Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 135: Black Prison

The tower of alchemy.

The prince said the name silently.

Looking at this ancient and mysterious building in front of him, looking at the dilapidated but faintly discernible "eye" emblem on the stone pillar, and feeling the omnipresent coldness, Thales was in a trance.

He seemed to be back six years ago, back to that icy night, in the murderous barracks of Grand Duke Heisha, the moment when the neurotic Big Nose doctor drew the three strange patterns by the campfire.

Three magic towers.

Thyls stared blankly at the emblem representing the tower of alchemy, sighed slightly, and memories of the past slowly came to his mind.

Since the night of the Dragon Blood six years ago, Ramon, the former black doctor of the Brotherhood, died tragically in the hands of the blood magician, Thales has lost an important channel to explore the legendary magic and wizard, Aishi Da may be another source of information, but neither his long-term whereabouts nor his reservations while teaching can satisfy the curious prince.

For the past six years, Thales has only been able to stay in Nicaru’s library as much as possible. With the help of Selma, he pursued long-lost taboos from books, and at the same time tried every possible means to avoid Nepal. The spying and surveillance of Cole, Lisban and others, so as not to lead to disasters. According to Ramon’s words before his death, since magic and disasters are taboos that the world has been trying to forget for hundreds of years, such as "Prince of Stars intoxicated mystery", News such as "His Royal Highness Thales is addicted to the legend of disaster", it is better to seldom appear on the desks of major intelligence agencies.

"Alchemy Tower?"

Just when Thales was immersed in his own memories, Russell on the other side couldn't help but uttered: "Alchemy? What? Does it have anything to do with the alchemy ball?"

No one paid attention to him, of course, maybe because no one knew the answer.

Semir kicked a pile of gravel under his feet and frowned: "You said, this is the legendary alchemy tower?"

"The source of those alchemy balls, anti-magic weapons, and secret gadgets?"

Ricky shook his head.

"Of course it's not the main part." Ricky looked around with a torch, looking at the barrenness of this layer, and seemed to have emotion: "In the legend, there are more than 100 magic towers in the main part of the tower of alchemy. It occupies a vast area and is extremely spectacular, how can it be compared with this simple underground building."

More than one hundred towers...

Thyls looked around, thoughtfully.

"Simplicity," Semir snorted, lighting up the stone ladder behind them with a torch, looking at the bottomless road ahead: "You call this'simple'?"

Ricky smiled weirdly and didn't answer.

He turned around and walked to the downward spiral staircase: "Let's go, let's go to the next floor."

The mercenaries who were immersed in shock have come to their senses.

"It's true."

When passing by the brazier, Thales noticed that the assassin of the shield of deception was looking around in surprise, his hand gently stroking the long-dust stone pillar, muttering Muttered.

"Mage, magic, those legends and stories," Yaozi lowered his head and looked at Ricky:

"It turns out to be true."

Yanzi's eyes moved: "Maybe we can find more and more valuable things...Alchemy balls, anti-magic weapons, and even..."

"Don't be delusional." Semir walked past him and interrupted him.

"I don’t know how long ago the Star Kingdom turned this place into a "black jail" of bones, dedicated to detaining their felons," the former royal guard’s flag officer said coldly: "Whether it’s reconstruction or Demolition, do you think the Kingdom's Secret Section will leave anything valuable to people like you?"

The brazier silenced silently.

A group of people continue to walk down.

Faced with the unfamiliar unknown, everyone's whispers quietly sounded in the darkness.

"I remember, Master," Russell's voice came from behind the narrow passage: "It is mentioned in some miscellaneous books, but I always thought..."

"I thought it was just nonsense?" Yanzi answered with a chuckle.

Russell stopped talking.

Thyls listened to their conversation but was absent-minded.

Even as a hostage, after six years of searching, the prince did not find nothing, but "magic" and "mage" left Thales with more and more doubts.

Obviously, all books that existed before the end of the battle will more or less mention magic and wizards, for example:

It was mentioned in the period of the Kings that the wise Livin blocked the way of the six knights, prevented them from robbing the law field, and made suggestions for them in a barn;

It was reported that "In the face of a severe situation, the consultants suggested and retreat, but King Ansett sternly refused. He was determined to lead his troops to stay at the sixth post and use the terrain to block the main force of the Cinderbone clan"; /

Writing that the temple guards, myojin priests, and representatives tried their best to mediate, so that the fierce King Naki and the haughty King Feron, the two feuding kings, sat on the seats furthest away from each other, and contributed to the meeting. Hold;

The long bardic poem mentions that “the courts are helpless in the face of the princess’s illness”.

In fact, in the hero biographies and bardic epics of the period of the Kings, whether it is fighting against orcs or elves, in these backgrounds of fighting against foreign races, the image of mages as wise men appears from time to time, and many are even princes. An important counselor around the nobles.

