Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 359 349. Deal with Nailhead

The monk's eyebrows and hair were removed, and his face was covered in horrific scars and growths from torture. Christine was so frightened that she wanted to run away immediately.

But her concern for her loved ones overcame the fear in her heart. She forced her trembling body to stand in front of her grandmother who was hanging in the air, her skin spread out like a flag, and she was wailing. She shouted in a trembling voice like venting,

"Who are you, let go of my grandma!"

Nailhead calmly turned to the Rubik's Cube at the woman's feet, "She opened the box of mourning and summoned us from another world. She must leave with us."

"Opened the Rubik's Cube? This is not ours, it was just given by a homeless man. We don't know anything!" Kristen looked at her grandmother's kind and twisted face, looked at the Rubik's Cube again, and cried, "This has nothing to do with it. It doesn’t matter to her, let her go!”

"Our operations never fail and she must be taken away."

The monk pressed forward step by step like a pervert. Kristen turned to look at her father. The result was even more worrying. A weirdo with cheeks as wrinkled as a Shar-Pei put his hand into Larry's mouth, as if a veterinarian was examining the animal. His teeth, which reached to the base of his ears, were opening and closing incessantly, causing people to panic.

"Don't touch my father, he didn't touch the Rubik's Cube!" Kristen gritted her teeth and quietly took a step closer to the Rubik's Cube.
"This is not our rule. The person who opens the box must be taken away, and others can also be taken away." Nailhead said coldly, "It's up to us."

"Oh God." Kristen begged through gritted silver teeth and stood in front of the Rubik's Cube calmly, "I'll exchange them for you, take me away."

"Fake Squid! Go to hell!"

Several monks were silently enjoying this wonderful performance, with ecstasy flashing in their eyes.

"Why are you looking at them in such pain? You should be happy and happy for them. They have gone to 'heaven' to enjoy bliss. Now it's your turn, listen to the teachings of our Lord with me," Nailhead approached gently Christine stretched out her pale hand toward her, "You have that qualification."

Nailhead's poker face showed unabashed admiration and a hint of joy.

"Come with me!"

Large swathes of bright red flesh and blood spattered like waterfalls, and the two screaming humans were torn into pieces in the blink of an eye, like cowhide bags that had been torn apart by violence.

Christine collapsed in despair in a pool of blood, her hands feebly grabbing the ground behind her, as if trying to put the broken family back together.

Nailhead couldn't make any reaction. Every inch of space around him trembled and collapsed, just like the sudden influx of seawater into a narrow submarine cabin at a depth of 10,000 meters. His body was instantly squeezed into pieces by the huge pressure and annihilated into gas!

The light disappeared in an instant, and the space closed again.

A series of horrific words passed through her mind, and Kristen fell into the most intense struggle and entanglement in her life.

The hook chain tightened hard into the mist.

zizi——

The nail-headed high priest reached out to grab the girl's hand, but with just this movement, he felt a stinging pain.

"How to save me?" Christine answered subconsciously,

"You can take away those people who are full of lust and sin." Dean gave the confused Kristen a calm look behind him, and then looked at the high priest. He was also keenly aware of a slight change in the other person. , no longer as cold as an ice cellar, but with a touch of human emotion, "But this girl is useful to me, you can't take her away."

Only the elusive nail head remains.

Nailhead said regretfully, "They have been sent to hell to undergo transformation and torture. Even I cannot break the rules... The only one who can save them is you."

Listening to the exchange between the two, Kristen's jaw almost dropped to the ground in surprise. This nightmare-like, powerful and terrifying nail-headed monster actually succumbed to the man in front of her so easily and let him take her away. What on earth is this man like? who?
Thinking about this, the girl shook her head suddenly and mustered up the courage to stand next to Dean, "I won't leave! Give Larry and grandma back to me!"

Boom!

Kristine screamed in pain, and suddenly felt a chill on her back. A hand with black nails wrapped around her neck, and the other wiped away the tears on her face and the cold hair on her head.
"Tears of Jesus. As a mortal, you can restore our Lord's creation so calmly and quickly. You are more outstanding and have more potential than I imagined." There was a hint of expectation in Nailhead's eyes, "Follow me home. From now on, I will personally teach you the art of pain and torture and help you grow quickly..."

"Don't even think about it." Kristen didn't have any cards in her hand. She was shaking all over and her face was pale, but she still stubbornly raised her chin, "Unless you let Larry and my grandma go first!"

A ray of white-gold light lit up from a very far distance, sweeping across the sky like a meteor that burned away all the surrounding fog, drawing a stunningly gorgeous platinum arc. At the end of the arc, it condensed into an incomparable giant, a hundred times larger than an ordinary person. Fist, aim at the nail head and drop it!

Until a chuckle came from the mist, and a hook chain came through the air and hit the back of the girl's hand, knocking the Rubik's Cube away and slicing the back of her hand.

