Chapter Ninety-Six: The Last Labyrinth
Seeing off the female pope and others, Pan Long went back to the town to sleep, and the next day he got up, ate and drank to his heart's content, and went to the church to ask for more than a dozen bottles of concentrated holy water.
"Who are you trying to help lift the curse?" asked the ugly nun Kadra, who was more familiar with him, who was in charge of managing the special effect water.
Pan Long smiled and said, "Forget it, I want to see if this condensed holy water can cleanse some evil souls." ”
"It wasn't easy. Crusader Eric, who was helping on the side, shook his head, "It's better to use fire to purify it faster." ”
A young man from the Father's Shield team echoed, "Brother Eric is right, we are just mortals, and it is the great cause of the Heavenly Father to purify such things as evil. It's better to send them directly to Heavenly Father - I think you might as well buy two packets of 'gummies' to use this one. ”
Pan Long was amused - the so-called "gummies" are actually a very malleable explosive, because they can be easily pinched into various shapes, and they have a sweet taste, so they got the name.
He wasn't very good at the history of science, and he wasn't sure if there was such a thing in the history of another world, but as the young man said, if you want to purify those evil guys, in addition to pouring holy water into their mouths, you can also consider stuffing "gummies" into their mouths and detonating them.
The power of this thing is very reliable, and the medicine is dead, and Tong Su is not deceived.
Although it may not be able to purify evil souls, it can at least purify evil bodies, which can be regarded as conservative treatment.
Just like those epidemics that are contagious and very harmful, it is of course best to be able to cure them directly, and if they can't, at least isolate the sick people, and then slowly find a way.
This kind of common sense is the same in any world.
After laughing, he actually bought some "gummies".
While chatting, Count Hamlet had already arrived, accompanied by Victor Jackson, with a large group of people. They carried tools and were ready for a big construction.
Pan Long said goodbye to the clergy, and then led them up the hill over the blockade drawn by the Count.
"After today, I'll build a wall to block this mountain road. "From now on," said the Count, "this wall will not be torn down unless you come again." ”
Pan Long nodded: "That's fine, it's always safe and there's nothing wrong with it." ”
After a while, they walked into the dilapidated old castle.
As soon as they entered the castle, many residents showed uncomfortable expressions.
Although the Crimson Courtyard has been destroyed and the Chaos of Flesh is buried underground, the evil atmosphere that emanates still permeates the castle. This level of evil is not enough to harm the strong who have undergone rigorous training or have grown through adventure, but it is already a heavy burden for ordinary people.
The earl looked at everyone's expressions, frowned, and said, "Everyone cheer up, when you go back when you are done, I will treat you, and you can drink enough today." There is also a stipend per person. ”
The residents' faces suddenly turned happy, and those uncomfortable and heavy feelings were thrown out of the clouds by them.
If you can make money, who cares if it's a little uncomfortable!
Soon, they came to the staircase that led to the underground, and the staircase of the black hole was like a beast that kept opening its bloody mouth, lurking in the shadows waiting for its prey to deliver to the door.
Pan Long nodded to everyone with a smile, and then advised: "After I go in, plug this staircase, and block it tightly, preferably the kind of method that is difficult to dig up." ”
The residents then understood what they were going to do, and they all looked at him in amazement.
A familiar resident couldn't help but ask, "Master, what are you doing here?"
"There's a very evil monster down here, powerful and dangerous. Pan Long explained, "I'm going to destroy it, but in order to prevent the evil aura from spreading, I need to block this place beforehand." ”
"But it's blocked here, how did you get out?"
"Don't worry, I naturally have a way. Pan Long smiled, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who jokes with my life?"
Residents shook their heads.
"That's right, I won't send you to death for no reason. ”
Only then did everyone relax and wish him a smooth journey.
The Earl nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I can't guarantee that there will be no way to dig it, at least I can guarantee that unless the Earl changes his approach in the future and brings a large group of people up the mountain to dig, just rely on a few thieves or tomb robbers, and definitely don't want to reopen this place." ”
"Then I'm relieved. Pan Long smiled, didn't bring a torch, and walked straight into the dark staircase.
Seeing his figure disappear, and after a long time, when even the footsteps could not be heard, the Count beckoned to the inhabitants and hurried to get busy.
They brought in baskets of earth and stones, which were poured into the staircase.
Gradually, the staircase was clogged with earth and rock. The Count refused to give up, and let the inhabitants pile up more earth and stones outside, until they were like a hill, and then they stopped satisfied.
Look at the time, it's past noon.
"Let's go. He waved his hand and said to the sweaty residents, "Today's work is done." Then we will rest for the day, and the day after tomorrow we will build a wall to completely block the road to the old castle. ”
"Master Dragon, he...... Will it really be okay?" asked the Jackson Tribune in a whisper on the way back.
The earl patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are some things, I will tell you in the future." But there's one thing I can say right now – he's definitely not going to die here, one might even say, he's not going to die anywhere. ”
The tribune frowned, thoughtfully, as if he had guessed something.
What happened on the ground, Pan Long naturally didn't know. He spiraled down the stairway he had dug out, and finally came to the underground hall.
The hall was pitch black, and there were no fingers visible, only the graffiti-like words and symbols on the stone door in front of it emitted a faint scarlet blood light.
"Old scumbag, you've been at ease here for hundreds of years, it's time to put an end to it!"
He muttered to himself, walked up, and pushed open the stone door.
Ignoring the maddening twists and strange sights behind the stone door, he swaggered inside, not forgetting to turn back and pull them back on.
