Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Inside the pyramid ruins.

The passageway is the same as the outside, and the walls are smooth and tidy, unlike the various murals and pictographs in the Earth Pyramid. Just looking at this point, it is indeed not as valuable as the Earth Pyramid.

Laura led the plague doctor to a hall, and from this moment on, everything was finally no longer monotonous. There were four super-giant load-bearing columns here, and there were also cuneiform symbols of unknown meaning printed on the columns.

At the same time, there are many strange rock sculptures in this hall, which are similar to the stele that caused the accident on the Eudora.

It was also because of the Udora accident that Laura used the authority given to her by Sui Bian to apply for the transfer of a company of Dark Angel reserves to protect the archaeologists working here.

Ah! It's great! The moment the plague doctor saw these rock sculptures, he fell into a state of excitement again, and hurried to the nearest snake-shaped sculpture, and said with emotion: These...these are all excellent materials!

Material? Laura was puzzled.

That's right, boy. The plague doctor fumbled in his pouch, took out an old-fashioned magnifying glass, and explained while examining the sculpture, These things look like stones, but they are... um... what To describe it...ah! In fact, they may be living things or dead things, but what they have in common is that they all come from a different space, and they are the most filthy and chaotic products, but their activity is restrained by some external force.

As for the stone (monument) that killed a group of children, it was precisely because it was far away from the pyramid that the activity intensified and dragged the group of children into a different space.

Doctor, according to you... this place has the ability to contain different dimensions, right? Laura asked.

You can understand it like this, well, don't bother me anymore, hum~hum~oh, so it is like this! I have to record it.

The plague doctor waved to Laura, hummed a cheerful ditty, put the magnifying glass back in the bag, and at the same time took out a leather notebook and pen, writing something to himself.

Next, the plague doctor either trotted to the end of the hall and poked the toe of a giant dragon sculpture with a pen, or ran to the other end and hammered the smooth and clean wall with his hands.

...

Laura looked at the disorganized and even nonsensical plague doctor, and always felt unreliable, but when she thought that this eccentric doctor had developed a vaccine that benefited all mankind and all human beings, So we can only wait patiently.

Boom, boom.

At this moment, Laura heard the sound of magnetic boots coming from behind, turned around, and found that Artemis and the Gray Knights, who had replaced their exclusive power armor and Holy Shield Terminator, walked slowly away from the entrance to the road. The passage to the outside world came to this spacious and open hall.

The number of gray knights is not large, there are only ten squads, a total of sixty people, but they are the elite of the elite, and they are by no means comparable to the existence of the reserve.

As for their Aegis Terminator, their left arm is equipped with a storm-type parallel bolter, a plasma cannon, a melta cannon, and some Gray Knights also nailed Human Truth to the shoulder armor.

As for Artemis with her helmet unfolded and her ponytail tied, her weapon only has a Thunderbolt and a full moon bow attached to her left waist. In terms of decoration, she also nailed the Human Truth spread out flat on her right shoulder armor. Under the powered backpack behind him was a white cloak embroidered with gold thread.

Cooperating with the fluctuations of spiritual energy that appear and disappear from time to time, the current Artemis has finally recovered the aura that a goddess should have.

Seeing the arrival of Artemis and the gray knight, all the reserve soldiers clenched their fists with their right hands and bowed across their chests.

Artemis also nodded in return, and walked to Laura's side and said, How's the situation?

It should be going well... Laura glanced at the plague doctor who was studying a load-bearing column, then looked directly at Artemis, and asked actively: Sir, is there any emergency that requires you and the Gray Knight Come to stand ready?

Not sure. Artemis, whose gaze also fell on the plague doctor, suddenly twitched slightly at the corner of his right eye, and then said with a slightly heavier tone, But my perception tells me that the doctor's next move may be dangerous. Tell your people to prepare for the worst and evacuate quickly if necessary.

Okay sir. Laura, who had no response to spiritual energy, waved her hand immediately and said, Everyone be vigilant and be prepared to evacuate at all times!

