Gate of Apocalypse

(This is a two in one chapter, word count for two chapters! Please don't ask me why I only have one more chapter, okay? Please, please, I don't want to explain anymore!!

Chapter 211 [Glory Is My Life]

Queen's Place.

This place is right behind that lawn in the Tower of London. This is a medieval house with a mix of bricks.

Pointed roof, dark brown walls.

This row of buildings looks extra ghostly at night... Especially when Chen Xiaoliang and the three of them actually saw a ghost.

It's not too hard to rush into this house to find where Queen Annie lived - it's long since become a place of cultural preservation, and for the convenience of visitors, there's even a text introduction.

The setting in the house deliberately restores medieval English style.

When Chen Xiaoliang and the three of them rushed into the house, they also looked at the place and Chen Xiaoliang was relieved.

Well, there's no armored warriors or sword shields or anything like that.

According to the sign, Queen Anne had lived in the building since then and was said to have been held on the third floor and in the attic.

Walking into the house, though I just looked at it in a hurry, Chen Xiaoliang couldn't help sighing.

It must be said that it was indeed tragic when Queen Annie was imprisoned here.

Even by medieval standards, this place of confinement is too modest. You know, this is a queen under house arrest, a queen who once held power.

Small windows, dark and damp rooms, broken furniture - well, they're said to be replicas of historical restorations.

It has to be said that Henry VIII is indeed a very tough man.

When he loved Queen Anne, in order to marry her, he fought all over Europe, turned his face against the Holy See, and made the Church of England independent, influencing the course of world religious history.

And then, when he stopped loving this woman, he did it with absolute absolute absolute jealousy! Just because this woman didn't give him a man, she handled it mercilessly!

Chen Xiaolian remembers having read the historical material mentioned.

Queen Anne was found guilty of adultery.

Queen Annie loved art on weekdays, so after being placed under house arrest, many of the poets, artists, with whom she was associated, were arrested and tortured... and finally came up with a fact that was ridiculous: everyone had to confess, and Queen Annie had an affair.

All of them?! Heh...

That's it, Henry VIII didn't feel good enough, even planted a charge against Queen Annie for having an affair with her own brother!

It also adds to the crime of treason…

”This Englishman is miserable, too.” Chen Xiaocai sighed.

However, she probably did not know that her own daughter had inherited the throne many years later and was the greatest queen in British history, Elizabeth I.

“Well, I say, Captain, don't be sad. Find your basement entrance.” The spare tire looked at Chen Xiaolian and looked around and couldn't help but throw up.

Chen Xiaoliang recovered and joined the ranks of the tire brothers.

It's not easy to find a basement in this house.

Exactly... they didn't find it!

“That ghost isn't lying to us, is she?” The spare tire cursed.

The area of this first floor is not very large. There are no basement doors at all... if it's a secret passage, you won't find it in such a small place.

Especially the tires, he even checked the fireplace.

Shelves, cabinets, even slabs on every floor.

“I assure you, the basement here is solid.” The tire sighed and looked at Chen Xiaolian: “Little face, what should we do? ”

Chen Xiaolei looked a little ugly.

Is that queen really messing with us?

There must be something wrong!

At this time, in the distance, you can hear a bright giant dragon roar in the other direction behind the Tower of London!

Chen Xiaoliang's complexion is tight!

“I don't know what happened to Conan.” The spare tire grabbed the hair: “He was quite generous enough to help us to seduce the dragon. ”

Chen Xiaolian stared carefully at the house and looked around again.

He suddenly shook his head: "Go, get out! ”

Rushing out of the house, the tire spare followed: “What's the matter, Captain? ”

“We wanted to make a mistake.” Chen Xiaolian's eyes stared somewhere in the dark.

“Eh?”

“You wonder why there's a basement in this house for the queen? And even if there was a basement, do you think when the queen was in custody, she had the opportunity to turn around and sneak into the basement alone to hide something? ”

“... that seems to make sense.” Tire nodded.

"“ That ghost lied to us! ”

“No, she shouldn't have lied. It's just that our understanding is different from hers.” Chen Xiaolei pointed to the house behind her and drew a circle of fingers pointing to the surrounding area: “She said that the last place she lived...

You see, this last place we lived, we only heard literally what it meant to be the last house she lived in.

