It was still dark, and Jano, who had a motivated heart, felt a little tired after a night of fierce fighting.

After helping Sarah deal with the aftermath of her martyred brothers, and saying goodbye to Lucian, Fitz, and others, they followed Sarah to the Jumping Cliff to spend their last night in Bilgewater.

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The darkest hour before dawn is coming.

In an eerie temple nestled in the crater of a cliff outside Bilgewater, Aloy led more than two hundred congregants to perform some kind of prayer ritual in front of a tentacled statue in the center of the temple.

The congregations who took refuge were diverse, including the Beaglewater natives, pirates, traders, ...... Most of them are people who run the sea. In addition, there are some people who look like travelers,

Her fists thrashed rhythmically back and forth between her legs and chest, and the rest of the room followed her, thumping their chests and feet, and speaking a language that the Bilgewater people didn't understand.

It is a ritual to "return the movement to the world", and by performing such a ritual, Aloy can briefly gain the power to release the light of Naga Kapoulos from the Shin.

This divine light is the nemesis of all necromancy, it is the embodiment of the cosmic truth that Naga Kapolos has been seeking, and its essence is eternal "movement"! (Naga Capolos is both the god of life in the Anaconda Islands, the storm of the deep sea, and the supreme movement itself.) The true meaning of the name should be "the endless monster that moves the sky and the sea". ）

The cycle of life and death is a manifestation of "movement", and the immortal is seen as a blatant provocation to Naga Kapolos because he is outside the normal flow of the universe and violates the law of "movement". So what awaits them will be real death – the return of the energy generated by the "movement" to the universe.

Prayer takes time, and this time the Night of Eclipse seemed to leave them a lot of time, and most of the night passed without anyone disturbing the ritual.

Concentrated on preparing for the ceremony, Aloy completed the ritual with a hug on her shoulder, and she stopped the congregation, taking a step forward herself, taking out a heavy stone ball from the statue carved with tentacles, and holding it on her shoulder.

This relic, called the "Divine Knowledge", is home to Naga Kapolos's divine power, and it can exert immense power in the hands of the true one, possessing all kinds of unexpected powers.

The stone ball statue is a cold blue-gold color, carved with a terrifying beast head, and is surrounded by holes of unknown meaning, like the entrance to a sea serpent's lair. The True One needs to stay with him for a moment, its weight is as heavy as an iron anchor, and among the true people of all ages, only Aloy, who has the majesty and might of an iron tower, can lift it with one hand and resist it on his shoulder.

After shouldering this inseparable burden and responsibility, Aloy had the heart to think about other things.

She was starting to feel that something was wrong, that Bilgewater was a little too quiet tonight.

Aloy turned to look at a good-looking woman beside her, she was the messenger of the temple and knew everything she had to do with the mundane.

"Haven't the people I'm waiting for come yet?" As soon as Aloy spoke, his voice was like a shock, and some of the congregants heard the sound and hurriedly bowed down to worship the gods.

"No, maybe the girl has died at the hands of the undead." The woman grinned and was smug.

If Bilgewater were to be destroyed as a result of this, they would be able to return to Bajou.

"How can a woman who made Planck suffer such a loss die so much, open the door, and everyone is ready to fight!"

The silence outside the temple made Aloy uneasy, and she thought something unusual had happened outside.

Could it be that the undead of the Isle of Shadows sensed the weakness of Bilgewater's defenses tonight and all of them went out?

But no matter what happens, she's ready to take it on the front.

"Lord Shin, if you open the gate, it will cause the undead in the black mist to rush into the temple and harm the innocent, please think twice!" The speaker lowered his head and said in a panicked tone, it would be less than two hours before he could survive the Night of Soul Eater, and it would be too bad luck to lose his life at this juncture.

"Open the door! This is the will of Naga Kabolos! ”

Aloy let out a loud shout, calming the shivering congregation.

In the war against the undead, the true one is the spearhead. While the other priests of the Mother Serpent are busy protecting the inhabitants of the Night's Eclipse, the True One rises to the black mist and relies on the Sea Beast's most powerful intent to repel it.

Aloy is doing her duty.

Knowing that the divine command could not be violated, he walked to the gate of the temple with trepidation, pasted a pendant on the old door panel, and the gate opened automatically.

She was ready for the black fog of the raging waves, and when she looked up, she saw the crystal clear night sky of Bilgewater, starry and winking mischievously at her.

"Am I misremembering the day? Isn't tonight the Night of Soul Eater? The persuader froze in place and began to doubt life.

Aloy used his empty left hand to push away the messenger who stood in the way, and although this stocky woman was already very strong, her figure was still small compared to Aloy, and she was pushed aside without the ability to resist.

Like most of the houses in Bilgewater, the temple was built from the sea. The walls are made of planks drifted from distant continents, and the window frames are made of shipwreck timber salvaged from the seabed.

There is no straight line from top to bottom of the building, which is very strange. Those strange arcs make it seem as if it is in constant motion, as if one day it will be uprooted and run to another place.

It is the architectural embodiment of the law of "movement", which concretizes the abstract and helps these dull believers to understand the esoteric teachings.

The spire of the eaves curved into the air resembles the tusks of a narwhal. There is a spiral logo at the top, identical to the charm around Miss Doom's neck. The symbol emitted a circle of white light to fade away the black mist during the usual night of the Eclipse Night, but for some reason, it unexpectedly didn't shine tonight.

Aloy frowned, narrowing her two more prominent pupils, and she carried the god to the strange stone bridge at the edge of the cliff.

The bridge beneath her feet is called the Python Bridge, and similar to the temple at the head of the bridge, the Python Bridge literally winds its way - the bridge deck is not symmetrical, and the balustrades on both sides are shaped like waves pushing forward, this is the only access to the temple from the outside world, and there are usually a few burly Barjou guards on the bridge pickpockets.

She stared down the hill, but unexpectedly did not see a single Bilgewater suffocating in the black fog, nor did she hear the intermittent screams of the city, and there were already a few fishing fires lit up on the coast.

Didn't the black fog come?

It wasn't until she saw the scarred Pickpocket Square that Aloy realized that someone had already taken action to repel the black fog for her.

"I should take a fresh look at Sarah, maybe that little pink face is better suited to be the vulgar king of Bilgewater than Planck."

Aloi will not let the prayer ritual be done in vain, and the divine power bestowed by Naga Kapolos will be used in the right place.

"Messenger, send someone to bring Sarah, Naga Kapoulos is going to test her qualifications to take over the city."

Hearing the word test, the statement made his body tremble subconsciously, as if he had seen something terrifying.

"Yes! Madame! She quickly pulled away.

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