Chapter 153: Legend (Please Collect and Recommend) 5000 Words Long Chapter

"What is this?" Courtman asked in confusion while holding the commission in his hand.

"Guarantee!" Pastor Dalton said with a smile: "Both for you and me! I remember that the last time you accepted the commission from the British Empire, the result was not very good, right? It won't be this time. Last time, those guys were just a group of liars. This time, I will give you the most reliable insurance. This is the commission issued by His Majesty the King himself, with His Majesty's seal on it. You can rest assured."

The last commission to investigate the Ghost Party was not actually Courtman found by the British Empire, but a good show directed and performed by the Ghost Party. They just wanted to use this as an excuse to gather the talented people of the Gentlemen's League together and steal their abilities.

Courtman smiled. Although the results and process of the last investigation were not very good, Courtman never regretted it. He is the kind of person who will never regret once he chooses, and the last investigation at least gave this old man a long-lost passion.

Looking at the commission in his hand, the content on it was very strange. The King of England actually hired him as a royal archaeological consultant! Let's not talk about whether the royal family has this position, just talk about when the royal family and archaeology are related?

Others also saw the content of the letter of appointment, after all, their names were on it. They knew even less than Courtman, so they were all confused at the moment.

"Archaeology? Sorry, I'm a scientist. I can do chemistry and physics, but archaeology..." Dr. Hyde felt that the royal family was a bit nonsensical. He was asked to come for archaeology... It's a waste of talent!

"Mr. Hyde, although it's a bit hurtful to say this, we don't actually need you. We need the monster in your body!" Although Pastor Dalton has a kind face, his words are extremely sharp, even poisonous. Hyde has a second personality because of the incarnation potion, and that personality is Hyde. In fact, Hyde's real name is Henry Jekyll. Because of the second personality, he no longer uses his original name.

If Pastor Dalton had said this before, Hyde would have been very sad. He once wanted to commit suicide because of his second personality, but since the Ghost Party incident, Hyde accepted his second personality, Mr. Hyde, and the two reached a reconciliation and agreement, so he called himself Dr. Hyde. It was also because of this that in the face of Dalton's sharp words, he just rolled his eyes and kept silent.

"Let's make it clear, gentlemen, so that you don't have any misunderstandings about the mission. Except for Mr. Courtman, the rest of the people came here for a deal! Mr. Hyde will not mention it. You have committed more than a dozen murders and dozens of assaults in the UK. If you accept the commission, complete the mission and swear to keep it secret, we will cancel the wanted warrant for you. At least the wanted warrant for Henry Jekyll, you can live safely in England as Hyde."

Dalton didn't wait for Hyde to speak, and then turned to Captain Nemo and Mina.

"Captain Nemo, as long as you complete the mission, your Nautilus will be able to secretly resupply at any port in the British Empire. This is what you have always wanted." This is also the reason why Nemo accepted the invitation of the Gentlemen's League.

"Ms. Mina, you, like Mr. Hyde, have committed many murders. We can reach an agreement with you. As long as you do not violate our direct agreement, you can live in the UK." Mina is a vampire. She needs blood. This has little to do with whether she is kind or not. Vampires will die if they do not suck blood. But Mina is relatively principled. She only preys on those who deserve to die, and she never touches innocent people. Of course, this does not affect her committing murder.

More importantly, Britain has the ability to deal with her. The Royal Cathedral Church under the Church of England specializes in this. The reason why they did not trouble Mina before was entirely because of Mina's personal relationship with Van Helsing. Now Van Helsing has long gone to see God, and the contradiction between the two has become increasingly prominent.

Now the conditions given by Dalton are undoubtedly very tempting to Mina. She is not alone, she also has her own bloodline, and she must be responsible for them.

"As for Mr. Steve and Miss Diana... I don't think I need to say much. Although you have done very well on the front line, you have almost committed all the crimes you can commit!" Steve accounted for a small part of the reason. Americans are not good birds. When he was on the front line, Steve did a lot of things in private. The upper echelons of the Allied Powers knew this, but in order to win over the United States, most of them turned a blind eye. Steve was a spy, and it was normal for him to seek benefits for his country.

And Diana was even more excessive. Her unique values ​​and strong strength were enough to give everyone a headache.

Steve was obviously very clear about this, so he had no opinion on the task proposed by Dalton. It would be great if he could clean up the mess.

Unfortunately, Diana disagreed.

"No, I'm a warrior. My mission is to defeat the god of war Ares. I'm not interested in what orders your king gives!" The implication is that he doesn't want to accept this task.

Dalton was not surprised by Diana's reaction. Three months was enough time for him to collect enough information. Dalton just looked at Steve.

"Mr. Steve, I hope you can understand that the reason we are willing to trade with you is entirely because of Miss Diana. If Miss Diana refuses to accept the mission, then..." The meaning is very clear, how could Steve not understand?

