our family is gone

Chapter 256 Backstab
"Hmph!" The bald wizard looked disdainful when he saw that the visitor was just an ordinary person, and called instead, "Give me Catherine's backpack."

It can only be said that the common enemy is the easiest to unite. Even if Catherine wanted to get rid of the bald head, she did not make trouble at this time, but turned the backpack behind her to the bald head.

This situation naturally attracted the attention of Geralt and the others, and they didn't care about Desma, a passer-by who broke in by mistake, rushed forward to stop it.

Just before he went up, he realized that the bald wizard was holding a wooden box and opened it towards them.

Inside is a strange statue. A man surrounded by weird tentacles is carved on the stone pedestal. He looks like a gentleman in a suit and leather shoes, but his expression is crazy and his posture is distorted.

The statue is as black as ink, deeper than the night, but it seems to have some kind of power. Once this thing is taken out, it attracts people to look at it uncontrollably.

Just a glance at the statue's appearance seemed to be engraved in his brain, and even the statue came alive in his mind.

wrong!

It was he who became the person in the statue, and the tentacles around him seemed to come alive...

Disma was already highly vigilant, and with the longer distance, and his will has been tempered, he immediately got rid of the influence of the statue.

However, the wizard's method made him realize that the situation was wrong, and he quietly retreated behind everyone.

"Evil, get out of my mind!"

And at this moment, the nun yelled loudly, and the torch in Tamara's hand burst into flames, as if revealing the monstrous anger of the nun.

The pious will allowed her to resist the weird power from the statue, but instead of rushing forward, she raised her hand to cast a divine spell.

"May the Holy Flame protect you."

The brilliance descended on Geralt and Tamara to wake them up. The brief hallucination put them under great pressure, and when they woke up, they showed a trace of panic.

You must know that both of them are highly experienced transcendental beings, which shows how terrifying the statue's power is.

But Geralt has lived for so long, and quickly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, only to look at the stern face of the bald wizard again with a trace of dignity.

But he didn't retreat, but rushed forward, and he couldn't give him any more time.

But at this time, the bald wizard was not afraid of the rushing demon hunter, and he still had a weird smile on his face.

This reaction made Tamara a little uneasy. The power revealed by the statue was obviously not that simple.

The two treatments of divine power made her injuries heal a lot. At this time, she didn't care to keep her hand. The crystal ball in her hand seemed to flow like a river of stars, and there seemed to be a force in the starry sky blessing Geralt.

Originally, Geralt's physique was far superior to that of ordinary people, and after receiving the blessing, he became even more courageous. He approached in three steps and two steps, and swung his sword smoothly...

The statue in the hands of the bald wizard is not a mortal thing, but he took it back from an ancient ruins worshiped by evil gods when he was young.

To be honest, even he himself couldn't control his somersault when he just got it.

Extraordinary people usually take a more cautious approach to these items of unknown power. Even he, a strange wizard, can only seal them up and put them aside, and still have the usual bone furnace and triangular pendant in his hand.

It wasn't until this trip that he contracted a more powerful existence, and with the help of that person, he was able to glimpse the power of the statue.

And now I can finally perform one or two!
"Jie Jie Jie!" The bald wizard laughed wildly and raised the statue in his hand, "Taste the power of the abyss!"

As soon as the words fell, a terrifying force actually forcibly tore apart the barrier between reality and void, forming a crack like a shattered mirror...

"Be careful!" Tamara issued a strong warning as the crystal ball in her hand became uncertain.

Geralt was no novice, so he noticed this without being reminded. At this time, he had no time to dodge, so he could only use the Quen Sign to form a shield in front of him.

In the next second, a thick purple-black tentacle was thrown out of the gap and shot towards Geralt who rushed over.

The moment the two came into contact, the shield ruptured, and Geralt was sent flying like a cannonball. He flew nearly ten steps into the air before falling.

And this terrifying force has not been completely dispelled. The moment he touched the ground, he rolled uncontrollably on the ground for several times like a flying rag doll before stopping.

It's just that Geralt lay on the ground as if he had lost his reaction, and his life and death were unknown.

