Chapter 225: Dark Green Feast
Sirius and Kane mistakenly break into the monster cafeteria.
Well, it's not a mistake to be exact, it's a special way to open up and let them participate in this unique dinner party.
Sirius, who felt that he had fallen into the monster's den, could no longer remain calm, and his hand holding his wand was shaking.
He'd tried it a while ago, and he'd almost confirmed that Phantom Shifting wasn't available here.
The monsters at the dinner seemed to be accustomed to being like him, and most of them glanced at him twice, and then turned their attention to the smiling Kane, and the expressionless 8 and 13.
The hunger and thirst of the hunting nature revealed in their eyes is honest and straightforward, like that of wild beasts. However, none of the monsters actually pounced on the attack. This is clearly an invisible but powerful binding force at work.
It is against this background that a character with the characteristics of the principal appears.
"Welcome, welcome, to be able to come to the banquet hall on their own, are our potential brothers and sisters. ”
Kane looked over, from his right.
From the perspective of the layout of this place, the four of them are now in the equivalent of the corner of the professorship's seat in the Hogwarts Great Hall, and the source of the sound is close to the position of Dumbledore's speech at the opening ceremony, where there is a chic bonfire.
The bonfire is made by digging a pit in the ground, then placing a cauldron-like brazier, and then adding firewood and special fuels to light it.
The bonfire is green, and the flying sparks are also green, like the tail lights of fireflies, which are flickering on and off, and will last for a long time before they are completely extinguished.
The bonfire also produced green smoke, and the sweet and greasy smell wafting through this great temple was made from it, giving Kane the feeling of using incense.
Now, the flames burst into flames, and a tall humanoid creature formed within.
The creature has the typical characteristics of a high-level Deadwood druid, with large and deformed bones that even ordinary people can easily tell the difference, and this difference is reflected in every detail, such as a wide and warped mandible, a dendritic skull like the antlers of a male deer, and an arm bone that is too long and has a bone awl at the elbow.
Its skin is also very similar to tree bark, dry and thick, full of wrinkles and cracks, while the joints and the inside of the arms appear relatively soft and fresh.
Just this obvious difference can make it clear that this is not a skin disease, and skin diseases will not be carefully divided into calluses and tender meat according to the difference in parts.
Tall, thin and manipulative, he is easily reminiscent of trees.
But what really caught Kane's attention was the flames on it.
The thick green flame burned on this person, there was a difference between intensity and decline, like wearing a garment of flames, decent and natural.
Elemental druids are extremely rare, and fire druids are especially rare, and a druid who can fully fuse fire with dead wood has never encountered in so many worlds in his previous life.
Moreover, he felt a trace of divinity in this man.
"I'm Victor Cullen, this is Sirius Black, we were going to have a few drinks in the Vault, but we strayed into your land, I don't know what your Excellency is called?"
"I am Bloor Treehelm, the gatekeeper of the Root Dream. The four of you can come to the banquet hall on your own is the guide of fate, please follow me. ”
Sirius gave Kane a look on the side, which meant: People and things here are evil, find a way to refuse, don't get involved.
Kane winked at him, meaning 'I see', and turned to Treehelm and said, "Thank you Lord Treehelm for your hospitality, to be honest, this has piqued our curiosity and we are willing to take the time to get to know it." ”
The Tree Helmet smiled playfully, and then made a gesture of please.
Kane laughed too.
He laughed at the tree helmet without fear, thinking that tricking a few of them here would be equivalent to fat meat into the urn and concocting it at will, but he didn't know that he had kicked the iron plate, Maria had already led the special service team on the way here, and it wouldn't be long before he wanted the tree helmet to understand what it meant to have mountains outside the mountains.
Although the robe of flame concealed it, the lower limbs of the tree helmet were very stiff, and they could still be clearly felt, as if steel bars were woven into their legs, and their bodies swayed from side to side when they walked.
But it's not slow, and Kane will need to walk briskly to keep up.
Sirius was visibly nervous, with a tendency to explode at any moment, and Kane reminded him with his eyes: You don't think it's the right thing to do now, do you?
Following the Tree Helm, Kane and his wife came to a corner of the banquet hall, diagonally diagonal to where they had entered. Before, because of the distance, the banquet hall was dimly lit and strange, so I didn't see the situation here, but at this time, I found that it was not only the four of them who were unlucky, but also more than 20 people gathered in a small circle, fidgeting and squeezing in this corner.
Sirius's nervousness visibly eased when he saw his kind.
Kane frowned slightly, feeling that the situation was still developing in a direction he didn't want to see.
Judging from his experience and the perspective of those with vested interests, the monsters that kill people and eat people are not terrible, but what is terrible is a cult that organizes and systematically develops its members.
And the same cult, can only talk about foolishness, has a certain degree of organization and hands-on ability, has technology, money, and dares to play terrorist methods, and has extraordinary strength, these are four grades, each more harmful than the other.
This time, I'm afraid it's the last one, God knows how many cultists these monsters have developed.
"Talk to these parishioners, they can answer a lot of questions. I still have some business to attend to, and I will personally preside over the initiation ceremony for you later. ”
Tree Helmet just said to himself, ignoring whether Kane listened or not, whether he wanted to or not, and left after a brief explanation.