The "trembling tooth" whose mouth was like a bloody hole, and the "deep throat" whose throat and trachea were stretched open by a fan-shaped wire were all hit and sent away by the power of the Rubik's Cube before they could perform their own strange art.

"God can't bless you. You belong to us now, and you have no right to propose an exchange." Nailhead squinted his eyes and looked up into the depths of the hazy white mist. Dozens of hook chains responded to his call and shot out, piercing through Larry Cotton. His whole body lifted him into the air.

The Rubik's Cube that had been transformed into a spindle was put together again by the girl's blood-stained hands until it was nearly restored. Yellow arcs of electricity wrapped around her slender fingers and shot out like lasers.

The change was so sudden that Kristen didn't react at all, her eyes were blank and her mouth opened slightly,
"What happened, where is Nailhead? W-Who are you?"

A large dark hole opened in the space, swallowing up Nail Head's body. The endless white light and terrifying tide of power were also absorbed by the black hole, lighting up a dazzling light like the sun.

Kristen raised her head suddenly with angry eyes, the anger in her eyes surged out, and at the same time, her hands behind her were raised in front of her.

A glint of light shot out of Nailhead's eyes, and he made a gesture of invitation, "I admit that I am not as powerful as you in this world, and she belongs to you."

"You forgot so soon? We met once at the Winnipeg Central Hospital." Dean turned to the girl and nodded, who stared into his familiar brown-black eyes, and was shocked all over, grabbing them gratefully. His arm, "You are the God of the newspaper, the God who saved my grandma!"

Nailhead was nowhere to be found, and another man in a black suit took his place and stood in front of Christine, shaking his wrist.

"No, he's not God... He's much more merciful than that." Before Dean could answer, the sound of footsteps floated out of the mist on the opposite side, and Nail Head walked towards the two of them, his body translucent, like a man in the water. The reflection will shatter and disappear at any time. The previous punch almost killed him, "We meet again, Kenny... It has only been a long time since we said goodbye in Columbus. Your power has become at least three times stronger. You really gave me a huge blow." Surprise, I have never met someone like you after being a high priest for so many years."

The feeling was more complicated than when she saw her father remarry shortly after her mother died. She was stunned in place for a moment, her pale cheeks changed, and her lips pursed, unable to say a word.

Wow…

Christine knew that she had guessed correctly. The deformation of the Rubik's Cube meant summoning, and its restoration meant repatriation. With red eyes, she pointed the Rubik's Cube at the remaining monks as fast as she could, and the same two arcs flashed through.

Both of Christine's relatives endured extremely cruel torture, and every muscle on their kind faces spasmed with bone-crushing pain.

The nail head floated away lightly, and the arc penetrated its afterimage and hit the disfigured fat gourmet behind him with a big belly and sunglasses. With a scream, the gourmet's bloated body faded into air and was transported into the unknown. Space.

High priest, soul of loved one, worthless scrap...

Kristine gasped, stood up with the Rubik's Cube and looked around nervously, but couldn't see anything. The nail head seemed to have disappeared silently.

"The only one who can save them is you. If one day in the future, you replace me as the high priest, you can reunite with your relatives and find a way to release them." Nailhead suddenly let go and took a step back, walking towards Christine In front of him, he stared into her eyes of anger and fear, "But you have to speed up. You have to sit in my place before their souls are tortured into worthless scraps."

Nailhead glanced at Dean and said meaningfully to the girl, "You have to ask him for advice."

When Dean heard this, his sharp eyes seemed to see through the monk's heart, "Do you want to use Christine to make a deal with me?"

"I just like to communicate with smart and direct people like you." Nailhead put his hands behind his back and nodded happily, "Let's make a deal. I will take you and Christine into hell and help you save those two souls. , and you also do me a little favor."

"Profiteer..." Dean clenched his fists, "First take away her family, and then make a deal to help her save it? How about I spare your life first, and also ask you to do a favor?"

Nailhead shook his head calmly, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to show up before, otherwise the deal would have been fairer. But now, even if you kill me, it won't help." Dean turned his eyes, "What do you want? Shall I use my ability (Illusion Abyss) on you again like last time to help you recall the past?"

"No, just the short memories can no longer fill my appetite." The high priest looked into the depths of the mist, with a strong desire on his face. Just thinking of this desire, even the quilt in the ribs on his chest The heart that had been frozen for a long time began to beat loudly, "I want to find a part of me that I lost forever. I want you to help regain the humanity that is locked in hell."

"The human side?" Dean's pupils shrank, "As the high priest, a part of you has to be taken away?"

"There are no exceptions. People blessed by our Lord who are greedy for profit or have some special characteristics must undergo surgical upgrading. The first step is to deprive them of their memories, and the second step is to take away their humanity."

Christine's long hair fluttered on her shoulders, and she roared like a cat with fried hair, "A cruel pervert like you who enjoys torturing and intimidating people also needs humanity?"

