Chapter 26: Prophecy
When many gods and goddesses vigorously launched a search on the fifth floor of the Demon Sealing Tower, Chen An and Alex who were hiding on the fourth floor were undoubtedly comfortable, in order to confuse the public, Chen An also asked Alex to discard a backpack in a place where monsters often appear, trying to create the illusion that they died from monsters, in fact, no one thought that this small means would deceive countless people.
Chen An and Alex's current camp is located in a narrow cave deep in the dense forest, and Chen An usually hides in the cave, and Alex, who is in charge of going out, will seal the entrance of the cave with a large stone in advance, so as to avoid the discovery and attack of monsters and outsiders.
The source of food and water is even simpler, at first Alex will use the ability to disguise and exchange with the abyss chip with other gods, but unfortunately this kind of thing is too weird, sooner or later it will lead to suspicion, and finally Alex is so bold that he ventures directly out of the Sealed Demon Tower, he began to buy food and water in Bella Oka on a large scale, while secretly collecting relevant information about their capture, so that they are well aware of any movements of the temple and the gods.
Now Chen An has no objection to Alex risking his life to hunt monsters, first, Alex needs a lot of experience in fighting monsters to grow his strength rapidly, and he will not be without resistance in the face of a god like Balins in the future. The second is that the purchase of materials and intelligence is inseparable from the abyss chip, just as life is inseparable from money, let alone the abyss chip that is more expensive than money to maintain its value.
Recalling that the temple had stationed a guard on the sixth floor of the Demon Tower, they couldn't help but feel a fluke for the rest of their lives, if Chen An insisted on fleeing down at that time, he would have been burned at the stake, and in this regard, the two paid more attention to the collection of intelligence.
"Ann, suspicion of our whereabouts has been growing among the Bella Oka Divine Beings lately. ”
After cautiously returning to the camp, Alex couldn't wait to tell Chen An the latest information he had gathered.
"What's going on?"
Chen An asked with a handkerchief in his hand, covering his mouth and coughing lightly.
"It is now believed that we fled long before the fifth floor of the temple was sealed, and that we probably fled to the previous levels. Alex said uneasily. Although this speculation has only been circulated in a small area, many of the gods have begun to deliberately re-search the first few floors. ”
"What about the temple?" Chen An frowned and pondered.
"I don't know yet. Alex shook his head. "I only know that because the presiding priest of the Ruiji Temple has been furious several times for failing to find out our whereabouts, there are rumors that the presiding priest is ready to put down his face and ask the presiding priest of the Temple of the Prophecy Goddess to divinate our specific location. ”
"If the chief priest of the Goddess Temple of the Prophecy makes a move, can we really divinate our location?" Chen An has always had deep jealousy and suspicion about this kind of mysterious matter.
"It is very likely, according to the believers of the goddess of prophecy that I am familiar with, they are one of the few people who do not need to suppress the Demon Tower, because their main job is to divinate the future fortune for people, I heard that the effect is quite accurate, many gods will look for them to divinate when they go to the Demon Tower to hunt, if the luck is not good, they will generally dispel the idea of hunting, and they will only go out when the fortune improves. Alex said.
"In this way, the presiding priest of the Temple of the Prophecy Goddess does have a way of divining our whereabouts. Chen An coughed again. "This shows that the Ruiji Temple has nothing to do about our search, otherwise the other party will not be able to ask for the Temple of the Prophecy Goddess......"
"So what are we going to do?" Alex said anxiously.
"Now, what other way can we do it than escape to a place where the temple feels tricky?" Chen An shook his head.
"You mean...... Are we still going to risk escaping below the fifth floor?" Alex was not to be reconciled.
"Yes, and it has to be as fast as possible. Chen An said with a solemn face. "Because none of us know when the temple will act, and at worst, perhaps they have already secretly contacted the Temple of the Prophecy Goddess to tell us whereabouts. ”
"Won't you?!!Ann!, don't scare me!" Alex said in disbelief.
"I'm never going to leave anything to chance when it comes to our safety, and if I could, I'd pack my backpack and run away as soon as I heard the grapevine. Chen An said solemnly.
"Ann, aren't you a little too sensitive?" Alex said.
