Yes?" a male voice answered.
"Teacher, I have returned."
"Speak," the voice commanded, sounding pleased to hear from him.
"All four are gone. The three sénéchaux... and the Grand Master himself."
There was a momentary pause, as if for prayer. "Then I assume you have the information?"
"All four concurred. Independently."
"And you believed them?"
"Their agreement was too great for coincidence."
An excited breath. "Excellent. I had feared the brotherhood's reputation for secrecy might prevail."
"The prospect of death is strong motivation."
"So, my pupil, tell me what I must know."
Silas knew the information he had gleaned from his victims would come as a shock. "Teacher, all four confirmed the existence of the clef de vote... the legendary keystone."
He heard a quick intake of breath over the phone and could feel the Teacher's excitement. "The keystone. Exactly as we suspected."
According to lore, the brotherhood had created a map of stone—a clef de vote... or keystone—an engraved tablet that revealed the final resting place of the brotherhood's greatest secret... information so powerful that its protection was the reason for the brotherhood's very existence.
Prevail 盛行
Pupil 學生
Lore 全部傳說
"喂？"接電話的是個男的聲音。
"大師，我回來了。"
"講"那聲音命令道，感覺他聽到這消息似乎很高興。
"四個全完了。三個執事……再加上那個主事本人。"
對方停了一會，好像是在禱告"那麼，我想你是搞到情報了。"
"四個人說的都一樣。分別說出的。"
"你相信他們？"
"他們說的都一樣，不可能是巧合。"
他聽到一陣激動的呼吸聲。
"好極了。他們一般會嚴守秘密，他們可是名聲在外。我原來還擔心他們會保守修士會的秘密而不講的。"
"逼近的死神是會令他們開口的強大動因。"
"那麼，弟子，快把我該知道的情況告訴我。"
拱頂石--那個傳奇的拱頂石的存在。"
通過電話，他聽到對方立刻倒吸了一口氣，他能感覺到大師的激動心情。"拱頂石，正如我們原來猜想的一樣。"
據傳，修士會製作了一個石頭地圖，即拱頂石，或曰塞縫石。這是一塊石板，上面雕刻著修士會最大的秘密被隱藏的地方。這秘密太重要了，修士會就是為了保護它而存在。
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