26. Mammon the Transgressor--- Reward Brothers [11/20]
"So, you didn't disappoint me in the end, ha..."
A low voice came from the chaotic Konstantin's side, which cleared his tormented mind a little, his body was now cold on the right and hot on the left, as if he was holding an oversized stove, and the scorching temperature came out of the palm of his hand, jumping up along his arm.
It was like holding an oversized black hole in his hand, constantly devouring his energy and attention, making it difficult for him to even maintain his own will.
It's like a special state of mental confinement, in fact, after coming into contact with the spear of fate in his hand, Constantine's observation of what is happening in the outside world is in a special state, just like Cyber once experienced the feeling of Professor Charles's mental cage.
The inner soul and the outer body are separated in a coercive way, and the whole person is like playing a role-playing game with a bad experience, playing the role of himself in reality, and the worst thing is that the current Konstantin is like being hosted by the system, and can only watch his body act.
It's hard to dictate to your own body anymore.
"Heh... You're the knife, I'm the meat, whatever you want. ”
Konstantin blinked hard, "Mock as much as you want, I've lost a mess, I can do anything, as long as you don't forget to promise me." ”
"It's nature..."
The voice sounded again, "How about Cheryl's soul and spirit traveling through the dimension with the Children of Darkness? Do you want me to give that poor girl a special chance to ascend to heaven?"
"No!
Konstantin waved his hand obscurily, "No, I just ask her to rest in peace... That heaven is not for a poor person like her, and I don't want her to be a carrier who has lost her sense of self and is left with only a divine shell, it is not heaven at all, it is just another hell. ”
"Hahahaha, this is probably the funniest and most ironic joke I've heard in the last 100 years, you have a deep understanding of heaven, but obviously, you have some prejudices about hell. ”
The voice became pleasant, "Tell me, Konstantin, are you willing to give everything for her, is it really because of love?, or do you just want to atone for your sins, let's be honest, there are many old acquaintances of yours waiting for you in hell, and your soul is in demand lately." ”
"When you finally end up in prison and find out that most of your cellmates were sent in by your own hands, ha, so, that's the real despair. ”
As the two voices spoke, the ritual of the Sons of Darkness in front of them had reached the end, and Isabella's body had been completely sunk into the waters of her death, and at the bottom of the azure pool was a complex summoning circle full of various forms and patterns, which seemed too fancy.
Perfectly in line with the dark gate Mammon's character of pursuing the depravity of desire.
Water is the source of life, but on the magic side, water is regarded as the best medium for communicating with other dimensions, and the oldest gods in legend are born from water, and in the case of Konstantin, many rituals for exorcists like him need to be carried out through water.
More like a channel.
At the moment when Isabella's corpse came into contact with the circle, a purple-black light lit up in the center of the circle, quickly spreading throughout the circle, like a series of lights that had been lit, and emitted a strange gas, quickly staining the entire pool of water into a piece of black.
As if out of the undulating sea, in this small pool, there were also bursts of ripids, and the dark light beat more violently, and even suppressed the lights of the entire basement at this moment, making them shine, adding a bit of weirdness to the scene of the ceremony.
In the darkness that grew deeper and deeper, a white dress became more and more conspicuous, and the water changed shape, like a group of howling ghosts, and they formed their own bodies with flowing water, lifting Isarabe from the bottom of the water little by little, lifting it from the water.
This has lost her life, and even the soul has been taken to the underworld, and at this moment the girl is re-given another state of existence by the more powerful darkness, her breathing is restored, her stiff hands begin to wave, and the soul returns to the body again.
This is natural, because it is impossible for bending over a corpse to happen, which is why the mages have never paid attention to the Isabella incident before, the lifeless body has no spirit and cannot be used as a carrier, and Mammon has grasped this blind spot in his thinking.
Is Isabella really dead?
Yes, on a physical level, she is really dead, but on a soul level, she is not completely dead, if I have to describe it, it is like a lit candle that is placed in the air with very little oxygen, it will slowly go out, and when the last spark beats, as long as it is put back into normal air, it can burn again.
So, when the soul held in hell was sent back, she was alive again, but believe me... This is definitely not a blessing.
"Bang"
Isabella's body was thrown next to the pool, the pain of the impact made the girl moan in pain, she opened her eyes with difficulty, the face that was very similar to Angela, there were a pair of gray eyes that were different, she looked around in horror, the eyes that were born to see evil spirits, around this pool, there were almost all howling earth bound spirits.
They circled around her, frantically trying to reach out and grab her, hurting her, but they couldn't, a dark force lingering in her body.
A stiffly moving figure came out of the darkness, holding a dark golden dagger-like spear in his hand, and in the dim light, he walked towards her step by step, Isabella instinctively felt fear, she was wearing the dress she wore for the corpse, her whole body was wet, and she struggled to retreat, and her pale face was full of fear.
She looked at Konstantin's cold and decadent face, those calm eyes, and she asked in a trembling voice,
"Who are you, and what are you going to do?"
"Completion of the ceremony!"
