Chapter 148 Nemi Lake

Author: Carp and Carp Immortal

Chapter 148 Nemi Lake

Nemi Lake, once called "Dianna's mirror", is the same now. The town of Arikiya, which has been continuing from the classical era to the present, is built on the north side of the lake, and further north is the holy forest of the Temple of the Moon God Diana.

The low and huge buzzing engine of the pulse detonation engine flew over the lake, and even the nearby earthquake observation bureau received a signal of detonation. But they immediately received orders from higher levels to delete the signal record.

A black shadow flew over the town and dropped a series of parachutes. The black shadow then accelerated with a bang and pulled up, pulling out a sonic bomb cloud in the distant sky, continuing to sprint towards the dawn in the sky, leaving behind a series of knot-like intermittent condensation tail smoke.

The legion troops on the ground immediately set off and arrived at the scene of the parachute. When they arrived, several human-shaped black shadows cut the parachute rope from a height of 50 meters, ignited the recoil rocket, and smashed the ground in the light and dust.

Lu Huaiyang patted the dust on his knees and looked at the corps surrounding him. Accompanied by the centurion, he was a technical officer who came out to connect with him. After confirming the mission orders, both sides greeted each other with military salutes.

"Io Triumphe, my friend of Sindan. Welcome to Rome. We are gathering other team members. Do you need them to gather here?"

He directly used Mandarin to communicate with Lu Huaiyang. Since there are only two world languages ​​that are necessary to learn, and he can travel all over the world after learning it, so there are actually many people who "can speak Mandarin on Rome" and "can speak Latin on the Ming Dynasty".

"Io Triumphe, Daqin's friend. Yes, bring other people to me to gather."

Lu Huaiyang didn't want to say anything more, but those inexperienced students seemed to have jumped a little bit, even more crooked than their luggage. However, they are all friendly troops here, so they will be crooked if they are crooked, and there is no big problem.

"Okay." The technical officer from Rome confirmed the order, "I know you have important tasks here. I have no right to represent the people of the Romans, so I would like to thank you on behalf of my family. The Zhendan people came to help thousands of miles away. The problems here are really shameful. Then, according to the instructions of the Senate, we can only be responsible for gathering you, and we cannot go deeper. After that, we will evacuate to the safe area for observation, and there will be inner guards accompanying them to complete the task. Take care."

"Um."

"Also." He pointed to the south, "We are stationed there. A division-level artillery group was deployed there, and the First Legion stationed in Rome ten kilometers away can also come to support it at any time. If necessary, please send a signal."

It took half an hour to assemble. The first one to arrive was Titus 123, followed by 456, and they parachuted in groups of three. Shangluo and Lu Liang were behind, and Wen Yuan and Han Xingzhi finally arrived.

"Why is it so slow?" Lu Huaiyang looked up at the time, "Although you are not paratroopers, you have already timed out."

He subconsciously looked at Wen Yuan, and it was usually blamed for this kind of thing.

"No, no, no, I'm not blamed this time. It's this guy who hangs on the tree."

"I asked you to see your luggage, but I didn't let you see him."

"That's even more unreasonable! Who can tell the story of parachuting? Next time we shouldn't use an umbrella, we should glide directly and land with a rocket. Just like Wang Lingguan, he 'boom' and smashed it to the ground."

"You can design this kind of action yourself when you take your apprentice in the future. OK, are you all there?"

He looked at it and saw that there were all people. He loaded his luggage not far away.

"Okay, then put on the cloak first, cover the cloak outside the armor. Cover the head with the hood, like the inner guard."

Titus explained on the side: "The cloak and windproof hood are the clothes of foreign travelers, and it is necessary to wear this way in many rituals. So please do not take off the hood until the end of the welcome ceremony."

Shangluo and the others nodded.

"So, although the branch-breaking part starts tomorrow, the ceremony actually begins today. We will enter the town of Arikiya, and the local presbyterians will come out to greet us and arrange accommodation for us. The town will host you a sumptuous dinner and invite you to enjoy it. But even if you don't have an appetite, you must eat some. This is the reason."

He pointed to the holy forest in the north:

"According to the rituals of ancient sacrifices, we need to offer the 'Streeter' to the King of Forest as a sacrifice in the ceremony, and only the sacrifices are qualified to fight with the King of Forest. The 'Streeter' here is you, and before that they were others from Delphi. In short, they must be foreigners to complete the ceremony. This is the rule. But even foreigners cannot be sacrificed out of thin air, you must owe some karma first."

"That meal?" Shang Luo asked.

"Yes, that meal. Just like Persephone ate the fruit of the underworld and cannot come back, you must also eat 'Food from a foreign land' at today's dinner so that you can owe the karma of this meal, and these karma are the key to starting the ritual of the branch. However, although it is part of the ceremony, the meal was funded by the Inner Guard to invite everyone to dinner, using a lot of high-end ingredients. There were also red apples symbolizing the fruit of the 'Food' at the ceremony. Each person was invited to eat at least one apple from the Royal Orchard of Slovenia, which was delicious."

"Why does it feel like we have enough food before going to the execution ground?" Wen Yuan muttered.

"It's like that. In theory, the last meal provided by the prison to prisoners on the execution ground is also to eliminate some karma in the ceremony. After all, the judgment and sin have nothing to do with the prison itself. The prison is just an executor. If you learn the mystery well, you should discover it in advance."

"About this." Lu Huaiyang came over and said a few words to him.

"Oh, that's it. So you had a course on the introduction of mystics on Saturday morning? That's right, combine that class and mission brief. Today's schedule is dinner and rest. There will be breakfast and mission briefing tomorrow morning - and the course on the introduction of mystics that merged. There will be free activities until dinner, and the ceremony will begin after dinner. There will be someone in the town to guide you to the Holy Forest. We can all stop here. There will be another team of guards in the Holy Forest. Shangluo, you should have seen it? It's the team that gave you old branches."

"Those who dress like extras?"

"No, you were dreaming at that time. They dressed like me, but because they were sympathetic disguises, you couldn't see it when you dream. In short, relax before the ceremony. The Nemi Lake in front of you is called 'Dianna's mirror'. It is actually a famous resort attraction in Rome. The dinner that entertains you is actually a stewed service provided by nearby resort hotels. Eat more, I remember there are Peron oysters on the coast of Bordeaux."
Chapter completed!