Chapter 69: The End Is Near
The bone lay on the ground, surrounded by sharp hairy grass more than a man tall.
"Rika."
"Huh?"
"If, I'll let you leave my ......"
"Don't!"
Rika showed her figure, and her two thick arms hugged the bone: "I don't want to worry too much!" I'm going to protect Yuta all the time! ”
Otoku smiled bitterly and stroked Rika's head: "Okay, I know." The two of us...... Let's stay together forever. ”
"Forever?"
"Yes, forever."
"How long is forever?"
"Forever ...... From now until the day you get tired of me. ”
"There won't be that day!"
"I know, that day...... There won't be. ”
Otogu looked at the sky in confusion and smiled self-deprecatingly:
All misfortunes are self-inflicted.
……
A great famine broke out.
In this country, no one realizes that something is wrong, such as feeling hungry no matter how much food they eat.
For example, they have swallowed food equivalent to their own body weight, but they are still skinny again.
They numbly searched for everything they could eat, even ...... Living creatures.
Transportation, water supply, power generation...... Everything has been paralyzed, leaving only chaos and disorder.
No one knows exactly when the catastrophe began, starting with a neighborhood, then a city, gradually spreading to the entire country, and now even faintly spreading to the next level.
The rich mana, as it had been before Osiris was born, converged into dark clouds in the sky.
Osiris sat in a car and smugly hummed an unknown ballad.
Rimei looked at all this in shock: "Such a vast range of techniques...... And it's still expanding? ”
As the chaos continued, Osiris's body grew.
His body was elongated, and his appearance was getting younger, but he still looked scrawny.
"Scope of the technique?" Osiris laughed maniacally, "That kind of thing, it's just for you mortals!" I am a god! We are the apocalypse! ”
Ibilis watched it all in silence without saying a word.
Suddenly, he turned his head to the tall building to the right.
The four sorcerers were watching in horror, their bodies trembling unconsciously.
"Hurry, hurry back and tell the elders......" Jacob said intermittently, "Curse spirits, there are spell spirits wreaking havoc here. It was the spell spirit that caused all this...... No, it's not a spell at all, it's a devil......"
Ibilis appeared in Jacob's ear at some point, and whispered softly:
"Have you ever seen the devil? How do you know that the devil is like us? ”
"Ahh The other three sorcerers screamed in horror and ran outside like crazy.
The strange and ominous mana spread, engulfing the fleeing magician in an instant. After a few moments, only three human skeletons remained, which turned into powder and drifted away in the wind.
Only the leading sorcerer, who forgot to run away due to excessive fright, escaped by chance.
But is this really lucky?
Ibilis grabbed the only remaining Jacob and asked him to look into his eyes: "How many sorcerers are there in this country?" ”
"I, I don't know...... Spare me......"
"How many do you know?"
"No, less than fifty people......"
"Bring them here, can you do it?"
"I, I, I ......"
……
Modestos knelt respectfully beside the priest.
The old lady pulled out a stone ball, the surface of which was extremely smooth, apparently carefully polished.
A few weeds were lit and a wisp of white smoke wafted out, giving off an enticing fragrance.
The white smoke hovered over the stone ball, condensing into several incomprehensible patterns, and then dispersed again.
Modestos cautiously asked, "Mother, what do you see?" ”
The old lady pondered for a moment and shook her head: "Nothing, just darkness." ”
Modestos pouted in disappointment: "Isn't it okay to just say that you failed, pretending to be a ghost......"
The old lady was furious, picked up the crutches on the side, and struck Modestos on the head several times: "Who told you about failure? Darkness is also a message! If the tribe is handed over to you, it will not be long before it will perish! ”
Modestos lowered his head, silently bearing the blow of his cane.
The old lady put down her crutches and sighed: "The tribe, it's time for life and death......
