The scorching sun was scorching the earth, causing a layer of mist to appear on the ground that had just rained, giving people a hazy feeling. However, as the sun continued to shine, the hot and humid feeling made people very uncomfortable.
Cosentz wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked up at the sky.
Before he could speak, someone started to complain. "Damn it, this bad weather."
"Stop complaining Ethel, we are all equally hot and patience is a virtue."
As the captain, McClun taught this teammate named Ethel a lesson.
Faced with all this, Cosenz did not speak, but stood aside and watched coldly.
One more thing, they are disguised as a scientific expedition team and are currently in a small village called Demilu near the temple.
Thinking of how he was in Italy more than a month ago and now in India, Cosentz felt a little unreal.
At first, he did not expect that this mission would be to India, but now that he has accepted this mission, he needs to go all out.
So when he was in Italy, he tried hard to understand the situation in India and also learned some daily local terms.
However, not all of the more than 30 of them were here. Because there were too many people, they were afraid of being too conspicuous. They were divided into two groups, dressed up as a scientific expedition team and a caravan respectively, and Cosentz was in this scientific expedition team.
, serving as an escort. And now they are waiting in this small village for the arrival of another team disguised as a caravan (also a transport team).
After arriving here, Cosentz learned about the target. Their target was the Padmanaba Swamy Temple. The temple was built in the 16th century and was ordered by the King of Travancore. Since its construction,
, the temple is very popular and there are many people worshiping. Although the number of worshipers in the temple has decreased over the years, it is still quite prosperous.
So if they want to enter the temple, they have to choose to do so at night. Of course, they need to wait until they are reunited, otherwise they will not be able to move away if there is too much wealth in the temple.
At this moment, a figure ran over.
This was the man sent to contact the other team. Cosentz remembered that his name was Pino.
Pino, who was sweating profusely, panting and panting, ran to Captain McClun, "Captain, the caravan will probably arrive here tomorrow evening."
Upon hearing the news brought back by Pino, captain McClun stood up immediately. "Okay, boys, now we have something to do."
McClun's words immediately caused everyone present to gather around.
"Aesel, you and Simon will explore the road tonight."
The two people he named responded immediately. "Okay, boss." "No problem, boss."
"Remember, don't let people from the temple discover you."
The two people who were warned by their words couldn't help but nodded, indicating that they were listening carefully.
"Luna, Trish, and Cole, the three of you are going to observe the road conditions from the temple to the outside. You need to consider passing heavy vehicles."
"Okay, got it."
The combination of two women and one man immediately answered.
McClun then continued to arrange for the other people to observe all aspects of the temple, preparing to start taking action immediately after the transport convoy disguised as a caravan arrived.
Cosentz, who was standing aside, was not at all anxious about these arrangements because their tasks were different, or in other words, they were more protective of the team's safety.
Of course, it was impossible for them to do nothing else. After arranging everyone else's tasks, McClun said to Cosentz, "I have a task and I need your help."
"Please say."
"You guys are guarding the outside for us. If, I mean, if there is any big noise, then you need to rush in as soon as possible."
"no problem."
Now that the tasks have been assigned, everyone present immediately makes preparations.
After it got dark, individual figures quietly bypassed the villagers and headed toward the temple.
The Padmanabhaswamy Temple at night is towering and mysterious, and figures in dark clothes quietly approach the temple.
A yawning monk guarding the temple was patrolling the temple with a lamp. As a Brahmin temple, there are bound to be donations from many believers, and in order to prevent malicious peeps, the necessary protective power is also inevitable
.
However, these civilian guardians were no match for professionals. Two figures slipped in unnoticed by the monks.
The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is not small, with several disconnected buildings, but these two figures seemed to have found the right target. After passing through the two temple buildings, they came to a somewhat dilapidated building.
Stopped before.
"Look at the map, this is where it is."
One person held a map, flipped through it for a while and then pointed it out in a low voice.
"Then let's be careful."
The two entered the building cautiously. There were densely carved statues of gods, and in the center was the Hindu statue of Burning God. After carefully observing it, the two were surprised to find that there was no one guarding it.
So the brave two people immediately began to search everywhere.
“Bang bang bang”
The two people who were carefully knocking on the wall suddenly heard a hollow sound.
"It should be right here."
After one of them pointed it out, he continued, "I'll open it and take a look."
"Don't, we can't afford it if it alarms others and causes the plan to fail."
"What are you afraid of? Just take a look."
The other person was a little moved by what he said and stopped talking.
So with the combined efforts of the two of them, they pried open the wall tiles and discovered that there was a cave inside.
"You look outside, I'll go in and take a look."
Without waiting for a reply from his companion, a thin man got in.
After waiting for a while, the man came out with a disappointed look on his face.
"How's it going? What's in it?"
"It's really weird. There's nothing inside. It's so empty."
"How can this be?"
The other person didn't believe it, so he also got in. After a while, he came out with the same disappointed expression.
After the two pressed the wall tiles back, they cleaned up the floor and then moved to the next spot.
When it was almost dawn, the members of the scientific expedition team gathered together again.
"Tell me about what you observed?"
As the captain, McClun immediately summoned everyone to understand the situation.
"We observed that there were very few people in the temple at night."
"We have tested the road and it can withstand heavy carriages."
"..."
After everyone had finished talking, McClun looked at the duo who had slipped into the temple and asked, "Tell me, what did you find?"
"Based on the previous topographic map, we found two empty secret rooms. Including the four marked on the map, there are a total of six secret rooms. However, for fear of being discovered, we did not try to open these secret rooms."
"Very good, you all go down and rest."
When everyone was about to get up and go back to rest, McClung suddenly stopped Cosentz. "Vice captain, wait a minute."
Since he was stopped, there must be something important, so he waited until everyone else had left before Cosentz asked, "Is something okay?"
"Do you have any explosive talents in your team?"
"have."
"I wonder if you have any way to use blasting without sound."
"This is okay, but you need to prepare the raw materials."
