"Card of Blasphemy?"
Angel's eyes also stayed on the ruins of the building that was significantly more intact than the other wreckage, and he asked in confusion.
"No, I mean the value is no less than 'Card of Blasphemy'. Although after various speculations, I also feel that Qilingus must be coveting such a card that allows him to directly reach High Sequence, but I am not completely sure."
Alger responded immediately, with a less confident tone.
Indeed, since "Vice Admiral Hurricane" Qilingus, one of the original Pirate Admiral, already has his own fleet and "Creeping Hunger" who is comparable to High Sequence Mystical Item, as long as he steadily develops his own power on the sea, it should not be difficult to be promoted to Sequence 5. Then the reason for him to give up everything and go to Backlund alone is the only ticket to High Sequence...
The target of "Desire Apostle" who took the risk to assassinate Duke Negan is also an "Abyss" card. Qilingus and his action path are so similar that they even target the same person. It is indeed possible that he was promised a "Card of Blasphemy" as a reward.
Angel recalled his experiences at Backlund in his mind, confirming the correctness of Alger's ideas.
But no matter what, only by entering the ruins can we determine whether the so-called "valuable items" are one of the playing cards left by Emperor Roselle.
"Then we have to move quickly. You only have about 8 minutes left to move."
Klein glanced at Alger and whispered.
Ten minutes after using "Magician Pocket Watch", he will fall into the negative effects of Fear of Firelight for 12 hours... The corner of Angel's mouth twitched, remembering his previous unbearable experiences, and ordered quickly:
"Lead the way."
Alger pinched the pocket watch in his pocket, nodded silently, raised the lantern with some hesitation, and took the lead towards the building.
The tall tower and bell tower have collapsed, leaving only the main three-story building with a very simple appearance. It has no buttresses or decorative columns that are common today. The windows are narrow, but the main entrance is two stories high.
Of course, its doors and windows are now in decay, leaving only a hollow arched gap, like a monster with its gaping mouth, waiting for anyone to fall into its trap.
"Like the early buildings of Fourth Epoch, all the major churches at that time had churches with this shape."
Klein, a top student in history, stood at the door, looked up, and couldn't help but ruin Gehrman's acting style and commented.
"Yes, it is recorded in the classics of Church of Storms that going to the temple and going to the tomb means the unity of life and death."
Alger glanced at his teammates in surprise and added.
There was no room for me to interrupt at this time... Angel hummed to himself twice, and used Dark Vision to look inside the door, only to find that there was nothing in the vast space behind the door, except for a corridor on both sides and in the depth leading to other locations.
"The first floor should be safe."
She reminded, taking the initiative to move forward and enter the building first.
In such a small area, if the two Sequence 5 were allowed to explore the way, they might not be able to escape in real danger, so she had to go in front.
The other two people also acquiesced to this arrangement and followed suit. Klein quietly released the invisible "Admiral of Blood" Marionette, letting him float in the air., observing the surroundings of the team from another perspective to guard against sneak attacks, Alger pulled out the scimitar from his waist, and the muscles in his right hand holding the handle bulged, obviously he had used Beyonder Ability to strengthen himself.
Entering the building, Angel immediately discovered that the corridors leading to other locations on both sides had completely collapsed, and judging from the situation outside the building, there was probably no corresponding building in the direction in which they were connected.
And directly in front, where the altar of the church Prayer Hall should have been, there was only a deep cavity, leading to the bottom of the building.
Could it be the underground "tomb" that Alger mentioned?
Angel frowned and approached, and the invisible thread spread quietly, entering the cave first on her behalf and exploring the depths. She herself turned her gaze to the top of the cave, where the holy symbols of all major sects Prayer Hall hung.
There is no holy symbol on the wall, just a mural that has been almost erased by time.
There are towering mountain peaks drawn on it, layers of glorious crosses depicted in simple strokes, and a majestic figure standing at the foot of the mountain, embracing a stone slab, and Angel with wings around it.
If I hadn't known that this was a different world, I would have thought it was someone who was crucified...
Angel resisted the urge to speak harshly and looked at the other two people. Alger was also observing the mural with the help of a lantern, while Klein's eyes were a little out of focus. It was obvious that his sight was linked to his own Marionette.
"This is 'Ancient Sun God'...
"No wonder it's Fourth Epoch. No, it should be the style continued by Third Epoch. This is His church..."
Alger thought of something first, with a tone of shock and a hint of astonishment.