The high priest's scarlet eyes flashed fiercely, "I used to think that I didn't need... torture, pain, and serving my Lord is all I have..."

"But after I came into contact with human nature, I found something different... Human nature is as necessary as eating and resting. It doesn't need too much, but it has to be a little bit, otherwise it will be a incomplete and incomplete existence, just like cold Machine." The high priest said in an erratic tone, "When I take back my humanity, I can better feel the essence of torture and pain."

Is this really the reason?

Dean was keenly aware of the untruths in the high priest's words.

But it was the god Leviathan who took away his humanity. His current act of regaining his humanity is a naked betrayal of Leviathan, which does not conflict with Dean's position.

Kristine saw the man beside her was silent and hesitant, thinking that he was in trouble. She then thought of the man's selfless acts of helping her grandmother and herself twice.

There is no doubt that he is a good person who deserves trust and respect. Christine's simple values ​​tell her that this kind of person should not be made to suffer.

The girl gritted her teeth and said, "This gentleman?"

"Call me Kenny."

"Mr. Kenny, thank you for your help. I will repay you in the future." The girl's big eyes flashed with sincerity. "But you have helped me enough. It's my turn to pay. High Priest, I will follow you to hell." You regain your humanity, and you let me and my family go.”

Nail Head looked at the innocent girl and shook his head and sighed, "Although you have high potential, you are currently too weak. You alone cannot leverage the power of my Lord's seal..."

Christine heard this and looked at Dean with shame and pleading.

Dean could not easily enter the territory of a strange god and take risks, so he asked Nailhead, "Why don't you take back your humanity yourself?"

"My power comes from my Lord, and I cannot do anything to directly destroy its arrangements."

"So you need to use our power?" Dean said with deep fear, "But it is a god with overwhelming power. How can I ensure that I will not be threatened by him after entering hell?"

"There is no absolutely safe place in the world. As long as you enter hell, danger will always exist," Nail Head said calmly, "But as the high priest, I can easily let you deceive other monks, engineers, and tortured souls, and I promise to help you. To suppress the danger to a minimum,"

"Don't try to impress me with empty promises."

"In addition, about our Lord... Well... He spends most of his time sleeping. Unless there is a major change in hell or I take the initiative to report to Him about my work, He will never wake up... Taking away my humanity is just a matter of time. A trivial matter that will not disturb Him..."

"Sleeping?" Dean's eyes widened when he heard this, and he became interested, "Why is he sleeping?"

"Is this related to our deal?" Nailhead frowned.

Dean emphasized, "This is important..."

After a difficult silence, Nailhead took a deep breath, "Because I mainly accumulate strength to guard against attacks from external enemies."

“Aren’t your enemies in hell God and the night-walkers of Midian?”

"No, there is more than one hell, but multiple ones. There are other hell lords, and their strength is no less than my lord." Nailhead said, "The commander's army is even larger than our hell monks, and they have been secretly watching us. hell."

"I can't mention their names, but in the decades I have been the high priest, I have never encountered any attack between hells."

"That's it for now, that's all I can reveal."

Multiple hells, hostile to each other, Leviathan sleeps and accumulates power.

What a huge gain.

Dean was finally satisfied, "If you're honest, I have one last condition. After I help you find humanity, you must give me the Serent Rune."

"Serrent Rune?"

"In folklore, the fallen angel (Lucifer) who represents arrogance has the power of the rune seal, and the fly ghost king (Beelzebub), who represents gluttony, has the rune Lord of the Flies mark... Your master (Leviathan) represents jealousy, so it should be Also master this Serent rune.”

Nailhead showed a look of surprise on his face, "It's called the Hell Rune here, which symbolizes the rules controlled by my lord...torture and distortion...if it hasn't been transformed by my lord, there's a high probability that it won't be used."

"You don't have to worry about it, just give me the runes."

"So it's a deal?"

Nailhead stretched out his hand towards Dean, who held the hand as cold as death, and a reminder appeared in front of his eyes——

Trigger event "Journey to Hell"

Follow the High Priest Nailhead into the Leviathan Hell, rescue Christine's father and grandmother, and regain Nailhead's humanity sealed by Leviathan.

Event Difficulty: Unknown

Progress: (0/100)

Reward: Unknown

……

"Mr. Kenny, why are you helping me like this?" Christine looked at the high priest not far away who was operating the Rubik's Cube to open the space channel, and then turned to the man next to her, her eyes a little numb. Everything that happened today has completely overturned her. past life.

She suspected that she was in a nightmare.

"You will understand in the future." Dean said instead, "This is not just to help you, I also have to go to hell to explore the situation."

Dean will enter the more dangerous Midian in the future, so it is not wrong to first enter the territory of Leviathan, which is deeply entangled with Baphomet, the Lord of Midian, to experience it. If he encounters a danger that he cannot handle, he will teleport to escape.

……

"You two, follow me..." In front of Nailhead, a red world opened on the wall of the back alley obscured by thick fog.

(End of this chapter)