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There was only a very weak candlelight in the dark basement. In the dry and deep basement of the Sacred Bone Hall, there were only a large number of bones and a stalactite pillar dripping with water waiting for Laing and Tegris.
The solid stone and molten iron walls were engraved with many golden runes, and countless scriptures and sacred seals reinforced the place.
Other than that, there was nothing else. It wasn't as luxurious as he had imagined, nor was it as sacred as he had imagined. If Leon hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought that this was just an ordinary basement. It wasn't the legendary treasury of the Church of Justice that had accumulated countless riches.
"It is said that Brunswick is a great city built on a swamp." Laing felt the cold wind blowing his hair. He heard the sound of water in front of him. "Now it seems that it is true."
The long stairs led deeper. Laing and Tegris slowly went down.
"Brunswick used to be called Rickdorf. This is the origin of the famous tribe, the Carolingian tribe. After the Great Cataclysm, Charlemagne led the Carolingian tribe to rise here. At that time, Charlemagne was still called Charlie. He was just the son of an ordinary tenant farmer. He grew up herding cattle and tasted the warmth of the world, but he always loved life." Teglis began to tell the story of Charlemagne. "As you know, after the cataclysm, the human wizard empire was destroyed, and the inheritance of culture was completely destroyed. Although many human books were preserved, very few people knew how to read and write. In that era when humans ate raw meat and drank blood, as long as a barbarian could read the first line of a book, he was already a great scholar."
"The whole human race was in a state of semi-illiteracy and illiteracy," Laing complained. "Then how did Charlemagne learn to read?"
"When Charlemagne was twelve years old, he saved a priest who was attacked by a troll when he was herding cattle. This was a priest of the God of Justice, and a priest of the regional bishop level. But because the God of Justice 'fell' again, his strength was severely weakened." Tegris continued, "Charlie was very young at that time, but he was already very smart. He was more eager to learn than anyone else. After brutally beheading the troll, Charlie took the risk of using milk and eggs to help the priest recover. He was very lucky. The priest was one of the few people who had a high level of education at that time. When the priest asked Charlie what he wanted in return …"
"I want to read," Laing said softly.
Tigris's face was faintly discernible in the darkness. He seemed to always be so calm. "Not bad."
"That priest was called Argoin. He decided to stay to repay the kindness of saving his life. He spent a year teaching Charlie and his father, Pippin, how to read and write, and simple mathematics."
"Therefore, Charlie and his father, Pippin, became the only barbarians in the Carolingian tribe who could read, write, and count. They read all the books collected by the Carolingian tribe, and the warriors in the tribe fought to send their children to teach. The father and son's status rose because of this until the end of a terrible war. The original chief died in battle, and everyone elected Pippin as the new chief."
"When Charlie was 15 years old, he had already read most of the books collected by the Carolin tribe. At that time, Charlie happened to lead a tribe's army and happened to rescue a Dwarf caravan that had been captured by the Green Dwarfs. Unexpectedly, the Supreme Dwarf King, Coogan Ironbeard, was among them. In order to thank Charlie for saving his life, Coogan Ironbeard gave the Supreme Dwarf King's family heirloom, the runic warhammer Gale Maraz, to Charlie and added the word 'Man' behind his name, representing the Dwarfs' recognition of the status of humans in the old world … You know what happened next."
"What a great story." Laing whispered, "The history of that time has been drowned in the long river of time. Now, there are very few books that record the story of that time."
"We're here …" Tegris did not continue because they had arrived at their destination.
The destination was a group of buildings that were connected into tombs. There were colorful murals on the buildings. Laing saw many stories on them. They were all great battles in the history of the Empire.
The "Battle of the Black Fire Pass" where the allied forces of humans and dwarfs completely defeated the Green Dwarfs.
The "Battle of the Rick River" where the allied forces of humans and dwarfs fought against the undead army of Nagash.
The first Chaos invasion against the first Eternal God, "Unifier" Moka.
…
"This is a recent story. Emperor Karl-franz led the Empire army to ambush and defeat the barbarian army on the coastline of the Kingdom of Nords." Laing did not look at the murals one by one because there were too many. He and Tegris were not here to sightsee.