This scene completely stunned Tamara, and she couldn't help but stop breathing. You must know that this is a master-level demon hunter, can't even hold it back?

The most powerful move on my side was seconded, how do I fight this?

run!This was the first reaction in her mind.

But not everyone reacted like her. Seeing this scene, the nun burst out with even stronger strength. Her devout belief made it impossible for her to allow such blasphemy to appear in the world.

"Profane things get out of our world!"

The nun raised the mace, and a dazzling light erupted from it, turning into a bolt of lightning and hitting the tentacle protruding from the void.

Seeing this scene, Tamara couldn't help but feel hopeful. After all, the church is so famous, it should be...

It's just that the hope in the next second is as fleeting as the flash, because the magic spell hits the tentacles without even leaving any scars.

This force angered the tentacle instead, and Tamara spied a desperate scene.

I saw countless eyeballs cracked above the tentacles, and between the eyeballs, there were countless big mouths cracked, revealing sharp teeth, and the abyss-like interior.

Thousands of eyes and thousands of mouths appeared on the tentacles in an instant. Even Tamara, who is familiar with the world's extraordinary creatures, could not tell what it was. There was only fear and despair for the unknown.

The extreme emotions emanating from her body seemed to attract the attention of the tentacles, and the next second, those eyeballs all rolled around, locking on to them as if consciously, and then those mouths let out indescribable screams almost at the same time.

A suffocating darkness surged in, and the flame on the torch in his hand was also suppressed, leaving only a faint flickering flame, as if it would be extinguished in the next second.

But at this moment, the tentacle continued to stretch out, no one knew how long it was, as if ignoring the distance, it came to the eyes in an instant.

Originally, the pressure in Tamara's heart was rising wildly, but this scene broke her will in an instant. She dropped the torch in her hand and chose to turn around and run towards her carriage, yelling frantically.

"If we can't beat it, let's run away!"

And faster than her was Disma, the method of summoning evil things from the void immediately made him clear that something had happened, and he didn't mean to stay at all, so he quickly walked to the little place Geralt left before. The mare leapt onto the horse's back.

"Hold on, I'll find someone to save you!"

Disma didn't fire a shot, and after leaving a word as if frightened, he seized the horse and galloped towards Hamlet.

The nun was also under tremendous pressure due to the impact of the tentacles, but her pious belief provided support for her soul, and she hadn't fallen down yet, nor had she run away.

"The night is dark, it is true..."

After finishing speaking, she hung the mace in her hand back to her waist, leaned over to pick up the torch that was about to be extinguished, with a firm face, and roared in a decisive voice, "But the holy flame is still burning brightly!"

Accompanied by her shouting, the torch that was about to be extinguished suddenly became extraordinarily vigorous, directly bursting out with terrifying power and filling the nun's side, and confronting the darkness seemed to form a clean sanctuary.

Just when she said this, the tentacle came to her, but when the tentacle stretched into it, it burned without warning.

The tentacle suddenly retracted as if touching a flame, and then twisted wildly. It could be seen that the upper eyeball ruptured and purplish black pus flowed out, and the mouthparts roared crazily.

Needless to say, one can know the anger revealed in it, the tentacles frantically flicked, and in the next second they rolled towards the wizard who summoned it.

Why is extraordinary power considered sinister by many extraordinary people?
Because human beings try to control what they don't understand, and they need a lot more power.

And the bald wizard obviously didn't expect this scene, the evil result of the tentacles being backlashed appeared immediately, this thing seems to be out of control...

He didn't have the ability before, and he didn't have time to study it after being hunted down all the way. To be honest, he was forced to use this prop in the first place.

It was used hastily in the first place, but now he is a little scared when this happens, his small body can't bear that blow.

He tried his best to drive the statue to control the tentacles, but this thing is obviously not a controller, but more like a summoning material.

Just call, as for the rest of the things out of control.

It's like you can call your father to come over, but it's impossible to command your father.

It's just that after dealing with these things a lot, he also understands the reason for losing control.

The existence of the alien void is greedy, and they respond to the call because they can provide sacrifices that satisfy them.

