Todd, who was hiding in the corner of the hall, waited for all the men in gray robes to leave, then carefully poked his head out and took a look at the situation outside.
Before the chaos started, Tristan, who was hidden behind the screen, asked in a low voice: "What's going on outside?"
Todd shook his head at him: "You don't want to see this scene... The hall is full of dead people, a hundred people... No, maybe more, less than half of the people who survived may be less than half."
Tristan, who was lying on the ground, let out a long breath: "Thank you for saving my life."
Todd patted his arm and gave him a smile.
Standing up and carefully avoiding the sight of the survivors from the edge of the corner, Todd went to the other end of the hall and found Dion hiding in the hollow of the window sill.
Looking at the bloody mouth on the other person's calf, Todd frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Dion said depressedly: "When the enemy first attacked, I was stabbed in the smoke by a panicked nobleman who waved his sword randomly."
Todd looked around and asked, "Where's Mary?"
Speaking of her, Dion was even more upset: "I was with her originally, but when his father was taken away, she was worried and followed him secretly."
Todd scratched the back of his head with a headache and said to Dion: "You hide here and don't move. I will find someone to pick you up."
Dion grabbed Todd's sleeve: "Your Majesty, you cannot take risks alone!"
Todd smiled and pointed to the sky: "I am not fighting alone, reinforcements are above our heads."
An abandoned underground waterway in the Holy Acropolis.
The five men in gray robes carried Leoric and his son through the maze-like underground corridors, and finally entered a room deep in the underground waterway.
Three wooden beds still stained with blood were placed quietly in the center of the room. Various experimental equipment, organ specimens, and medicinal bottles and jars were neatly stacked on the shelves close to the wall.
A man in gray robe first lit the oil lamps around the room, and the others divided their work. Some people were busy placing Leoric and his son on the wooden bed, while others started to set up pots to boil water and prepare herbs.
After these busy matters came to an end, the five men in gray robes took off their hoods one after another, and four of them looked at the leader, waiting for his instructions.
"Seventeen, go and bring out the God of Death." The leader, who was wearing an astrologer's gray robe and holding an oak staff, looked at the unconscious father and son of Saint Acropolis, and then said: "Twenty-one, go and prepare.
Good surgical equipment; twenty-seven, use scissors to cut off the hair of these three people; thirty-three, go to the ferry of the underground river and prepare the boat."
After issuing these orders, the gray-robed leader found a chair, sat on it, folded his arms in front of his chest, and quietly watched his subordinates going about their business.
With the clatter of scissors, the father and son, who were originally unconscious, gradually woke up.
Mathilde and Sinclair found themselves fixed to a wooden bed by belts, and they could still smell the thick smell of blood and rot in their noses. Mathilde was immediately frightened and shouted for help, twisting his body desperately
, while constantly saying words of begging for mercy.
After Sinclair struggled and found that he could not break free, he calmed down. He looked at the surrounding environment with a pale face, his eyes kept moving, and he kept thinking about ways to escape.
The gray-robed leader saw the performance of these two people, suddenly laughed, and said: "It's really interesting."
Leoric's weak voice came over: "Hyatt, how long will it take to complete the ceremony?"
The gray-robed leader known as Hyatt looked at Leoric: "Soon."
"Sir, the hair and surgical equipment have been prepared."
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Hyatt, who was the fifth in line in the Legion of Disputes, stood up, walked to Leoric's bed, looked at him and said: "The agreement you made with your mistress, I believe I won't need to do it again."
Did I remind you?"
Leoric nodded: "I swear on my soul to obey the will of the Mother Goddess."
Hyatt said coldly: "From today on, you will be given new life by the Mother Goddess. Always remember that she can give you eternal life, but she can also take away your life at any time."
"Sir, the God of Death has brought it."
Hyatt looked at the iron box in No. 17's hand and said softly: "Open it, be careful not to move too much, otherwise you will disturb the contents inside, and all our efforts will be in vain."
No. 17 swallowed, placed the iron box gently on the small table next to the wooden bed, carefully removed several copper locks on the top of the iron box, and then slowly opened the lid of the iron box.
The biting white cold air overflowed from the iron box. Surrounded by the ice, a completely transparent and crystal clear nematode was entrenched in the center of the ice, motionless as if sleeping.
Under the horrified gazes of the father and son, Hyatt picked up a sharp drill and explained to them: "Wait a moment, I will use the drill to drill open the heads of the two recipients participating in the ceremony.
Two small holes. Then, I will bring the sleeping Death close to the drilled wound. Feeling the warmth of the flesh and blood, the Death will slowly wake up and drill its front and rear heads into the holes on the top of the human head.
Your brain..."
"I don't want it! I don't want it!" Matid was so frightened by these words that he began to struggle crazily on the bed. The veins on his head were exposed, and the corner of his mouth was drooling because of extreme fear, and urine was urinating on his crotch.
The stain slowly enlarged due to incontinence.
After a while, Matid's movements suddenly stopped. His whole body froze and he completely collapsed on the bed.
No. 17 walked up to Matid, opened his eyelids, felt for his pulse, and then shook his head at Hyatt: "He died, he must have been scared to death."
Hyatt sighed dumbfounded and said to Leoric: "Continue what I just said, after the God of Death enters the brains of two people, we will kill one of them. The God of Death will extract the soul of the living person and inject it into the body of the dead.
δΈ.When we get here, the ceremony ends successfully, do you understand?"
Leoric turned his head and glanced at Matilde's body.
Hyatt saw the look in his eyes and explained: "In fact, as long as a person's death does not exceed 12 hours, the body can be used as the carrier of the soul..."
Having said this, he looked at the frightened Sinclair again: "Of course, a living person is better than a dead carrier."
Leoric turned his head and stared at Sinclair's face, with a look of resentment in his eyes, and said in an inaudible voice: "Let's get started."
Hyatt made a gesture, and No. 17 poured a pre-prepared potion into the mouths of Sinclair and Leoric.
Hyatt took the drill and walked to the position above the two men's heads. After waiting for the paralysis component in the potion to start taking effect, he began to drill holes.
At this moment, No. 33, who was heading to the underground river ferry to prepare the boat, was suddenly thrown into the room by a huge force, knocking over the bottles and cans on the wooden rack, attracting everyone's surprised gazes.
Todd opened the door, patted the dust on his body, smiled at everyone in the room and said, "Good day, everyone. Do you mind adding more people to your carnival party?"