Alan was originally the weakest of the divine knights in this Judgment Knight team, looked down upon by his companions, and in an awkward position like the young divine master Garcia. However, he was clever and always kept a low profile, almost never making mistakes. Moreover, he was not a bad person. Seeing that Garcia's situation among the divine masters was similar to his own, he felt compassion and came over to give him some pointers.
After saying that, Alan shook his head and turned to leave the side hall.
Looking at the empty, deathly silent side hall, the young priest Garcia sighed and shook his head, seemingly very dissatisfied with something. He muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, "The [ Eye of Crystal ] can't find them. It's possible they're protected by an even more powerful Undead Magic, or perhaps they've found an ancient graveyard where the pervasive Death Energy can conceal their presence... In short, there are too many possibilities. Why are your thoughts so strange, going to such absurd places? To embarrass him? Would I do such a thing? How boring!"
A strange smile appeared on the young priest's face, and he walked out of the side hall.
The moonlight was cold and frosty, and a series of light footsteps could be heard in the distance.
Garcia looked around and saw several knights and priest apprentices from the Twin Flag City Diocese, accompanied by a dozen or so beautiful women dressed in white robes, slowly walking up the steps in the distance under the moonlight. These girls were all around eighteen or nineteen years old, as beautiful as flowers, their fair faces radiating a holy glow. Some girls had expressions of surprise and anticipation, while others looked somber, and still others had tears streaming down their faces, their expressions filled with humiliation and helplessness.
"What's going on?" The young priest frowned slightly, blocked the group's path, and asked.
A knight squire trotted up from behind with a fawning smile, saying obsequiously, "My lord, these are all choir virgins, meant to serve the lords of the Divine Judgment Squad in bed first. Hehe, I guarantee they are all genuine virgins." The other knight squires and priest apprentices nodded and smiled obsequiously as well. Although the young priest Garcia held a low position in the Divine Judgment Squad, in the eyes of these knight squires and priest apprentices from the Twin Flag City Diocese, he was already a high-ranking figure, and they dared not show the slightest disrespect.
"A choir virgin? To serve in bed?" Garcia could hardly believe his ears.
Although he had heard many dark rumors beforehand about virgins in the Church's choir Summon to bed by high-ranking figures within the Church, he never believed them, but now he had actually witnessed it... How could such a sordid thing happen in the sacred Church? These virgins in the choir, who might ultimately be saints serving the gods, were defiled by these lowly criminals?
"How dare you! You are incredibly audacious, utterly outrageous!" The young priest, radiating immense power and an inviolable majesty, roared, "Who dares to demand that a choir virgin serve them in bed? You blasphemous bastards, take them back immediately! Do you want to be hanged?"
The knights' squires and the priest's apprentices were terrified and ran away in a panic, as if it were the end of the world. They never expected that their flattery would backfire so badly. They apologized and knelt down, then staggered away with the choir girls as if fleeing.
Garcia felt a surge of silent anger, yet also a profound sense of powerlessness.
Because he had just clearly seen some of the choir girls leave with slightly regretful expressions, their eyes filled with resentment as they looked at him, as if he had taken away some opportunity from them.
"A woman like this is worse than a prostitute. What right does she have to be selected for a holy choir? God, has the Church truly become so corrupt? Why is this happening? God's glory has been tarnished! God, please punish these wavering believers!"
The young priest knelt on the ground in prayer.
He knew in his heart that the so-called "serving the emperor in bed" must have been orchestrated by someone from the Divine Judgment Squad; otherwise, a small Twin Flag City Diocese would never have dared to do such a thing. Perhaps this matter was even approved by the Red-Robed Deacon Pellegrini... This made him even angrier.
"The most important thing right now is for Arthur and me to recover our strength, otherwise the Church will find us again sooner or later and hunt us down."
The tense atmosphere in the main hall of the [ Ancient Castle of Death ] has vanished.
The campfire crackled softly as it burned. The little boy Arthur had already drunk six or seven bottles of wine from Sun Fei, while the Necromancer Hasselbaink sat facing Sun Fei, his expression serious as he began to plan what would happen next.
"Do you have any way to restore your strength?" After the conversation, Sun Fei knew that due to being hunted down by the Church for a long time and being injured, the strength of the Necromancer and the bone dragon Arthur was less than 40% of their peak, falling to around the second or third stage of the Mid-Tier New Moon. If they could not be healed in time, they might continue to decline.
