Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 388 The Shocker 2
In fact, the upper level of the Tomahawk Knights, located in the inner castle, failed to come out collectively to meet the reinforcements, but it was because of a small situation.Brother Teresa, who was in custody, and Sergeant Major Rodrigo who was also in the confession room escaped the custody together and disappeared.

To make matters worse, absconding with them was also a knight servant and several sergeants who were in charge of supervision.At this juncture, the situation is not good. The monk Delan, who was deliberately released by the enemy, has proved to be an unreliable member; and Rodrigo is even more troublesome.

After all, he is a reviled knight, so he naturally has some kind of potential immunity; and in the frontier garrison to which he belongs, he is known for being upright, fair, compassionate and approachable; he even dares to stand up for those civilian sergeants, so Has considerable appeal and influence.

Therefore, what makes the leadership of these Knights feel remorseful, annoyed, and worried is that once he is moved by Friar Teresa's nonsense, he will take some extreme actions; it will only cause greater chaos and commotion in the Knights; If they had the confidence to suppress by force in normal times.

However, at this critical moment when soldiers from other places are approaching the city, one cannot do so easily.Otherwise, it would be nothing more than embarrassment in front of the big group leader who came from the rear and the other sub-groups he brought.It would be an unforgivable crime if the enemy outside the city saw the opportunity.

Therefore, for a while, all the grand knights and other officials who are qualified to attend the knight meeting from the deputy head to the military judge, the coach, the flag officer, the accountant, and the secretary were mobilized to lead their subordinates. The knight and the knight's retinue carried out a search by digging three feet into the ground.

Because the deputy head, Ruiz, is worried that among the young apprentice knights and knight retinues, there may also be Rodrigo's sympathizers or even potential internal supporters; Hide or miss some traces.

However, on the ground of the inner fortress, there was a sea of ​​chickens flying around and searching endlessly; in the winding underground passage, monks Teresa and Rodrigo, also followed by sergeants with lanterns, slowly explored the depths and go.It's just that monk Teresa couldn't help but say:
"Good brother Rodrigo, you are crazier than I thought!" "I just suggested that you find a way to get out and make plans; but I didn't say that I will start investigating from the underground tunnel with you!" "Now But being implicated by you, I can't justify myself no matter what."

"That's why, Brother De Lan, you have to help me find enough evidence; put it in front of everyone." Rogrigor in the yellow cowhide armed suit cracked his mouth, showing his pale teeth, and said, "This way At the Cavaliers meeting, there is no way to reject our request and defense."

While he was talking, Brother Teresa suddenly stepped on something soft, and it exploded again with a bang; in the midst of an indescribable smell and the squeaking of rats scattered in all directions, he was ashen and numb. The hem of the robe was stained with a lot of unexplained filth;
Cultivator Teresa couldn't help but change his face, and then covered his mouth and nose again and quickened his pace.In fact, if someone hadn't led the way, it would be hard for him to imagine the underground of the inner castle; there is still such a part of space; but judging from the traces on the four walls, it seems that this place originated from ancient times.

"It should be here. My cousin Gregor disappeared in this neighborhood." At this time, another knight servant who had been silent in front of him suddenly stopped and said, "But they all told me that Gregor Rigo may just be hiding, or hiding in a brothel."

As his words fell, everyone had already entered a relatively open underground space; this underground space seemed quite deep, so that their lights could not illuminate it all.And overhead was a long, narrow shaft; only a very faint dim light shone down.

And under this dim light, all kinds of garbage discarded through the narrow shaft opening above piled up like hills.At this time, the faint sound of wind and water splashing seemed to appear in everyone's ears.Obviously not connected.

However, at the next moment, the knight servant holding the lantern suddenly rushed forward; ignoring the stench of the hills of garbage soaked in the sewage, he used the scabbard he was carrying to move and dig up; and under his demonstration, Several other sergeants were also stunned for a while, and stepped forward to help.

So not long after, a pale and blue arm was exposed on the top layer of the rubbish hill; then it turned into a body that was disemboweled, and all the internal organs were dug out; A corpse that had been bitten and mutilated; but it was a female corpse with an obvious gender.

Such a tragedy caused the monk Delan present to change his expression greatly, and could no longer hold back his throat and vomited on the spot; while Rodrigo said with an even more serious expression: "This kind of cutting marks, in this city In here, there really are evil spirits sneaking in, killing lives?"

And the other soldiers who used the wooden poles they carried to dig and rummage also let out low exclamations again: a thick arm was turned out again under the pile of buried female corpses; The arm was also bitten into the bone, and there were still fragments of the armor.

Impressively, they were wearing yellow cowhide armor with the same texture and pattern as these fellow soldiers; this discovery greatly stimulated them, and they sped up their movements; , while floating more swollen limbs.

