Sero leaned on the bench and looked up at the map of Eclipse City.
Gradually, his gaze shifted to a remote corner of the map.
In that corner that seems to be forgotten by everyone, there live the poorest people at the bottom of the entire Lunar Eclipse City.
Thurlow was born there.
He has been back to this city for a long time, but he has never set foot there; it seems that it does not belong to this city, let alone worthy of attention.
But deep down in his heart, everything there was like a thorn growing in his heart, stuck between his blood and his soul.
Sero just lay there lazily, staring there, but his vision gradually became blurred.
In a daze, he seemed to hear those voices again.
"Hahahahaha!"
"He really ate it, he really ate it."
"Idiot, this is a fool!"
"His family is a veterinarian. Maybe their family specializes in eating this. They have long been used to it."
"Hahahahaha, I'm laughing so hard."
He looked up, and the young, handsome and noble divine attendant seemed to appear on the steps of the temple again.
The other party is superior.
And he was in the mire and filth.
"Sorry, the temple cannot accept a filthy person like you. It will damage the glory of our temple."
"The Divine Attendant is the most noble existence in the world, and it is not something that people like you can imagine."
Being from a humble background is not a problem, but being from a humble background and having the most arrogant dreams seems to be Thurow's fault.
He is out of tune with everyone.
His delusions were ridiculed.
His dream was trampled on.
His persistence and efforts turned out to be mistakes.
Sero lay there without saying a word, but the image of another person came back to his mind.
His father, the rough and vicious father, the butcher and the veterinarian who held the butcher knife and had bloody hands.
For a moment, Thurlow's hands tightly grasped the armrest of the chair.
He was obviously a mortal, a vulgar guy with a bad personality, a rough guy who was despised, but he gave Sero endless fear.
"waste!"
One sentence made Sero tremble involuntarily.
He immediately covered his head: "Get out, get out!"
"Don't think about it."
"What are you thinking about?"
"Don't think about those things, they are all in the past."
He seemed to be hypnotizing himself, saying something to himself over and over again.
Thoro has become very strong, he is already an apostle, and he has surpassed the limits of a mortal.
He thought that he didn't care anymore, that the shame and those people's words were no longer important.
But at this moment.
He didn't understand why there was still fear and anger in his chest.
After half a day, he calmed down.
He exhaled.
Get up and talk to yourself.
"I'm not a waste, I'm better than everyone else."
"I will become stronger."
"I will be stronger than anyone can imagine."
"I will gain unimaginable power, endless power."
"If this world has no end, I will chase power to eternity."
Sero stood up and punched the map.
The way Serro pursues power is to devour endlessly, devour those species of wisdom, and devour this city.
He even wanted to swallow the abyss and the eternal gods.
Eclipse City.
That's his starting point.
At this time, Ackermann broke in with a large number of corpse eaters, and he entered Sero's room alone.
He immediately explained the situation to Thurlow and told him that the plan had to be cancelled.
Although there were only a few days left, both Sukob and the Earth Witch discovered that they would take unimaginable risks if they wanted to implement the plan again.
Ackermann judged that the best way now is for the entire Corpse Eater Secret Cult to go underground to avoid the sharp edges of the Apostle Sukob, the God of Truth and Knowledge, and the Earth Witch.
"We must leave quickly."
"Chief Sukob, the apostle of the God of Truth and Knowledge, has already met with the Supreme Archon, and they are likely to take action next."
"It's impossible for your medical fort to go unnoticed. They'll probably notice you."
"You must leave Lunar Eclipse City now. As long as nothing happens to you, we will have a chance to make a comeback."
After Ackerman finished speaking, he wanted to take Sero and walk outside together.
Sero moved forward a little.
But in the end.
He still stayed where he was.
Ackermanmon turned back to look at Sero and asked him: "Chief, what are you hesitating about?"
Thurlow: "Second seat."
"Do you think I have a way out?"
Thoro told Ackerman: "I used the divine grace of the abyss to become an apostle, and I have already started the countdown to falling into the abyss. The abyss is constantly pulling me towards the abyss."