"Alex, I actually know what you're thinking. Chen An stared at him and said. "You think I'm alarmist, in fact, you are just reluctant to let go of the time that is so difficult to settle down now, and you don't want to go back to the days when you were scared in the past, but have you thought about it, we can't always maintain the current living situation, once the temple reacts, we will always abandon all this and start ...... fleeing"
"I know. Alex sighed after a long pause. "But...... I'm really not sure that I can survive below the fifth layer with you, so I've also inquired about the situation of the sixth and seventh layers with some senior gods, and the results are very bad!"
Alex...... You should know I'm dying. ”
Chen An coughed vigorously, and then showed the red-dyed handkerchief in his hand in front of him.
"I ...... I know. Alex drooped his head, unwilling to look at the handkerchief in front of him. "I knew it from the time you kept coughing. ”
"Do you know why I've always wanted to go below the fifth floor?" Chen An said calmly.
Alex just shook his head silently.
"Because I'd rather die at the hands of monsters on the sixth and seventh floors than have the temple take them away and be burned at the stake. Chen An patted his uncomfortable chest and said.
“......”
"Alex, no matter what, I have been a burden to you in this matter, and I am sincerely grateful that you have always been kind to me, but this friendship will eventually come to an end...... Chen An whispered.
"Ann! Alex snorted.
"Actually, I'm scared of death, I'm really scared. Chen An said, tears flowed out. "But I've been reassuring myself, don't be afraid, maybe after I die, I'll be back in another world I've been missing for a long time, everything is just a dream of mine, but ......"
Chen An covered his mouth with his hand, and coughed violently again, he looked at the dazzling blood in his palm and burst into tears.
"It's all real, my body will hurt, it will bleed, it will hurt, everything tells me that it's not a dream and that I'm really going to die......"
"Ann ......" Alex clenched his fists, hating his powerlessness.
"So...... Alex, this is the last time I beg you, begging you not to let me be caught by the temple, begging you to bury my body in the future in a place where the temple will never find it......" Chen An wiped away tears.
"Ann, have you really figured it out?" Alex said as he calmed the sadness in his heart.
"Alex, I know this is a very excessive request, so I just ask you to send me to the altar safely, and I will be alone when the time comes......"
"Ann, you don't need to say any more, I will always protect you until you die!"
Alex rudely interrupted what Chen An was about to say, and then walked to the corner of the cave where food, water, and other miscellaneous items were stored without saying a word.
"Listen to you, if you want to go, let's go now!"
"Okay!" Chen An was not pretentious, and directly began to help Alex pack his luggage.
......
At the same time, the Ricky Temple.
"Tolan, immediately gather the members of the temple guard and prepare to start the operation to capture Alex!"
When the priest returned from his outing, he immediately ordered someone to summon Tolan, the captain of the guard, who had recently been anxious because of the unsuccessful search.
"Lord Priest...... Did you really go to the Temple of the Goddess of Prophecy?" "Tolan, who came over, immediately understood what was going on when he heard it, after all, there have been rumors about this for a long time, but he didn't expect the Lord Priest to really give up his face and ask for help from the Temple of the Goddess of Prophecy.
"Hmph, Tolan, I've patiently given you more than two hours, and how did you repay me? Now that the Elders have issued an ultimatum, if Alex and them can't be caught before the bud moon, a jury will be sent to take over the search, and you and I are at risk of being dismissed and investigated. The presiding priest's tone was full of murderous intent. "Hehe, if I don't give up my face to ask for help from the Temple of the Prophecy Goddess, do I still have to count on you useless waste? I don't want to end up in ruin like you in the future!"
"I'm sorry, sir. ”
Despite the rebuke of the priest of Baier, Tolan did not dare to refute it in the slightest, in fact, he did not live up to the expectations and trust of the other party.
"The presiding priest of the Temple of the Prophecy Goddess has helped me to divinate their whereabouts, and now they are hiding somewhere on the fourth level of the Demon Sealing Tower. The priest of Bair casually slammed a roll of parchment into Tolan's face, and said coldly. "This is the map of the fourth layer of the Demon Sealing Tower, which marks the location of the other party, and you only need to take someone to capture them directly! If you can't catch them again this time, you don't have to come back!"
"Your subordinates will never disappoint you again this time. ”
Tolan picked up the parchment on the floor, then turned away silently.
Thinking of Alex where they were hiding now, Tolan felt that he had been slapped in the face, they were really good, they really fulfilled the speculation of some people in the market, and sneaked back to the upper layer before the fifth layer was blocked, but this time he wanted to see where Alex and they could escape!