Unknown Knight

For several days, Axel's expression remained gloomy. He didn't ask about anything and stayed alone in the room all day.

The leaders all got in touch and deliberately reported all the matters that had to be dealt with to him, keeping him busy with paperwork all day long, hoping that he would forget the troubles caused by Yamila's matter.

But on this day, a letter from Wocheze City made him even more depressed. The letter was signed by Tunde's brother Borbayar, and the general meaning was that the lord of Iaya was seriously ill, and hoped that Tunde and Aix would go to Wocheze City together.

Aix thought that since the spring sowing had been completed and there was nothing important to do in the territory, he decided to go to Wocheze City and relax at the same time.

However, Tsundere firmly disagreed and insisted on going back alone. Before leaving, he took the thirty shield maidens with him and asked Amanti to help equip the shield maidens with new weapons and equipment for the territory.

Including leather-covered half-body plate armor, round shields made of iron birch, stamped iron pot helmets, a hundred-forged steel sword for each person, and the shieldmaiden's own throwing axes, the whole set of equipment can be regarded as the top infantry equipment of this era.

This gave X a bad feeling, but Tsuna explained that he wanted to give X face and let his father-in-law and mother-in-law see the strength of the territory, so he asked for these clothes to show them off.

But she was still determined not to let Aix go back with her. Aix couldn't persuade her, so he had to let her lead the team away.

With Gangde gone, Axe's side became much quieter. A few days ago, little Cress sent a message back from Kudan City, saying that she had successfully infiltrated the city lord's mansion through her aunt's relationship, and would not be returning to the territory for the time being. I wonder if she was afraid of his questioning and dared not come back.

Now Sofia is the only woman left by Ax's side. However, after the last incident, she has always been lukewarm towards Ax, making him even more lonely.

He was so bored that day that he came to the secret cave alone. This place was once the place where Prius, the Pope of the Medius Dark Order, hid. It still has an inexplicable attraction to Aix.

Judging from the remains left when this place was first discovered, the Pope should have been hiding here for a long time, but he disappeared inexplicably.

Aix carefully studied the stone door at the entrance of the cave where the dark god descended. There was no mechanism inside that could be opened and it could only be opened from the outside. So there must be an exit leading to the outside world in this cave.

However, Aix, Gangde and others searched this place many times and found no clues, so they had to give up.

Now the place has been cleaned up by Gangde and Sophia. The animal skins have been replaced on the stone platform and stone benches, new tablecloths have been placed on the stone table, and soft bedding has been laid on the stone bed, making this place a private leisure place for him alone.

Recalling the time when he and Tsuna had bathed in the hot spring here, Aix couldn't help but miss it so much that he took off his clothes and went to bathe in the hot spring alone.

Just as he closed his eyes and rested, a bubbling sound disturbed his ethereal state of mind, and he suddenly thought of a possible problem.

Besides the stone door, this cave has only two ways to the outside world. The first is the holes of different sizes on the stone wall. These holes are used for ventilation and lighting, and their size is obviously not enough to be used as a way to escape.

If there is anything that can be connected to the outside world, it is the second hot spring. The hot water in this pool obviously comes from the outside world, but everyone has been focusing on the appearance of the outside world and did not think about this hot spring.

So he held his breath and dived down, groping in the hot spring pool. After diving repeatedly for more than ten times, he found a loose oval stone in a corner of the pool. The maximum diameter was about half a meter long. After moving it away, he found a narrow passage underneath that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.

Aix was overjoyed. He took a deep breath and dived into the passage.

But he still suffered because of his rashness. After advancing seven or eight meters, he came out of the passage into a small underwater space, about ten square meters in size.

There was no light here. When he was groping for the passage forward, he accidentally hit his head on a protruding stone above. He was dizzy for a moment and lost his way. He couldn't even figure out the passage he came from.

After groping around randomly, he still couldn't find the way he came out. He became anxious and choked on the sulfur-smelling hot spring water. Just as he was panicking and despairing, thinking that he was going to die, a huge force dragged him out of the water.

After coughing out the water in his mouth, he looked carefully and saw that it was either Sophia or someone else.

It turned out that the girl had been guarding outside his bedroom. Seeing that he had not come out for a long time, she came in to check. Seeing him enter the secret cave, she followed him in.

When she saw his clothes but not him on the steps of the hot spring pool, she felt something was wrong and hurried down to look for him. Fortunately, the pool was not big, and after some searching she found the passage, which brought Aix back from the brink of death.

After calming down, Axel couldn't help but feel scared and swore that he would never be rash again. If Sofia had come a few minutes later, he would have been doomed.

But after resting, he still felt that he should find out what was going on. However, this time he learned his lesson and he and Sophia prepared dozens of meters of rope, and tied it around their waists together with a water bag filled with air. Before going into the water, he told Sophia who was holding the other end of the rope that if he pulled it three times quickly, he was in danger and asked Sophia to pull him up.

This time he was much more careful. After passing the protruding rock last time, he moved forward more than three meters and found an upward passage, which made him very happy. He moved forward more than one meter and really came out of the water.

After climbing for a while, he came to a cave of more than 50 square meters. There was faint light here. Just as he was groping towards the exit along the light, he suddenly found three geometric objects of the same shape on the left side of the cave wall.

When I got closer and took a closer look, I saw that they were three identical rectangular boxes. The boxes looked impressive just by looking at them. They were all made of precious hard mahogany, and I guess they must contain valuable things.

He used a stone to break the lock on a box and opened the first wooden box from the side and back. A faint golden light was particularly eye-catching in the darkness. It turned out to be a box full of gold coins, at least no less than ten thousand.

The second box was smashed open in the same way, and the contents were much less, a full box of silver coins, at least around 10,000.

There was another surprise when the third box was opened, it was a whole box of gems and treasures, including all kinds of precious gems. The treasures were also inlaid with gems. These things were difficult to estimate their value and had historical and commemorative significance. I'm afraid the value of this box of treasures is no less than the previous two boxes.