Early the next morning, the Knights of the North Island extinguished the firepit, cleaned up the camp, and set off on the way to Silver Ring City again.

After more than six hours' journey, the outline of a city gradually appeared in front of everyone.

Cumberland looked into the distance blankly, his face gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking of.

The group followed the path and traveled two kilometers further, and came to an abandoned mill.

Cumberland pushed open the door of the mill warehouse.

Several burly men dressed as farmers stood up from the haystack, and after seeing the appearance of the incoming person, they bowed slightly and saluted.

Stopping the Beidao people's plan to go to war, the old knight walked to the middle of the waiting group and asked their leader, "Everything is ready?"

The latter nodded dumbly.

Brunhild took a quick look at Cumberland and the farmer, raised his spear at the latter, and asked loudly, "Who are you?!"&1t;i>&1t;/i>

The questioned person opened his mouth, and people saw through the light that his tongue had been pulled out by the roots, leaving only a vague mass of meat faintly visible.

"They are not enemies." Cumberland slowly pressed down Brunhild's spear, and said later: "But they are not allies either."

Ignoring the North Islanders' swords and axes, the farmers pulled out wooden boxes one after another from the pile of straw, skillfully opened them with a crowbar, and took out a set of old and musty leather armor.

Brunhild knelt down, looked through the leather armor carefully, pointed to the deer head coat of arms on his chest and asked Cumberland: "Why is there the armor of the Northern Connaught Kingdom here?"

Cumberland smiled and said, "Don't you really think that you just rushed into the city on our own?"

Brunhild threw the leather armor in his hand back to the wooden box, without refuting the opponent's words. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Cumberland continued: "You are here to wait and rest for a while. I'm going into the city to meet someone tonight."

Brunhild took a step closer to the old knight, with aggressive eyes: "Why should we stay here? How long is a period of time?! Why do I feel that this is more and more like a trap? And you are draining my patience !"

Cumberland looked at the Valkyrie with a bitter face: "People say that the North Islanders are impatient, this seems to be true. Brunhild, if you don't worry about me, this old fellow, you can come with me, Let your people stay here and wait for the signal."

Seeing her nodding in agreement, the old knight shook his head and sighed: "Don't forget to tell them that if you don't come back within three days, you don't have to wait any longer."

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In the middle of the night, Cumberland and Brunhild, who put on the armors of the Northern Army, and their attendants, followed the guide to the gate of Silver Ring City. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

As she approached the city, the Valkyrie looked at the tall and solid city wall in the night, exclaiming in a low voice.

Cumberland followed the opponent’s line of sight, and what he said was quite strange: “The city wall may be the most contradictory in human history. It resists attacks from wild beasts and foreign enemies on the outside, but also imprisons it on the inside. The courage and soul of people."

Cumberland looked at the unidentified expressions of the people around him, only smiled and said: "In history, those kingdoms with high walls and deep pools will all go to extinction without exception; those who renounce their persistence and remain insecure All the forces will slowly rise to become an empire."

"guard!"

Brunhild warned in a low voice while reaching for the spear behind him.

Cumberland shook her hand, motioning her to stay calm.

The guard who led the way to the gate of the city passed a small packet of coins, revealing another badge. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Soon, the city gate official ordered a side door to be opened, giving these visitors permission to pass.

"The silver ring has long turned black."

After saying this, Cumberland entered the long-lost city with his legs tucked in the belly of the horse.

There is no longer the prosperity of the past in Silver Ring City. The bright lights after the night are replaced by a dead silence. Along the way, the building is dilapidated and debris is scattered everywhere.

Brunhild rode a horse, carefully avoiding a corrupt corpse in the stinking ditch, frowning and saying: "The legendary situation in the underworld of Heim is nothing more than this."

The group continued to move forward and slowly approached the Basilica of San Cote.

The huge holy cross in the center of the church square has been torn down and replaced by a stacked rectangular stone platform. On it, the grooves used to bind the hands and feet, the black bloodstains around the stone platform, and the ancient gods symbols made of wood. Without more details, everyone can imagine that the northerners have done something after entering here. what. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

"What's that?" Brunhild asked, causing Cumberland to turn his head.

A shriveled corpse that was obviously embalmed, with both hands on the ground and kneeling on the ground. Five huge iron nails firmly fixed its hands, feet and head on the ground, and the direction of the head of the corpse was the wooden statue of the ancient god.

Cumberland sighed: "Bishop Fabian, when the barbarians entered the city, he chose to coexist and die with the cathedral. He defended his faith with his life, and may Heavenly Father protect his soul."

After bypassing the battered church and passing the corpse forest pierced by the erected wooden stakes, Cumberland finally stopped at the entrance of the cemetery 500 meters away from the church.

He rolled over and got off his horse, untied his weapon and gave it to the attendant for safekeeping, holding a torch, and walking slowly on the muddy steps under his feet.

Brunhild saw this, considered for a moment, and followed his footsteps. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

The huge cemetery now looks extremely crowded, and too many tombstones make the land completely insufficient. Some tombstones are simply piled together like firewood; some tombstones have dozens of names written on the palm-sized stone surface.

Passing the outer graves, the more Cumberland walked in, the darker the environment.

In the innermost part of the cemetery, there is a small space of less than ten square meters. The land here is filled with small flowers and lush ivy.

An old man with all white beards turned his back to the old knight, kneeling before the tombstone, praying quietly with his hands folded.

Cumberland looked at the tombstone. There was no text on it, not even the patterns and emblems.

"Are you here?" The kneeling old man opened his eyes and turned his head.

Cumberland looked at the ten-year-old friend in front of him, leaned down, placed a bunch of flowers in his arms in front of the tombstone, and asked gently: "When did it happen?"

"After the queen left, Gay VI used alcohol and carnivals to anaesthetize himself. At the beginning of this year, he suddenly fell to the ground at a banquet and was sent back to the palace and was in a coma for a whole day. The first thing after waking up was to ask the attendants. Carry him into the queen's gallery, where he eventually died."

Cumberland sighed inaudibly~lightnovelpub.net~ Looking at the tombstone, he asked, "Why is the King of the Silver Ring buried here? There is no inscription?"

"For the current Silver Ring Kingdom, a living king is more valuable than a dead king. All those who know it have been disposed of."

Cumberland nodded, paused for a moment, and said to the old friend in front of him: "Emerson, although we have communicated in the letter, I still have to ask again. Are you sure?"

Hearing this, the old man touched the tombstone with his hand, and the voice seemed to have been invaded by wind and sand for thousands of years in the desert: "I have already thought about it, everything will come and go, let this kind of kingdom... collapse..."

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