I believe it all has something to do with St. Stephen's Cathedral.
This ancient building, built in 1147, experienced two fires and was transformed into a Gothic-style church.
Margaret and Elan are both doctors, and similarly, they are both church volunteers.
Because we didn’t have much money, Margaret and I originally planned to borrow a church venue for our wedding——
——If it weren’t for all this...
In the study, I found a document about invocation spells about ritual magic. This is what Miss Yilan used to entertain me.
It's called "The Hidden Corner of Hercules", and it's a niche book written in ancient Icelandic.
If you want to ask why I can understand it? Because ancient Icelandic is also a European-Indian language, a branch of North Germanic. I know Finnish, German and English, and a little bit of Danish - I can recognize these words.
This storybook introduces a mysterious association that uses force to maintain the social structure, namely the Church of Hercules. Members use a kind of insect to obtain incredible witchcraft power. And the insect will select the right people and develop their potential.
, giving them the power of immortality.
This power is afraid of sunlight, but can live underground.
The underground world is near the bottom of an extinct volcano in Reykjavik, Iceland, and there are some human settlements.
The Order of Hercules is deeper and more distant in the underground mountains.
In addition to the sect's artistic paintings and graphic introductions, this book also explains in detail how to summon spiritual beings - when I saw these things, I just thought it was ridiculous.
But just now, a deformed monster almost ate me, and Margaret was also half-dead. I had to re-examine these strange spells.
"The Hidden Corner of Hercules" focuses on the trial process, which is used to select the most suitable power seeds, absorb these people into the cult, and make them new members of the church.
The host of this ceremony regarded Margaret as a sacrifice, divided it into sixteen small pieces, and sent them to sixteen different objects in Neusiedl County and the city. Peanuts and walnuts were also invited.
After these invitees received the blood sacrifices, they became insane and crazy, and could no longer control themselves. The deep-seated dependence or love for Margaret was evoked, and they would involuntarily start killing each other.
The last one left was Heracles, the new Hercules and the new member selected by the Order.
Ms. Yilan is obviously unwilling to participate in this kind of ritual. She seems to know the secret and has set an ambush at home——
——Walnut and Peanut became her watchdogs. This transformation ritual seems to be related to another book.
Thirty-six pages from "Galahad: Magic and Sorcery", there is a complete set of detailed descriptions of [Walkers].
"When we need to conduct some dangerous chemical experiments and try magic-related psychic abilities, we can't get started immediately."
"At this time, partners from the spirit world may be able to help us. This ritual can turn dead corpses into living things, such as the more common walking corpses. They can help stir containers, deliver drugs in dangerous environments, and do
Experiments with psionic compounds."
"The Wanderer was born. We don't need a complete corpse. It may be too difficult to maintain. Just use a hand or an arm. Prepare enough deodorant for it and do a good job of embalming. The situation will get better.
a lot of."
When I read these inexplicable magic instructions, I just felt like I was living in a movie story.
Was Margaret made into a waddle by some evil wizard? Her body has become a blood sacrifice used by that mysterious cult to hold evil sacrifices to induce us to kill each other.
The monster that Miss Yilan left behind at home is more powerful than ordinary human walking zombies - just want to deal with it with bullets? That would be too difficult...
It is over 150 centimeters tall and over 500 centimeters long. For this weight, it cannot be killed without a shotgun.
If it hadn't been too stupid and too stupid, its body was stuck in the spear of the fence, and it bled to death. I really don't know how to deal with it.
How many people did Yilan kill with peanuts and walnuts? Judging from the monster's flesh and blood, seven or eight invitees must have died here...
I looked at the photos on the wall——
——Although I don’t know how Elan got the list of invitees, at least she did a detailed investigation.
In the apartment building opposite the train station, three German brothers from Madrid were often cared for by Margaret. The three college students had died and turned into dog food.
The landlady of the apartment also died. Margaret and I often visited her with gifts. She almost regarded us as her children. She had six unfilial children and grandchildren waiting for her to inherit the property after she died.
