Chapter 33: Eternal Life, Return
Seeing that they were going to continue upstairs, Wayne proposed, "Sister Lacey, I'm with you." β
Death is also a clear death!
When the desperate power penetrated just now, he really felt a little wronged......
Obviously he was hiding downstairs, why was he the first to be unlucky?
Is it because he is the weakest?
"Okay, but wait until we go in first," Lacey nodded in agreement, "Arianna?" β
"No problem, the Immortals are excited."
The tentacles around Arianna swelled, apparently feeding them with the power of desperation.
After speaking, the two of them flashed directly to the second floor and rushed into the iron door.
"Let's go, Wayne, let's go too."
Marco took the staff, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I was worried that you would be affected, but I didn't expect you to adjust so quickly." β
"No, I'm just afraid of being thrown to the ground again."
Wayne looked at him expressionlessly, and it was self-evident what he wanted to express.
"That, haha......"
Marco laughed awkwardly twice, pointed to Lacey who stopped at the edge of the iron gate in front of him and said, "I'll go over and see if I might find something." β
After saying that, he ran away with a smoke.
Wayne looked at his "escape" and pouted, "Tina, do you think Big Brother Marco is not very reliable?" β
"Tina thinks Wayne is reliable."
"Oh? Coincidentally, I think so too. β
After Wayne took the white-haired girl upstairs, he saw them all standing motionless in the door, and wondered, "Sister Laixi, what's wrong with you......"
β¦β¦ ?
With just one glance, his eyes were locked on the horrific sight behind the door.
It was as if time had frozen around him, and a cold chill hit his heart.
In the empty and quiet room in front of him, there were dried corpses, like dried sausages, tied to the ceiling by ropes.
Their bodies are unusually emaciated, their skin clinging to their bones, as if the last drop of blood had been drained.
At the same time, these dried corpses all maintain the same posture -
With your hands crossed over your shoulders and your feet together, you can create an eerie sense of ritual.
On the body of each dried corpse, a bright red eye pattern is depicted, and the blood-red color contrasts with the gray and white body.
Under the dim light of the oil lamps on the walls, the shadows were full of shadows, and it looked extremely eerie.
Wayne muttered, "This is in the abyss of hell...... Is it? β
Even those huge eyes didn't have such a big impact on him as the real scene in front of him.
"Three hundred and twenty-six."
Lacey's voice became low and hoarse, with a piercing coldness: "It seems that we have found the missing more than 300 people......"
Arianna's face turned pale, and her tentacles waved violently, making a "whoosh" sound.
"Desperate sect people, what did you do?"
"It should be, you look at the ground,"
Marco used his staff to pry away a dried corpse in front of him, pointed to the ground, and said, "The sacrificial ritual is a rune circle used by the Desperate Sect. β
Sacrificial rituals?
Rune Circle?
Wayne looked in the direction he was pointing.
I saw that the floor of the room was covered with intricate and twisted runes, and the dark red symbols seemed to seep into it like bloodstains, and several ravines connected these runes to form an intricate pattern.
In the center of the circle was a statueβa hideous eye with countless twisted arms carved around it.
They were intertwined, criss-crossed and integrated into the eye, like vines crawling over the surface of the statue.
The arms were ugly and twisted, shriveled and emaciated, just like those dried corpses.
The entire statue is shrouded in darkness, exuding distortion and madness, as if it is the source of all evil despair.
"The Totem of Faith of the Sect of Despair...... Looks right. β
Lacey took a deep breath and walked inside.
The shriveled corpses on top of her head were picked open with her two-handed axe, as if these were really meat sausages.
She didn't stop until she reached the statue in the center of the room.
"I really envy your case, and this time I'm going to make a lot of money." Arianna saw her movements and said sourly.
Big?
Wayne quietly pricked up his ears, how to earn?
Marco pouted: "Captain Arianna, don't forget, you also have a part of the income this time." β
"It's the same,"
Arianna pointed to the dried corpses and said, "All of them have been eroded by the power of despair, and they are sold to the Shadow School guys, each for at least 5 shillings." β
"According to the rules of the ministry, you can get 10% of the income by assisting in solving the case."
"You really understand."
Marco sneered, and then ignored him, instead watching Lacey's movements inside.
That's how it makes money......
Wayne glanced at the scene in the room again, wouldn't it be a nightmare to make more money like this?
It didn't take long for Lacey to dig up the statue and walk out with it in her arms.
"Lacey, I'm done with my mission this time?"
The tentacles around Arianna's body retracted and returned to their original form, "That gain ......"
Lacey glanced at him, "I won't miss you." β
"Including this statue?"
"Everything is according to the rules."
Arianna rubbed her hands together and smiled, "How embarrassing this is......"
"Shut up!"
