Kingdom’s Bloodline

In the dim environment, the Swords of Disaster followed Josh and stepped forward, and the echo of their footsteps could be faintly heard.

But Qianzi went through the crowd and came to Ricky.

"Wait," Qianzi looked suspiciously at Thales, who was held by Marina's side: "Are you going to take him down?"

"You know we can wait for you here, right?"

Thales frowned. He noticed that many mercenaries had quietly surrounded him.

Ricky turned his head and glanced at the brat.

"You guys did a great job and saved us a lot of trouble, brat."

He pressed Qianzi's shoulder: "But I also know that the reason why you cooperate so much and spare no effort is all because of this hostage in our hands,"

The brazener's expression stiffened.

"It's not necessarily the case if you change the occasion."

"Now, you can choose to go with us, or stay here and wait for me."

Ricky ignored the ugly brat, he waved his hand and continued to move forward.

Samir passed by Qianzi's side and snorted disdainfully.

Thales, who was watching, hoped that the drill would be tougher.

But unfortunately, Qianzi still didn't say anything, he just made a gesture, and followed along with a few low-key Phantom Assassins.

In this way, Thales was escorted by groups of Swords of Disaster and continued to move forward.

As they walked farther and farther away, the swords of disaster spread more and more, and many prisoners discovered this group of intruders.

From time to time, the patrolling guards encountered the invading Sword of Disaster, and they often died outnumbered after a stimulating fight.

The Prison of Bones gradually became agitated, and the chaos was beyond Thales' imagination:

"The guard over there... yes, it's you. Let me tell you, I've made a lot of money selling weapons in the past few years, most of which they haven't found. As long as you let me out, I promise to give you money." You... eh, you, aren't you guards?"

"Damn... what are you talking about!"

"Wow, oh oh, there are really people robbing the prison. It's great... Last time, those gangs who sneaked in to rob the prison didn't last five minutes before being rounded up by the freaks. Williams chopped them up as firewood. , you guys have to work harder this time, you must persist until ten minutes!"

"Let me out! I am a devout priest of the Temple of the Night! They can't lock me here because of the art drama I created...with this group, this group..."

"Hey, good friend, let's discuss it. I've been imprisoned here for four years, and I'm about to go crazy... I don't ask you to release me... As long as, as long as I'm transferred to a women's prison, I'll be satisfied... …OK?"

"Killing la la la la! Awesome la la la!"

"Fuck your father...Damn it, there are so many solicitors on the street, why did you only lock me in! Women's clothes? What's wrong with women's clothes, I like to solicit customers in women's clothes, what's wrong? I don't believe you come to touch my breasts..."

"Fuck, brat, come back! Prison robbery is none of your business, believe it or not, I'll beat you again! Hold me tightly, don't turn your head around... Yes, ouch, be good, use your strength, ah, that's what you say... Don't worry, as long as I am satisfied, I won't beat you up tomorrow."

"Please, marijuana...give me some more marijuana, please ah ah ah, if you don't give me the fucking weed, I'll crash and die here I crashed, I'm going to crash, look, I'm really going to hit you, damn it, you should look at me! What if I really hit and die!"

"Fuck his Baron! Fuck his Stardust Guard! Fuck his Saber Camp! Believe it or not, when I go out, I must tie up that bitch Williams and force him to put on women's clothes. Find a hundred A big guy, for three days and three nights, took turns to relay, just like this, he was pinned on the bed, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, bad, too hard, bleeding..."

"Hey, over there, bring me a message to my wife. She wrote three years ago that she would come to bail me out of prison, but she didn't come now...I will pay you..."

Fuck, what the hell is this place!

The prince, who didn't dare to say a word, followed Ricky,

He glanced behind worriedly: the fast rope was still bound, and he, who was in the shadow of this place, looked at the notorious prison cell in horror.

Finally, under the leadership of Josh, they walked down several flights of stairs and came to an empty room without a cell.

This room is very big, big enough to hold a hundred people, almost comparable to the banquet hall of the nobles, even the noise of the prisoners seemed to be shut behind them for a while, so that they could no longer be heard.

But Thales is also keenly aware that the floor here is paved with carefully fired rock bricks, and the walls are quite old, which contrasts sharply with the rough and dirty prison cells on the outer floors.

The design of the room is also very unique, it actually has eight walls, like a regular octagon.

What's even more strange is that there are four narrow holes similar to wells on the ground, and the inside is dark.

For some reason, Thales looked at those deep wellheads, and suddenly felt a thrill and a surge of chills.

strangeness.

That is……

That is……

Qianzi and Russell also noticed this, and they looked at this place with some surprise.

Even the Swords of Disaster, including Clay and Semir, seemed to be here for the first time.

