Although Miss Knight and Miss Meister both had experience going to that ruins, it was the latter who still led the way. However, the three of them did not talk to each other after setting off. Shade felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward as he walked, and was worried that this would not be the best way.
As we were talking, I didn't know someone was falling behind, so I took the initiative to ask:
"Miss Meister, since time is tight, how about I carry Miss Knight on my back, and then we use our powers to speed up to our destination? It's really too slow to go this way."
"This desert has a lot of interesting effects."
The barefoot lady replied in a relaxed tone:
"In addition to the confusion of space and time, there is also a rule here that you must not be in a hurry. This rule is simple to say, the more anxious you are, the faster you will faint in the sun, and the more anxious you are to go to the destination, you will find the destination
The further away we are. To put it simply, it might take us longer to run than to walk.”
"Well, there shouldn't be any rules like 'calm down and naturally cool down' here, right?"
Shade asked hesitantly, and the lady naturally smiled and shook her head.
Shade intended to draw Miss Knight into the conversation, so he asked the female knight who was half a body behind him:
"How do you feel now?"
"It feels good, I can persevere."
The sound in the helmet was a bit muffled, and Shade couldn't imagine how muffled she was inside, but the advantage was that it could effectively protect her skin from direct sunlight.
"Can you tell what breed this cat is? Well, this is not my cat."
Shade asked again because he had nothing to say, so the female knight stared at the kitten with its tail on fire from inside her helmet:
"I'm sorry, I can't tell what kind of cat this is. But it must be of noble birth. Even the cats in Her Majesty's palace are not so beautiful."
Shade smiled immediately, he liked others to praise little Mia. As for the silly cat, he couldn't even understand the language of the Sixth Age, let alone the language of this era, so he was still looking at the scenery of the sand sea.
, ignored this conversation about it.
So he asked Miss Meister again:
"So can you tell what kind of cat this is?"
【Are you really looking for something to talk about?】
"Her" light voice seemed to bring the coolness of the night, and the saint didn't even turn around to look at little Mia:
"I'm not good at looking at cats. Of course, I also admit that this cat is indeed quite beautiful."
In the first "Dice Story Collection" that Iluna experienced, little Mia had the title of "Beautiful Cat", which is enough to show how charming this cat is.
Seeing that the gods were unwilling to answer this question, Shade continued to walk in the desert under the scorching sun while holding the cat in his arms. The cat struggled symbolically, and Shade reached out to touch the tip of little Mia's tail.
of flame.
The temperature of this flame was really not very high. Even if it came into direct contact with Shade's fingers, it only caused a slight stinging sensation.
"Meow~"
The cat struggled again, and Shade guessed that it wanted to walk on the sand by itself. But time was precious now, and Shade was not sure what was under the gravel in this strange place, so he would not let little Mia walk on the sand.
The short legs follow them.
With Miss Knight by his side, Shade had a lot to say that he couldn't say to Miss Meister. So he spent the rest of the journey talking with Miss Knight about her life experience of becoming a knight.
Although the knight lady was not very talkative, she would not avoid Shade's questions at all.
And her life so far has been as standard as Shade imagined. She was born in an ordinary knight's family. She has dreamed of becoming a witch since she was a child. After discovering that she could not awaken, she continued to train with her father in swordsmanship, and under her father's guidance
After resisting foreign enemies and dying, he inherited the identity of a knight.
The small kingdom where she lived had only one city, so a knight's daughter like her often went to the palace to play or read books with the current queen, the former princess, when she was a child.
Although the two parties cannot be said to be close friends, they can at least be regarded as companions who grew up together. Therefore, Knight is willing to carry out such dangerous tasks, not only because of the "loyalty" her father taught her when she was a child, but also because she wants to help herself.
friend.
The hot yellow sand is very hot to the feet, but once we start chatting, time seems to pass very quickly.
When the three of them climbed up a sand dune again, a small-looking building finally appeared in the distance of the desert landscape twisted by the heat.
"arrive."
Miss Meister said softly, and Miss Knight also stopped talking and looked forward:
"Mr. Hamilton, please prepare to put on your armor."
Shade didn't want to try to find out how far the mausoleum ruins would repel those who approached without armor, so he immediately stopped. He took out the golden cube and threw it twice, then restored it to
A huge golden box.
The box stood on the sand, shining brightly in the scorching sun. What I have to admit is that when the four sides of the box slowly unfolded toward the surroundings, revealing the lion-shaped armor inside, the golden look was quite impressive.
Very attractive.
"Meow~"
Little Mia screamed, Shade looked at it worriedly, and found that the flames on its tail seemed to be getting bigger and bigger:
"Is this really okay?"
