After passing the square with the holy emblems of Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and Church of Steam, and going up the wide stone steps, Angel and Pierre entered the second floor of Underground Catacombs.
"Actually, the third and fourth floors are called 'Old Ossuary'. They were built in an earlier period. The first and second floors were transformed from the underground quarry of Trier. They have a larger area and more 'people'."
Pointing to Intisian above the stone door leading to the third floor, Pierre read out thoughtfully:
"Old Ossuary entrance."
Excluding the issue of carelessness, this college student was quite hospitable... Maybe it was also because of my appearance, but when he said "more people", did he mean the bones on the ground?
Angel was thinking, looking around the tomb on the second floor, and found that the passage here was wider, and there were more bones placed everywhere in the corridor, and there were even "bulk" bones that were directly blocked in the middle of the corridor and divided into multiple parts.
But soon, Angel discovered that he was indeed talking about "people".
Continuing along the black line, after taking a few steps, a bright candlelight appeared in front of the two people. It was a combination of four White Candle lights. They belonged to four young people, three men and one woman. They were very fashionable in their clothes, similar to the Pierre next to Angel.
Four people were dancing a strange dance around a corpse placed in a cross-legged posture.
"What are they doing?"
Angel asked softly.
"A ritual," Pierre was also led to lower his voice, "A courage test ceremony."
When he heard the first half of the sentence, Angel already had information about various sacrifices, Devil summons and other "rituals" in his mind, but he didn't expect that in the end it would be such an answer.
"Trying to dare? Here?"
"Of course, this is a popular trend among universities in recent years, to compete with anyone who dares to stay underground for longer. They even go to the third floor to sing, but more of them are here, which is wider than the first floor, and not as narrow and cramped as the third floor.
"Many people who go to the third floor are alone. Haha, I wanted to try it alone today, but I didn't expect to meet you."
Pierre replied with a playful smile.
I'm afraid they are not alone, but will soon be "only one person"... Maybe more teams will be annihilated in Underground Catacombs and completely forgotten.
Angel already had an indifferent attitude towards this college student's activity. After all, the other party didn't remember his missing companion at all. He still thought that this place was just an ordinary underground "attraction", so naturally he wouldn't be too wary.
The only thing she wonders about is why Trier's official Beyonder doesn't seal this place, but allows ordinary people to come and go freely. From time to time, all existence is erased because of accidentally dropping a candle?
Erase... When Angel thought of Backlund Great Smog again, Church of Evernight came to support the black-haired Angel Lady, according to Klein said that Mr. A, who was chasing him, felt as if his existence was erased by an eraser in one second under his gaze. The same must be true for Lady Despair Panacea.
Exactly the same as the Pierre companion who lost the candle in this Underground Catacombs...
Is there something in the tomb that has a Sealed Artifact similar to Beyonder Ability?
Unfortunately, there are too few clues and it is impossible to draw any conclusions at present.
She continued to follow Pierre, bypassing the four dancing young people, and continued walking in the direction indicated by the black line.
Along the way, every time he passed several tombs, Angel could find more or less several fellow travelers, mostly young students, but also a few people who came to pay homage to relatives and friends. Without exception, they all held a White Candle and protected themselves with weak candlelight.
After walking a longer road than the third floor, Angel arrived at the first floor of the tomb, which is also the floor closest to the ground. The corpses here are obviously more "fresh", and many of them were placed here not long ago.
Of course, not only the corpses, but also the people are much more "lively".
Angel soon met a group of laughing and joking college students. There were more than ten of them, lined up in a long line, looking here and touching like a tourist. The dim candlelight swayed in the corridor, like a slowly moving river.
"Isn't this also a test of courage?"
She looked at Pierre beside her. For the first time since the two met, the latter did not eagerly answer her questions. Instead, he showed a bright smile and faced the group of college students.
"Hey, Antoine, Chloe," he patted the leading young man on the shoulder, then smiled and saluted the other woman with an exaggerated gesture, "Don't you have any classes tomorrow?"
"I took my new friends to the third floor to see Ines and Camille, and everyone followed me," the brown-haired man named Antoine replied, pointing to the two young women in the team, but his eyes kept glancing towards Angel, "What about you? Why did you come here alone and bring such a beautiful lady with you?"
"We just met not long ago."
Pierre said with an indifferent expression, but he couldn't suppress the raised corners of his mouth.
At this time, Angel barely finished "translating" the two people's extremely fast Intis words, and understood that Pierre's communication was for the purpose of showing off, but she did not refute, but waited for him to finish greeting these familiar college students, passed by the group of fifteen people, and watched them slowly walk towards the entrance to the second floor.
"Thank you for not exposing me."
Looking at their backs, Pierre said softly.
"If you can take me out, we'll be even."
Angel smiled slightly, his eyes chasing the dim candlelight away.
In her sight, the two female students in the middle of the team who had been brought "long experience" gathered together to whisper, and eagerly blew out the candles in each other's hands.
The whole team seemed to pause for a moment, and then continued to move forward. From the head of the team, Antoine whispered directions, and from the end of the team, gossip about the relationship between Angel and Pierre was quietly discussed.
