Chapter 272 Blood Corridor

It was a bit hard to find the way by himself. Chen Ke wandered on the street, wanting to see if he could meet the soldiers of Vanhede and ask how to get to the church.

But his luck was not good. He wandered around the intricate streets of the town for a long time, but he didn't see any soldiers of his own side. Instead, he killed many swordsmen of the Sun Cult.

These soldiers all have skills such as thunder guns. Some captains can attach lightning to their swords, which is much better than ordinary soldiers of Vanhede.

Even if they are wearing the armor of the Mithril Knight, which has 70% lightning resistance, they will feel numb after being hit. It can be seen that armor without lightning resistance has no way to deal with this move. This is why the Sun Cult can kill all the way into the city.

At least 20 swordsmen were killed, but none of their weapons and equipment exploded, and there was no way to pick them up from the ground. Chen Ke didn't know if this was normal. Perhaps, only when dealing with alienated individuals or monsters can the holy objects explode, but not living people.

It was getting light, and the fire in the city was gradually extinguished. Some of the buildings in Vanhede were made of wood, but most of them were made of diamonds, so they were not resistant to fire. In addition, the soldiers and knights in the city suppressed the chance of arson, so the fire was quickly controlled.

Coincidentally, at this moment, he suddenly saw a limping civilian running out of a building with a blackened roof. He was lucky and had been hiding safely for the whole night.

So he called him and walked over.

"Hey!"

Hearing Chen Ke's call, the man looked at Chen Ke in panic. When he saw that it was his own soldier, his panic eased.

"Hello... Knight, it's a disastrous night! Isn't it?" The man had a big beard and looked to be in his 50s. He was wearing a brown robe and looked like a wealthy class.

"Yes, Black Ring Yongsheng! Friend! Why don't you go to the Acropolis for refuge?" Chen Ke said pretentiously.

"I'll go now, I'll go now, can you give me a ride? This street is not peaceful!" The civilian pleaded.

"I'm sorry, citizen! I have a mission... and the enemy troops in the city have been almost wiped out. You should avoid the main road and there should be no danger!" Chen Ke shook his head and said seriously.

"Ah... That's a pity, Knight, I'll leave first!" The man sighed and turned to leave.

"Wait! Wait!" Chen Ke hurriedly called out.

"Have you changed your mind?!" The man turned his head and said happily.

"No, no, no... I just want to ask you something! It's very important! You must answer me." Chen Ke said.

"Okay... okay... Knight, what do you want to ask?" The civilian asked.

Chen Ke leaned forward slightly and asked cautiously: "Do you know... how to get to the cathedral from here?"

The civilian opened his eyes, with a look of disgust on his face, and couldn't speak for a while.

"Knight! Are you a foreigner?" The civilian asked in confusion.

"Answer quickly! Citizen! Don't challenge my patience!" Chen Ke said dissatisfiedly, with his right hand on the hilt of the sword.

"Oh! Okay... Go along this road, turn left at the end, walk past the cemetery, and you will reach the parish." The civilian pointed the way as he spoke. Following the direction he pointed, Chen Ke saw that it was close to the outer city wall.

"Damn it! The church is clearly on the mountain wall!" Chen Ke said angrily, knocking the civilian on the forehead.

"Ouch! My God!" The civilian cried out in pain.

"I don't want to go to the parish, I want to go to the cathedral above! Tell me how to get there!" Chen Ke put his hands on his waist and tapped his feet impatiently, and his mithril greaves made a clanging sound.

The civilian squinted his eyes, gritted his teeth, and rubbed the silt on his forehead with his right hand, saying: "If you want to go to the cathedral, you have to go through the parish's purification road first, hiss..."

Chen Ke looked at the city wall in the distance, squinted his eyes, and nodded slightly. That's it.

"Can I go now?!" the civilian asked.

"Before you leave, you have to tell me how to find the purification road." Chen Ke said.

"Uh... when you get there, you will see the chapel. Go inside the chapel and go to the deepest part. Behind it is the path for purification used only by priests. It is a stone tunnel. I have never been inside, but it is the only way to the church." The civilian said helplessly.

