Chapter 172: The Stolen Mask (2-in-1, Subscription Requested!! )
The streets were noisy and crowded with residents, and Mavi admired their courage, or perhaps they had never seen the power of otherworldly creatures.
Mavi had never heard of the prisoners held beneath St. Paul's Cathedral, but he knew that most churches had dungeons underneath them for monks or heretics who had committed mistakes.
Those who are eligible to be locked up under St. Paul's Cathedral must not be good stubble. The police were maintaining order on the street, and the witcher was standing on the roof with a strange, compass-like instrument to search the neighborhood, and at this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly bumped into Ma Wei, who didn't care at first, everyone was huddled together, and it was normal to bump and bump.
He was hit by a sloppy man with a pale face and a stubble face, the other party was like a beggar on the street, smelly, ragged, and didn't even wear a coat.
After touching the wallet in his arms and making sure that nothing was stolen, Ma Wei looked in the direction where the sloppy man left, and had some doubts in his heart, but neither the Demon Spirit Wooden Box nor Yunia reminded him, proving that the other party was not a transcendent creature, and he had no evidence to stop the other party at all.
"Found it! That's him!! Among the policemen in charge of maintaining order, there was a sharp-eyed one who saw the back of the sloppy man burrowing into the alley, and immediately widened his eyes and shouted at the top of his voice: "He's here!" The shouts of the police immediately caught the attention of the witchers, and within two seconds, the witchers swarmed and jumped into the alley.
In the dark alley, the sloppy man was surrounded by the witcher in front and back, took a few steps back in horror, leaned against the wall, and waved his hands in front of him: "No... Don't come here... You guys.... Don't arrest me...."A witcher dressed as a captain looked coldly at the sloppy man and said in a deep voice, "Butters Breve, hand over the mask, we can let you go." ”
"Masks?" The sloppy man's eyes dodged, and he asked timidly, "What mask?" I don't have any masks...."
"Hidden in your arms, the Mask of Change." The captain of the demon hunter said expressionlessly: "High taboo items, never allowed to flow into the people, hand it over!" For the sake of being the bishop of the church, I don't want to do it! ”
"I... I just want to leave..."The scruffy man buried his head like a frightened mouse, curled up.
"Pope Ubley has issued an encyclical that as long as you hand over the Mask of Change, he will exonerate you from your sins and allow you to leave the Kingdom of Windsor."
"I will, I will...."The sloppy man trembled and reached into his arms, fumbled for a while, and pulled out a dark mask with no eye sockets and mouth.
Seeing the man take out the mask, the Captain of the Demon Hunter was nervous a little, if he could, he would never want to do anything with the sloppy man here, firstly because the other party was the former bluecoat of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny with a high status, and secondly, because of the myriad mask stolen by the man in the turmoil.... The moment he found the sloppy man, the captain of the witcher had already passed the news out, and his task was to drag the sloppy man, of course, it was best to convince the other party to hand over the mask obediently.
The thin palm slowly rubbed the smooth surface of the mask, and the sloppy man's eyes were full of tenderness, as if he were treating a newlywed wife, and he reluctantly said, "Give it over, and you will let me go?" ”
"The encyclical issued by Pope Ubli himself, the goddess is a witness, do you doubt the pope's loyalty to the goddess?"
"......." hesitated, the sloppy man seemed to have made a decision, he slowly stretched out his hand, handed the mask to the captain of the witcher, just as the captain of the witcher stepped forward, about to take the mask.... The wall behind the sloppy man suddenly bulged, and a face came out of the stone bricks, whispering in the sloppy man's ear: "Do you want to put your fate in the hands of others?" ”
"But... But they said they would let me go! ”
"Look at the way you look, no one is a ghost or a ghost, even if you leave the Kingdom of Windsor, what can you do?" The sloppy man whispered with a sloppy face, like a demon's bewitchment: "You have been imprisoned in the dungeon for nearly 10 years, and you have not seen the light of day in these 10 years, how much torture have you suffered?" Don't you want revenge? When you prayed to us, you said that you were willing to give everything and wear it.... Everything will be there..... Only when you are in control of your power can you control your own destiny! can show his fangs to the big man who bullied and tortured you at the beginning! The moment the face appeared, the captain of the witcher wanted to say something, but he suddenly couldn't move, he froze in place, unable to make a sound, only his eyeballs could move, he hoped that the sloppy man could refuse the demon's whispers and hand over the mask, but the sloppy man listened to the voice of the face.... Reminisced about his life in a dungeon.
