Amid the noisy bells, the shadows in every corner of the church square were dispelled by the light of torches, and the iron armor reflected the fire, and the night sky seemed to be covered by the smoke rising from the torches.

The captain of Pav Line sounded the assembly horn, but less than fifty people came. At present, they can only gather so many people, but it is enough. "Stay at every exit! Put down the gate! Even the Canjin River surface must be kept close. As long as the crossbower and the archer see a little movement on the water surface, even the fish must shoot it out!" The captain of Pav Line ordered sternly.

Now things have developed to an irreparable level. Captain Pavlei thought gloomyly, and probably Lord Udolf is already furious now. He originally thought that Miss Kadiya had escaped was bad enough, but now...

The old monk dean of the church was killed, and two other respected monks and two tomb guards were killed, almost all of them were dismantled. After the monk opened the iron gate, the captain Pav lined up and rushed into the stone tower with his two subordinates. Then they saw a scene that was far more terrifying than every time before.

Following the spiral staircase down the stone tower to the underground floor, the torches were extinguished, so the three of them had to turn back upstairs and lit the torches before moving forward. Although they had long heard that there were many rooms for monks to live in the underground floor below the stone tower - there were other bad rumors, such as the crimes they committed hidden in these rooms - Captain Pavle and his men had never been here next time, and it was usually forbidden to enter, and no one would risk offending the church to sneak into such a place.

Captain Pavre immediately discovered that the underground structure here was a "field" shape, and the spiral staircase was located in the center of the cross. Captain Pavre Pavre asked his subordinates to follow closely, so he walked forward first, holding the sharp steel sword in his hand. The depression and silence of the underground layer were at its peak in the darkness. Captain Pavre Pavre almost tortured by the footsteps of himself and his subordinates. They passed forward and finally came back from the rear, making people feel as if someone was following them in the darkness behind.

But this situation did not last long before it was broken. The three of them had been bent several times in the underground layer. The doors on both sides were locked. They pushed each time they passed by, but the cold and thick wooden doors remained motionless. The captain Pav continued to move forward, and suddenly he smelled a fishy smell that he was familiar with and disgusted. The intensity of the fishy smell reached a foul odor. Then he suddenly found that the light of the torch could not dispel the shadow on the ground ahead, but after taking another step forward, he found that it was not a shadow, but a large pool of blood.

"The gods are above." Captain Pavre heard the low prayer from his lower body behind him. He couldn't help but wonder whether such a trembling and weak voice could penetrate the stone wall and spread to the world tree canopy above the sea of ​​clouds. No, Pavre, who continued to move forward, affirmed that the gods could not hear the prayer here.

Blood covered the ground, like traces left by a bleeding man being dragged. Pavre also saw the bloody scratches left by ten fingers on the hard stone floor, which made him feel creepy. What monster is in the dark? Captain Pavre raised his head and stretched out a torch forward, hoping to illuminate something more in front. As a result, they saw something else on the next corner, a broken corpse.

One of the subordinates of the captain Pavre was spit out by the stench of the body on the spot, while the other subordinate retching and retreating several steps. Captain Pavre looked forward with a disgust and he recognized the face with his chin cut off. It was the fat monk. It is said that he had been in the monastery for more than 30 years. Some people even think that he will be the next dean after the old monk Malway.

It seemed that he had no chance. He was not alive yet. Captain Pavre stood up next to the head of the fat monk. The fat monk's throat and neck were cut open, and all his fingers were broken. The scratches on the ground just now were left by him. "Continue to go." Captain Pavre ordered. He looked straight ahead, not wanting to look down at the corpse, but he stepped on a piece of intestine of the corpse. The feeling under his feet made him almost vomit.

The two subordinates also crossed the corpse with fear and followed, but they immediately screamed regret. Compared with the scene afterwards, the corpse of the fat monk looked cute. The blood spurted out everywhere, with blood spots on the ground, on the wall, and even on the ceiling. The entire tunnel seemed to have turned into a demon's esophagus, with bloody and blackness and foul smell. Two corpses were on the ground, and their bodies were black. Captain Pavre almost thought that they were skinned, bloody and began to turn black, but when he got closer, he found that it was because they were wearing black armor.

"The Tomb Guard?!" Not only his subordinates, Pavre himself was also surprised.

And just next to the two bodies, a door was open, and blood was spilling around the door. What happened? Captain Pavrei raised the torch and looked inside. Will that guy be inside? Where is Miss Kadiya? When he thought of this, Captain Pavrei's awe of the duke overwhelmed his fear, "Follow me!" Captain Pavrei said as he walked into the door.

The room inside the door gave Captain Pavlei a trance. There were wooden boards on the walls and feet, carpets on the floor, and the interior was decorated with elegant furniture, wooden tables, wooden chairs, and beds. This room was like a noble room. Why did such a room be there in such a place? Captain Pavlei thought, was the rumors true? The monks really lived a life of luxury in private?