If it was able to swallow the three of them just now, it would be a happy cooperation, but now it is frustrated and eager to get sacrifices to make up for it.

For it, there is no concept of teammates and enemies, everything present is its food.

The solution is also very simple, that is, as long as the sacrifice is offered, the anger can be calmed down, and then the power of the statue can be used to communicate.

So who is the sacrifice?
All three of them stayed away from here, and one ran away.

The bald wizard seemed to have thought of something, as long as he calmed down the tentacles, he could rely on them to kill three people, and the benefits he gained were much more than sacrificing a servant!
The only sacrifice is...

Just when the bald head was about to make a move, he felt a sudden sharp pain behind him. He looked down and saw a familiar dagger pierced through his chest, revealing the bloody tip.

"Could it be that I am the last sacrifice..."

Before he could react any further, the dagger was drawn out, and the severe pain took away his body's consciousness and his strength.

Except for some special factions, most of the wizard's body is still relatively fragile, and sometimes it only takes one knife to end it.

It was only when he fell that Catherine, who was holding the murderous blade behind her, was revealed. It seemed that she was also aware of the situation, and her understanding of her master made her act ahead of time.

Catherine didn't dare to touch the statue, but she reached out without hesitation and tore off the triangular pendant on the wizard's chest.

"It's mine now..."

Just when Catherine was beaming with joy, a sudden change occurred. The wizard reached out and grabbed the triangular pendant, and there was a strange smiling face on his raised face.

"If it was before, I'm afraid you would have succeeded. Unfortunately, you don't even know what my new contract is..."

"Ah!" Catherine exclaimed, she was greedy and tried hard to snatch the pendant but it was difficult, the power of this dead ghost was beyond her comprehension.

But the most indispensable thing for her to travel with the wizard for so long is ruthlessness, a hint of ruthlessness appeared on her face, but before the wizard finished speaking, the dagger in her hand slashed on the wizard's head.

It's just that the next horrible scene happened in front of Catherine. The wound cut by the ritual dagger healed in a short time.

She has been with the bald wizard for so many years, and she has never seen this kind of ability at all. What kind of monster is he contracting this time?

"Jie Jie Jie!" The bald wizard is not in a hurry, he wants to torture this traitor slowly...

It's just that at this moment they seem to have overlooked something?
The frantic tentacles swung over, Catherine subconsciously squatted down, but the bald wizard was rolled up, and the countless mouthparts on it instantly bit the flesh and blood.

"Damn it! Let go of me, I'm the master!" At this moment, the bald head could only ignore Catherine, raised his hand to hold the triangular pendant and began to resist the backlash of the tentacle.

Catherine didn't dare to snatch it any more. She squatted down just in time to see the bone furnace that fell to the ground just now, picked it up and ran away.

But she seemed to have forgotten something. The bald wizard would not allow the traitor to escape, and directly touched the ritual in her body.

Tamara on the other side was going to run away, but something went wrong with her horse, and she was paralyzed by the appearance of the tentacles.

This horse is not an ordinary horse, but a hybrid horse with a trace of extraordinary biological blood, but it is also this blood that allows it to feel the changes from the void.

On the contrary, the little mare that Geralt had brought before was free from fear because it was an ordinary horse that could not perceive spirituality, and it was difficult for her mind to understand this scene.

Sometimes you don't know, and you are lucky if you don't understand, even if she keeps pushing her, it's useless.

She knew that a carriage without a horse was a cage, but she was reluctant to give up the carriage, and her greed brought her back a little bit of reason.

When she was in a hurry, the nun's magical technique forced the tentacles back, and then there was an inexplicable internal strife between the bald head and the servant.

On their side, Geralt got up in a half-kneeling posture with a sword in his hand, and blood could still be seen flowing from the corner of his mouth.

he's not dead yet...

The blow just now was really terrifying. Fortunately, the shield formed by Kun En's seal absorbed most of the damage, but even the remaining power was enough to push him into a desperate situation. If it wasn't for his special physique as a demon hunter, he might have been directly killed by him. It was taken.

(End of this chapter)