Ricky glanced at the surrounding environment, and stood in front of one of the mottled and dilapidated walls.

"right here?"

Josh nodded, pointed at something that looked like a well mouth and said solemnly: "Yes, we have observed that the guards will regularly bring excess supplies here, and they must have released supplies here."

Ricky squatted down, knocked on the "well mouth", then picked up a stone, threw it in, and listened.

For tens of seconds, there was no sound from the depths of the wellhead.

Thales understood something.

"That's right," Ricky patted the dust off his hands, nodded, and stood up: "It's here."

"As for the entrance..."

He raised his head and looked at Josh.

But Josh just shook his head in embarrassment.

Ricky snorted lightly, seemingly a little helpless.

"If I had the temperament of Williams, I would definitely not ask for trouble." Ricky paced up and down, looked down at the ground, and muttered to himself: "There is no ladder here, which means it must be accessible by standing. place……"

The brazener's face changed.

"Wait, respected Crassus," Qianzi frowned:

"What he meant was that you wanted to enter the dark prison, but you couldn't even find the entrance?"

Ricky ignored him, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he took a torch from Clay, walked to the wall, and continued to look at the empty room.

"The black prison is a legend after all," Clay said coldly, "No one knows how to get in except the people who got in, and the people who got in..."

"No one has ever come out." Samir snorted softly.

Russell stepped forward.

"You know we have limited time and don't have time to take a slow scavenger hunt?"

Russell said dissatisfiedly: "Once the camp responds..."

"Shut up."

Semir interrupted him, and the brand on his face became more ferocious under the firelight: "Northern people."

But Russell not only did not restrain himself, he also seemed to be aroused by the ex-star guard: "You know what kind of risk we are taking..."

at this moment.

"Aha."

Ricky suddenly made a sound, which attracted everyone's attention.

Thales looked curiously at the leader of the Disaster Sword.

I saw the latter holding a torch, facing a wall, stretched out his left hand, and gently patted off the dust and cobwebs on it.

"The people in the past probably didn't think about hiding," Ricky said with a smile: "As for the people from the stars, they probably didn't expect that someone would sneak in here."

Everyone looked at the wall in surprise.

As the dust fell, a strange and incomplete pattern appeared on the mottled wall.

Under Ricky's swiping, a triangle first appeared, one of the corners pointed to the left, and the corresponding side was concave toward the center of the triangle.

Soon, on the right side of this triangle, a circle was wiped out by Ricky.

In the center of the circle is a circular hole recessed into the wall.

Ricky smiled, and he continued to wipe.

On the right side of the circle, a new triangle that is symmetrical to the triangle just now emerged, but this triangle has one corner to the right and the concave side to the left.

Ricky stood back, looking with satisfaction at the pattern in front of him: two irregular, symmetrical triangles, with a circle sandwiched between them.

"We found it."

But many people, including Russell, expressed doubts: "What is this? An eye?"

Ricky pursed his lips.

Among the puzzled crowd, Thales stared blankly at the pattern.

No one knew, Thales froze the moment the pattern was wiped out.

At that moment, he even forgot that he was in danger.

That is……

That is……

Qianzi stared at the pattern for no reason, but with his sharp eyesight, he saw something else.

"Under here," Qianzi stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and brushed away a line of dust under the circle:

"Like a sentence?"

Sure enough, under his palm, a line of strange words engraved on the wall appeared.

But whether it was Qianzi or Russell, or Clay and Josh, they all looked at this line of text in a daze.

"I don't understand that sentence."

Russell frowned:

"This emblem is strange enough. I have read the coats of arms of the various nobles of the stars, but none of them match... And the following words, these are not even connected, nor are they like the imperial language I know..."

Feeling uneasy, Russell looked at Ricky with a serious face: "Crassus, what exactly is the prison of bones here?"

Ricky didn't answer.

Another voice sounded suddenly.

"Ancient imperial text."

Everyone turned their heads in unison and looked at Samir who was standing on the other side.

I saw the man with the imprint looking at the text under the pattern with a complicated expression:

"This is the purest ancient imperial alphabet. It is a script handed down from the ancient country of Shawen, not a modern imperial language mixed with a common language. It is said that it was created by the first batch of ancient humans under the guidance of the ancient elves. The grammar is complex. Obscure."

Semir walked forward slowly, and the swords of disaster beside him made way for him.

"No one uses it now, and even the nobles of the Star Kingdom rarely know it."

Russell and Qianzi turned their heads in amazement, and looked at the unfamiliar text again.

Semir stretched out his hand with a dazed expression, as if he was missing something: "Except for the elves of various veins, probably only a few archaeologists and historians in the Dragon Kiss Academy understand."

"I don't know the words, but I remember the root."

His finger touched one of the words.