"This is my only chance and the last time I will sing in this world."
Ackerman and Thuro said: "Then give up the plan and take the current ghoul into the abyss to become the king of the abyss."
"Hehehehe."
Sero couldn't help but laugh and looked at Ackerman.
"Second seat!" "Sometimes I don't understand you very much."
"Why do you always feel that...you have a way out?"
Ackermann can accept this sacrifice of a certain degree of income and obtain a guaranteed harvest. He thinks this is a wise choice.
Thoro looked at Ackerman: "The sin of gluttony is that if you cannot pursue infinite power and devour those beings that are impossible to devour, how can you call it gluttony?"
"This plan is not only a plan to gain strength, but also a test for me."
"If I give up, I won't be the King of Gluttony."
"I'm just an ordinary person."
"I will be an outcast, not the King of the Abyss."
"I cannot pass the test of the abyss and will become a clown."
Ackerman was silent, and after a long time he said: "If you go forward, you may die."
"That's an apostle, an earth witch."
"Behind them, there are gods."
"You can execute your plan when they are not around and they don't notice, but when you are discovered by them, you are doomed to fail."
Thurlow: "You may die if you retreat, and your death will be worthless and meaningless."
Sero and Ackerman looked at each other.
"Second seat."
"Sometimes, do you think I'm a lunatic, a fool who has some talent but doesn't know how to advance or retreat?"
Sero looked at Ackerman: "Because this is the creed of my life."
"go ahead."
"go ahead."
"Never ending."
Sero suddenly let out a cry, as if he was roaring from the depths of his heart.
"Go, seize every opportunity to gain power, and greedily absorb every inch of power."
"go!"
"To seize other people's power and try every means to become stronger."
"Even if it is poisonous meat, I will swallow it."
"Even if it is an evil method that violates taboos, it can be used without restraint."
"Even if you give up all humanity and everything, you still have to gain stronger power."
Thuro was so excited that he even salivated.
"Don't be hindered by any difficulties and never bow to any enemy."
"It was by relying on these beliefs that I crawled out of the quagmire and got here step by step."
Thurlow pointed to the outside door.
"Look at that door."
"Did you see it?"
Ackerman glanced at the door and said: "The door is right here, everyone can see it."
Sero shook his head and answered Ackerman: "No, I can't see it."
"For me, that door doesn't exist."
"For many people, there is a way out, and they fall into mediocrity in the retreat."
"They can choose to turn around and walk out of this door, and choose to retreat and wait comfortably for the next choice."
Thurlow yelled: "There is no such possibility for me."
"I have no retreat."
"I won't accept mediocrity."
"I can only win, and I must keep winning."
Thurlow kept retreating: "As long as you lose once, you will lose everything."
"What I lost was not just a victory or defeat, but also my belief."
"If I quit, I will no longer be me."
Sero finally retreated to where he was. He was leaning against the wall, as if he were leaning on a cliff, with an abyss beneath him.
"Now."
"Even if there is a cliff ahead."
"I will also jump, and I will also try to win the chance of success."
Ackerman: "You will really die."
"chief."
Sero grinned: "It's not the last moment yet, who says I can't create another miracle?"
Ackerman: "What if we can't create another miracle?"
The reason why a miracle is called a miracle is because it is almost impossible to happen.
Sero spread out his hands and said as if he didn't care.
"That proves that I am just a mortal, a clown."
"Clowns and mortals deserve to end up like that."
Thurlow didn't say.
He cannot accept a mediocre self.
Accept that.
The self that was once so humble that I was in the mire, the self that was lying on the ground begging for mercy.
Ackerman was unmoved by Sero's words. All he cared about was whether the opponent could win.
He only chooses the winning side.
If Thurlow failed to win in the end, he would not choose to sink the ship with Thurlow, or in other words, he had already started arranging backup plans.
"So, what are you going to do next?"
"Still proceeding as planned?
Thurlow: "Didn't they discover us?"
