Chapter 84 (1/2)

Chapter 84 The truth behind Hermes

Bishop Mayne followed the circular staircase leading into the earth

The staircase, with a depth of at least of four tihest tower and a diameter of about twenty feet,was built in a natural doline and lead directly into a strategically-positioned and spacious castle The beginning of the staircase ell lit by skylight pathing through the s of the high do stone walls an icy color

But when following the steps, the stairway quickly darkened, see the walls into one But after some time at the center of the staircase, the reflection of a blue light could be seen, and the deeper one went, the brighter it would become So even without a torch, they would never fall into a pitch-black predicament

At the foot of the staircase, a pathway that was firmly attached to the rock wall meandered around a dark hole

The path was cut out of granite, forers thick The path ide enough for two people walk side by side One end of each granite piece was embedded into the rock hile the other end was in the air In order to prevent accidental falls, there ooden fence posts that were connected by ropeat the side of the hole

Mayne didn’t count the number of steps he walked In the end, there were just tooevery piece of stone was a tough task Thedohile they knocked out suitably deep holes in the hard rockAfterwards, they had to insert the granite plates into the holes Each action had to be done very carefully because every rope slippage or breakage lead to a fall to the bottom, which happened to more than three hundred people

If the Church’s Cathedral on the surface was a sy spirit of the church, then the hidden castle in the Hermes plateau was the real core of the Church

A piece of God’s Stone of Retaliation was euard was placed on every hundredth step For last line of defense, there was even a squadron of the God’s Punishment Army that was always ready to face an attack froravel were buried between the Cathedral and the underground castle This was in case every line of defense in the Holy City had failed If every important person was evacuated, the pope could start the trap andbury everything under a deep layer of sand and gravel

Although it wasn’t Mayne first visit to the underground castle, the feeling of walking on air still made him feel dizzy Especially after so

So he was a little relieved when he finally had once round under his feet

At the bottoe white stone disc, with a surface as s above it, soh a cleverly designed construction, the light coh the ithin the dome was so reflected that it directly hit thea torch, the bottom of the doline was never dark

When reaching the bottom of the doline, they would discover that the sun is not colorless After being reflected by the grindstone, the light would becoht would let the sinkhole shi+ne in a cool color But when taking a closer look, someone would discover that there were countless dust particle flying upwards, just like the minute creatures recorded within the ancient book

The holes within the wall of the mountain were caves formed by nature, and the church only opened up the entries, to further expand and built the Hermes castle But thanks to theses holes which extended in all directions, the air could flow freely, so that the air at the bottom of the doline didn’t feel rotten or oppressive