" Arthur and I came to the vicinity of Twin Flag City for this very reason. The day after tomorrow is the day the [ Gate of Gods and Demons ] opens, which happens once every fifty years. Legend has it that the [ God and Demon Palace ] contains countless wondrous training grounds. Perhaps we can find a way to restore our strength here." Hasselbaink clearly didn't know much about the [ God and Demon Palace ]. Whether they could truly find a way to restore their strength inside was just a guess, not certain.
However, Sun Fei was very interested in the God and Demon Palace. Upon hearing these words, he perked up and asked, "[ God and Demon Palace ]? Where is it? It sounds like a very mysterious place. Is it the God and Demon Ruins?"
"Yes, it is indeed a God and Demon Ruins, a very special God and Demon Ruins. It's located in a body of water more than 500 meters below the surface near Twin Flag City. Legend has it that it was once the ocean temple of the Merfolk Clan who followed the Demon Clan during the ancient war between gods and demons. After the war ended, for some unknown reason, what was originally a vast ocean sank underground, covered by sand and Rock, forming a unique underground waterway. It was buried in the long course of history until 500 years ago, when this site was accidentally discovered by a powerful figure, attracting countless powerful figures from across the continent and empires to fight over it. Originally, many people..." It was determined that, given the scale and state of preservation of this palace, it was definitely a level six or higher God and Demon Ruins, enough to support the emergence of a level six empire. However, after countless explorations, it was discovered that the God and Demon Palace's treasures had long been looted by some unknown entity, leaving behind no relics, wealth, or various Dou Qi and magical techniques. Even more fatal was the fact that the ruins were fraught with danger. The traps and mechanisms set by the merfolk had been preserved, and those magical traps and mechanisms from the divine and demonic era were incredibly terrifying. Even the legendary Great Sun Venerable would have been in mortal danger if he entered them.
With Hasselbaink's explanation, Sun Fei finally understood the origin of the palace in the boundless underground waters.
After years of arduous exploration, Great Sun-Rank Venerable jointly announced that the God and Demon Palace beneath the waters contained no treasures, but was instead fraught with danger. They advised the powerful figures of the continent not to venture there and risk their lives.
However, due to the presence of some wondrous magical traps and devices originating from the era of gods and demons, it serves as a training ground for honing martial arts skills and testing the temperament of warriors. Therefore, every fifty years after the Gate of Gods and Demons opens, some powerful individuals who have reached a bottleneck and some outstanding up-and-coming talents come here to hone themselves, hoping to take a further step on the path to becoming a powerful figure. Some adventurers who are not satisfied come here to try their luck, and some magicians and assassins with considerable magical skills come here to learn the art of traps and mechanisms. Unfortunately, the principles and texts of those traps and mechanisms have long been lost to the distant past and cannot be restored or implemented. Many powerful individuals believe that the laws of heaven and earth changed during the war between gods and demons, and these traps have never been able to be realized in the real world.
As time passed, this once coveted God and Demon Ruins gradually fell into neglect. Since there was little profit to be made from it, the enthusiasm of various empires and countless super-powerful individuals for this God and Demon Palace quickly waned.
Of course, this information only circulated among a small number of powerful individuals and was not known to ordinary people.
Hasselbaink had visited the God and Demon Palace three times before, but had gained almost nothing. This time, he was only trying his luck when he had nowhere else to turn, hoping to find a way to restore his strength in this ruin. The worst outcome would be to be buried in this mysterious palace, which was much better than dying at the hands of the hypocritical Church.
After listening, Sun Fei remained silent for a long time.
It turns out there's more to the story than meets the eye. This boundless expanse of water and the layered underwater palaces were already known to many, and it wasn't His Majesty the King who first discovered them. This inevitably left him feeling somewhat disappointed. After more than five hundred years of exploration, and with the participation of several Venerable Mahavairocana, it seemed there were indeed no treasures left in the palaces, much to the dismay of His Majesty the King, who had just made a fortune.
"Since you've been inside, do you know that within this palace there is a colossal altar, a thousand meters high?" Sun Fei roughly described the shape of the [ God and Demon Altar ] to Hasselbaink. Finding the [ God and Demon Altar ] to Cleansing the corrupted [ Worldstone ] and awaken his two sleeping confidantes was Sun Fei's most important goal.
"No." The Necromancer pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "I have never seen such a building before."
First update.
I went to look at houses today and got back late, sorry guys. I just realized how heavy the pressure of life is, Xiaodao so poor.
Fight like a real man.