"Okay, go ahead, go ahead, don't look back." Chen Ke waved his hand and let the civilian go.

He walked towards the parish chapel. When he arrived at the cemetery, it was slightly bright. It was estimated that the time should be around 4 to 5 in the morning.

The area of ​​Van Hede's cemetery is not large, so every inch of land is valuable. Many people have to be buried in one pit, so in Van Hede's cemetery, the tombstones are piled up in piles, just like piles of stone shit.

Although this place is close to the outer city wall, it is very quiet because of the tricky angle. Even the iron balls and oil barrels thrown into the city by the catapult did not fall here.

The parish is surrounded by vast lawns, and the low rectangular building is built on the mountain. This building has only one floor. In front of the square in front of the gate stands a stone statue of a goddess with a covered face.

This is the third time Chen Ke has seen such a statue, and it makes him more curious about the pantheon of Vanhede. It's a pity that Giles's knowledge is passively triggered and there is no way to read it independently, otherwise Chen Ke would know more.

The chapel is a place for collective prayer open to civilians. In the Middle Ages, the church also served as a clinic. Many minor illnesses were solved by priests praying and pouring holy water, while serious illnesses and incurable diseases could only lie in it and wait for death.

Sometimes, priests would use euthanasia to stop the ultimate patient from suffering from the pain. The specific operation method is to use a mallet to aim at the patient's head and kill him with one shot.

It is very cruel and realistic. There was no such thing as medical treatment in the Middle Ages. Serious illnesses were often called demon possession, and minor illnesses that healed on their own were called God's grace.

In fact, 90% of the causes of illness in the Middle Ages were caused by uncleanliness. People at that time did not take a bath, and the dirtier the more glorious...

However, Van Hede's era should be different from the traditional Middle Ages, and it is hard to say whether there are really gods in this time and space.

Chen Ke saw God in the 2006 timeline, although he has not taken it seriously until now. After all, the invisible God is completely different from the God that Chen Ke imagined.

The area of ​​several hundred meters around the chapel is like a pure land on earth in this civil war. All the soldiers seem to ignore or deliberately avoid this place.

Chen Ke's armor clanged, breaking the silence here. He stepped on the crisp grass, passed through the thin morning mist, and came directly to the door of the chapel.

There was no one in the chapel, and the spiritual vision could not sense any human-shaped objects, but a red river of blood flowed under the door.

Chen Ke put the sword on his waist and took out the M1911A1. In such a place, it is safer to hold a gun.

However, Chen Ke suddenly found that the knight's armored gloves had a bit thick fingers. After the index finger was inserted into the trigger ring, it was difficult to pull the trigger naturally. In fact, the gun was close to the firing state when the index finger was barely inserted.

Chen Ke sighed and could only put the gun back and draw out the sword again.

He protected his body with a shield and gently pushed open the door. A fishy smell accompanied by hot wind blew towards him. The white light of the morning sun penetrated into the hall of the chapel. Everything in front of him moved Chen Ke.

I saw a pile of priests' bodies piled up in various places in the hall. After counting carefully, there were more than a hundred of them! Their blue robes were dyed red. Some of them were beheaded, some were nailed to the table by swords, and some were leaning against the wall.

The bodies lying on the ground were piled up into a pile. Some of the candlesticks in their hands were still dyed with blue flames. Some people were beheaded, and their heads were blown by the cold wind outside the door and rolled inside.

Judging from the degree of blood drying, they should have been killed last night. Chen Ke guessed that it was Faralis who killed them.

Stepping over these bodies, going around the back from the reserved road on both sides of the pedestal where the goddess statue was enshrined, you can see a double-leaf wooden door, one of which has fallen to the ground, and there is a body next to it.

Behind the door is a stone tunnel, which should be the path of purification that the civilian mentioned. There are blue candlesticks on both sides of this tunnel, and the blood flows down from the top of the tunnel.

Without saying a word, Chen Ke followed the blood trail into the tunnel and walked all the way to the cathedral of this time and space.