Chapter 19: Underground Assembly Venue
The figures in the burqas and hoods took it for granted that Duncan was standing in the middle of the road.
At this moment, Duncan was still the same as when he had just left the cave, his thin and shriveled body was covered with tattered clothes, and the rags that were temporarily put on his upper body blocked the big hole in his chest, and he stood in the middle of the road with such a big grin, but he looked as if he was frightened by the sudden appearance of the "hooded man" - and the figures in the burqa were obviously surprised, they were obviously stunned for a moment, and then the leader suddenly let out a shout: "A sacrifice has escaped!" ”
Duncan saw them running in this direction, and another man shouted as he ran, "Quick! Stop him! Don't let him run! ”
Duncan shrugged his shoulders, but continued to look at these figures running towards him expressionlessly, no matter how he looked at them, he didn't mean to run at all after weighing the current situation, but several people on the other side still rushed over and shouted: "Don't let him run!" "A sacrifice has escaped!"
Duncan's honest act of standing in the middle of the road instead made the atmosphere awkward, and the few people who were running and shouting in this direction obviously felt that something was wrong when they were halfway there, and the shouting in their mouths involuntarily stopped, but they had to continue running in this direction, and Duncan could almost smell embarrassment mixed with annoyance from under their dark hoods—and then these embarrassed and angry people surrounded him, front and back, left and right.
Only then did Duncan look around at the figures around him, hesitate for a moment, and then say, "Should I have run away just now?" After all, the atmosphere is here......"
The figures in the burqa didn't seem to hear Duncan's sneer, they just glanced at the latter vigilantly and cautiously, and then looked in the direction behind Duncan, two of them quickly lowered their heads and talked a few words, Duncan vaguely heard what they were talking about:
"Why did one come out?"
"Could it be that the hyenas from the church discovered this hideout...... But he doesn't look like he's been let out......"
"Anyway, bring it back first, this sacrifice that ran out is not quite right...... Gotta get rid of it quickly. ”
"Let the messenger decide."
Duncan didn't know what these people were, let alone what the "messenger" mentioned by the other party meant, but thinking of what he had seen along the way and the word "sacrifice" mentioned by the other party, he had vaguely guessed some of the truth here.
He didn't know how he should react in order to be considered a "normal sacrifice", and he had no intention of cooperating with these people to "perform" at all, and he was using a temporary body outside of the Lost Country, so he obviously had very few things to worry about, so after observing the surrounding situation a little, he simply asked, "Where are you taking me?" ”
Those in the burqa were obviously a little surprised when they heard the "sacrifice" in front of them calmly speak, although they still had black veil masks on their hoods that completely covered their faces, but even so Duncan could guess their surprise at the moment, one of the black-robed people looked at the "sacrifice" in front of them viciously through the mask, and his voice was low: "You are not qualified to ask questions - take away!" ”
Several black-robed men immediately stepped forward, but Duncan took the initiative to take a step forward before they could do it: "You don't need to do it, I'll just go with you." ”
Several black-robed people looked at each other, probably thinking that the spirit of the "sacrifice" in front of them was a little abnormal, but the black-robed man in front of him waved his hand: "This is the best, you can't run away anyway...... Come with us, and you may still be able to meet the glory with dignity. ”
Several black-robed men gathered around Duncan, blocking all his "escape" routes from front to back, left and right, and leading him deeper into the sewers.
The foul smell of the sewers was disgusting, but the black-robed men walked down the filthy and musty road as if they hadn't noticed it at all, and Duncan was silent with a blank face, listening attentively as he followed the black-robed men as he walked forward—they didn't talk much to each other, but in the occasional conversation, Duncan heard useful words such as "Prand," "Archon," and "Church."
"This is the city-state of Purland?" Duncan spoke suddenly, as calmly as if he were chatting with an acquaintance.
"Nonsense ......" one of the black-robed men replied subconsciously, but then reacted and glanced at Duncan like a ghost, "You're calm, kid, do you know what's going to happen next?" ”
"Guess," Duncan nodded, even with a smile on his face, and then asked tentatively, "the real sun god...... Right? ”
Several of the black-robed men apparently paused for a moment, and they seemed to have a misunderstanding from Duncan's strange reaction, and one of them whispered to his companion: "Wait, is this also a believer in the Lord?" ”
"No way, he's obviously an escaped sacrifice......" the other black-robed man whispered, then glanced at Duncan, "You're quite clever, but don't think that this will save you from the sacrifice...... The Lord has decided your fate, and you better accept it. ”
Duncan was noncommittal, he knew that it was his overly calm reaction that caused the group of suspected cultists in front of him to have a wrong brain supplement, most of them thought that they were pretending to be calm and pretending to be "believers" to try to survive, but the real situation was only known to Duncan himself.
The temporarily occupied body could not even move normally, and the muscles on his face were as stiff as peripheral necrosis...... Then, of course, all that remains is the calm expressionless face!
But he didn't care what these cultists thought in their hearts, he just wanted to collect as much information as possible in this "one-time exploration operation", so he immediately asked casually: "Do you think the current 'sun' in the sky is a pseudo-sun?" Do you think it's going to fall sooner or later? ”
"Of course the false sun will eventually fall!" This was obviously a topic that could irritate the cultists, and Duncan listened to the positive and enthusiastic reaction of one of them, "Even the lackeys of the Holy See must admit in the general history that the sun in the sky appeared after the great annihilation!" It is the sun god who really brings life and order to all things in the world, but our lord has been usurped by that despicable pseudonym...... Sooner or later, that despicable artifact will fall from the sky! ”
Immediately afterward, Duncan heard the cultists around him respond: "The false sun will fall sooner or later!" "The real sun god will soon be resurrected!" "The superfluous waters of the world will be expelled back to the void by the power of the sun god, and the earth will return to the era of abundance and stability!"
Listening to the words of these cultists, Duncan's mind was spinning his thoughts rapidly, he knew that this kind of fanatical cultists could not be reasoned with, and most of what they believed in was distorted and tampered with information, but some of the information they revealed was still worth referring to—
The "sun" hanging in the sky is a fake......
The true sun has been usurped from power......
They are convinced that the true sun is a fallen god, and that the god will "rise from blood and fire......
They also spoke of the superfluous waters of the world, of the era of fertility and stability...... What do these words mean?
Duncan's mind was full of thoughts, and the cultists calmed down after a while, they still remembered what was going on, and they remembered that they were escorting an escaped "sacrifice", so the people closest to Duncan resumed their silence, and the two people walking at the back of the line muttered a few words:
"Do you think this 'sacrifice' is a bit evil?"
"Something doesn't seem right with him...... I'm a little unsure. ”
"Could it be that this sacrifice stayed in the lightless underground for too long when it ran away before, and the spirit was ...... by something?"
"That's right, the power of the Lord will purify him."
Duncan listened to the conversation coming from behind him, and he especially noticed the words "lightless underground", but just as he wanted to gather more information from this conversation, the black-robed man led by him stopped.
"We're here."
The black-robed cultist said in a low and cold voice.
Duncan felt a little regretful in his heart, but then he was drawn to the sight in front of him.
Ahead was the end of a stretch of road, where several sewers converged, and in this space, which was as wide as a small underground hall, was the meeting place of a black-robed cultist!