Regarding Adela's unabashed wariness, Liu Yifei felt a little touched and helpless at the same time.
Since the two reunited, Liu Yifei felt a little flattered by Adela's caring and closeness in practical actions - after all, this would be a big boss at the level of Zhengguo Anbang in the future, even if his reputation is not obvious at the moment... But for For Liu Yifei, a cheater who only later understood the historical trend of "decades", the feeling of excitement and pride is indescribable.
If he hadn't known that Adela hadn't even found a single NPC to be married to in history and could be called a strong celibate woman, Liu Yifei would have thought that his senior had taken a fancy to his own beauty...
However, it is inevitable that Adela, who is still "innocent" at the moment, does not have any affection for Cuthbert~
Regardless of whether Adela has any way of knowing what the current reputation of Cuthbert, a "deviator", is in the entire kingdom's spellcasting circles, Adela herself has a certain level of spellcasting ability and can feel at least the fluctuation of magic power. , it is a necessity to be honest with Cuthbert!
"History" has proven that Adela's talent in magic is even much stronger than her achievements in martial arts, and such people often naturally have better magic perception.
Even though Adela has not yet discovered her magical power, she can vaguely feel the faint "dark aura" lingering around Cuthbert - such a person is either a student of black magic. Otherwise, they are either swallowed up and entangled by super troublesome black magic, and even their bodies are filled with strong dark magic fluctuations...
In addition, Cuthbert's face has wrinkles and dried up, and his terrifying face is like a hungry ghost from the abyss reborn...
In Erathia's current atmosphere of extreme worship of the sun, light, gold and other elements, it's really crazy that Adela can have a good impression of Cuthbert~
But since the "opportunity is rare" at the moment, Liu Yifei doesn't mind having a small hand in the relationship between the two... If he gets some historical moment or something, wouldn't it be a big profit?
So Liu Yifei quietly told Adela all the "rumors" he knew about Cuthbert, especially focusing on explaining that after Cuthbert encountered a major accident, he neither lost his mind, went crazy, nor collapsed. Completely lost, he instead used his talents in black magic to conduct some anti-black magic research. Even if he encountered misunderstandings and rejections from colleagues around him, he never gave up. His performance so far has been given high praise. !
Adela naturally didn't care about Cuthbert at first, and was even slightly displeased.
However, the more I listened to Liu Yifei's words, the more I was surprised and admired by that man's magical experience!
But what really makes Adela feel the most strange is...
"How do you know these things?"
"Forehead……"
Liu Yifei was a little confused now. Speaking of which, senior, your focus is a bit off!
"Well... isn't it my duty to lead the area guard in the city? With more people in contact, I naturally have my own channels... Oh, don't worry about these details!
In short, what I mean is, senior, although Cuthbert doesn’t seem like a good person, I think he is still worth making friends with, especially senior, won’t you be officially joining the local army soon? ?If you meet someone like Lord Cuthbert in the future, you really need to make more friends, and don’t miss out on a hero just because of temporary likes and dislikes or misunderstandings!"
"Haha~ You little brat, you still have the heart to guide me? Forget it, I have accepted your intention to some extent... But even if this Cuthbert is worth making friends with, he can't delay the important things at hand!
The superiors also attach great importance to the matter of clearing out the cultists this time, even delaying our departure from the capital to take office. You must be very careful about this matter, so as not to make any mistakes in the final closing of the net!"
Liu Yifei naturally knew Adela's advice, and even without Adela's supervision, Liu Yifei would definitely do his best just to trick Isis...
[Ah, yeah! Speaking of which, now I’m befriending Adela, Cuthbert and the like, and I’m plotting against Isis... Suddenly I feel like I’m almost becoming a person? Well~ I’m so
So talented!!]
After several rounds of waiting, the signal from the Brotherhood of Thieves that the plan was about to begin was sent. Liu Yifei's spirits perked up, and finally, under the "coercion" of a group of truly powerful and vicious people around him, he headed towards the planned battlefield.
Feel your way carefully...
On the other side, in a dark and lonely underground world that contains strange vitality, a corner that no one once cared about is currently holding a bloody sacrifice that would surely send chills to ordinary people.
Instead of giving people a sense of warmth and comfort, the flames scattered by the burning torches were dyed with a bloody smell under the strange and horrifying pictures and texts, and the inexplicable dark red light emitted by the lines, as if they had just left.
The warmth and bright red of the body represents more, but it is still the cooling and dispersion of life...
Dozens of human figures, tall or short, were all shrouded in large and thick robes. The shadows twisted and stretched by the flames were like silent roaring ghosts, making the scene more terrifying and penetrating.
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In other words, even if there weren't these scary strangers around who they didn't know at all, Mino and a few other ordinary people who were still awake would have been scared to death!
From the moment they woke up in this place that was like the most terrifying hell in a nightmare, everything that happened around them made them feel the deepest panic and fear in their souls.
The dark and unfamiliar environment around them, the shadowy and strange crowds, and the unknown and terrifying creatures that were disembowelled alive and gutted in front of their eyes...
Even though the strange creatures that were sacrificed by blood did not appear to be human beings, their horrific death methods made Mino and the others, who were tied up and had their mouths and noses blocked, feel chills all over their bodies.
Because of their current situation, aren't they the same as being prey to others' axes?
Even Mino couldn't believe it if he said he could leave with all his hair and tail intact.
Can……
But is he going to die in such a horrible place?
No, he doesn't want to, he really doesn't want to.
Even if Standwick's life is not as good as he once imagined, even if the gangsters in the city always extort his little money, Minow still wants to live.
