Chapter 243: People standing outside the circle

Chapter 243 People Standing Outside the Circle
The spiral-shaped steps lead directly to the ground.
The width of the steps is just enough for two people to walk side by side. Roddy and the King slowly walk down the steps. Although there is no torch lighting along the way, the design here seems to be truly worthy of "the greatest secret of the royal family of Sauron." , From the first step of the two steps up the steps, above the handrails on both sides of the spiral staircase, there are bright gems emitting a soft light.
Roddy immediately realized-this is a magic circle similar to lighting magic!
The steps were actually going down. According to Roddy's calculation, he actually walked for quite a while. At this speed, the depth of this hidden place under the ground is probably amazing.
In fact, Roddy was counting the number of steps in his mind as he walked all the way. When he secretly counted to "333", he finally saw the ground below-the end of the steps!
The king smiled and opened his hands, as if proud: "Welcome to the'Holy King's Palace'!"
In front of an arch-shaped door, the king suddenly smiled and said, "Your Excellency Roddy, please knock on the door!"
Roddy frowned, but still reached out and buckled the door twice...
The huge stone gate slowly opened to both sides. To Roddy's surprise, there were two rows of warriors in full armor standing inside the gate!
Although these people are small in number, they all wear an armor that makes Roddy feel a little weird. The style of the armor is three-point similar to the armor of the Roland Knights now, but it only covers the most critical part...
Roddy's heart moved...The armor of these people was somewhat similar to the female Paladin of the Dragon Race that I had seen that day.
The only difference is that these people are wearing helmets, completely covering their faces.
The king was also welcome, and took the lead and walked in!
After walking into this stone door, Roddy realized that he really felt as if he had entered a world full of surprises...
This is definitely a miracle!
The entire space can’t see the end at a glance. Various sculptures are in front of you. The huge stone sculptures, each of which has a height of more than ten meters, presents a variety of shapes, wearing armor full of quaint meaning and complexion. Seriously.
"These are the ancestors of the Shaka royal family!" The king solemnly introduced, then lowered his head slightly and walked slowly.
Nearby is a huge underground fortress, and there is a wall of one to seven or eight meters in front of it! Under the city wall is a "moat"!
When Roddy walked across the suspension bridge, he couldn't help but glanced under the moat and saw a "river" glowing with silver light!
"This is a moat. The ancestors dug a trench and injected mercury!" The king proudly said: "This strange liquid is enough to kill humans! As long as people fall into the river, they accidentally choke on it. Water will kill people!"
After walking through that city wall, Roddy was surprised to find that this place was completely a military fortress! In this secret underground ruin, dozens of warriors in full armor stood on the wall! Although there are not many people, it is enough for a short wall of tens of meters!
Nearly a hundred meters deep underground, there is such a cave, even Roddy can't help but look different!
Looking at the warriors above the city wall, the king sighed: "These warriors are carefully selected, and the most elite are those of the Sauron royal family! Each of them has strength comparable to the'Holy Knights'! The royal family of Lun is absolutely loyal. And they have been sent here since childhood, in this dark place! Receive the education of the royal family! Everyone can die for the royal family at any time!" At this point, the king sighed: "It's a pity , It's too hard to find such a person now. The entire'Knight of the Temple Guardian' now has only three thousand people. This is the last force of the Sauron royal family that can be trusted!"
Roddy also sighed in his heart: In such an underground world, there is actually such a continuous army. It is conceivable how such an army was trained and selected...
Inside the city wall, Roddy couldn't help but look up at the sky. What surprised him was that the top of his head should be a stone wall, but when you look around, it is actually the stars and the moon! ! The sky was so real that Roddy couldn't help thinking that it was just under the open night...
The king explained: "The sky above is a magical illusion, with the cycle of day and night."
Roddy sighed: "It's such a big deal!"
Guo Wan smiled slightly: "It took hundreds of years for the Shaka royal family to make this place!"
The surrounding stone houses are completely arranged in accordance with the pattern of military fortresses. Roddy can clearly feel that if the outside wall is broken, the defenders can still use these stones to build as if Conduct layer upon layer of resistance!
And the innermost... it's another palace shrunk a bit!
The building of the palace is entirely stones! There was no samurai defense this time, and Roddy and the king walked directly in-but Roddy would not naively think that there is no defense here. With his strength, he can clearly feel the faint murderous aura coming from all directions.