But this is what ordinary people like us think, simply, is the way losers think.

But we forget that she is not ordinary, she is a queen, a noble nobleman, a super white and rich beauty.

In her conception, her place is not limited to the house she sleeps in. The kitchenettes next to this house, such as the kitchen, the firewood room, the water room, even the church, are all the kitchenette settings in this house... it's her property!

For example, a king says where I live, certainly not just his bedroom, but his entire palace!

So if Queen Anne's way of thinking is to understand... what she said about her last place she lived... is a neighborhood. Understood in the mindset of her nobility that all the amenities in the vicinity were her home. ”

Chen Xiaolei's eyes flickered and his fingers pointed to a place. "Including... there! ”

In the dark, the tires and spare tires look in the direction indicated by Chen Xiaolian.

That's …

A small chapel.

……

“This is where prisoners are imprisoned, as well as those who are big and well-known. In the English tradition, because these are nobles, even if they are criminals, they are given special treatment, such as the small church here, which is dedicated to praying for the senior criminals who are imprisoned here - and, of course, can be buried and incinerated in the church after they have been executed.” Chen Xiaolei slowly said: “So this is a private chapel... I think Queen Annie must have considered this private chapel one of her own places to live. ”

After a pause, Chen Xiaocao slowly said: "When you feel... imprisoned, under what circumstances is it possible for Queen Anne to hide things out of her guard's sight? ”

“You mean... when you go to church to pray?” The tire's eyes are bright, too.

“Westerners place great emphasis on religious beliefs. In prayer and confession, no one beside her would bother… perhaps at a time like this, Queen Anne would ask the guard to leave her temporarily. It was only then that she had the opportunity to make some small moves.” Chen Xiaoli flew fast track.

“What are you waiting for? Let's go inside!” The spare tire has been the first to rush towards the chapel.

This church is truly very small.

Typical Norman architecture.

Walking in at night, the church was dark and small windows did not provide any light. Under the beam of the tactical flashlight, the scene was barely seen.

It's very small, probably just as big as a regular middle school classroom... maybe even smaller.

A large circle of round stone columns also occupies a part of the space.

The height is quite impressive, with a roof as high as three floors and a rounded arch.

An arch is formed between a circular pillar of stone.

Overall, standing in this church can't help but feel somewhat repressed.

“Spread out!” Chen Xiaoxiao said that the tire spare tire immediately searched separately towards both ends.

Chen Xiaolian walked up the hallway in the middle of the church and looked at the statue placed in front of him, along with the candlestick and the ceremonial apparatus. A square stone cylinder, probably used to hold holy water, but it has dried up.

Chen Xiaolian glanced at the statue above and looked around again.

(If there was a basement, then it should have been discovered by the later people for centuries. Even if there was a stone sword in it, it would probably have been taken away by the later people... but the system should not have given such a result.

So…)

Chen Xiaolian's heart moved!

No, not the basement in the ordinary sense!

Queen Anne speaks English, she speaks cellar!

You know, in English, there are two words in the basement.

One is cellar. One is basement.

The latter means more formal, generally describing a room with a formal room structure in the basement.

And the word cellar is smaller, and in general, it might describe a wine cellar, a cellar.

In English, you dig a pit under the house, or cellar!

And Queen Annie is talking about cellar, so...

“Tires! ”

Chen Xiaoliang sighed and the tires came out from the left side of the church: “What's wrong? ”

“Did you find anything? ”

“... nothing.” Tire tone is a little anxious: “I found a prayer room, but nothing. ”

“Don't look, I think I might have guessed something! ”

……

The church also has a cellar.

Although very very very small.

This is for storing red wine.

Wine is often used as an instrument during mass.

So many churches have some wine reserved for them.

This church is small but also has a place to store wine - although this cellar is very, very small!

In a house on the side of the church, the entrance to this wine cellar is on the wall, just pull a small arch… but enter a height of less than a metre, and only climb into one person's half body.

In other words, you can't even walk upright inside. The wine is just a few barrels… of course, it's empty now and there's nothing.

This is certainly not a formal basement.

It's really just a small wine cellar dug out on the ground, and the space is probably much bigger than a bathtub.

“I'll do it. ”

Chen Xiaoliang handed the battle axe to the tire and raised his sleeve: “I'll go in and check it out, you guys guard it. ”

The tire handed over the tactical flashlight to Chen Xiaocai: “Be careful, if anything goes wrong, yell, we will drag you out. ”

Chen Xiaoliang nodded.