"When I was a teenager, in order to strive for the qualifications to enter the Fuxing Palace and be selected as the royal guard, the old scholar my father invited me to get to know some of them." Semir's expression darkened:

"The root of this word is probably 'total' or 'all'..."

Everyone listened quietly to the words of the former flag officer of the royal guard.

Except for one person.

"Omniscience."

In the crowd, a boy's voice sounded faintly.

Qianzi turned his head in amazement, and together with Russell, who had an unchanging expression, looked at the most unexpected guy.

Clay and Josh cast questioning looks at the leader, but Ricky also raised his eyebrows.

Even the fast rope that was tied up with five flowers stared straight.

"Omniscient, or omniscient," Thales sighed, stepped over Marina who was staring at him frowning, and stepped forward slowly, staring blankly at the line of text:

"That's what that word means."

At that moment, Semir looked at Thales with extremely complicated eyes.

A second later, Semir sighed, lowered his head and said, "Of course, as a descendant of the imperial family, ancient imperial literature is a must for the Canxing royal family..."

Thales shook his head.

"I didn't learn very well. Except for the first few months, I was basically self-taught." Prince Xingchen looked at the line of words solemnly: "But if you only look at the words, I think the meaning of this sentence is probably ..."

Thales said softly: "Leading to omniscience."

Everyone fell silent, chewing on the meaning of this sentence.

leads to omniscience.

Thales slowly raised his head in the silent environment, staring at the same pattern of eyes.

It felt like I was looking into the eyes of another person.

This made him very uneasy.

But Thales didn't expect, he really didn't expect that what he had been looking for in books for many years... would be here.

Prison of bones.

This "eye".

This is……

"Very well, since that's the case," Ricky said with a smile, interrupting everyone's thoughts:

"Then let us lead to omniscience."

As he spoke, he took out a long, angular dark green stone from his arms.

"What is this?" Qianzi squinted at the stone that was only as long as a palm and as thick as a second finger, and seemed to feel something was wrong.

And this time, Ricky had no intention of hiding it.

"To open the dungeon, you need a key that can unlock it." Ricky stared at the thing in his hand with complicated eyes: "The only key in the camp is hung on the baron of the Saber Camp all the year round."

Ricky gently raised the dark green strip in his hand: "Until we found the second one outside the camp."

Russell asked puzzledly, "The key?"

Ricky stopped talking, turned around without hesitation, and pressed the "key" in his hand into the center of the "eye", the small circle that resembled a pupil.

Click!

There was a muffled sound.

Thales was taken aback.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, the "pupil" together with the "key" in the middle suddenly protruded a section of cylinder.

"Da da," Ricky smiled, "hit the bull's-eye."

He faced everyone: "The black cell must be underground...Maybe, you guys want to step back a bit to make room?"

In the empty room, everyone stepped back quickly until they leaned against the wall behind them.

In the next second, I saw Ricky tentatively holding the protruding cylinder and twisting it slowly.

Until a "click" sound was heard.

Everyone held their breath and looked around curiously.

The first person who felt something was wrong was Thales.

From his senses in hell, he saw that the four "wellheads" on the ground were actually sucking air.

No, the air is rushing in!

This is……

While Thales was still in doubt, there was a faint sound coming from the ground.

rumbling...

With a slight tremor.

Everyone was startled, staring intently at the floor tiles in the room.

rumbling...

But they are wrong.

It is not the ground that changes.

but walls.

rumbling...

"No!" Samir turned around and shouted angrily, "Wall!"

"The wall is receding!"

Thales took a step forward subconsciously, and looked behind him anxiously with the others.

rumbling...

really.

is the wall.

The eight walls are retreating in parallel at the same time!

It looks like the ground is expanding.

rumbling...

Under the stunned expressions of the crowd, several walls of this room are receding at the same time, and the gaps between different walls are exposed, and they are constantly increasing!

Fortunately, the movement only lasted for more than ten seconds before it quieted down.

Walls no longer recede.

Thales looked in shock at the walls that moved back inexplicably, and at the hollow gap several meters long that appeared on the ground where they moved.

Looking down from above, it's like an octagonal room suddenly enlarged by someone.

And the part that was pulled apart...

Thales saw it.

Those are not gaps, but layers of revolving stone stairs, centered on the center of the room, going down layer by layer.

I don't know where it leads.

Thinking of this, Thales subconsciously glanced at the sentence under the pattern again.

"Oh My God……"

Russell stared dumbfounded at the spiral staircase that suddenly appeared at his feet: "Although I have heard that Star Kingdom has a good relationship with Steel City, and their forging skills are superb, but this is also..."

Qianzi looked at the sudden change in disbelief, and vigilantly looked at the enlarged room: "Where is this place..."