Others didn't like Steve at all, and they brought him along solely because he could convince Diana.

"Understood!" Steve naturally knew what to do.

"Very good." Dalton then said to Diana: "Don't refuse so quickly. This matter has a lot to do with you."

"With me?" Diana didn't understand.

"Yes, it is precisely because of your appearance that the royal family and us are determined to carry out this mission. If successful, it will have a very profound impact on the battle situation. Including the god of war Ares in your mouth."

After speaking, Dalton turned his head and said to everyone: "I want you to know that the current war situation is not good. Especially because of Ludendorff's activity and the situation has reached an extremely critical moment. We have intelligence that shows that Ludendorff is Dendorf is having deep contact with some monsters that we don't want to talk about. We have reason to believe that the situation in the war will become more complicated and unpredictable. It is in view of this situation that the royal family and the cabinet decided to start this project. Top secret mission."

Diana was no longer so resistant because of Dalton's words and Steve's persuasion. She was actually quite curious about what Dalton wanted to do by gathering them.

"What exactly is the top secret mission you're talking about?"

Dalton said nothing, but pointed to the letter of appointment. Obviously, you have to sign to participate. Now everyone had nothing to say and signed their names one by one. Dalton put away the letter of appointment with satisfaction before speaking.

"Didn't I say before that the appearance of Miss Diana made us really determined to launch this plan."

"I?"

"Yes! We learned about your abilities and origins, so we thought, since Amazons really exist, do people who exist in other myths and legends also exist?"

At this time, Coatman raised his head and asked: "So you want us to open the legendary immortal man, the Lion King, the dragon hunter, the golden lion of Britain, and the strongest knight in history - Kai Britannia?" tomb?"

"Not bad!" Dalton didn't hide it anymore. "Mr. Cotterman, do you know the legend about the Lion King?"

"The golden immortal lion will surely wake up from its slumber when darkness sweeps the world." Cotman said slowly. But everyone else was a little baffled by it. They had only heard that King Arthur, the Eternal King, would return.

Because this legend is very unpopular, only very few legends will mention it, because most of the legends about Kay are mixed with the legend of King Arthur. King Arthur is the protagonist, and Kay has always been a supporting role. In the process of communication, it is natural to ignore some things about the supporting characters, and even add many deeds to the protagonist to highlight the protagonist.

Only legends from almost fifteen centuries ago focus on describing Kai's deeds. Later, because many Christian elements were added to the legend of King Arthur, Kai's sense of existence was greatly weakened. He could only be reduced to an important supporting role in the early stage of the legend, and retired after Arthur completed the unification.

"It's just a legend."

Although Coatman knew this legend, it didn't mean that he would believe it. If the royal family hadn't approached him so carefully and told him about it, he would have even thought that someone was playing a prank. But since the royal family spent such a high price to find him, it means that the royal family must have something in their hands. He now hopes that Dalton can come up with something useful.

"What if there is evidence to prove that this is not a legend?" After Coatman clapped his hands, Sister Katherine, who had left before, walked out holding a box. Dalton opened the box, took out a slate, and placed it in front of everyone. "This is a stone slab that was excavated near Leicester about 89 years ago. Based on years of research, many experts have always believed that this stone slab was produced about 7000 BC, and the writing on it is from an unprecedented The writing was discovered, but fortunately, this writing has a great origin with the Celtic language, and there are many similarities between the two. So after many years of deciphering, some information was finally obtained thirty years ago. "

After speaking, Dalton handed Coatman a piece of paper. It was clearly written on it that the legend about Kai that Cotman had just said was exactly word for word.

This is amazing. The stone tablets from 7000 BC actually recorded a legend that has been passed down to this day. The significance of this is beyond imagination. At least they can be sure of one thing, that is, King Arthur and Kay The age far exceeds the previous estimate of around 500 AD by historians.

It can even prove that King Arthur and Lion King Kai are indeed real people!

"What's the line below?"

"Coordinates, coordinates of the mausoleum!"

"Have you found the tomb?!!!" Cotman stood up with a whoosh and said excitedly. This is evidence of the existence of mythical characters! This discovery can lead to so many things!

"Not bad!" Dalton curled his lips and said, "I did find it, but the only problem is how to get in."

After speaking, Dalton threw out a stack of photos. It showed the entrance to an underground mausoleum and some basic conditions, but there were no more detailed photos. Dalton went on to offer an explanation.

"In the last ten years after the stone tablet was deciphered, we organized almost twenty explorations of the tomb. Each time, we suffered heavy losses. Most of them were wiped out. Even if there were survivors, they were completely crazy. So as early as the second day of the Second World War, we suffered heavy losses. We terminated this operation ten years ago. It was not until seven years ago that we noticed you and were interested in reorganizing the expedition team. Now with the appearance of Miss Diana, we finally made up our mind to restart the operation. "

Cotman didn't pay attention to Dalton's explanation. He just studied the photos wholeheartedly.

