Abyss Express

Back at the Inn, while packing his luggage, Jiang Xueming discovered that Belloberg's sword hilt had undergone unexpected changes.

It was originally lifeless. After killing Saint Josh Joris, the broken hilt of the sword emitted a spiritual tide like breathing and heartbeat. Doctor Maguire's scalpel also returned to its original shape. The spirit of Beloberg has already Returned to Xueming - albeit only a small part.

This phenomenon confused Jiang Xueming. Could it be that Belloberg had other elf incarnations? These children have found new hosts. Can they help the hosts defeat their inner demons in order to get back the complete sword spirit?

What kind of weird RPG game is this? There are quite a lot of branch NPCs.

Jamie and his daughter have already rested. Judging from the gunsmith's tool bench outside the suite door, the progress of the rocket launcher is still stuck in the rocket charging stage of the bullet - it seems that this matter cannot be rushed.

Xueming was not in a hurry to go to bed, so he went back to the first floor to wait for Oscar.

After Gotze is arrested, Brother Lang must cooperate with the military station to investigate and collect evidence. It was after six o'clock in the morning that Oscar rushed back to the hotel.

"Hey, do you think this is unusual?"

The big wolf took off his coat and hung it by the door. The thick woolen coat exuded the stench of canine.

"Sergeant Gotze is usually a silly, simple-minded pistachio. He has a good relationship with the Chief of Staff. Everyone knows that they are classmates. They have never had an overnight feud. Unexpectedly, they fell out with each other overnight and destroyed him. The whole house - I really can’t figure it out.”

Jiang Xueming immediately told Oscar about St. Josh Joris.

Gotze Saladin should also be a guest of Hercules and have eaten human flesh.

Under the guidance of St. Josh, the sergeant brought out the devil hidden deep in his heart, and then poisoned the chief's family.

Oscar quickly asked: "Is this old guy still at home? I'm calling for someone to catch him!"

"Already dead." Jiang Xueming said.

Oscar was stunned for a moment: "Huh? What did you do? I can't tell."

Jiang Xueming: "It was Mr. Maguire who did it. While assisting in the investigation at the first scene of the death of the Secretary, he felt the devil in Mr. Gotze's heart. He knew that this devil was released by St. Josh - also as a Saint Josh's patient, he got so angry that he went and killed someone."

"Okay. I have to run again." Oscar didn't even feel hot when he came in, so he immediately dialed the phone number of the military station. He put on his coat and pulled Dr. Zhang Congfeng into the car, heading back to St. Josh's home to investigate and collect evidence.

In the car, Oscar kept asking questions.

"How do you know this?"

Jiang Xueming: "I went with Maguire. I took him with me on my bike."

Oscar: "You just watched Maguire move his hands?"

Jiang Xueming: "Yes, at that time St. Josh was dealing with the Secretary's heart. Maguire was extremely angry. He seemed to have a psychic catalyst on his body, which contained huge power, giving Maguire very powerful combat skills. I There’s no way to stop it.”

Oscar: "What did he do?"

Jiang Xueming: "Mr. Maguire broke in through the window and took away St. Josh's chef's knife. He first put pressure on St. Josh's right hand. St. Josh couldn't dodge. His right arm stretched from the elbow joint to the ring finger on the back of his hand. He was stabbed once and lost the ability to resist, then stabbed and cut his soft ribs, then cut him open twice, one knife destroyed the respiratory tract, causing St. Josh to lose his core strength, and the last knife hit him straight in the heart."

Oscar gasped: "This is too fierce. Has he received training from Anonymous?"

Jiang Xueming: "I don't know, but there is a legend. I don't know if you have heard of it, Brother Oscar. The nameless sword spirit seems to be wandering around the Elf Holy Land. According to Maguire himself - a few months ago, here The explorers of the hunting group brought back a kind of rune stone tablet, and Maguire got one of them. Since then, his knightly fighting skills have improved by leaps and bounds."

"I have this impression." Oscar, as Saladin's local VIP, naturally inquired about this matter: "But, this is the first time I have seen an uninspired Homo sapiens killing blood-granting monsters and knightly combat skills."

Brother Lang glanced at Dr. Congfeng meaningfully.

"It's amazing."

"Don't be so arrogant." Jiang Xueming said immediately, "If you want to doubt me, you can ask me directly in person."

Oscar then asked: "Dr. Congfeng, if Maguire killed St. Josh, it was a passion killing and he was impulsive. Why did you follow him?"

"I damaged Maguire's car and gave him a ride on a shared motorcycle." Jiang Xueming told the truth without hesitation: "And I think this Saint Josh deserves death. If Maguire If I can't defeat this monster, I will go and help, at least I won't let this surgeon die in vain."

Oscar: "You didn't do anything?"

Jiang Xueming: "You can go to the scene to investigate and collect evidence. Maguire entered through the window and came out through the door. There are no footprints of the second window-breaker."

Oscar: "Okay."

After saying this, Brother Lang stopped asking any more questions. After all, the deceased was a cultist of Hercules and a serious cannibal devil. It would be impolite to continue interrogating the heroes who slayed demons.

