"Shhh ”

"Hiss——。 ”

The blood-red letter was spitting out, revealing a calm gaze in his vertical pupils.

Tiny dark scales interlaced and then separated, and red spots of light were buried in the bodies of the snakes and revealed behind the bodies of the others.

Over here.

St. Peter's Basilica, once favored by the splendor of God, has been completely reduced to a serpentine mound.

Whether it is the exquisite angelic reliefs or the portraits of many saints, it is covered with the shadow of 'it'.

Here, only a handful of friars and nuns clinged to their last faith, the statue of the cross in the center, under the leadership of the pious Pope Peter-Eugoudes.

His Holiness seemed to be preparing for a powerful magic spell powerful enough to summon the Lord's Gospel and sweep away all impurities in St. Peter's Basilica. So now there are three remaining knights around him, and then outwards are nuns and priests, as well as ordinary clergy like himself.

"Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, and may your light illuminate our way forward and hold high the banner of salvation. ”

Aulus surveyed his surroundings uneasily, muttering a word.

Because it is the center of the church and the place where the relics rest, there is an enchantment that directly relates to the faith that has been cultivated in St. Peter's Basilica for thousands of years.

And under the influence of this barrier, no matter how powerful a magician or a supernatural person is, or even a saint with a stigma on his body, he will be forcibly deprived of all means of attack.

The surrounding 'its' have been entrenched for a long time, but they have no intention of rushing up at all, just keep wandering. Quietly staring with a cold red light.

But this made Aulus's heart even more restless!

Perhaps these animals are just waiting for the barrier to lose the strength to resist, so they can have a full meal together.

"Bless me, Lord. ”

At the thought of foreseeing, Aulus broke out in a cold sweat, and then prayed more urgently as he wiped the cold sweat.

Suddenly! Abruptly, Aurus stopped praying.

The brown eyes stared in disbelief at the place he had glimpsed inadvertently.

Not the most alert surroundings, but above.

Away from the relics, away from the places that Peter-Eugoudes should be protected, the last thing to care about.

And it's almost a moment of realization, as if driven by something. Instinctively, Aulus stood up and rushed to the Pope's place like a madman.

That position was directly above the Pope, Peter Eugoudes, who was being prepared at this moment.

There is no time and no need to hesitate.

This is almost the most regretless thing to do as a believer who aspires to give his life for salvation.

Not to mention, this man is still the pope whom he regards as the father of regeneration and extremely respected.

At that moment, it was as if Aulus had experienced the whole of his life again, and he had once again looked at himself completely.

At the age of six, his mother committed suicide because of a large debt owed by his father.

At the age of nine, he left the church-sponsored welfare home and came here.

At the age of eleven, he held hands and taught the appearance of the Pope who was commenting on the scriptures.

And there's more.

Everything and myself at those times.

Aulus saw it all.

"Perhaps, in my life. That's why you should give yourself to this person. ”

Although there are some regrets, it can still be regarded as a complete thing.

It's just that

The rest of the sigh was no longer heard, and the valiant young man had indeed used his body to stop the viper that had passed through the barrier.

The pure white soul found its own place within the realm of faith, and faintly pointed to the path to the heavenly mountain through the guidance of the cross.

And just as Aulus's soul was about to make a move, another force pulled him into another land of death without resistance.

"Well, here it is. ”

"Where?"

Before the awakened soul could fully adapt to the abnormal environment, it was completely suffocated by the existence in front of it.

The inhuman snake body, the mysterious temperament, and the glow that shows itself all the time.

"Welcome to my kingdom. ”

The hiss is ringing!

At first it was very low, like a dim, dull faint sound from a box. But soon, there were more and more similar voices, and, more and more, closer and closer.

Just one of them may not produce any fear, but when the number of units becomes hundreds, thousands, and thousands, people feel complete fear and even despair.

In response to the last roar, the source of the sound can finally be seen with the naked eye.

It's underground, it's on the ground, it's squirming slowly, it's also squirming at the tip of your tongue to probe the information contained in the air.

And you don't have to mind the superposition of all these states, because 'it' is all at the same time.

Whether it is at the edge of the horizon or at the end of the imagination, there are living beings who are now living and feel it completely, which is death, death, death, death, death!

The voice of 'its', the presence of 'its', the breath of 'its', and the reality of the proximity of death.

'It' is death itself, because 'it' is the embodiment of Jegger's authority in this regard.

But this is also the inferior side of Jeger who has never been recognized by the gods, although he is powerful, he has no chance of being supreme.

Without him, how could the 'death' of a creature conceived by a mere star be the concern of the 'evil gods' who coexisted with the primeval universe before the birth of the universe.

But it's not about these things that shouldn't be cared about at the moment, now. This remote tribe feared nature and sacrificed the image of the evil god. It's enough to fill the land with death.

With the advent of 'it', the concept of death is realized. And with the compulsion of cognition of conceptual level facts, all creatures that see, hear, and feel without exception are swallowed up by 'death'.

Their deaths are full of nature, and a few of them occasionally show frightened expressions, but they can also be ignored. Believers and believers who are alerted by the sound of church bells to danger, simple families who silently pray to God, peasants who are far away from the city and do not know what is happening, and the inhabitants of the neighboring cities who are spreading with death.

At this moment, 'death' is full of the human world that has fallen into hell, and the evil god who has single-handedly caused all this.

The soul that continued to devour the power of supply spread its pitch-black wings from behind.

Note: The following is a supplementary note, and it is a 'miscellaneous talk' that has nothing to do with the progress of the story that is not directly related to the text. Of course, pure nonsense.

Hunger drives people crazy!

Not to mention a cold-blooded beast that is entangled in hunger and cannot be satisfied.

As one of the incarnations of the symbol of Jegger, the serpent is perhaps the most prominent and well-known.

The subtropical climate of South America has completely forged the belief in extreme life in the local area, and people will die of various poisonous insects, poisonous weeds and water shortages in extreme environments because they do not receive timely help.

For the individual, it is a life-threatening crisis.

And for the tribe, this is the survival of all the tribal people on it.

Relying on the abundant natural resources of the rainforest to thrive will naturally affect these aspects completely due to certain changes in the rainforest.

For example, famine.

When the climate changes, the abundant natural resources are affected.

The shortage of food began.

And that's not just for humans. It's the same for animals and insects.

That's why there is the ancient ritual of 'sacrifice'.

Abandon the old and dead to the periphery of the tribe to reduce the sacrifice of the young and middle-aged.

Meat attracts the beasts that come to them, and they compete and fight each other. until those who survive are fed.

In this way, the primitive and ancient form has been passed down, and it has naturally become a part of the 'culture'.

And Thousand Snakes is one of the most famous of them.

Snakes tend to move together, and they are small and not easy to spot. So when people see them, they are often with corpses that have been injected with venom.

But the snake is very greedy. Although it does not wander very often, it is capable of devouring prey three to four times its size in a single sortie.

A single snake can swallow a human arm alive, and the entire thigh can only be eaten by three snakes.

One person can only satisfy the appetite of about ten snakes at most.

This far surpassed the enormous appetite of other beasts, which became the source of its fear.

Fear because of death, despair because of fear.

The origin of the Snake Ancestor was born from this.

It's ridiculous, but it's also quite true.

People are afraid of the unknown, and they are relieved of what they know.

No matter what kind of 'weirdness' it is, as long as it is once named, it will give you an inexplicable sense of security.

So they called the power behind the manipulation of these incredible creatures 'Jaeger'.