Journey to the Wizarding World

Chapter 416

The low and depressing murmur, mixed with the sound of the whip whip, resounded in the silent forest, which seemed particularly weird.

A shadow crow squatted on the tree, watching everything below with dark eyes.

In the center of the simple camp set up by the Red Snake Brigade using carriages and tents, there was a spacious open space where a group of figures were kneeling.

Going forward, Katrina was standing on a carriage, holding a soft whip of thorns in her hand, with a serious expression on her face like a queen.

clap clap clap!
Katrina swung the soft whip, whipping the air with a loud sound, and when the strong wind fell on the figures kneeling on the ground, they were immediately torn apart.

"This is?" Enzo frowned slightly.

Under the night, all the members of the Red Snake Brigade gathered here, including Katrina, all of them looked very serious, as if they were holding some special ceremony.

"Great Goddess of Weeping, please forgive me for my sins..."

On the ground, a girl from the Red Snake Brigade crawled humbly, her upper body clothes had long been taken off, and she exposed her youthful bare back to the air, praying softly.

brush!
Katrina flicked the soft whip, and lashed the naked girl's back, a bloody wound appeared, and the girl had a painful expression on her face, but there was a trace of joy mixed in, and she couldn't help trembling all over, letting out a weeping cry. Repressed murmurs.

"In the name of the Weeping Goddess, all guilt will be melted away in pain!" Katrina prayed with a serious face.

Then, the long whip of thorns swung quickly.

The members of the Red Snake Troupe who were kneeling on the ground endured the whipping one after another. The pain made them tremble all over, but all of them had joyful expressions on their faces.

A strange scene appeared under the night, and in the carriage not far away, a strange expression appeared on Enzo's face.

"what is this?"

Enzo frowned, then shook his head, cutting off his vision with the Crow of Shadows.

During the period when the gods ruled the world, there were hundreds or even thousands of gods, and each god held a different priesthood, so their personalities and behavior styles were also somewhat different.

Among them, many wonderful existences were born.

For example, the Weeping Goddess is obviously an ancient god, but the way of spreading beliefs is pain and joy. In the creed of the Weeping Goddess Church, the world is born with sins, and it must be in the process of suffering in order to gradually wear away its own strength. guilt.

At the same time, due to some unspeakable reasons, according to the records of the Encyclopedia of the Gods, the Goddess of Weeping, Goddess of Joy and Goddess of Desire are also called "Three Gorgeous Gods".

……

The sky in the distance is slightly white, the thin mist drifts in the forest, the sun shines from above, and passes through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the trees, leaving mottled reflections on the ground.

Enzo pushed the carriage door and walked out.

"Good day, Your Excellency Enzo!"

The members of the Red Snake Brigade had already started packing up the camp, and seemed to be preparing to continue, Katrina greeted Enzo.

Enzo smiled and nodded.

Looking at Katrina and the other members of the Red Snake Brigade, he felt a little strange in his heart. Although he cut off the vision of the shadow crow early last night, the sound of the whip and whispering in his ears lasted the whole night.

After tossing and tossing for such a long time, the people in the brigade did not feel tired at all. Instead, they all looked energetic and satisfied.

"...What a wonderful god."

Enzo shook his head, unable to complain in his heart. No wonder the gods were defeated by the wizard and retired from the stage of history. There is such a strange god.

After a while, the brigade started to set off.

"Through this forest is the Essos Plain, which is also the territory of the Kingdom of the Night, guarded by the Goddess of the Night."

On the way of the Red Snake Brigade, Katrina talked with Enzo and introduced, "According to the normal speed, we will be able to enter the Essos Plain, the border city of the Kingdom of Darkness, and the place where we trade this time." Target."

On the side, Enzo listened quietly, with a polite smile on his face all the time, and occasionally making a sound, asking about some things without a trace.

Katrina knew everything and seemed very enthusiastic.

A few hours passed quickly.

The Red Snake Brigade has been doing business in the Lost Continent for many years, and they are already familiar with this forest. Walking along the planned route, they can reach the Essos Plain within a few days.

"Get ready to take a break." Not long after, Katrina ordered.

The members of the Red Snake Brigade stopped their progress one after another, and several Essos spiders who were responsible for pulling the carriage also lay on the ground, waiting to be fed.

