"Let's leave right away and leave here as soon as it gets dark!"
Xiu stood up and paced back and forth uneasily.
The mania on her face made Lin almost cry out of fear.
"Okay, Aunt Xiu, you take a rest first, and I'll go get something. You can't skip today's portion of food, or they will be suspicious."
Ike nodded and walked out of the hut.
Xiu barely suppressed the rage in his heart and sat cross-legged.
Along with meditation, her breathing gradually calmed down. Looking at Lin, she suddenly felt that this girl was a little different from usual.
"Lin, come here!"
Xiu beckons.
To her surprise, Lin did not come over, but instead backed away in fear.
Xiu stood up, grabbed Lin with a quick step, and suddenly pulled off her clothes. On the little girl's pink arm, there was a circle of black tattoos.
"This is……"
Xiu immediately felt his hair standing on end.
"Wuwu..." Lin burst into tears: "Ike told me that he will definitely become a big shot, and you will be a good firewood... Wuwu..."
"I was careless..."
Xiu's heart was full of regrets. She had been immersed in learning the extraordinary path during this period, and completely ignored how Ike, a half-year-old child, would be affected by a group of cultists.
"Damn it, he must have gone out to snitch."
Xiu pulled open the floor, put his backpack on his back, pulled Lin, turned around and ran out of the house.
After leaving the house, her pace became faster and faster, and she soon reached the edge of the town.
On the edge of the town, there are usually patrol teams led by the Burning Sons. They have often reached the second stage and have the power to control flames. They are opponents that Xiu does not want to face.
However, if it was a sneak attack, there might still be a chance.
After all, the other party thought she was a church member, and because she intended to escape, she became familiar with the patrol team.
But this time, Xiu's luck was very bad.
She saw the Black Sun cultists gathered at the entrance of the town. The leader was the high priest, and he was holding a child, it was Ike!
Xiu's heart sank, and he quickly recited a mysterious spell, summoning the black wind that seemed to be alive.
"Are you using the spell I taught you to attack me? Xiu?"
The high priest moved his lips, and the black wind disappeared.
Xiu's heart immediately sank.
Aaron watched this scene calmly.
He knew that until he found a way to interfere with the world, there was nothing he could do about it.
In the end, Xiu was captured without hesitation. After all, she also had Lin with her. If they fought, the girl would be hurt accidentally.
Moreover, in the face of the opponent's strong strength, resistance is meaningless.
"Tell me, what does firewood mean?"
When he was tied up, Xiu finally couldn't help but speak.
"You'll see."
The high priest showed a smile.
Aaron suddenly had a feeling that he was about to come into contact with the core secrets of the Black Sun Church.
…
Two days later, when day and night alternate.
Aaron saw the human pillars tied up one by one in the town square.
Under their feet, there is a ritual that is so complex and exquisite that it looks like a work of art.
"The spiritual numbers and divination are confirmed. Today is the best choice to please my Lord."
The high priest took off his hood and revealed his head covered with tattoos and incantations: "And you will also become my firewood and appreciate the charm of this high-level ritual together. It is called - solar eclipse!"
Aaron suddenly thought of the high priest's first sermon - "Darkness is a symbol of destruction and sublimation. It can make us immortal. If we want to awaken the spirituality of darkness, we must first burn ourselves and sacrifice our flesh and blood.
Passing through the three major gates and experiencing the solar eclipse ceremony, the person who has completed it will be able to stand upright even if his body is broken. This is also a great achievement!"
"Now it seems that the three major gates refer to the three stages of the Unburnt, the Burning Son, and the Dark Chaser. Can the solar eclipse ceremony be held only when you stand at the top of the Dark Chaser?"
Aaron stood in the crowd, quietly watching the high priest show off.
The high priest's face was slightly flushed, and he was obviously extremely excited: "Mortals will eventually have their limits. After completing the ceremony, I will shed my mortal body, gain a new life form, and get closer to my Lord. I will enter a new stage! Now! ,Time is up!"
raging!
Following the order, the Black Sun cultists on the periphery chanted incantations in unison.
And amid the strange sound of mantras, balls of pitch-black flames suddenly burned on the ritual track, swallowing up the sacrifices one after another.
Xiu even saw Sauron, the traitor who had been a refuge, also become a ‘firewood’!
He screamed, his body melting like a wax statue.
And in the ritual, traces of inexplicable things seemed to be summoned and attracted by some kind, and converged on the high priest.
"Offer everything to the Lord of Eclipse, sublimate in the flames, gain the favor of darkness, and become a beast of darkness!"
The high priest roared or shouted, and his body also burned with black flames.
The flames quickly engulfed his body, and in the flames, a brand new form seemed to be gestating...
"Sure enough...the spirituality of darkness among Black Sun believers can be deprived and devoured by each other...This is why the high priest keeps recruiting people, preaching, and even teaching without reservation."
"Their spirits... are all 'firewood', burning sacrifices, and nutrients for the growth of the beast of darkness!"
Aaron watched with cold eyes.
The Black Sun cultists seemed to be used to this scene, and the eyes of several Burning Sons were filled with longing.
They are far more powerful than the Unburnt, but they are not suitable as sacrifices.
"So that's it..."
Aaron murmured that in his eyes, the Black Sun Order had no secrets at all at this time.
In other words, he has understood the highest secret of the Black Sun Order!
"Aunt Xiu!"
Outside the venue, Lin cried and shouted, but Ike hugged her tightly and covered her lips.
"Aunt Xiu has gone to a higher realm of light, and she is one step closer to the black sun."
Ike murmured in Lin's ear, seeming to comfort and hypnotize her.
When the sun went down, all the firewood in the ceremony had been burned, and the black flames gradually extinguished.
raging!
Suddenly, a monster with the body of a dog and the head of a human, its body burning with pitch-black flames, jumped out of the ashes.
It's the high priest!
He successfully executed the solar eclipse ritual, transformed his life form, and became a beast of darkness!
…
night.
The reveling Black Sun cultists were either partying or falling into a deep sleep.
In Ike's hut, the door opened with a creak.
Lin raised her head and looked at the bright starry sky: "Aunt Xiu... wu wu... I miss you so much, I'm sorry..."
She looked at the crimson moon and recalled the legends of her hometown.
The souls of the dead will rise above the moon and watch everyone in the world.
And the moon tonight seems to be particularly round...
"Mother……"
Lin immediately thought of her mother, and tears burst into her eyes.
She didn't know if it was an hallucination, but with her tearful eyes, she seemed to see a giant tree made entirely of flesh and blood above the moon...