Dark, damp, lonely, painful..... Countless memories flooded back into his heart, flooding him with the joy of seeing the light of day, and the flame of revenge rekindled in his heart, and he remembered once again the pleading and prayers that he kept uttering when he was in the dungeon.
"Whoever it is.... Please help me.... I'm willing to pay for everything.... Please...."In despair, his prayer was finally answered, and at that moment, the door of the dungeon opened, and countless prisoners rushed out like crazy, and he was also mixed in with the large army, only a familiar voice was guiding him to the treasure house of St. Paul's Cathedral to steal the Mask of Change.
He went, and succeeded in stealing the Thousand Changing Mask in the chaos, but he didn't know why he stole the Thousand Changing Mask, he breathed the fresh air on the ground again, the despair was gone, he wanted to leave, stepping on the stone bricks barefoot, even if the soles of his feet were ground into a bloody lake by the sharp edges, he still maintained his speed, hid in the streets, and finally came to Kingston.... As long as he hands over the mask, he will be free.... But.... Is the freedom to hand over the mask in exchange for really what he wants now?
"I.... I'm already free, why do I need your handouts?! The sloppy man yelled at the captain of the witcher, who was oozing cold sweat from his forehead, "Why should I survive the rules you have made? Who are you to command me? My pain.... It's all caused by you!! ”
"That's right...."The face said in the man's ear: "Put it on, imagine what you see in the teachings, what you want to be, and you can become it...."In the bewitching sound of the face, the man retracted his arm, held the mask, and held it close to his cheek.
Inside the mask, countless black tentacles suddenly grew, piercing the man's cheeks, wrapping around his skull, and burrowing into all the gaps along the mouth, nose, eye sockets, and ears.
The man's body trembled and twitched in pain, unable to let out a wail, for his throat was already occupied by tentacles.
The man's body began to change, the bones on the back of the crest squirmed, the black wings pierced the skin, stretching in the alley, the face covered by the mask, there was no mouth and nose, only a gap remained, with the man's mutation, the gap cracked, and a giant eye slowly emerged.
Seeing that the man had turned into a monster, his face retracted to the wall, and at the same time, the captain of the witcher found himself regaining his mobility.
"Butters Breve!!" The captain of the witcher shouted, and a golden light lit up between the cuffs and neckline, he knew that men had fallen and could only use violent means.... Cut the grass and eradicate the roots!
Outside the alley, the demon spirit wooden box in Ma Wei's arms trembled violently, almost jumping out, the last time this situation occurred, it was when the Supreme Four Pillars and several goddesses descended, today....
"Daddy, someone has fallen." Yunia, who was riding on Mavi's neck, looked at the alley and said.
"What strength?"
"About the same as me." Edward said: "Slightly weaker than me.... Want to get your hands dirty? ”
"Nope." Ma Wei shook his head: "This is the home of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny, just leave it to them." As he spoke, a fierce battle broke out in the alley, and a black shadow soared into the air, condescendingly overlooking the street.
Although it is still roughly human, the sloppy man has now turned into a monster that is not human or ghost, with six black wings, vertical one-eyed, and sharp limbs like blades..... Ma Wei, who had read the teachings of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate, recognized at a glance that this was the external description of demons in the teachings.
Demons, Ma Wei has also been in contact with. They are by no means as strange as the teachings describe, on the contrary, many of them are human, such as Edward, whose body may be hideous and terrifying, but he is still a handsome human blonde guy on weekdays, and he was accosted by a prostitute two days ago.
And the appearance of a sloppy man is not so much the essence of the demon as more like a monster imagined by human beings, nondescript.
Even Edward gave the rating of a monster. I even feel that sloppy men have ruined the reputation of the devil.
People think that demons are ugly because of the propaganda of the church, in the eyes of the church, demons are demagogic beings, and of course they cannot be beautified, so they are shaped into ugly, dirty, and disgusting appearances.
