Chapter 35: The Sacrifice of Life

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In desperation, he knocked on a door.

Out of the door was a tired old man, but when his eyes met Aven's face, a flash of joy suddenly flashed.

"I'm a passing light messenger and want to get some news from you. After a salute, Evan explained his intentions.

"Are you alone?" the old man suddenly asked a strange question.

"It's just me. Evan replied truthfully.

"Oh, if you have any questions, just ask them directly, as long as I know, I will answer you, but if you come from afar, you should rest first. The old man replied to him enthusiastically, and this enthusiasm, in Aven's eyes, was somewhat suspicious.

Undaunted by the threat from these villagers, Evan spread the black worms and searched for all the information he could find.

But the scene in front of him made him let down his vigilance a little, the villagers were moving a lot, but they were not doing anything unfavorable to Aiwen, on the contrary, they were slaughtering animals and bringing out fine wine, and they were probably going to feast themselves, but why? These villagers had no reason to put so much effort into a banquet for a light envoy they had never seen before.

"In this way, this year can pass smoothly. One of the villager's words caught Aven's attention.

"yes, if he doesn't come, we'll have to ......" stopped at this point, but Evan knew that the really important information was all in the second half of the sentence.

Just as Evan pondered his words, a fleeting wave of energy suddenly came from the lake.

Ai Wen asked a few black worms to go over to investigate, but unfortunately the black worms could not enter the water, and on the water surface, there was no way to get any useful information, so he had no choice but to continue to inquire about the news from the village.

"Today, we must let that stranger eat and drink well, and this is the only compensation we can give him. Suddenly, this strange sentence crept into Aven's ears.

"Compensation?" Ai Wen frowned, he was the first time he had come to this village, and the villagers had not harmed his interests at all, so how could he talk about compensation? Unless, what the villagers wanted to compensate was what was about to happen.

At this moment, the black worm teleported the image of a happy mother to Aven.

The mother smiled and hugged her child, and in the excitement, she said words without logic, but listening to it, Aiwen's face changed, and he knew from his mother's words that this village was still using people as sacrifices.

There was a famine in the village, and that year, no matter what was planted in the field, not a single grain could be harvested, and when the villagers had nothing to do, a monster appeared, and it told the villagers that as long as it slept in the lake, the villagers could have more than they could eat, but as soon as it woke up, the villagers had to sacrifice a living person to it, and it would take the person into the lake and sleep again.

The desperate villagers agreed, and it didn't take long for an unprecedented harvest to come, and when the villagers were full of food, they also remembered the monster's request, but they did not fulfill their promise.

After that, it rained for a long time, and the lake overflowed, flooding the entire village, but outside the village, the sun was shining.

The villagers thought that the disaster would last, but when one of the villagers fell into the lake due to a stumble, the rain suddenly stopped, and the lake also fell, and for the next few years, even if no one took care of the crops, they grew full and fast.

Since then, the villagers have lived a comfortable and prosperous life, and every few years, when the monster awakens, they choose to leave behind their conscience and offer sacrifices.

In the beginning, they would choose an old man or child in the village when the monster first woke up and throw it into the lake, but later, they found that the monster only needed humans, not limited to the people in the village, and since then, every few years, there will always be tourists who pass by the village alone and lose their traces.

This year, because the monster woke up early, the villagers who did not keep the tourists chose the child in the woman's arms, but at this time, Evan came.

"Looks like you're about to become a sacrifice. In my head, the voice of book gloating suddenly sounded.

"What do you want to say?" said Aven.

"You really don't know what I'm trying to say?" the book asks rhetorically. "Don't forget, I can hear you. ā€

Evan closed his eyes, he was thinking about whether to erase this village from this world.

"What are you still hesitating about? so many top-level energies have run in front of you by themselves, and you can absorb them without guilt, you know, killing them is equivalent to saving more innocent passers-by, this kind of behavior is good. ā€

"That's enough!" said Aven, who drank the black book, but he knew that his heart was gradually leaning towards killing.

Just when he was about to summon the black beast, the door suddenly rang, the banquet was not ready, why did anyone knock on the door?

Evan opened the door and saw a middle-aged man with a beard, nervously barging in.

"Dear Messenger of Light, I am the head of this village, Willy, and I have come to visit you this time to tell you a piece of news. ā€

With that, Willy glanced outside the room, and after confirming something, he breathed a sigh of relief. "If you don't think you're very strong, please leave this village as soon as possible, and after tonight's feast, the villagers will use you to sacrifice monsters in the afterlife. ā€

Then, he explained the matter of the monster from beginning to end.

"Why are you telling me this?" Evan knew that what the village chief said was true, but he didn't understand why the village chief would save himself in such a situation.

"As the head of this village, I don't want it to be bloody. The village chief lowered his head in pain, "I don't want to leave such a sin in my life. ā€

Ai Wen frowned, he didn't quite believe the reason in this person's mouth, but this person's actions were indeed to save him, and after thinking about it, Ai Wen gave up the idea of killing the villagers.

"If it's a monster, I can still deal with it. ā€

"You mean?" the village chief was stunned for a moment, then showed a happy expression, "If you can kill it, you will be the benefactor of our whole village!"

In this way, in his excitement, he said goodbye to Aven.

After going out, the village chief went straight back to his room, called the cabinet, and took out a demonic potion from the secret door of the cabinet, "It's soon, it's fast." He stroked the potion in his hand, stared at a painting in the cabinet, and muttered to himself.

"That's?" The color of the potion was not quite the same as the one in Aiwen's memory, but the needle itself caught his attention, such a needle, he had only seen it in the hands of the night owl, that is, this potion, from the Oriental boy.

He didn't know what the purpose of the village chief was, but he knew that this scene must be performed.