After his reminder, Angel remembered that as early as the end of last year, "the world", that is, Klein beside him, had reported an ancient ruins located on the outskirts of Backlund, and then, assisted by Arrodes in the dream, he watched the whole process of "Machinery Hivemind" exploring the ruins.
There, there are similar murals, as well as the young Adam and Amon next to "Ancient Sun God".
She looked at Klein, who also frowned and thought, and said after a moment:
"It should be him. The stone slab in his arms is a bit weird... but there shouldn't be anything hidden in the area on the ground, so it can only go underground."
He should have confirmed it with Marionette and Spirit Body Threads... Angel nodded, continued to drive the invisible thread to explore Underground Area, and walked slowly towards the entrance of the cave.
At the same time, she said:
"I detected some stone statues below... don't be too surprised when you see them."
Her silk thread had already entered the wide underground tunnel that seemed not to be built for humans. She had explored a long distance and knew what the three of them were going to face, so she warned them in advance.
Klein and Alger nodded silently.
"We..."
Seeing that everyone was ready, she spoke again, but heard a sound of footsteps coming from far and near, gradually becoming heavier. The three of them looked back. Outside the building gate, where the three of them had just approached, a huge monster over four meters tall, with a gray body, a pointed head, and six wings on its back was slowly approaching.
This can only provide "Marionettist" part of the Potion material. Six-Winged Gargoyle is holding a stone Long Halberd that is longer than his height in one hand, and holding a "Hunting Black Spider" that has turned into a stone statue in the other hand. With his eyes shining with red light, he is about to step into this building.
That was the only exit... There was no need to communicate. The three of them immediately understood the current situation and without hesitation, they drilled into the deep cave. They stepped on the wide stone steps, turned at a right angle, and entered the underground tunnel.
This corridor, which seems to have been built for giants, is about ten meters high, has an arched cross-section, and is so deep that there is no end in sight. In a completely lightless environment, only the lantern held by Hanged Man emits a faint light.
In the corridor, there are densely packed stone statues. Most of them are humanoid creatures, a few are animals of different sizes, and there is even a curled-up "Hunting Black Spider". They are arranged in an extremely regular manner along the wall from high to low, toward the entrance, like two rows of honor guards.
Giants, elves, humans, tigers, baboons, spiders... They are of different races, and their clothing styles span thousands of years. The only thing they have in common is that they are all gray and white, with exquisite and finely crafted surfaces, and Affliction, desperate expressions on their faces. Even animals are no exception.
Deep dark passages, lifelike stone statues... If Angel hadn't warned them in advance, this strange scene might have made them turn around and run away.
"That area?"
Frowning, Alger asked tentatively.
The three of them all recalled the frightening moment just now and the experience of being "Petrification" almost all over their bodies.
Are these "stone statues" originally living humans and animals?
If we were completely Petrification ed in that area, would we be moved here by that Six-Winged Gargoyle, with a face full of despair, and become part of them?
After a brief moment of shock, the three of them remembered that Alger was only about 5 minutes away from Fear of Firelight. They quickly got rid of their fear, walked around the stone statues neatly placed on both sides of the corridor, and walked deeper.
Behind him, the tall Six-Winged Gargoyle's footsteps were still approaching slowly. It sounded like he had entered the first floor of the building and was walking towards Underground Area.
If it weren't for "Teleportation" and "Mirror World" as a means of leaving here, we should go back and kill the gargoyles to ensure the evacuation passage... Angel thought about it and walked ahead, exploring the path with silk thread. Dark Vision scanned the stone walls on both sides of the corridor, and not surprisingly saw murals praising "Ancient Sun God".
Most of them are unrecognizable due to the cracking and collapse of the stone walls, but some are relatively complete and depict scenes similar to the mural above: a huge cross, layers of brilliance and a majestic figure. He is fighting against the raging floods, soothing the cracked Earth Mother, and gazing at the deep starry sky, as if he is resisting all evil spirits and Catastrophe for his believers.
Even the Church of the Seven Gods would not praise God so straightforwardly. After all, everyone has their own Holy Bible and will not take everything on themselves...Alger subconsciously wanted to slap his left chest with his right fist and say a few words for Lord of Storms that he believed in, but when he remembered that there were no "outsiders" here, he stopped pretending.
"This is similar to the mural in the temple of Forsaken Land of the Gods that Mr. 'Sun' said, but the praise there is 'True Creator', and here it is 'Ancient Sun God'."
He analyzed it calmly, not getting too nervous and giving up the exploration just because there were only a few minutes left.
