Under the leadership of Hao, the three of them walked into the cave at the bottom of the mountain, and found that it was completely the decoration and furnishings of the house, and the internal space was very large... There is a living room and a bedroom. The whole mountain resembles a building, and this neatly arranged cave is a house, and some are used for storage.

However, the cave they walked into had been destroyed... The tables and chairs inside were in tatters, and there were blood stains.

"Captain, look—" Kaki snapped to a wall, reminding.

Looking over, he saw that it was a mural.

The Botswis seem to be very fond of carving... There are also many small and delicate stone statues in the house.

The mural is divided into several parts, the first of which is a group of small people kneeling in front of a giant, praying and prostrating sincerely.

The second is of the villain lifting his fellow man up and throwing him into the giant's open mouth.

The third depicts ant-sized humans and various animals that have suddenly appeared, celebrating... It's like holding some kind of grand festival while the giant's belly is already bulging.

The fourth is the giant production... Accompanied by a pile of eggs born by the liquid, it is worth noting that all the animals at the festival, including humans, died, in a variety of ways... There were only five or six humans left, and they were all happy to pick up a few round eggs.

Hao's eyes focused on the giant, and found that although the giant resembled a human, it had no facial features... It is faceless.

And in the second painting, the giant with a big mouth full of sharp teeth... Not two rows of teeth, but a circle of teeth, like mouthparts.

Most of them are not species of the human world, let alone human races.

"The Dark Continent..."

Hazy thought.

Whether it's the Kuluta or the Bozwa, they seem to like to use images or words to record or pass on their origins... However, compared to the nature-worshipping Guluta people, the Bozwa people feel a bit evil.

The scenes in several of the murals are not in a natural environment, but more like in the underground or in a cave, without flowers and plants, but with torches to indicate that everything is happening in a darker environment.

The environment is the same as that of the Botswa people today.

They went around a few more caves and found that each house had a mural with similar content.

"Let's go, the master is waiting for us inside," said Sisoka, standing in front of a hole that led to the interior of the mountain.

The interior of each cave, in addition to the houses inhabited by the Bozwa, is also connected to a deep and dark tunnel in the innermost part, which has the same characteristics as beehives and ant hills. The passage is very narrow, only for one person to walk around, and it is difficult for two people to walk side by side... Sisoka is at the front, and Hazy is in charge of the back.

After going a few hundred meters, the three of them came to an intersection where three passages in different directions appeared in front of them.

"What to do? Do you want to separate? ”

Kaki looked at him.

It seems that the interior of this mountain is extremely complex, like a labyrinth.

Hao observed it for a while, but found nothing mysterious.

"The place where these passages end up is supposed to be... It's just that the routes are different, some are longer, some are shorter. "There should be some mechanism... It's something that only the Botswa can tell..."

"Want to split us up?"

Kaki chimed in, "Or a different route, ambushed with manpower?" ”

"I choose this side..."

At this moment, Hisoka suddenly walked to the leftmost hole.

"If the captain is right, the three of us are better together." Kaki suggested.

However, Hisoka took his words as a deaf ear and turned to look at Hazy, "Kill all the Bozwa, just get that 'thing'... Right? ”

"Hmm."

Haze nodded.

"How can you thank me if I finish the task before you?"

Hisoka raised the corners of her mouth.

"That's what you're supposed to do... You owe me a favor. After speaking, he stepped directly into the middle hole.

"Hehe... Let's see who's faster! ”

Hisoka's figure disappeared into the darkness.

Leaving Kaki alone, he looked left and right, and finally chose to keep up with the captain.

There were torches stuck in the walls of the passage, but they were not lit at this time.

As we went deeper, the light became darker and darker, and I couldn't see my fingers. Coupled with the small and closed space, it is easy to make people feel depressed and irritable... Hazy and Kaki didn't encounter any traps, but they went back and forth for a long time, and the intersections kept appearing, making it difficult to discern the direction.

An hour was wasted before and after.

In the middle of the night, the two of them stepped out of a hole again, and they were faced with the entrance of the passage in four directions.

"It's ......," Kaki licked his dry lips.

He was already dizzy and completely lost.

Hao stepped forward, inserted one hand into the soil, picked up the soil layer, touched it, there was a feeling of wetness, and said indifferently: "The direction is not important, as long as we determine the position we are in, we can continue to decline... It's just that this will be more time-consuming. ”

Airplanes...

Suddenly, a piece of stone and soil fell above the heads of the two people, and there was a slight tremor.

Inside the mountain, there is a battle!