Kane motioned for Sirius, who seemed fidgeting, to sit down first, and then repeated the self-introduction he had introduced himself from his previous negotiations with Deer Helm.
Most of them looked absent-minded and cold, looked at Kane and them two or three times, and then began to sit there in a daze again.
There are only a few people whose eyes are smart, and they can still read emotions from it, opposite one of the black guys in Kane, patted the shoulder of the big man sitting on the stool, and said in a stiff tone: "You, get up, find a place to sit again." ”
Sirius stood nervously again, wand clenched.
He could sense the surging magic in the big man's body, which meant that the big man was not only strong and powerful, but also a spellcaster. He guessed that the other party was named Animagus, and it was estimated that he could transform into a bear.
However, to his surprise, the big man, who looked hideous, did not display a savage and violent temperament as is usually the case, but quietly, or in a trance, did what Kane asked.
This situation made Sirius puzzled, suppressed his negative emotions, and paid attention to the people present, and then he realized that these people had been fooled and stupid.
Kane took the big seat, pushed the food tray on the table to the side, rested his elbows on the table, and said to the black guy opposite, "Let's talk?"
The black guy covered his mouth and nose with the collar of his jacket, and glanced at Kane angrily, which means: Annoying, I'm not in the mood to talk to you.
Kane smiled and pulled out two objects from his pocket, a metal resistant metal detection palm pistol made of ceramic materials, and a cigarette case.
He opened the cigarette case, picked up two polished ivory-like ceramic bullets, neatly stuffed them into the chamber of the palm thunder, and then reset the gun like a double-way shotgun, aiming it at the black guy.
The black guy looked angry and lowered his voice and scolded: "You bastard, what do you want? Beat me to death? Just because I won't talk to you? I don't owe you anything." ”
'Bang!' Kane shot directly, but the target was not the black guy, but the middle-aged woman next to him.
The gunshots are not loud, and in this noisy hall of hundreds of monsters, it is not prominent, and if you are not careful, you will miss it.
The power is not small, the middle-aged woman has an extra eye on her forehead, and the bullet is still drilling out of the back of the skull.
The effect of a bullet strike is often a hole in the front and a hole in the back, like this time, the hole in the front is slightly larger than the chopsticks head, but the back is the size of a ping-pong ball.
The black guy shook in fright, and then he saw the dark green viscous juice gurgling out of the front hole and back hole, disgusting to look at, and smelling terrible, very close to the damp and rancid stench of the sewer.
At this time, Kane Kane said: "It is useless to cover the mouth and nose, the main effect comes from the radiation-like force field, and the tiny odor particles in the air are to allow the radiation force to spread better." ”
He said and pointed to the light source of the banquet hall, the wall lamp brazier, the chandelier brazier, not green, but the sparks flying out of it were no different from the sparks flying out of the large bonfire I had seen before.
The black guy looked at the middle-aged woman who didn't fall down and didn't fall down, but still sat there in a daze, blinking her eyes from time to time, and letting the thick juice flow on her face, shocked, angry and disgusting.
Then he looked at the lamp, and asked Kane, "Can you understand the layout here?"
"Don't waste your time, tell me what you know, so that I can speed up the analysis before I can talk about escape. ”
The black guy scoffed, "Flee? Why flee? I'm just worried that I won't pass the test." Became just like her. As he spoke, he pointed to the middle-aged woman who had been cut in Kane's head.
"My patience is limited. Kane's voice became unwarm, and he raised his gun with a cold look in his eyes, aiming at the black guy's forehead.
"OK, OK, I didn't say I wouldn't tell you, really, that's it!"
In fact, Cam, a black guy, knows very little:
Most of the people here today are familiar faces who run to the shelter every now and then for a few drinks. Of course, this is a nice way to put it, but to put it bluntly, it is alcoholism, alcoholism, indulgence, and thrill seeking.
In the shelter, someone secretly provided a special medicine, the Dream Elixir, which is said to be the main ingredient of black hemp coarse extract, the effect is comparable to that of the Demon Tears, but the price is at least two-thirds cheaper.
Cam said that these familiar faces have the habit of using dream potions.
Cam also said that the reason why he was different from them was because he knew that cheap and not good goods, and that dream potions must have very bad side effects, so he would use Demon Tears to withdraw after a while.
As for how he came to this banquet hall, it was similar to Kane's party, he was supposed to go to the shelter, but as soon as he stepped in, he arrived here. He couldn't tell how long he had been there, but it was estimated that it had been at least 30 hours, and during this time, these roe-headed, scaly-armored monsters had been eating and drinking here, as if they were having a never-ending feast.
"Actually, you don't have to pay attention to these monsters, they are tied to their seats, and they can't leave their seats, at least not until the banquet is over. You should pay attention to how you pass the test, this is a rare opportunity, a chance to live forever, and of course the cost of failure is also very high. ”
Cam said, gesturing at the people who were in a daze. He also said, "The master told us before that once we fail, although we can not die, we will have a damaged IQ and can only be a slave. ”
Kane chuckled and asked, "How can I meet the mentor?"
"It's always been here, be patient, you'll see. ”
In a word, Kane realized that this Cam was just a relatively active mind, in contrast to the stupid, and not without problems.
Just then, he received a whisper from Maria, and the Secret Service arrived......