However, just when they were full of anger and panic, concentrating on the discovery in this rubbish hill; suddenly Rodrigo drew his sword and turned around, and slashed at the German who kept making the cross and praying again and again. Brother Lan; I saw his face was full of surprise and panic, and he retreated.

Just listen to the sharp blade passing by his head, and cut something in the darkness behind him; there was a creepy crisp sound, and the movement of falling on the ground with a crash.Brother Teresa also couldn't help turning his body sideways in horror, and swung the short-handled mace in his hand; but only saw a pool of broken bones.

"Stay alert, stay close to each other, everyone be careful, there are strange things approaching." Rogrigao's voice sounded at the right time; "We seem to have been alarmed, there is something hidden underground." His words did not finish , There are also large areas of bubbling in the sewage around the garbage hill.

Like the tumbling and boiling old methane, it emits more suffocating and dizzy gases; it also causes a layer of low mist to appear in the dark space illuminated by the surrounding lights at some point .Then, skulls full of dirt and attachments emerged one after another.

Then, the soldiers gathered around Rogrigao, in a state of horror and anger, waved their weapons vigorously and knocked down one after another; and turned into sinking bone fragments again; Bones, as if they are endless, are overwhelming.

Until, Rodrigo, who closed his eyes and held the sword as if listening to the sound, raised the broad sword in his hand again, and suddenly pierced through the garbage mountain.With an indescribable piercing scream; like gophers emerging endlessly, the skeletons emerging from the sewage suddenly scattered all over the ground.

And at the end of the wide sword that Rogrigao lifted vigorously from the inside of the garbage dump; everyone also saw a small and thick skeleton that looked like a dwarf; it was just a faint phosphorus fire gathered on the skeleton; it was rapidly dissipating; In the end, it was brittle like weathered and decayed, scattered into gravel and scattered.

"This is the 'gathering of bones', an abnormal phenomenon that occasionally appears on the battlefield." Rogrigao's voice sounded again, in this dark space: "It is said that the special resentment of the dead is gathered together to form a special phenomenon. Existence, only the instinct of constantly collecting and repairing the body remains."

"If it's just a single individual, even women and children can be easily crushed; but after gathering enough numbers, even well-trained knights will find it difficult." Then he said coldly to those sergeants who were still in shock: "So , How many people were killed here!"

In fact, Roderick was active in the frontline fighting against the pagan army in his early years; later, he had to fight against the Christian army and lords who came to the Holy Kingdom under the command of the prince of Zaragoza; All kinds of cruel scenes and methods brought about by war.

Especially for those heathen captives, or heretics/Moors who were originally converted by Christians; unless they have enough value in exchange for ransom, otherwise they fall into the hands of those soldiers with fanatical beliefs, and even death immediately A rare luxury.

Therefore, in those battlefields where there were too many dead people, or lynching places where people were tortured to death; it was not that he hadn't heard of all kinds of strange rumors.So he said again, "Since the 'wreckage' has appeared, you have to be more careful that the cut wound is festering and hard to heal."

"What's that?" Friar Teresa couldn't help trembling again: at the same time, the mace in his hand was thrown; it immediately hit two will-o'-the-wisps in the darkness; Canine-like whine: This is like a sudden explosion signal.

In an instant, the sergeants, who were under a certain kind of high tension and pressure, immediately waved their weapons like a stress response and swarmed up; they were almost scrambling to stab and chop in the darkness.A moment later, the wind lamps that gathered also illuminated a bloody corpse.

It was a creature about the size of a domestic dog, but almost all the hair had fallen off, leaving only the bald skin with blue veins and blood vessels pumping; on the head, there was a structure similar to a bone plate, but it was Most of it was smashed; while the dirty blood and body fluids were slowly twitching.

"This, it seems to be... a corpse dog!" Rodrigo, who was guarding and covering with another knight follower, also walked over and said in a deep voice: "A kind of corpse that ate too much corruption and pollution, and mutated The wild dogs. Then we need to go back and find more support."

"Why?" Brother Teresa couldn't help asking: "This strange-looking corpse dog alone doesn't seem to be enough to convince the rest of the Knights..."

"Because there is never only one corpse dog moving alone." Roderick said with a solemn expression: "What's more, I saw traces of restraint collars and nooses, which means that this thing is probably someone It is specially raised, and even used as a means of warning."

As if confirming his words, there was also the sound of small and dense footsteps in the hollow at the end of the darkness in the distance; they were approaching the range illuminated by the lights.Rodrigo's face also changed: "Next, don't put down the lantern..."

Then he grabbed a wind lamp and threw it in the direction of the voice in the dark depths with all his strength.The moment it splattered and ignited on the wall, it immediately illuminated the hollowed out layers and grids on the four walls, piled up withered bones, and strangely shaped moving reflections.

(End of this chapter)