"Aren't they going to find out how many ghouls there are in the city?"
"Don't they think we must be up to something?"
"Then let them see our conspiracy."
Ackerman thought for a moment, and he understood that Sero wanted to confuse the situation and buy himself the last time.
"This is not enough. Even if you can delay it, you will eventually face two of the most terrifying enemies."
"Apostle Succob."
"Also, Earth Witch."
Ackermann's biggest worry is not whether he has enough time.
Rather, once they are discovered, the apostles of God will be guarding you all the time in the human world.
Even if you successfully initiate the ceremony at the last moment and the plan is successfully achieved, will it really be possible to achieve your wish?
Even if the opponent's apostle is not your opponent.
But behind the other party, there is a real god!
At this time, Thuro said: "Did you know? If you are willing to pay enough price, you can summon the Gate of Original Sin."
"When the time comes, the person who summons him will temporarily possess the power of myth."
"True darkness."
"The dark side of the world will come to the world."
This is the law of the abyss. When you pay enough price, you can summon the Gate of Original Sin.
Own this mythical door.
You will have god-like power.
Ackerman suddenly stepped forward, and he was really shocked by Sero's madness.
"Are you going to modify the ritual, use this city as a sacrifice, and summon the Gate of Original Sin to come to the world?"
"Then what are you planning?"
"What do you gain by that?"
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Sero laughed, but did not answer.
It's just his smile and his madness at this moment.
Don't know why.
Even Ackerman felt trembling with fear——
There has been a lot of panic in the Lunar Eclipse City recently.
The plague is rampant and rumors are spreading.
Along with the plague, there was also an evil sect.
This evil and mysterious force, called the Secret Cult of Corpse Eaters, finally surfaced amid the disaster of the plague, exposing their ambitions and purposes.
They are preparing to expand the faith of a certain existence by spreading the plague.
Control the city through people's fear of the plague and through their evil secrets.
Rumors of their evil can be heard everywhere in and around the city.
Members of this evil sect preach that as long as you join their sect and believe in the Ghoul King, you can be protected from the plague.
As for those who have been infected with the plague, as long as they can devoutly believe in the King of Ghouls, they can be saved, become servants of the King of Ghouls, and escape from the suffering of the world.
They went deep into the streets and alleys, and instantly gathered a large number of infected believers, as well as many civilians who were afraid of plague and death.
And the other side.
They also quickly began to corrode the high-level nobles, and they did so in an almost crazy way regardless of the cost.
Contract Lawyers Union.
Long was reading an evil secret book.
Recently, this secret book has spread everywhere, and many nobles in the city have received this evil secret book.
"The Secret Ritual of the Corpse Eaters?"
Long opened the contents and his eyes widened immediately.
The content inside clearly explains how to gain the power of a powerful person through rituals and special eating methods.
That method can be said to be extremely evil and dark.
Those satanic ritual compositions, those depictions of a corner of the abyss of purgatory.
Just one look at it makes people dizzy and make them want to vomit.
Long suddenly felt his stomach churning, but he still endured and finished reading.
However, the content in this booklet is only the first half of the real "The Secret Ritual of the Corpse Eaters"; later, the abyss and purgatory rituals, and the method of plundering the blood of monsters are only mentioned but not recorded in it.
"This secret book is true!"
Long is also a wizard spirit with a complete inheritance and has a very high vision. He can see at a glance that the method in this book is feasible.
"This is not complete. According to the introduction inside, there will be more later."
"What about the back?"
Wu Ling, who was standing in front of the table and holding the table, shook his head angrily.
"My acting president, Mr. Changlong, is not so easy to find in the back."
"Maybe the other party didn't write the second half. Maybe the second half is just a cover. Many powerful people write books like this. They write some inconspicuous things to brag about how powerful they are."
"Furthermore, I heard that many nobles have received this book; but when I went to check, they didn't admit it. Some of them were afraid of getting into trouble, and I think some of them just didn't have good intentions."
Long immediately smelled danger.
