Infinite Mask Game.

Chapter 286: Disaster in Progress

"The Silent Death God, the supreme being who controls death and souls!" The Soul Hunter's voice was a mixture of awe and piety. "He promised to transform Little Bell's life form, but this requires a large number of souls."

After these words were spoken, Wei Miao basically understood.

The Silent Death intervened in the town of Sabo at the right time, using the mayor as a breakthrough point. He was unaware of the unknown existence's plans, but they were able to use each other.

At this point, the mayor could no longer turn back. He was destined to become a ghost of the silent death god, without the right to choose.

Because behind the high curtain, sitting there are the silent god of death, the blessing angel, the unknown existence, and even the master of the key workshop.

Herbert was their common pawn, and his sanity was not necessarily his own.

The corpse ghost is just a reason and a tool that allows Herbert to carry out his planned tasks in a logical way.

Destiny is reasonable.

The wight had no feelings for Herbert at all. She seduced the mayor and gave birth to the wight, probably at the instruction of an unknown existence.

Soul Hunter: "I'm not crazy enough to kill the townspeople. But when I hesitated, Hatu brought his prophecy."

This incident is also mentioned on Hatu's tombstone.

Wei Miao understood the mayor's choice.

Sure enough, I heard him say: "Disaster is inevitable... I want to fulfill my own wish, but I don't want the whole town to perish. So I begged the God of Silent Death to allow the dead souls to have a place to rest, and even one day, to return to the world."

It's just a high-sounding excuse.

Wei Miao, who was watching from the sidelines, heard these words and made a conclusion about the mayor.

The mayor at that time knew that the disaster was real, but he chose to conceal the truth and let it go.

Later, those soul residents also became greedy for sunlight like his little Bell, and became people living in the shadows. In the end, they turned into nutrients to feed the source of sin and disappeared from the world forever. It has to be said that this is a kind of irony.

One's own misfortune leads to the misfortune of more people.

If they could choose, they would definitely want to live. At least Leslie and Newman were unwilling to die.

They may not know from the beginning that their souls are just a bargaining chip. The reason why they can still exist in the world in the form of souls is not because of the mercy of the mayor or the great being, but because their souls have their value.

For his own selfish reasons, Herbert secretly sentenced all the victims to death. However, he did not expect that not only himself, but also his little Belle could not escape the fate of extinction.

After investing so many resources and time, after all the twists and turns, I ended up losing everything.

This is the power of the God behind the scenes, He controls the flow of worldly affairs.

Those who cannot see through the veil can only be forced to dance.

This is also true of Masquerade.

It was only a short while before Wei Miao came out of his thoughts and continued to watch the drama.

Under the dim candlelight, Herbert set up a ritual array in the basement of his home.

Every morning, he slaughtered a crow and used its blood to draw one-seventh of the magic circle.

Little Bell was watching silently beside him, with confusion, fear and undisguised expectation in his eyes.

Seven days later, the ceremony was completed, and it was exactly the magic circle that Wei Miao had seen in the basement.

However, the seven white candles on the offering table had not yet been lit, and there was no one on the gray-white cross.

Herbert's temperament was much more gloomy at this moment, and his face looked grim with the air of old age.

The exquisite robe had not been taken care of for many days, and some dark red bloodstains were stained on the corners.

He carried a thick iron chain and tied his little Bell to the cross.

The ghoul did not struggle, and the two of them stayed in the basement silently, waiting for the imaginary rebirth. The perspective shifted from Herbert's indifferent expression to the outdoors, where the stars dimmed and the night retreated.

Wei Miao had a premonition that the final act was about to begin.

In the warm morning sun, the statue of the Goddess of Zhuyou stands in the center of Zhuyou Square. She wears a feather crown and her head is slightly bowed. Her face is particularly gentle in the warm yellow sunlight.

The sound of prayers coming from the church was so pious and so holy.

The blood light lit up in the sky, and together with the sunset glow it illuminated the earth, with a kind of poignant beauty.

The torrent of annihilation swept by silently, without any visible signs, as calm as a gust of wind.

However, the residents on the street fell to the ground in unison like harvested wheat, without any scars on their bodies, as if they were asleep.

The church was shrouded in a layer of golden light, and the sound of prayers continued, becoming the only sound at the moment.

Is this considered a massacre? When Wei Miao saw this scene, he did not show any emotion, but thought about it with some boredom.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters are common in games, and massacres are not uncommon. But this is the first time I have seen such detailed scenes. Most games only show fires and swords, with a few lines of narration.

The view moves back to the basement.

The white candles at the edge of the ritual circle lit up with dark green flames.

The corpse ghost and the mayor were in the magic circle together, and they screamed in pain together.

They are burning.

The corpse ghost can only wail as its body burns in the raging fire, but its body remains tough and indestructible.

Herbert's body quickly turned into ashes, but a dirty gray shadow remained in its place.

The gray shadow originally looked like a human figure, but suddenly it began to distort violently.

With wings grown on its body, its figure solidified... Finally, it transformed into the appearance that Wei Miao was familiar with, tall and grotesque.

It held a long sickle in its hand, but the edge of the sickle was not as sharp as it was before it broke.

"This is my new life - the Black Scythe." The voice that had been silent for a long time sounded again, "The soul of this small town is far from enough. The great being will tell me everything that should be done. I will become His sickle."

Wei Miao watched everything that happened next indifferently.

The people in the church finally noticed something was wrong. A man dressed as a priest hurried out of the church, shocked by the tragic death outside.

The survivors poured out of the church and went to various places in the town, and soon, sporadic cries were heard one after another.

The mayor, who had transformed into a black sickle user, comforted the corpse ghost first. He said, "Only long-term patience can bring light. I will let you see the sunlight."

The ghoul complied, even though its pain was not alleviated in the slightest.

Under the gloomy sky, the survivors immersed in grief, under the guidance of the church, collected the bodies of their loved ones and buried them in the cemetery next to the church.

Wei Miao unexpectedly saw Hatu, and she had an impression of his appearance when she opened the coffin earlier. He was accompanied by a beautiful girl, who walked anxiously among the bodies of the victims, looking for someone.

The two men looked exhausted, and judging from their direction, they had just returned from outside.

It is said on Hatu's tomb that he fled alone with his fiancée Jenny, and returned to the town after the disaster to assist the church in dealing with post-disaster matters.

At this moment, Jenny had found the person she was looking for, a young man and woman, who seemed to be her parents, who were crying over the corpse, and Hatu was comforting her beside her.

Suddenly, he noticed something and chatted with the pastor next to him.

Because of the noisy surroundings, Wei Miao couldn't hear their conversation clearly.

Soon, Hatu gave Jenny a few instructions and walked in a certain direction.

Wei Miao followed his gaze and saw that the mayor's house was on his target route.