736 Sacrifices
The darkness in the large underground cave was dim, even if there was a faint phosphorescence provided by the glowing moss on the cave wall, the visibility was extremely low, and the sycamores were obviously standing not far from the entrance of the cave, but they could only see the environment a few meters from the entrance of the cave.
The soft beast instinct of the blue wolf king made it sense some dangerous aura, so that it exploded its mane and barked uncontrollably, which was a very rare state for this arrogant female surnamed wolf king, and the usual arrogant and calm cold aura was not there at all.
"What's wrong?"
Everyone was frightened by the soft barking, this is not an amusement park, the terrible lake has just brought them a lot of fear, being suddenly scared by the soft water, almost no legs weakened, but everyone heard the fear in the roar of the soft me!
What is it that can make the Blue Wolf King fearful?
Everyone was shocked and suspicious for a long time, but they didn't find any monsters running out of the passage cave.
"Why don't we go in and have a look?"
Gollum swallowed, and Sycamore clenched the [Stygian Pope's Scepter] in his hand, and while asking for the advice of his friends, he began to pull out the [Death Sage's Relic Set] and put it on his full set of equipment.
Although the [Pyropope Set] is of a higher grade, its symbolic surname is higher than its utility surname, and it is useless if it encounters an undead spirit with its own self-awareness, or an undead creature that is subordinate to another undead lord.
Although the damage of the [Flame Sage Relic Set] is stronger, in this environment full of negative energy, it is not as practical as the [Death Sage Relic Treasure Set], speaking of which, this is the first time that Wutong has worn a full set of [Death Sage Relic Set]:
Skull Mask, Bone Necklace, Exoskeleton Breastplate, Bone Shirt, Void Robe, Vampire's Skin Cloak (Death Badge), Death's Strike Bracers, Ghoul's Leather Glove, Bone Ring, Ghoul's Leather Belt (Skull Buckle), Zombie Leather Boots, Silent Tongue Scroll Spellbook, Death Burner, [Mastery of the Undead Talisman] and [Immortal Rune Staff]~!
This full set of equipment is not to mention that it can dominate the world and make all undead creatures surrender like the [Pyropope Set], but it has a very strong [Necromancy] school bonus, and additional spells that have a constant variety of [Necromancy] schools, which is enough to deal with most undead creatures.
They had already come here, and of course everyone had no reason to go back the way they came, so they could only cautiously start with the sycamore, and slowly began to go deep into the cave passage that faintly emitted a strong evil aura.
In this environment, Wutong no longer dares to let the little Lori release the Holy Light Technique to provide protection and lighting for everyone, in case there is any evil creature hidden in the darkness, then the holy aura of the little Lori will probably be as dazzling as a lighthouse in the dark, attracting those evil creatures to come like moths to a fire.
It's no longer as dense as the overly dense negative energy fog above, and Sycamore's light spell has a place to use again, first releasing a [Dancing Light Technique] to create some soft light balls scattered around, providing light for everyone, and in addition, just in case, Sycamore also took out the [Eternal Burning Torch] prepared in his dimensional bag, which has a constant [Eternal Flame] to prevent it from getting lost and losing its lighting after encountering a battle.
Originally, in this dangerous environment, they shouldn't embellish themselves like big light bulbs, but the psychological pressure brought by the darkness to everyone is too great, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that before they are attacked by monsters, the tense spirit will not be able to bear it, so they can only take the risk of lighting up the lights to let everyone gain a sense of security.
The ground of the cave is covered with fine bone slag, and the boots will make a strange rustling sound when they step on it, accompanied by the rapid and nervous breathing of everyone, rendering a terrifying atmosphere, but fortunately, no monsters have been found, as if there are no monsters here.
The little wolf girl may not be able to stand this silent and oppressive atmosphere, and can't help but whisper: "Did you hear any sounds?" She stroked the exploding mane on the back of the soft neck, soothing the very nervous Blue Wolf King, and listened with a sideways little face.
"Voice?"
Wutong also felt that the atmosphere of the team was too oppressive, exhaled and listened carefully, and shook his head suspiciously: "I didn't hear anything, only our footsteps and breathing, maybe the sound of heartbeat." β
"Nope! I heard it too! That's not the sound of our heartbeat! It was a voice from the front, and a very strange chattering voice," Sharano stared nervously ahead, although it was pitch black beyond the flying ball of light of the sycamore's [Dancing Light Technique], and nothing could be seen.
Sycamore tilted his head seriously and listened, shaking his head helplessly, well, as a mage, he can't compare to the druids and forest rangers in this regard.
"It's like this"
The little wolf girl thought for a moment and said hesitantly: "It's like the sound of a lot of people chanting scriptures?" β
"Chanting?"
Wutong's face is strange, although there is a monk in "Endless", but it is completely different professions from the Eastern monks he is familiar with, and he doesn't know whether the monks in the background of the Western fantasy world can recite the scriptures.
As if reminded by the little wolf girl, Sharano's face changed: "Maybe it's not chanting, but praying or chanting?" β
Sycamore's eyes widened, "Do the druids pray too?" Isn't it a conspiracy between two minor druids? β
"We druids don't have the habit of praying, we just do [realization] in nature at certain times."