In the middle of the team, the two vacant positions quickly disappeared as the people in front and behind made adjustments, as if the original team was arranged like this, as if only these thirteen people entered Underground Catacombs.
The two female students who blew out the candles disappeared in full view of everyone.
"Pierre, why did they come to Underground Catacombs just now?"
Angel The smile on the corner of her mouth also disappeared. She turned her head and looked at the "guide" beside her, who looked back with confusion.
"Of course, go to the second floor for the courage test ceremony. As I said, this is very popular now."
With a smile on his lips, he replied eagerly.
After the two members disappeared, even the reason for coming to Underground Catacombs changed... Angel sighed secretly, closed his eyes, and recalled the youthful smiling faces of the two female students a minute ago.
At least in my memory, they still exist...
"Come on, let's go back to the ground."
She calmed down and said to Pierre.
It took another fifteen minutes, and when the candles were about to burn out, the two finally arrived at the entrance to the first floor.
Several black lines gather here, and the end point is a huge stone arch that was naturally formed and then artificially modified. Both sides are carved with exquisite reliefs, including skulls, Sun flowers, and levers and gears.
From time to time, visitors, either single or in groups, enter and exit this doorway. Most of them are smiling, and a few are holding sacrificial objects with expressionless faces, but none of them have the slightest fear of this place.
Also, everyone who knows the truth has disappeared, and the "survivors" will think that this is just a tomb that needs to bring its own candles...
Angel thought melancholy, stepped out of the arch, and felt a lightness on his body, and some invisible pressure disappeared.
It turns out that this place has no influence on me... She was moved in her heart. Looking back, she saw two inscriptions written in Intisian on the lintel of the arch:
"Stop!"
"Ahead is Death Empire!"
Outside the "Empire", there is still not the blue sky that Angel expected, but an underground passage composed of stone pillars and stone walls built between the stone pillars. At the top is a huge stone ceiling supported by the stone pillars. Gas lamps hang on both sides. The light yellow light extends forward, giving people a sense of peace of mind.
"Compared to the tomb, Underground Trier is a beautiful sight."
Pierre also climbed up the stairs and walked out of the stone archway. He blew out the candle in one breath, threw the remaining candle into the corner and raised his eyebrows at Angel.
"Let's go, the real 'exit' is ahead."
After leaving the tomb, he still has not recovered his memory. It seems that his companion has truly "disappeared", and even everyone's memory of him no longer exists.
Angel couldn't help but look back at the entrance of the tomb, looking at the dark door opening, Sun Holy Emblem, Triangle Holy Emblem on the door, and "Death Empire" on the lintel.
Then, she followed Pierre, walked through this bustling underground passage, climbed dozens of meters along the upward stairs, and finally saw the real blue sky.
No, it was actually already dark. Sun The last ray of sunlight had just disappeared from the west. Evernight gradually covered the entire sky. The familiar Moon poked its head out from the thin clouds, covering the ground with a crimson gauze.
The surrounding buildings are generally low, and the style is not much different from Loen. However, the distinctive cornices and pointed arches, and the large amount of red bricks, are clearly distinguished from the gray-white Backlund on the street.
"Where do you live? Do you need me to take you back?"
Pierre came up again and asked with a smile.
I'm afraid the place I live is a bit far away from here, and the time difference is more than two hours... Looking away from the last bright color of the sunset, Angel joked in his heart.
"I just came to Trier and I don't have a place to stay yet. Do you have any recommendations?"
Under the leadership of the "hospitable" college students, Angel moved from Observatory District where Underground Catacombs is located to Memorial Hall District to the east. There are many universities here including Higher Normal School where Pierre is studying. It has a large population and is dominated by college students who rent.
Angel could see that Pierre might have other motives for introducing her to live here, but she did not intend to stay for a long time, and she was not familiar with the place and had no better choice, so she did not refuse.
On the street not far from the normal school, she checked into a three-story hotel, but she had trouble paying. Intis The most commonly used currency is called "Verl D'Or", which is approximately equivalent to 1/24Z Gold Pound, there is also "Gold Louis" similar to Gold Pound, but it does not accept the most widely used currency Loen, so she needs to go to a nearby bank to exchange it.
Fortunately, Pierre had some cash with her, so she exchanged it for a small amount of Verl D'Or and rented a Single Room.
After politely declining Pierre's request to "have dinner together," Angel came to his temporary residence, which was not considered luxurious, locked the door, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The experience of these two hours was simply more tiring than the five days since she left Backlund.
"The most difficult step has passed. I will withdraw the money tomorrow and buy the Loen steam train ticket!"
Although Angel doesn't know how to return to Bansy Island from Underground Catacombs, he at least knows how to go back through the "normal method".
"I'm just afraid I won't be able to spend the New Year with Klein..."
She thought with some frustration.
There are not so many Sefirah factors. This part mainly serves the main line. Most of the plot will still be placed in the first part. Of course, Sefirah has many interesting Demoness settings and plots, and some references will also be made.