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"Gugu, gugu"

Several strings of bubbles erupted from the artificial lake in the back garden of the Grand Duke's Palace of York.

A spherical transparent magic shield emerged from the lake, and two figures appeared in the sky again, jumping onto the shore at the same time.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Except for the fragrance of flowers intruding into the nose and the chirping of insects around, there was no one around.

"Walk!"

Without saying much, Anthony took out a map from his arms and took the lead in clearing the way.

Feifan, who was following closely behind, had no time to appreciate the surrounding scenery, so he followed Anthony and headed forward.

"You seem to be very familiar with the terrain of the Grand Duke's Palace, Anthony!"

Raising the map in his hand, Anthony did not reply, but just led Fei Fei around in the backyard of the Grand Duke's Mansion.

"Tch, what's so big about it!"

About half an hour later, Anthony stopped at a waterside pavilion.

"Click, click, click" a sound of gears biting sounded.

Before Feifan could ask questions, Anthony walked behind a statue and touched something unknown. A secret door appeared under the base of the statue.

"Let's go! It should be down here."

What's below? Watching Anthony's figure disappear into the dark secret door, Fei Fei hurriedly followed.

Entering the underground, the two took advantage of the dim light of the Bright Stone and came to a staircase.

The stairs were spiraling all the way down, and after walking nearly hundreds of steps, they finally reached the bottom.

In the corridor at the end, both sides were inlaid with light stones. During the transition between light and darkness, Fei Fei blocked his eyes.

Fei Fei and Anthony, who had adapted to the light, came to the end of the corridor, in front of a huge black stone door.

Two black gargoyles stood on both sides of the door. On the two opposite doors, a black sword was carved on one side and a black sickle was carved on the other.

"Dark Holy Sword?", "Death Scythe?"

Fei Fei, who had guessed something, finally knew where this place was when he heard Anthony's muttering to himself.

"Kakaka"

The seemingly thick door opened with a gentle push from Fei Fei.

There is only a stone fence behind the door, and beyond the fence is an all-devouring darkness.

"Holy Light"

Dazzling light emanates from the finger, illuminating everything around it.

When he saw the scene under the fence, Feifan's eyes were filled with shock from the bottom of his soul.

A huge rectangular building appeared in front of the two people on a third-level white jade base.

The building is surrounded by huge white marble columns, which are carved into two shapes.

One is in a wide black robe, holding a huge scythe in his hand, and the other is in full body armor, holding a sword in both hands and standing between his feet in a cross shape.

"This is the Dark Temple?" Fei Fei asked uncertainly.

Although he knew the general appearance of the places where the major gods descended from the Advent Code, Fei Fei couldn't believe what he saw in front of him.

"This is the Dark Temple!"

He turned around and answered Fei Fei's question, but Anthony saw a trace of regret flashing through Fei Fei's eyes.

"The Dark Temple is divided into the front hall, the main hall and the back hall!"

"The front hall is mostly for sacrifices, as well as murals and reliefs praising the gods. The main hall is the statue of the Lord of Darkness, where believers pray. The back hall is where sacrifices and God-given things are stored."

"Brother Anthony, go down and take a look. The tour guide explains while watching, you can't just talk!"

The two of them climbed over the fence and jumped down. The drop of twenty to thirty meters was still very easy for the two magic swordsmen.

Looking at it from the fence, I feel that the Dark Temple is not small to my senses. Only when you get closer can you really know what big is.

The main building of the Underwriters Association Tower in Sissel Territory seemed to be extremely majestic, but compared with the Dark Temple in front of it, it was insignificant.

The cornerstones on the four sides of the third-level base were in a straight line, but after walking around for half a circle, it was obvious that the cornerstones had been adjusted.

The four cornerstones of the Dark Temple are slightly higher in the center than at the two ends. They look closer to a straight line, avoiding the stiffness and rigidity caused by pure straight lines.

Correspondingly, the eaves of the roof of the hall have also been slightly adjusted.

In terms of the arrangement of the pillars, not all are vertically juxtaposed. Among the pillars on the east and west sides, only the central two are truly perpendicular to the ground, and the rest are slightly tilted toward the center; the distance between the corner pillars and the adjacent pillars is longer than the distance between the two central pillars. The distance between them is smaller and the column body is thicker.

The reason for this treatment is that the corner pillars are on a bright background outside, while the background of the other pillars is a darker wall. Human visual habits will make pillars of the same size appear thicker on a dark background and thinner in bright areas. Vision correction is to do the opposite and make the bright pillars thicker so that they look consistent.

Likewise, the columns of the inner gallery are thinner and more grooved. The gables are not absolutely vertical, but slightly tilted inward, so that pilgrims standing on the ground will not feel that the standing wall is tilted outwards. Decorative reliefs and statues tilt outward to enhance three-dimensional vision.

The reliefs on the top of the corridor in the front hall record scenes of the heroic figure of the Lord of Darkness during the battle between the gods, cutting down a mountain with a sword and cutting off a river with a sickle.

The huge pillars with jade steps, painted eaves and carved eaves are all decorated with reliefs, making it a spectacular sight.

"Kordo Feifan, come here quickly!"

