The red moon returns

Chapter 550 I'll Go With You
Lynch approached the platform a little nervously, feeling the heat wave blowing towards him.

Twenty suffering nuns were kneeling beside him, enduring the scorching heat. Although it was only a dozen minutes, they already looked a little haggard. Thinking of the twenty more hours of torture, Lynch couldn't bear to watch them suffer.

The old woman glared at him in reproach: "So you just looked away?"

"This is the most effective way." Lin Qi coughed a few times and stopped joking. "What will happen to them in the end? Will all their relatives and friends leave them?"

The old woman shook her head calmly. "It's not about leaving them. The problem is not with others, but with themselves. In their future lives, they will lose all these beautiful things forever, and will never be able to experience family, friendship, and love. They will always be lonely in their hearts until death comes."

hiss~~
Lynch pursed his lips. This was actually a very scary thing. For many people, it was more terrifying than death.

"But this is not the case for us. Don't forget that we are believers in suffering. Our faith in the Lord is above these worldly feelings. Therefore, even if we sacrifice everything, we will not feel lonely, because we have dedicated everything to the Lord as we said in our vows."

You are fixing a bug here, right? Give me back my gratitude.

Lin Qi's mouth twitched. Although he knew that these volunteers would still suffer for the rest of their lives and the old woman was just saying it lightly, he still felt much better. He was even more grateful that he had instinctively screened out those people. However, he still asked a little uneasily: "I asked Chairman Ole just now, but the old fox pretended to be mysterious. Is this really enough? No other price is required?"

"Of course, it's enough for them to sacrifice this, otherwise I wouldn't let them make the sacrifice. I won't joke with the lives of these children,"

The old woman's tone was very affirmative, which made Lin Qi breathe a sigh of relief: "Then I'm relieved, so what can I do for you?"

"I just heard them say that the Shadow Alliance has already started taking action?"

"Yes, and I suspect they have other backup plans. Hopefully they can last 24 hours without any problems."

"That's what I'm telling you. We're in trouble. It may take longer than twenty-four hours."

"Hmm? Why?"

Nightingale did not answer, but pointed at the bag that Lynch was carrying. Lynch then remembered that the twenty-four crystal bottles were still on him. He quickly took them off and opened them. Lynch was immediately stunned.

The liquid in the bottle was clear and transparent not long ago, but less than half an hour after the ceremony began, it had already become a little turbid.

"This is……"

Lynch realized that this should be the situation that Nightingale had mentioned before. The ritual would greatly increase the speed at which the magical object would be contaminated, so the purification of the flame must be maintained at all times to prevent the disease from corroding the magical object, but now it seems that the effect is worrying.

"The situation is worse than expected. The erosion is much stronger than expected. We haven't found the cause yet. But if we continue at this rate, the pollution will soon reach its peak and the effect of the artifact will be reduced to its minimum. There is no point in continuing at this point."

"Hiss, is there a way to solve it?"

"Yes, the ritual will be suspended and some time will be spent on purifying the artifact. We will continue after the artifact is restored to purity," Nightingale explained. "So I said that it will take longer than expected. The initial estimate is that it may take twice as long, but it is not ruled out that it will take longer. However, in theory, it should not exceed seventy-two hours."

Plans can't keep up with changes. Sure enough, it's not as simple as 24 hours. Lin Qi felt quite painful. He had experienced the truth of the long night and many dreams countless times, but...

“There must be other solutions.”

"Yes, if we ask a few people from other churches to help, we may be able to alleviate the current difficulties." Nightingale looked Lynch up and down and said, "Remember when you purified the strange object yesterday, it took less than ten minutes to restore it from severe pollution to normal. Archbishop Trinlais said that it was a gift from the Lady of Blazing Fire, and the flame of divine power is more effective for purification."

"Indeed."

"So I would like to ask for a few helpers, the Lord of Craftsmen Phil, the Lord of Plants Flanda, the Lord of War Tyr, and the Lord of the Sun Sur. These four supreme beings all control the omnipotence of fire. Asking their followers to join us should greatly increase the purification speed, even exceeding the pollution speed. In that case, there will be no need to suspend the ceremony periodically, and it can save a lot of time. However, I think I should ask for your opinion first."

"what?"

"Because you don't seem to want people from other churches to join you. Even the Church of the Sun and the Church of Wealth were intentionally excluded by you. You don't trust other gods except the Lord and the Dark Lady."

"Uh, is it that obvious?"

"It's actually not bad. It's much more subtle than writing it directly on your face."

"Thank you so much."

"You're welcome." The old woman shook her head. "Although I don't know why you have such an idea, you have already proved with practical actions that you are qualified to make anyone pay attention to your ideas. Do you think you can ask them for help?"

Lynch was silent, various thoughts running through his mind.

At least one of the gods had malicious intentions, and there could be more. The four gods mentioned by Nightingale happened to be outside the three supremes that the old lady had certified, which meant that there was a nearly 50% chance that one of the four was an enemy, and it was too dangerous to choose rashly.

Especially after experiencing the threat from the Thousand Faces Man just now, if an enemy really came in, he wouldn't have to do anything, just bringing in any dangerous goods would make everything go to waste. Instead of trusting them, Lynch felt it would be better to trust those more friendly guys.

"I come."

"Do you know what you are talking about, Lynch? I remember you said that although the flames did not harm you, the pain was real." Nightingale frowned and said, "You have to endure this pain for more than ten or even dozens of hours. This is not a joke, kid."

"I wasn't kidding in the first place. I will find a way to deal with the problem of not being able to hold on." Lynch gave Natalie a few instructions and asked her to leave first. Then he returned to the platform and glanced at the nuns around him: "Well, I'm ready. I also feel guilty about them. This will make me feel at ease. And... Ma'am, I'm not that stupid. Sometimes I'm a little smart."

"Ok?"

"There was a trap hidden in your words just now. Unfortunately, I just heard it. You said that 'they' only need to pay this much, and you said you would not risk their lives. Ha, you may not be lying, but..." Lin Qi smiled and said softly, "I don't want to say more, that's too fake. However, although I don't know what the ending will be, at least this part of the road... I will accompany you."

As he spoke, his body turned into a ball of fire and appeared on the platform in a flash.

(End of this chapter)