This labyrinth, known as the "Chaos of Flesh", is, as its name suggests, a disgusting place. floors, walls, ceilings overhead...... There was wriggling flesh everywhere, and walking through it felt like walking into the body of a giant monster, and it was like turning into a stupid sacrifice that was walking to the altar on its own.
Pan Long soon saw the corpses, the female cultists who had turned into monsters that had entered the previous night, and many strange things that could not be named.
In the game, these things are collectively referred to as "flesh", "bones", "cells", and "blood vessels...... It's like what's inside the body anyway. And the several bosses in this maze are "giant cells", "fleshy demons", "assimilated warlords", "remnants of sacrifice" and so on.
Well, just look at the name to know what it is.
Pan Long walked for a while, and then he saw a few guys wearing armor, but the various growth tissues on their bodies had overflowed beyond the armor, and they were barely able to maintain their human form with the help of armor.
Some of them were barely standing, others were lying motionless on the ground, and there were some ashes left over from the ghost's death nearby.
Obviously, these monsters have fought against the undead transformed by those male cultists.
When Pan Long walked over, those armored monsters rushed towards him, and then he wielded his divine long knife, chopping melons and vegetables, and couldn't even make him stop half a step.
After walking a little further, Pan Long saw a huge mechanism that was also covered in flesh and blood.
According to the game setting, someone needs to open the mechanism at this time. The person who opens the mechanism will be engraved with a curse, which cannot be removed, and will cause the ending of "Crazy Suicide" in "Talk the Day After Tomorrow".
And this mechanism can't be opened by undead players, probably deliberately creating such an effect.
When the game was first played, players would usually ask an evil guy called "Death Row Prisoner" to activate the mechanism.
That guy is one of the few NPCs in the game who hates ghosts, and has done nothing good and done countless bad things. Several side plots are about his crimes, as well as the content related to tracking down and arresting him.
Sending such a guy to sacrifice, players don't have the slightest psychological pressure.
But Pan Long was not playing a game now, and he didn't have such a sacrifice by his side - the evil fraudster and murderer had already been discovered by his sharp eyes shortly after the Earl's arrival, and his body was cremated and buried.
Moreover, Pan Long does not have to be limited by any game system.
He walked to the front of the mechanism, looked at it carefully, then sneered, took out the cicada wing knife, and slashed at it.
The massive metal mechanism shattered and fell to the ground in two, flesh spilling out of it and scattering it all over the ground, including many broken parts.
Without this mechanism, even if anyone enters this labyrinth in the future, he will not be able to open the way to the lower level of the labyrinth.
Then, Pan Long slashed out again at the ground next to the mechanism.
The flesh was torn, and a huge gap appeared in front of him.
He leapt down, his sword flashing and enveloping him.
A moment later, he landed again in a thicker patch of flesh, and the filthy blood spread through it, almost over his calves if it weren't for his sword qi.
This is the second part of the labyrinth, according to the strategy in the game, players need to find three candlesticks in the dark maze, light them one by one, and sacrifice them to open the way to the final labyrinth.
The maze in the first part is called the "muscle", the maze in this part is called the "heart", and the maze in the last part is called the "brain".
It sounds like the body of a giant monster.
In order to prevent this thing from really being a huge monster, and to prevent this huge monster from waking up, Pan Long did not destroy it all the way as usual, he searched in the dark labyrinth, and soon found the three candlesticks.
However, he didn't mean to light the menorahs, instead took them all, and then walked to the place where the portal appeared after lighting the menorah in the game, and sliced the ground with his knife again.
Sure enough, it was empty again.
"The old earl must have wondered why I knew so much about this place...... "He said to himself, and jumped down again.
The final labyrinth is dark and deep, and the surroundings are empty, as if walking in the void. You can still see the stars in the distance, as if you have left the ground and entered the universe.
Pan Long stared at the stars, and soon saw them twisting, opening their eyes, growing their mouths, extending their tentacles and claws, and smiling at them.
His answer was, a head-on stab.
The sword light was as bright as fire, and the illusion exploded, and only a black passage like a carapace was seen, from here all the way forward.
At the end of the passage, a voice came.
"O my children, why have you come?"
Pan Long laughed: "Count Hamlet, according to the decree of the Heavenly Father, I have come down from heaven to give you a righteous judgment!"
The voice paused in surprise, and then said, "You want to judge me?"
Of course, Pan Long wanted to go over, although he knew that this was the old earl's way to lure him in front of him so that he could attack, but just as the old earl wanted to kill him, he also wanted to kill the other party.
In any case, you have to meet first before you can kill.
He soon saw the old earl, a transparent figure that looked like a ghost. He was about forty years old, with a handsome mustache, and looked quite handsome, and could be called a handsome old man.
It's no wonder that so many people are deceived by him, whether good or evil, and those people are deceived by his seemingly deceptive appearance, thinking that he is safe, or trustworthy, at least...... Yes, you can trade.
In fact, they were all wrong.
Beneath this handsome and handsome appearance, there is a heart that is more evil than the devil and more despicable than the devil!
Seeing Pan Long coming, the old earl looked a little surprised, and he asked, "Are you alone?"
Pan Long's answer was a swinging knife.
What nonsense is there with this demon in human skin?
Pan Long was not interested in his fallacy that "this world is only the body of an ancient god, and human civilization is just some bacteria and dust on the body of an ancient god".
Because Pan Long can already be sure that this world is definitely not that bullshit ancient god.
The so-called ancient god has a body about the size of Hamlet at most. It may indeed be a massive behemoth, but that's all.
That's all.
This time he wasn't available and he wasn't ready. When he comes next time, he will have two months to prepare, and when the time comes, he will kill this so-called "ancient god" together!