"Say it first, you have to obey my command!" Root warned again and again.
The little girl nodded quickly like pecking at rice.
"Where are we going, Mr. Root?"
"Don't worry, I did a good job early in the morning. There is a bar called Purple Dendrobium near the square. It is very close to the square. I will definitely be able to find out a lot of information."
"But Mr. Root, the lord of Hadland, Mr. Denook, issued a ban on alcohol early in the morning. Didn't all the bars open before the sacrificial ceremony started?"
"Ah?" Root was stunned: "Is there such a thing?"
Lian nodded seriously.
"What should we do? Apart from bars, do those hateful humans like to go anywhere else?"
"The residents of this city are all believers of the goat-headed demon Arkentu. They don't have to drink, but they must attend secret gatherings. I know a place. I have been there before. Every Friday, Ah
Believers in Kentu would go there to gather, where they would pray and exchange some information."
"Friday, isn't that today?"
"Yes, it's only five o'clock in the afternoon. Akentu's respect is the burning dusk, and the demons worship the dragon of dusk, so the secret gathering of its believers is usually held at six o'clock in the afternoon and lasts until the evening.
It’s eight o’clock, let’s go now, it’s just in time.”
Lian talked eloquently, as if she knew all these things very well, even though she had only been in Hadland for a week or two.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Root didn't notice anything strange and said loudly: "Let's go and change into the clothes of a Goat-Headed Cultist. We'll set off right away!"
The little girl smiled slightly and nodded happily.
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"Secret party?"
Brando, Huang Huo, and Mr. Liu were walking on one of the streets of Hadland, while Magdale and Delphine were standing together. While curiously admiring the architecture and customs in the north of the Inner Sea of the Dead Moon, Fang Qi was
The man was hanging at the back of the team, squinting under his hood at the sheep-headed believers around him who were dressed similar to them.
After hearing Delphine's words, Huanghuo turned around and asked curiously. The prime minister Qianjin nodded, her eyes swept across the sheep-headed cultists on the street who were hurriedly heading in one direction, and whispered:
"The Secret Gathering is a specific ritual of the Goat-Headed Cultists. The Goat-Headed Cultists are believers of Akentu, the Lord of Purgatory. As believers of the devil, the Secret Gathering is an indispensable and important ritual. It is just like the silence of the Temple of Fire.
Thoughts are the same as the daily morning and evening prayers. All devout believers will participate in them. The devil's believers are generally fanatical believers and will not be absent. However, Akentu only requires its believers to hold a ritual once a week.
It will grant power to its most trusted servants in a ceremony. This day is chosen on Friday, because Friday is the day when the power of the moon is strongest. On this day, the moonlight will obscure Martha's power, and Akentu's taboo is
'Burning Dusk', so the ceremony usually starts at six o'clock in the evening."
"Isn't that now?" Huang Huo looked at the sheep-headed cultists and understood: "So they are...?"
Delphine nodded and turned his attention to Brando.
And Brando is frowning. He is not Phoenix Fire. He does not know much about the traditions and rules of some of Warnd's cultists. Having had the experience of his previous life, he has a thorough understanding of these rats that live in a world of order.
What Delphine said is just the tip of the iceberg of the Arkanto Secret Church.
What made him feel a little troublesome was that they were unlucky and happened to bump into a 'secret' meeting point of Akentu believers nearby. If possible, Brando was not willing to waste time here. But the problem is that they are now
He is dressing up as a Sheephead believer. If he doesn't go, he may arouse suspicion.
"Then are we going to participate too?" Huang Huo asked again.
"I'm afraid we have to go, otherwise it will be too conspicuous," Delphine said: "Besides, the secret gathering of Akentu believers is also a channel for them to exchange information with each other."
Brando nodded. At the moment, it seemed that they could only hope that they could get some useful information from this secret gathering.
Neither Mr. Liu nor Princess Magdale had any objections to this. In a situation where the minority obeyed the majority, Fang Qi understood that even if he had an objection, it would be useless, so he just shrugged and followed.
These people were originally dressed as sheep-headed believers, and now they were heading in the direction of the believers. Although they had a child (Phoenix Fire) with them, they didn't look too eye-catching. After all, Hadran was a sheep-headed believer.
In a city where believers gather together, it is normal for a family of three to believe in Akentu, from the oldest to the youngest, so there is nothing noteworthy about the secret gathering where believers go with their families.