The king said lightly: "If someone breaks in without my lead, I'm afraid they will have been shot as an arrow target before they reach this door! The'Guardian Knights of the Temple of the King', except for the samurai you saw In addition, there are magicians! Although the individual strength of these magicians is not outstanding, the Shaka royal family has long ago mastered a trick that can unite magicians to greatly increase their lethality! According to the ancient legend, Even a Paladin can be killed!!" At this point, the king seemed to look at Roddy intentionally or unintentionally.
Roddy's heart moved: the power of the combined magician... Then, isn't it the legendary ‘combined magic’?
After walking into the small palace inside, Roddy discovered that all the rooms in the palace were actually closed.
"The people living here are basically high-level guardian knights and magicians. Those magicians are always weird, so they generally don't want to see people." The king smiled.
Roddy sighed: "With this power, if the king's sneak attack plan is implemented, it is completely possible to conquer the dwarves! Why does your majesty need my stay?"
The king smiled slightly and continued to lead Roddy into it.
In the main hall of the palace, the lobby is transparent! The walls are inlaid with all kinds of exotic gems of different sizes, and the lights of all colors are mixed together, shining the entire hall like day!
Inside the hall, seven or eight humanoid stone sculptures were erected on both sides! The sculptured figures have different postures, some are sitting and some are standing, and the expressions on their faces are also different, either happy or sad, laughing or angry, each wearing a uniform style of robe-like clothes. The clothes were very strange, without any superfluous decorations. Almost everyone wore a robe, tied with a simple belt, and then wore a strange "hat".
Roddy can only use "hats" to describe it, because it is basically a garland-like thing woven from plants without knowing it.
"That's something called'olive leaf'! That kind of plant is no longer found!" The king smiled and said: "These are the great ancestors of our Shaka Empire! In the ancient times, the Shaka Empire, the emperor There is no crown! Those crowns woven from olive leaves are crowns! According to ancient legends, olive leaves represent peace!"
The king's smile was a bit solemn, and he pointed to the largest statue right in front of the hall. It was an old man with fluttering hair, his face solemn and vicissitudes of life. His upper body is naked, his robe is simply tied under his waist, and the muscles on his chest are clearly shaped, and his gaze is looking forward, perhaps Rody’s illusion, but he can’t help feeling that gaze There is a bit of sorrow in it...
The king sighed: "That was the first emperor of the Shaka Empire! It was also my great ancestor!"
After the king said this, he slowly walked to the stone throne under the statue. He sat down and said in a low voice: "In my name, call my subjects!"
"Shaka!" From both sides of the hall, I thought of a deep humming sound at the same time!
Roddy was slightly startled, he had faintly felt a wave of magic, and he understood that those corresponding sounds were made by magic.
Immediately, from below the hall walked into an old man who was covered in a robe.
"Your Majesty!" The old man lowered his head.
The king looked at Roddy and smiled and said: "This is the leader of the'Guardian Knights' of the Shaka royal family! And the person I trust the most!" At this point, the king smiled, and he smiled strangely. With three points of pride: "He has another identity, which no one knows except me... the leader of the Roland Magician Association! Master Sith!!"
Looking at the old man with his head down, Roddy has really changed color!
The leader of the Wizards Association!
This royal family of Sauron...well, no, it should be said that they are descendants of the royal family of the Shaka Empire, how much power has it penetrated? How many forces?
Roddy sneered: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Sauron family has mastered a lot of power. Under such circumstances, do you still need me?"
The king frowned, but he did not speak. It was the Sith who spoke: "Mr. Roddy, the Wizards’ Association seems to be powerful, but it is a very loose organization. Even the president of the Wizards’ Association is only a nominal honor and cannot command. All the power of the Mage Association... what I can do is to try my best to train more talents for your majesty..."
The king sighed and then whispered: "Master Sith, Mr. Roddy is the first person to come here as a guest! I think you must have arranged his first show, right?"
Sith was expressionless and said lightly: "According to your instructions, it has been arranged!"
"Rodi, this kid, I don't know what I'm doing now." Tian Lie leaned back on a long chair lazily and stretched hard. He was lying on the throne of the emperor!
Andy sat cross-legged on the floor. He closed his eyes and slowly said, "Are you worried about him?"
Tian Lie glared at Andy as if: "Worry about him? In this world, even if everyone is dead, he probably won't die!"
Andy finally opened his eyes, but only rolled his eyes: "Then what are you worried about?"
Tian Lie didn't care, but whispered to himself: "I think, the guys in the Roland Temple should have troubled him..."
