Perhaps angry that the sacrifice had been interrupted, or perhaps resentful that he had been blown black, Agraem kept chasing Roland all night until he reached the wilderness east of Lion Lake City.

In fact, Agraem couldn't chase fast, about the same speed as the Fallen who ran on his legs - the previous explosion caused his demon warhorse to break a leg, and it limped and couldn't run fast at all.

Roland's men rode lightly armed Gatu horses, which had good endurance and speed, and from time to time they could make the horses stop and wait for Agrim.

"Boom ......"

Another explosion appeared in front of Agraem.

At this time, Agraim had been blown to black, and the demon war horse under him was also blown to the ground.

But at this point, it suddenly stopped chasing - the demon warhorse had its leg broken and could not stand up, and Agraem clearly did not seem to have the intention of chasing the cavalry on foot.

It's not a brainless monster, it's highly intelligent, and the previous pursuit was probably just out of anger.

"Throw it all out! Then focus on shooting! ”

"Boom...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

Seeing that Aegrem was inclined to retreat, Roland had no choice but to order all the remaining grenades to be thrown at Aegreme, and let all his subordinates concentrate their fire on a few rounds with bows and arrows, intending to see if they could kill the Devourer.

If it can't be killed, it depends on whether such an attack can still attract its hatred, anyway, it has a speed advantage at the moment, and even if it fails, it can run away.

But the results were disappointing.

The grenade did work very well, at least blowing up Agraim and slowing it down.

But the firearms didn't do much damage - there was nothing unusual about Agrim other than what looked black.

So far, the injuries it has suffered have been only a small half of a large eyeball.

However, the explosion had also blackened its eyeballs, and without eyelids it would have been impossible to clean the black ash from its eyeballs, and now Agraim looked like it was completely scorched.

This also makes it look less eerie, and the team led by Roland can no longer even feel the coercion brought by Agraim, which may be a windfall.

And the bow and arrow...... It didn't work at all.

Bows and arrows are the traditional advantages of the Raven Realm, and the soldiers from the Raven Realm under Roland's command are basically good at shooting and have a high hit rate, but all the arrows without exception do not cause any damage.

Agraem kept his head guarding, and any arrows shot at his head were blocked by the shield in his hand.

And the ...... that shoots at its body Just like when Leon shot the Three Prophets, it was probably equivalent to shooting into a lump of roasted beef, and Agraem didn't react at all.

It was already using the body of a dead man, and it was normal that it did not react, and Roland was not surprised.

However, it provides additional protection for its head, which is important information - at least it means that it is afraid of head damage, which means that it can be killed.

Egreme ignored Roland, and after being attacked by a concentrated attack of bows and arrows, it probably sensed danger and hid itself among the Fallen.

And the degenerates around it stopped moving.

Fortunately, at present, it can be regarded as leading Agraem to the established position, and it has also lost its war horse, and the set goal has been achieved, and Roland quickly withdrew with his troops.

Roland withdrew, but Agraem did not pursue, and it was clear that it knew it could not catch up, so it turned around and approached Lionlake from the east.

This place is only about ten miles away from Lion Lake City, and it seems that Agraim wants to vent his anger on Lion Lake City......

Outside Lion Lake has always been surrounded by a large number of degenerates, and several rough ladders have been created.

Early in the morning, as soon as Agraem arrived on the eastern side of Lion Lake City, he launched a wave of siege battles.

Knowing that the Fallen outside the city had been building siege equipment, King Vidis inside the city had been carefully preparing for defense, and there was no major problem in the face of this attack.

The Fallen have lost some flexibility, and are quite slow to climb the long ladders, although the total number is large, there are not many ladders, and the number of Fallen who can climb up at any one time is limited.

Vidis wasn't particularly difficult to deal with.

After a day of fierce fighting, hundreds of decapitated degenerates fell under the city, and Vidis paid the price of fifty dead and more wounded.

By evening, the battle ended when the shoddy ladders were all destroyed by the Fieldsweirs.

Agraem commanded the army of the Fallen to retreat a few hundred meters again, continuing to surround Lion Lake City, still building siege equipment.

