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After entering the safe road on the right, Agaritu walked a few hundred meters forward and saw an open door.

This door is entirely made of bronze, has no spiritual luster, and is an ordinary item. It is thick, ancient, and engraved with an abstract running demon wolf (but it is painted like a spider because of too many legs), waving a huge stone.

Giants with sticks and weapons, humans only the size of a giant's hand, a sun bigger than a giant, thunder and lightning and clouds floating in the sky.

The sun is at the top, occupying a large area, with radiating straight lines to express the light. There are many patterns with the characteristics of the past era in the gaps, which are filled to the full.

The door opens from the middle, and the sun is divided into two symmetrical halves. The part engraved with humans happens to be separated from the giant and magic wolf side. The exquisite design contains hints about the history of that time.

This bronze door has been preserved quite well. If placed in the outside world, it would be an important cultural relic that could shock the archaeological community. Its status may be comparable to that of the "Si Mu Wu Ding" in the ancient civilization. It is an important reference to the culture of the ancient era.

Verification from scratch. And judging from the performance of the carvings, the sun occupies the supreme position, and the eternal blazing sun may be the biggest winner.

Of course, it is more likely that this item was blocked by major churches as soon as it was put on the market, or that it was destroyed on the spot because it did not have the characteristics of a sealed item.

The spirit, which inherited the main body's preference for "lost things" and the instinct to explore, also became very interested in this carving. He raised the lamp in his hand higher, studied the carvings carefully in a ritualistic manner, and

All are recorded in one's own memory.

There is an inconspicuous mechanism on the ground behind the door. As long as you step on it, the door will slowly close.

After carefully reading all the carvings on the door, Agaritu was about to enter the door when he suddenly noticed that the light in his hand illuminated a hidden mural. He was not sure whether this mural had just appeared because his attention

The power was all on the gate itself.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he turned around, raised the lamp in his hand, and approached the mural.

This mural is connected to the mural outside, but it should not be by the same person. The one in front of you is obviously more refined and more freehand, while the one outside is more similar to symbols, or even expressions of words.

He saw the mural clearly.

Above the mural was a sea of ​​burning flames, which split from the middle and opened a road.

On the road, there is a long procession, the members either bow their heads piously or kneel on the ground, aiming at the depths of the sea.

Their leader was a tall and thin man with long silver hair, soft features, closed eyes, and layers of wings on his back.

Agaritu's expression remained unchanged. A name came to his lips, but was not spoken.

Then, he said: "Do you understand?"

There was silence in the dark and narrow passage. After a few seconds, a foot appeared silently on the edge of the light, then two legs, and finally a person walked into the area covered by the light, bowing slightly.

"I understand, dear captain."

Anderson spat out a mouthful of blood and said with a bright smile: "This is the pilgrimage road to a certain god in the legend of the ancient era. The right side is for people, and the left side is for sacrifices. The sacrificial flocks

Walk in front, so you are the last to disembark as a pilgrim."

He was wearing a blood-stained white shirt and a torn black vest. There was a lot of blood on his face and body. He had injuries on his abdomen, but they were not serious.

This answer was barely adequate, at least not illiterate... Agaritu turned to him: "They are all dead?"

Anderson moved into the light, then sat down on the ground, tore off a long strip of cloth from his clothes, and bandaged the wound on his arm that he had been covering with his hands. He bit the strip of cloth in his mouth, some

Said vaguely:

"Yes, dear captain."

"We were attacked by an extraordinary item and an extraordinary creature. Our Dawn Knight failed to block the sealed object that was stronger than him, and our wizard also failed to correctly identify the extraordinary creature that would turn into someone else.

Captain, your subordinates have no idea of ​​united fighting. With all due respect, he is stupid and arrogant. He sat back and watched us being killed and retreated, but did not think about who would cooperate with them after we died. So in the end they all

Dead."

Agaritu was a little surprised, but not surprised.

A sealed object used to slaughter livestock does not need to be of a high sequence. If it is higher than the "Warrior" Sequence 6, it will most likely be Sequence 5. The "human skin shadow" I saw on the road has been harassing the team.

", is just a piece of material corresponding to "Soothsayer" sequence 6. And risk

The team composed of the gambler and the sailor included two Sequence 5s, Anderson and Gilcias, and two or more Sequence 6s. They were all experienced Beyonders, and their overall strength was much higher than that of their opponents. They were almost equal to one person and one punch.

It can defeat sealed objects and extraordinary creatures to the point where they are no longer prototypes.

However, just because they were caught in the darkness and unable to grasp the situation immediately, they were all killed by the enemy with an overwhelming advantage in a short period of time with almost no defense.

It's a pity that their extraordinary characteristics will probably be used as part of the sacrifices and taken away by the Aurora Society's pilgrim team.

He already knew who the person who had been here before was.

Along the way, there are mural signs, carvings from the ancient Sun God era, cross emblems, and modern products. There is a high probability that they came here because they went on a routine pilgrimage to the Eastern Continent in October last year, but for some reason they suddenly lost contact with the Aurora Society pilgrimage team!