But in the age of the Empire, the records of wizards and magic began to decrease, and the image became more and more mysterious, evil and terrifying. Many religious-related books mentioned some "unbelievers", and they were usually negative. Describe:

In the period of the ancient empire, Li said that the land where Saint Losona was treated terribly, his eyes lost light, his hands and feet trembled, even though these unbelievers had turned on the teachings of the gods and laughed His faith, but the firm Losona is still the same, and his piety remains;

Mentioned an illegal expedition. The Duke of Allend wrote a letter to the people behind the expedition, sternly reprimanding them for intruding into the forbidden area as a "violation" and would bring harm to humans;

As one of the ancient books of the Temple of Knights, it describes a battle between knights and evil gods. One of the knights once lamented that their enemies are "just weirder and evil than the mages." The general history narrates It was mentioned that "The Northern Temple Branch had to surrender and ask for help from the Empire to curb the insatiable greed of the mages";

even wrote: "The terrible witches warned the lord, claiming that his contempt will cost him, but the high-ranking lord laughed off. That night, the lord’s daughter had a high fever."

A little closer, after the fall of the ancient empire, in the books of the final empire, the figure of the wizard only appeared in a very small number of records.

The results of Thales’ efforts are over: there are only a few words about the news of the wizard’s magic.

It stands to reason that these few words should indicate that the group of mages exists, but even after the end of the war, Nikaru, who is the king of Exter, smiled for the queen of the sky and gathered the power of the whole country to search. In a large number of ancient books, Thales could not find any positive records about magic and wizards.

From the change in the description and description of the mage, to the gradual reduction of their figure, to their complete disappearance, and even no trace...

It feels like...

Thyls sighed.

He rubbed the dusty wall and followed the person in front of him down the stone ladder.

It’s like having someone, and you can see his footprints, things used, records written, information saved, photos taken everywhere in your life, but wait until you really look back to find this When people are human, everyone around them will tell you in unison: No, there has never been this person, he does not exist.

Even in the photo, there is only a blank space in the shape of a human.

This is the mage.

This can't help but give Thales a strange sense of horror. Even when he sits alone in the library, he can't help the chill that grows behind him.

And just today...

Thyls couldn't help raising his head, over the shoulders of the people in front of him, looking at Ricky's figure.

Today, he really stepped into the legendary magic tower, even though it was only a branch. According to him, it might be the birthplace of the anti-devil armed forces.

At this time, the brazier uttered again, interrupting Thales’ thoughts:

"How did you find that key, Krasu?"

"I don't think the Star Man will keep a lock that can be opened with two keys, and use it as a prison for felons."

This question aroused Thales's interest.

Ricky, who was walking ahead, paused.

"The star people thought they were in control of this place, just as they thought they had covered up history and sent magic and wizards into the grave," Ricky's laughter slowly sounded. "A grave that only the gravedigger knows."

"The problem is, they are not the only gravediggers."

"There are no fewer records in the Tower of End."

"So," Brazier's voice suddenly rose in the darkness: "You were once from the Tower of End?"

Ricky didn't speak, as if he suddenly noticed his failure.

Thyls looked terrified.

"Well, that's the explanation," Brazier's laughter came, and Thales could imagine his mouth curled up in the dark: "Why did you guys attack the Tower of End not long ago? ."

Time passed by minute by minute, and the cold around the body became more and more unbearable, and there were still only layers of stairs in the field of vision that the torches were shining on.

Tyles stepped on the ground again.

They came to the next level.

Ricky kicked a piece of scrap wood in the way and raised the torch.

The central stone pillar with the emblem of the tower of alchemy, the familiar architectural pattern, and nine cells with only poor bones still appeared in front of them.

Wait, nine?

But Thales discovered that this room is a bit bigger than the one on the upper floor.

"Still no one."

Ricky retracted the torch and shook his head disappointedly:

"Continue down."

Thyls put away his curious eyes, put away the mood of wishing to take a closer look at this place, and was pushed forward again by Marina behind him.

On the third floor, there is still nothing but bones.

Fourth, fifth, sixth...

With each lower floor, there are more and more cells, and the rooms are getting bigger and bigger.

Black Prison Thales said to himself: This is like a cone buried in the ground.

Following time after time, disappointment, and dim scenes, just like Thales trekking through the desert, he found that the people in the team were gradually affected.

In the boundless darkness, the voices of everyone gradually became less, only the sound of footsteps lingered, and the atmosphere became more and more suppressed.

They came to a cell again.

"This is the tenth floor." Clay exhaled: "If we can't find it anymore, maybe, we should consider the future."

As soon as this statement came out, the expressions of the swords of disaster all sank.

"Well," Russell looked at the brazier beside him: "It makes sense."

Yanzi didn't answer, just glanced at Ricky.

Ricky frowned and said to Semir:

"Perhaps it is still below, or are you sure he is still alive?"

Semuel walked to the cells one by one, bent down with a torch, and looked at the bones carefully.

"I'm sure," his voice was slightly stiff: "I'm sure."

"He must be alive."

He?

When Thales saw, Clay shrugged and gave Josh a disapproving wink.

Josh understood what he meant.

"Do you know how much damage can be done to a person by imprisonment?"