"Clearly, the humans have been constantly updating." Tegris sensed the aura in the buildings. "This way."
"Is it the same for the elves?" Laing quickly followed Tegris' footsteps. He took out Mjolnir. Light blue lightning flashed on the hammer.
"…" Tegris did not reply. Instead, he looked at a room.
This was obviously the bedroom of the archbishop, "Fortitude" Vicmar Beckman.
Surprisingly, Vicmar's bedroom was very simple. There was only a simple bed made of ordinary mattresses, a woolen quilt, a worn-out wardrobe, and very few personal necessities. The archbishop's life seemed to be very simple.
There was a cup of cold coffee and half-eaten black bread on the table. There was also a transfer order. Archbishop Vicmar seemed to be planning to transfer a battle priest named Luther Hus to the headquarters.
"The most powerful archbishop of justice in the Empire. I didn't expect him to live such a simple life." Laing sighed softly. "However, many nobles and his political enemies have been spreading rumors all day long. They say that Archbishop Vicmar has already surrendered to Chaos. The archbishop has never bothered to explain."
"The same goes for the high elves. Many lords are jealous of my brother Tyrion's position and have been trying to spread rumors about him. If not for Finnuba's trust in us, perhaps a conflict would have been inevitable." After passing through the bedroom, Laing and Tegris finally arrived at the place they had planned.
It was the storage room where countless rare treasures were stored.
"There it is!" Tegris's eyes finally lit up.
Laing looked over.
It was a stone platform with a sword on it. The hilt of the sword was made of purple and white. The sword's frame was a red fire dragon, which was carved very vividly. A necklace hung on the hilt of the sword. The necklace was inlaid with a dazzling platinum gemstone. It was the high elves' favorite gemstone.
"This is the Sword of Kaldor, the sword of Kaldor II who died in the Old World. I didn't expect it to be here," Tegris said softly. "There's no protective divine spell. Just take it."
"This is it. The first fragment of Lilith's Crown. We got it." A smile bloomed on Ryan's face. He hesitated for a moment, then reached out his hand and took the platinum gemstone, placing it in his palm.
He could feel that the divine power of the Lake Fairy was flowing back and forth on the necklace. The Lilith's Heart on his neck resonated with the necklace.
"Lilith gave this to you too? Do you know what this means? "Tegris looked at the Lilith's Heart on Laing's neck.
"What does it mean?" Laing knew that the Lilith's Heart was very precious. It was very likely that the Lake Fairy gave it to him as a token of love.
"Alariel gave the Heart of Avalon to Tyrion …"
"Yes, I understand." Laing nodded and stopped talking. He picked up the necklace, thought for a while, and signaled Tegris to take it.
Laing handed the first fragment of Lilith's Crown to Tegris with a smile. "Very good. It went smoother than I thought. I thought we would have to go to the bottom and face countless gatekeepers before we could see this fragment. Then, we would have to defeat a powerful ancient guardian."
"That's the plot of some third-rate knight novel …" Tegris frowned. "We can't get out now. Let's see the other collections."
"Okay."
A rusty halberd was placed on the next table. The halberd was filled with filth and chaotic corrosive power. A human skull and a skeleton were hanging on the halberd. The empty eye sockets of the skull were emitting green light. This weapon was reinforced by many sacred scriptures and seals. It was sealed here.
"This is the weapon of the champion of Nurgle." Laing pointed at a symbol on the halberd. "This is the symbol of Nurgle."
"This is' Reaper 'Varnier's weapon,' Morning Star '." Tegris frowned. "Reaper Varnier was the champion of Nurgle. He was defeated in the great holy war, but due to the blessing of Nurgle, this barbarian chieftain who should have died was reborn after paying the price of his body rotting. He escaped the battle. We only seized his weapon … I didn't expect it to be here."
"Can't be destroyed?"
"No, that is the blessing of Nurgle. It can only be sealed, not destroyed." Tegris shook his head.
"Then it can be done now."
Laing put the weapon full of curses on the ground.
Thor's hammer fell hard. "Boom!"
