Nervous!

Terrified!

Disturbed!

Since getting the poison, Laphne has been tossing and turning for days without sleeping.

There were several attempts to pour the black liquid into Luke's meal, but he gave up.

Of course, this is not a discovery of conscience, or falling in love with this extremely cold boy, as in the romance story, but she is not sure if the other person has a similar ability to distinguish strong toxins.

You must know that when she was staggering along the endless desert, she had tried to mix some poisonous substances that were not enough to kill into the food as if they were inadvertently mixed with them, but Luke seemed to be aware of them, and discarded all the poisonous parts.

There was neither questioning nor explaining anything.

So much so that for a long time, Laphni couldn't tell whether the part that the other party had lost was some kind of mysterious ability, spell, or simply didn't like the taste of food.

In her eyes, Luke exudes an impenetrable fog all over his body, and even his usual actions seem to contain deep meaning.

The longer they spent together, the less daring she was to act rashly.

Because Laphni understands that if her sinister intentions are exposed, then what awaits her will definitely not be a simple death, but an even more terrifying ending.

In contrast, Luke was much more indifferent, and after giving orders to find Malvina, he seemed to forget about it, and every day he either hid in his room to rest, or went out to wander the streets and alleys of Bone City.

No one knew that in the dead of night, he would change into another suit and sneak into the temple in the heart of the city, which was made up of billions of bones.

......

"Are these the bones of all sorts of different creatures, even intelligent life? It's hard to imagine how crazy, dark, twisted, evil God would have allowed believers to build their sanctuaries like this. ”

With a whispered mutter, Luke's diminutive figure appeared out of thin air in the most inconspicuous corners of the temple.

Due to the perfect preparations in advance, and even hiding an inconspicuous coordinate in the corner, his arrival did not alarm anyone.

There is no doubt that the madman he had met on the street with a fanatical religious atmosphere from top to bottom had made him deeply interested in this temple and the so-called "Great Will".

You must know that normally there are two objective factors that produce fanatical beliefs.

One is a well-developed religious system and the forces of order that keep it running.

The other is the feedback of powerful supernatural powers, which may be divine powers, divine powers, or some other unknown powers.

In short, mortals are often very realistic, and will never fall into madness, or even forgetfulness, for something that does not benefit anything.

Only when you can actually benefit from it will you be willing to pay a huge price for it.

It is obvious that the ordinary residents of Bone City must be for the free food and water provided every day, so they will show unparalleled piety and fanaticism.

After all, they knew best that if their faith could not pass the test, they would be expelled and revert to the miserable condition of being looted by raiders and sold as slaves.

But what Luke couldn't understand was why these clergy and monks in the ruling class were willing to waste so many precious resources in vain to feed a group of burdens that could not produce economic benefits.

That's right!

In his eyes, most of the inhabitants of the Bone City are like parasites, lying on the arteries of this mysterious temple to suck blood, but they are unable to create even the slightest bit of value.

After several days of secret investigation, he had basically figured out the inner workings of the temple.

First of all, there is the part where the entrance is connected to the main hall, which is the part that most believers can see.

Originally, there was a huge statue of the god here, but it was later destroyed by someone and only a huge pedestal remained.

Above the pedestal, there is a huge crystal that glows deep blue, and this crystal is the embodiment of what the priests and monks call "great consciousness".

However, Luke knew that it was just an ordinary natural crystal that had been constantly glowing magic, a small way to fool the populace.

Secondly, the places where the high-ranking clergy rested, held meetings, and stored important resources in the second half of the temple, especially several storerooms, were filled with a large number of weapons, armor, and magical items.

If all of them are distributed, an army of thousands of people can be armed in an instant.

Finally, and the place where he was going to explore today, was at the end of the secret passage beneath the temple.

According to legend, the inexhaustible pool should be inside.

Intrigued, Luke quickly made his way through the dark and narrow passageway, tricking the eyes of several waves of guards with illusions, and finally found a deep and dark light reflected in the cave ahead, and there was a splashing sound of water.

It's water!

Excited, he hurriedly quickened the pace of his feet!

When I came to the pool, I was in a state of stupor.

For the pool was not water at all, but a twisted product of corpses, blood, and souls, and the pungent smell was enough to make any person of his right mind vomit on the ground.

But just as he was covering his mouth and nose and trying to retreat, a miracle happened.

I saw that the pungent stench in the pool suddenly disappeared!

The corpses, plasma, and souls were also crushed and torn apart by unknown forces, decomposing into energy states that were indistinguishable to the naked eye.

Then the energies came together and tore open a portal to the location.

Next Second......

Rumble!

With a deafening roar, the clear spring water poured directly through the crack into the bottomless pool, washing away all the corpses and flesh that had been left inside.

When the crack closes, a sufficient source of water to supply the entire city for at least a few weeks to a month or two is replenished.

Feeling the cry of the remnants in the air, Luke narrowed his eyes and muttered, "I see! This is a magic circle, an evil sacrificial circle that opens a rift to another world by sacrificing blood, life, and souls obtained through torture. The monks were not so much feeding a useless population as they were raising cattle and sheep ready to be slaughtered. In their eyes, the inhabitants of the city are essential consumables that can be exchanged for water, the source of life. As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. ”

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