"It's Hisoka? Did he fight the Bozwa? So fast? Kaki was surprised.

"That's not right..."

Haze frowned.

The tremor seems to be coming from above, not from below... With this labyrinthine internal structure, it is judged that the hiding position of the Botswis must be in the core of the mountain, in other words, Sisoka ran into the mechanism or the other party sent manpower.

It was slower than the two of them.

"Let's go." Hao called out and walked into a cave first.

Hao is using the soil layer to analyze whether their position is closer to the ground, and Kaki's telekinesis patch also comes in handy, at least to ensure that the two of them will not return to their original path. And just like that, half an hour later... The hole in front of them shone brightly, and the broken earth under their feet was paved with stone bricks.

Hao walked out of the cave and stepped into a wide underground space, like the inside of a large hall.

One by one, the braziers are burning, bursting with heat...

A total of ten huge pillars stand in front of you.

The stone pillars are carved with delicate patterns, and in the center, in the altar-like field, sits an old man of the Bozwa tribe.

A familiar white robe with long gray-white braids.

"Stay still." Looking at the old man, his heart sank, and he gave Kaki a command.

Immediately, the figure flashed, and in an instant, it rushed to the front of the altar.

The old man originally lowered his head, holding a skull in both hands, as if he was asleep, and when he heard the movement, he slowly raised his head and looked at each other...

Hao cast 'condensation', looked at the skull in the former's hand, and sure enough, he saw a cluster of black energy wrapped around the head, and the breath was unknown... This is it, the critualistic creation! This skull is obviously not a real human head, more like some kind of stone polishing casting, and it is also carved with strange patterns.

Just him?

Hazy raises perception to the maximum... There was a huge underground space, and there were no other Bozwas except for the old man.

"Outsiders... Are you a lackey sent by the king? The old man obviously knew the lingua franca, and his eyes were indifferent.

"No, I'm a hunter hired by one party... Because I took the task, I came to complete it. Hao looked around, met the old man's puzzled expression, and stretched out his hand to point to the skull he was holding: "It's... We're here for this thing. ”

Even if the Hunter Association is mentioned, it is estimated that the other party does not understand, and Hao is too lazy to explain.

"You're in a worse situation than I thought... There aren't many people left, right? Blindly let the bugs divide and evolve, expanding the battlefield... Naturally, the speed of sacrifice will be faster, but now the battlefield is far from reaching the royal city of Dongguotuo... Nor was it a real threat to the king. ”

Hao said calmly: "At this rate... Even if the parasite spreads to the realm of the royal city, because there is no one to sacrifice, I guess... The bugs can't split anymore, as long as they are swept away, it's all over. ”

Even if you use ancient rituals, it is not easy to fight against a country.

He thought that the Bozwa people were at least twenty or thirty alive, but now look... Maybe not even half.

The remaining survivors have been sent to various battlefields to prepare for the next wave of sacrifices...

And the last wave.

The old man was a little surprised that Hao saw the secret of the ritual, "It doesn't matter... Only by opening the ceremony can we Botswa have hope of living... Even if you can't kill that faint king, you have to bite a piece of flesh off his body fiercely, so that he can feel the anger and hatred of our people! ”

"As long as we Bozwa people are alive, even if only the last one remains, the flame of vengeance will not be extinguished... Not this time, and the next time... Someday, it will make him pay the price he deserves. ”

Hazy was silent.

"You may be disappointed, but from what I know of the current monarch of Dongguotuo, he must still be spending his days drinking and enjoying bliss every day... I'm afraid that at this point, you Bozwa people have not been taken into account. ”

"So... He deserves to die! ”

The old man slowly stood up, and at the same time, his body burst out with thoughts.

He's a telepathetic...

Hazy also urged the mind... And directly used the telekinesis ability.

The face button appears, and then disappears with a strange scream.

"I myself have no interest in the conflict between you and the Monarch of Dongguotuo, I just want to get the skull in your hand... The ritual is meant to perpetuate your race, which means that even if the ritual is over, one person will still be alive... How about I can escort him out of Dongguota and give him an outside identity to ensure his safety for the rest of his life, in exchange for this skull being mine? Haze spoke.

"I can feel your sincerity, but I can't... I can only refuse. The old man's answer was not surprising.

"Then I'm sorry..."

Hazy's heart moved.

This time, I won the rune skill again, and I was a bit unlucky.

Due to the limitations, he couldn't configure flashes and healing, including the runes he had previously pointed.

The feeling that the old man gave him was not very strong... Should be able to dispose of it.

But... There is always a feeling of disharmony in my heart...

(End of chapter)