XXXIV. Flower of the Soul
Until dawn, the demons did not attack again. The villagers had sad expressions, biting their lips with tears in their eyes, and began their migration.
The terrain of the valley is complex, with mountain roads sometimes narrow, sometimes wide, sometimes winding, sometimes straight, and the labyrinthine terrain is shrouded in a layer of mist that makes people feel directionless.
But Yuden and they could find their way out.
Fearing that the demons would come after us, we hurried during the day and at night. The villagers had never moved their legs like this in their lives, and soon the soles of their feet were blistered and worn out, and the pain was unbearable, but they couldn't stop.
I said, "They probably just want to occupy the village, which is suitable for demons." β
Yuden replied, "I don't know the chief, and he never tried to talk to us, and I don't know what he was doing against us. β
Lukanbai miraculously survived, but lying on a stretcher, he said: "He wanted to kill him all, and he knew the way in and out of the valley!" β
I asked, "What exactly is there in the village that they are interested in?" β
The villagers showed that inexplicable fear of ghosts and gods, cowering and unspeakable, and I said, "It's the same now, it's not safe here." β
"Sometimes, we meet the mountain god in the mountains, and we call him Bram according to the custom of the past. β
"The demon envoy is going to the mountain god?"
"I suspect so, Bram .... It has the mana that makes plants grow quickly. β
I stopped and asked, "Grow your plants faster?" β
"Yes, but we must... Give Him something, some blood. β
A bloodline that can make plants grow? Chances are, it sounds like this. The Bloodline's demonic blood can induce the power of admonition, and this magical power has a variety of effects, and it is not surprising that it can manipulate plants.
I asked, "What does he look like?" β
"We've never seen him in person, and sometimes, we think he.... It's a woman. On the first day we settled here, he left a note on the carriage: 'Give me a bowl of blood to drink, and I will give you a good harvest'. β
I said, "This is simply not reasonable, how can you do it?" β
Yuden: "There's a reason why our original settlement was destroyed by an earthquake, and since we escaped, we've been guided by strange dreams, and it's because of dreams that we've been able to make it through the Misty Valley to Bram. We thought that God had blessed us, so I gave my blood to that God that day. β
"So, the gods of the valley have been waiting for you to come and trade with him?"
Yuden nodded, "That's true. β
No, it's more likely that the gods of the valley have been mixed with the villagers. He caused the earthquake, and he took the villagers to a place he already knew, because it was a secret place for him to control and hide.
I asked Yuden, "How many villagers have survived for fifteen years to this day?" β
Yuden sighed, "As far as I know, there are twenty people, why do the oracles ask that?" β
I pointed to a rock, and the two of them went behind it, and I asked in a low voice, "Are there any people among them who are sick, the kind of people who are afraid of the sun and can only go out at night?" β
Yuden shook his head and said, "No, no, each of them is a good person who is willing to work hard. β
Am I guessing wrong? I looked out at the crowd and tried to find the suspicious Bram among the hundreds, but it was in vain.
In the early hours of the morning, I heard footsteps shaking the rocks, and the people soon heard them, and they exclaimed, "The devil is coming!" The crowd was in chaos and ran forward with all their might.
Yuden shouted, "You said evacuation was the only way to work, and you promised us that we could be rescued!" β
I said, "I haven't signed a contract in black and white, I'm just saying it casually." β
He looked at me in despair, as if he had been deceived by the mask. I was a little embarrassed by his long stares, and I gritted my teeth and said, "I'll stop them, and you move on." β
Yuden asked, "Where to go?" β
I said, "Anyway, far away..... Facing east, if you can distinguish between east, east, west, and north, then face east..."
The villagers immediately set off, and I saw several of them pushing an extremely tall caravan. My heart moved and I asked, "What's in the car?" β
The villager shouted, "Sacred tree." β
I asked Yuden, "What is the Sacred Tree?" Why didn't anyone tell me there was a sacred tree here? β
Yuden said, "It's tradition, it's custom, and I'm afraid you're going to make us abandon the sacred tree...."
I opened the door of the caravan and looked at the sacred tree, which was only about 1.5 meters tall and was located in a large flower pot.
I watched for a few seconds, drank the Eye of Odin, and heard a tiny sound.
Someone was hiding in a tree, very thin, like a monkey.
I took a deep breath, took a torch, and said, "I can turn the light of the fire into sunshine, I hope you don't mind." β
She screamed, "No, don't do it! You almost killed me when I was in the village. β
The villagers were surprised and delighted, shouting, "Is it Bram? "Oh, God Bram, please save us, please cast out the demons."