The photos from this period are all in black and white, and the sharpness is worrying, so many details require careful study.

"Okay, everyone, I will ask Sister Kathleen to send all the information to you later. Now you must hurry up." Pastor Dalton did not give them time to study the information carefully, but instead kept urging them to act as soon as possible.

"So urgent?" Dr. Hyde asked a little surprised.

Speaking of this, Dalton looked a little unhappy. "The Germans already know something. Just a few days ago, a group of Germans suddenly raided the ruins and entered it..."

Now everyone understood. No wonder Dalton told them everything so happily. Otherwise, according to the bureaucracy of those big shots, it would have been impossible to act so vigorously and offer them such good trading conditions.

…

Soon the group got on the train to Leicester under the leadership of Sister Catherine. This Sister Katherine was someone named by Dalton and inserted into the team to monitor them. Neither Steve nor Cotman paid much attention to this.

This matter is so important that it is normal for the government to send people in. In fact, if the officials did not send people in this time, they would feel guilty. After all, the experience of being deceived last time is still fresh in their minds.

It’s just that they don’t know Sister Kathleen. This nun only spoke to them when they first met, and never communicated with any of them after that. Steve was in a professional habit and chatted with her. I had spoken to him, but the nun just prayed silently with her rosary beads and never responded.

As companions who are going on adventures together, it is necessary to understand each other, but this nun obviously has no interest in communicating with them, which makes Steve, who temporarily acts as the team leader, very distressed.

"Kottman, do you know this nun?" In the end, Steve had no choice but to seek help from Kottman.

When it comes to having a wide circle of friends, Cotman is one of them. The old man's rich experiences in this life can definitely be written into a series of best-selling novels, a dozen or so. When the Gentlemen's League was organized a few years ago, most of it was Courtman's connection.

"I don't know her, but judging from her dress, she should be from the Holy Church. I don't know much about this organization. They usually only deal with supernatural events within the British Empire, so Mina should know more. . But all you need to know is that the famous demon hunter Van Helsing came from this organization."

Van Helsing is the most famous demon hunter in modern times. He has traveled all over Europe and has been active for more than four centuries. He has hunted countless demons and monsters. Even the Holy See has a deep connection with Van Helsing. Some well-informed people in Europe This name is definitely famous among people. Of course Steve knew this person.

Although he has never seen it, Van Helsing died decades ago. Speaking of which, this is also an anecdote. Van Helsing lived for four centuries, hunting dark creatures everywhere. Many people even doubted that he was really a warrior sent to the world by God and was immortal.

As a result, more than a hundred years ago, after Van Helsing killed Count Dracula, the king of vampires, he began to age rapidly, and finally died of old age a few decades ago.

Closer to home, Cotman’s meaning is clear: this Sister Katherine is definitely not simple.

After receiving this answer, Steve could only give up. He wanted detailed information on everyone, purely out of professional habit. They are accustomed to understanding the situation and then selecting and using the information that is useful to them.

Just like when Steve discovered that Diana was very yearning for the outside world on Paradise Island, he took advantage of this and asked Diana to take him out.

This is entirely based on the professional habits of an agent and cannot be said to be right or wrong.

When Steve, who had learned nothing, sat back down next to Diana, he didn't expect an unexpected gain.

"That woman has an ominous aura about her!"

After Steve sat back, Diana suddenly said without any clue.

"What?" Steve asked.

"I don't know, but let's be careful." After saying that, Diana stopped paying attention to Steve. Diana was a little uncomfortable with Steve's behavior that day. She felt that Steve was neglecting her too much.

After all, Diana was a woman.

Steve:…

Around early the next morning, a group of people followed Sister Catherine to an underground ruins.

The entrance to the entire ruins is two hundred meters underground, and above ground is a noble manor. Although the owner of the manor nominally belongs to a wealthy businessman, the actual owner is the British royal family, and the person who received them is also a member of the royal family, perhaps. Conversation type roles.

The royal family of this era was much more powerful than those of later generations.

But this is all off topic. The royal family would never give a group of outsiders a chance to spy on the royal family's secrets. So there was no greeting, and they were taken directly to the entrance of the ruins.

The ruins were built in a huge underground cave. The entrance was a huge stone door-shaped building. The stone door had been blown down, and broken boulders were all around the entrance. Seeing these precious cultural relics blown to pieces, Courtman, the Xibe archaeologist, was distressed and sobbed.

These are precious cultural relics!

But at the moment, Courtman didn't have the heart to explore these, because there were more important things waiting for them to discover.