"Shadow Crow!"

On the spot, with a thought in Enzo's mind, a shadow under his feet spread around, turning into shadow crows and flying into the forest.

After being promoted to the third-level wizard, the magic power in Enzo's body has reached a very high level, so wherever he goes, he will habitually release shadow crows as his vision.

"what is that?"

Over the forest, shadow crows flew in all directions. Through the vision of one of them, Enzo suddenly noticed that a humanoid creature was hiding beside a boulder below.

Enzo stared.

In the vision of the shadow crow, next to a huge rock below, there is a humanoid beast hidden. It is covered with gray hair, and its head resembles a combination of a sheep and a lion.

"Deformed creature?" Enzo frowned slightly.

And the next moment, he quickly denied this idea.

Because, in the vision of the shadow crows flying in the sky, more humanoid beasts appeared in the forest, and they kept moving towards the direction of the Red Snake Brigade.

Those humanoid beasts number more than a hundred, and they have different shapes. They are obviously not of the same species, but they are gathered together for some reason.

"This is... a lycanthropy?"

Suddenly, Enzo's eyes flashed, and a certain possibility emerged in his heart.

Lycanthrope, a creature created by wizards.

In most cases, lycanthropes have low intelligence, and life and death are controlled by wizards as creators.

Enzo frowned slightly, his eyes getting colder.

Since there are lycanthropes in the forest, it means that there is a wizard hidden around, and the behavior of the other party approaching the Red Snake Brigade seems very dangerous.

sizzle!
On the spot, the giant Essos spiders responsible for pulling the carriage suddenly stopped, as if they had sensed something, and neighed like snakes.

"Everyone be careful!"

Katrina's face became serious. As a believer of the Weeping Goddess, she possesses the strength of a second-order life form, and her spirit exceeds [-] points, which endows her with keen insight.

Roar!
A beast's roar resounded in vain, and the trees in the forest shook for a while. Immediately afterwards, a lycanthropist who looked like a combination of a dog and a monkey rushed out and rushed towards a member of the Red Snake Brigade.

"what!!"

The native youths in the Red Snake Brigade were caught off guard and fell to the ground. The stench came in, and the next moment they bit fiercely with sharp teeth.

Blood spewed out immediately, the eyes of monkeys, dogs and beasts were scarlet, and low-pitched growls came out of their throats. The indigenous youths of the Red Snake Brigade struggled desperately for a moment and then lost their movement.

"Damn!"

Looking at the scene in front of her, Katrina was furious, and threw out the long whip in her hand, hitting the lycanthropist, and the sharp thorns immediately rolled up a large piece of flesh and blood.

However, the lycanthropes did not respond.

The body transformed by witchcraft seems to have lost the sense of pain, and the lycanthropy does not lift its head, but bites the corpse under it to its heart's content.

At the same time, more and more lycanthropes appeared around.

"Alert!" Katrina yelled.

The members of the Red Snake Brigade immediately began to take action. The male members raised their shields and spears to form a defensive formation, and the few Essos spiders also spit out black spider silk.

Sticky spider silk hung on the surrounding trees, blocking the charge of the lycanthropes, but those simple-minded low-level creatures, under the order of the creator, still crazily rushed towards the brigade.

"In the name of the Weeping Goddess!"

With a serious face, Katrina prayed together with several female members of the surrounding brigade, and the crimson mist began to spread out.

"Is this... divine art?"

Walking out of the carriage, Enzo looked at the hundreds of Beastmen around him, but he didn't rush to make a move, but felt the aura in the crimson mist around him.

In the crimson mist, there is a trace of energy and breath originating from the gods.

Divine art, a special magical ability.

From the point of view of expressive ability, divine art and witchcraft are very similar, but compared with each other, they are fundamentally different.

Unlike witchcraft, divine magic is not composed of runes, and does not even require a cultivation process. It is essentially a means given by the gods to believers. Although Katrina can release divine magic, strictly speaking, she cannot possess divine magic. surgery.

The way to obtain divine spells is to pray to the gods you believe in, and only after receiving the gift can you gain the ability to release divine spells.

However, since magic can be bestowed, it can also be taken away.

Even though Katrina can release divine spells now, as long as the crying goddess has a thought, this ability may be deprived at any time!
sizzle!
Around, as Katrina and a group of believers prayed, a crimson snake figure gradually condensed in the crimson mist, its hideous bloody mouth opened, and its sharp fangs glowed red.

