It was raining lightly in the sky. Fortunately, this was a stone road, so it didn't look muddy. Instead, it looked cleaner because of the rain.
This is a wealthy area of Baikalai District, and it was established not many years ago.
Originally, this place was just an open space across the river outside the city. After Lunar Eclipse City was divided into the capital, it was also expanded into Lunar Eclipse City.
The buildings here are all new and the people living here are wealthy businessmen.
Of course, this is not the most upscale residential area in Eclipse City. After all, the highest status people in the world are always the priests of the temple and the nobles of the kingdom.
A snake man wearing a long gown, a belt, and a waterproof cloak led several people through the street.
at last.
They stopped in front of a courtyard where no one seemed to be entering or exiting, and the door was closed.
The windows high up in this building can just see the cemetery across the river.
Based on the investigation, Keaton quickly discovered multiple cases of body theft, some of which could be traced back several years; and recently, there have been some bizarre disappearances.
However, these cases have no beginning or end, and no one is investigating.
at last.
It has become a hanging eucalyptus.
He followed the clues about the recent theft of corpses and found out that there was something wrong with the tombkeeper at the cemetery. Then he followed the clues about the tombkeeper and found out here.
According to the tombkeeper, he would quietly transfer the fresh corpses to the other side of the river in a small boat at night, and some strange people would come to receive them.
Based on the investigation, Keaton found this very strange building.
It is said.
The place looked run-down during the day, and the door was never opened.
But every night when night falls, some strange, obscured figures will suddenly appear inside the building.
This caused a lot of strange rumors in the neighborhood, but few people really believed it.
Keaton ordered a few people to guard the exit and entrance, and he was going to enter it to investigate the situation and confirm whether it was a place where evil and depraved corpse-eaters gathered, as the tombkeeper said.
A man said to Keaton: "Master Keaton."
"It is said that there will be people gathering here at night, but no one has ever seen anyone coming in or out."
"This is weird!"
Keaton replied: "So there should be some unknown secret passage or way in and out, so that those people can enter and exit here without being seen."
"But the premise is that what that guy told is the truth."
That guy, of course, refers to the gravekeeper of the cemetery.
Keaton carefully climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, and activated the magic: "Magic: Silence."
This made him move without hearing the slightest sound.
He walked around the wide yard before entering the building. He immediately found traces of human activity in the building, but he couldn't see a single person.
He followed the traces of activity and found the entrance to a cellar.
Then follow the cellar and enter it.
Below he found a very wide space and saw many figures.
The center here is arranged into a magnificent-looking banquet hall, with a long table placed high up and a number of snake-style round-legged benches; snake-men usually sit on them with their tails wrapped around
On tall round feet.
In the hall, there are withered flower columns supporting the top, surrounded by wooden doors and passages.
The underground seems to be the gathering place for the other party, and the place above is just a place to hide people's eyes.
"faster."
"Has the position been set?"
"The people here today are all big shots that you can't even imagine. If something goes wrong, it won't be just a punishment."
"Please be serious."
Keaton observed that these people were all powerful people; but they were only entry-level apprentices, and they posed no threat to him.
They seemed to be preparing for a certain ceremony, but they hadn't completely started yet.
It seems to be waiting for the real guests to arrive.
Keaton pushed open a wooden door next to him and saw clay pots of the same size on the shelf. There was a disgusting smell inside. Keaton almost vomited after opening it and taking a look.
Inside are a pair of human eyes, which were soaked in some kind of liquid to prevent them from rotting.
At this time, someone suddenly passed by. Keaton immediately held down his Book of Witch Spirits, ready to cast magical spells anytime and anywhere.
However, the other party was obviously passing by and not planning to come in.
"Why hasn't the chief arrived yet?"
"I should have gone to pick up the big shot."
"Who is it that the chief should pick up in person?"
"Don't make blind guesses, just wait patiently."
Keaton waited until there was no movement outside, then opened the door and walked out.
He relied on the pillar to avoid sight and entered several more rooms.
at last.
He saw an apparently locked room and used magic to open it.
In the room, Keaton also saw many books; he picked up a book on the table, which read "The Secret Ceremony of the Corpse Eaters".
"The Secret Cult of Corpse Eaters?"