This "Corpse Eater Secret Ceremony" is not complete, and the power involved is only one level.
But even so.
The influence and destructive power of this booklet are also beyond imagination.
On the contrary, it is precisely because the most common content of this level is the most harmful.
A method that allows people without talent to gain the power of powerful people, and the cost is unimaginably low, and the "materials" are available everywhere.
Once this evil secret method spreads, Long can't imagine what will happen in the future.
As long as there is no lower limit for violating taboos, you can rise to the top and become a powerful person.
There are few ordinary people who can withstand such a test.
"Check it immediately!"
"Find who they contacted and how they obtained this evil secret book."
Wu Ling replied: "I have already checked it, and I also used mind-reading skills."
"It is certain that most of the people who have obtained this book have nothing to do with the Corpse Eater Secret Cult."
"This secret cult of corpse-eaters is simply crazy. They distribute this extraordinary secret book for free and give it away to people everywhere."
Long's expression suddenly changed.
"No, they are not stupid."
"They are using this method to select their own kind and drag more people into the water."
"As long as you choose to practice the "Corpse Eater Secret Ceremony", you will not be tolerated by this world or the gods, and you will have no choice but to turn to their side."
"The wider this secret book spreads, the more powerful they will be."
The more Long thought about it, the more anxious he became. He seemed to have figured out the other party's purpose.
"Use the spread of plague to create that terrible monster, use fear and faith to control the common people at the bottom, and use the evil "Corpse Eater Secret Ritual" to corrupt the nobles of the kingdom."
"These people are absolutely terrifying."
"They are destroying this country and destroying the foundation of this country."
Long felt that the matter could not be delayed. He once again requested to meet with his teacher Sukob and prepared to start closing the net in advance.
He felt that he had to prevent the other party from spreading the "Corpse Eater Secret Ceremony", nip it in the bud, and prevent this evil technique from spreading.
"teacher!"
"I am ready to take action in advance."
After listening to Long's statement, Sukobu also felt that the cult "The Secret Ritual of the Corpse Eaters" deserves attention.
Not because it is powerful, but because it is too weak, so weak that there is no threshold, so weak that anyone can practice it.
This has become the scariest part of it.
that day.
The royal court issued a decree, and all the guards in the city took action.
"The royal court issued a decree, and the Corpse Eater Secret Cult was judged as a cult. All Corpse Eater Secret Cult members will be enemies of the kingdom."
"The royal court issued a decree..."
The secret rituals of the Corpse Eaters spread to all parties, and also made the supreme governor of the royal court angry, and he felt a strong threat.
How many people did the other party send this evil scripture to, and how many of them practiced this evil scripture?
In the royal court.
How many people have unknowingly joined this evil force and become corpse eaters.
This has violated his bottom line.
The royal court went around investigating those nobles who might join the Corpse Eater Secret Cult, and investigating those beings who suddenly transformed from ordinary people into possessing magical powers.
And the other side.
Long also began to close his net. He led a large number of witch spirits, divine servants of the Temple of Ten Thousand Snakes, and elites drawn from the Alchemy Legion into the areas where the plague broke out the most, those slums.
A large number of people infected with the Plague Blood Curse were taken away and sent to the Quetzalcoatl for resettlement.
A large number of believers in the Ghoul King were suppressed and imprisoned.
And those real members of the Ghoul Secret Cult were either killed or arrested one by one.
Long himself even personally led the team, surrounding the place he investigated for the longest time and suspected to be the core stronghold of the Ghoul Secret Cult.
Thurlow Medical Castle.
This afternoon.
Outside this heavy and ancient castle, a large number of powerful people suddenly appeared.
They surrounded all the exits of the castle in an instant, and even fire demons and wing demons flew into the sky, blocking anyone's idea of escaping from the sky.
"The Supreme Archon of the Royal Court ordered that all members of the secret cult of corpse eaters be eliminated, all monsters that have become ghouls be eliminated, and all secret cult books should be burned."
"Apostle Sukobu..." "Earth Witch..."