【Yes, no problem.】
With the help of Miss Knight, Shade quickly put on the golden armor. The heat inside the armor was far beyond Shade's expectation. He was glad that he didn't put it on when he set off.
The golden armor seemed to glow in the sunlight, and Shade felt that its heat-absorbing ability seemed to be much stronger than ordinary metal.
Fortunately, the destination was not far away. Little Mia stood on the shoulders of the armor. The three of them continued to move forward, and soon they saw the entire ruins.
Just as Miss Knight and the others described, this is a church-style above-ground mausoleum, and indeed there is a statue of a knight standing in front of the mausoleum.
The armored knight holds the long sword thrust into his feet with one hand, and raises the other hand as if to wave forward, while his helmet is placed at his feet. As for the church behind the statue, which has no trace of erosion by the wind and sand at all.
It's actually a bit grander than Shade thought.
Although it is quite dilapidated from the front, at least there are no signs of collapse.
If you don't have to wear armor to get close to this place, the living conditions of this mausoleum are actually better than those of the Sun Temple. Of course, the premise is that you can also find a source of dirty water here.
Until the three of them came to the statue, Miss Meister still didn't wear armor, and Miss Knight didn't seem to realize this. At the same time, when thinking about this, Shade thought of little Mia who also came to the statue.
He was not repulsed, but later realized that it was just a cat, and cats couldn't wear armor.
The knight statue did not move or speak as the three approached. It stood there under the scorching sun as if it would remain unchanged forever, looking at the boring scenery in front of it.
There were no words around the statue, so the three of them walked around it and approached the church mausoleum at the back. A quarter of the closed door was already buried under the golden gravel. Miss Knight took the initiative to push it a few times.
:
"Locked."
"I come."
The female knight stepped back and the male knight moved forward. The gauntlet pressed against the door. After Shade frowned slightly, the cat, Miss Knight and Miss Meister all heard a series of clicks from the inside of the door~ clicks
~ sound.
But it wasn't over yet. Then, a ritual array composed of dots and curved lines appeared on the entire ruined outer wall of the church. It's just that this ritual rune lock was too seriously affected by the power of this weird desert.
, and was eventually completely broken open under the influence of the [Key of the Door].
Shade tried to push the door, but found that it still couldn't be pushed. So he carefully lifted the cat on his shoulder with his hand armor and handed it to Miss Knight.
After the female knight, who didn't understand why, took over the cat with its tail burning with flames, she saw Shade move his arms twice, causing the armor to make a clattering sound.
He stood in front of the door and bent forward slightly, pressing his left and right hands on the two doors respectively. As his feet exerted force, they pushed slightly backward on the sand, leaving two traces, and the door of the mausoleum finally opened.
There was a harsh squeaking sound, and Shade pushed the door open enough for people to enter.
"There's no need to push it completely open, it's not good if there's sand inside."
Shade said, reaching out his hand to Miss Knight. Then the agile cat immediately jumped from Miss Knight to the armband of the golden armor, and then jumped to Shade's shoulder. Shade walked into the place first.
Interior of the church mausoleum.
The temperature inside the church was even lower than that of the Temple of the Sun. Shade gasped for breath and felt the hard-won coolness. Miss Knight also took off her helmet, her gray hair stuck to her face, and she was sweating.
There was also a relaxed expression on his face.
The barefooted Miss Meister walked at the end and looked at the indoor space with them:
"It's really solemn."
This place is very similar to the "St. Perry Cemetery" that Shade once visited in the Randall Valley. In the completely enclosed indoor space, there are rows of neatly arranged long seats. There are faded murals on the walls. The deepest part of the church
Where the pulpit should have been, there was a rectangular stone coffin raised by a stone platform.
Although the interior of the church cannot receive sunlight from the outside, the interior is not completely dark. Above the coffin, soft white light fills the surface of the coffin. Although the faint light is not enough to provide illumination, the sense of sanctity also makes Shade and Knight
The lady subconsciously slowed down her pace.
The area here is actually not very large. After taking a few steps forward, the three of them came to the front of the coffin. Shade took out the fragment of the compass given to him by Granny Siam Nord. The light on the fragment
The point is indeed pointed directly at the coffin in front of you. It seems that the target this time is inside the coffin.
However, they were not in a hurry to open the coffin, because the large inscriptions on the coffin lid reminded those who would come after them of the price of opening the coffin.
This text is quite ancient, at least it does not belong to the fifth era. Naturally, Miss Knight could not understand it, so Shade, who was holding the cat, tilted his head and translated it. After reading it carefully twice, he turned around and looked at the church in surprise.
A statue of the knight stands outside.
Specifically, the text on the coffin describes a heroic story that happened in the long past. But the hero is still here, not in the coffin, but outside the church.