Riding and Slashing

Chapter 246 The Evil Ritual

Brettwen is a subordinate village in the northwest of Boshi City, only dozens of miles away from Boshi City.

It used to be a well-known hometown of melons and fruits. From the perspective of modern people, Breitwen is probably a vegetable and fruit planting base.

Just like most big cities have to rely on surrounding towns to supply melons, fruits and vegetables, Boshi City has always relied on Brett Wen to provide a richer and more balanced food mix.

Of course, this vegetable base not only supplies Boshi City, but also the army.

More than a hundred miles southwest of Brettwen, there is the strongest military fortress of the Bacchus Empire, Leyla Fortress.

This fortress originally guarded the main road leading to Siyuan City and Boshi City, so a large number of soldiers have always been stationed there.

Similar to the Qicha Fortress of the Sarleon Kingdom, this purely military fortress has no residents, so supplies are all provided by nearby villages and towns.And Brett Wen is mainly responsible for providing vegetables, fruits and other food.

But when the lord led the team to Brett, this place didn't look like a land of melons and fruits at all.

Large tracts of vegetable fields and orchards are left unattended, and most winter fruits such as oranges are already ripe, but no one picks them, and they just fall under the trees and rot.

Most of the vegetables in the garden have also rotted in the ground.

Some melon sheds still have shelves, the buckets hanging on the shelves are still there, and the farm tools leaning against the trees are still there.

But did not see any residents.

Anson was not found in the village either.

The whole village was lifeless, and it was true that even a dog could not be seen.

But the problem is that it doesn't look like that kind of chaos here, there is no blood or bones on the ground, and there are no messy objects discarded in the village.

"What's going on with this place? If it's some kind of disaster, it shouldn't be so tidy, right? The way it is now... makes people feel even more panicked."

Li Ang looked up and looked around - indeed, he couldn't see any living things, not even birds.

This is obviously very abnormal, the ground is full of overripe melons and fruits that have fallen to the ground, it is impossible for birds and beasts not to come and eat them.

And even if all the people here ran away, at least they would bring their daily tools. The agricultural tools leaning under the trees didn't look like they were thrown away casually, but no one took them away at all.

"My lord, there seems to be a shrine over there... something looks wrong."

Klose pointed to a relatively tall stone house next to the lake in the village.

The house was large, with a rough statue of Damia on the roof.

It is indeed a temple. A vegetable and fruit planting base like Brettwen will naturally worship the goddess of harvest.

Klose said that the temple didn't look right, mainly because there were no doors and windows in the temple.

In other words, all the doors and windows were sealed, and they were sealed very neatly. They should have been built with stones and repainted with plaster.

How can a temple close its doors and windows?

Li Ang waved his hand and asked his brothers to surround the temple.

Klose stepped forward and listened to the wall: "There is no sound..."

Then he sniffled: "But there is a strong smell of blood... There is a problem here."

"Here! Look... look in the water!"

Sigismund suddenly shouted loudly.

This temple was built close to the lake, and the road on the side of the house extended to the lake to a small wooden pier.

The pier is very small, and should only be used to moor small barges that pass through the lake, just like the inland wharves behind Changhe Town. It is estimated that vegetables and fruits can be directly transported to Boshi City by small boat from here.

Sigismund was visiting at the pier at this time.

At this time, the lake water near the pier was reddish brown!
Moreover, there are densely packed corpses of small animals such as birds and mice floating on the water, and there are also many corpses of fish.

No wonder no birds were seen, they all died in the lake!
The lake behind this temple is all reddish brown.

Only when a large amount of plasma precipitates in the lake water will the lake surface be dyed this color.

Sigismund drew out his sword, stared at the water and gestured, then walked slowly along the pier to the back of the temple, looked along the blade of the sword and pointed to a stone gap behind the temple with the sword: "Blood... is coming out of it!"

"Brothers, cover your noses... go to Boshi City and tell General Kryon that it is best not to drink the water of Lake Sava during this period, the blood may be poisonous..."

"Come on, break open this house and have a look..."

Li Ang took a few steps back, put on the mask, thought for a while and felt uneasy, so he simply put on the helmet and mask, and then signaled the strong men of the Silver Hand to work.