The first time Keaton heard about this existence, it sounded evil.
After looking through the books, I found that they contained some knowledge about doctors.
What are the functions of different human organs and what are the secrets of the human body.
If you look at these alone, this book can be called a medical work.
But what follows is unspeakably evil.
"After God created the intelligent species, each intelligent species has extraordinary blood in its body; as long as it can find a suitable method, it can devour the power of others."
"And this method is the secret ritual that I compiled."
This paragraph alone made Keaton feel creepy.
He was stunned in place, not daring to open the next page for a long time.
He seemed to be able to guess what the appropriate method was.
After Keaton opened it, it turned out to be the unspeakable evil ritual he had imagined.
This book.
Apparently he is teaching people how to gain extraordinary power by eating their own kind.
What's even more frightening is that this is not a fantasy.
The other party obviously succeeded.
There are also some pictures in the book. Even just a few simple strokes can make people feel indescribable madness and depravity.
Turning to the back, there were some contents that made Keaton speechless.
Because the material above is no longer human.
The person who wrote this book actually summoned the monsters from the abyss through a ritual and then used them as food. However, this method was too expensive, too costly and dangerous, and the other party had not tried it a few times.
Keaton couldn't imagine it.
What kind of crazy existence can come up with such a method and make such an attempt.
He opened the book to the end. At the end of the book, the person who wrote the book painted a picture that did not exist in this world.
It was a star burning with blazing flames.
But when the picture depicts this star, the angle is very strange. The star should obviously be in the sky, looking up at an angle; but in this painting, the star seems to be in a dark bottomless ravine.
If you look closely, you can see thousands of figures wailing among the flaming stars.
It's like being boiled in magma or struggling in a pan of oil.
The more I look at it, the more my scalp feels numb.
There is also a line below: "The Lord of Purgatory is waving a long whip of flames, looking at us hungrily above the burning stars, waiting for us to enter the kingdom of Purgatory."
"Did you hear that? The voice in her belly roared like thunder."
"Corpse eaters must suffer their curse. We eat people and she eats us. This is fate."
The last word "fate" seems to be written crookedly, as if the writer was so scared when he wrote this line that he couldn't even hold the pen.
He discovered the secret of the Corpse Eaters, compiled the "The Secret Ceremony of the Corpse Eaters", and even arrogantly used the monsters in the abyss as his own food.
He proudly wrote down his great achievements in the book, but at this time he suddenly discovered that a more terrifying existence had been eyeing him.
From the moment he tasted the forbidden fruit, the curse followed him like a shadow.
In other words, all his power is itself a curse.
Keaton noticed the name: "Lord of Inferno?"
After its birth, Purgatory finally began to appear in front of the public.
The person who wrote this book used her to describe this existence.
It's obvious, at least in the other person's eyes.
This is a god.
Through this book, Keaton truly felt that this secret sect of corpse-eaters was not simple; he had confirmed a lot of things, but the things described in this notebook were far beyond what he had expected before.
He wanted to leave here immediately.
As long as the location of the other party is confirmed, the next step will be easy to deal with.
It just so happened that the other party should have a meeting at night.
He had already thought about it. After leaving, he would immediately mobilize the power of witch spirits, temples and guards to uproot this evil esoteric sect.
Keaton came out of the door and could see that there were more people outside.
He had to use a magical technique again to hide his figure.
Divine magic is a good thing, and it can achieve various effects when used. However, for some powerful beings, using divine magic will attract the other party's attention and become a flaw.
He passed through the pillar and quickly headed towards the entrance where he came in.
When Keaton went out, he saw several snake men carrying a crystal coffin down; inside the crystal coffin was a woman's body frozen, which was the stolen body he first started looking for.
The daughter of the Fernleaf family, a declining family of divine servants.
Looking at the corpse, Keaton suddenly felt nauseated. He wished he could kill all these people immediately.
"hateful!"
"These disgusting degenerates."
Keaton is faster.
But he didn't expect that as soon as he came out of the cellar tunnel, there would be several people waiting for him above.
A masked being stabbed Keaton from behind with an extraordinary dagger, with black light surging above it.
Keaton reacted quickly and immediately used the most iconic ability of the Witch Spirit.
"Transformation of virtuality and reality."