Konstantin spat out a sentence coldly, and a faint light flashed in his eyes, "Cry as much as you want, cry as you like, call for salvation as much as you like, and then give everything for the advent of the Children of Darkness." ”
He stretched out his free right hand, grabbed Isabella's wet hair, dragged her to the pool, and walked towards the darkness, Isabella's body struggled frantically, but could not stop the footsteps that were slowly dragged into the abyss.
"No, no, sister, Angela, come and save me! Come on! Please..."
"Buzz"
Angela, who was staying in the New York Sanctuary at this time, was calmly using melted holy silver to make bullets under the guidance of Santals, to become a good enough exorcist, these are just the most basic knowledge, but Angela's bullets are different from other exorcists.
She silently used the knife in her hand to cut the bullet of the reloaded holy silver bullet and carved it into a cross shape, which made Cyber, who was sitting on the side, nod with satisfaction.
In order to increase the lethality of this ancient reloading bullet, a little lead is poured inside, and what Angela is doing is to let the lead inside the bullet leak out, so that when it hits the prey, the warhead expands and shatters at the first time, expanding the wound area, making a bullet more deadly.
Let's put it this way, if you are hit by such a bullet in the body, only 1 person out of 10 people will survive, and the same is true for dealing with those evil spirits and spirits that have entities, and after blowing up the body and leaving only the spirit, the exorcists have 100 ways to kill them.
This brutal method of bullet modification has long been banned internationally, and it is clear that Angela's metamorphosis is faster, more ruthless, and crazier than Bibo imagined.
In Cyber's eyes, this girl is like a pile of firewood that has been ignited, like Kevin back then, either to destroy opponents, enemies, or himself.
"But you're the only one... It's the most beautiful..."
Cyber squinted his eyes as he watched an ordinary man slip into a colder abyss, falling into darkness step by step, this kind of drama... He simply watched it 10,000 times and never got tired of it.
"Hmm..."
Angela shoved a magazine full of holy silver bullets into the chamber of the gun and pulled the safety of the gun, but at this moment, her expression suddenly changed, and she fell to the ground holding her heart, Santals froze and tried to help her up, but Angela pushed her away, and the girl struggled forward on the ground, and finally, lying panting at Cyber's feet.
She looked up at Cyber, her forehead covered with cold sweat, and a hint of ecstasy, a hint of shock, and a hint of pleading,
"I feel her! My sister, she's alive, she's begging me to save her in her spirit! I can feel, like when I was a child, between twins, she's begging me to save her! I've never felt it so strongly..."
"Huh?"
Cyber's eyes narrowed, "Where is she?"
"East!
Angie stretched out her hand and grabbed Cyber's legs and feet, like a drowning man grasping at the last straw, "Help me, help me, help me, I'll give you whatever you want, help me save my sister!"
Cyber looked at the fingers that had caught into his clothes, and looked at the green tendons on those fingers, he leaned down, reached out and broke Angela's fingers one by one, and whispered,
"Girl... You still haven't learned, man, you have to rely on yourself..."
He looked into Angela's desperate eyes,
"Is it painful to watch your loved ones fall into a desperate situation and you can't do anything about it?"
"Remember this feeling, girl... This feeling is called shame, cowardice, weakness... This is the feeling of the weak, I will help you, but only this time. ”
He sat down in his chair, put his hands on the armrests, and slowly took out the silver visor from his bosom,
"What I want is so simple that it's not even worth mentioning to you..."
"I'll give you everything you want!"
"I'm going to... Your loyalty, your... Soul!"
Angela didn't hesitate, stood up, grabbed the rune dagger at her waist, and slashed her arm a few times with a sharp sword, the blood was wanton, although it was not expressive, but it could still be seen that it was a trumpet devil, a tattoo that was already feared in Gotham.
Cyber glanced at the bloody mark, and he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and covered his arm,
"It's so ugly for a girl like you, let's get another one. ”
He clasped his visor over his face and strode out of the sanctuary, followed by Angela with her arms clutched and Santals wearing a samurai helmet, and quickly disappeared into the night.
Hognes and Strange had been standing on the second floor, and after watching this scene in its entirety, Strange felt chills all over his body, such a Cyber, he had never seen it, and Hognes was holding his white ivory pipe, he touched his beard, and glanced at Strange,
"Now you know what your friend is, right?"
The old mage smiled, his left hand lightly slammed in the air, and the flame crystal staff appeared in his hand, "You still think he is a hero, you think he is a trustworthy person, you said that he will make everyone be able to give him a heavy responsibility in a critical moment." ”
"I admit that what you said may be right... But now, you see him inside, and hear that the Ancient One once wanted to bind him? It was a wise choice, but unfortunately the ancient one ultimately failed. ”
"Cyber Hawke, he's a... He is a true devil in the world, and he enjoys the moment of becoming a devil. ”
The old mage strode down the stairs with his staff, and if the teleportation technique could not be used, he would have to take a car to get there.
"Stay away from him, Strange, don't stand against him, that would be the most dangerous enemy, but he'll eat you all in one bite, not even a bone. ”