But actually.... In order to deceive people's hearts, how can demons make their appearance ugly and dirty?
Although they don't rely on their appearance to eat, they must look normal, otherwise others will be disgusted when they see it, how can they be demagogic?
"Strange, the apocryphal appearance of the demon in the doctrine is completely fictional, in that case, how did he come to be like this?" Ma Wei suddenly realized that something was wrong, the sloppy man would definitely not be able to disguise without the Tears of the Siren, but not only did he become a demon in the teachings, but he also possessed extremely powerful powers, and he had the upper hand in the siege of many demon hunters, which was simply unreasonable.
"He must have used some kind of powerful transcendent object." Edward said, "After so many eras, it's normal for some extraordinary items to appear with special effects. ”
"Hmm...."Observing the battle in the sky, Mavi nodded, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a church carriage parked on the side of the road, and after the door opened, an old man in a white robe and holding a scepter got out of the car, it was Pope Ubrey I.
In addition to Ubrey I, the three cardinal archbishops of Cambure, Brandon, and Leviu also came to Kingston.
Seeing the monster in the sky, Ubuli I had a solemn face, glanced at the onlookers on both sides of the street, and immediately ordered the evacuation of the crowd so as not to cause too many casualties.
Driven by the police, the onlookers could only stay away from the scene, and Ma Wei was also in the crowd, driven a few hundred meters away, and could only vaguely see the shadow of the monster in the distance.
"Let's go home." Shaking his head, Ma Wei walked towards the place where there were few people: "There is no excitement to watch." The battle in the sky did not last long, as soon as the three of Mavi got into the carriage, the alienated monster was quickly defeated by the combined attack of Pope Ubli I and the three archbishops, and tried their best to fight their way out of the encirclement, fleeing into the distance, and the witchers were in hot pursuit.
If Edward, who is besieged today, Mavi believes that it can be a draw with Pope Ublis I and the three archbishops, and when he fought Pope Doppler II of the Ruling Cult, Edward alone repelled the 100,000 troops of the Ruling Cult, and even severely wounded Doppler II.
This was true of Doppler II, and how much more so of Ublis I? The monster is slightly weaker than Edward, and even if it can't be defeated, it's always no problem to escape.
"London is getting more and more chaotic...."Ma Wei took a deep breath, and his mood was not beautiful. Aurora members must be allowed to enter London as soon as possible in case of future accidents.
Not long after returning to Flower Street, the communication responsible for delivering potion goods to Daniel came back, and as soon as he entered the door, he asked curiously, "Big brother, what's wrong?" Why is St. Paul's Cathedral talked about on the streets? ”
"It should be done by the Supreme Four Pillars." "They attacked St. Paul's Cathedral and released prisoners in the dungeon, causing chaos tonight," Mavi said. ”
"They're not just releasing prisoners." Under the moonlight, Fat Orange jumped into the windowsill and walked in front of Ma Wei with a cat's step: "According to the information provided by Maomao, a very important transcendent item was lost in St. Paul's Cathedral tonight, called the Mask of Change. ”
"So, Ublis I, they're trying to recover the stolen transcendent items?"
"That's right." Fat Orange said: "The prisoner who stole the mask of a thousand changes, named Butters Breve, was once the bishop of the Yin Ling district of London, with a high status, and was expelled from the bishop for 10 years for committing the crime of disrespect to the gods, and was imprisoned in the dungeon of St. Paul's Cathedral...."Ma Wei was a little surprised at this time, you know, the bishop in the remote area is very different from the bishop in the London area, the bishop of London must be a cardinal, qualified to participate in the internal meeting of the church, this kind of person.... Would you be charged with disrespect to the gods?
10 years ago, how Ma Wei didn't want to explore, he only knew that Butters Brev had stolen the treasure treasured by the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate, the Mask of Change.
According to Fat Orange, being able to turn into a monster is most likely due to the Thousand Changing Mask, a treasure that can allow humans to have great power in a short period of time....
"Big brother." Seeing Ma Wei bowing his head and pondering, his eyes were cloudy, he smiled and said, "You're moved, aren't you?" ”