But now, the main force of the Fallen is east of Lion Lake City.

……

At this time, in the camp in Payne Village, Leon was studying the heretical codex.

This was brought back by Irano.

Leon had been studying for more than an hour, but had found nothing—the contents of the Codex were similar to what he had previously judged, and were basically all 'teachings of the goddess Ereda'.

It even contains content such as 'not allowed to pay taxes to the Temple of Justice', which seems to have been added later.

But Leon didn't find anything at all about summoning demons, and he didn't find anything related to heretical sacrifices.

However, two of the black metal pages are more special.

In the sects that have been circulating for a long time, many of their ancient books and classics are indeed mixed with metal loose pages and parchment, bound into books with cow tendons, and most of the covers are metal.

Books from the Middle Ages were not easy to copy, all in order to avoid damage, especially the core ideas in the books.

Metal pages are usually engraved with the most important core content, which can preserve their core ideas regardless of fire, water and military disasters; Parchment, on the other hand, usually records more explicit explanations.

But on the two metal loose-sheets of this heretical codex, there is not a single word, only two simple patterns.

It was two swirling unidentified patterns, all made up of tiny dots, forming an oval cantilever—two patterns that seemed to Leon a lot of images from the depths of his memory.

This cantilever is very much like the Milky Way.

One positive and one negative, two swirling patterns on the two sheets, the spirals are in opposite directions, but they have exactly the same spiral arm structure, and even the position of those tiny dots is basically the same.

One is made up of protruding points, while the other is a small concave pit.

If you overlap these two metal pages, the two swirls can be stacked together to form a single black metal plate.

Of course, the pattern is not very elaborate, and it is somewhat abstract. If you spread out the two pages, you can probably think of it as a pair of eyes - a pattern of swirling dots on black metal, which does look a bit eerie, or maybe it can also be considered a gloomy eye?

Moreover, these two metal binders are made of ebony.

"My lord, that Oswood has been rescued for the time being, but he has no skin on his body, and it is estimated that he will not live long."

Risa Dilan entered the barracks and interrupted Leon's train of thought.

"What might he know...... Illano, you're here to watch. Risa Dilan, let's hurry up and ask. ”

Leon put down the heretical code and walked out with Risardran.

Illano nodded, and closed the door after Leon left the barracks.

It was dark in the evening, especially after the door was closed.

Illano lit an oil lamp on the table and sat down in a corner of the room.

She had little interest in the heretical code, and as a temporary guard, she had only been cautiously guarding the inside of the house, keeping an eye out there.

At this moment, a wisp of black mist slowly floated out from the two whirlpools and drifted towards Illano.

"Ah...... Uh......"

The young female warrior suddenly covered her head, her face showing pain, and then slowly collapsed.

……

Leon, who has no idea what is happening in the barracks, is talking to Oswood about the future.

He wondered why Agraim hadn't turned Oswood into a degenerate.

And, according to Risadilan and Illano, it seems that Agraim was using Oswood as a sacrifice?

So, what is he sacrificing?

What does that heretical code do? Why does even Agrame need to use this codex?

"Olswood, do you want to live?"

There are a lot of questions to be aware of, but Olswood itself is one.

This guy is not dead now, whether he is alive or not, it is very problematic to communicate.

He probably knows that for people who have no skin all over their bodies, infection is almost inevitable, and he won't live long.

But people are all contradictory, and even if he knows that he will die, and that he will continue to suffer, he does not want to die now.

Now Oswood is basically half-insane.

"You've seen what it did to me...... Ha ha...... Woowoo...... It hurts......"

This lump of red and slimy meat laughed and cried for a while, looking stupid and stupid, and his speech was a little slurred.

There was a response to the question, but the answer given did not help.

It's understandable that after suffering from Agraem, it's normal for Olthwood to go completely insane.

And, given the extent of his current injuries, it's remarkable that he's still able to speak—anyone can imagine the excruciating pain he's currently under, and his tongue has been cut out in half.

“…… Oswood, you should know the Three Prophets—they can give people a new skin...... You know about them, right? Even though you've become like this, you still have a chance to live, and you should know what I mean. ”

Leon suddenly mentioned the Three Prophets.