But it's not about me, the captain of the guard. Captain Pavret threw these doubts behind his head in an instant. He found two corpses on the edge of the fire, one with its head and one with its stomach open, and its internal organs spilled all over the ground. "Team, Captain..." Pavret heard his subordinates holding back the vomiting and said to him, "Old, old monk..." He pointed his subordinates at the corpse that leaned against the fireplace and its internal organs spilled all over the ground with his iron armored hands, and he almost screamed.

"The gods are above." Captain Pavre also recognized the old monk dean who often appears on important occasions, and was lying there at this moment. Lord Udolf didn't know whether he would be happy or angry. Captain Pavre could not help but think of the old face with blood foam on his lips when he looked at the dead eyes and the corners of his mouth.

But what made Captain Pavre feel grateful was that there was no Miss Kadiya at the scene. She was still alive. Captain Pavre said to him, and he realized that his hands were trembling slightly, "She is still alive." He himself did not realize that he had said what he was thinking.

The three almost escaped from the dark and bloody place. After returning to the church square, the captain Pav ordered the monk Huen who had been knocked out to open the iron gate of the church square and blew the horn of the assembly guards.

The murderer was still in the church square. Captain Pavre concluded that Miss Kadiya was the same, because there was no other way to leave this place. After nightfall, all the doors would be blocked. The nearly twelve-foot wall was not so easy to read, and Miss Kadiya was also taken with her...

"Captain Guard, what happened?" Monk Hueen asked in panic as he looked at the gathering guards.

A disaster, the monk Pavlem thought gloomyly, but did not answer him.

"Others! Come with me to search for the murderer under the stone tower, pay attention! The murderer this time is very likely the murderer who has been in trouble for several months in Jinhu City! According to the monk's testimony, the suspect was wearing a cloak and a bandage on his face. If he meets a similar suspicious person, he will immediately arrest him!" The captain of Pav announced loudly, "I want to live! But it doesn't matter if he has few hands and feet!" Then he ignored the pale face and walked towards the stone tower first.

...

Joel finally understood why the old nun Nanan said that Hemi could not walk this road. This was a narrow tunnel half-sinked by water. He could only squat forward. The tunnel was full of spider webs, and the water surface was filled with moldy and rotten straw and dead mice. The smell in the tunnel was stinky.

"It is unknown who built this secret passage. Maybe it was a monk from the past, or the old wizard who built the stone tower?" The old nun who brought Joel to the secret passage, shook his head and said, "No matter what, this passage is ancient and gloomy. It has been soaked in water for half a century, and the water in the passage has receded not long ago."

Joel reached out to touch the wall of the passage, and felt the mud-like algae. The old nun Nannan didn't know where the passage led. When Joel entered the passage, the old nun blocked the exit again with the stone slab used for the hidden passage. If there was no road ahead or the tunnel had collapsed, I would have died here. Joel thought gloomyly, no, I'd have died long ago.

Joel, who was lit on the torch, continued to move forward. The passage seemed to have no end. He turned around and the tunnel behind him was also swallowed by the darkness. The cold water made Joel's body tremble slightly, but it also slightly relieved the burning sensation caused by the burn he reached out.

At the beginning, Miss Kadiya wanted to walk away with Joel, but when she arrived at the entrance of the tunnel, she retreated again because the rotten smell like dead fish from the entrance of the tunnel made her face pale. Joel also secretly thanked that if the lady came over, she didn't know what else would have happened.

Joel continued to walk forward, and suddenly two crutches appeared on the left and right sides, which made Joel sweat in a cold sweat. He stretched the torch in his left hand into the crutches on his left, and aimed the crossbow in his right hand at the crutches on his right. The two crutches were as dark as dark, and the light of the torch could not see the end. "Damn!" Joel cursed secretly. The old woman had never said that this would happen. But where should she go next? Joel couldn't help but think of it.

Standing at this narrow intersection made Joel very uneasy, so he gritted his teeth and decided to continue crawling forward. If he really couldn't do it, he turned back. There was always one of these three roads to go out. Thinking of this, Joel continued to crawl forward. It was quite hard to crawl in such a narrow space, and the small space caused the sword on his waist to be unable to be pulled out, so Joel chose the crossbow in his "backpack".

At this moment, he had three crossbows in his hand. Hope not to use them, Joel prayed secretly.

After leaving the cross, Joel had crawled for some time. He was already numb to the stench in the tunnel, but the wet and cold narrow tunnel made him feel a little overwhelmed, but there was no sign of an exit ahead.

Joel continued to walk forward. The water that drowned half of the tunnel rustled at Joel's feet, and the sound was coming to the distance.

