After a whirling feeling of dizziness, Lin Chi and Mo Liya entered a strange area.

There was a deathly silence, the air didn't seem to flow, and there were no other hues except black, white, and gray.

Lin Chi looked down at his body and found that he had also become a "black and white" form, although he couldn't see his face, but now his face must be similar to the photo on the posthumous portrait.

"Have you been here?" Lin Chi asked Molya beside him.

"No...... there was a hint of confusion in Moria's grey eyes, "Mephistopheles-sama hasn't said anything about the shelter before. ”

Obviously, this strange place with dim tones was the shelter provided by Mephistopheles, and the gray clearing spread out so that there was no edge in sight, and as far as the eye could see, there was a church-like building standing on the wasteland.

The walls on the outside of the church are white with gray patterns, and due to the color palette, there is no sense of solemnity and sacredness, only a gloomy atmosphere spreads.

Lin Chi and Mo Liya walked slowly to the church, and came to the black carved wooden door, Lin Chi's hands pressed the cold door panel, and with the extremely high attribute value, he easily pushed open the heavy wooden door.

The creak of the doorshaft breaking the dead silence of the shelter, and the moment the door of the church opened, a large amount of dust hit them, engulfing their bodies in an instant, choking Moria's cough.

As a walking corpse, Lin Chi was not affected by the dust at all, and strode into the main entrance of the church, and was greeted by the cross pattern on the glass on both sides, the Mephistopheles statue facing the gate, several rows of wooden chairs in the church, and ......

"Ah......" Moria, who had just walked in, widened her eyes in surprise.

Several human skeletons were leaning on wooden chairs in the church, sitting hunched over, their costumes rotting along with their flesh and blood, and only a few pieces of black cloth still hung on their bodies.

"They can't be believers too, right?" Mo Liya stepped forward in surprise and reached out to touch one of the skeletons, but was stopped by Lin Chi.

"Don't move." Lin Chi grabbed the Holy Maiden's wrist.

"Lord Courier, what's wrong?" Moria turned her head to look at him.

"If you touch them, they should shatter." Lin Chi looked at the skeletons that maintained a delicate balance.

- These bones seem to have been stored in the church for hundreds of years, and they are still in good condition, also because no one has touched them, and now, these white bones look fragile, covered with small cracks that are not easy to see, and if you touch them, they will probably turn to dust.

Lin Chi, who didn't know what had happened in the shelter, didn't want to destroy this closed "scene" until he completed the investigation. After stopping Moria's movements, he cautiously stepped forward and looked at the skeletons sitting on the benches.

These skeletons have even disappeared with their hair, and it is impossible to distinguish between men and women just by looking at the skeletons, since they are in Mephistopheles' shelter, these people are most likely Mephistopheles' followers, and no matter how bad they are, they should also be related to Mephistopheles.

"Could it be that Mephistopheles forgot to release people last time he 'saved people'?" Lin Chi said casually.

"Lord Courier, please don't slander Lord Mephistopheles." Moria's cheeks puffed out solemnly, as if she was a little angry: "It was Master Mephistopheles who gave you a second chance......"

"Yes, yes, I see." Lin Chi was too lazy to waste time with the pedantic saintess, and while observing the skeletons, he casually opened the in-game map to check his current location.

Then he found out...... There is no map of the area at all.

This strange sanctuary is not in the city of Sodom. Based on the current clues, Lin Chi didn't know where he was. However, the corpses in the church may provide some information.

Lin Chi frowned and stood in front of a skeleton, slowly put his right hand into a piece of black cloth on the other party's chest, and from the pocket of the "clothes", he felt a round pentagram coat of arms.

The appearance of this thing is almost exactly the same as the magic array that Mo Liya drew just now, and at the same time that Lin Chi picked it up, the item introduction text popped up:

Mephistopheles coat of arms.

Item Class: Normal.

Whoever bears this coat of arms will be considered Mephistopheles.

