Chapter 10: The Nightmare Returns

I didn't see the end of this ritual in my dreams. Pierce thought. Although this unlucky ghost on the stage is very pitiful, I have no way to help him now, if he can survive this sacrifice, I will see if I can find a chance to rescue him.

It seems that everything that happened in the dream is not entirely reality. He smiled, how could such a thing happen to make things disappear out of thin air.

The strange green torch is exactly the same as the one I've seen in the underground river before, and it seems that the underground passages are actually connected, as Jonny said.

Pierce cautiously walked through the fish carcasses that were strewn all over the place, avoiding the suspicious pieces of flesh by the faint glow of the torch on the wall.

He continued cautiously treading on the sticky liquid underground, and after a few bends, he finally traversed the terrible evil place, and found a stone staircase that had been artificially carved out to extend upwards at the edge of the rock face.

But what he saw also made him wonder, this cave has obvious traces of human processing, but the remains of those fish do not look like human doing, if it is not human work, then how did those huge fish come to this cave that is much higher than the sea level?

How did those wounds form? Why did it hurt like this? When he reached the entrance of the cave, he saw an astonishing scene, and a huge cave appeared in front of him.

In the center of the cave, there were four black-robed men standing in the four corners of the square, they all raised their hands above their heads, the dazzling green light actually rose from under their feet, the green light on the stone under their feet seemed to form some kind of symbol, the light flowed up from the soles of the four people's feet like a liquid, and then merged into a pillar of light at their raised hands.

What is this? Pierce first hurriedly hid behind a stone pillar, and then poked his head out to look along the path of light, he thought that he would see the light on the rock wall scattered and disappear, or there was an opening in the rock wall for the light path to pass out, but he didn't expect this strong light to shine in the cave as bright as day, but the rock wall at the top of the cave was pitch black, he couldn't see the rock, nor could he see anything solid with texture, only thick gelatinous darkness, these eight pillars of light went straight through the darkness, and were swallowed up immediately.

With that in mind, Pierce continued to observe the movement below the cat behind the clutter. He felt the stickiness under his hands, and the slippery touch of his right hand seemed to crush something, he raised his hand and saw a large flattened eyeball stuck to his palm, and he retched again and again, and shook his hand to shake it off.

This is...... Have all my bones been broken? I'm going to die here? He thought desperately.

Seeing this, Pierce quickly walked into another passage, which went up for a while and then suddenly began to slope downward, although he was a little uneasy, he still chose to follow the guidance of the mysterious voice and continue to walk along the passage.

But when the black-robed men heard Jonny's shout, they lowered their raised hands and turned to face him.

Their movements were as slow and steady as a machine, and when they turned, three of the black-robed men stood still, while the one closest to Jonny walked slowly towards him.

The transmission of light stopped, but the green patterns beneath them were still too dazzling to look at.

He walked up the stone steps a little bit, the area around him began to get narrower, and the top was much lower, and although the rock wall was still a considerable distance from his head, he reflexively bent slightly.

Torches that had been far away were now within reach, and the paste-like flames were only swinging freely in the sea breeze that was so large that it was almost impossible to stand.

Finally retracting his gaze from the top of the cave, he realized that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, what was it?

Or is there really something in the darkness? Oh my God, what the hell does this smell like, it's disgusting!

He seemed to see something else in the darkness, and it loomed in the thick darkness, it was only a vague white, and it was not really visible at all.

"How is this possible?" He felt a wave of fear. Anyway, there was no one around, and Pierce simply spoke his thoughts out loud, giving himself courage in this quiet and strange place.

When he reached the entrance of the cave, he saw an astonishing scene, and a huge cave appeared in front of him. In the center of the cave, there were four black-robed men standing in the four corners of the square, they all raised their hands above their heads, the dazzling green light actually rose from under their feet, the green light on the stone under their feet seemed to form some kind of symbol, the light flowed up from the soles of the four people's feet like a liquid, and then merged into a pillar of light at their raised hands.