He leaned down.

This cave underground is really small, and Chen Xiaocai can barely crawl on his knees, less than two meters deep.

Even if he straightens his legs, he can stretch his feet outside.

Of course it's very dirty, dusty, and thick as a silk quilt!

The earth on the ground smells rotten!

Chen Xiaoliang bit the tactical flashlight in his mouth and tried to climb inside to the end.

The walls of the cellar are still stone, only the ground is dirt.

However, Chen Xiaocai carefully looked around the wall for a while, and he lit almost every stone brick with a flashlight.

Two minutes later, he finally found out!

Under a few stone bricks in the front left corner, the height is noticeable and there are some other deviations.

It was as if it had been pulled out recently but plugged back in, but not in place.

Chen Xiaoliang immediately dug up on the dirt in this corner with his bare hands!

He got it right!

……

“Pull me out! ”

Chen Xiaocai's voice came from the cellar. The tire immediately fell on its back and looked into the cellar. Chen Xiaocai's legs rubbed out a little bit and moved back a little bit. The tire grabbed his legs and finally pulled him out of them.

Looking at Chen Xiaolian's dark face, the tire couldn't bear laughing: “What do you think? How's the air in there? ”

“It's fantastic, just like when spare tires don't brush their teeth in the morning.” Chen Xiaocai answered with a smile.

“Hey!” The spare tire dared not: “Don't make me happy, okay? Your mouth smells good when you don't brush your teeth in the morning! ”

“Okay, look what you found.” Tire's eyes looked into Chen Xiaolian's hand.

This is a… long box.

A stone box!

About a meter long...

Just seeing this length, Chen Xiaoliang suddenly frowned: “No... the legendary sword in stone, but a knight's long sword is the right one. ”

If the Stone Sword is in this box... it's not long enough.

“Open it and see.” Tires shook their heads.

Chen Xiaoliang placed the stone box on the floor and wiped the dirt hard on it.

The box is push cap type with a dark slot inside.

After wiping the dirt off, Chen Xiaocai found that the stone box was engraved with a sentence.

Obviously, it was carved with a small sharp instrument… probably a knife or a dagger or something.

“God will prove and still make me innocent! ”

Chen Xiaoliang sighed after reading it.

Needless to ask, this must be from Queen Annie.

It appears that when the queen was incarcerated, she was very dissatisfied and wronged with the charges of treason for similar adultery planted on her head.

“Poor woman.” Chen Xiaoliang sighed and pushed the lid of the stone box away.

Crude friction, when the box cover is pushed away...

Chen Xiaoliang, the tire spare tire looked in this box... all stuck.

“Shit! They fooled me!!” The spare tire burst into a roar!

There is no sword in the stone box.

But……

- Cut off the sword.

No, just a sword handle, to be exact.

“The ghost!! I'm going to...” Spare tire eyes staring at angry shouts: “Where the fuck is this stone sword!! Just one blade handle!! ”

“Wait a minute!” Chen Xiaoliang sighed: “Listen to me first...”

“Captain, we've been fooled!” The spare tire is angry.

“Shut up! Finish listening to my face!” The tire clapped on the spare head.

“…” The spare tire closed its mouth and looked at Chen Xiaocai, but found that Chen Xiaocai's face was not disappointed and frustrated, but rather a surprise… it was just a surprise, but seemed to carry a slight doubt.

“She didn't fool us. We're not mistaken.” Chen Xiaoliang took a deep breath: “This is the Sword of Stone! ”

“Yes…”

“Legend has it that the Sword in Stone is indeed a broken sword! Well, to be precise, it did break later. ”

After listening to Chen Xiaolian, the spare tire stared: “How is that possible? Isn't it the sword of the king? Since it is called the sword of the king, it must be a fork of bulls! How could such a forked weapon be broken?! ”

Chen Xiaolian looked at the spare tire and looked at the tire again. He also saw that the tire had doubts in his eyes.

Chen Xiaoliang sighed: “You probably don't know the full story of King Arthur and the Sword in Stone. ”

Let's just say, in legend, this guy Arthur, he pulled out the Sword in the Stone, and that's the legend.

