From Sherlock Holmes, Mavi learned what had happened after entering the Ghost Forest.

Unable to determine the exact address, Holmes asked the guides to prepare themselves with tents, food, and a lot of equipment for their entry into the mountains, and for medicine, they didn't need to prepare much medicine because they had a priest who believed in Wild, the goddess of health, to go with them.

Ghost Forest involves supernatural powers, Holmes is certainly not stupid enough to go alone, he relied on his fame and invited a priest to accompany him in the local Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny, the United States of Citi is a multi-religious country, unlike the Kingdom of Windsor and the Kingdom of Frederick with a state religion, and the churches in the territory are composed of various churches.

In addition to the priests of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate, Holmes also hired a team of mercenaries who roamed the Northwest Frontier, these are cowboys who lick blood on the tip of their knives, and they specialize in escorting gold prospectors, and occasionally do murderous deeds.

It was not safe to keep them around, but Sherlock Holmes considered that this time he did not enter the Ghost Forest to hunt for treasures, and there was a high probability that he would not find eye-catching treasures, so he spent a lot of money to hire mercenaries, and after the group was fully prepared, they took a small boat along the river into the Ghost Forest.

If you want to find the place where the red sun appeared, you must first find the valley where his father used to pan for gold, and the guide said that there are many gold panning spots in the ghost forest, but most of them have been deserted, because in recent years, the ghost forest is very dangerous, and none of the gold diggers and hunters who have entered the depths have returned.

Fortunately, his father remembered the gold panning location very well, and after Holmes gave the general direction, the guide found a valley on the map, located near the edge of the Ghost Forest, which was a safe area, but the distance was far away, and it took a day and a night to reach it by boat.

At night, Holmes and the others slept on the shore, and the next morning they continued their journey, and finally arrived at dusk in the valley where his friend's father had panned for gold.

When Holmes opened the door of the cabin, he was surprised to find that the cabin still had the same appearance as when his friend's father left, the package, coat, and food had not been taken with him, and it was covered with dust and had long since been corroded.

At this time, Holmes suddenly realized that the five people who came to the valley to pan for gold together were probably not able to leave alive, except for his friend's father.

The hut had been abandoned and had been almost completely destroyed over the years, so Holmes had his party camp on the banks of the river, rest for the night, and then go back tomorrow morning in search of the giant sun.

But in the middle of the night, Holmes was suddenly awakened by a blinding red light, and when he came out of the tent, he saw a fiery red sun rising from the depths of the ghost forest, still wriggling. It's an eye! A blood-red eye!

The sudden appearance of the vision woke everyone up, and when the accompanying priest saw this, he fell to the ground in fright, shouting 'MONOCULUS', 'MONOCULUS', Sherlock Holmes had heard of the MONOCULUS, a transcendent item recorded in the teachings of the Three Goddesses of Fate.

The Demon Eye, according to legend, is a divine creature created by the ancient god of wisdom, Arabi, who is as bright as the sun and has the power to discern all things, and can see through the false and the true.

The Demon Eye itself is not aggressive, what is really terrifying is that there is often a demon army where the Demon Eye appears, the legion is composed of extraordinary creatures, and it is under the leadership of the seventy-two pillar demon gods, which is extremely powerful, and it is by no means an ordinary human being can defeat.

After calming down a little, the accompanying priest thought that there was a demon cave in the ghost forest and needed to be reported to the goddess, but in the process of reporting, he found that he could not get a response from the goddess.

Just like the shielding magic array set up by Anatole, the inside of the Demon Forest is also covered with similar magic, unable to communicate with the outside world, the priest asked to leave immediately, seek church reinforcements and continue to explore, but Holmes believes that under the magic eye is the temple used to seal the demon gate, and now that the demon gate has been released, how can there be a demon legion stationed?

However, when entering the Ghost Forest, the guide said that the depths of the Ghost Forest have not been quiet in recent years, and the hunters and gold diggers who entered the depths have not returned, considering this, Holmes did not refute the priest's proposal, and decided to evacuate overnight, and it is not too late to return after moving to reinforcements.

Deciding to retreat, everyone immediately began to pack their bags and prepare to leave by boat, but at this moment, golden sand suddenly gushed out of the river in front of them, which was extremely dazzling under the red light, and seeing this, Holmes and the priest's faces changed, and they said in unison:

"Magic Gold!"