Modestos raised his head and couldn't help but say, "Mother, what you predicted, nine times out of ten, you didn't hit it. Why are we sure that the prophecy made more than ten years ago is correct? ”
"Shut up!" The old lady raised her crutches and tried to fight, but put it down again: "You don't understand. I still remember the feeling I had when I first saw the prophecy...... It was precisely because I couldn't find a glimmer of hope that I let Miguel leave with the black rope, hoping that he would attract a little variable......"
Speaking of this, the old lady glanced at Modestos: "Remember! For the survival of the tribe, anyone can be sacrificed, including me. ”
“…… Be. ”
"Those two foreign children are variables, and they must be allowed to stay here. For this, you can pay whatever it takes. ”
"Yes."
Modestos was about to get up and leave when a young sorcerer rushed in.
"Elder! Priest! Oh no! Jacob is back! ”
"Come back, come back, what are you shouting about......" Modestos first frowned and reprimanded, then reacted and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Jacob?" ”
"He, he looks like he's going to die......"
In the clearing of the tribe, Jacob lay on the ground, dying.
"Get out of the way! Here come the priests and elders! ”
Hearing the noise, the people gathered around quickly made a way.
The old lady walked up to Jacob and probed Jacob's body with a solemn face.
"Lord Priest......" Jacob shook the old lady's hand, "they are dead...... Javier they're dead......"
"Shut up and don't speak." The old lady beckoned to the person next to her: "Go to the herb!" Also, go and invite two guests from outside! Everyone else is scattered for me! ”
Jacob didn't stop, and continued to gasp and said, "It's a spell spirit...... There are spells that are harming people......"
The old lady soothed Jacob: "Don't worry, I'll let the elders take care of it." ”
"No!" Jacob desperately squeezed out the remaining strength in his body, and said excitedly, "It's not an ordinary spell spirit...... They are natural disasters! It's a natural disaster! ”
"Lord Priest!" Jacob stared at the old lady's eyes: "Leave...... Hurry up and get out, we can't beat it...... We're going to wipe out the ......"
The old lady seemed to think of something, and said with a stiff face, "Okay, I see." You rest first......"
Bang!
Jacob's body suddenly exploded, and the strange magic power attacked everyone like a demon.
A figure flashed, and with a wave of her hand, Rika flew everyone who were still in a stunned state to the side.
The bone pulled the old lady out, and the positive energy of the reversal technique enveloped her, clearing the strange magic from her body.
The old lady didn't seem to feel the pain, she carefully observed the magic power that corroded her body, and her face was gloomy and terrifying.
Losing his target's mana, he hovered over Jacob's flesh like a poisonous snake.
Bone's face was also gloomy, this kind of magic power, he was very familiar with.
Ibilisi ...... That spell spirit is also in Africa?
The positive energy that is born with mana is very difficult to consume Ibilis's mana at the moment.
"Disaster, disaster is coming......," the old lady muttered to herself, then broke free of Bone's hand and looked at the whispering clansmen: "Ryan, you arrange for the clansmen to pack up their things and prepare...... Let's migrate. ”
Scales and Otogu looked at the crowd that had started a riot, their faces full of doubt.
The old lady shook her head, said a few words, and walked into the hut in a slumped manner
"Come with me, two." Modestos stepped forward: "The priest has something to look for you. ”
Otogu nodded, and just as he wanted to follow, he was held down by the scale.
Liang Jinci said with a serious face: "I want to confirm first, it's not a trouble, right?" Please remember that I and B are just outsiders. ”
Modestos smiled bitterly: "This ...... Things can be troublesome indeed. However, we have no other way but to ask for two. ”
"Please don't forget, we're just here to trade." Liang Jinji's expression did not change in the slightest: "No relatives, no reason, no profit." We don't put our lives on the line to help others. ”
Modestos didn't know what to say.
Looking at the backs of the two of them leaving, Modestos remembered what the priest had just said to him.
"The end is near...... No, it's already here. ”
"Maybe the only ones who can save us are those two children."
"Let them come to me, whatever way they may be."