Seeing that the lord was so careful, the strong men also followed suit and took precautions, so they started to swing their hammers.

It was really useful to equip them with a hammer, and it came in handy so quickly...

This long-handled hammer is quite good at hitting stones-the greatest function of the eight-pound long-handled hammer when it is not fighting is to hammer stones or drive wooden posts.

A group of fierce men smashed around the temple for a while, but the walls of the temple seemed extremely strong. It was not until a wall was deeply knocked that it deformed inwards, and finally opened a big hole in the house.

Moreover, after the wall was broken, the masonry actually fell out.

Afterwards, the group of people all took several steps back abruptly.

Several broken corpses fell out of the big hole along with the bricks and stones, bringing out a puddle of sticky blood.

It is impossible to see the inside of the temple through the hole, because countless corpses are piled up layer by layer to form the inner wall. The corpses cover the hole just knocked out like a pile of bricks and stones. I don’t know how high the pile is. .

No wonder it couldn't be knocked down. There were obviously piles of dead bodies supporting the surrounding walls.

Even wearing a mask, the stench still made everyone's scalp numb.

"...Break down all the walls, brothers, wrap your body well, don't get the blood from the corpse."

It was not easy for Li Ang to hold back his vomit, retreated to a distance, and beckoned for everyone to come together.

Hundreds of sledgehammers swung together,
The temple is full of... corpses.

The skin of most of the corpses has been festered, and sticky red pus is constantly dripping down, looking like corpses infected with the red death.

But this is definitely not the doctor of the Knights of the Glorious Cross or the exorcist who sealed the corpses in it-the exorcist would burn all the corpses of the infected, and would never pile up so many corpses in the house.

This looks more like an evil ritual.

Because all the corpses were naked, they were piled up around the walls of the temple, more than three meters high.

And in the middle of the temple is a square pool...

It was a pool of blood, a pool of four meters square.

Thick and blackened blood has filled the entire blood pool, probably due to the vibration of the sledgehammer just now, the plasma is shaking slightly at this moment.

A four-pointed star-shaped platform floated in the middle of the pool, slowly swaying in the blood pool. On the four-pointed star platform, a person was tied with an iron chain.

In other words, it is tied with a broken body that seems to barely have the shape of a human being. After all, no one knows whether it is still a human being.

The chest and abdomen of that body were torn apart, and two huge gaps, one horizontal and one vertical, ran through the entire body in a cross shape. The large pieces of flesh and blood on the chest and abdomen were deliberately pulled apart and rolled over, so that the gaps in the chest and abdomen also appeared. The shape of a four-pointed star.

Almost all internal organs are exposed.

This is an altar, a poisonous blood altar built with the blood of countless red dead patients.

Li Ang and Sigismund looked at each other, and blurted out at the same time: "Castro!"

Yes, this is what the mighty gladiator who died at Wendy's hands once experienced!

Li Ang originally thought that as long as the army of the Snake Worship Sect was killed, most of the problems would be solved... But now it seems that the threat of the Snake Worship Sect may not be over...

"This evil ritual probably used thousands of corpses...but the guy who was cut open looks dead!"

Klose frowned and said.

Since the temple was full of corpses and viscous blood, no one went in to touch it, so as not to contract the red death.

But it can also be seen from the outside that the body above the four-pointed star must have been completely dead.

After all, the heart was exposed, and there was no movement at all at this moment, and there was no sign of it going to resume beating.

"What a good eye... nine hundred and ninety-nine adult male corpses, and the body of a chosen one... exactly 99 people."

A harsh and weird voice suddenly took Klose's words.

The voice was quite sharp, and one couldn't even distinguish between male and female, it seemed as if it suddenly appeared in the ears.

A group of people turned their heads and looked around, but they didn't see anyone.

Li Ang and Klose immediately drew their swords. They are no strangers to the sudden appearance of voices but no people can be seen - they have seen this vocalization technique from the Three Prophets, and it is very similar to the voice of the Three Prophets chanting sacrificial rites. .

"Haha... Maybe you are the perfect God's Chosen body... What a strong warrior..."

That weird voice sounded again.