Haven't they realised yet? This bram simply doesn't work.
I slipped into the caravan and closed the door, facing the female blood clan behind the tree.
She shouted, "You get out!" β
I said, "Why?" β
She said, "I... Didn't wear anything. β
The black light is blind, the lonely man and the widow, the gentleman does not deceive the dark room, and I am a saint.
I reached out into a claw, and grabbed her with a stroke of the dragon claw, because I couldn't see anything, if I caught it in the wrong place, then the scene would be ugly, and my innocent reputation would be ruined, but in order to find out the reason, in order to save the world, I had to sacrifice my pure body to test her dangerous mystery....
She kicked me out of the car, and the car overturned, what a broken car.
She jumped out of the car door, a rather thin woman, hunched over, she snatched a man's coat and put it on her body, her features were quite upright, her skin was green, and her hair was like red roses and vines.
I asked, "Are you Bram?" β
She said: "Nonsense, do you have time to care who I am, and you still don't want to stop him?" β
"He? Do you know that demon? β
Bram screamed, "Yes, yes, are you satisfied?" He's here for me, and he's going to kill us all! Because he is a madman who likes to kill, he will let his demons kill and eat every living person. β
The villagers were dumbfounded by her sudden revelation, and Bram pointed at me and said, "Look! What are the benefits of debunking me? Now they're all confused! β
I said, "Are you a Blood?" What ethnic group of blood? What is the relationship with that demon? β
Bram said: "I am a ganger, but not a beast, but a plant. We come from the periphery of the Anno Empire, a kingdom entirely of demons. The most dangerous demons haunt there, and it's almost sleepy compared to there. β
"Are you from the Anno Empire? I've heard that the Baal cult of the Anno Empire is good at manipulating demons. β
Bram said, "No, idiot! I fled the Eno Empire because I couldn't get used to the nobles who stood tall! You are lucky that most of the forces of the Anno Empire are concentrated on the border to resist those fierce demons, otherwise you would have been swallowed up by the Anno Empire. β
I was secretly alarmed, thinking that there was no need for her to scare me, as the Epoch Empire was already more powerful than I could have imagined, and they had contributed greatly to the survival of humanity.
But the Anno Empire is still the enemy, and I don't have to dwell on that.
I asked, "Tell me about that demon, what are his weaknesses?" Why did he have to hunt you down? β
"The Anno Empire has absorbed a rebel party from the Northern Polar Demons, called the Bal Cult, and manipulated the Bal Cult demons through some Bloods and Mages. The demon messenger I told you about was originally a demon messenger, and I was his subordinate, but later, I stole his things and fled here. Fifteen years, I thought he had forgotten about me, but I didn't expect him to be so careful. β
"That's the key, what's it? What's the use? β
"It was a soul flower, imbued with the magic of life, able to absorb the nutrients from plants and transform them into miraculous healing energy," Bram said. β
I was silent at the same time as her, and I fixed my eyes on the blood stains on my body, which was already clear.
Bram said, "Are you asking me to heal you?" β
I said angrily, "Nonsense, hurry up, or I won't be able to deal with that demon!" β
Bram plucked a rose from his hair and said, "But its magic is precious, I have to put it in the plant to absorb the nutrients, and it will take a long time for it to regain its mana." β
"Not now, it's just a waste, cremation will kill you, snatch it away, then you're happy?"
Bram sighed and lit the rose on me, and I smelled a fragrance and asked, "And then?" β
Bram said, "And then he's over there!" You grinding idiot! You hurt us so much that we can't escape! β
I was furious when I heard thisβthey were simply looking at me as a backbiter, and a thankless one. When I wanted to scold her, I found that the injury didn't hurt at all, and when I touched it with my hand, it had healed.
The demon appeared behind us and stopped, and the villagers gathered in terror, I wanted to let them escape, but in this empty plain, they couldn't escape far.
The demons don't move, and neither do the villagers.
Cremated to the front under the protection of the four red demons, he smiled, the corners of his mouth just level with the black star and the white star.
He asked, "Who are you?" β
I said, "Longinus." β
His smile vanished, his eyes widened, and he asked, "Which Longinus?" β
I said, "Longinus in the black coffin." β
I noticed that his hands were clenched into fists, and he smiled again, but the smile seemed to be squeezed out.
I wish he had heard of my reputation, and I wish he would believe it.
He said: "His Majesty the Emperor will be happy if he kills you." β
I said, "A lot of people have thought about it, but I'm still alive and well." β