The resident of EP·M36, Krim Street, was a conductor at the railway station and a classmate of Margaret in yoga classes. She died.
A Volkswagen salesman who was Margaret's ex-boyfriend, with whom he had no contact for nine years, also received Margaret's body and died.
The cleaner who served under the Bayer pest control line came to the apartment every two months to do pest control work. She was not familiar with Margaret. She may have had a crush on my fiancée. She also died. I was a freak with a deformed head.
The yellow plaid fabric seen inside the body is the employee's clothes.
There are also two retired elderly people from the city hospital. They are a couple. They disliked the coldness of the nursing home and planned to stay in the hospital for a few months. Margaret sent them to live in an apartment. They often talked and liked to watch American football.
Sai, Margaret, who occasionally accompanied them in gardening—died.
There are nine people in total, plus two portions of walnuts and peanuts.
Wait a moment, I'll check again.
I found the photo of the gift in the apartment building and opened it anxiously. It was almost unbelievable——
——It was indeed two parts, Margaret's head was originally split in half...
Her body was so miserable that it looked like a plate of human flesh cake, a small gift used as a prank on Halloween. The walnuts and peanuts were divided into half, and then they were slowly put together.
Then add walnuts and peanuts, and Tom and Naomi.
There are a total of thirteen invitees, as well as Ilan and Ilan, and fifteen sacrifices should be in this room, most of which fell into the hands of Miss Yilan.
Where is the last one?
I rummaged through the desk, and there should be the last invitee, Roger Forgen from the city fire department - this young man once interned at the city hospital, and Margaret took him under his wing for a while. He was only twenty-one years old.
age.
His photos look energetic, very young and strong.
His eyes were like two flawless sapphires. After the trial training in the hospital, he went to work in the fire brigade and appeared at Margaret and I's gatherings more than once.
This young man is very honest. He also works for a government agency. He has a strong attachment to Margaret, his eldest sister. He lost his mother when he was young - his father was an alcoholic. He needs this kind of warmth, but cannot force it.
Maybe it would be better to be friends, but I'm afraid one day we won't have to be friends anymore.
I don't want to fight to the death with Brother Roger. He is so young and a little hero of the city fire department. But this damn curse seems to be impossible to eliminate. It has not spared anyone except me...
I don't have that weird hunger pangs, nor do I lose my mind with this morbid possessiveness.
So the question is, where are Margaret’s other limbs? Have they been eaten by these crazy and mentally ill people?
I went back to the freezer again and found a thigh in the refrigerated section.
Went to the basement and found part of the frozen, dry body and another arm in another large freezer.
In the small bedroom at the attic, a movie projection room, I found part of Margaret's waist on the bed. It seemed that Miss Elan had gone crazy - she didn't dare to put Margaret together for fear of Marguerite.
Li Te left her after regaining her mobility.
It took me almost three hours, almost dawn, to find all these things.
Back on the first floor, I pieced the body together. All fourteen parts were put together. The naked fiancée could barely stand up. She still had one leg and one hand was missing.
She took a few deep breaths——
——I was almost so nervous that I couldn't breathe. I started crying again. I didn't know how to face all this.
"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo..." Margaret gradually exhaled hot air from her mouth, limping to the cloakroom, found Ms. Yilan's skirt, just put it on casually, and started jumping around again.
I quickly found the bedroom on the first floor and borrowed underwear from Miss Yilan.
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[Part2·Ritual]
When she came back, she finally remembered me——
——The way she looked at me was like looking at a puppy that had fallen into the water. Her eyes finally became misty, as if she recognized me, and her head gained some intelligence.
"Sam!"
I hugged her, it felt like a century had passed.
"Sam! Sam...Sam!"
This is my familiar lover, my most important partner who I can't let go of in my life.
I remember how hard she pressed her back. We hugged each other almost every day for more than two thousand days and nights.
"Oh my god..." Margaret's hair gradually returned to burgundy. It was like dry straw. "You are almost turning into a little old man..."
What the little old man was talking about was actually a Schnauzer, which is a small dog with dirty hair. It looks fierce to everyone.
