Master of Thermodynamics

Sure enough, after walking more than 10 meters, the front is no longer a narrow passage, but an open area, which seems to be a small square.

After walking out of the passage, the light of the torch completely illuminated the small square. To be precise, this should be a space similar to an "urn city", with a height of more than 6 meters and an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters, surrounded by a circle of stone walls.

More than a dozen holes were dug on the stone wall, and some debris could be seen in the holes. Lei Nuo guessed that these debris should be weapons. Once the enemy invaded the passage, the black wizards could rely on the stone wall and use weapons to besiege the enemy condescendingly.

It has to be said that this kind of defense facility is well designed, easy to defend and difficult to attack, comparable to a strong fortress, which shows that the original black wizard organization really produced a large number of talents.

It's a pity that as the dark wizards left one after another, the fortress also sank into the years and became a relic.

There are a lot of debris scattered in the square. Everyone walked around the square and found that they have also become garbage. It was written by the Water Ghost Society.

There are almost no weapons in these debris, and no marks of weapons hacking can be seen on the ground. This shows that the black wizards took the initiative to release the fortress, and no battle took place. They also evacuated in a hurry and abandoned a lot of inconvenient things.

As for the holes on the stone wall, Lei Nuo used [Psychic Power] to fly up and take a look. Just as he guessed, time has eroded the weapons in the holes, turning all these well-made killing weapons into rags, but still It can be seen that they are long-range weapons such as large crossbows.

Obviously, in addition to the dark wizards, there are many fighters in the black wizard organization, and these weapons are mainly used by those fighters.

According to the information that Lei Nuo learned, the cultivation method of black wizards is very peculiar. They do not use magic energy to strengthen themselves, but transform it into curse energy, and their melee combat ability is relatively weak.

Because of this, dark wizards are not suitable for fighting alone, so the dark wizard organization recruited a large number of fighters.

During the battle, the dark wizard uses weird black magic to weaken the enemy, and the warrior is responsible for protecting the dark wizard.

A hole more than 3 meters high was dug on the right side of the stone wall, which is the gate leading to another area.

After passing through the gate, Renault was shocked just by looking at it!

This is a large square!

These black wizards actually hollowed out a mountain. How did they do it?

Even on the earth where there are a lot of construction machinery, it is not easy to do this. This group of aliens should not be underestimated!

The area of ​​the square is 10 times that of the small square, and the top is a beautifully curved spherical dome. This structure can ensure that the top will not collapse, and there is no need for stone pillars to support it, so the view is very wide.

Standing on the square, you can clearly feel the airflow, and the air is not too dull. Obviously, there is air circulation here, and you can breathe with the outside world.

In other words, hundreds of years have passed, and the ventilation facilities are still working!

On the surrounding stone walls, you can see dense holes, which are "rooms" for people to live in.

Seeing this, Renault is convinced that there must be a huge fallacy in the various legends about the "black wizard trial" and "the black wizard organization against the Church of the Father"!

The reason why the Church of the Father God hunted down black wizards was definitely not because of the absurd statement of "eliminating evil".

Although there are always rumors of devils in this world, no one has ever actually seen the devil. Where does the church go to eliminate evil?

So, the church has another purpose!

It should be true that there was an extremely tragic fight between the black wizards and the god-cut warriors, but the black wizard organization is by no means against the church alone.

The black wizard is just a cover on the surface, and there are other people who are really against the church.

"He" is kingship!

The essence of the Dark Wizard Trials,

In fact, it is a struggle between theocracy and kingship!

In order to compete for secular power, the two sides had a desperate contest.

In order to fight against the church, the royal faction recruited a large number of black wizards, formed a black wizard organization, and even provided them with a large amount of supplies, as evidenced by the crossbow in the hole in the stone wall.

Otherwise, how could it be possible to build such a large-scale underground fortress with just a few hundred black wizards?

Not to be outdone, the Church of the Father God launched a massive black wizard trial to cut off the minions of the royal power faction.