Keaton's figure suddenly turned into nothingness. He escaped from the fatal blow and immediately wanted to rush outside.
But another masked person blocked him. The man held a delicate white scepter in his hand; but upon closer inspection, he discovered that it was made of a single bone.
The other party seemed to know Keaton's identity and called out his name as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Lord Keaton."
"If you don't just be your judge, why are you here?"
"But now that you're here, don't think about leaving."
The opponent's white skeletal scepter waved, and a black power turned into a stream of light and enveloped Keaton from multiple directions.
And what's even more terrifying is.
A black terrifying shadow on the ground also attacked Keaton.
Keaton's expression changed instantly, and he immediately recognized the power of the curse seal law in this power.
"Third level powerful person?"
Keaton pressed the Book of Witch Spirits that looked like a code in his hand, and immediately summoned his written contract spirit.
He knew that he was no match for the opponent, and immediately wanted to use the power of the code to suppress the opponent, although the spirit of the code in the Ten Thousand Snakes King's Court was not very powerful at the moment.
"In the name of the Code."
"Conclude that you are guilty and give you a trial..."
But as he was thinking about it, Keaton suddenly stopped.
He looked at his hands, and there were black spots one after another on his hands and body.
The masked man holding the skeleton scepter couldn't help laughing and said to Keaton.
"Young man, don't touch other people's things, you know?"
"It's...poisonous."
"It's poison refined by monsters from the abyss, don't you feel it?"
Keaton is a wizard who stays in the wasteland all year round to study. He doesn't really spend much time wandering around in the world.
He is full of enthusiasm, but obviously lacks experience in many areas.
Or perhaps it is precisely because he is too immature in some places that he has such passion.
Keaton looked at the other person: "Degenerates who devour the same kind of people, you will eventually be judged."
The black shadow on the ground stood up, tearing Keaton apart.
Several members of the Corpse Eater Secret Cult gathered around, seeming to want to fight for something.
But it was discovered.
The other party left nothing behind.
Seeing Keaton scattering like ashes, everyone was very surprised.
"What is this?"
"After death, there won't even be a body."
Chief of the Corpse Eater Secret Cult: "This is the witch spirit."
A corpse eater from the Corpse Eater Secret Cult said to the chief: "Chief!"
"This place has been discovered. Is it unsafe? Should we evacuate quickly?"
But the chief immediately refused: "No, let's wait until tonight."
"This Keaton is dead, and I have dealt with all the people outside. We shouldn't be discovered so soon."
"And tonight is very important, that person will join us."
"So there must be no problems tonight. We must successfully win over the other party. If we miss it, the other party may change their mind next time."
The eyes under the mask of the chief of the Corpse Eater Secret Cult are completely different and become ambitious.
"I've been waiting for tonight."
"We are completely different."——
Not far from the Supreme Governing Hall, there is a magnificent palace.
High walls were erected and heavily guarded.
This is the palace of the Royal Court of Ten Thousand Snakes. However, as the King of Ten Thousand Snakes gradually became the symbol of the Royal Court and no longer held power, this palace seemed to have become a symbol of the King of Ten Thousand Snakes and became no longer majestic.
An old snake man with white hair was holding a book and explaining the contents of the book to a young man.
The content in the book is an epic from the ancient times, about how King Alpans implemented reforms, took over the royal power from the ancient Fire Keeper, and established the city-state of Suinhor.
It tells how this ancient hero became the first king of the snake people.
"The gods have chosen King Alpanz."
"Under divine authority is royal authority."
"The king is the person chosen by the gods. No one in this world can replace the king's bloodline."
The old snake man was a Suinhor, and even a former divine attendant; but because of an accident, he could no longer use divine magic, so he left the temple and became a famous
scholar.
And the young man who is listening to the lecture is Ackermann, the King of Snakes.
It was certainly not an unintentional move for the old snake man to be hired as the teacher of the King of Snakes.
And the King of Snakes chose such a teacher.
It's definitely not an accident.
When Ackerman was still an ignorant child in his mother's arms, he was already pushed to the throne by the times.
His father died tragically during an expedition against the Leize Kingdom, and General Dark Moon took the opportunity to seize power. At that time, he knew nothing about it, and laughed when he saw General Dark Moon leading his army to force the palace.
