The red moon returns

Chapter 133 How to choose

He lay down at the crack of the door and peeked into the barn, which was brightly lit.

Not the steady jet flame of a gas lamp, but a natural flame that danced erratically, as if someone had lit a bonfire in a huge barn.

Figures swayed in the firelight, and neat chants sounded. The ghouls' cries like babies became uniform at this time. Under the most low-key leadership, they recited sentences that Lynch could not understand.

Lynch's heart sank.

It's definitely a ritual. Could it be that what Elder Blue said is true, that the mountain people's preparations are over, they can't even wait for one night, and they plan to attack Maya tonight?

The crack in the door was too narrow to see the whole thing inside. Lynch looked around, restarted his phantom sound ability, and then like a nimble cat, ran up the high barn along the outer wall of the barn.

Pulling aside a tile, Lynch held his breath and peered down with one eye.

The interior of the barn has long been cleared, and there is an open space inside. Four giant kerosene braziers are lit in the four corners of the warehouse. The flames are burning brightly, and every detail of the warehouse is visible.

From a high position, you can have a panoramic view of the center of the barn. There is a strange five-pointed star carved on the floor in the center.

The five-pointed star almost filled the entire barn, which was quite huge in area. There was bright red liquid flowing in the lines, exuding bursts of pungent smell of blood.

Each of the five top corners extends into a circle, with the top corner as the center of the circle. There is a corpse pressed on the center of the circle. The corpses of cattle, sheep, pigs, deer and horses. The skins of five large and medium-sized animals have been peeled off and they are upright. are piled up in the center of the circle, and the bright red muscles still beat slightly from time to time, as if life has not yet left the dead body. At this moment, a strange balance is reached between life and death.

Inside the five circles, surrounding the corpse, there were densely packed and complicated words written on the ground. The small words could not be seen clearly by Lin Qi, but they seemed to be written in blood. They were bright red and made Lin Qi dizzy. .

A large number of strange patterns are engraved on the outside of the circle. These patterns are not human figures and stories, but more mysterious and weird symbols. When the symbols are combined, they exude a frightening atmosphere.

Lin Qi immediately looked away from the symbols. He felt that the hair on the back of his head was soaked with cold sweat. Each symbol contained rich mysterious filth. He just glanced at it without trying to understand it. Fear and Chaos has almost occupied all consciousness. If I had just subconsciously tried to interpret it, I am afraid that I would have fallen into complete madness now.

On this field, there are eight figures, six ghouls, and two humans wearing ghoul props. These strange and ferocious monsters are forming a circle around the huge five-pointed star, beating it while It was holding an unknown giant animal bone, twisting its body in a weird rhythm, and constantly chanting harsh tones in its mouth. These tones seemed to be some kind of incomprehensible language, full of wild and barbaric atmosphere.

"Great, great, great..."

The knocking sound became faster and faster, the leader of the corpse shook his head covered with white hair, and the sound like a baby crying became louder and louder. The other monsters also followed suit and screamed strangely, dancing at the same time, making the barn feel like a group of demons dancing wildly.

"Ouch~~"

The white-haired ghoul howled loudly again, raised the animal bones in his hands, and raised his head to the sky. This action made Lin Qi break out in a cold sweat, lest he could be spotted hundreds of meters away like he did a few days ago. Own.

Fortunately, it seemed to be just a false alarm. Perhaps it was due to the flames, or perhaps he was too focused. The old ghoul's face flashed past the tiles he was peering at. There was no reaction, and he just continued howling crazily.

Lin Qi then breathed a sigh of relief and watched him continue to pound the animal bones. As he moved, the surrounding braziers also became stronger at the same time, illuminating everything with more dazzling light.

Lin Qi's pupils shrank and he took a breath, because he noticed that there was also a person lying in the middle of the five-pointed star.

Even with only a very superficial knowledge of occultism, Lynch could tell that what was being done below was definitely not a good thing.

The five-pointed star represents the summons of evil, and the corpse between life and death represents the double blasphemy of life and death. The flowing blood does not know what symbol it has, but it also exudes an evil atmosphere.

Especially since there is a living person in the middle, and Lin Qi also knows this person.

On May 5, when he and Officer Natalie went to the city hall to investigate the case, they had seen it. This was the original appearance of Diana de Valente, the eldest daughter of the Valente family. After several meetings, whether it was the image of an old woman or a middle-aged lady, they were all simulated with the exquisite makeup of Kalena, the rare thing. At this time, she returned to her original appearance.

She has an exquisite and beautiful appearance, wearing a goose-yellow lady's dress, holding a familiar folding fan in her hands, lying quietly in the middle of the five-pointed star. The woman's eyes were closed tightly, as if she was dead, but her expression was quite painful. Her body was trembling slightly like the other five skinned corpses. Her whole body seemed to be suffering great pain, but she could never wake up from a nightmare.

What's happening here?

Lin Qi was a little confused for a moment. Aren't they from the same camp? Why was she sent to the altar?

Was there a sudden falling out? Or is it that this ceremony has nothing to do with Maya, it is just for Miss Valente, and she can benefit from it.

While he was analyzing it rapidly in his mind, he heard the chanting below getting faster and louder. When he looked down, he saw that the white-haired ghoul had stopped dancing and was reciting prayers loudly and focused, while the other ghouls The ghosts knocked on the bones faster, almost in a straight line.

Even an outsider can tell that the ceremony has reached its most critical moment and will soon be over.

Just watching the ceremony end? Or do you want to stop the ceremony midway?

Lynch's mind was spinning rapidly.

If this ritual is for Maya, then I have to find a way to sabotage it, which is what the sewer ghouls want me to do.

If this ritual is aimed at Miss Valente and will hurt her, then based on the current positions of both parties, there is no harm in me saving her.

If this ritual does not harm Valente, but she really colludes with the mountain people and wants to use this method to gain benefits, then if I interrupt the ritual now, it will make it easier for me to be hostile to them later.

After listing several possibilities, Lynch realized that almost all of them supported him in destroying the following ceremony.

There is only one possible exception. If the following ritual is helping Maya, then he is really doing bad things with good intentions.

But how is it possible.

Maya's narration clearly shows that she was tricked by these mountain people. Elder Blue's words can also be confirmed. These mountain people are not only enemies of Maya, but also harbor great malice. They just want to resurrect Mordiggian, whom they worship. The two sides can verify each other. I really think too much.

Therefore, the following ritual must be destroyed. This is the safest choice.

In fact, the method of destruction is very simple, Lynch had thought of it from the beginning.

The barn is always the easiest building to catch fire, and it contains kerosene, the best kindling material, and there are four large basins.

As long as you take advantage of the mountain elders' concentration on presiding over the ceremony, slip down through the darkness at the edge, and overturn the brazier directly, any ceremony will be interrupted. Moreover, once a fire breaks out, you don't have to worry about being discovered, and no one will care if you find it. Gotta fuck me.

Lin Qi quickly opened a few tiles and quickly went through the plan in his mind.

Using the cat's favor, I landed quietly like a cat, and then lurked and rushed to the fire pot as quickly as possible. If I was discovered by the old mountain man at this time, he would use the power of the earth yesterday to transfer me... huh?

Just as he was about to jump down and set fire, Lin Qi suddenly froze.

No, during the fight yesterday, this old mountain man used abilities such as transfer. At that time, Ms. Red Moon's certification was the power of the earth.

In Mordiggian's theocracy, there is only death, coldness and disease.

Is he really a follower of Mordiggian?

For a moment, Lin Qi felt confused and at a loss as to what to do.

To put the fire or not to put it, that is the question.

(End of this chapter)