Joel suddenly stopped and looked behind him. There was nothing within the range that was within the reach of the fire, and it was pitch black outside the range. Is it an illusion? Joel turned his head suspiciously and continued to crawl forward.

Joel stopped again after crawling for a few steps. He looked at the darkness behind him, and it was still pitch black and nothing. Joel looked at the back and moved forward. He put away his crossbow, took out another torch from his backpack, ignited it, and threw it into the darkness behind him. The torch fell into the water and extinguished with a slight sound.

And accompanied by a thud, a crossbow arrow pierced fiercely at the thing that was illuminated by the torch when it was extinguished: an ugly face, with jagged teeth and cold gray skin. Joel even felt that he had seen reflective scales, but only a moment of firelight made him unable to be sure.

Immediately afterwards, the crossbow shot into something, and the thing suddenly roared. Joel heard the sound of a sharp thing passing through the wall. He threw away the crossbow in his hand and replaced it with the second one. He pulled the trigger again. The crossbow shot broke through the air. The thing in his narrow fear had nowhere to dodge. The crossbow shot hit again. This time the thing made a wail. Then the puff sound and the slam sound of water began to move away. Joel threw away the second crossbow without hesitation and took out the third one, and shot it into the darkness again. This time there was no sound of stabbing the thing, but a slight sound of the crossbow falling into the water after a long time.

The thing escaped. After Joel fired the third arrow, he decisively began to replace the crossbow. After putting the crossbow on it, he put it in his backpack, and then began to catch the second crossbow in the water beneath him. But at this moment, a few strange sounds came from afar. Joel stopped uneasily and listened. The sound was like the sound of a crane-mouth pickaxe hitting a stone.

Then there was a sound of shattering. Joel heard the sound of water, and the water under his feet began to ripple. Joel picked up the torch leaning against the wall with a blue face, and crawled forward desperately. Then the sound of water became louder and closer.

Damn it! Damn it! Joel tried his best to move forward at full speed, but when the water touched his back, he felt it was too late. The water flow filled the entire tunnel with rough flow. The torch in Joel's hand was instantly flooded by the water. Darkness and coldness occupied the entire world. The sound of bubbles and water flow was endless. Joel was pushed forward by the water flow.

After a short time, Joel was pushed by the rapid flow of water and hit the rusty iron fence. All the air in his lungs was squeezed out, but his body stopped. However, the water was still pouring deeper into the iron fence, pressing him tightly on the iron fence. Is this the end? Joel raised his hand to touch the stone slab above his head. Although it was heavy, Joel was sure to open it.

Open! Joel leaned against the iron fence to resist the water flow, stepped on the ground with his feet, and used his hands and back to push the slab. Although it was a little loose, the slab showed no sign of opening. Damn it! The lack of oxygen made Joel feel dizzy in his mind, but he was still struggling to support it.

Suddenly, Joel felt a bubble rushing with the water flowing and hitting his face. The next moment, Joel decisively took out the crossbow and pulled the trigger forward. Just as he pulled the trigger, a figure rushed over and hit Joel directly. Joel heard the overwhelmed creaking sound from the iron fence behind him. A narrow sharp blade pierced Joel's abdomen. The blood oozed out at the same time, and the fire burst out under the water. Joel saw the thing's face clearly at this moment.

It was a human face, or it used to be a human face, but at this moment it became terrifying and deformed, with cracks like fish gills on both cheeks, teeth like serrated teeth, and eyes as dull as fish eyes. It also retains the human body shape, and the skin on its body began to grow fish scales, palms with webbeds, and it held a narrow and long sharp blade, which was a fish-cutting knife.

Old Water Ghost. Joel recalled the story of the old carpenter Fred.

The severe pain of the piercing made Joel open his mouth, and the cold water poured into his lungs and stomach, but he had no time to take care of this at this moment, because the monster hitting him wanted to use a fish-slicing knife to open Joel's intestines and break his stomach. Joel stuck his hand tightly with a crossbow, but its power was much greater than Joel thought. The crossbow seemed to be overwhelmed and began to twist and deform immediately. The fish-slicing knife cut a hole slightly, and the gushing blood burst out in the water. There was a little light source in the dark space, and the water evaporated into bubbles around the fire.

Suddenly, the iron fence behind Joel suddenly broke. Joel, who was pushed by the water flow, retreated and the fish-cutting knife pulled out of his abdomen. The monster did not seem to be planning to be washed away by the water with Joel, so he supported the wall with his hands, but the wall was too slippery and it began to be pushed by the water flow. But in the end, Joel was unknown. He felt like he was stuck in a cold body when he was pushed by the water flow. He had no strength to struggle. He was alone in the sound of water flow and bubbles, the feeling of water flow and the feeling of coldness.

Then, the sound of the water flow became louder and louder, and Joel's consciousness began to blur.
Chapter completed!