He became the king in the Misty Lake.
Someone told him that he was the supreme king of the Ten Thousand Snakes' Court.
Some people also told him that he was not a king, he was just a puppet.
He was so angry that he even yelled at the other party, saying that he was the master of this country.
But when he actually stood in front of General Dark Moon, looking at the man who led thousands of troops and conquered everything riding an earthly dragon from a distance, he, who was just a child, could only stand in his shadow tremblingly.
Down.
Follow the other person's ideas and say what the other person orders him to say.
His mother once wanted to regain power and even planned a coup.
Then.
He died of an inexplicable illness.
Without any support, he could no longer resist. He was dragged away from his home, came to this strange city, and lived in this strange palace alone.
News kept coming from outside, telling how great General Dark Moon was and what brilliant victories he had achieved.
Only later.
Darkmoon is also dead.
He thought that his nightmare was gone, and he happily ran to the gate of the palace, thinking that he could escape from the other party's prison.
But even if Dark Moon dies, he still can't get out of this door or escape from this cage.
His childhood was spent in tragedies and struggles for power, in a prison called the palace.
The old snake man saw Ackerman in a daze and felt that the other man might be moved by his words.
Then he walked closer and quietly comforted his student.
"Your Majesty, as long as you are willing."
"The scarlet believers will help you regain your power."
"If you have God's protection, you can take back everything that the King of Snakes deserves."
Ackerman raised his head: "Teacher, is there any way you can make me a powerful person?"
It seems that this is not the first time that the young King of Snakes has asked this kind of question, which makes the old snake man feel helpless.
"There are two ways to become a powerful person in this world, one is to be born with a talent, and the other is to be born with an affinity for the power of God."
"Your Majesty, you have none."
"Right and strength sometimes cannot be achieved at the same time."
He seemed to be persuading the King of Snakes that once you have rights, stop trying to gain power.
In fact, in the era of the Sanye people, there was also a way, the gift of power.
However, this magical power originating from the Creator also disappeared along with the Trileaf people.
Ackerman was not interested in what the old snake man said, but he did not directly refute it and just said it softly.
"Right without power..."
He didn't say the next sentence.
"That's just another puppet."
Ackerman once again thought of Dark Moon, the dark knight who came from afar with power.
That was the first time he understood it as a young man.
People with power are so intimidating, it comes from the intimidation of the soul.
Only when you have power can you gain true freedom, and what you control truly belongs to you.
His teacher had finished teaching for the day and when he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something.
He approached Ackerman and looked at him worriedly.
"It is said that."
"The daughter of the Jueye family had an accident and was buried a few days ago."
"Your Majesty, please don't be too sad."
It was said that the death was accidental, but it was actually suicide.
Ackerman has reached the marriageable age, but a person like him cannot decide who he will marry. Everything has been arranged long ago.
The "most suitable" person will marry him and then arrange his life as a puppet.
The daughter of the Jueye family was the person Amon liked before and was also the maid in the palace when he was young.
It's just that the other party seems unable to accept this reality.
After being driven out of the palace, he chose to commit suicide.
Ackerman, the king of snakes, seems to have everything, but in fact he has nothing.
Just a loner.
The young King of Snakes originally looked calm and composed, but the moment his teacher said these words, the King of Snakes held his breath.
His neck was stiff and you could see the veins popping out.
He wanted to say something, but he seemed unable to speak in this state.
The old snake man thought there would be a sound of venting, but he picked up the cup on the table, took a sip of water and put it down.
Then Ackerman said calmly: "I knew it a long time ago."
"Mortals can never escape the shackles of death. This is fate."
The old snake man looked at Ackerman, opened his mouth, and finally sighed.
A king naturally needs to be able to endure what ordinary people cannot.
After the old snake man left, Ackerman walked into his bedroom.
He put on a cloak and left the palace through a hidden passage.
He got into a car that had been arranged long ago, and when he showed up again, he was in the same house where Keaton discovered something was wrong during the day.
Ackerman also wore a mask that could only cover the upper half of his face and entered the vast underground hall.
At this time, the chief holding the scepter walked up to him and saluted him.
"Dear guest."
"We have been waiting for you for a long time."
Ackerman said: "Are you all ready?"