What is this? Pierce first hurriedly hid behind a stone pillar, and then poked his head out to look along the path of light, he thought that he would see the light on the rock wall scattered and disappear, or there was an opening in the rock wall for the light path to pass out, but he didn't expect this strong light to shine in the cave as bright as day, but the rock wall at the top of the cave was pitch black, he couldn't see the rock, nor could he see anything solid with texture, only thick gelatinous darkness, these eight pillars of light went straight through the darkness, and were swallowed up immediately.

With the sound of metal shattering and clanging to the ground, the black-robed man's torn mask fell to the ground, and Pierce was horrified to see the ugly and deformed face under his mask, isn't this the monster Mr. Vincent who has died in the underground river?

His body has already been sent to the morgue, why is it here again? The fish were all enormous, and looked as if they had been bitten by some giant beast, with flesh, entrails, and bones strewn everywhere, and some of the fish that were still intact were covered in hideous wounds.

When Pierce raised his head to stare at the black mass, he felt his heart begin to beat violently, and he couldn't help but recall the hallucinations he had just seen in the eye hole of the black robe's golden mask.

For some reason, he was convinced that the black mass was very similar to what had just filled the space in the hallucination.

It was like a huge rift that crossed time and space, no, not just time and space, there seemed to be something wider and more complex in it that transcended time and space, and the aura of this kind of thing made him tremble.

His whole body was occupied by an inexplicable sense of fear, like a frog crouching in front of a snake and looking up at its prey with its tongue out.

He felt as if a chill rose from the soles of his feet, and as the blood quickly spread throughout his body, he couldn't help but wrap his already dirty trench coat tightly.

NhplolxxTukxx'qwLviat'hahnruxx'qie didn't have time for him to think about it, because he saw that there was another person lurking behind the stone pillar on the other side of the cave, observing the movements of the four black-robed men, wasn't that Johnny!

He was now leaning sideways against the pillar, his head twisted to the side, and his hands holding the gun were rising upward.

"How is this possible?" He felt a wave of fear. Anyway, there was no one around, and Pierce simply spoke his thoughts out loud, giving himself courage in this quiet and strange place.

"How is this possible?" He felt a wave of fear. Anyway, there was no one around, and Pierce simply spoke his thoughts out loud, giving himself courage in this quiet and strange place.

The fish were all enormous, and looked as if they had been bitten by some giant beast, with flesh, entrails, and bones strewn everywhere, and some of the fish that were still intact were covered in hideous wounds.

As he was about to fix his eyes on what it was, a severe feeling of weightlessness hit him, and he thought he had fallen from the cliff again, which made him almost scream, but the sensation was fleeting, and his consciousness returned to his own body behind the debris, and he immediately covered his mouth with his hand to prevent himself from screaming.

At this moment, he saw that the black-robed victim on the stone platform below was writhing in constant convulsions as if he had committed a sheep's madness, and the man with the sharp knife in his hand slashed his palm with the knife, clenched his fist above the victim's face, as if to drip his own blood on the mask.

The stone steps here are more slippery than those elsewhere, and there is a sticky feeling when you step on them, which may be the corpse fluid of these fish; The stone steps that followed the wall were narrow and steep, and the dim light of the fire could not illuminate each step very clearly; The surrounding rock walls were unusually sharp, and he needed to carefully choose each stone to support so as not to accidentally make another cut in his hand; The sound of the wind roaring through the cavern was terrifying, and he had to take every step carefully and slowly, he didn't want to go back to that place because of his carelessness - this time it wasn't necessarily so lucky to fall on a lump of soft rotten flesh.

When he reached the entrance of the cave, he saw an astonishing scene, and a huge cave appeared in front of him. In the center of the cave, there were four black-robed men standing in the four corners of the square, they all raised their hands above their heads, the dazzling green light actually rose from under their feet, the green light on the stone under their feet seemed to form some kind of symbol, the light flowed up from the soles of the four people's feet like a liquid, and then merged into a pillar of light at their raised hands.

What is this? Pierce first hurriedly hid behind a stone pillar, and then poked his head out to look along the path of light, he thought that he would see the light on the rock wall scattered and disappear, or there was an opening in the rock wall for the light path to pass out, but he didn't expect this strong light to shine in the cave as bright as day, but the rock wall at the top of the cave was pitch black, he couldn't see the rock, nor could he see anything solid with texture, only thick gelatinous darkness, these eight pillars of light went straight through the darkness, and were swallowed up immediately.