Anthony's call rang out from the front, Fei Fei walked through a square pool and entered the main hall.

The first thing that entered the extraordinary field of vision was a tall statue of a god twenty meters high. The statue had a black robe on the front and armor on the back. It had a sickle in one hand and a sword in the other.

"Both weapons are artifacts and have not escaped."

He stretched out his hand to touch the end of the death scythe, and a biting coldness instantly spread to his limbs.

At the same time, a huge black crystal at the top of the front hall lit up.

Black light illuminates the entire dark master statue.

At the end of the light is darkness.

Standing at the foot of the huge statue, Fei Fei raised his head and looked around.

It can be imagined that in order to match the statue of the god, two layers of white marble columns were used in front of the temple to surround the left, right and rear of the giant statue.

It reaches the top of the hall and has an empty corridor beside it, which further highlights the height of the statue.

The eaves are also simple and elegant, and the front beams do not have three long panels and middle panels.

There is a blank area in front of the statue leading to the door, without any debris. A rectangular pool is hollowed out near the base of the statue of the Lord of Darkness. The water in the pool is used to reflect the black light coming from the top of the front hall, which further reflects the image of the Lord of Darkness. Mysterious and powerful.

"What? You want to change your beliefs?" Anthony, who appeared from behind the statue, teased.

"How could it be! My faith in the God of Order and the Goddess of Nature is extremely firm!"

"Have you ever heard of someone who believes in two gods? You are really hypocritical!"

"If I were being hypocritical, I would believe in all seven gods! Have you discovered anything?"

Without returning, Anthony raised his chin and motioned to the statue's feet.

The black stone plate has a large groove in the middle. Counting the five smaller grooves around it, if they are connected in a straight line, it will be a five-pointed star.

"Do you have high-quality dark crystals, which are dark magic crystals?"

"No!"

"This should be a prayer ceremony. Unlike the sacrificial ceremony in the front hall, no sacrifice is required."

After a little research on the "Advent Code", the prayer ceremony is to pray to the gods to receive the gods' favor.

It can give you artifacts and semi-divine weapons, super high-level forbidden skills, or it can come directly to your home and take your whole family to the Kingdom of God.

Of course, these are all speculations left by high-level scholars in the Codex. After all, it is impossible for major church organizations to not perform such rituals.

However, little feedback was received, and many of the miracles were mostly false and fabricated.

"Let me try!"

If there is no dark magic crystal, other stones will make up for it. However, what makes Feifan depressed is that he has tried all kinds of magic crystals and even the Kongming Stone.

To no avail.

"The door leading to the apse is sealed and cannot be opened!"

What kind of monster is that? The fraternity brother who risked his life for not getting any benefits did not die in vain.

Facing the extremely depressed Anthony, any words of comfort seemed pale.

"I can only spread the news here after I go out. The Dark Church will definitely be interested. I wonder if the Grand Duke's Mansion will be transformed into the Dark Church in the future! Hahaha"

Feifan is not interested in this kind of method that harms others but does not benefit oneself.

"Anthony, do you think the Duke of York is a good person or a bad person?"

"None of the nobles are good people!" Anthony retorted, which made Fei Fei glare for a moment.

"Haha, you don't think I'm really that shallow, do you? Haha, just kidding!"

Immediately, Anthony sat on the feet of the statue, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"York City's geographical location is very important. It leads directly to the royal capital to the north, and to the south is the rich land of the entire kingdom. In terms of commercial agriculture, it is unmatched in the north."

"So, from the perspective of the fraternity's long-term goals, York City is the top priority for the fraternity's operations."

Having said this, Anthony fell silent and looked at the pool, not knowing what to think.

"Haha, the radicals want to seize power by force and overthrow the Olanto royal family. You conservatives want a peaceful transition and jointly govern the kingdom with the king."

Anthony's eyes lit up, he didn't expect that such a young man, Feifan, had unique insights.

"A plump idealist!"

"You tell me." As soon as he opened his mouth, Feifan reached out to stop him.

"Huh?" Feifan looked surprised.

"What's wrong?"

"The magic trap left at the gate just now was triggered. It is a warning trap. The other party cannot detect it unless it is a great magician!"

After Fei Fei and Anthony hid behind the boulder that fell from the ceiling, the sound of gears opening the door came from the fence.

"Fuck, kick"

The sharp sound of steel armor boots stepping on the stone slabs spread throughout the Dark Temple.

"Huh?"

When the visitor came to the statue, he suddenly stood still.

Damn it, Feifan and Anthony, who were hiding behind the falling stone, looked at each other and glanced at the black crystal above the main hall.

That damn black light would only light up if Xiangbi touched the statue, and the visitor was already alert.

"Zhizhi"

At this moment, two playful mice ran past the visitors and jumped onto the huge feet of the statue.

"call"

The visitor breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched out his right hand and gently touched the statue's feet. The two mice's bodies instantly stopped.

Then, as if being eaten by countless ants, the fur and muscles on his body gradually disappeared, turning into two white skeletons.

With another wave of his hand, even the skeleton turned into fly ash and fell to the ground.

"Gods cannot be blasphemed!"