ββ¦β¦β
Arianna quickly closed her mouth and made a few gestures to signal what to do with the dried corpses.
Lacey looked back and said lightly, "Marko, go back and inform the people of the city guard to come over and help move these 'loot'." β
"Okay."
Marko waved the staff in his hand: "Rous, Manda." (Gale.) οΌ
A whirlwind swirled around his body, and he disappeared in place with one step.
Spell?
Wayne thought enviously: When can he use such a handsome spell......
At this time, Lacey beckoned, "Wayne, Tina, let's go out and wait, and leave it to Arianna here." β
"Huh? Lacey, I'm ......."
"Huh?"
Arianna looked at her cold appearance and snorted, "I mean, no problem......"
Lacey glanced at him and walked straight out of the room.
"Please, Captain Arianna." After Wayne dropped these words, he took Tina and followed him out of the house.
"Damn!!"
Listening to the roar in the room, Wayne craned his neck, "Tina, you said Captain Arianna wouldn't go crazy, would you?" β
Tina was as direct as ever," Tina said, he didn't dare. β
Wayne looked back and saw that Arianna hadn't come out, so he leaned into her ear and whispered, "Next time, I can say something like this to be more tactful." β
"Tina is very tactful, he doesn't dare."
"Well, you have the final say......"
Wayne looked at the expressionless white-haired girl and shook his head helplessly.
He gave up teaching Tina for the time being, what is the worldly feelings.
When the two of them got out of the house, they saw Lacey leaning against the door, lighting a cigarette and smoking, looking at the sky intently.
Wayne saw her like this and guessed that she was touched by the scene inside.
I didn't expect that such a big and smug person as Lesy would have such a tender side.
"Sister Laixi, those people inside are really miserable, don't be too relieved. Even though this is the first case I've been exposed to, I ......"
Lacey turned to look at him and asked blankly, "What are you talking about?" Rest assured, me? β
Wayne was stunned for a moment, "Hm, isn't it?" β
"Haha......"
Lacey sneered and patted him on the shoulder, "I, I'm just calculating how much gold pounds I can make from this case......"
Wayne's expression became embarrassed, "Ahhhh
After laughing for a while, Lacey's face showed the same smile as she had seen her first time, and she looked at him and said, "Thank you for comforting me, Wayne." β
"I, no thanks......"
Who knows you're settling accounts like that, huh?
Wayne asked speechlessly: "Is that clear, the benefits this time?" β
"It's not bad, this statue alone is worth 13 gold pounds. If you meet someone who knows the goods, the price can rise a lot. β
Thirteen gold pounds?
Add those dried corpses, and a 5 shilling is 80 gold pounds,
So add it together...... Nearly 100 gold pounds?
That's a lot of money!
Wayne instantly put that embarrassment behind him, "It seems that there are people involved in the mission?" Do I have a share too? β
"Of course, you're a participant and you're five percent of the gain, but ......," Lacey looked at him with a smirk, "as if someone owes me two gold pounds." β
Wayne's expression became embarrassed again, "Just, just deduct it from the income this time, is it okay?" β
What is 5 percent?
5 gold pounds......
Paying back the money is enough.
The smile on Lacey's face was even brighter, and her eyes were in the shape of a crescent moon, "Then it's decided." β
ββ¦β¦β
Wayne looked at her smile, this is urging him to pay back the money, right?
Forget it, some earn, it's good!
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On the other side, after several city guards gathered the corpses, they stood aside and looked in the direction of Wei En and the others.
"Captain Guisep, you have such a good relationship with Marko, can you let him open up a few more places?"
"You kid want to participate too?"
"Hehe, I heard that there are a lot of rich girls from the Dumitru neighborhood at the drinking party, we want to follow and have a look......"
Guisep looked at him, then at the others, "You all want to go?" β
"Boss, we want to go too."
"Yes, Captain, will you take us too?"
Guisep raised an eyebrow and pretended to think, "I'll think about it, and see how you perform." β
"Don't say anything, I'll bring a few pieces of cheese from home early tomorrow morning......"
"I ...... too"
At this time, a figure flashed from the shadows, "What are you talking about?" So happy? β
Guisep's body tightened at first, and when he saw the comer, he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Marko, you almost scared us." β
"It doesn't seem like there's anything good to talk about,"
Marco looked at him with a wicked smile, walked up to him and said, "Tell me about it too." β
"Of course you're talking about your cocktail party, we ......"
Hiss!
Guisep looked at the short sword piercing through his chest, and asked in a daze, "Ma, Marko, you, you...... Why? β
"Drinking party, I'm not very interested......"
"Captain!! Marco, I'm going to kill you!! β
Marco looked at the city guards rushing towards him with their weapons in hand, and a wicked smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
"Okay, I just happened to have lived enough......"
Eternal life, return the favor!
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