The shewer system was so large that Duncan saw it as more than necessary for a single function, and the runic gas lamps and fortified structures that served as shelters in the sewers made him wonder about the location of the underground facility.

But whatever the builders had in mind when it was first designed, one thing is clear: deep in this vast facility, out of the eyes of the earthly world, this dark and cold place has become a nursery for some kind of evil to grow.

A cult that nominally worships the sun, but only makes people feel chills.

At the intersection of the corridors of the sewer is a wide underground space, with solid concrete pillars supporting the masonry dome, metal cast pipe structures connecting vertically and horizontally around the dome, like spider webs, and bright gas lamps illuminate the entire space, and also illuminate the crowd gathered in this "meeting place" -

At first glance, at least hundreds of black-robed people gathered in this filthy and damp place, and in the middle of them was a high platform protruding from the ground, and on the high platform stood a tall figure also wearing black robes, which was obviously the highest ranking person in this group of black-robed people.

Instead of wearing the same hood as the others, the man standing on the platform wore a golden mask of strange shape, like a disc that radiated endless flames of light in all directions, and its surface was engraved with a large number of broken cracks.

Behind the masked man, there was a strange totem on the platform—a tall wooden stake, and on top of the stake was a flaming fireball, the core of which seemed to be some kind of metal, and its surface was filled with small holes, from which flames erupted.

When Duncan was "escorted" here, he saw such a scene.

The black-robed people gathered in the assembly hall also noticed him.

"We caught an escaped sacrifice on our way to the rallying ground!" One of the black-robed men who was in charge of escorting the escort stepped forward and said respectfully to the "leader" on the high platform, with a hint of merit in his tone, "This sacrifice has been in the dark for too long, and its thinking is already a little confused, may you exert your power and let the glory of my lord descend on this pathetic body!" ”

The leader of the cult wearing a golden mask on the high platform turned around and stared at the expressionless Duncan, with a hint of surprise and coldness in his tone: "Escape sacrifice? ”

Duncan didn't react, he just watched the place curiously, including the golden mask on the cult leader's face and the totem of the flaming fireball behind him.

Perhaps, these symbols are strange and bizarre things for ordinary people in this world, but he can see them almost at a glance...... is imitating the sun.

Not an imitation of the "ball of light" that was bound by a large stream of flames and a double rune ring like today, but a glowing sun that Duncan was familiar with.

These people are really worshipping the sun, a sun that seems to have "fallen" in ancient times, and they are worshipping it as some kind of god.

Duncan raised his head and looked at the black-robed priest who was looking down on him from the high platform with a calm expression, but perhaps because of the necrosis of his facial muscles, his calm appearance was more like some kind of numbness in the eyes of the other party.

The gold-masked priest looked at Duncan for less than two seconds, then turned his head and instructed a man standing next to the high platform: "Go and check the place where the sacrifices are kept, and see as quickly as possible." ”

After giving the order, he nodded to the black-robed men who had "escorted" the sacrifices back, and there was a hint of praise in his tone: "You have done a good job, even if it is a small merit for the Lord, it will turn into your eternal glory after the sun shines on all things again." ”

It was just a compliment that was neither salty nor indifferent, but several black-robed men seemed to have received great encouragement, and one by one they became excited, praising the "true sun god" while pushing Duncan to the high platform, while the masked priest did not speak to Duncan until this moment: "O poor man who has gone astray...... Can you feel the cold among the dull rocks and dirt? ”

Duncan couldn't understand what the god stick was saying, so he could only wait in silence, and the priest obviously didn't care about the reaction of the "sacrifice" in front of him, his words were not for Duncan, but more like to the surrounding believers, and to the "sun god" he believed in:

"The cold and darkness are the misery left by the false sun, under the rule of the false sun, the dark sea ravages the world, and only the fragmented small pieces of land keep the living beings alive, but even in these fragmented lands, the world cannot escape the suffering, the shadows of the old days are entrenched underground, their claws are wriggled in the lightless crypts, the ground is full of hatred and strife, and the pure souls of men are contaminated by the breath of the evil gods......

How do we endure this long suffering? How do we endure the twisted and absurd world brought about by the false sun?

"We can't bear it, we only hope that our Lord will return, that the true sun god will come to the earth again, burn in blood and fire, and bring order and prosperity back to the world!"

Duncan could clearly feel the atmosphere in the assembly hall change under the agitation of the masked priest, and the black-robed devotees became agitated one by one, and they first echoed it, and then it turned into an ardent cry: "May the true sun god come to the earth again!" Burning in blood and fire! "May the true sun god come to the earth again! Burning in blood and fire! ”

"May the true Sun God come down to the earth again," the priest on the high platform said in a loud voice, and then extended his hand to Duncan, "and today, my lord will wake up further from his slumber—the blood of the lost will soothe the scars of the sun as it cracks!"

"Bring the offerings!"

Several black-robed men swarmed up from the side, but Duncan was faster than them—he didn't need to be pushed, he rolled over and climbed onto the altar.

Although this body is not very easy to use, it is still possible to climb a platform.

After climbing up, he came to the front of the masked priest, and the latter was still maintaining the majestic and mysterious posture of the order just now—the change happened very suddenly, and the way it unfolded completely beyond the previous experience made the cult leader not react at once, he looked at Duncan through the golden mask, and the area around the altar was suddenly eerily quiet.

Duncan didn't seem to notice the change in the atmosphere around him, he just felt that he had gathered more information about the world, and was very eager to see more rare scenes before this temporary body was "scrapped".

"And what," Duncan rubbed his hands together with a certain sense of inquiring anticipation, and inquired very earnestly, "and then?" What's next? ”

Masked Priest: "......"

"Didn't you hear me?" Duncan frowned—but didn't wrinkle because the muscles in his face weren't very good, "I said, what's next?" ”

At this time, the priest finally reacted, although he was through a mask, there was obviously a moment of confusion in his eyes, but soon he spoke in a deep voice: "The shadows in the darkness have indeed affected your mind, but rest assured, the Most Holy Sun will put an end to your suffering...... Bring the sacrifice to the totem! ”

The two black-robed men immediately walked up to the stage from the side, took Duncan's arm and walked to the totem pole with the fireball on it, Duncan didn't know much about this step, so naturally he couldn't "cooperate in advance", but he still maintained a state of non-resistance, and honestly stood under the "clamp" of the two black-robed people under the "clamp" of the burning fireball.

Although Duncan did not have any resistance on his body, the two black-robed men who grabbed his arm still used great strength to restrain the arm of the "sacrifice", as if they were afraid that the sacrifice would violently resist and break free at the last moment, their strength was abnormal, Duncan could even feel that the bones of this temporary body were bursting a little bit, which made him look at the two black-robed people in surprise.

And then the masked priest walked over again.

Duncan's attention was immediately drawn to the priest's bosom with a strangely shaped dagger, which was strangely curved like a withered knuckle, the blade was black as if made of obsidian, and its surface reflected the fire on the totem, which looked strangely extraordinary.

Duncan was silently ready to cut off the "soul projection", and he knew that this was the end of the information that this temporary body could gather.

The prayers of the cult priests sounded from the high platform:

"O High and Holy Sun God! Accept the sacrifice on this high platform! I offer you the heart of this sacrifice, and may you return it from blood and fire! ”

Duncan immediately stopped his move to cut off the soul projection and looked at the cult priest in front of him like a fool.

(Oh yes!) ）