The cultists did not pay attention to those dead companions. They stood there and looked at Xia De, vaguely surrounded by them. With three ring warlocks, they could draw a tie with a team of ring warlocks from the Zhengshen Church. Xia De
De knew that there must be something more powerful in the damp chapel, so he did not have enough self-confidence to take risks again.
He held the remaining fish-man fat priest hostage, and then glanced at Darkness and his companions. The two of them were naturally standing with the fish-men. But Shade was not panicked. The sea breeze coming from behind showed that,
There is definitely a way behind the stone wall:
"Stay back, otherwise I can't guarantee whether I will pull the trigger."
He said loudly, because he had put on a mask before sneaking in wearing a robe, so he was not afraid of being recognized.
The fat fish man held hostage by Shade showed no intention of struggling at all. It continued to recite prayers as if Shade did not exist at all.
The cultists of the Scarlet Secret Cult all looked at Shade as if Shade was a madman. But upon closer inspection, Shade could see that everyone's lips were moving and they were also praying.
The inexplicable feeling of uneasiness made Xia De a little surprised:
"Are there any traces of abnormal elements?"
【Yes, look at the ground.】
Looking down, he saw that due to the attack just now and the resulting deaths, the blood of the murlocs continued to penetrate downwards. After entering the sewage on the ground, it seemed to vaguely overlap with the lines under the water's surface.
And with the buzzing prayers of the old fish-man priest who was held hostage by Shade, no need to be reminded by the voice in his ears, the increasingly rich blasphemy element has turned into a substantial silver light emanating from the ground.
Shade suddenly realized:
"I killed them, which is actually equivalent to sacrificing for the ceremony, but there is such a thing? Wait, these guys didn't originally plan to commit suicide, so they don't care about the manor being surrounded, right?"
Thinking that he couldn't wait any longer, Shade gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger directly, killing the old fish man who was still praying with one shot. The annoying buzzing prayers suddenly stopped, but then the prayers of the remaining cultists
The sound suddenly became louder.
Shade turned around and ran backwards, aiming for the stone wall where the Holy Emblem was placed.
It was impossible to escape the same way. There was a ring warlock of unknown rank in the wine cellar. And since the wind was blowing out of the hole in the wall, there must be a way behind.
"Don't let him get away!"
There was a voice coming from behind. Although Shade couldn't see behind him, "she" could.
【It's now!】
"Raglai's Leap!"
The incantation and thaumaturgy attacks coming towards the back failed and bombarded the stone wall in front, opening up the rugged and narrow path hidden behind, and the Holy Emblem rolled into the remains of the collapsed stone wall.
Shade's figure appeared in the corner on one side of the stone wall, and then he suddenly rushed towards the narrow path. With a neat roll, the person had already rushed in.
"Hurry up and chase!"
Darkness probably wanted to win the favor of the cultists, so he arrived at the damaged stone wall of the church faster than anyone else.
"Don't chase!"
But the person behind him stopped him, turned around and saw that he was the only six-ring warlock among this group of cultists. It was he who blocked Shade's Silver Moon Slash that prevented things from getting worse.
"No need to chase."
He knelt down and respectfully took out the intact holy symbol from the rubble. After kissing it, he handed it to the fishman behind him.
Seeing that Darkness was puzzled, he frowned and looked into the darkness deep in the rugged passage, and explained:
"It is indeed possible that the road behind the stone wall leads to the outside. It was a passage for transporting sensitive materials when we occupied the manor many years ago. But when we abandoned the manor sixty years ago, a clerical-level document was sealed inside.
The relic is a sea monster."
"Clerical level? Siren?"
The middle-aged man wearing red gloves immediately stepped back:
"Are you sure that the person just now will definitely die in his hands?"
"Of course, although it is a clerical level, it was sealed only after being used. There has been no problem for sixty years, but now what is going on inside, even our church can't explain clearly. Since he walked in by himself
, we don’t have to worry about it.”
The man looked sympathetically at the corpse of the fishman sacrifice on the ground:
"I originally wanted to draw lots to determine the number of self-sacrifice places. Forget it. The ceremony has been completed. There are still ten minutes until sunrise. Let's leave."
"etc."
Darkness, who has short yellow hair, stretched out her hand:
"Where's the thing you promised me?"
The six-ring warlock waved back, and the living fishman immediately retrieved a box from his companion's body. He handed the brass ring in the box to Darkness, who had an expression of ecstasy on his face.
"Spell."
The cultist reminded, curious about what Darkness was going to do.
"Of course, the change between stillness and silence is a display of hidden power!"
In front of everyone, he took off his red gloves. After reciting the incantation, he put the ring on his right index finger.
