The old man's voice was low and even trembling: "I am... a ritualist from Nata County."
Nata County...
Annan frowned slightly.
He had indeed heard the name of this place... This was not a good place.
Natal County is a viscounty close to the western border of Noah. Its terrain is similar to Roseburg, but the difference is... there is nothing further to the west.
Yes, the westernmost side is the edge of the Noah Kingdom.
In the past few decades, Nata County has even been completely gnawed away by the ash fog that gradually eroded inward. The plain to the west of the city - and one-third of the urban area. This erosion rate became half in five years.
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At this distance, the barrier cannot completely block the penetration of gray mist.
A dust-like curse visible to the naked eye is flying in the city - the entire city is gray during the day, and the sky turns blood red near night.
If ordinary people live in such a place, they will easily suffer from chronic diseases within a few years - after all, the water source is very likely to be contaminated by the curse. Living for a long time, the unclean air and water sources will greatly weaken the physique of ordinary people.
Food exposed to the air will even grow mold within two or three days, and fresh meat, vegetables and fruits rot at a rate more than three times that in the mainland. If you accidentally eat food contaminated by the curse, it is very easy to
It is possible to die within a short period of time due to acute infection.
This directly led to the lords of Nata County deciding to evacuate inland, completely abandoning the city. And with no one paying wages, the city guards and police station also quickly evacuated... When order was lost,
As a result, many vicious robberies and killings soon occurred. This directly caused the caravan to no longer go to Nata County - so Sir Silver's church also evacuated.
They put up signs to warn passers-by not to proceed. They also advised people in the city to leave as soon as possible.
But obviously... a brand cannot stop those illegal supernatural beings who thirst for power, ordinary people who fanatically pursue supernatural beings, and criminals who have committed serious crimes and are forced to flee. Even the brand itself, after it was established,
In the first month, it was stolen.
In the end, Nata County directly became a complete lawless zone.
Indescribable monsters in the gray fog will even directly enter the city to plunder; some extraordinary beings who are eager for power will enter Nata County and live close to the gray fog inside the barrier to absorb the vicious curse in the gray fog——
This will cause their erosion level to rise sharply and their temperament to gradually become irritable and gloomy, but it will also allow their strength to increase rapidly. At least until they reach the highest level of Bronze, there will be no difficulty.
As these illegal extraordinary beings are not supervised, they naturally do not need to abide by the law honestly, and naturally they cannot keep a low profile - when they fight, it will lead to the birth of a lot of nightmares.
With a large number of uncontrollable nightmares and the erosion of gray fog, a demon may be born somewhere at any time.
One can imagine.
There are no "ordinary people" here at all.
Even if you give up your identity and become a refugee in a mainland city... it is far better than living in Nata County.
In fact, in some cities in the hinterland of Noah, "Natta County people" can completely refer to "refugees".
This is a group of homeless people. Many people have a bad impression of them... Because these Nata County people grew up in such a harsh environment, many of them will become thieves, liars, human traffickers and other gang members. This
It's their expertise.
But on the contrary——
"Extraordinary" abilities that are generally kept secret in other places are almost open to the public in Nata County. They who have unconsciously absorbed a large amount of vicious curses can easily become wild supernatural beings in a nightmare - the kind of erosion that occurs at the beginning of their birth.
A dangerous extraordinary person whose speed exceeds 50%.
In order to fight against the extraordinary beings, the forbidden knowledge of becoming a ritual master will also be spread in Nata County.
The dangers of this technology are meaningless to the people of Nata County.
Once you live in a precarious city, the taboos and dangers of ritual masters' knowledge become particularly ridiculous - the same goes for knowledge about explosions, poisons, etc.
Yes, explosion -
Annan thought of this and asked:
"Are you from Nata County?"
"Yes, I have been in Natasha County for forty years."
"Then why did you leave Nata County?"
"Of course...to serve my master."
The old man whispered: "I won't say his name. It was he who took me and my children away from Nata County and allowed my children to go to school and have a normal job. I owe
His life..."
Then you are still telling me so much now?
The corners of Annan's mouth raised slightly, but he didn't say much.
The Honorable Ken Carter should have realized this.
Annan will use Sir Silver's magic - there are only two possibilities.
Sir Silver has seen through Fufu's plan and plans to interfere;
Or maybe he is in someone's nightmare, and the person in front of him is the Silver Hand of the Silver Jue Church.
No matter which possibility it is, his concealment is actually meaningless.
Because if Silver Siren's priests become suspicious, they can launch an investigation. And these secrets cannot be hidden from the church.
As long as Yin Jue checks the accounts in person, basically any secret will be discovered by him.
Yinjue can see all types of "transactions" of everyone in the world and trace them back to the transaction time, transaction content and transaction objects.
This is why although He has no authority over "truth" or "secrets"... almost nothing can be hidden from Him.
"——So, no matter what the possibility is, your concealment is meaningless."
Annan smiled and said calmly: "Tell me the truth. There is no need to show off to me that you are loyal to the Lord."
Ken heard the words and smiled silently.
He sighed and whispered:
"Okay... I'll show my hand. I'll say anything.
"They are holding a ceremony. The name of this ceremony is called 'The Feast of the Great Hunt'. It is the domain of the 'Tragedywriter', the god of murder and conspiracy... The general content of the ceremony is to start with six people carrying lead stones.
, form a 'stage' in a certain banquet, define a range, and set everyone in it as 'actors'. And with a 'grand enough opening', sacrifice one person, triggering a large-scale chaos to start the ceremony, and curse
The fate of every 'actor' during this period.
"The order of killing is completely random and is personally selected by the 'tragedy writer'. Each selected person is called a 'talker'. Only by killing another person can he temporarily avoid his own misfortune."
Lines 'Leave it to the next person; or encounter a disaster... This disaster may lead to death.
"And for every person who dies, the misfortune suffered by the next person will be more terrible, or even doubled. Until the 'closing ceremony' sends off the 'tragedy writer'. And if the 'closing' cannot be completed, then the ceremony is considered a failure. At the end
When one actor dies, all the 'curtain weavers' will die a painful death."
That's...us.
Ken smiled bitterly and pointed at himself: "And everyone involved in this plan...
"As for the cost of the ritual and the reward after its completion, I think you won't care... because the process of the ritual itself is their purpose. First, a grand fire will be lit and one person will be burned to death as the opening...
…The ceremony has been completed.”
"……them?"
Annan keenly captured a key word.
Ken nodded slowly, his voice very complicated: "But please don't ask, I can't say or write his name. I don't want to participate in this plan... but I have no choice. Because I don't
I feel that they will organize us to cause a second fire to 'close it'. The greater possibility is to let us all die to silence them."
"'him……"
Annan murmured: "Then I know who it is."
Eighteen years later it was Philip, the third prince.
Besides him, who else could let the heir of the Crow family take risks?
But Ferdinand...
Does he himself know that he has been placed in the position of a "possible victim"?
Now Annan finally knows...how did it happen that the heirs died one after another in a short period of time, but the murderer could never be found!
Their fate had been cursed years ago - but they were unaware of it!
In order to successfully curse them, many people would have died before then.
Annan suddenly felt a chill in his heart——
In other words, what he wants to prevent is not just explosions and fires...?
This was the first time Annan came into contact with the power of "destiny".
Of course...if it insists on saying so, it's not actually destiny.
Judging from the priesthood of this false god - or evil god, He is not like Miss Good Luck, who possesses the fields of "accident" and "lucky".
The God of Murder and Conspiracy... This one is probably "manually" creating misfortune.