"Mephistopheles' followers are scattered all corners of the world, and the deceitful demon gods see them as items to be consumed at will, but they remain loyal."

“……”

Lin Chi casually put the coat of arms into his pocket and began to inspect the other white bone next to him. At this moment, there was a "bang" sound behind him like the collapse of building blocks.

He turned back just in time to see that Moria was withdrawing her right hand, and a skeleton beside her had crumbled when touched, turning into a cloud of white dust.

"I told you not to touch it." Lin Chi glared at Mo Liya, who was covering her mouth and nose.

"I'm sorry, Lord Courier, I'm just a little curious......" Moria's eyes winked apologetically, trying to get by.

"Forget it."

Lin Chi, who hadn't figured out the situation yet, didn't have time to reprimand the saint now, just stood in front of the bench on the left and looked at a skeleton over there.

This skeleton did not carry any props on it, but his blackened finger bones still provided clues for Lin Chi.

"Did he write anything before he died?"

The finger bones of the dead body don't look like they're the result of illness, but rather like they're stained with ink or something, and if this guy is still working hard for a long time while he's skinny and bone-ty, there's a chance that he'll get ink.

As expected, when Lin Chi bent down to inspect under the wooden chair, he found a curved quill and an overturned inkwell.

So, where is the text written by this person?

Lin Chi looked left and right, searched in the church, but did not see any paper, the words written by the deceased before his death, as if they had evaporated directly, and it was difficult to find a trace at all.

"You really haven't been here before?" Lin Chi looked back at Mo Liya.

"No, Lord Courier." Moria's words were convincing: "Lord Mephistopheles only gave me the method to open the teleportation array, and this is the first time I have used this teleportation array. ”

"Oh, that's right......"

Lin Chi said thoughtfully, standing in front of the statue of Mephistopheles on the wall of the church, and raised his head to look at the large "altar".

The Mephistopheles statue in the church, similar to the sculpture in Sodom City, is also a skinny "halfling", with only Sensen's white bones left below the waist, where the legs should be, replaced by a bony tail.

"Hey, scrap wood, are you there?"

Lin Chi tried to call Mephistopheles in front of the statue, but this time, the deity did not respond to his call.

It seems that Mephistopheles may not be able to communicate with the shelter. Of course, there is another possibility - the guy can contact this side, but he is now dealing with "important business" and does not have time to pay attention to his subordinates.

"Hmmm......"

Standing inside the church where the air was unusually heavy, Lin Chi was about to speak, but Molya had already spoken:

"Lord Courier, shall we take a break? Master Mephistopheles will definitely contact us when he is done with his work. ”

"Use this altar?" Lin Chi pointed to the Mephistopheles statue in the church.

"This altar can feel the magic of Lord Mephistopheles!" Moria looked sure, reaching out and stroking the bones beneath the statue.

Seeing that she seemed to be sure that she could make contact here, Lin Chi nodded, leaned against the corner and sat down, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

He was fighting all night last night, and he had no time to rest at all, and now he is about to reach his limit. However, before falling asleep, Lin Chi seemed to suddenly think of something and asked:

"You say, could this be a place of execution?"

"What do you mean, Lord Courier?" Moria's voice paused.

"I wonder if this place might be a trap set by Mephistopheles." Lin Chi smiled slightly: "The believer who died sitting on the chair may be the same as us, being teleported to the 'shelter', and then ......"

"Lord Courier, you're worried." Moria puffed up and said, "There's no way Master Mephistopheles will abandon us!" ”

- Is that really the case?

Recalling Mephistopheles' greedy laughter when he received the sacrifice, and the scene when the "god" wiped out the other subordinates, Lin Chi raised his eyebrows, but he didn't say anything, just leaned against the wall and slowly closed his eyes.

……

There was silence in the church, and only the sound of the two could be heard breathing. Sitting on an old chair, Moriya also lowered her head and slowly fell asleep, her posture resembling a few skeletons next to her.