Besides, the worst case scenario is to turn off the lanterns and explore in the dark. I, "Empress" and "The World" all have Dark Vision, and the fire is not necessary... Thinking this way, he looked at the "World" beside him, expecting the Tarot Club member who was obviously the most knowledgeable, and the beloved of Mr. Fool to give a certain answer.
"Perhaps this person has some connection with 'Fallen Creator' and the Creator whom City of Silver believes in. There are too many things about Third Epoch that current historians cannot confirm."
Klein replied.
Regarding this secret knowledge, he, or "Fool", does not know any more than other Tarot Club members.
My advantage lies in the diary of Roselle, and he is only a person who lived two hundred years ago. There are too many secrets hidden in Historical Void... He laughed at himself, urging the other two to move forward amidst the footsteps of the gargoyles that continued to approach behind him.
After walking past the murals, with the help of Angel to explore through silk threads and avoid dead ends, we came to a double stone door that was eight meters high with a gap.
The entrance is like this, and the corridor is also like this. This underground building is obviously not built for humans, or not just for humans... Thinking of the giant "stone statue" at the entrance of the corridor, and the tall gargoyles wandering nearby, Angel has a clear understanding.
Klein studied the symbols above the stone gates and confirmed that they represented death and rebirth and were often engraved at the entrances of cemeteries and mausoleums.
"It should be here. Considering that Qilingus's exploration took about ten minutes five years ago, he should have entered behind this door..."
Alger said, taking the initiative to extinguish the lantern in his hand to avoid falling into the Fear of Firelight state after 3 minutes and adversely affecting his teammates.
Qilingus as Sequence 6, but with "Creeping Hunger" is roughly equivalent to Beyonder of Sequence 5. We have two here Sequence 5, a Sequence 4, is not very dangerous... Angel used his eyes as a mirror and conducted a divination, and came to the conclusion that the danger was not high, and nodded to Klein and Alger.
One of them summoned "Wraith" and "Marionette", passed through the stone door and entered the interior. The muscles of both arms surged, and they used the power of rage to press directly against the thick stone door. They used the power of water and wind to lubricate the ancient mechanism, and pushed the door to both sides in an almost silent manner.
He is simply not as careful as those Storm Believer... Angel chuckled secretly, and his eyes that could distinguish things in the darkness penetrated deeper through the gradually widening crack in the door, and initially confirmed the situation in the room.
Sure enough, under the building that looked like a temple above was an ancient tomb hall... Her eyes swept over the gray and white sarcophagi in a circle, stopping in the blank space between them, and she was surprised to find a colorful painting on the ground.
Does it mean something special that the painting is on the ground instead of on the wall? As soon as this idea came to her mind, she was shocked by the content depicted in the painting.
This "floor painting" relies on a style that goes beyond the orderly composition that is popular today in Fifth Epoch. It uses dark tones and realistic brushstrokes to draw a long table from an overhead perspective. Lying on it is a figure carrying a cross. His body is covered in blood, some of his limbs are missing, there are holes in his abdomen and head, and white brains and black intestines are exaggeratedly gushing out.
Beside him, three tall figures who were majestic, handsome, or wise bent down, holding the arms dripping with blood and gnawing on them. They pressed the heads with brains and sucked them. They dug out the beating hearts and swallowed them whole. Their eyes showed evil and madness, which was completely inconsistent with their rather positive images.
The strangest thing is that between the chest and abdomen of the apparently dead figure lying on his back, there is a baby with dark skin and a body-length shadow. Like the other three, he is grabbing a piece of intestine and chewing it, as if he is enjoying a delicacy, but his expression is a little crazy, and he is faintly competing with the other people who are eating the corpse.
If the floor painting only depicts such crazy scenes, Angel would not be shocked. After all, after the revival movement of "artistic freedom" advocated by Roselle, there are not many paintings with hellish scenes and Devil's cruelty as themes. They are even loved by many rich and nobles, who secretly purchase and collect them privately, forming a small circle that prides itself on its advanced taste.
However, she recognized the identities represented by the figures in the painting...
Lying on the table and becoming food for others is obviously "Ancient Sun God" described in the mural in this building, and those three people with majestic appearance but extremely evil eyes, Angel has seen in the "True Creator" temple mural displayed by Mr. "Sun", and in the Backlund underground ruins explored by "World" Klein.
They, no, they are "Lord of Storms", "Eternal Blazing Sun", and "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" respectively!