The skin on the palm squirmed and split open, revealing that terrifying mouth. As the mouth and sharp teeth turned, it actually spoke:
"I felt the blood and the fear, which was really good."
The mouth burst into laughter, and the terrible language it used seemed to have the power to directly pollute the environment, making the cultists of the Scarlet Secret Cult feel sick and dizzy. This is of course not the common language of Delarion, or even
No one except Darkness can understand human language.
Seeing this strange scene, not only the cultists of the Scarlet Secret Cult, but also Darkness' companion, the short man with a beard, showed an expression of discomfort on his face.
He subconsciously took a step back and saw a large shadow covering Darkness. His lips twitched, but he did not ask his doubts.
Their original purpose was just to use flesh and blood nourishment technology in exchange for the fish people's promise to help leave the cold water port. The poet-level relic [Fish Training Ring] was a deal proposed by Darkness in private.
Afterwards, the group began to clean up the traces of the ritual, and used thaumaturgy to bombard the narrow stone gap behind the wall where Shade entered, causing it to collapse. Finally, they cleaned up the corpses on the ground so that the flesh and blood could be more evenly distributed among the carved rituals.
on traces.
About seven or eight minutes later, just as the cultists were preparing to leave, they suddenly heard clear footsteps coming from the exit of the damp chapel:
"Who is playing with steam bombs under my house?"
This is a woman's voice.
(Xia De is running)
Shade was running wildly. To be more precise, he was running while counting the time to jump forward in space.
The wall was like a naturally formed crack in the ground, and the curved road prevented him from being directly attacked by the people behind him. But the feeling of facing the enemy from behind was really nerve-wracking. Shade could only run forward as much as possible.
, occasionally he would suddenly turn around and shoot a beam of light backwards, and then continue to run away regardless of what was happening behind him.
After running like this for five minutes, I saw that I had reached the end in front of me, and then I stopped, lying on the flat stone surface under my feet and listening, but there was no sound of footsteps.
"Aren't you chasing me? Or is it actually a dead end ahead?"
But at this point, Shade had no choice but to retreat, and it would be better if the other party didn't catch up. Maybe Miss Aurora would be here after a while due to the explosion of the steam bomb.
On the one hand, he finds his own way out, and on the other hand, he waits for the witch's rescue. This is what Shade really thinks.
Since we can't go back now, we should continue to move forward. And finally, a human creation appeared in front of us. It was an iron door. A small opening was opened three-quarters of the way from the ground, which was enough to deliver an envelope. It seemed normal.
The door is installed backwards.
The wind blows out from the cracks in the door and the small opening on the door. It is the fresh sea breeze. Considering that Aurora Manor itself is on the seaside, it is very likely that the door leads to a place like a seaside cave.
"But if it was so easy to find the exit, why didn't the cultists catch up?"
Shade looked at the iron door in confusion. This door must have been a few years old, and the rust on the surface was very serious. You could barely see that there had been patterns on the door. After careful identification, it was clear that it was the evil god [Scarlet Spiral].
Lord's holy symbol.
"This door was placed here by the Scarlet Secret Cult."
He was slightly closer to the door. The inexplicable uneasiness made him dare not open the door directly. Instead, he asked in his heart:
"Is there anything unusual?"
【Not yet.】
"So"
There was no handle on the door. The panting Shade pressed his hand on the surface of the rusty iron door and immediately felt that the spell [Door Key] could be used, which meant that the door was actually locked. But
It's not that difficult to open the lock, it's just a little more difficult than Mr. Jude's safe.
"Do the cultists outside think that I can't open this door, so they feel relieved and don't pursue me?"
He couldn't figure it out. After more careful inspection, he found a series of ancient runes engraved under the rust on the edge of the door frame.
After translation, Shade confirmed that this was a prayer for sealing. Only the most dangerous seals would have prayers of this level written on them.
"What's behind this?"
Looking at the door curiously, the door was still dark under the moonlight at his fingertips. After thinking about it, Shade decided not to open this weird iron door rashly. He turned around and wanted to leave to see the fish-men outside.
What are you doing? Maybe Miss Aurora has arrived.
Unexpectedly, just two steps later, along the passage, the sound of explosions and howling wind caused by air pressure disturbance rushed directly in.
"oh!"
The force of that strange wind was so strong that it directly pushed the unprepared Shade into the air and hit the iron door behind him with a clang.
At the same time, because of the explosion and the strong wind, the entire passage actually shook. Shade sat in front of the door dumbfounded, listening to the sounds of collapse coming from the distance.
The passage leading from the damp chapel to this door collapsed, and the collapse stopped dozens of steps away from Shade. The dust raised made him cough continuously.
Now, even if you don't want to open the door, you can't.