As soon as the words fell, the archaeologists at the scene followed the order and packed up their tools. If they encountered a sudden change, they could immediately evacuate in an orderly manner.

But the plague doctor didn't bother to pay attention to the words of vigilance. In other words, he didn't hear it at all when he was in the working state. He only knew to study a few noteworthy symbols on the load-bearing column, and then seemed to understand it, and said to himself:

Fresh... fresh blood can open the way to Hades? Oh? Hades? Interesting, let's try it.

As the plague doctor said, he took out a scalpel from his small bag, scratched his right index finger without hesitation, and threw the dark red blood onto the symbol that Laura's team could not decipher for a long time .

But no response.

Got it wrong? Or do you need more?

The plague doctor froze for a moment, but quickly shook his hand at the symbol, causing more blood to splash on the symbol, but...

Still no response.

? ? ! !

You want more?! Are these not enough?! The plague doctor was a little annoyed, and immediately wanted to use his scalpel to slap his wrist hard.

Doctor! Don't get excited, Doctor!

Seeing this, the soldiers who were responsible for ensuring the safety of the plague doctor hurried forward to stop him, preventing the plague doctor from continuing to harm him.

However, when the soldiers tried to prevent the plague doctor from harming himself, those symbols actually absorbed all the plague doctor's blood and released a scarlet light.

Doctor! Look, it works! A soldier reminded.

Oh? Hearing this, the plague doctor stopped self-mutilation, then glanced around at the remaining load-bearing columns, and reacted instantly: That's it! Children, let me go, I know how to open the gate to the Hades Already!

And Artemis, who had been watching not far away, saw that the plague doctor was pouring blood on the remaining three load-bearing columns in turn, and the uneasiness in her heart began to intensify, so she immediately said in a deep voice: Director Crawford, call yours! People get out of here quickly.

yes.

Laura, who received the instructions, immediately arranged for the archaeological team to leave the hall, while Artemis swung her left hand left and right to signal the gray knights to surround the load-bearing pillars immediately.

And a company of Dark Angels reserves, without deliberate orders, took the initiative to cooperate with the Gray Knights to stand on the outermost edge, aiming their guns at the center of the load-bearing column.

At this time, the plague doctor who was surrounded by a group of soldiers had already completed a series of operations. When he found the crowd waiting in full force, he could not help calming down by waving his hands with his extremely magnetic voice. road:

Don't be nervous, children, don't worry, according to my observation, there will be no danger...

Doctor, be careful!!

Before the plague doctor could finish saying the word danger, the soldiers beside him hurriedly picked him up and wanted to flee in the direction of Artemis.

It turned out that when the plague doctor was confident and thought it would be okay to open the road to the underworld, the four giant load-bearing columns had completely absorbed the plague doctor's blood, and then released scarlet light one by one.

Immediately afterwards, between the four load-bearing pillars, that is, in the center of the hall, a bloody vortex with a diameter of six meters and a width of six meters quickly emerged, or a scarlet passage.

Afterwards, countless suckers of different thicknesses, covered with dense phobias, and also bloody, sticky tentacles gushed out of the vortex, rushing towards the nearest plague doctor and soldiers.

This is also why the soldiers would rush to flee with the plague doctor.

Oh...God, it seems that I miscalculated this time. The plague doctor was held on the shoulders of soldiers wearing power armor. Seeing that the tentacles getting closer to them were too arrogant, he tapped the soldier's shoulder armor, He said angrily: Son! Put me down, I want to teach them a lesson!

However, before the plague doctor could break free from the shackles, a green light flashed by their side, and accompanied by the sound of 咻~——!, it burned all the tentacles to death, into the vortex.

boom……!

Roar……!

Then, the faint explosion and painful cries came from the direction of the vortex, which represented that the green flare had severely injured, and even killed the source of the tentacles.

Looking along the afterglow of the green light, I saw that Artemis had just finished bowing and shooting arrows, and her left hand was still holding the full moon bow that continued to emit a faint green light.

Roar!!