Josh folded his arms and said to Semir: "Especially in the dark prison, you can only live lonely, unconsciously, and end miserably. From being locked to death, you will be cut off from everything outside. Contact, no one can hear your weeping and howling."

"Believe me, I have been in a lot of prison cells and few people can last that long."

Semir paused slightly and stood up.

But a few seconds passed, and the former royal guard just shook his head firmly.

"If it were him, he would be able to survive, no matter what kind of injury."

Tyles' heart beats.

He?

Josh smiled.

"Do you know what is the most terrible punishment for a person?"

"It's not death, it's not injury, it's not torture," Josh sighed softly, seemingly emotional:

"It is isolated."

Semuel stood still on the ground, motionless.

Tyles can only see, his back trembling slightly.

Josh paced slowly.

"When you lose all channels of communication with the outside world, and are completely closed off, no one listens to you or talks to you, no one responds to you or waits for your reaction, no one interacts with you or takes you to interact, you Can't see new things, hear new sounds, can't feel new things, everything around you, including yourself, is the same, day after day, back and forth, forever..."

Josh's voice widened in the darkness, with a slight bit of hatred and low, which made people quite uncomfortable.

Tyles saw that Semir's fist slowly tightened.

"On the first day, you can still deal with the past."

"On the third day, you feel uncomfortable and irritable, jumping up and down, beating walls and the ground."

"After a week, you will start talking to yourself, look sluggish, and go your own way like a madman."

"In two weeks, you ushered in the final despair and madness, doing everything you would never think of after having a mother."

Josh smiled slightly, his eyes wandering, as if thinking of something.

"After a month has passed, most people become slurred and confused."

"They often lack feelings, degenerate intellect, and collapse into a beast. Even if you let them out, it will be useless."

Josh has a low voice, as if telling a story about a bad ending:

"They will always be lost in the lonely void and never come back."

Josh's voice slowly disappeared.

The atmosphere among the people is also suppressed to the climax.

Semir was silent for a long time.

Ricky didn't urge him, just watched silently.

A few seconds later, Semir took a deep breath.

"He must be there."

Semir turned around abruptly: "He taught me how to fight, how to persist, how to..."

"He must be able."

A flame burst into his eyes.

"Besides, only he knows what it is."

Josh shrugged to Clay, making a "powerless" expression.

The prince frowned: Who are they looking for? What does that person know?

He wasn't the only one who asked.

"Who are you looking for?"

Russell heard their conversation and asked displeasedly: "Know, we are in a hurry."

"Really." Semir pointed to the stairs and snorted coldly:

"If you want to go first, no one will stop you."

Russell was speechless for a while.

Ricky sighed: "Go on."

So they started the downward cycle again.

Step by step, layer by layer.

Finally, after not knowing how many empty cells they had passed, they came to a room with a dozen cells on the first floor. No, this room is so big that it can be called a "hall".

Ricky stood still in this hall.

"What's wrong?"

Cray stepped forward in disgust, raised the torch and took a picture of the surroundings, also showing many cells and bones.

"Still the same, there is nothing but the dead."

But Thales noticed a difference.

Among more than a dozen cells separated by metal fences, one cell is particularly strange.

It's all black.

You can't see the fence, you can't see the bones, you can't see everything behind.

There is only darkness.

It's like...like a black curtain covering the outside

Soon, others noticed this.

Ricky narrowed his eyes.

"The other cells are only fences." He stepped forward slowly, stepped on the waste gravel, and slowly approached the room covered by the ‘curtain’ with the torch: "But this..."

"Be careful."

Semir approached from the other side ~IndoMTL.com~ frowned and said: "You don't know how many alchemy towers the Astralites inherited."

Ricky nodded. He stood in front of the weird cell, stretched out the torch, and carefully knocked on the thick "curtain."

Boom, boom.

The dull and heavy voice echoed in the small black cell.

Everyone subconsciously held down the weapon, being alert for possible accidents.

But a few seconds passed and nothing happened.

The cell remains silent.

Everyone was relieved.

"It's made of iron. It rises or descends from the crack in the ground outside the fence." Ricky crouched, carefully observing the point of contact between the iron curtain and the ground: "At least some kind of metal, I think , This thing separates this cell from the hall outside."

He raised his head and asked Semir on the other side:

"Is it this?"

Semuel is standing by the iron curtain, looking at an iron plate made of unknown material on the wall.

"No," Semir looked at the text above, calmly and honestly:

"It says on this sign, it's closed here. This is a lone thief who crossed the south of the kingdom more than 20 years ago."

Russell squinted his eyes: "Big Thief?"

However, the iron curtain suddenly trembled!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Everyone shook suddenly and took a step back!

In the extremely suppressed darkness, a terrifying dull sound suddenly came out: "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Calm" Ricky instantly flicked his sword in his hand, watching the iron curtain vigilantly with the muffled noise.

Kray paled: "This is..."

The fearful people looked at each other.

Just now.

"Ohhhhh"

A faint scream, as if coming from a distance of several tens of meters.

Reverberating in the dark.