The red moon returns

Chapter 135 Human Sacrifice

Lynch was stunned, looked at Miss Valente, and then at the white-haired ghoul, but didn't react for a moment.

"Forget it, this is not the place for explanations. Let's go to the front room to discuss it in detail."

Miss Valente sighed, and just about to stand up, she pressed her shoulders with a look of pain and glared at Lynch dissatisfied.

You almost gave me a facelift with a shotgun, so what's the point?

Even though he thought so, Lin Qi still smiled a little awkwardly.

When they were hostile, they all tried their best to fight to the death, but suddenly stopped to face each other in peace. Thinking of the feeling when he pressed a beautiful lady to the ground, rubbed and entangled her, Lynch inevitably felt a little embarrassed, and stretched out his hand to help Miss Valente. got up.

Miss Valente did not shy away from suspicion. She stood up successfully while holding Lynch's hand, twisted her arm, secretly waved her fist at Lynch's wrinkled nose, nodded to the old ghoul, and took Lynch first. Leave the barn and circle back to the farmhouse.

“It’s amazing that you can just walk right in.”

Miss Valente glanced at the black stone in the yard and ignored it. She just led Lynch into the room and sat down face to face with Lynch at the dining table. Then she sighed and explained:

"Since Elder Blue and the others have told you most of the inside story, there is no need for me to continue to hide it for their race. In fact, most of what Elder Blue said is the truth, but he only lied on some details. , so the essence of the whole thing has changed, I will tell you everything, and you can judge for yourself."

Lynch nodded thoughtfully.

"Bru lied a bit. The mountain people tribe are not followers of Mordiggian, but guardians. They have long abandoned their belief in Mordiggian and converted to Kaia, the mother of the earth. They are stationed all year round. The purpose of being deep in Best Mountain is to guard Zul'Glassar and prevent Mordiggian from coming to this world through soul fragments. Once Mordiggian arrives, half of the creatures in Middle-earth will be assimilated by him."

Lynch asked: "So what happened to Maya was not caused by Elder Nicklay and the others?"

"No, it's them, including me, that's why I say I'm not innocent." Miss Valente smiled bitterly and said without hesitation, "I didn't lie to you yesterday, I just concealed some content. According to the records of the Nikolai tribe , the soul fragments in Zul'Glasar are always in an active state, and even if they are not dug out, they may attract Mordiggian to the world at any time. In order to keep the soul fragments asleep, every twenty years, the mountain tribe as the guardians A sacrifice will be held, and thirteen creatures will be sent to the sleeping Zul'Glasar to appease Mordiggian's soul fragments in exchange for twenty years of safety."

Lynch frowned: "Human sacrifice?"

"Yes, since the ancestors of the Valente family were granted the title of Best Mountain nine hundred and thirty-four years ago, they have always had deep ties with the mountain people tribe. We have been secretly supporting the dedication of the Nikolai tribe. Sacrifice activities are carried out in exchange for peace in the region. The new twenty years have recently arrived, and another sacrifice is about to begin. Reporter Maya is the tool of sacrifice, and a character like her will appear in every sacrifice, as Elder Blue said Like that, when Maya completes her last transformation, her dream is directly connected to Zul'Glasar, and twelve more creatures are sent in, and the sacrifice will be considered successful."

"Do you think this behavior is reasonable?" Lynch asked dissatisfiedly, "Is it fair to those who were sacrificed?"

"It's not fair. This world has never been truly fair. Besides, do you have a better solution?" Miss Valente asked, "Also, for thirteen sacrifices, it is indeed difficult to accept, but What about those who were spared because of their sacrifice? What about the territorial administrators? What about the nation as a whole?"

Lin Qi opened his mouth, but found that he was speechless. Thinking about it carefully, this is the standard tram problem in his hometown, and there is no standard answer at all. To the thirteen sacrifices, the mountain people and the Valente family were the murderers, but to others, they were unsung heroes.

"We don't want to do this kind of thing, but for some bad things, someone has to take responsibility." Miss Valente said bitterly, "Every few decades, one or two direct members of the family will commit suicide, and they are all presided over. No one knows whether they were involved in the sacrifice or because they could not bear the condemnation of their conscience."

Lin Qi's expression was gloomy, but in the end he could only sigh and change the subject: "So the sacrifice is the reason why the mountain people oppose tunnel digging?"

"Yes." Miss Valente also regained her previous calmness. "Once Zul'Glassar appears, it will no longer be possible to appease the soul fragments through sacrifice."

"Then what will happen if the sacrifice is not completed and the soul fragments are not appeased? The two results you mentioned yesterday?"

"Yes, if there is a top expert who desperately destroys the fragments and sends the fragments back to the main body of the dreamland, or simply sacrifices tens of thousands of fresh souls to the fragments, then the fragments will return to the main body of the dreamland and appear in this world. There will only be slight disturbance, and at most half of the kingdom of Rand will be destroyed. And if no one destroys the fragments, Mordiggian will come to the world."

"Is this what the sewer ghouls support tunneling for?"

"I don't know, so I've been investigating the reason why they colluded with each other these past few days." Miss Valente sighed, "Now it seems that their purpose is to destroy this sacrifice so that we can't appease Moore. Digian, and then forced us to actively cooperate to dig out Zul'Glasar and find a way to defeat Mordiggian's soul fragment head-on. As for their ultimate purpose, I haven't found out yet. If we can't find out this, Even if this sacrifice is completed, they will insist on digging up Zul'Glashar and let things get out of hand."

"I see, that's why you only considered cooperating with me yesterday because you wanted me to help figure out their purpose for doing this?"

Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully. Now most of the questions made sense, but the purposes of both parties were too complicated, and it was difficult for him to say who was right and who was wrong. "Well, I'm very satisfied with your performance. I hope to get your help to help us complete this sacrifice, and also help us find out their purpose and solve their subsequent conspiracy."

Miss Valente said calmly:

"But in this long-term cooperation, I don't want you to have the illusion that I'm threatening you with Maya's safety, so I have today's ceremony. The purpose is to transfer Maya's state to myself, and I will do this myself." Sacrifice zero. It's a pity that you interrupted me. Maybe Blue and the others misunderstood and thought that we were performing the final transformation ceremony and wanted to destroy it, so they encouraged you to interrupt. But it doesn't matter. We can prepare it again at most. The ceremony will be fine, and you, Mr. Leviv, you already know everything and there is no need to worry about the safety of the female reporter. Now I sincerely ask you to help us complete this sacrifice and prevent me from doing anything after I die. Blue and Grant’s conspiracy. Well, of course, it would be better before I die, but I’m afraid it’s too late.”

As expected, Lin Qi's expression was a bit stiff and he asked with complicated eyes: "Why should you use yourself instead?"

"Is there any reason?" Miss Valente lowered her head, was silent for a moment, and then said with a reserved smile: "Don't you think this fate is unfair for the sacrifice? The hearts of our Valente family are also We are not stone carvings. We also know guilt, and we know that we are always burdened with sin. I am not the first, nor the last, of the tribesmen who want to wash away their sins with their lives, so there is no need for any reason."

"It's different. Committing suicide out of guilt and becoming a sacrifice on behalf of someone else, especially the most special one, are completely different things. It can be seen from the attitudes of Elder Nikolai and the others that they are actually opposed to you doing this. Just to reassure me that there is no need to replace Maya with myself. Don’t forget that I am a detective. I can still distinguish excuses of this level. I hope to hear the truth. "

"This is the responsibility of the members of the Valente family. Like anyone else, we, the descendants of the Valente family, are even more responsible for bearing this fate for Ms. reporter." Miss Valente straightened her body without thinking. "And don't forget, I am a believer of Fiona, the Lord of Suffering, and it is an honor for us to sacrifice for the innocent."

Lynch smiled noncommittally and sighed: "Can we be sincere to each other? Miss Valente, there are only two of you and me here. I will not tell anyone about today's conversation. I hope to know your true feelings." attitude, why should I become a sacrifice? This is related to whether I am willing to accept your commission."

Miss Valente's eyes were lowered and she fell into a long silence. Lynch did not urge her, but just looked at her delicate face quietly.

Gradually, her upright body softened, and her body began to tremble slightly. She bit her lip tightly with her teeth, almost bleeding, her eyes slowly turned red, and her breathing became rapid.

"I'm not willing to give in."

"Huh?" Lynch raised his eyebrows.

"I never think that the family has done anything wrong. This is the safest choice, but... no matter how noble the reason is, I will not be willing to exchange the lives and souls of my kind." Miss Valente punched He threw it on the dining table and choked and said loudly, "I have my responsibility, for the family, for Rand, I must continue the sacrificial ceremony, and I cannot afford the sin of awakening the evil god. But I hate that damn city, I hate That bastard evil god, although I am only a weak second-level power soul-shifter, I am at least a human being. I want to fight in my own way. I want to see with my own eyes what that damn city is before I die. What’s going on, it’s best if I can shoot that bastard evil god with my own hands, then my death will be worth it.”

With her fist tightly pressed against her mouth, Miss Valente was already sobbing before she finished speaking. The huge guilt she had endured for a long time suddenly burst out, causing her to completely lose the control of emotions that an aristocratic lady had. She burst into tears and burst into tears.

"Phew, I understand." Lynch did not laugh, but gently patted Miss Valente's trembling hand, leaned back in the chair and thought for a long time before saying softly, "I have heard a story before. One person and five people are tied to two railway tracks respectively. You control the direction of the steam locomotive and choose to run over one person or five people. What would you choose?"

"Isn't this the situation we are facing now." Miss Valente's voice was still choked with sobs. "No matter how many times I choose, I can only choose one person."

"Well, that's expected, but I'm different from you."

"Huh?" Miss Valente leaned forward and stared at Lynch's face, "You choose five people? Why?"

"No, maybe Grant and the others chose five people, but I think only children make the choice, adults want them all. I decided to just lift the train, wouldn't all the problems be solved?"

"Huh?" Miss Valente's red eyes widened and she looked at Lynch blankly, "How is it possible?"

"How do you know you can't do it if you don't do it? To be honest, whether it's helping you complete the sacrifice or preventing Blue and Grant from destroying it, I'm actually not interested." Lynch didn't even look at Miss Valente. With disappointment on his face, he also leaned forward, crossed the table and approached Miss Valente's ear, and whispered, "But, I'm glad to hear that you are going to do another thing. I am very interested in it. Do you want to follow me?" Let’s fight together?”

"Pinshi, what?"

"You lifted that broken train off the tracks and beat him so hard that his body couldn't even recognize him?"

Miss Valente stared at Lynch's face, her breathing slowly became more rapid, and her eyes became brighter and brighter.

　Well, it seems that many people are not satisfied with these chapters of Tall Grass and find them long-winded and procrastinating. I understand. Try to avoid such arrangements in the future. The focus of the description may not be pleasing.

　　Also, I’m taking a day off tomorrow, so I’ll only update in the evening, um, probably

　　

　

(End of this chapter)