Magic gold is not gold, it belongs to the stone that has been enchanted, it looks like gold, but in fact it is not the same at all, it is a property used by demons to deceive humans, as long as someone touches it, it will be discovered.

Throughout the world, only intelligent creatures will have a crazy thirst for gold, and for wild animals, gold is no different from ordinary stones, but in the eyes of humans.

Gold represents wealth!

This is a trap set by the devil, a trap for hunting humans!

Seeing the magic gold, Holmes immediately ordered the guide and mercenaries not to move, saying that the gold was attached to the magic, and it would be found if it moved, but as the magic gold became more and more, until it did not cross the entire riverbed and was piled up like a hill, a mercenary couldn't bear it anymore, threw away his hat, rushed into the gold mountain frantically with leather boots, grabbed a piece of gold and put it in his mouth and bit it, after seeing the tooth marks, he was even more excited to put it in his pocket, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was completely devoured by greed.

Led by him, the guide and other mercenaries also rushed to the gold mountain, desperately loading gold, not hesitating to throw away all the clothes, weapons and even food in the package, just to carry more gold.

Gold did not cause scramble, because there were too many, it was the parcel that caused the scramble, and if you want to take away as much gold as possible, you can't just rely on two hands, the parcel is necessary, the gold can't be filled, but the parcel is limited

Bang!

Bang!

With a few gunshots, blood flowed down the golden mountain, and it turned a little black under the red light of the magic eye, and seeing this scene, Holmes was also a little desperate.

The magic gold had attracted demons, and many shadows hidden in the darkness appeared on the surrounding branches, and they looked at the mercenaries who were scrambling for packages and gold, and let out a mocking sneer.

Syllable!

I don't know who snapped his fingers, and the gold that was piled up like a mountain just now immediately turned into a puddle of stinky mud, and the mercenaries who were scrambling for the package were so shocked that they took a few steps back, only to realize that the situation was wrong, and rushed to the weapons one after another.

Unfortunately, it was too late, Holmes only felt a strong wind flash in front of his eyes, and before he could see clearly, warm blood splashed on his face, and all the mercenaries who took up arms were decapitated, and their heads were separated in an instant, and their hearts were still pumping vigorously, and hot blood flew out.

More than a dozen mercenaries were all dead, except for the three who were killed by their companions, all of them were detached, with weapons in their hands, and the demons seemed to be enjoying the hunt, only to those who took up the weapons, and Sherlock Holmes, who stood still, and the priest, who knelt on the ground and prayed, were safe and sound.

Oh, and the already scared peeing guide.

Sherlock Holmes seemed to know how his friend's father's companion had died.

MONOCULUS brought in an untold amount of gold, and the gold diggers certainly couldn't resist the temptation, and his friend's father escaped by hiding in a tree.

"I want his head."

"I want his arm."

"Then I want his legs."

"I want his soul."

Whispers came from the trees around him, the demons did not shy away from sharing their prey, and Sherlock Holmes clutched the statue of the Living Spirit of the Blood Clan in his arms, which was his last reliance, whether he succeeded or not, he could only fight to the death.

Just as Holmes was about to fight, a shout suddenly came from the forest: "Wait a minute! ”

The whispers died down, and a young man with a solid gold cross flag badge pinned to his chest stepped out and said to the demons around him, "This Mr. Dilloc Holmes is a guest of our Doomsday Party!" You can't touch him! ”

"Guest." A demon sneered: "Guests are not included in the contract. ”

"yes, it's not enough to be a guest."

The young man took out a half-gold, half-silver badge from his bosom, and while playing with it, he asked, "Mr. Holmes, would you like to join the Doomsday Party?" This is your last chance. ”

“.”

"You're breaking the rules." The demon said, "But for the sake of the contract, you can take Sherlock Holmes with you, and the others must stay!" ”

"Deal."

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect this group of demons to back down, and quickly pulled Holmes up and walked towards the edge of the forest.

As soon as Holmes walked on his front foot, there was two muffled sounds of flesh falling to the ground on the riverbank of his back foot.

"Dad, didn't the contract between the Doomsday Party and the forces of the Old Gods disappear two days ago?"

