His cheap uncle, whom he had never met and never even married, was killed by the hands of Winter who rescued the hostages during that kidnapping activity. Later, Ivan's father also died of depression because of this.
The Hand of Winter who decisively killed the hostage was the old man who later followed Maria to the White Tower.
“…What exactly are worms?”
Annan asked carefully: "Is there some kind of trap in this room?"
"[Worm] is not a real insect, but an appearance, a symbol. It is the embodiment of the so-called 'non-snake snake' in elven rituals. According to current archaeological research,'
The prototype of the "serpent that is not a snake" seems to be some kind of giant parasite... It lives on the earth, just like the snake is born on the earth."
Zhuo Ya explained in a more academic tone: "It is generally represented by concepts such as [parasitism], [invisible pain], [self-eating], and [circulation], and will be embodied in this type of ceremony.
, just like a ritual with the concept of "silence" will summon darkness, and a ritual with the concept of "luck" will summon dice.
"The 'rustless blood' of the woman holding the cup is also the blood of snakes. The blood of snakes here refers to the blood of worms. Because the 'non-snake snake' is a parasite of the earth, it is also the blood of stone, tree
blood."
...the earth?
Does this refer to the bone burying mother-in-law?
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Speaking of which, the "dark night" took away part of its power and gave birth to the mysterious lady. When the Bone Burial Granny was the "earth", did she become what she is today without losing any power?
Since the existence of "pleasant blood" is related to worms...can it be understood that the worms have also stolen part of the power belonging to the "earth"?
It's like the mysterious lady possesses part of the power of the night.
But this is not a gift, but a theft - an "invisible pain".
And [self-eating] and [circulation]...
“What is the specific image of a worm?”
Annan asked.
"It has no real form, but in ritual it is a self-devouring snake, forming the shape of a ring."
Zoya replied.
...Ouroboros?
Annan opened his eyes slightly.
Isn't this ouroboros?
Zoya continued to talk.
"If a black, intermittent ring pattern appears in front of someone's heart or at the joints at the end of the limbs, it can be understood that they have been bitten by 'worms'.
"That is to say, he has died once...but was resurrected in this way. Even among ritualists who are not afraid of anything, the worm ritual is a taboo among taboos."
"Why?"
"Because 'worms' are contagious."
Zoya replied.
"The worm ritual is not so much a resurrection ritual as a self-backup. The personality of the person resurrected by the worm ritual is not the original personality of the deceased, but a mixed personality dominated by the solidified ritualist personality... They
If you continue to kill people and perform the worm ritual, you can still pass on the personality of the original ritualist intact.
"Because the 'parasite' resurrected by the worm ritual does not have the memory of the ritualist himself, only the personality of the ritualist at the moment when he performed the ritual - he knew what he was going to do, but because he did not have this experience, he wanted to
It is impossible to search his memory through the soul-stealing spell.
"The resurrected person can continue to move for thirteen days. After thirteen days, the corpse will rot... But during these thirteen days, as long as one more ritual is performed, the mission can be passed on.
"It may be slow at first, but once it starts to spread, it will be very crazy - even the ritual master himself may not be able to stop it."
It multiplies itself like a virus.
Annan understood.
No wonder Lingdong officials want to wipe out this comedian organization.
They themselves are not harmful, but the forbidden ritual they master is very dangerous - if it gets out of control, it will be a disaster.
"...But is this really the ritual held by the elves?"
Annan frowned slightly, expressing deep doubt: "I feel that this ritual is full of evil flavor."
"Because...this ritual was not originally used in this way."
Zhuo Ya shook her head: "We had already investigated the Worm Cult before Your Majesty was born..."
She was about to continue explaining when she was interrupted by Zolgen.
"Take His Majesty and retreat further first."
Zolgen did not look back, but whispered to Zoya softly: "Ostov Dolgoruky revealed his identity on his own initiative. I suspect that he may have prepared some trap in the room."
"How about I go in and take a look?"
Si Anke couldn't help but said: "I can resurrect you."
"The destroyer wizard goes to the other side and don't stand with His Majesty."
Zolgen said unceremoniously: "I am very experienced, but being with me will drag me down."
...I feel like you are discriminating against us for destroying wizards.
Si Anqi pursed his lips and said nothing more.
Annan held the scepter and retreated to the beginning of the corridor.
But after hearing such a loud noise on the second floor, there was still no movement from the Viscount's wife and son on the first floor.
The three players looked at each other.
"I'll go down and watch."
The wandering child whispered.
Citalopram shook his head: "You are not suitable... Your weapon is too big to carry. Let me go... I will go and chat with their mother and son. Remember to start a live broadcast and share the perspective with me. I will start from
Keep an eye on me down there at all times.”
"The same goes for you. When you are in danger, just delay. We will go down as soon as possible."
The child whispered.
He also realized...this place seemed different from what he thought at first.
This is not a safe house, but inside a copy.
If the customs of the Worm Cult are to imitate the elves...there seems to be something wrong with this whole town, not to mention the two relatives who are obviously disobedient.
"I will."
Citalopram nodded and walked down alone.
They watched Zolgen press his right hand on the door, and his shadow flowed like a living thing, flowing under the crack of the door - this scene reminded Annan of Kaifni.
It's just that Jolgen's control of shadows seems to be different from Kafni's.
If the tentacles in Kafni's shadow are like limbs, Zolgen's Yinzi reminds Annan of the element pool.
——This is like the spirit-bearing monk calling for power from the elements.
But Zolgen is Silver now, and he probably hasn’t awakened yet...
"The elves developed the worm ritual not to use it to perpetuate their own personality - the elves have many life-extending rituals, and they also have spells that they can use, and the elves have long lifespans. They don't need to use this method to 'copy'
self'."
Zoya continued: "In the beginning, this was a ritual for research.
"Its purpose is to copy one's own thoughts into multiple copies... to use multiple 'individuals' to use the same idea and think simultaneously."