Unknown Knight

It seemed that Aix suffered a loss in this reconciliation presided over by King Yarogelk, but in fact, Aix was very satisfied with the results of this reconciliation.

The most important gain was the confirmation of ownership of Fort Lerag. Although this fortress was remote and barren, it was a large territory. It was extremely difficult to obtain territory these days. It also showed the magnanimity of King Yarogerk. If it had been Harlaus, who knows what the result would have been.

Moreover, King Yarogerk seemed to be unhelpful and even asked for compensation for Voldratboye, but he actually told Voldratboye openly that he supported Aix.

This is enough, what else do you want? It is estimated that for a long time to come, the Lord of Kudan City will be much more honest, and the territory can also use this time to develop with peace of mind.

Isn't politics about finding a balance among conflicts? Excessive calculations about gains and losses will only disturb one's mind.

But this doesn't mean that this matter is over. He secretly said to himself:

"The mountains remain unchanged, the waters flow forever, old Voldrat, let's ride on the donkey and read the account books - we'll see!"

As soon as Aix and his party returned to the territory, Amanti pulled them aside mysteriously. After confirming that there was no one around, he said to them:

"Sir, I have made a great discovery. When I was rebuilding the main castle, I found a secret room that seems to belong to the Dark God Cult. Please come with me and have a look."

Aix followed Amanti to the construction site of the main castle, where construction was in full swing, but no one was working near the original owner's bedroom. Amanti cleared the area and sent five of his personal guards to stand guard.

These guards are all members of Aix's clan. Amanti knows that these people are the ones the lord trusts the most, so he asked them to stand guard outside.

The two came to the bedroom of the original owner, which Aix had been to when he first came to Tangquan Fortress. It was next to the office of the highest commander.

There was nothing inside except a collapsed bed and a few rotten cabinets, so Axe didn't pay much attention to it.

This time, the secret room was discovered in the wall behind the big bed. There was a mezzanine more than one person wide, with stairs leading to the secret room about ten meters underground.

The wall is completely sealed, and the mezzanine behind it cannot be seen from the outside, unless you are extremely meticulous and use a ruler to measure the length difference between indoors and outdoors, you may be able to find any clues.

This time, because the wall needed to be reinforced, the mezzanine was discovered during construction.

Yamanti walked ahead with a torch in hand, and the two of them followed the long and narrow corridor and came to this secret room located more than ten meters underground. The thick dust on the stairs indicated that this place had been blocked for a long time and no one had been here for a long time.

This is a secret room of about 70 to 80 square meters. It is empty all around and there is nothing else except a round table and five chairs in the middle.

Aix used a torch to illuminate the round table and took a closer look. He found a large inverted pentagram engraved on the table. This was a unique symbol of the Dark Cult. The five star points corresponded to five chairs. Obviously, this was where the leaders of the Dark Cult held meetings.

After walking around, he didn't find much, but Aix felt that the Dark Cult went to so much trouble to build such a secret room, it should not be just a meeting place, maybe it contains some valuable things such as rare treasures.

So Amanti and I started searching the small room, knocking, stepping, patting, and listening along the walls, hoping to find some empty space or hidden mechanism.

After half a day, the two of them had almost touched every wall and floor, but found nothing special.

Except for the wall facing the main pentagram, there is a whole stone slab on the stone wall with a relief pattern engraved on it.

The pattern shows a majestic and handsome man holding a bead with a shining five-pointed star in his hand, floating in the air, as if he has fallen from the sky.

There are also some cloud-like ornaments carved around it. Aix was deeply impressed by this shape, as he saw it with his own eyes last winter. It was exactly the appearance of the aurora floating in the sky.

"Is this the scene of the Dark God's coming?"

Yamanti came over and looked at it for a while. He was well-experienced and had read some books about the Dark Cult.

At this time, the torches of the two had burned out, so they had to return to the ground first.

The two came to Aix's temporary residence. Amanti took out some torn parchment and walked in. He placed it on Aix's desk and said:

"I collected these when I was cleaning the main fort recently. They were left behind by the previous garrison. These are still viewable, but many have rotted and cannot be seen clearly."

Only then did Aix remember that he had collected some well-preserved parchment scrolls when he first came to Tangquan Fortress. He rummaged through a pile of boxes before finally finding them.

The two spread out the parchments and read them carefully. Fortunately, people's writing capacity was limited at that time, and the various records and information remaining on them totaled less than 50,000 words.

If there weren't so many unclear parts, typos, and uncommon characters, all added up wouldn't be enough for Aix's two hours of reading.

By nightfall, the two had almost understood the contents recorded in these fragments. After some careful consideration and speculation, they actually made a major discovery. It turned out that there really was something fishy going on. This matter started when the former empire defeated the dark expeditionary army led by Prius.

It is said that after the 30,000-strong expeditionary force of the Dark Pope was wiped out by the Empire's army, the Empire's army searched everywhere for the remaining Dark Expeditionary Army and captured a large number of prisoners, but the Pope himself disappeared.

The imperial army tortured the prisoners but could not get any information about the Pope, but they did not gain nothing, as they also obtained important information from a traitor.

It is likely that when the Dark Cult's army was about to collapse, the elders of the Dark Cult transferred the large amount of gold, silver and treasures that the Cult had looted during its missionary work in the empire over the years. As for where they were transferred to, no one knows.

So the commander in charge of the pursuit, under the order of the emperor of the empire, followed the clues he had collected and traced the treasure all the way until he traced it to the Tangquan Fortress, but then the clues were cut off.

In order to find the whereabouts of the treasure as soon as possible, the emperor ordered that all the captured sect leaders be escorted to the fortress for custody. The commander here led people to interrogate them day and night, and turned the fortress upside down, even digging three feet deep into the ground, but the whereabouts of the treasure were not found.

Aix guessed that the emperor felt that this place was very close to the homeland of the Vigerians, so he let the commander lead the garrison to stay here for a long time to monitor the Dark Cult. That was why he was reluctant to demolish the fortress, which made the secret room in the mezzanine not discovered until today.