Chapter 873 - Secrets of the Temple of Apollo (1/2)
The Knight Hospitaller began their search around Valletta for the four traitorous fehts Their members stormed into the hospitals and hotels Simply put, they were everywhere But even with their influence, the knights had their entries denied into the Chinese Embassy as the place was considered a territory of China The Knight Hospitaller could flip the whole island upside down and they’d still not find Giovanna, Stella, Rosa and Theresa Of course, Xia Lei too was out of their reach
One day had passed since the incident and it was already noon A bunch of people could be seen hiking up a hill Their destination was the Teroup consisted of Maltese civil servants, archaeologists and policemen
Xia Lei and Linda were part of the Linda’s name, Xia Lei had donated a fortune to the restoration of the tehted at the generosity, iists and a number of policemen to accompany Linda on her requested visit to the te the involvement of the Maltese civil servants into this operation With theht Hospitaller Malta Island was governed under a sovereign hand They had their own ht Hospitaller was long gone, only existing in their history If the organization had appeared to challenge the current governht face the loss of influence
The Temple of Apollo wasn’t quite like what Xia Lei had expected It was ined The temple was void of a divine idol of Apollo, only boulders scattered around its prenificent Mediterranean Sea, radiating its ancient but mystical aura
Linda busied herself with academic discussions about the Teists She seee Unbeknownst to her, Xia Lei had left the group in favour of exploring the edge of the temple Cautiously, he looked into the sharp drop beneath him
Under him was a cliff of about a five hundredIt was a terrifying existence that could make knees weak for those who couldn’t stomach it He activated his left eye to study the situation at its valley Sadly, no caves or secret passages could be found, much to Xia Lei’s disappointment
When they arrived at the site, he had also conducted a detailed observation of its surroundings There wasn’t a single hint of the Knight Hospitallers existence Even when he activated his X-ray vision to check the soil, the results had returned as nothing All of his findings had led to one conclusion This was just a regular ht Hospitallers headquarters and the Sacred Palace was nowhere to be seen
“My intel couldn’t have been false If the Knight Hospitaller headquarters is really here, how should I go about finding it?” Xia Lei was deep in thought
The salty breeze of the passionate Mediterranean Sea ruffled his hair and swayed his top Instinctively, Xia Lei took a step back Abruptly, he noticed a black dot on the beach beneath him
He quickly focused his left eye on the black dot It was a black-robed s on top of the cliff with a pair of binoculars
Xia Lei retreated his extended torso in response, keeping his left vision on the black-robedthe top of the boulders The man was bald and his dark robes looked the same as the black-robed assassin that tried to kill Linda earlier! Clad in the lengthy garment, the bald man looked like a warlock
“Black robes… Could he be one of the Holy Knights?” Xia Lei’s heart pondered
The black-robedAfter two antic boulder to his side Following that, Xia Lei lost sight of him
“So that’s hoorks!” Xia Lei was overjoyed with his newest finding “The cliff was too steep to climb but it faced the sea Sea transportation should allow easy access to the area If I’, there must be caves and water tunnels under this mountain!”
The odd appearance of the black-robedhis subsequent job immensely easy If the man had not come to spy on the around the top of the mountain He wouldn’t have paid attention to the situation at the botto?! Come back!” Linda sounded excessively anxious
It was only then that Xia Lei left the edge of the cliff “It was nothing I was just curious about what’s at the bottom”
“Jeez, you’re just like a child” Linda scowled “Have you not thought of what could possibly happen if you fell?”
Xia Lei paused to think Then, he flashed her a cheeky smile “I’d probably becohter
“Have you found anything noteworthy?” Xia Lei switched the topic seamlessly
Linda answered, “This isn’tleft to find, I would’ve found it back then My visit this ti such dangerous stunts”
“Oh, I’ood look at this temple” Xia Lei said
“Sure, no problem” Linda wrapped her ar you’d like to know, feel free to ask I’ll do my best to satiate your curiosity”
Was there another layer to her words?
Xia Lei opted to not dwell on it, playing his part as a young gay man
With Linda’s company, Xia Lei toured the insides of the Te history of about ten thousand years, existing around the Stone Age Back then, mankind only had access to stone tools The y of the era were fire and stone artefacts There was no way that hu akin to the stone temple in front of them It wouldn’tthe sun
“It’s just difficult to wrapso o? The ists forit too” Linda turned to face Xia Lei “Mister Ma Lei, you’re a smart man I’d like to hear your take on this”