When he arrived at St. Josh's mansion, Oscar called the people at the military station and did not destroy the scene immediately.

When the good brothers from the military station came to blockade the villa, Oscar took Jiang Xueming's mobile phone, compared the photos with the refrigerator, and nailed the identity of Saint Josh Joris as an ogre. Even Sergeant Havana has a thousand ways. Missing, ten thousand kinds of reluctance, she had to break her teeth and swallow it in her belly - she had no other thoughts, and she couldn't even shed a tear. I can only join my colleagues in scolding Joris.

A human silhouette was found in the snow in the backyard, where the body of St. Josh Joris was purified by fire. The forensic doctor couldn't get any more clues and could only study the human organs in the refrigerator.

The interrogation team at the military station was about to summon Maguire Copenhagen. Oscar was free. At this time, Jiang Xueming found Brother Lang again.

He pulled Brother Lang outside the courtyard gate of the villa. The two of them squatted on the edge of the curb, looking at the light source of the street lamp. Xueming pointed to the diary document about St. Josh's academic research on the topic of demons.

"Oscar, look at it, do you recognize this thing?"

"This is..." Oscar's eyes widened as he looked at the bright red inverted pentagram formation on the diary.

It is different from the simple symbology found in general religious ceremonies, with many additional elemental symbols and equations used in chemistry. It's like a series of element synthesis formulas.

For example, if Hell Devil also has different labels and slogans - these things written by Saint Josh Joris in the book are as weird as Suning + JD.com = Alibaba.

This evil believer of the Crazy Butterfly seems to be doing math and chemistry problems, trying to use elements in the material world and the flesh and blood of Homo sapiens as currency to summon the legendary devil.

Jiang Xueming has actually seen this kind of high-level evil spirit——

——John Berg, who once tried to find another job as a horror artist, is the devil.

According to the racial classification of the secret library, John Borg's devil race should be called the Tanari. In the ancient legends of gods and monsters, this large family called themselves the Tanari. There are semen demons, lust demons and dragon demons. They come from the abyss. The first alien world.

The secret library made a scientific and systematic classification of the spirits born after the natural death of Homo sapiens. They are wandering spirits, tower spirits, governor spirits and evil spirits. After the evil spirit obtains enough essence, it can shape a golem through flesh and blood and create a new body for itself. At this time, the evil spirit becomes a demon or devil.

John Borg once went deep into the original seed, and was recalled to the world by the war gang using rituals in later generations. The flesh and blood essence he possesses comes from the earth mother, and he can also use the power of the incarnation butterfly to transform other creatures.

There are three types of devil symbols that appear in St. Josh Joris's Devil's Notes this time.

One is the Demon-Dreaded Battanari.

One is the evil demon Bart clan.

One is the strange beast demon Batt clan.

These three types of demons are also the source of Hercules' power and are where St. Josh Joris uses psychological suggestion to control his patients.

Fear is his weapon to intimidate patients, taking advantage of their psychological weaknesses and arousing their despicable emotions. These are the ways Joris gives orders to his patients.

Finally, there is the carnivorism represented by the strange beasts and monsters. Maguire was almost transformed into a Wendigo (cannibal antler spirit) by Joris - St. Josh is good at cooking. This kind of comfortable taste experience, It can eliminate the guilt caused by cannibalism and make patients think that the process of cannibalism is reasonable and comfortable.

After Oscar explained the symbols of these demonologists to Jiang Xueming, Xueming asked curiously.

"Does worshiping these monsters really work?"

Oscar: "It must work, otherwise why would Joris have so many passionate fans?"

With that said, Brother Wolf pointed at Ms. Havana at the scene of the crime - although Havana still looked indignant and seemed to hate Saint Josh Joris, pretending to be different from the blood-giving monster. Dai Tian’s demeanor. But she seemed to be blown away by the freezing cold wind, and she still felt sympathy for the charred corpse in the snow.

Oscar: "Havana must have had a strong interest in the crazy cultists. Speaking of which, when this psychiatrist was still alive and kicking, I met him several times - he was quite handsome, actually. It was too outrageous and arrogant to have a feast of human flesh at home. But he didn't dare to bite me."

"Does this demonic circle have other functions? Brother Wolf?" Jiang Xueming asked repeatedly. He was only afraid that Joris could come back from hell like John Borg. "Is he going to summon something from hell? Or is that?"

"It has other functions." Oscar explained: "Look here."

The big wolf's thick knuckles poked at the additional formula of the magic circle. There were three pond-like bottom symbols, like the shape of a basket, holding a lot of "currency".

"He wants to create a magic pool, and..."

Oscar corrects the way——

"——The Secret Library has emphasized several times that there is no hell in this world, only [Limbo] or [Spirit Realm]. It is the middle ground between life and death."

"The word [hell] in legends of gods and monsters is not accurate, because the idea that sinners go to hell is not quite right."

"Devils will always find ways to create a source of power for themselves, from which they can be reborn. Wizards and magicians in ancient times called this source of power the [Devil Pond] - it is difficult to destroy the devil. Yes, they are like natural disasters and plagues, a natural phenomenon."