The halberd broke. The blessing of Nurgle left on the halberd was completely shattered by Laing's psionic power. Without the blessing of Nurgle, the weapon quickly turned into dust in front of Laing and Tegris.
In the subspace, Nurgle's garden.
"Ah!!!" Nurgle, who was immersed in his pot stewing soup, felt a pain in his butt. The fat grandpa screamed and wanted to scratch it, but found that his hand could not touch his butt.
"F * ck … dead. What, what the hell? It must be Tzeentch's plot." Nurgle roared, but could not find the source. It muttered and continued to immerse itself in the soup. "Okay, okay, let me continue."
… …
Next, Laing and Tegris saw a few more artifacts. Some of these artifacts were seized from the great Holy War and the Vampiric War, some were collections from the provinces of the Empire, and some were gifts from the dwarves. But there was no doubt that many of these artifacts were extremely precious and dangerous.
"Blue Love." Laing came in front of a counter. Inside the counter was a pair of blue rune pistols. These pistols were double-firing, and the sound of the pistols was branded with the symbol of the vampire family, Lania.
This was the relic of a vampire of the Lania family.
"… Runic Firearms. Strengthened and transformed by the vampire's magic." Tegris looked at the pair of weapons. He knew that Laing had an idea. "Can you purify it?"
"Yes, I think, Teresa will like this gift." Laing took the pair of rune pistols out from the counter.
The room was completely flooded by the light of light blue psionic energy.
When Laing put away the rune pistols, the symbol of the Lania family on the pistols had turned into the symbol of a skull piercing a sword in the Gray Knight's book.
After looking at a few more artifacts, Laing's eyes lit up again. "I can purify this too!"
A purple Fire Gemstone Staff was sealed on top of the platform. It contained a frightening amount of Mana, and the powerful Mana it contained would allow Veronica's Magic Attainments to reach the next level.
"Yuntini's Staff, seized from a champion of sexual sin," Tegris read.
This staff was also purified by Laing. The champion of the Lake Fairy kept it, and the great mage did not have any intention to stop it.
Veronica's gift was also obtained.
The two were still looking at the items when footsteps came from outside the house.
"Vikmar is here! Let's hide! "
The archbishop's face was gloomy. He held the golden Scepter of Command and the Griffin Warhammer, and cursed as he came to the basement of the Hall of Skeletons. He first hung the scepter on the wall of his bedroom, and then walked to the archives room.
Laing and Tegris hid in a corner. "It seems that the chaos outside is over. We should go out."
"How? There are guards everywhere outside, "Tegris whispered." My spells won't work in the Hall of Skeletons. "
"Don't we have a pass?" Laing said calmly.
"Pass?"
"The one in front of you." Laing looked at Archbishop Vikmar maliciously.
Vikmar was very annoyed today. In such a holy place, there were actually heretics who had infiltrated the Church of Justice's cathedral to cause trouble. This made the archbishop very angry. These heretics were killed on the spot in the cathedral. The battle priests used divine spells to bind a Tzeentch believer and cruelly interrogated him.
The result was shocking. A noble family in Brunswick had completely turned to Chaos and was planning to assassinate the emperor. A small Tzeentch cult had formed in the slums of the docks in the north of the city. Vikmar immediately sent someone to inform Emperor Karl-franz. At the same time, he sent a large group of demon hunters and battle priests to the slums to eliminate the Tzeentch cult.
The infiltration of Chaos made Vikmar's heart ache. He knew that although the Empire's army was strong, they could only protect themselves. They could not completely defeat Chaos in the north. Hence, he immediately went to the basement of the Hall of Skeletons to continue reading the forbidden books and scrolls.
Vikmar deeply understood that only these books and scrolls could reveal the truth of Chaos and the answer to how to completely eliminate evil. Only under the suppression of countless sacred bones and the divine power of the God of Justice could he safely read these books and scrolls.
As soon as he flipped open the book, the archbishop suddenly felt that something was wrong. There was a tingling sensation on his back. It was his body's instinctive warning.
Vikmar's hand immediately gripped the warhammer on the table. The power of the twin-tailed comet surged.
"Who is it?!"
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