Andy smiled suddenly: "What's the matter?"
Tian Lie shook his fat head, and his whole person jumped out of the chair like a potato: "Old Skeleton, don't you worry? The Roland Temple is not that easy to deal with. There are still a few Paladins. ……and also……"
Andy sighed: "When did you become so wordy? What on earth is there, you can say it quickly."
Tian Lie's expression became strange: "Roland Continent is not as simple as imagined... A temple, maybe nothing... But there is the birthplace of the human world, there are always many strange things. What's your secret..."
Andy seemed to smile: "For example?"
Tian Lie closed his eyes, and two words popped out of his mouth: "Shenlu!"
He suddenly smiled again, the fat on his face squeezed together: "I think back then...my old man...hehe...but it's because of that record..."
Andy frowned: "Shenlu? Are you talking about that "can't see the sky, can't see the ground, can't see people..." those silly things? You told me this last time, but I don't believe those silly things... The religion itself is just a big lie...huh."
Tian Lie sighed: "Yes, a lie is indeed a lie... But there are always things that we can't explain."
Andy stood up suddenly, frowned and said, "Fatty man, is there something in your mind that you didn't tell me?"
Tian Lie shook his head: "No more...really no more...except...except for one thing..."
"what?"
Tian Lie’s voice seemed to be a bit of nostalgia: "Back then, I found a record in the ancient books of the Temple of Roland... that was about the'Shenlu'! And... there is another one that has been obliterated. It's a secret..." At this point, he suddenly smiled and said loudly: "But those are not important anymore. Those things have been submerged for a thousand years. Now we just have to pray that Roddy, the kid, won't cause trouble in Roland. Just trouble..."
Andy frowned and said, "What's the record? You never told me!"
Tian Lie seemed to think about it for a moment: "Oh...that record, don't mention it. Even if you read it, you can see it...because...because the record is incomplete at all! No one can understand it. But..."
Andy said: "But what?"
Tian Lie smiled, he walked to Andy's side, patted Andy's shoulder with his big hand, and laughed in a low voice: "After reading that record, I was inspired to think of a ridiculous idea……"
"what?"
Tian Lie sighed: "I have been thinking... if... I just said if... if, this world was not created by God... God is not a creator, but just a conqueror... Hey... I Do you understand the meaning of? If this world originally belonged to mankind, and God only conquered mankind, he lied a big lie and told future generations that the world and mankind were created by God..."
Andy froze for a moment, and suddenly laughed, "Fun and interesting! You fat guy is really funny!" He suddenly changed color and said, "Die fat guy, tell me, the old record you saw , What the is it?"
The fat man closed his eyes and murmured, "Nothing...It's war..."
"war?"
The fat man nodded: "That's a hypothesis. There is an ancient record hidden in the Roland Temple. There is a paragraph on it that confused me at first, but hundreds of years have passed, and I don't remember it very clearly... the sentence above It’s like this: Suppose there is another war between mankind and God..."
"Wait!" Andy suddenly exclaimed: "What did you say? What do you mean by ‘there is a war again’?!"
The fat man spread his hands out: "I don't know! I really don't know! That's how it was written in the record! That's why I was puzzled... Will there be war between humans and the gods who created this world? That's a joke. . So, I guess, unless... God is not the creator of this world at all!"
"Joke..." The expression on Andy's face seemed to be smiling, but there was a bit of sorrow in the smile: "A joke...In the world, how many truths were later confirmed by others, when they were born. It turned out to be a joke..."
Suddenly his eyes lit up: "The record you saw in the Temple of Roland mentioned the Shenlu? And also mentioned the sentence "If there is a war again?"
The fat man nodded.
Andy suddenly showed a weird smile: "Then, I guess, is the so-called "Shen Lu" a record of a war between a man and a god?"
The war between man and god?
If the world and mankind were created by gods, then why would there be wars between gods and mankind?
When Fatty Tianlie thought of this, he laughed loudly. He pointed to Andy and laughed wildly: "I thought I was already very rebellious. I didn't expect you to be even crazier than me!!!"
Andy didn't laugh! There was no smile on his face. He stared at Tian Lie slowly and said, "Actually, it's very simple...You are a fat man, no matter how you say it, you are still a human! So many times you still can't jump out of this world! You can't jump out of this world! That circle...but I won't! So I can think of more than you!" He faintly said: "Because, I am not a human being at all!"
He looked at the fat man, smiled and said, "I am a bystander standing outside the circle!"