With Brother Wadin there, getting into the Underground Catacombs was no trouble.
They hadn't expected the usually deserted cemetery to be bustling when they arrived at dusk. Numerous people in Church attire hurried about, some familiar, some strangers, and there were even more outsiders who clearly had nothing to do with the place.
Carrying all kinds of tools, they accepted a token blessing and a substantial advance payment, then nervously filed into the narrow Tomb Passage, barely wide enough for one person. It was as if the place below had suddenly become a construction site on the verge of breaking ground.
The Church personnel left on duty filled Brother Wadin in on the general situation.
After Father Green had been transferred, all investigations into the Sewer had been halted, and no further instructions had been issued.
The Inquisition personnel were still stationed here. They had no idea what they were doing either, and were simply guarding the entrance while waiting for a final decision.
As a result, they hadn't received orders to seal the entrance, but they had encountered an unexpected disaster.
The sudden tremors had reached this place too. Since the buildings in sight were mostly intact, the people on the surface had initially remained calm. But when those below didn't come up to ask what had happened, they realized something was wrong and hurriedly sent someone to investigate.
The passageways and tombs built entirely into the rock had suffered far more damage than the surface, and the farther down they went, the worse it got.
At last, near the temporary camp, they found the reason no one had come back up, just as they'd expected.
Perhaps because construction had been abandoned halfway through, and the builders had made use of a natural fissure in the rock, the Tomb