Chapter 937 The Colosseum
The Requiem Church is located in the eastern part of the city of Selephais and occupies a large area.
Not only is there a vast cemetery, opposite to the cemetery, there is also an enclosed flower garden near the forest to the east, but the large iron gate of the flower garden has always been locked, unless the head of the family, Herag, has to try to climb over the thorny wall more than two meters high.
There are even unreliable rumors that there is a terrible murder mechanism in the flower garden, of course, the rumor is a rumor after all, and no one has confirmed it, not to mention that even if there is, the mechanism of the private domain has nothing to do with most normal people, and naturally no one will risk offending Pastor Herag to pursue it excessively.
Because no one will risk a few blood holes in their body to see some boring flowers and plants, naturally no one chooses to climb over the wall, let alone outsiders, everyone knows that the Requiem Church of the Constantine family is the only private church in Seleface that is not controlled by the three major churches, nominally, the Requiem Church is a private territory protected by French law, and it is also a private church recognized by France as having the right to perform the resting ritual.
Death due to trespass in private property is not protected by law, and can be buried on the spot after a dormition ceremony.
The so-called dormition rite refers to a special religious ceremony performed by the priest of the church after death, supported by the laws of France.
It is said that only after the resting ceremony can the dead be buried or cremated in peace, and as for the fate of those who violate it, the Inquisition of France has told the people countless times with bloody lessons what is called triple punishment.
If you don't want to use Thor to perform the resting rites of your dead loved ones, what awaits the living will be worse than the pain of your dead relatives.
Of course, if a homeless man really has no money and his family is dead, the church arranged by France can also do the dormition service for free.
Therefore, if you don't want to spend a lot of money on the three major churches that monopolize the dormition ceremony, you can only go to a private church recognized by France.
Generally speaking, the cost of the ritual in a private church is much cheaper than that of the church institutions of the three major churches, so as long as there are living people in the family, people living in Seleface will not try to offend the Requiem church, which is only two-thirds of the price of the three major churches.
As the eldest grandson of the priest Herag, Kane, who has sorted out his memories, knows that he is also a 'big family', and he does not want to start a new history of struggle until he has to do so, if he can successfully inherit the Requiem Church, even if he can get a little bit of the family property of the Constantine family after the death of his grandfather Herag, he does not have to worry about how to live for the rest of his life.
Although the church doesn't have much money, it can't afford to have land.
In the previous life, land was much more valuable than money, and the key was to preserve its value.
"Brother Kane, are you feeling better? Is there anything I can help with? ”
Fries, who was reciting a holy book on the second floor, saw Kane coming down the stairs, his eyes lit up, and he immediately put down the 'holy brick' in his hand that was enough to kill people.
The opportunity is rare, and the opportunity to be lazy cannot be missed.
Fries was the son of Uncle Fern's and Aunt Jessica, and Fern was the second son of Herag, and after the death of his eldest son, Kylo, only his second son, Fern Constantine, and his third daughter, Ramos Constantine, were left by his side.
Because the old man Herag went out on a long trip, the Requiem Church has not been open recently.
In recent days, in order to improve the performance of the church, Uncle Fern and Taylor, a young hired worker, have been in charge of going to the city and villages to contact customers who want to do the dormition ceremony, and make appointments according to the return date arranged by Herag.
If you don't want to pay nearly 1,000 more sol in the three major churches, you can only have Fern and Taylor pull the body of the deceased back to the basement of the church in a van and place it in an ice coffin, and wait for the old man Herag to return and then 'batch process'.
I have to say that this will indeed lose a large number of customers who are not too bad for money, but there is no way, because the only qualified priest with the Sabbath ceremony is the head of the Herag family.
As for Aunt Ramos, who works in a tailor shop in the city, except for the Sabbath, who takes Anna back to church without classes, she rents a house in the city of Seleface on weekdays.
For Kane, not to mention the weak sister Kelly, counting the naughty sister Anna brought by the divorced Aunt Ramos, among the three 'peers', only Fries's younger brother is the most honest and kind.