Even if he is as humble as a weed...but he still wants to live!!
Why?
Why does it feel like I just took a nap, only to wake up to such a hellish scene?
O the light that saves all living beings! O merciful and great King! I beg you, everyone is good! Pity the poor humble Mino, let him live! He is willing to kiss anyone's boots, he is willing to be the savior
Servant, offer your life and loyalty!
Just please let him live...
However, the begging from the bottom of his heart did not receive any mercy. The tears falling from the corners of his eyes and the moaning in his mouth only made those terrible mystics focus their attention on poor Mino earlier.
The next moment, Mino was suddenly lifted up by a tall and sturdy person among those terrifying figures wearing hooded robes. In vain, he twisted and struggled with all his strength, and threw the shocked Mino to the inexplicable emanation.
In the middle of the huge strange pattern of strange dark red free light.
"...So, we chant your name!"
"...Great Lord~" (Everyone whispered in agreement)
"...I look forward to your arrival!"
"...point me to the way home~" (Everyone whispered in agreement)
"...baptize this rotten earth!"
"...Give me a home~" (Everyone whispered in agreement)
Those weird and terrifying mysterious people have always been saying something, either alone or in groups, loudly or in a whisper, and it has been like this since Mino woke up.
However, at this moment, Mino no longer had any intention to listen to what those people had to say.
Because before, he had seen more than one other "person" like himself who was thrown into this huge pattern, and how he was brutally killed by those mysterious people at about the same position as himself!
At the beginning, he remembered that the lines and patterns around him did not emit any light at all. It even required those mysterious people to disembowel the selected unlucky ones with their own swords. They were either sharp or hoarse.
Killing them one by one amidst the strange screams.
But later on, as more and more humanoid monsters died, the things around that Mino couldn't understand gradually began to glow, and even those unlucky ones who were selected again would have densely populated areas even if they had not been stabbed.
Blood spots will automatically emerge from their bodies.
It was as if... it was as if the blood on those monsters was "alive". They couldn't wait to break free from the shackles of their bodies, but they were surprisingly dispersed into the surrounding luminous patterns.
Mino knew it was his turn this time, but...he really didn't want to die! He didn't want to die...
Even though there was a million resistance in his heart, before Mino could even let out a clear cry for mercy, the next moment, as the chanting sounds of the mysterious people around him became louder and louder, he suddenly heard a heavy "Plop!"
"The sound was like... as if there was a dull drum beating in my ears.
But the frightened Mino didn't pay attention to the first "pump sound" of life... but soon, the muffled "pop" sound became louder and faster, and the next moment, he
Suddenly I felt extremely itchy, as if... there were countless bugs trying to crawl out of my body!
Could it be...
Could it be...
With tears in his eyes, Mino vaguely saw countless red "threads" twisting and floating around his eyes, and then quickly scattered away.
The tingling feeling became more and more intense, but soon, Mino felt an extremely heavy feeling of fatigue. It was as if... it was as if he had been recruited to work for a certain master in the city.
The feeling of working at home and being forced to work day and night for three days.
The fatigue hit him like waves, so much so that Mino didn't even realize when he could no longer hear or see.
In the end, his consciousness dimly sank into a chaotic darkness, and even the fear was forgotten, and then he lost the last of his consciousness...
Another "sacrifice" offered everything he had to the "Lord". The withered and shriveled corpse did not arouse the pity of any mysterious people. They just continued to chant and threw the body of the previous sacrifice out of the "altar".
At the same time, continue to select the next sacrifice that will be lucky enough to receive the "dedication" opportunity.
If anything...
As the blood of the previous sacrifice rose directly into the sky like threads, the mysterious people in the crowd separated into two and began to place some gems with charming luster at certain specific positions in the circle.
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Perhaps this is the only brilliance that can be called "dazzling" in this weird and terrifying scene, right?
It's just that after those colorful gems were put into the magic circle, instead of reducing the gleaming dark red and dirty light, the colored light reflected by each was integrated into the huge magic circle like a match, and even activated in mid-air.
Some looming shadows seemed to be some magical patterns, which caused a slight commotion among the other mysterious people.
"Continue! Don't stop offering sacrifices and gems! Everyone, concentrate your consciousness and call our Lord!!"
A mysterious person in the crowd shouted lowly, which stabilized the current situation, and then the rest of the people chanted more enthusiastically, as if the blasphemous words gave them great courage~
Activating and maintaining a communication circle that connects to an unknown demon at an unknown distance must be very expensive. Even long-distance communication with specific transceiver magic equipment at both ends must mean a huge expenditure of magic power.
Not to mention the current unilateral call~
Therefore, a simple blood sacrifice can only add some mysterious auxiliary effects. Those gems that "dissolve" like running water on each node of the magic circle are the real consumption!
On the continent of Entagri, gems, crystals, mercury, and sulfur are known as the four basic elements in spell casting materials. Some even say that they correspond to the four basic elements of elemental magic.
But in fact, there are countless spells in the world, and the supporting materials required for each are even more diverse. However, the above four categories of "rare materials" do appear in most spellcasting material requirements, and are even more expensive in many cases, so that
It has been designated by the superiors of each camp and kingdom as a "strategic material" that restricts private mining and trading.
I have to say that the term “basic elements” still has its supporting basis~
As the most widely used and largest amount of magic materials in Erathia, "gems" have always been expensive, but now they are being swallowed up by the mysterious magic circle at a rate of tens of dollars. It has to be said that just
As far as wealth is concerned, the identities of this group of mysterious people are certainly not simple...