The chief of the Corpse Eater Secret Cult nodded: "According to your instructions, everything is ready."
Ackerman walked into the hall, and everyone stood up and saluted him and the chief.
Ackerman came to a secluded ceremony hall and saw the crystal coffin placed here.
Extraordinary power seals the corpse inside, making it lifelike.
Ackerman stood in front of the coffin and didn't say a word for a long time.
After a long time.
He opened the crystal coffin and touched the other person's face.
He leaned over and kissed the corpse's forehead.
I can't feel any temperature, only coldness.
The chief of the Corpse Eater Secret Cult on the side once again asked Ackerman: "Are you ready?"
"Do you really want to do this?"
"We can choose better materials for you, fresher ones, so that they can be worthy of your identity."
Ackerman nodded: "Yes, I only want her."
Under the control of the chief of the Corpse Eater Secret Cult, a ritual began.
During the ceremony.
All the blood of the woman in the crystal coffin was drained, and the other woman also turned into ashes and disappeared.
The bright blood followed the lines of the crystal coffin, was refined with the power of the ritual, and finally gathered into a bottle.
The banquet has begun.
A group of noble people sat on both sides of the long table.
Ackerman and the chief of the Ghoul Secret Cult sat at both ends of the long table.
This is a carefully prepared corpse-eating ceremony, with ingredients collected through ritual and supernatural power placed on the table.
The leader of the Ghoul Secret Cult stood up.
"Come."
"Let us share this extraordinary feast."
"From today on, we are one."
Ackerman raised the cup and drank the red liquid in the cup.
Both sides of the long table.
Some people couldn't wait to eat the flesh and blood on the plate hungrily, chewing hungrily, for fear of missing a bit.
It seemed that this was not the first time for someone to participate, and they were using the tableware skillfully as if no one else was around.
Some people looked at others and seemed to be hesitating, but in order to gain otherworldly power, they finally swallowed the food on the plate while resisting nausea.
only.
No matter what it looks like at the beginning, after taking this taboo step, it will sink in madness all the way to the purgatory at the end.
Under the flickering lights.
It reflects the most terrifying picture.
This is a crazy night party of corpse eaters, this is an evil party of fallen people. Under the exquisite masks are ugly faces devoured by desire one after another.
Ackerman drank the blood in the cup, which also symbolizes eternal darkness.
A flash of bright red at the corner of her mouth slowly flowed down.
Ackerman couldn't express his feelings at this moment. He could only laugh together with those crazy people, and finally went crazy together in the laughter.
Everyone didn't know why they were laughing, but when one person laughed, the others couldn't help but laugh together.
Laughter seems to release all emotions.
Laughter can express ecstasy, and laughter can express sadness.
Amidst the laughter, Ackerman suddenly felt that his consciousness was constantly being pulled away, as if he was separated from his brain.
He heard many whispers, as if someone was communicating in the air.
He awakened his power and was able to hear the unmasked inner voices of others.
And this time.
He suddenly heard a familiar voice speaking to him in his ear.
"Should I be considered dead?"
"I can't be with you either."
Ackerman laughed crazily and kept slapping the table.
"Look, aren't we together forever?"——
Keaton's funeral was held on time.
It's just that Keaton's body was not buried, only some of Keaton's common items.
And the place where he was buried was the same cemetery that Long and Keaton went to together before.
Witch spirits are different from ordinary life forms. They are existences that can be transformed into reality and reality. Because they are infiltrated by the power of the Gate of Truth, their bodies can become ghosts to a certain extent.
Usually they look similar to living people and can be touched; they also need to eat and drink, and they also need to get married and have children.
But once they die, they will disappear completely.
The funeral is over and everyone has left.
Long stood in front of the sarcophagus, his expression dull.
He still couldn't come to his senses.
"Keaton."
Long never thought that after the last farewell, it would be an eternal farewell.
Long wants to find the murderer of Keaton, and he wants the murderer to pay the price.
For the first time, he felt so clearly that the victims in the court yearned for punishment.
But Long didn't know who did it.
Even Keaton's death was told by his teacher.
Sukobu is far away now. He even attended the funeral in the form of the spirit of the contract, and it will take some time before he can get back.
Long's teacher Su Kobu told him.