"Who is playing tricks! Come out!"

Klose understood. The God-Chosen body that the voice was talking about seemed to be himself... After all, Klose is obviously the strongest of them all.

He is extremely nervous now, and he completely understands Amy's panic when she faced Mrs. Bella in Changhe Town.

Lady Bella was a heretic who worshiped the Dark Goddess, and the Doom Introducer at the time had said that Amy was the perfect Goddess carrier.

And now, when he met the altar of the Snake Worship Cult, he himself was said to be the perfect body chosen by God...

"My lord... I think that the Snake Cult may have some connection with those heretics who worship the Goddess of Darkness... Their paths seem to have many similarities..."

Klose kept looking left and right, and cautiously approached Li Ang.

"I think so……"

The lord is also moving carefully, constantly looking for the person who made the sound.

"Heh heh heh... come on, come find me, I'll tell you everything... huh?!"

The voice seemed to be teasing the lord, but it stopped abruptly in the middle of the speech, and then completely fell silent.

"My lord! There is an army from the Bacchus Empire outside, and there are still a few miles to go..."

Summer, who was on guard outside the village, ran in. Before he could finish speaking, he saw a group of people around Li Ang who were on guard with their backs to the room full of corpses.

He stopped talking, looked left and right, pulled out his sword and lowered his voice: "My lord, are there... any enemies here?"

Li Ang's eyeballs rolled, and he yelled extremely suddenly: "Don't run! Grab him!"

A large group of subordinates hurriedly looked around, but they didn't see who Li Ang was asking them to arrest.

In fact, the lord is bluffing...

He wanted to try to see if he could defraud the mysterious man.

But nothing worked.

Li Ang looked around again, and then put down his sword: "If you can't cheat, that bastard should be gone... Summer, what is the banner of the army outside?"

"It looks like the flag of Governor Kairos. Sir, Governor Kairos should not be an enemy now, right?"

Sammer asked with some uncertainty.

The ships and food sent to Mettenheim were from Governor Kairos. Although this is a deal for Kairos, the people of Mettenheim actually have some affection for Kairos, so naturally they don’t want it too much. Kairos becomes an enemy.

"Kelos...how did he appear here..."

Li Ang frowned, turned around and looked at the altar blood pool behind him, then shook his head: "Could he be looking for this altar? We'd better hide first..."

……

"Kailos, I still can't believe that you will be driven by the Snake Cult... I thought it was possible for anyone to join the Snake Cult, but you definitely won't..."

Emperor Marius was sitting in a gorgeous prison cart at this time, whispering to Kailos who was riding a horse beside him.

The prison carriage was quite exquisite, even a luxurious four-wheeled carriage with sofas facing each other, which was rarely seen in the entire Pendor Continent, but the windows were fitted with iron railings and the doors were also locked.

If Li Ang saw this car, he would definitely recognize it - this is the carriage he 'sold' to Governor Kailos last year.

"I didn't join the Snake Cult... I know I can't explain it, maybe I can't forgive myself until I die, but I have to do it... Sorry, Your Majesty..."

Kailos' complexion was a bit withered, and his eyes were dull, but a man in his fifties looked like he was 70 years old.

Obviously, he himself has been suffering these days.

"Then tell me, why are you doing this? Maybe I can help you!"

Emperor Marius still does not seem to have given up hope of solving the problem.

"Soon you'll know...we've arrived..."

Kailos looked at the village in front of him, stopped talking, and silently escorted Emperor Marius to the village.

"This... what's going on! What's going on!!"

As soon as he arrived in the village, Kairos suddenly panicked after seeing the temple with most of its walls knocked down from a distance, and rushed forward like flying, but he didn't dare to enter the altar.

"It's all over... all over... Antonyus... my Antonyus!"

He ran around the temple twice like a headless fly, then sat down on the ground, crying like an old farmer.

"Antonius? What happened to your son? Kailos...tell me, what happened to you, what happened to these corpses here?"

Emperor Marius struggled left and right, freed the hands of two soldiers holding his shoulders, looked at everything in the temple, and then looked at Kailos who was lying on the ground, his frowning brows formed deep furrows .

(End of this chapter)