When they reached the end they saw two more tunnels that most likely connected the tunnels where the others of the team had gone.
Fia sat down and took out an object to clean the sword: "It's dirty" Fia said looking at her sword, she took the hilt and held the sword firmly while cleaning it.
"Why are you cleaning it?" Maxwell asked while looking at Fia.
"'The sword is the soul of a warrior and reflects the warrior himself' is an old dwarven saying, I clean the sword because I care about it, luckily I can clean the jacket without problems as soon as we return to the ship." Fia replied while she gently cleaned the sword and carefully removed the black demon blood.
"By the way, where is your cloak?"
"I burned it anyway, it was a worn cloak and I'm wearing a jacket so I don't really need it." Fia answered immediately.
"I want to ask you another question" Maxwell said suddenly.
"Are we in an interrogation by any chance?" Fia asked ironically.
Maxwell denied what Fia said and then said, "You said that elves were subjects of various crusades of Ruberios but why?" Maxwell looked directly at Fia his black eyes were like emptiness.
"It is not known, at that time it is said that Papa Philip of Cvard IV was assassinated by an elf and this is what triggered the thousand years of crusades."
The hundred great crusades of Ruberios, a thousand years of bloody wars, each crusade lasted five years which are the years of maximum caricature that the pope can have unless he is re-elected.
It is said that an elf killed the pope in command of the sacred empire of Ruberios which in times is simply called the sacred land of Ruberios. It is said that after the assassin Ruberios descended into total chaos for seven months and twenty days, until Papa Leonardo II rose to power of Ruberios.
It is said that he branded the elves as heretics and enemies of God and this is what sparked the first crusade between one crusade and another there were five years of pause. After a thousand years at the hundredth crusade Ruberios faced all the races that had allied themselves.
That was the beginning of the current era the longest era since the hunt began, the era of the holy crusades ended, and Ruberios grew anyway becoming "The Holy Empire of Ruberios."
Despite this peace Ruberios still hates the elves and it only takes a small spark to start another war.
But things didn't add up for Fia how is it possible that a single killing could spark one of the greatest wars ever.
Ok that he was the greatest religious charge but it seemed a bit too exaggerated to her, after all a new pope could be elected.
Although historical events are always a bit confusing from a written point of view and also the very idea for a murderer that happens many times because it was not the first time, there was definitely something underneath, some plans but unfortunately there are no historical finds or testimonies.
Hearing the whole story Maxwell was speechless, in reality he knew the story but only a small part.
Fia lay down leaning on a large rock, closed her voice slightly and said: "History is fascinating, you know? The various findings but also the various secrets is fantastic as a thing. It also makes you discover forgotten things, forgotten objects and places. It makes you learn a lot of things. And yet despite the things that history teaches us, it repeats itself." Maxwell was quite surprised to hear Fia.
Fia shortly after added: "Human beings, or rather mortals are beings filled with Chaos and limitless greed. We destroy what we encounter and we prejudice minimal differences such as skin color, or race, or social hierarchy.
"This world is one hundred percent corrupt, but in a corrupt world a small unknown beauty can be born from corruption. The world is beautiful but people ruin it thinking of exploiting the various lands or something else.
"Take the rich for example, they fill their bellies, but they don't lift a finger and when it comes to working they delegate things. And they judge people for their money and unfortunately they abuse their power by raping girls too.
"Now the coin turns, there are nobles who work with their employees and are humble there is an elven saying that says 'If the king has fun and moves then also the pawns, bishops, rooks and queen have fun. A leader must be an example to follow and get on par with his.' I find this saying very beautiful, and also very ironic because it says that the chief must establish a relationship of friendship which many nobles do not do, on the contrary they mistreated and exploited them."
Maxwell's face widened at Fia's philosophical speech, he was almost speechless.
Suddenly from the central tunnel you could hear footsteps, Fia jumped up and pulled out her sword. "Who goes there?" she asked.
"Hey, are you treating me like this?" A familiar voice was audible and from the shadow came out the captain with four other members.
"Captain!" Fia shouted as she saw the captain, who smiled slightly under his not very thick beard.
Maxwell immediately noticed that one person from the captain's group were missing, he had gone into the central tunnel with five people plus himself, then there was the group from the other tunnel which was only composed of three people which unfortunately turned out to be exterminated thirteen had entered and surviving for now were six a total failure for the captain practically half had been killed.
The captain slowly walked away and opened his silver watch.
[Heart rate: 89 per second
Years of life left: 5 years 3 mounth 5 hour 3 minutes and 43 seconds]
The hours had dropped not because two hours had actually passed but because the captain's heartbeat was faster, 'Shit!' the captain screams in his mind.