Chapter 16: The Pool of Blood
On the way to the city of Flames, the caravan passed through several villages and even towns, which shows that the world is not desolate, and many people live and work in peace and contentment in their small homes.
As always, the "caravan" collected all kinds of useful and useless information, including local customs, various barnyard official history, and various plant seeds.
This is Freya's special explanation, whether everyone can eat all kinds of fresh vegetables in the future depends on her "greenhouse farm".
At noon that day, the "caravan" happened to come to a small town, which was very lively, and they saw hundreds of people crowded in the central square, not knowing what they were watching.
At the end of the tea, the girls were tired of the journey, so they found a small shed on the side of the road, sat down to rest, rest and drink water.
Even in this world, women still like to gossip, so Daniel was sent out to ask what the people in the square were doing.
Daniel himself wasn't a person who liked to join in the fun, just standing at the back of the crowd and peering in with a pair of peeps.
Surrounded by the crowd was an iron cross, on which was tied a bloodied, bearded man, and at his feet was a pile of firewood.
It looks like a burn at the stake.
From the onlookers' exchanges, Daniel barely knew the identity and charges of the man on the stake.
The man's name was Muratche, a teacher at the town's church school, and a priest who had received the blessing of the god of fire.
However, just a month ago, Murachi accompanied an expedition to an abandoned temple for a routine exorcism ritual.
There was some mishap with that ritual, and it seemed that some kind of evil spell had been triggered, causing the two expedition members to melt into blood.
The expedition ended in the end, and when Murachi returned, it was like a different person.
In the past, he was warm and kind, but he has always locked himself in his room and kept himself out of contact with other people.
In recent days, his behavior has become increasingly bizarre, and there are even rumors that he stole livestock from the ranch and collected blood after killing.
The frightened people broke into Murachi's home and found evidence of his fall.
The priest of the Cult of God, favored by the god of fire, became addicted to some kind of blood magic, and his residence was full of various magic circles painted in blood, and that scene became a nightmare for many townspeople.
Eventually, through the judgment of the bishop of the Church, Murachi was sentenced to be burned at the stake, and his fallen soul had to be thoroughly purified in the flames before he could be rejoined into the arms of the god of fire.
Mulache, who was tied to the stake, looked a little hideous, his muscles tensed, and the chains that bound him creaked and creaked.
Standing at the stake, dressed in a black sacrificial dress and wearing a white gold-rimmed bishop's hat, was the town's Bishop of Mambus.
He pressed his hand to a red-covered book, and his mouth was full of words, as if he were praying some kind of prayer.
Seeing that the light had risen overhead, Bishop Mambus looked up at Murachi, who was tied to the cross, and pointed to his countenance:
"Mulachi, my child, poor you have lost yourself, been seduced by evil, and have gone down the wrong path......"
"God will cleanse you from sin and purify your soul, and you will forsake all evil in your heart and return to the arms of God!"
As he spoke, Bishop Mambus opened the red book in his hand, took out a fine bookmark from it, and threw it into the pyre under the stake.
"Whew", the bookmark spontaneously ignited in an instant, and the firewood it touched was also ignited, and the red flames soon spread to the entire pyre.
Murachi, who was burned by the flames, did not scream, he let out a strange laugh, the sound was very harsh, making people feel inexplicably nauseous, and even onlookers couldn't help but start vomiting.
"Ugly ......" Murachi completely ignored his already burned body, and smiled sinisterly: "You ants, my lord is about to descend on this world, and everything in this world will be drowned in blood!" ”
As he spoke, his body seemed to be dissolved, dripping from the cross, extinguishing the flames beneath his feet.
There was more and more blood, and even a pool of blood was formed under the cross, and the flames could not be effective against it, and the fire became weaker and weaker.
Bishop Mambus frowned, he seemed to have experience dealing with such situations, so he didn't panic.
I saw Bishop Mambus open the book in his hand, tear off one of the pages casually, and throw it directly at the pool of blood.
The page began to burn as it flew in mid-air, and it looked like an ordinary piece of paper, but it glowed with a dazzling light when it burned.
The burning paper fell into the pool of blood, and continued to bloom with blazing fire, and the pool of blood, which was originally undisturbed, was immediately burned to a "coo" sound, and countless bubbles emerged from its surface, seeing that the entire pool of blood was about to be evaporated by the flames.
At that moment, a bright red arm reached out from the pool of blood, and it grabbed the burning paper, then snuffed it out in the palm of its hand.
Immediately after, the other arm also stretched out from the pool of blood, and with both arms propped up on the ground, a monster with a bright red body jumped out of the pool of blood.
The monster was about two meters tall and had a Tyrannosaurus-like head with a bloody mouth open and two rows of fangs.
Its body was very large and scaly, and its limbs were indistinguishable from those of a human, except for a long lizard tail behind it.
The surrounding townsfolk were so frightened by the monster that they gave way to a clearing, except for Bishop Mambus who was still standing in place, who still seemed to be confident.
"Hehehe, it's really delicious blood, the blood of fools is always so delicious......" The tyrannosaurus monster licked the blood from the corner of its mouth, and stared at Bishop Mambus with a pair of big eyes:
"Oh, there's a guy here who isn't afraid of death, are you going to sacrifice your flesh and blood too?"
Bishop Mambus touched his chest and said, "I'm sorry, Murachi, my child, I couldn't save you from your misery...... May your soul rest in peace. ”
"As for you......" he spread out the red-covered book, and countless pages flew out of it, floating neatly beside him.
"Demons from the bloody hell, your destination is only where you come from, don't want to step into the territory of the gods!"
Immediately, all the papers around Bishop Mambus burst into flames, enveloping the tyrannosaurus in an instant.
The Tyrannosaurus rushed left and right in the flames, and for a moment it was unable to break through the encirclement formed by these fire balls.
The temperature of the flames was very high, and the blood on the Tyrannosaurus monster's body began to evaporate constantly, emitting bursts of rancid smell.