Ricky smiled.

"You know, the Prison of Bones is obviously a prison for repeat offenders, but why are there only so few guards to maintain basic operations?"

Ricky changed a torch and said calmly: "That's because the real guards of this prison are not living people."

"It's the dead hundreds of thousands of years ago."

He took the first step, stepped into the gap, and walked down the stone spiral staircase.

"The Prison of Bones is more than just a prison cell, and it's not just for criminals."

Ricky's voice came from underground as he advanced.

"What it really wants to imprison is the past."

He took a step forward and walked down the spiral staircase leading to nowhere, and the swords of disaster followed behind him.

Russell froze.

"Dead?"

The ex-baron of Exeter frowned immediately, and turned to the brat: "Prisoned in the past... what does he mean?"

But the assassin of the Shadow Shield had a dignified expression.

"In my long career experience, I have seen many strange things," Qianzi stared at the strange room, and let out a sigh of relief: "But the most disturbing thing among them is the story told by the well-informed Teng in one night. s legend."

Russell was stunned: "Teng? Legend?"

Qianzi nodded, becoming more and more uneasy: "It is said that before the end of the war, even before the age of the empire, such a group of people existed in the world."

"They despise taboos and despise authority, but they have extensive knowledge and superb means, which is incredible."

Gritting his teeth, Qianzi looked up at the strange emblem on the wall:

"They used to be the most dazzling existence in the world."

"Until the ruthless history turns them all into dust, no words left, no piece of paper left."

Russell's eyebrows rose and fell.

The most dazzling existence?

"you are right……"

The brazener shook his head. Seeing Thales being escorted down, he followed quickly.

Thales followed Semir, walking down the stairs in fear. It was obvious that no one had been here for a long time, so that every step would bring up a lot of dust, so that the prince who was not tall His Highness had to cover his mouth and nose so as not to cough again and again.

The place gave him a bad feeling.

In the pitch-black field of vision, not even the senses of hell could help him.

Only the torches illuminate the stone steps beneath.

deeper and deeper.

getting lower and lower.

It's getting darker.

After walking through an unknown number of steps, Thales finally stepped on the ground, feeling relieved.

"The first floor," Ricky's voice came slowly: "We are here."

The Prince of Stars took a deep breath, and looked up at his surroundings with uncontrollable curiosity and inexplicable anxiety and fear.

The Swords of Disaster raised their torches one after another and looked around in amazement.

This is still an octagon, an empty room big enough to hold dozens of people.

But the difference from the room on the ground is that the dark masonry here is finely crafted, and the material is unknown. In the center of the room stands a thick column, and a circle of curved stone tables is placed beside the column.

But Ricky didn't pay attention to the stone pillar, but turned to the eight walls.

Following his torch, Thales noticed that the eight walls here are not "walls".

It was a fence composed of thin metal pillars from top to bottom, and each fence was covered with gray dust.

like...

Thales looked at these fences, and through them vaguely saw the space separated behind.

like...

Thales thought anxiously: It's like a prison cell.

Ricky held a torch close to one of the metal bars, illuminating the scene behind it.

Thales shuddered and took a step back!

bone.

To be exact.

It is a skeleton.

Human skeletons.

Ricky spun around with the torch, illuminating the eight wide cells.

The ground behind each "cell" is covered with a thick layer of dried human skeletons, including ribs, arms, leg bones, and skulls. Many bones are also covered with faded clothes that are also full of dust. .

I don't know what year, I don't know what month.

Semir stood in front of Thales. Looking at these ancient bones, he felt agitated and subconsciously clenched his fists.

"It seems that there are no living people on the first floor," Ricky shook his head helplessly. "Unfortunately, we still have to go down."

Russell and Qianzi followed closely and came to this "first floor" cell.

"This is……"

Russell saw his surroundings clearly, and his eyes widened: "Is this the prison of bones?"

Qianzi frowned tightly, as if he couldn't even speak.

Ricky snorted softly, and waved the torch to his equally astonished companions around him.

"certainly."

"Welcome to the real subject of the 'Black Prison' Prison of Bones."

Ricky walked to the side of the column in the center of the room and held up the torch, illuminating the pattern on the column.

That's another "eye".

Same emblem as the room above ground.

And the ancient imperial script under the eyes.

"Thousands of years ago, this place had another name."

The leader of the Sword of Disaster looked at the emblem and sighed: "The fourth branch of the Alchemy Tower imprisons the laboratory."

At that moment, Thales clenched his teeth unconsciously.

Ricky turned around and looked solemnly at the skeletons in the eight cells.

"It's also in the unknown history..."

His next sentence made Thales' eyes widen.

"The first batch of anti-magic armed forces..."

"The place where it was born."