If I hurt you in this environment, I'll be asking for trouble. The Count values you a lot, doesn't he? "
K er Lili looked at Allen expressionlessly.
Mr. Allen said, "It's fine if you hate me. After all, I did use you before. But I just want to live. If I didn't find a way to alarm Count Rose, we would've died at Norsta's hands. "
K er Lili was silent.
However, at this moment, Marian suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.
"What's wrong?" K er Lili asked.
"Shh." At this time, Marian said in a low voice, "Something is approaching."
"The Count is back?" Allen asked hesitantly.
"Something else," Marianne said quickly.
Mr. Allen hurriedly got up and pulled out an exquisite dagger from his waist … At this moment, Marian's gaze moved around the camp.
In the forest, there was a black shadow that was moving quickly!
The three of them focused their eyes and quickly leaned against each other. In the silence, the sound of flying in the forest became more and more obvious. At this moment, Marianne pushed K er Lili away!
At the same time, a black shadow flew out!
Bang —!!
The campsite was instantly smashed into a pit. The three of them scattered and rolled out. When they saw the thing that pounced out, K er Lili couldn't help but gasp.
It was about two meters tall and at least five meters long. It looked like a wolf. However, half of its body was skeletonized and — — four scarlet eyes.
"Monster?" Mr. Allen couldn't help but exclaim, "There are monsters here!"
Monsters?
No!
At this time, Ke Lili wanted to cry out in alarm. The monster in front of her gave her the feeling that it was the [Emissary] that she faced in the previous world as a pilot!
On the chest of the demonic wolf-like monster, there was … a fist-sized hole!
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