After listening to Holmes's narration, Yunia blinked, "Could it be that these things happened before the Doomsday Party assassinated the bad woman?" ”

"The contract between the Doomsday Party and the forces of the Old Gods has been broken?" Holmes was stunned for a moment, knowing nothing about it, he had just returned to London.

"Yes, just a few days ago, the contract lost its validity."

Ma Wei briefly recounted what had happened in London in the past month: "Your luck is good, if you are a week late, I am afraid that you will stay in the ghost forest forever." ”

"I've been lucky, but Father Billy and they all died in the forest."

Holmes sighed, "It's a shame that their deaths have something to do with me. ”

"If you weren't blinded by greed, you should be able to get out of it, and even if you are responsible, your responsibility is not the most important."

After explaining, Ma Wei changed the subject: "After leaving the ghost forest, where did you go?" ”

"Russell, the young man who helped me get out of the Ghost Forest, took me to Arizona, the southernmost state of the United States of Citi, where the headquarters of the Doomsday Party is located."

"Their headquarters is mobile, not fixed in a certain location, and only through the guidance of the badge can they communicate with the headquarters and get guidance," Holmes said. ”

The badge of the Doomsday Party must be hiding some kind of secret, but Ma Wei is not in the mood to inquire right now: "Have you seen the top of the Doomsday Party?" ”

"Russell is one of the top leaders of the Doomsday Party, and his position is gospel, second only to the party leader." Holmes replied, "I was imprisoned after entering the headquarters, and it took three days for Russell to come to see me and ask me if I would like to join the Doomsday Party, and when I said yes, he blindfolded me and took me to a small room." ”

"It was dark in the room, only the candle was lit in front of me, and I couldn't see anything else, and there they wanted me to swear by my soul."

Speaking of this, Holmes smiled: "The oath of the Doomsday Party is very interesting, the first vow is to fight for the welfare of mankind, the second vow is to strictly abide by the rules and dogmas of the Doomsday Party, and the third vow is to offer loyalty to the supreme mother tree."

"Mother tree?"

"Yes, I used to think that the Doomsday Party had no faith, but then I found out that they actually have faith, but their faith is not a person, but a tree." Sherlock Holmes narrowed his eyes and said with a pipe in his mouth: "A mother tree that carried human civilization tens of thousands of years ago." ”

"Legend has it that human beings are surrounded by powerful enemies from the beginning of their creation, and they are not born with abilities like extraordinary beings, but can only survive in the cracks, enslaved, and survive."

"Then one day, the world was divided into two, a giant tree grew in the cracks, the umbrella cover reached into the sky, the ancestors of mankind climbed to the top of the tree, and found that there were endless berries growing on the branches here, and the river was golden honey milk, balanced day and night, there were no natural disasters, and what was even more surprising was that other transcendent creatures were resisted by the giant tree and could not attack the humans on the tree, so the human ancestors moved to the giant tree and multiplied civilization here."

"After tens of thousands of years, the giant tree suddenly produced a fruit, the fruit contains incomparably amazing power, the human ancestors quarreled because of the fruit, some people think that they should eat the fruit, maybe they can get extraordinary power, and some people think that the giant tree shelters them, and they should no longer think about stealing the fruit, otherwise they will be punished."

"The quarrel never ended, and the dispute continued for hundreds of years, and the decision on what to do with the fruit was never decided, until one day, a huge black gate appeared at the base of the tree."

Sherlock Holmes said: "The black giant gate represents a disaster, means a crisis, a crisis that can subvert everything, the human ancestors decided to pick the fruit in order to deal with the crisis, and the opponents resolutely left the giant tree with the race in order to save the fire of mankind, and since then the human tribe has been divided and divided into two." ”

"The race that left the giant tree is now the Doomsday Party, and you know what happened after that, human beings created the god of faith, not only sealed the ancient gods, but also sealed the transcendent creatures all over the world, and the human race prospered, on the other hand, the opponents who left the giant tree before almost withered in the siege of the transcendent creatures, survived, and hid until the new era."

"These histories."

Ma Wei took a deep breath: "It should be the story of the Divine Tree Era, that is, before the birth of Baji. ”

"Yes, and the mother tree that the Doomsday Party is talking about is actually that."

"Alchemy Divine Tree!"