Chapter 256: The Witch and the Alchemy City (4)
"Why are you here?"
Red didn't give Dulles a good face at all, and the force on his hand increased.
This lowly last executioner is a freak.
With the strength of his high-ranking executioner, he had to be so close to it to be able to see through its disguise, and he almost didn't even see through it.
For some reason, this low-powered executioner always gave her a feeling of extreme unease, and his behavior was always unpredictable.
Obviously just a weak and poor guy.
Plus,
The fragments of memories recorded by the alchemy circle of the city protection that he retrieved were all seen by this guy......
The girl sitting in the bamboo basket lowered her eyes,
It seems that he is considering whether to disobey the orders of his mentor and kill Dulles.
"I said, I'm here to travel, will you believe me?"
The director of the insane asylum smiled, staring directly at the face of the Queen of the Blood Sea, with an inexplicable confidence.
It was as if it knew that although the woman had always hated it, she would never kill herself herself.
Really...
After a few seconds, the little snow-white hand that was holding his throat slowly released.
Dulles fell heavily to the ground and got up on his own.
"No wonder you're using humans to find this place." Dulles patted the dust off his pants, "This place can shield the perception of the executioner, and if I wasn't already standing here, I would never have found a city here." β
"I remember the mentor gave you a task."
Red didn't take Dulles's words and spoke.
"It doesn't matter." Dulles spread his hands, "I don't have the strength to fight it right now." At the very least, let me get a boost first. β
"Humph!" Red lowered her head, making it impossible to see her expression clearly, "Since you don't like to push a cart and sell ice soda leisurely at the Blood Lake Amusement Park, then you are just in the right place to savor this exciting adventure life." β
"What do you mean?"
Dulles sensed something was wrong and involuntarily took two steps back.
"It's easy." Red raised his head, his eyes narrowed into a slit, "I'll send you down and follow the expedition team instead of me as my eyeliner." β
"I don't think so, Lord Red."
Dulles ran away.
Joke!
It's not like it didn't see how the demon believer died before?
But...
An endless sea of blood gushed out from the ground, imprisoning Dulles in place in an instant.
"Don't be afraid." Red used a soothing tone, although she still sneered from time to time, "You can also see, there are two other expedition teams that have arrived here before us. There are two old people I know very well. β
"Since they were able to successfully enter after suppressing their power, then I think you should be fine with your already weak body."
But what if something goes wrong? γ
Dulles said with a sigh.
But this sentence was not addressed to the Queen of the Blood Sea.
But...
"Then you're dead! The kind where there are no ashes left. β
The stranger can't cry or laugh,
"If you give a plausible reason, she won't doubt you. Tourism? If I had heard that excuse, I would have left you behind. β
[That... Can you tell her to pull me up and do it again? γ
"What do you say?"
Airplanes!
With a flash of white light, Dulles' body fell into the round hole.
Crunch!
Crunch!
The bamboo basket flying in the air swayed gently, and the red figure gradually faded away.
......
"Here, take a sip of water."
As soon as consciousness was restored, a soft call came from Yun Fan's ears.
Then the cool liquid entered his mouth, and he slowly opened his eyes at the same time.
"I'm awake."
The first thing he saw was the face of a member of the scientific expedition.
With the support of this team member, Yun Fan stood up from the ground and began to look around, observing the surroundings.
Looking up,
It was black and oppressive, like a pure black dome falling upside down, and there was no trace of the round hole in sight.
Around them were stone walls taller than skyscrapers, carved with glittering circles and patterns.
Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and some of these magic patterns have long since faded into the darkness of their former glory. But there were still some sophisticated circles at work, and the light was barely enough to dispel the darkness that was nearer.
A little further away is a series of intricate staircases, and I don't know where they lead.
At this time, the old professor was standing in front of the wall directly behind them, concentrating on making out the witch text on it.
"What's written on this? Is there a record of how to leave? β
One of the expedition team members sneezed, hugged his shoulders and shivered.
"It's on thisβ" After a while, the old professor responded, "Something about the beliefs of this city." β
As he spoke, the old professor walked to the other side and observed the other high wall.
"Faith?"
The tone of the man who helped Yun Fan up was suspicious.
"Yes. Faith. The old professor explained while examining the text, "It says that the witches and alchemists of the time believed in nature and worshiped nature. They believe that their strength comes from heaven and earth, and that they should feed back to nature after death. β
"But they have a special hatred for something called 'Deegricoli,' which translates to what we humans call a god."
"Worship nature and hate God? Isn't that a contradiction? β
Dulles accosted.
"Not a contradiction." The old professor shook his head, "In their mythological system, the gods are considered traitors to the world. β
It reads, according to the Great Witch, that everything in Deezivel comes from nature, and is no different from the rest of the living beings. But it does not care about other lives, and it is a natural disaster that often causes chaos in the world. β
"Oh, and it says that God later suffered the same predicament as nature."
"God has used his power to derive some life, and these beings are the puppets it uses to bring trouble to the world. Here he is called 'the one who has all evil'. β
"But these 'all-evil ones' also turned away from God in the back. These beings have the same filthy and ugly nature as God, and it is in their nature to betray and forsake them. β
"And later, it was precisely because of the anger of the gods and the punishment of the gods that this city was buried in the yellow sand and lost its former glory."
"And then there's the little common sense of witches or alchemists. For example, during the coming-of-age ceremony, the witch will choose a teacher who will follow her for life and will not swerve until death, and worship him as a 'guru'..."
"Oh, no, boys." The old professor suddenly changed his words, "This is not the real city of witches and alchemy. β
"The place where we are now is just one of the thousands of checkpoints before we officially entered the city. We are still a long way from truly entering this big city. β
"This is a record of how to open the passage to the Witch and the Alchemy City. It's just..."
"Just what?"
One of them seemed impatient.
"It's just that we're only going to use the dumbest method now."
"Fuck, these witches and alchemists aren't good goods either!"
The professor pointed to a row of text,
"This records the amount of alchemy material that was brought into this city at one time."
"And the alchemy material that accounts for the largest proportion of them is people..."
"It's a living person like you and me!"
"Any alchemy circle is inseparable from the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind. But on top of these four elements, there is a higher dimensional element that can be arbitrarily transformed into other elements. β
"This higher element is ether, or soul energy, the soul of a human being..."
"Whether we want to leave or enter, we must sacrifice the alchemy material of human beings to fill the work energy required by this magic circle!"
These words,
It's almost explicitly asking who wants to die!
The next moment, the five of them took a few steps back at the same time, looking at each other with defensive eyes.
[The game has officially begun!] γ
With the appearance of the system prompt, Yun Fan instantly gained control of this body.
[Your true current role is: The Faceless Man - Dulles!] γ