"Be happy, Gilcias is dead, and no one wants to kill you now." Agaritu said, "How did he die?"

Anderson laughed in an extremely honest and kind manner.

"When I heard the Dawn Rider finally calling us to run, I knew it was over and immediately turned around and ran."

"He ran away too."

"He ran with several other people, and the sealed object chased after him. If he got close to five meters, he would trip someone down."

"In the end, he also tried to trip me down, but I was faster than him!" Anderson smiled and made a punching gesture. "He fell, so I ran out as hard as I could, and then ran out of the sacrifice passage.

, saw the murals and came here.”

After saying this long paragraph, Anderson let out a sigh of relief, and his expression became weak and sluggish.

He said with great sincerity: "Dear captain, maybe there will be a place where I can be useful as a pathfinder, but I am about to starve to death."

Agaritu smiled: "You can live for more than five hours, and the body may also be useful."

After finishing speaking, he looked back at the "Angel of Destiny" on the mural behind him and said meaningfully:

"You walked into the path of sacrifice but escaped safely. Maybe this is also the choice of fate. Maybe you can pray in your heart and pray that fate will choose you again."

Behind him, Anderson, who already knew that he would not be able to get any charity, looked even more ugly. He knew very clearly that both his physical condition and his mental state had fallen into an extremely dangerous situation. His eyes were dizzy, but he still forced a smile and said: "

Destiny? Sorry Captain, I don’t really believe in that. If I believed in destiny, I would be serving dishes in the restaurant back home.”

"Did someone predict that you would be serving dishes in a restaurant?"

The devil chatted with him casually and walked towards the open door. Anderson did not dare to hesitate, stood up with force, and followed behind with staggering steps.

"My head teacher, the old man." This time, the hearty smile on Anderson's face that seemed to be disguised became a little more real due to the memory. He said with regret, "The old man firmly believed that people like me would have no future. He was afraid that I would starve to death, so he suggested

I went to study art, but I didn’t like drawing according to the requirements of those old-fashioned examiners, so I ended up skipping school.”

"It's apostasy." Agaritu said, "It sounds like you are from the Church of the God of Knowledge."

——The word "head teacher" is a special word that can be called Lundborg.

Because it has the meaning of both "professor who manages the class" and "priest", a more accurate translation should be "bishop responsible for the small class system". Only the clergy of the Church of Knowledge will have the two responsibilities of priest and teacher at the same time.

Therefore, as soon as this title appeared, it was applied for use by the bishop of Lemberg. They believed that this term was specially designed for them by Emperor Russell. But for some reason, Emperor Russell, who created this term, insisted on using this less formal term.

The "head teacher" is regarded as the official translation.

Anderson stepped on the mechanism with discernment, and the thick bronze door slowly closed behind them.

"I have flexible prayer guidelines."

He didn't say much about his faith, because he didn't have any serious faith at all: "You are right, but in the eyes of the old man, my apostasy was nothing more than skipping school. He was even happy that there was finally no one in the class.

A guy named Anderson Hood raises the average every week

On the night when I skipped school, he opened the door for me and gave me a map. He said that being a traveler outside to study the local customs was also a good career direction, so he assigned me a hundred travel essays and told me to go abroad.

route, for fear that I would be caught smuggling and embarrass him."

Anderson suddenly couldn't speak anymore. He felt like he was telling the story of his life, as if the next step was to find a place to lie down, say his last words and pass away with a smile.

But the Demon Captain turned his head and said, "Hurry up, it's time to hit the road."

Dark corridors, demons with lanterns, murals praising ancient gods along the way... Anderson laughed dryly and quickened his pace, feeling that he was really going to die.

He suppressed his embarrassment and subtle feelings, laughed, and continued in a lively manner:

"On the way out of the country, I met an old man who was telling fortunes on a bridge. He was talking nonsense and the price was extremely expensive."

"I saw that he hadn't eaten in a few days, so I went to check it out and asked him which country I should go to. He said that I should go to the restaurant to serve the dishes."

"In the first few years after I came out, I didn't take this sentence seriously, but after staying at sea for a long time, I occasionally thought that maybe it would be good to serve the dishes. But I didn't really want to serve the dishes. I escaped just for the novelty and excitement.

of life.”

After walking a few steps in silence, he laughed lightly:

"This adventure in the Forsaken Land is also very exciting, dear captain."

Agaritu did not answer. The only sound in the corridor was the sound of shoe soles on the ground, echoing continuously in the empty environment.

Soon, a flickering light source appeared at the end, which should be thunder and lightning from the outside world.

In the mural, the believers who are kneeling or advancing are quietly frozen in different postures. In the direction of the exit, walking in front, the leader holding a wooden staff raises his hands to welcome the light after darkness.

——If there were no thunder and lightning and darkness, there should be the light of the sun after the long and oppressive corridor. This is a baptism.

After walking out of the passage, the outside world came into view.

Two dim towers and black buildings are connected to each other by covered bridges, enclosing a wide gray stone square.
To be continued...