The three powerful forces launched a general attack on the castle together.
As soon as they rushed in, they heard overwhelming roars.
"Roar!"
Immediately afterwards, they saw a terrifying legion of ghouls coming out, and the members of the Ghoul Secret Cult were mixed in with the ghoul legion, trying to break out of the encirclement.
They met on a narrow road and it was chaos.
The people outside want to block these people and prevent them from rushing out. The people inside want to rush out and seek a way out at all costs. Both sides are fighting to the death with all their strength.
All of a sudden.
You can see a powerful supernatural war breaking out in the castle, with powerful people releasing magical spells on each other, and monsters and ghouls fighting against each other.
Among the many ghouls, a third-level ghoul attracted the most attention.
He controlled the plague blood curse, summoned a terrifying cursed shadow, and tore a hole in the blockade in the sky.
Then they attacked the powerful people who besieged them. The third-level power plowed through the ground, and the earth was lifted up layer by layer.
And those who were injured by the terrifying shadow either died directly, or those who survived were unconscious one by one, and strange forces were attacking and eroding their consciousness.
"There is indeed something wrong with the Medical Fort."
"This is the lair of those ghouls."
Long finally took action at this time, and he could be sure that he was not looking in the wrong place.
He holds a special code in his hand.
"In the name of the deed attorney."
"In the name of the spirit of the royal court code, the sins will be judged."
The huge code spirit appeared behind Long, and the terrifying white light suppressed it.
The terrifying shadow made a terrifying scream in the white light.
The third-level ghoul was suppressed.
The Royal Court, the Witch Spirits, and the Temple have been preparing for a long time and mobilized a lot of power; not only the spirit of the Royal Court Code was mobilized, but also the Apostle Sukob was behind it.
From the beginning.
There is no suspense in this extraordinary war.
A large number of ghouls were killed, and there were fewer and fewer followers of the Ghoul Secret Cult.
The entire medical fort was smashed, and the once magnificent castle was reduced to ruins.
at last.
Only Long was left controlling the code spirit and the third-level ghoul fighting.
The two sides fought for more than ten rounds, and Long did not completely have the upper hand at the beginning.
But what happens next is different.
The people on Long's side are fighting more and more, while the people of the Corpse Eater Secret Cult are fighting less and less.
The last third-level ghoul was under siege by many powerful people and monsters.
Completely killed.
Groups of people stood in the ruins and roared, celebrating this victory and announcing that the plague and evildoers would be completely eliminated.
"Evil man."
"Will eventually be annihilated under the light of God."
After this extraordinary battle, Long led the people to clean up the medical fort.
In the medical fort, he found the identity certificate of the third-level ghoul, which was the second half of the "Ghoul Secret Ceremony".
In the second half, it is written how to create a ghoul, how to become a ghoul, and finally become the king of ghouls.
"Sero."
"This Sero is their leader?"
Long flipped through the entire volume of "The Esoteric Ritual of the Corpse Eaters", and it seemed that it should be the most complete content.
If you look at it according to this book and the situation in this castle.
This is the headquarters of the Ghoul Secret Cult, and the leader of the other party seems to have been killed by them.
Long felt that everything was going smoothly.
but.
It’s too logical——
After it's done.
Long first came to the ruling hall and handed back the royal court code, and then quickly came to Sukob.
"teacher!"
"Is that really all a third-level ghoul is?"
Sukob asked his students: "Have you found the problem?"
Long shook his head: "I just have a doubt."
"The number of ghouls does not match the number of people who have disappeared."
Long handed over the evil book he had captured. All the other evil books had been destroyed, and only this one remained.
"But this secret book says that the success rate of making ghouls is very low, which is correct."
"So, does this have nothing to do with the Abyss from the beginning? It's just that a lunatic from Thuro studied the evil book "The Ritual of the Corpse Eaters" and then founded this crazy sect?"
Sukob did not take the evil book, nor did he say anything more about his student's doubts.
Just said something.
"I always feel like something big is about to happen."