Sharano immediately dismissed Wutong's speculation, but after hesitating for a moment, he said hesitantly, "Unless it's [sacrifice]!" β
They were getting closer and closer to the exit of the cave, and the cave where they were located had a relatively gentle slope and continued to descend, and after zigzag for several kilometers, the space gradually opened up, and it seemed that they were entering the big underground cavern that the little wolf girl said.
Wutong probed the surroundings vigilantly, and said curiously: "What is [sacrifice]?" Similar to the [sacrificial] rituals of other sects? It's still with our legal system."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly stopped, quickly extinguished the ball of light, and turned around and released [Undead Camouflage] and [Undead Ignorance Technique] on everyone, disguising everyone as a group of skeletons, mixed with undead creatures such as Ah Gu, hiding not far from the exit of the cave and not daring to move.
Sharano and the little wolf girl were not stupid, they didn't ask what was wrong with Sycamore, but cooperated with Sycamore's actions and hid against the wall with bated breath, allowing the undead creatures under Sycamore's command to surround them.
I saw that at the exit of the cave not far away, there was a faint green light, and a skeleton figure was moving slowly in a line, as if it was migrating.
"We seem to have 'arrived.'"
Wutong licked his dry lips, and used [communication technique] to quietly remind everyone that seeing the activities in front of him were all undead creatures, Wutong carefully let Ah Gu command the skeletons to surround the group, imitating the movements of those skeletons and moving forward, looking like another team of "queuing" undead.
When he reached the entrance of the cave, Wutong almost bit his lip forcefully, so he didn't scream!
The picture in front of me is terrible!
An incalculable number of undead groups are lining up in columns, coming out of the dense small karst caves on the four walls of a huge underground cavern, surrounding the swirling stone paths on the walls, gathering together, and going deep into the ground of the big hollow underground!
It is a circular space, in the center of the eight "m" shaped suspended stone road, supporting a huge rock platform, below the rock platform, is the bottomless abyss, whirring air flow, is from the gushing out!
And all around, there are already kneeling densely packed with high-level undead who don't know how many, and the rock platform in the center is already crawling with a large number of humanoids of humans or other races, who are doing the same action and chanting mysterious tunes, constantly worshipping!
"There are so many people!"
The little wolf girl looked at the grand scene in this underground world in amazement, and it was difficult for the naked eye to judge how big this underground hole was, but just by looking at the underground abyss that occupied one-tenth of the area of the underground large hollow, and the rock platform hanging above it was filled with tens of thousands of people, you could know how big this place was.
Wutong lowered his voice and asked quietly, "You were here last time you came in?" β
The little wolf girl shook her head desperately: "The hole I came in last time was not as big as here, and it didn't have the abyss under the earth and the big green ball of light in the sky!" β
Sycamore looked up, and indeed, on the dome of the large hollow underground, a ghostly "little sun" emitting a dark green phosphorescence was providing a light source for this underground world.
"What are they doing?"
Wutong looked at the crowd of people who were paying homage intently, squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the huge skeleton placed in the center of the suspended platform!
Big! It's huge! There are piles of bones that look like a small mountain, more than hundreds of meters long, and look like dinosaur fossils
"Dinosaur fossils?"
Wutong was stunned for a moment, and almost screamed, Mao's dinosaur fossil! It was a dragon skeleton!! Dragon's bones!!
It was not the current dragon clan, but the top of the food chain that dominated the continent in ancient times, the ancestor of the dragon clan, the bones of the dragon!! It's not the same concept as the little guys who are only a few dozen meters long now!
"[Sacrifice]!"
Sharano clenched his fists and squeezed a faint voice out between his teeth: "They're sacrificing to that dragon carcass!! β
"What do you mean? Are they going to resurrect the dragon skeleton? β
Wutong felt a little trembling as he watched as a person the size of a grain of rice was splashing something on the dragon skeleton near the dragon remains, and in the dark green light, the liquid that had been splashed reflected in the jet-black color was blood!!
Looking at the vicinity of the dragon remains, those people who "threw themselves to the ground" were not worshipping at all, but had fainted because of excessive blood loss, and under them, a magic circle that occupied the entire suspended platform was being filled with blood flowing out of their bodies, and the runes composed of blood were gradually glowing with blood-red light!!
Every time a group of sacrificers ran out of blood, a group of people would come up, drag their corpses to pile up near the dragon remains, and then replace their places, judging from the stiff actions of those people, it is clear that this collective "blood donation" action is not voluntary!
"I don't know! I do not know! β
Sharano was also stupid, shook her head, this was not at all a level that she could reach as a little druid, hesitated, and whispered: "But I heard that in ancient times, our druid shadow sect "Doyd Sect" had this custom of sacrifice, but because it could not be allowed to be slowly destroyed in the world, and the "Winter Servant" sect that advocated death was likely to be the descendants of the Duyid withers of the "Doyd Sect" in ancient times!" β
"What do I call him a druid, a Doyd! I'm asking what they're doing now? β
Sycamore looked at the dragon skeleton and felt a chill in his heart, hoping that Sharano's answer would not be the one he had guessed.