Of course, honesty is relative to sister Anna.
Knowing what Fries wanted to say to herself, with a weak smile on her pale face, Kane touched Fries's head dotingly.
A month was enough time for him to successfully establish the image of a reliable big brother in the heart of a fourteen-year-old boy.
The so-called big brother naturally supports you when you are in trouble, covers you when you are ugly, and covers you when you are lazy.
Boys, you have to get used to it, what's the use of staying at home and reading dead books when you should go out to play...... Anyway, he was so weak, and Uncle Fern didn't come back to fight him.
"Freese, thank you for your concern, my health is much better, but suddenly I want to drink milk, I don't know if there is a ...... at home"
I saw that Fries's eyes were shining, and he turned around and ran downstairs, and within half a minute, Fries, who had milk stains on the corners of his mouth in Kelly's exclamation, ran back.
"Brother Kane, it's a real misfortune, the milk at home has just run out, I'll go to the city and buy you a bag."
"Go ahead, remember to come back before lunch."
"Mom! Give me some Thor, I'm going to buy milk for Brother Kane's brother to go to the city! ”
"Stinky boy! Go out and have fun, don't ask for money! ”
Seeing Fries jumping down the stairs, Kane only felt a little sweet in his throat, and couldn't help coughing twice.
"Kane, you're too used to Fries, and if Grandpa was here, I'd have said you...... Yikes! Kane! ”
Before Kelly finished speaking, she saw blood oozing from the corner of Kane's mouth, and for a while, she couldn't care about the soft bread in her hand and the proper posture of the nun, and she didn't know that the bread had fallen on the ground Kelly ran to help Kane in a panic, but saw Kane waving his hand, and there was no pain on his weak face.
"Sister Kelly, I'm fine, I just coughed and broke my throat, it's no big deal."
After comforting Kelly, Kane smiled and picked up the dirty bread on the floor, and his face seemed to look much better.
"Kane, I'll eat this bread, and I'll get you another one."
Wanted to take the dirty bread, but was deftly avoided by Kane.
"It's okay, I'll take the dirty place off, I'll go back and lie down first, Sister Kelly, you're busy with you, don't worry about me."
"Well, pay attention to your body."
Watching Kane tremble and resolutely walk up to the third floor, although he couldn't see it on his face, Kelly's heart was so anxious that he died.
Grandpa isn't here, do you want to call Uncle Fern, who is contacting the customers about the ceremony, back?
As soon as the thought came to mind, Kelly ran to the telephone landline on the first floor without hesitation.
In this world, there is nothing more important than Kane.
"Click"
Back on the third floor, Kane had just locked the wooden door, and then,
The body slid down the smooth and sturdy door panel like soft noodles onto the wooden floor.
"Ahem...... Ahem......"
Looking at the blood on the back of his hand, Kane felt as if his heart was being clutched by a huge palm.
This happened once half a month ago, I thought that I could get better after a period of cultivation, but I didn't expect the sudden pain to come again, if I let Kelly see it, it would definitely make the kind little girl uncomfortable, rather than having one more person who cares about me sad, it is better to go back to the room and get through it by yourself.
"There is absolutely no heart disease in this body, what the hell is wrong with me?"
Panting for breath and unable to do anything, Kane rolled and lay on the bed, clenching his teeth, his mouth constantly strengthening his subconscious desire to survive.
"I can't die, I can't die, I can't die......"
His consciousness gradually blurred, and in a trance, Kane seemed to see a phantom hovering around him.
This phantom, eager to take away his soul.
……
On the outskirts of Selephas, in the basement of a single-family house surrounded by gardens, matches burned without warning, and the darkness that could not be seen suddenly dissipated.
A small, bare man with a thorny cross on his head sat cross-legged on the ground and lit candles in turn.
The eerie motif carved from the ashes of the beast stands at two ends, one black and one red, and two candles, one black and one red, slowly burning in the flickering firelight.
On the periphery of the candle is a pure black opaque jar with a black cap placed next to the bottle.