To a man who is going to die, of course, give him hope.

Oswood's lifeless pupils seemed to glow all at once: "Yes! Three prophets! Right...... I still have a chance! ”

"I can find the Three Prophets. So...... I won't ask you anymore, tell me everything you know, maybe you still have a chance to live. ”

Seeing that he was in good spirits, Li Ang hurriedly asked.

"Aigrim is probably using me to summon a demon as terrible as it is...... I heard him say 'lover' and 'gatekeeper'. I saw a dark gate, and when it opened, there was a terrible dark abyss inside, where endless evil spirits were howling, and a vague cloud of gray-white smoke was flying towards me. But just as it was about to pounce on me, the door to the abyss slammed shut......"

Oswood's tongue was not good, and he slowly recounted what he had seen, and it was clear that his desire to survive was still there.

"A dark door? What does that door look like? ”

Li Ang suddenly seemed to remember something, and hurriedly asked.

"Two doors, each with an eye-like pattern on it...... In the glowing ......"

Oswood struggled to describe.

"Wait a minute...... Look at him. ”

Li Ang suddenly realized, got up and walked to the barracks.

……

"Illano, bring me the Codex of Heresy ......"

Leon pushed open the door of the barracks.

Illano was standing in the room with an oil lamp, as if sorting out the folds in his clothes.

Seeing Leon push the door in, she turned around and put the oil lamp on the table, picked up the heretical codex and handed it over, and showed a somewhat strange smile to Leon.

The smile looked reluctant, like a person who was suffering from illness comforting a loved one.

"Sure enough...... This is the Gate of the Abyss! ”

Leon didn't notice Illano's strange smile, he directly opened the metal pages of the codex, and when the two metal blades were spread out, they were indeed like two gates.

But when he turned to look for Oswood with the Codex, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a shadow on the wall.

Leon chuckled in his heart.

It was his own shadow reflected by the oil lamp.

Behind him, someone approached him with a sharp object.

"Illano?!"

Li Ang turned around violently, and the heretical code in his hand came out of his hand directly, smashed into Illano behind him, and then immediately dodged.

This was in the camp, and he was unarmed, but this heavy code could smash people.

The young warriorwoman was approaching Leon with a short spear, only to notice that the heretical code was flying towards her.

Once again, Leon was surprised by her reaction - Illano threw down her spear and scrambled to take the Codex of Heresy as if she didn't dare let it fall to the ground.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Leon lunged forward and scooped up the short spear from the ground.

In a hurry, it was the end of the spearhead that was fished, and Li Ang didn't adjust it, and directly used the spear as a stick, and swept towards Illano with a powerful sweep.

At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Someone! ”

Leon knew very well that Illano was obviously planning to sneak attack him just now, although he didn't know why, but it was appropriate to catch people first.

"Click!"

Surprisingly, Illano did not dodge at all, but raised his left arm and took Leon's stick with one hand.

The hilt of the spear snapped in response—Leon used a lot of force, and he wouldn't spare his hand to a man who was going to assassinate him.

The girl was small and lightweight, and if she hadn't blocked Leon's stick with her arm, she would probably have been knocked to the ground.

But after Illano blocked the hilt of the spear with his hand, he seemed to be unharmed, only to be shocked back a few steps.

Realizing that something was wrong, Leon quickly took three steps back and shouted again: "Risa Dilan! ”

Illano smiled eerily again, her right hand still holding the Codex in her arms, while her left hand grabbed the table behind her and threw it at Leon.

It was a solid wood table made of logs, and there must have been more than a hundred pounds, but she threw it like a small stone with one hand, and even brought a sharp wind whistle!

This obviously can't be hard-connected, and Li Ang dodged the flying table with a side flutter.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, the heavy table slammed against the door behind Leon, slamming the door shut, and it was equivalent to blocking the door from the inside.

The oil lamp that had been placed on the table fell to the ground and went out, and the barracks became dark again.

"You are the Three Prophets?!"

Leon had already reacted at this time, this must be one of the three prophets: "Stop! I want to talk to you! ”