In fact, Brando saw several short figures, some walking with adults, and some even simply alone.
There was even a little girl who almost bumped into him because she was moving forward with her head buried in her head. She quickly raised her head and said sorry to him. Brando couldn't help but feel sad when he saw that the little girl was wearing a pair of glasses and looked gentle.
I secretly cried out that it was a pity, thinking that such a good little girl should be poisoned by a cult.
However, a sheep-headed believer was so polite, which surprised him. Most of the sheep-headed believers they met along the way were vulgar lower-class people with no education and a miserable life. Otherwise, they would not
Would be so easily deceived.
But just like this, Brando felt even more pity in his heart, and his hatred for the Sheephead Cultists inexplicably became stronger. If he had a chance, he would not let this cancer continue to spread in this land.
.
But what Brando didn't know was that the little girl who he regarded as being 'bewitched' by the cult was so frightened that his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
As she walked forward in a hurry, she kept looking back in the direction of the 'goat-headed cultist' whom she had almost bumped into before, as if she was afraid that the other party would suddenly run up and pull her out of the crowd.
"I told you to be careful." Root hid in the little girl's hood, sat on her shoulders, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Fortunately, I didn't attract that guy's attention, but it's strange, why do I feel his voice
So familiar?”
Lian stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and whispered: "I'm sorry, I'm too nervous."
But her view of the previous crisis was actually very different from that of the goblin. What really scared her half to death was not the fact that she almost bumped into the cultist.
Although the believers in Akentu are fierce and aggressive, they will not easily cause trouble during this important season. This is just like the believers in the Temple of Fire will not talk to other believers on their way to pray and meditate.
It's the same as a fight. If you ruin the meeting and make Akentu angry, I'm afraid the tragic end cannot be easily described with the word "death".
But what really made Lian uneasy was her small mistake. When she bumped into the other party, she subconsciously blurted out "I'm sorry." When did Akentu's believers become so timid and fearful of things? Fortunately, the other party seemed to
She didn't notice this, but said to her very gently: It doesn't matter, be more careful next time.
This sentence made Lian's heart pound, because she understood that among the believers present, the real threat to her and Mr. Root were not the vulgar lower-class believers, but those who were highly educated and thoughtful.
If high-ranking priests or even demon prosecutors discovered that she was pretending to be a believer, she would probably lose her skin even if she died.
Different from Root's carelessness, Brando's gentle answer just now almost made her hair stand on end, but what made her a little unbelievable was that the other party actually let her go.
This was so strange that it made her feel a little unreal now.
With doubts and uneasiness in her heart, the little girl followed the flow of people absentmindedly into a church-like building.
"This is..." When Brando stood in front of the church, he raised his head and looked at the place with some surprise: "A temple?"
"Cultists actually openly used a temple as their secret gathering place?" Princess Magdale also showed an expression of disbelief. The feeling was just like when she saw the Holy Flame in Ampelsel or Rushta.
The people praying in the temple are not believers of the Golden Flame Way, but a group of members of the All-Union Association or tree shepherds: "They... they are simply too..."
"It seems that what Queen Madala said is true. These people have regarded this place as their territory. Not only can the teachings of the Goat Head Cultists be openly spread openly, but they have also created such a 'church'?"
Lando couldn't help but shook his head: "They have completely publicly disseminated the teachings of the sheep-headed Akentu as orthodox beliefs. It seems that the situation is not good."
Delphine and Magdale both understood that what Brando said was not good was that it seemed that the Sheephead believers had learned that Bromando's Black Rose might move north, so that Tauchik would no longer be able to
Will return to the rule of the mercury staff, so the Hadran family dares to be so confident, otherwise these dark nobles must at least maintain the necessary respect for Madara openly.
However, the fact that the undead gave up the Land of Eternal Death and migrated north happened just before they left. It is unlikely that the news reached Taokeqi at this time. This can only indicate one possibility, that is, these sheep-headed believers are secretly
Already contacted Dusk's minions.
As for whether the other party is a demon or something else, it's a bit hard to say.
After everyone present secretly exchanged this opinion, their expressions looked a little unsightly for a while. Brando had a vague feeling in his heart that this trip might have another unforeseen incident.
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(ps: I accidentally entered the wrong title number again. It’s very troublesome to change the chapter name from the starting point. Let’s just leave it like this, as long as everyone can understand it.) (To be continued...)