Sharano didn't dare to confirm it, and after glancing at Sycamore, they were all silent, thinking that everyone should guess the same answer: they planned to resurrect the dragon remains!
I don't know how long this huge ritual has been going on, and the corpses next to the dragon remains have piled up and are about to cover it.
After a pause, Sycamore and Sharano said in unison, "Could it be from [Shadow Wetland] and [Zhuom]?" "Are the tens of thousands of players outside the cave just now also waiting in line to "donate blood"?
How big a force does this have to be to organize such a huge "blood donation" activity? Can the two minor druids of "The Ashes Oath" and "Servants of the Winter" do it?
"Elder Silver Frost, where have they gone?"
Wutong's probe probed his brain, and he didn't mean to go down in person, Nima! Is this kind of scene something that players like them who are still at the bottom can meddle in?
"What are you little guys doing here!?"
A voice suddenly sounded in the minds of the sycamores hiding at the mouth of the cave, and everyone was almost jumped! A faint figure suddenly appeared and held them down.
Wutong looked back in shock, but it was the Silver Frost Elder with an anxious face, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, Okay, the main lord is here, there is nothing wrong with them! Didn't you see that even the 8th-order Great Druid didn't dare to act rashly? They little pawns should watch the show!
Sharano couldn't help but say, "Elder! Why not prevent them from making sacrifices? β
"The Order's combat strength has not yet arrived!"
The Silver Frost Great Druid frowned, shook his head, and stared down deadly: "The sacrifice has not yet reached a critical time, even if I go down now, I can't stop them from presiding over the sacrifice, it is the people of the Yellow Springs Dragon Society!" I've notified the Sect and the Gatekeeper to come! This time, I'm afraid even Lord Orion will have to wake up! β
Wutong couldn't help but ask: ""Huangquan Dragon Club"? What kind of organization is that? β
Elder Silver Frost glanced down at Wutong, didn't give him another look, just briefly introduced the origin of the "Yellow Spring Dragon Society"-
The Dragons of the Yellow Springs are a combination of various organizations with different styles and obsessions with the underworld, and their common surnames are. Some of them wish to summon the Yellow Springs dragon Jipol, some wish to summon the demons that live underground to walk with them, and a small number of believers believe that there is a heaven deep underground, and they are committed to purifying their souls with blood to ensure that they have the right to find the promised land for their homeland. While some members have gone mad and drifted away from their original goal of exploring the secrets of the Springs Dragon's power, most of them still belong to the neutral evil faction, which includes the Springs Dragon, Earth, Evil, and Madness, with a preferred weapon being the Medium Pickaxe.
Whether it is human or other races, since the beginning of civilization, there have been organizations that worship the dragon of Huangquan, hoping to exchange the power of darkness through living sacrifices and prayers. Like those who worship the light, they embrace the darkness. Their goals ranged from the desire to unleash mutants or summon the dark forces of Jipol, while others wished to open the passage to the fabled Pure Land of Bliss beneath KovarΓ© through blood sacrifices. But regardless of their beliefs, the Yellow Springs Dragon Society is always quite dangerous and insane.
The Yellow Springs Dragon will be strongest in the Shadow Wetlands. The spirits of the nearby residents have not healed from the damage they had suffered during the Mutant War. Now, many important tribes are loyal to the Shaper, secretly working with mutant creatures. But as slaves to the madness, these organizations have no connection with each other, and even plan to clash frequently. The only thing they have in common is that they share the same dark and evil delusions.
Outside of the shaded wetlands, each group has its own pursuits. Some listened to the crazy whispers of the mutants; Some of the demonic beasts and ghosts in the seal of faith are in charge; There are also those who directly believe in the source of the evil forces, Zulongjipol. Often, these groups are more amateurish and looser than the formal organization of the Shaded Wetlands, and are usually just a collection of believers by the preachers through vows or even their own charisma. These groups may form among the poor or the nobility, and most operate only in secret. Its members live a perfectly legitimate life on the surface, but secretly run their own evil beliefs.
Mutant creatures are often closely associated with the Yellow Springs Dragon Society, and many members believe that mutants are beautiful and sacred creatures. Some members like to breed phagosomes, and the Hideous Mutants and Lockthroats often assist the cultists, while the Craggy Mutants, Eyedemons, and Psicoccons sometimes lead specific groups. Similar, powerful mutant creatures may be in the service of a specific mutant, while Eye Demons and Psisock Monsters may well have their own agendas. Cultists loyal to the mutant demons may receive a symbiote of the ** Shaping Master, and these [***] weapons are the secret treasures of the group, passed down among the priests.
Some of the followers of Jipol hope for strength, and even make rough plans, but most of them are in a state of madness. Even if an organization appears to be sophisticated and rational on the surface, the actual members are mostly unpredictable. The members of the Yellow Springs Dragon Society have no respect for life, and they are accustomed to seeing themselves as the chosen ones of the Yellow Springs Dragon, while the surnames of other creatures are no different from ants in their eyes.
(To be continued)