Whispering Verse

The cultists didn't pay attention to the dead companions. They stood there and looked at Shade, vaguely trying to surround him. With three ring warlocks, he could tie with a team of ring warlocks from the Righteous God Church. Shade knew that there must be something more powerful in the damp chapel, so he did not have enough self-confidence to risk taking action again.

He held the remaining fat fish-man priest hostage, and then glanced at Darkness and his companions, who naturally stood together with the fish-men. But Shade did not panic. The sea breeze coming from behind showed that there was 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.

But the fat fishman held hostage by Sha De showed no intention of struggling at all. It continued to recite prayers as if Shade didn't exist at all.

The cultists of the Scarlet Secret Cult 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 fishman priest who was held hostage by Shade, no need to be reminded by the voice in his ears, the increasingly rich blasphemous elements have turned into 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 still such a thing? Wait, these guys didn't originally intend 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 fishman who was still praying with one shot. The annoying drone of prayers stopped suddenly, but then the prayers of the remaining cultists 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, and there was a ring warlock of unknown rank in the wine cellar. And since there is wind blowing out of the hole in the wall, there must be a road behind it.

"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 jump!"

The incantation and thaumaturgy attacks coming towards the back failed and bombarded the stone wall in front, opening up the rugged 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!"

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 him 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, give it to the fishman behind you.

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. This was the passage used to transport 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 after use. There has been no problem for sixty years, but now what is going on inside, even our church can't tell. Since he walked in by himself , we don’t have to care.”

The man looked sympathetically at the corpse of the fishman priest on the ground:

"I originally wanted to draw lots to determine the places for self-sacrifice. 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 the body of his companion. He handed the brass ring in the box to Darkness, who had an ecstatic expression on his face.

"Spell."

the cultist reminded, curious as to what Darkness was going to do.

"Of course, the change between silence and silence is a display of hidden power!"

He took off his red gloves in front of everyone. After reciting the mantra, put the ring on the index finger of your right hand.

The skin on the palm squirmed and split open, and the terrifying mouth was exposed. As the mouth and sharp teeth turned, it actually spoke:

"I felt the blood and the fear, which was pretty 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 was certainly not Draion Common, or even human language, and no one except Darkness could understand it.

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 moved slightly, but he didn't express his doubts.

Their original purpose was just to use their flesh and blood nourishment technology in exchange for the fish people's promise to help them 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, clean up the corpses on the ground so that the flesh and blood can be more evenly distributed on the carved ritual 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.

(Shadow is running)

Shade was running wildly. To be more precise, he was running while counting the time to jump forward in space.

The walls were like natural cracks in the ground, and the curved road prevented him from being directly attacked by the people behind him. But this feeling of facing an enemy from behind is 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 and lay down on the flat stone below my feet to listen, 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 way to retreat. Besides, it would be better if the other party didn't catch up. Maybe Miss Aurora would come 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 you can't go back now, let's keep moving forward. And finally, a human creation appeared in front of it. It was an iron door, with a small opening large enough to deliver an envelope opened three-quarters of the way from the ground. It was as if a normal door had been installed upside down.

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. I could barely see that there was a pattern on the door. After careful identification, I realized that it was the holy symbol of the evil god [Lord of the Scarlet Spiral].

"This door was placed here by the Scarlet Secret Cult."

He was slightly closer to the door, but 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 rusty iron door surface 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.

"Did the cultists outside think that I couldn't open this door, so they were relieved and didn't pursue me?"

He couldn't figure it out. After a closer 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 the prayer used 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 my fingertips. Shade thought for a while and decided not to open this strange iron door rashly. He turned around and wanted to leave to see what the fishmen were doing outside. Maybe Miss Aurora had arrived.

Unexpectedly, just two steps later, along the passage, the sound of explosions and howling wind caused by air pressure disturbance rushed in directly.

"oh!"

The force of that strange wind was so strong that it directly pushed the unprepared Shade away, hitting 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.