Suddenly, an incomprehensible sound came from Mr. Vincent's throat, and Pierce felt the tentacles around his body loosen, and his lungs were filled with fresh air again, but before he could appreciate the beautiful feeling, a strong feeling of weightlessness came over his whole body, and he saw that the top of the cavern was moving away from him, and then a sharp pain suddenly came from the back of his head and back, and his eyes went black, and he lost consciousness completely.

For some reason, the evil voice that suddenly appeared in his head like a sign of mental illness that he was particularly disgusted at the time seemed to be the gospel of the savior.

There was a strange magic in the voice that made the prayers that were messing around in his mind stop, which made Pierce feel less stressed and his mind clearer.

At the end of the passage, he saw that the green light outside the exit below seemed to be unusually intense. Is this going out?

But it doesn't seem right, this light is not natural, this green is too pale. He lingered in the passage for a moment, waiting for the mysterious voice in his head to guide him again, but it didn't appear.

He didn't know anything about the situation inside the cave, so he could only become more cautious, tense up and narrow his stride to get closer to the hole below.

Thinking about it now, he may have been wrong with the voice and Jonny, the road to the right was a trap, and if he had followed the voice at that time, he wouldn't have fallen into such a bad position now.

Thinking about it now, he may have been wrong with the voice and Jonny, the road to the right was a trap, and if he had followed the voice at that time, he wouldn't have fallen into such a bad position now.

At the end of the passage, he saw that the green light outside the exit below seemed to be unusually intense. Is this going out?

But it doesn't seem right, this light is not natural, this green is too pale. He lingered in the passage for a moment, waiting for the mysterious voice in his head to guide him again, but it didn't appear.

He didn't know anything about the situation inside the cave, so he could only become more cautious, tense up and narrow his stride to get closer to the hole below.

The fish were all enormous, and looked as if they had been bitten by some giant beast, with flesh, entrails, and bones strewn everywhere, and some of the fish that were still intact were covered in hideous wounds.

As he was about to fix his eyes on what it was, a severe feeling of weightlessness hit him, and he thought he had fallen from the cliff again, which made him almost scream, but the sensation was fleeting, and his consciousness returned to his own body behind the debris, and he immediately covered his mouth with his hand to prevent himself from screaming.

At this moment, he saw that the black-robed victim on the stone platform below was writhing in constant convulsions as if he had committed a sheep's madness, and the man with the sharp knife in his hand slashed his palm with the knife, clenched his fist above the victim's face, as if to drip his own blood on the mask.

This was the only way out of this place, and he could only continue along this path for now. He felt the stickiness under his hands, and the slippery touch of his right hand seemed to crush something, he raised his hand and saw a large flattened eyeball stuck to his palm, and he retched again and again, and shook his hand to shake it off.

But when the black-robed men heard Jonny's shout, they lowered their raised hands and turned to face him.

Their movements were as slow and steady as a machine, and when they turned, three of the black-robed men stood still, while the one closest to Jonny walked slowly towards him.

The transmission of light stopped, but the green patterns beneath them were still too dazzling to look at.

The stone steps here are more slippery than those elsewhere, and there is a sticky feeling when you step on them, which may be the corpse fluid of these fish; The stone steps that followed the wall were narrow and steep, and the dim light of the fire could not illuminate each step very clearly; The surrounding rock walls were unusually sharp, and he needed to carefully choose each stone to support so as not to accidentally make another cut in his hand; The sound of the wind roaring through the cavern was terrifying, and he had to take every step carefully and slowly, he didn't want to go back to that place because of his carelessness - this time it wasn't necessarily so lucky to fall on a lump of soft rotten flesh.

Pierce spun around in circles, he looked around, as if trying to find a tool that could pry it off with brute force, some crowbar, hydraulic tongs, chainsaw, but who would casually discard those things in such a place?

After looking around twice, he picked up a large rock on the ground, and with his right hand he held it and knocked on the iron lock on the door as if he were abandoning himself.