The other party borrowed the power of the abyss to pollute Keaton's soul, so Keaton was unable to return to the kingdom of God in the form of a soul, and could only go to the dreamy star sea of the Creator in the form of a life dream.
So even Sukob didn't know how Keaton died.
Although it is said that someone can send a letter from the Rainbow Tree to the Dream Star Sea, no one has ever heard that a letter can be sent back from the Dream Star Sea.
Long walked out of the cemetery and walked along the street.
Keaton's figure seemed to reappear in front of his eyes, and he traveled around this jurisdiction again and again as a judge.
"I feel that I am maintaining order in this place and becoming a symbol of justice and fairness in the Bekalai district."
Long Yi smashed his fist on the wall and said bitterly.
"Why."
"Why should a good man like him die?"
At this time, a voice came from the window on the wall.
"Hello."
"Please don't block the sun from the window. My master likes the light coming in from the window."
Long immediately stroked the wall, as if this would smooth out the traces left by the punch just now, even though there were no traces in the first place.
He said hastily: "Sorry, I'm leaving now."
The other party replied: "It's okay."
Long raised his head and saw a man playing with a fern.
The man stood in front of the window sill and could only see the upper part of his chest.
The other party was wearing a somewhat strange burqa with strange patterns on it, and his face did not look like the common people from the Ten Thousand Snakes King's Court.
But he didn't see it.
There was also a figure wearing a white robe sitting in the room.
In other words, he clearly saw it with his eyes, but his consciousness did not dare to imprint that figure.
Long just apologized and left in a hurry.
After he left, a tall girl in a skirt walked out from the depths and came behind the white-robed figure sitting in the room.
Sheila looked outside: "It seems like such a prosperous city, but it also has unimaginable dark corners."
Yin Shen was very calm: "No matter which era, it is composed of light and shadow."
"When light falls on the earth, shadows appear."
Sheila didn't understand: "Human beings are really complex existences?"
The figure in white robe: "Isn't it because of this that they are human beings?"
"It is precisely because of that raging desire that people can create miracles one after another and constantly break through the impossible.
"But also because of this raging desire, they also try again and again on the edge of darkness, wandering endlessly in self-destruction."
"If they are all like fairies, then ten thousand years or ten million years, there probably won't be much change."
Sheila looked at the god because she was also a goblin.
"god!"
Yin Shen raised his head: "That's why I like fairies very much, but as a human being, he naturally has his own rules and ways of existence."
"The problems they created themselves will be solved by themselves."
"Everyone has a role to play."
Sheila knew from the beginning that she would definitely not care about such things. The world has its own order, and there is black and white everywhere.
And she gradually figured it out.
The destruction caused by those mortals are just mottled shadows under the light, a link of order.
And if the God of Insai takes action, the order in the world will be broken.
No matter what his original intention is, in the end, the blazing sun may fall into the earth and evaporate everything.
Even just one of his will and one look is destined to reverse the direction of history.
Sheila asked God: "God!"
"Are you playing God too?"
Yin Shen said calmly: "God is just my name."
"Sheila."
"The word itself has no meaning, it's just a convenient way for you to use it to call me, just like Yinsai."
Sheila: "But because of you, she has meaning."
Another figure suddenly rushed out and hugged Yin Shen's feet.
"god."
"I'm tired of seeing the scenery in this place, let's go watch the fireworks!"
Yin Shen told Sally the rules of this trip: "Follow the rules and go wherever the door is."
Sally looked at the door and muttered: "Maybe the next time the door opens, it will be on the volcano?"
And then it was erupted into the sky by a volcano?
It turns out that when you set off fireworks, you set yourself off as a firework.
It's a pity that she doesn't have the ability to follow the law in front of the God of Insai.
Yin Shen said: "It's not the next time to open the door yet."
Sally had no choice but to hope that the door would open where she wanted next time.
Yin Shen said to the witch doctors: "Go out today and buy some common things."
Sally also jumped up and said to the witch doctors.
"Find more fun things and come back. My life temple is empty."
Not only is the Temple of Life empty, but the City of Life is also empty, and even the entire Dreamland Continent is empty.
But what witch doctors dare to say to the supreme god?
They instantly changed their bodies, grew tails, and lined up to go shopping.