The bloodstone refined from the living flickered a dull dark red from time to time in the light of the two candles, and sensing that the right time had come, the man grabbed a handful of old tomb soil and sprinkled it into a jar, covering the soil of the church courtyard that had been paved in advance on the lower level.
Immediately afterward, the man took out the nightshade incense powder that had been prepared long ago and carefully sprinkled it on the photo of his palm.
As the amount of incense powder increases, the black-haired handsome boy in the photo becomes a little blurry.
A low, rhythmic voice rang out from the basement.
"I summon the creatures of the night, I call the night, and invade Kane's house with your power.
Rise in the name of the power found in heaven to Kane's house and torment his soul, life, and pleasure, and I command it to be completed. ”
After the chant, the man lit the picture with the flame of a black candle,
The strange thing is that the photograph that should have burned out quickly is only a small particle that turns black in the slow-moving line of fire, and is controlled by the man to fall into a black jar.
After a second of calm, a high-pitched chant emanated from the man's mouth.
"Thou shalt no longer be at peace! From this moment on, the creatures of the night will fill Kane's soul!
Beast in the shadows, your peace and your joy rise from the lower realms, from the endless hole, and bring your wrath to Kane! ”
Throwing the half-burned photo directly into the bottle, the man's voice calmed down:
"Attack Kane with your power and harvest his soul and life."
In an instant, only half of the black candle was burned rapidly, and without hesitation, the man threw the bloodstone that had been prepared into the black bottle, and then quickly closed the cap.
After the cap closed the black bottle, the red candle that had been burning at a normal speed also suddenly accelerated, and the tears that flowed down the candle were as miserable as a tormented soul, and in just three seconds, a third of the red candle remained.
However, the black candle burned faster than the man expected, and before the red candle could burn out, the boiling black candle had already burned out.
The moment the black candle went out, the red candle returned to its normal burning rate.
The man looked at the red candle that was still a quarter left, and sighed deeply.
"Haha, you've failed again, three times, right?
Nantes, I really doubt that you were sleepwalking when you passed the path of truth, and even an ordinary imp who did not walk on the path of truth could not die. ”
The chandelier in the basement lit up suddenly, and an old man in a suit who had reached the age of old sat gracefully in a chair, mercilessly sneering at the bald dwarf man with his back to him, and a white bone bracelet with strange symbols engraved on his wrist.
"Heritt, you think you're amazing, so why don't you go? When that old thing in Herag came out looking for me, three ghouls were enough to slaughter the Requiem Church, right? ”
Already a little irritated by multiple failures, Nantes scolded mercilessly.
"Talking useless nonsense all day, Heritt, if you can shut your stinky mouth, maybe I'll let you and your stinky dogs stay a few more days."
Hearing Nantes say this, Herrit clapped his hands disapprerovingly.
"Stinky dogs? You're wrong.
Come in, Shirley, and show this useless forty-five-year-old virgin your new look. ”
The closed basement was suddenly pushed open, and a blonde beauty with a hot figure walked into the basement without a trace, knelt on the ground in a charming manner, and held up the old man's smooth leather shoes with a reverent face and stretched out her tongue, as if she was tasting the supreme delicacy.
"This skin was chosen by Shirley herself, how about it? Visionary, right? If you're interested, I wouldn't mind letting Shirley help you grow up. ”
Standing up and cleaning up the mess of the curse ritual, he glanced at the blonde beauty casually and stopped looking at it, but he still showed no mercy in his mouth.
"Humph! No matter how good the skin is, it can't change the essence of the stinky dead dog inside, Heritt, you are as disgusting as your ghoul! I'm not going to this kind of...... Hum! ”
"If that can get you out of the shadow of three failures, I don't mind if you scold me...... Enough, you get out. ”
Boredom kicked Shirley away, letting Shirley crawl out of the basement on all fours like a dog, and Harrit walked over to Nantes and patted Nantes on the shoulder.
"Man, I know you're upset, but admit it if you fail, it's not a big deal, our ultimate goal is just to get revenge on Herag, to make that old ghost angry, and killing his grandson is just one of the ways." (End of chapter)