The harmonious and loving "sleep scene" only lasted less than ten minutes, and Mo Liya suddenly blinked slightly, clasped her hanging hands twice, and turned her head silently, aiming in the direction of Lin Chi.

The Holy Maiden of the Mephistopheles sect narrowed her eyes like a dangerous viper, and when she saw that the "Master Messenger" under Mephistopheles' command was sleeping, she quietly stood up and pulled out the short-handled scythe she had just used to draw the magic circle from under her skirt.

She took a step towards the center of the church, her movements extremely soft, without making any sound.

At this time, Lin Chi still had his eyes closed...... Observe everything in the vicinity through "perception".

In the extreme state, even if he did not rely on his sense of sight and hearing, he could feel the changes that occurred in a small area nearby, and the action that Moria had just made naturally did not escape his senses.

- Is this really a trap? Is Molya going to take this opportunity to dispose of herself?

Realizing that his bad inference seemed to be coming true, Lin Chi didn't say anything and continued to wait for the other party's next move.

After entering the church and noticing the corpses here, Lin Chi had already thought of the possibility that this was the "execution ground" used to execute believers. Mephistopheles, known as the fraudster, may not really want to protect herself, but intends to send the cursed who is about to lose control to this place to be secretly "disposed of".

Lin Chi knew that he who had performed ancient sacrifices was a very dangerous existence for the other gods in Sodom City. In order to preserve their power, it is quite normal for those gods to plan to get rid of themselves.

In this way, Moria, who came with her, is probably the "assassin" sent by Mephistopheles!

Thinking of this, Lin Chi opened the skill bar with his mind, ready to open the "Appearance of the Ancient God" skill at any time.

In fact, with Moria's combat power, even in the state of a god, she is not her opponent. If that saintess really planned to do it, Lin Chi was also ready to give up the plan to recruit her and kill her directly.

Mo Liya took a slow step towards Lin Chi's location, then the second step, and then the third step.

Her movements were very slow, and her hands holding the hilt of the sickle seemed to tremble slightly, and when she came to the middle of the aisle sandwiched between two rows of benches, her already slow steps stopped completely.

Then, an extremely small whisper rang out from there:

"Tell me, my God...... What to do......"

This time, instead of calling "Lord Mephistopheles", Moria took on the title of "my god", which appeared from her mouth for the first time, and she lowered her head, staring at her trembling hands, and the shaking blade, and her eyes kept spinning, as if she had fallen into madness:

"I ...... I don't want to ...... like this" she called out in a low voice, sounding like she was about to cry: "I don't want to ......"

- What is she hesitating about?

Lin Chi, who was still leaning against the wall and "sleeping soundly", continued to rely on his acting skills of "playing his true colors" to maintain the state of pretending to be asleep.

While pretending to be asleep, he was also secretly speculating in his heart:

Could it be that Moria, who received Mephistopheles' order, can't bear to kill herself? Judging by the current situation, this possibility should be the greatest.

If that's the case, it means that he still has a little hope of recruiting Moria. Lin Chi, who had received help from Moria, didn't want to tear his face with this holy woman and then kill this guy who was once a companion.

Should things turn around?

Lin Chi, who was closing his eyes and preparing to improvise, heard Mo Liya whisper something again, but this time, in a language he didn't understand:

“Tus-eus。”

- What is she talking about?

Listening to the language that seemed to have been heard somewhere, Lin Chi suddenly realized that Moria's pronunciation just now seemed to be similar to the language used by the primitive vampire.

"Won't it?" He was shocked.

In this way, when I first met this holy woman, she did stay in the depths of Mephistopheles's chapel, and only appeared in the streets at night, perhaps without any contact with the sun. Moreover, her skin was also fair and abnormal, but as a bloodless walking corpse, Lin Chi didn't care about the skin color of this saint girl before.

- Moria...... Could it be a vampire?