"If the incarnation butterfly also has a magic pool, this magic pool comes from Mother Earth, from the original seed itself."

"Incarnate butterflies can be destroyed over and over again, but this does not prevent them from being reborn again."

"Saint Josh Joris wanted to create a magic pool for himself by integrating the three demons into one, turning them into saints. He would gather the essential characteristics of evil demons, fearful demons and strange beast demons to create a new body of flesh and blood for him. .”

Jiang Xueming asked: "Is there still such an operation? Has he succeeded?"

"I don't know." Oscar, as a well-informed scholar, immediately identified the specific location from the configuration of the magic circle: "And Father, your demonology should be better than mine. You are a serious demon slayer. Why? .”

"Oh! I'm more academic," Jiang Xueming quickly explained: "When I was studying in churches and seminaries, my teachers asked me to use thermal weapons to solve problems. This is more convenient."

"Let's put it this way, if you are free, come with me for a walk now." Oscar looked left and right, opened the navigation on his mobile phone, and pulled up the map of Saladin Town.

Brother Wolf pointed to Saladin's public facilities.

"This is St. Josh Joris. He did use the scraps left over from killing people and taking their flesh to create a magic pool for his own use. This Hebrew text tells his glorious history."

Scanning the devil's note with one hand, he pointed to the hunting group meeting place in the town with the other hand.

"The element attributes are judged according to the functional facilities of the town. Next to it are the weather station and the wind power station. The other two corners are the Elf Holy Land and Saladin's mother river. The one in the middle represents the symbol of vitality, which is Saladin's hunting group gathering place, the demonic The pool should be built here.”

"Saint Josh Joris wants to become a more traditional and formal Deva (Deva God/Demon), and also different from the Pratapa Deva (Purple Gray Butterfly) besides the red and blue Morpho butterflies. People like him have lived so long. Individuals who have not had soul power for a long time will find other ways to obtain powerful spiritual energy."

"The word's Indo-European root means god."

"Besides the Elf Holy Land, there are also mountain monsters and various devils wandering around. These beings were all born from Mimir's corpse - they are older and more powerful than Homo sapiens, and they will leave behind more It’s a powerful ritual catalyst, even if the mountain demon poops in it, it’s considered a sacred object.”

"I think Joris, this old guy, has two brushes. Maybe he really created a magic pool. Hurry over now. He shouldn't have time to come back from Limbo before he can guard the resurrection point and torture him!"

Oscar couldn't fight, he just hoped that the priest Yu Zhang Congfeng could have some exorcism ability.

After explaining the trivial matters to the people at the military station, Oscar drove again and took Jiang Xueming to the hunting group's meeting place.

After half an hour's drive, the two came to an old dilapidated building.

Brother Lang first went to the grain store next door to find some psychic props. They were not very strange things, just some rice and beans.

Speaking of these beans, the big wolf started to blow again.

"Whether it's the East or the West, these grains and grains that feed tens of millions and billions of people are the righteous gods that all living beings work together to bring to the throne of God. Father, if you want to exorcise demons, you can try it with a bag of chickpeas - "

"——These three devil dharma bodies borrowed by Saint Josh Joris are all afraid of chickpeas."

"I don't know why. It seems that these devils have a serious illness when they come to the human world. They seem to want to calculate the accounts of every business clearly. After signing the contract with Homo sapiens, they wait and wait and wait. Ah wait.”

"When you get bored, start counting beans. You have to count all the beans before you can move on."

"These chickpeas can be controlled with one hand, just like the Japanese use rice to fight ghosts. After you pour it on them, they start to scream and get scared, and their hearts are shaking - I guess that's what I'm talking about."

“It’s time to calculate performance again, performance calculation again, and KPI calculation again. It’s the end of the damn month again.”

Brother Lang's talk is just like that of Sixty-Three, and he never stops talking.

The two of them greeted the vigilante at the assembly hall and entered the council hall.

Oscar's keen sense of smell noticed that there was the smell of human blood under the sixteen pillars of this empty hall. According to the symbols on the devil's notebook, this place had been transformed by St. Josh. If there was an underground floor, it should be the St. John's. Josh's burial place.

This Herculean cultist is very picky about food. Every time he kills someone for meat, he only wants the most precious heart and liver organs, and the remaining leftovers are sent to the assembly hall to fill his demon pool in preparation for resurrection and becoming a demon. .

Oscar took the lead, completely forgetting how good his combat skills were. He dragged Dr. Zhang Congfeng to the side of the indoor fountain pool in the hall and found the entrance to the sewer system. There was a secret door that led directly to the underground.

"Walk."

It was supposed to be an exciting underground adventure, but Brother Wolf was not afraid at all. He has night vision. Arch all the way forward in the narrow passage.

But something happened soon—

"——Wait a minute! Hey, fuck!~"

Oscar cursed loudly.

The damp underground passages were hot and humid, and had an unpleasant mushroom smell.

Jiang Xueming quickly asked: "Have you found the ceremony place? Oscar?"

Oscar: "No, no. You grabbed my tail."

Jiang Xueming: "What's wrong?"

Oscar replied awkwardly.

"I am stuck."