Chapter 7: Sacrifice

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Next, Malfurion told them what they saw and heard after entering the core of consciousness, and it can be seen from their explanations that what they encountered after entering the core of the dream was not consistent. Malfurion and Kitty meet Sylvia as a child and Sylvia as an adult, respectively, but Moore's experience is very different from the previous two.

What he saw was a vast, yet intricate model.

"Model?" Charlotte asked curiously.

"Yes, it's the model, I think that's the model for the construction of the Empty Court. It's not as simple as a spell model, it's generated in the true sense of the word. Moore elaborated in the most concise language.

"If Mohr is right, that's the hard part. Malfurion then explained, "That means that even if we break through Sylvia's deep consciousness, we still need to face the protective model of the Empty Court to reach where Sylvia's consciousness is located, and the amount of computation required will be billions." ”

Charlotte's face was grim, "If that's the case, then it's not just a matter of computation. The person who can crack this empty court of its own realm is almost no different from the Lord of Illusions. ”

So we can only pray that Moore's views are wrong. Kitty's eyes narrowed, "After all, Malfurion and I have seen different things, maybe what he sees is just another illusion, otherwise we have no chance." ”

"That doesn't have to ......," Charlotte thought to herself, touching her eyes, "All in all, we have no way back but to move forward." Is there anything else I need to pay attention to, and if not, get ready to go. ”

The group shook their heads silently, everything that could be said had been explained clearly, what the truth was, and even the few people who had not cracked the first illusion in the core of their consciousness had no more say in it.

A few people packed their bags briefly, checked the integrity of their equipment and materials again, and then set off. This time the journey was smoother, and they continued to follow the dark forest westward, and there was no real danger until the sun sank in the empty court.

Facing more are just the ordinary beasts and monsters of the forest.

But when the last rays of the setting sun fell, several of them noticed a strange change in the dark forest again. The mist began to fill the forest, and the wind blew and blew the branches and leaves.

In the depths of the fog, there was a strange nursery rhyme, as if a girl was humming in it. The singing voice is cool with an eerie tone, and the lyrics are cold and heart-warming.

The five of them stopped in unison, Charlotte hadn't encountered this type of nightmare monster these days, and asked the rest of them with their eyes.

"It's a sacrifice. Jessica's face was solemn, "It's really bad luck, I've only met once in so many years of being imprisoned." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Charlotte.

Old Lady Kitty's voice was eerie, "In short, it's a group of demons dancing. The dream world is strange but has its roots, which originates from the folklore of eastern Valkham, where it is said that every year on the day of the harvest, the demons will gather to participate in the harvest sacrifice with the people, but the humans who sacrifice are not aware of it. After the sacrifice, the demons will bring the sacrifice back to the Demon Realm in the human world. In fact, you and I both know that this is just a legend to coax children, and there is no factual basis at all. ”

Malfurion nodded, "But in dreams, anything is possible. ”

"Then what next?" Charlotte saw that several people had solemn faces, and it was not easy to judge without permission.

"There's no escape. ”

More said, and walked first to the place where the song was. Charlotte saw that Malfurion and the others did not stop her, so she rushed ahead of Moore.

Moore looked at him in surprise, and Charlotte replied as usual, "Don't look at me like this, I've learned a few swordsmanship skills." The back row is tired of Jessica guarding. ”

Jessica snorted coldly, but silently guarded the back row of several people.

The five of them marched forward in formation, during which Malfurion reminded Charlotte to follow the rules of the sacrifice and not to provoke the demons. As for how the sacrifice acted, everyone could not say why, because the sacrifice they saw was slightly different each time.

After about three hundred paces, the laughter and noise of the demons gradually reached my ears. But the song was still clear, and no amount of noise seemed to be able to hide the strange ballad.

Aside from the branches in front of him, a clearing of more than 5,000 square meters appeared in the dark forest, and the black shadows in the open space sang and danced around the pale blue fire, and there were six fires, which seemed to be secretly in the six-pointed star array. In the center, there is a swing made of black tree trunks and eerie vines, and there is a black shadow about 1.2 meters on the swing swaying and playing, and the song comes from the black shadow.

Charlotte subconsciously wanted to pinch the book of Etroacke in her arms, and after touching the air, she remembered that Al had been left outside the empty court by him to help Ramsey deal with various crises. He secretly regretted that he had underestimated the danger of the empty court, and stood outside the line of the six fires to survey the environment, mentally assessing the situation inside the fire.

But at this moment, a dark shadow seemed to spot Charlotte and the others, and as it was dancing around the campfire with the crowd, it suddenly stretched out its hand and shouted, "Let's sacrifice and have fun!"

The hand ignored the distance of more than ten meters and suddenly stretched out, Charlotte's eyes froze, and she was about to draw her sword and slash, but was stopped by Moore behind her. Charlotte was quick to kill, allowing the dark shadow to hold her and pull him into the formation.

Immediately, several people behind him were also pulled into the formation by the black shadow, and like Charlotte, they did not resist at all.

Stepping into the formation, Charlotte really felt that her magic energy flow and consciousness were a little stagnant. He made up his mind and carefully examined the dark shadows in front of him, only to find that everyone was just a vague shadow, and he couldn't see his face clearly.

"Dance!" shouted again as he entered the dancing crowd and pulled his dark shadow as he pulled his own. At the same time, as Charlotte's movements stalled, the dark shadows that were spinning around the campfire also stopped moving, and all the black shadows looked at Charlotte in unison, and even the strange ballad seemed to pause for a moment.

Charlotte saw Moore glaring at her, and immediately clapped her hands and danced with the shadows, and the campfire dance continued, and the shadows no longer looked at her with that cold gaze.

Charlotte remembered the legend that Kitty had said, and realized that the current situation was basically the same as the legend. It's just that the demons have been replaced by humans who sacrifice, and they have become demons who participate in the sacrifice.

As long as the action is consistent, the "humans" will not be able to discover the "demons", which is the rule of the sacrifice. But on the other hand, if they are discovered by the "humans", Charlotte feels that the five "demons" are likely to be beaten by the "humans".

By the time Charlotte figured out the verse, the dance had already danced in a circle, and Jessica deftly jumped from one bonfire to another on the other side, Malfurion and the others followed, and Charlotte did the same, and in this way she turned two campfires in succession, and finally moved from one corner of the six-pointed star to the opposite corner.

Malfurion winked, and Charlotte knew it was time to get out of the circle.