Chapter 26 1.26 Entering the Church

Under the cover of the pouring rain, Loki and his eight companions quickly approached the gate of the seaside town.

The rapidly falling raindrops formed an impenetrable string of beads between the sky and the earth, greatly improving the concealment. They didn't know what time it was and how long the heavy rain would last.

So they had to hurry.

Loki carried the bloody axe and walked at the front of the team. When they approached the town gate, as expected, the gate was closed. Touching the heavy wooden door, he and Sartre listened at the same time.

There should be only two people in the sentry behind the door, one of whom was already asleep, and the other was constantly dozing off.

"Use the grappling hook to climb to the other side of the wall!" Loki said softly. The wall of this town is made of wood, just like Hanshui Village. The height of the wall is only three meters.

It is not difficult to climb up.

"Remember, don't kill them after you crawl to the other side, just knock them out with the handle of the knife!"

"If we spend a whole night entering the monastery this time, we will be finished if the bodies are found at the door the next day!"

"If these two were just knocked out and there were no obvious wounds on their bodies, they probably wouldn't make too much noise. After all, it's also dereliction of duty for the guard on duty to fall asleep in the middle of the night!"

Sat nodded and called another hunter brother beside him. The two swung their grappling hooks and climbed up the city wall neatly. It didn't take long for the wooden door of the city to be pushed open a little.

The Viking warriors turned sideways and all entered the village.

"It's so beautiful without even bleeding!" Loki patted Sat's shoulder hard and gave a thumbs up. They gently stuffed the unconscious guard's body into the sentry box. Let the two of them lie down in a comfortable position.

Then several people continued to line up and move quickly towards the church in the shadows of the street.

After entering the city, Loki found that the town was much larger than he expected! You know, this is just an ordinary town by the sea, neither a port nor a trade center.

Such an ordinary city actually has three or four crisscrossing streets. Two-story or even three-story wooden buildings can be seen at the intersection of the roads.

All the restaurants, hotels, and shops that a city should have are available here. The main street is also paved with a layer of stone pavement, and decorations such as green plants and flowers grow on both sides of the road.

No wonder the Vikings were able to plunder England and make a fortune. From the appearance alone, this place is much better than the bitter cold Slavs.

Loki and his men had no time to wander around. They ran all the way to the tallest building in the town square, the "Holy Cathedral". When they got close to the door of the church, Loki gave his final instructions to his subordinates.

"Brother Sartre, you have the fastest legs and feet. Do you see that bell tower?"

Sartre looked along Loki's fingertips. That was the highest point of the church.

He nodded gently.

"After we enter the church, you go straight to the church's bell tower. The bell tower is where the church overlooks the whole city. If these priests discover our invasion, they may ring the huge bell in the bell tower, and the whole city will be awakened!"

"So, after you rush to the bell tower, immediately cut the rope and lower the hanging giant bell. Then did you see the bird cages next to the giant bell?"

"Those are the pigeons used by the Saxons for communication. In order to prevent more trouble at night, chop all the pigeons, leaving no one behind!"

Sart nodded vigorously.

"Brother Wade, you take a brother to guard the back door behind the square. Once we break into the church, no matter who runs out of the back door, no matter who runs out, no matter who runs out of the back door, knock them out with an axe!"

"If necessary, it doesn't matter if you kill one or two. Don't let anyone run out of the back door!"

"If one person slips away and attracts reinforcements, we will all be finished!"

Another hunter Wade in the village also nodded. Vader and Sat were the two most efficient people under Loki, so he assigned the most important work to them.

Are you all ready?

Seeing that all his companions around him were holding their weapons tightly, Loki raised the red stone axe and stood quietly in front of the wooden door like a statue.

He was waiting.

A flash of lightning flashed by, and then thunder rang out! With the thunder, Loki used all his strength to chop the axe on the wooden door. The fragile wooden door was smashed into pieces like an eggshell.

Before the young monk on duty behind the door could shout out, Loki covered his mouth with a big hand. The next second, he slammed the young monk's head against the stone wall behind him!

With a thud, the young monk, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, fainted immediately. And Sat beside him had already rushed towards the bell tower not far away.

"Remember, try not to kill anyone! If you can knock them out, knock them out. Tie them up after knocking them out. Don't let them make any noise!"

"We brought too few people this time. We must do everything we can to avoid large-scale conflicts!"

The subordinates around him responded and walked towards the barracks where the monks slept. Only Loki, holding a red stone axe, walked slowly up the steps to the ornately decorated corridor on the second floor.

Undoubtedly, this is just a remote church in a remote city. However, the interior of this church is still more luxurious than he could imagine!

It is said that the saints in the Middle Ages would send all their only property to the church in order to obtain the salvation and forgiveness of the gods. In this life, when mortals can pray for strength from the gods, religious beliefs will undoubtedly be more fanatical and fierce.

Along the way, everything Loki could see were exquisite marble carvings. The walls are carved with murals of the twelve disciples of the Holy Bishop, and the handrails of the stairs are carved with the heads of various strange animals. Even the ground is made of smooth marble with various complicated patterns. Standing on the second floor platform and looking at the courtyard, he found that the courtyard was planted with flowers that were all carefully colored.

There are really two worlds outside and inside the church door!

Compared with this church, Storm's End, where Loki went with his father when he was a child, is just like a grass platform and cannot be put on the platform at all!

(Damn! In my previous life, I often heard classmates studying abroad say how rich the church was. In order to trick them into joining the church, they would even book five-star hotels and take them out for fun. From this point of view, what they said was not that exaggerated!)

The Holy Episcopal Church is really as rich as the legend!

Loki walked slowly in this village church, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. In a corridor with walls and ceilings all carved from snow-white marble, he saw a row of beautifully crafted statues. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the popes and cardinals of this generation.

Each bust is carved from snow-white marble, with their name engraved below the head.

It is not an exaggeration to have names engraved under the statues. What is exaggerating is that the names of these archbishops are all carved from gold! As for the pope in the center, he is even more heroic. His statue wears a golden crown, and the golden crown is dotted with a series of gems of different colors.

In the very center, there is only one diamond as big as a pinky finger!

Oh my god, what the fuck!

Loki exclaimed in a low voice. He never thought that such an ordinary church could hide such a treasure. And they don't even have to hide these things, they just put them in the corridor so generously!

Not to mention anything else, but just removing the gems and gold from these statues is enough to replace them with a nice Viking longship!

Due to his long-term poverty life and his desire for gold, he immediately picked up the ax and tried to knock off a few gems. However, just as he raised the stone ax, a thunder struck him!

The pale electric light reflected a slender figure wearing a black robe. He stood blankly on the corridor not far from Loki.

And in his hand, he was holding a gleaming broad sword!