Maybe I didn’t shave my beard, and the experience these past few days left me with no time to take care of myself. I don’t know what to say——
——I just want to hold her tightly.
She has no right leg to support her body, and her calves and soles are empty below the knee. The same is true for her other arm. Starting from the half of the upper arm, it looks like it has been cut into two pieces with a sharp knife, with bright red muscle texture cut surfaces.
No blood came out.
This was really weird, but I could feel her heartbeat, the bloodshot eyes in her eyes were quickly fading away, and her breathing, which was originally muddy and muddy, slowly returned to normal.
That was her body odor. I knew that she had a little Germanic body odor and often used perfume to deodorize. This meant that her metabolism had returned to normal and she seemed to be really alive.
"What's going on, honey?"
I have too many questions, too many questions.
"I don't know!" Margaret spread out one hand. If she had two hands, she would be scratching her head crazily: "I don't know, my dear! Last month you..."
I was not in a hurry. I found two bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator and asked Margaret to tell the story slowly.
"I found my death certificate in the hospital? Why?"
Margaret was not good at twisting the bottle cap and didn't ask me for help. She naturally turned the bottle cap with her teeth and then drank half of the bottle of water. She seemed to have regained some strength. She was thirty years old and already
She is no longer a little girl.
"Yes! You were killed by a log falling from the train, Sam!"
When I heard this fact, I could hardly think-
——If I die, who am I now?
On the way to deliver the letter, I was crushed into eight pieces by a train? So why am I still alive?
Have I become a walking zombie? A walking monster?
Margaret is a witch? She actually...
"I feel like I can't breathe..." Margaret interrupted my thoughts: "When I found you in the hospital that day, I felt like the sky was falling, Sam..."
"It took me all day to accept this, but I couldn't help it..."
Margaret pursed her lips in frustration and shook her non-existent palms.
"Going back to the path next to the lake, I saw the little flower seller under the sunset -"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "——You used to get off work early on Fridays and always take care of his business."
"Give me a flower? Buy one for me?"
As Margaret talked about this, she shed more and more tears.
"It seemed that he also knew about the car accident. He saw me coming alone and didn't ask where Mr. Sam had gone."
"I can't accept it, I always feel that you are still with me..."
"The flower girl saw me walking to the lake alone, and he followed me. He started crying, and I started crying too. Sam..."
"It seems that I am getting married next month. This is how I am preparing - but no matter how much I prepare, it seems that I can't defeat God's will."
Margaret went on to say——
"——I went back to the church to continue volunteering, and Elan was with me."
"In the evening, the choir dispersed and everyone was very sad. Father Kevin came over and asked about you."
Kevin Richard, this is the clergyman of Stephen Cathedral and Margaret's leader. All volunteers are under his control.
"I told Mr. Kevin the whole story, and he asked me to try again and gave me a bottle of holy water..." Margaret recalled these things, her eyes gradually lost focus: "I found the hospital's
Funeral home, steal your body, Sam."
"It's a pity that one or two bones are missing. It's in the soft spot on the back of your left chest, in that place."
"I sprinkled the holy water on it, you seemed to be in pain..."
"But I survived in the end."
"I was scared because you kept screaming and screaming."
Margaret described that she kept raising her arms to make gestures, and her eyebrows were full of worry.
"I want to find some light source in the house. It's too dark in the woods. Take out the kerosene lamp and flashlight, and you will disappear."
"I found Kevin at St. Stephen's Cathedral again. The old gentleman told me that there is an evil spirit attached to your body and you need to perform exorcism rituals. As long as you complete these rituals, you can truly come back to life.
.”
"I promised him, and then I didn't remember anything..."
Margaret said in a daze——
"——In the darkness, I seemed to feel that something was approaching me."
"I can move my arms and seem to be able to see the packaging box..."
"My legs, feet, and limbs all seem to be disobedient..."
"Where are they? Where have they been sent? Why can the flesh and blood on my body feel different temperatures? Have I been torn apart?"