However, as soon as she finished solving a tentacle monster, there were countless beasts, or humanoid demonic creatures with blood-red skin, howling and gushing out of the vortex.

Obviously, these demons are somewhat young. No, it should be said that they don't have any common sense. They don't know the identity of the giant they are about to face, so they are aggressive and fearless.

only listen;

Blast these ugly guys to pieces! Artemis' voice was resonant.

Yes!, Die, bastard!! Metallic responses and battle cries.

Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, and the comforting, steady fire of the bolter.

Puff! Puff! Simultaneously with the gunshots, the body exploded and shattered.

Howl?? Howl...! There were demons howling from bewilderment to panic.

Here they come.

They are gone.

No matter how arrogantly the demons gushed out of the vortex, they ran back in a panic, not daring to step out of their chaotic realm easily.

Cease fire, alert, reload.

After confirming that the demon did not dare to come out in a short time, Artemis gave another brief order, then she put away the full moon bow, walked slowly towards the plague doctor and asked, Doctor, can you explain to us what is the matter? What's the situation?

Don't worry. The plague doctor who was put back on the ground by the soldiers picked up his clothes, then turned his head to look at the scarlet vortex, and explained to Artemis and everyone present:

According to my understanding, the race that built this ruin is to commemorate a great god, who once assisted this race to resist the plague, but unfortunately, this god still couldn't get rid of the evil god's pursuit, and was finally imprisoned in the Hades deep.

I see. Laura, who stayed here with the armed personnel of the Archeology Department, nodded in agreement.

Their archaeological team deciphered it for a long time, and they were unable to decipher the intentions expressed by those symbols, but they also guessed that the pyramid remains should commemorate a certain great man.

Hades? Artemis frowned, always feeling that there was a familiar wave of spiritual energy at the end of the scarlet vortex, and then switched on the communication, contacting the bridge of the Full Moon: Tell the situation here To the chairman.

Then she looked to the left and ordered: Ran Min, Sigis, Chloe, Senkai, Hoyd, the five of you lead the team and follow me deep into this so-called Hades.

Looking to the right side again: Li Mu, you are stationed here as a backup, to guard against the bastards that may escape.

Yes, ma'am. All the gray knights obeyed the order.

Hey, boy, wait a minute. The plague doctor put his small bag on his shoulders, and quickly followed Artemis who was about to step through the vortex, and said, I will find excellent experimental materials together with you. Hehe, well, time is running out, let's go!

Before Artemis could reply, the plague doctor hummed a ditty again and passed through the vortex first. It seems that he regarded the action of going deep into the underworld as an outing, and he was not afraid at all.

Doctor? Oh! Doctor...

Forget it, let's go too.

The soldiers responsible for protecting the plague doctor were not in that good mood, so they had to keep up with their eccentric boss.

However, Artemis raised his right hand to stop the group of soldiers, and said, You stay here, the underworld may be a chaotic realm in a different dimension. With your bodies, even if you have a vaccine, you can't resist it.

This... The leading second lieutenant hesitated a little, but after thinking about it, with Artemis and the Gray Knights around, the plague doctor should not be life-threatening, so he promised, Yes, sir.

Ok.

Artemis responded lightly, and led half of the gray knights through the scarlet vortex, disappearing from the sight of Laura, the soldiers and everyone.

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The other end of the vortex.

Huh~! The strong wind raged.

Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu to appear to appear and disappear.

I saw that this side is extremely spacious, as vast as the desert on the surface of Sokoyan, but the sky is burning with fire, and even the air is constantly distorting. With the flames and howling, it impacts people's hearts all the time...

But Artemis and the others are not very human, and these whispers and corruption are completely ineffective, and the Human Truth, which they regard as ornaments, emits bursts of golden light after entering this space, helping to isolate the whispers and corruption.

In the distance, there are demonic creatures that dare not approach or are fleeing, and at the end of everyone's sight, there is an inverted three-sided cone-shaped pyramid with an extremely large scale.

Ah~ It's a pyramid again. Don't the so-called gods love this kind of building? No aesthetic fatigue? The plague doctor couldn't help but complain.