After the phantom of the red snake appeared, the sound of hissing also sounded around. The lycanthropes who had rushed towards the brigade, as if they were hypnotized, stopped one after another, and the sculpture froze in place.
The next moment, a high-pitched hiss sounded!
The lycanthropists who were frozen in place had a strange light flashing in their eyes, and then they started to fight each other. The scene was extremely terrifying.

"A magical ability similar to mental manipulation."

Enzo's eyes flashed, and he thought about it, "In the rumors, the Goddess of Weeping is also called the Goddess of the Red Snake. In ancient times, she was an ordinary red snake. Only when the power is infected can the wisdom be opened."

"As the red snake opened up its wisdom, the Mother Earth also discovered this special existence, so she kept it as a pet around her, until later, the Red Snake possessed the ability to transform into a human form, and charmed the youngest son of the Mother Earth, Ott. Yi!"

"Otei, as the descendant of the Mother Earth Goddess, possessed the power of a demigod when she was born, but because of her immature mind, she was charmed by the Red Snake and helped it steal the golden apple of the Mother Earth Goddess."

"The red snake that swallowed the golden apple was successfully promoted to a demigod creature, but because it was afraid of being held accountable by the Mother Earth Goddess, it fled the Kingdom of the Mother Goddess and sought refuge with another of the Four God Kings, the King of Light!"

"In the thousand years since then, the Red Snake, with its monstrous human form, has continued to charm powerful beings. Using its unique ability, it finally ignited the divine fire and obtained the priesthood of the Weeping Goddess!"

On the spot, Enzo's eyes flickered.

The Weeping Goddess has a unique way of enshrining the gods, and its most powerful feature lies in deceiving people's hearts. According to legend, anyone who sees the true face of the Weeping Goddess will become her most devout believer.

In the forest, the lycanthropes are killing each other under the control of the phantom of the red snake.

But at this moment, a low shout resounded in vain.

In the trees not far away, the wrinkled bark was cracked, and a wizard in a green robe came out and slammed the emerald green vine wand in his hand.

brush!
On the ground, a green vine full of tree sacs drilled out, swung its body violently, and smashed the phantom of the red snake in midair with one blow.

"Second-rank wizard!" Enzo's eyes flashed.

The phantom of the red snake condensed by the believers using the power of faith, in a sense, represents a clone of the weeping goddess, but at this moment it was crushed by a single blow. This wizard in green robes obviously has the least strength. reach the second level or higher.

After the phantom of the red snake was shattered, Katrina let out a muffled snort, while the faces of the other believers around her turned pale, with blood dripping from the corners of their mouths, as if they had been backlashed by the attack of the vines.

"I heard that most of the followers of the Weeping Goddess are young and beautiful girls. It seems that I am here to lie in wait for half a month, and it really is the right choice!"

The green-robed wizard had an ugly appearance, and his eyes were glowing with evil. He looked greedily at the members of the Red Snake Brigade, raised a dry arm like a branch, and waved it lightly.

Jingle Bell!
On the wrist of the green-robed wizard, there was a bracelet full of bells, and as it shook slightly, it made a crisp sound.

It seemed to be a demonized item. Under the shaking of the bell, the lycanthropes who were killing each other around them regained their sense of consciousness, and once again surrounded and killed everyone in the Red Snake Brigade.

"Be careful, everyone, it's a wizard!"

Katrina shouted loudly, and at the same time, an expression of extreme hatred appeared on her face, and she slammed the thorn and long whip in her hand.

On the Lost Continent, the power of the gods spread all over the continent. Therefore, wizard has become a forbidden word, and the teachings of all gods clearly express their hatred for wizard civilization.

If it weren't for the existence of a few powerful wizards beyond the fourth rank among the wizards of the Lost Continent, I am afraid that the wizards in this land would have been slaughtered by the gods long ago, and the inheritance has been completely cut off.

"Snatch this batch of goods and sell these weeping goddess believers as slaves. In addition to the resources in my hands, it is enough to exchange for a chance to hit the third level! At that time, in this lost continent, I will be the No. [-] person !” The green-robed wizard was burning in his heart, and at the same time chanted a spell in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)