But to be precise, the Sword in Stone is not the Sword of Kings.

It's the Sword of the Choice of Kings.

In other words, whoever can draw the Purple Green Sword is the lover of Purple Xia Fairy...

Ahhhhhhhh!! This Nima is a tremendous tale westbound...

Whoever draws this sword from the stone is the chosen king of heaven.

So it's called the Sword of Choice of Kings.

But this sword was broken in Arthur's hands.

The function of this sword is that the holder can… gain immortal power. Keep the magic of youth!

But from a sharp point of view... it doesn't seem that special anymore. This sword is more symbolic than practical.

Legend has it that Arthur pulled out the Sword in Stone and became the chosen King of Heaven.

But on one occasion, he was in a battle… the opponent was a powerful guy - the name was gone.

Anyway, legend has it, King Arthur and this guy had three rough fights.

None of these three fights are sword-by-sword, but more than shooting (seemingly evil?

King Arthur actually lost in the third round. So the king was very upset, pulling out what he thought was the Great Killer Stone sword to cut this opponent to death. This is like amplifying a move.

Instead of letting this big move go, it was abused.

The Stone Sword was cut off!

According to legend, it is because God believes that this battle between King Arthur and the other is unjust and that King Arthur is contrary to the spirit of the Knight. So let the Sword break in stone and give King Arthur a warning.

“... well, that's generally the legend. So a lot of people who don't know the legend of the Sword in Stone don't know... the Sword in Stone did break.” Chen Xiaocai thought about it: “Of course, according to legend, King Arthur later got a more powerful sword, which was sharper and stronger than the stone sword, and more operational. That was the weapon King Arthur later carried all over the world.

So, the Sword in Stone is just a symbol of power that is more symbolic than practical.

Not as powerful as everyone thinks. ”

Chen Xiaocao said this and picked up this blade handle to look at it.

Though there has been a history of not knowing how many years, the blade handle of this sword appears to be covered with thick rust, grabbed in the hand, that kind of rough feeling is very uncomfortable.

“This should be the handle of the Sword in the Stone.” Chen Xiaocai sighed: “Anyway... this should be what we're looking for...”

He just finished talking...

[SYSTEM NOTE: You have found a task item requested for a random task, please leave the Tower of London area with this item! Leaving the Tower of London area and successfully retaining items without loss will be considered complete for this mission.

“Exactly!” Chen Xiaolian's spirit is in full swing!

But then, his heart moved...

Hold not lost?

Does the system mean... that someone will take it?

I just thought of it. Suddenly, the faces of the three of us changed!

In the direction of the church lobby, a voice was heard!

That's heavy footsteps!

And as the sound approached, a candle flashed.

A figure, tucked away in his body, dressed in an old and dirty monk's robe, with his head hanging down and a candle in his hand, slowly approaching under the reflection of a swaying flame!

This figure appears suddenly from the church, no sign beforehand!!

When the figure reached a distance of less than a few meters from the three men, he looked up as if.

An old face, like a wind-dried orange peel, cloudy old eyes, fingers like chicken claws...

This guy is almost as old as falling any minute.

But in that cloudy old eye, under the candlelight, it seemed like a sharp flash of light!

“Drop… Drop the holy instrument… this is not what you should touch. ”

The hoarseness is as loud as it sounds in the windbreaker.

Chen Xiaoliang and three others are stuck!

Nobody knows where this old monk came from.

Chen Xiaoliang subconsciously held the handle of the sword and tried to put it in the storage watch... but failed.

Got a system prompt: This item is temporarily unavailable!

Shit

Chen Xiaolian's eyes jumped!

Obviously, this old monk in front of you, although he looks like he's dying, will never be that simple.

“What if I don't put it down?” Chen Xiaolian held the handle of the Sword in stone and pushed it into his belt, while holding his hands tight to the fearless battle axe handed over from the tire's hand.

“Stealing holy objects is a capital crime…" The old monk slowly bent over and put the candles on the ground in front of him.

But when he puts the candle on the ground, then slowly stands up...

Strange things have happened!

He had a crummy body and suddenly straightened his back!

He was a lot taller when he was taller!

At this moment, this old monk took a deep breath and sighed softly from his mouth, saying a word.

“Glory is my life! ”

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[I'm sure everyone can guess who this old monk is.

Moon ticket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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