The result of the contest is self-evident, and the ruins themselves have already explained everything.

Renault suddenly asked, "Angela, during the trials of the black wizards hundreds of years ago, were any kings deposed or executed?"

Angela looked at Renault inexplicably, and began to think deeply. As a noble lady from a noble family, the girl has systematically studied the history of the mainland.

After thinking for a while with a frown, she said hesitantly: "If I remember correctly, more than 300 years ago, Rhode VII of the Mushan Kingdom was burned at the stake by the Church of the Father for blasphemy."

"Afterwards, in the name of purification, the Pope brought Rhodes VIII to the Holy See and personally educated him until the VIII succeeded him as king."

Renault couldn't help clicking his tongue.

How ruthless are these gangsters? In order to completely overwhelm the royal power, it was not enough to kill the previous king, and they even trained the next generation of kings to become puppets!

After the church won the victory, all the records about this battle in the history books were erased, and all the blood and cruelty were summed up with the light "black wizard trial"!

The girl asked curiously again: "Why are you asking this?"

Renault laughed and said, "Because this ruin is the secret fortress that Rhodes VII ordered to build!"

Everyone was shocked!

Next, Renault explained a series of reasoning processes. His logic is very strict, and the derivation process is also subtle, which makes it impossible to refute.

In the end, Renault summed it up in one sentence: "Those seemingly absurd incidents in the history books, the real reasons behind them are actually not absurd at all!"

In the history books on the earth, there are also countless examples. The most typical case is the "Princes of Fenghuo Opera" in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

In order to win the beauty's smile, he did not hesitate to ignite the beacon several times on purpose. Is King Zhou You really so stupid?

This story is even more ludicrous than "Dark Witch Trials".

The real situation is actually just a dog-blood ethics drama of the royal family of Zhou Dynasty, that is, the infighting between King Zhou You and King Zhou Ping's father and son. As a result, King Zhou Ping colluded with the princes and killed his father King Zhou You.

In the European Middle Ages, there are also similar absurd stories, such as the witch trials that lasted for more than 300 years!

In this vicious wave of persecution of women, thousands of women were framed as witches, and there were countless souls in the Inquisition.

After listening to Renault's words, the others were silent.

In this team, except for Renault, a guy who has no faith, everyone is a believer in the Church of the Father, but Moose and Angela are shallow believers, while the Gude brothers and sisters are a little more devout.

In their view, although there is inevitably a lot of dross in the church, it is not bad on the whole.

But Renault's words completely overturned their cognition, and made them realize for the first time that the Church of God the Father is essentially an interest group, from the pope to the lowest clergy, all serve this group of.

As long as someone blocks the footsteps of this group and violates its interests, the church will destroy him without hesitation, even the king is no exception!

The reason why Lei Nuo exposed the ugly face of the church was his own intention. After establishing a territory in the future, in the process of expansion, he would inevitably conflict with the powerful church.

He didn't want future important figures in the territory to be wooed by the church, or even fall to the church.

After a hasty search, they left the ruins without finding anything. They needed to leave the mainland as soon as possible, and it was impossible to waste too much time in the ruins.

Even if there are still good things in the ruins, the Water Ghost Society has already arrived first. These people have searched every corner, and they are almost as clean as a dog's lick!

Renault also didn't intend to explore the Witch Spirit Snake's lair, it was just a big snake, and it didn't have the habit of hoarding wealth, so there wouldn't be any good things in its lair.

Next, Lei Nuo and the others will head east all the way across the entire Black Witch Swamp, detour to a small town on the way, and finally head to Baishawan!

There are a large number of port cities in the Baishawan area. Before the storm season, countless merchant ships travel to and from Baishawan. As long as everyone arrives at Baishawan, it is easy to find opportunities to go to sea.

For others, traversing the Dark Witch Bog is dangerous and could kill them if they're not careful.

But for Renault, this is the safest route. Relying on [Reverse Heat Conduction], everyone can walk on the ground in the swamp without worrying about suddenly encountering the Black Orc army.