The image of the other party suddenly appeared in the mind of Duck Derik:

Medium-sized, slightly chubby, known for his strength, he is an optimistic and cheerful, smiling teenager, and he is a classmate of general education and a teammate of the patrol team.

But after returning from this exploration of the half-destroyed temple of the "fallen creator", he became deep and only smiled at everyone.

As soon as he remembered the changes in Duck Riggins, Darick shuddered and felt a chill all over his body.

Why did he come to me all of a sudden? Just released from quarantine, shouldn't he go home? After a moment, many questions ran into Derik's mind.

Suddenly, he thought of a possibility:

"Elder Lovia knew that I suspected that they had changed, so he sent Darkk to deal with me?"

Derick was startled at first, full of fear, and then felt that this seemed to be probably not a bad thing:

Mr. Hanged Man said, "If there is no suitable audience who can testify for you, then you might as well use the extraordinary person who monitors you", and now, the monitor is in that corner, and if Duck suddenly attacks me, it will definitely expose the fact that they have a problem!

That way, even if you don't use the Mr. World item, you can still keep things going!

Whew, Derrick turned his head to look out the window.

At this moment, the frequency of lightning had been reduced to a minimum, and it took a minute or two for one to cross the sky, illuminating the air, and the entire world and the entire Silver City were in deep darkness most of the time.

If he was alone at home, Darik would not dig through the candles to light them, preferring to lie quietly in bed and think about all sorts of things.

Of course, he knew that this was actually more dangerous, if there was no light to dispel the darkness a little, even in the interior of Silver City, monsters might suddenly appear, but Derrick himself was a "person praying for light", with a certain light attribute, so he didn't have to be too afraid of something like that.

Duck knocked on the door three more times, as if urging his master.

He wasn't like that before, he was polite...... Suddenly there was a strong feeling of sadness.

He took a candle from the wooden box, placed it in the center of the table, and rubbed his fingers to create a golden flame.

The flame lit the candles, filling the room with a dim but warm glow, accompanied by a pungent scent.

- Silver City's candles are mainly made of grease extracted from monsters, and they have different flavors depending on the source.

Taking a deep breath, Darek walked to the door with a strong guard and opened it.

"Why are you so slow?" Duck asked with a smile.

"Look for candles. Derick responded.

He didn't dare to leave his back to the other party, so he walked side by side, walked back to the table with his classmate and teammate, and sat down separately.

"Would you like some freshly dried Dum nuts?" Duck asked, smiling, taking a small cloth bag from his waist.

Doom fruit is one of the extremely rare snacks in Silver City, derived from a plant called "Doom Blood Vine", this creature does not need light, it grows by absorbing nutrients from rotting corpses, has a certain tendency to attack, and belongs to the more common weak monsters.

Each "Doom Blood Vine" bears many thumb-sized black fruits, which are edible as is, crisp and fragrant, but they cannot fill the human belly, cannot provide the necessary replenishment, and can only be used as a daily pastime, and the feats obtained from a single patrol can be exchanged for several large bags.

"No, no. Darik shook his head cautiously.

"Okay. Duck poured out a pile of black fruits from the small cloth bag, picked one up, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit it crackling.

Derick thought for a moment and took the initiative to ask:

"Did you encounter any monsters in the underground part of that temple?"

Duck stopped chewing and replied with a smile:

"There are quite a few, but they are not very powerful, they were easily cleared by us, and they have been destroyed there for a long time, and the powerful monsters should have left long ago. ”

He paused for a second, sketched the corners of his mouth and said:

"We found some strange plants at the bottom of the temple, they looked like mushrooms in general education classes, and they grew very brightly, which made people hungry at first sight.

"It has been confirmed that they can be eaten as is, which can bring spiritual improvement and physical strengthening, and if they are paired with roasted monsters, they will emit an unimaginable fragrance. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a palm-sized mushroom-shaped object from another small cloth bag, the handle as white as jade, and the lid of the umbrella was bright red and shiny, and dotted with dark gold spots.

Just seeing the plant, Daerik couldn't help but swallow his saliva, as if he had been hungry for days.

The beautiful mushroom-shaped thing is illuminated by the dim candlelight, and the alluring color flows all the time, which is extremely appetizing and difficult to control.

"Here you go. Duck smiled enthusiastically.

"Okay, good ......" Deric almost picked up the mushroom-like plant and stuffed it into his mouth, but finally endured it and reluctantly opened his mouth, "I'll try it tomorrow." ”

Duck didn't say much, pushing the "mushroom" in front of Darik, and he continued to bite and eat the Dum fruit.

It took a great deal of effort for Derrick to take his eyes off the "mushroom" and asked with difficulty:

"Did you find anything from this expedition?"

"Yes!" Darker replied very solemnly, stopping his snack and holding a black dum fruit, "We found many frescoes, coherent frescoes, do you remember the statue inside the temple?"

"Hmm. Derik glanced at the mushroom and nodded, "A huge cross with a naked man hanging upside down, and a lot of blood on its surface. ”

Darker turned the Dum Fruit in his hand and said:

"The newly discovered frescoes tell us that the builders of the temple believed that the statue represented the Creator of all, the all-knowing and all-powerful God, and that the Lord did not abandon the earth, but that when the cataclysm came, he helped us to carry most of our sins, so that we went from standing upright to hanging upside down, from walking freely to crucifying, and shedding blood in our place.

"Divine grace is like the sea, we are not outcasts, but favored dependents, without the Lord to bear the sin and shed blood in our place, the Silver City has long been destroyed, and mankind has long ceased to exist!"

However, in the outside world, in the kingdom of Rune, where Mr. "Hanged Man" and Miss "Justice" are located, there is no curse at all, there is no extreme darkness, and there are no monsters in the depths of darkness...... We are not favored people...... Derrick silently retorted in his heart.

"If that's true, we just need to change some of the symbols of the sacrifice and the corresponding honorific names, and we can regain the Lord's response......" Dak gushed about the frescoes at the base of the temple, his own speculation, and Daric found it increasingly difficult to resist the temptation of the "mushroom".

No, you can't eat it! If you do, you may be completely polluted by the "fallen Creator" and become fanatical believers, just like Dack and the others...... Even if there is a monitor, the problem will not be found...... Daerik panicked and felt he had to do something to get out of his current situation.

Chase away Duck and give him back the mushrooms, but that's a chance to go...... Opportunity...... Darek's gaze subconsciously fell on the faint candle flame that burned quietly.

"I'll pour you a glass of water. He quickly went through the plan he had discussed with Mr. "The Hanged Man" and stood up calmly.

Duck nodded, and threw the thumb-sized black dumu fruit in his hand into his mouth, the snapping sound echoing clearly.

As he poured water, Derick deliberately slowed down, lowered his head, and recited the honorific name of Mr. "Fool", and said at the end:

"Your faithful servant prays for your gaze;"

"Accept his offering;"

"Pray that you will open the gates of the kingdom. ”

Woo!

A gale suddenly blew in the room, and the forces of nature fluctuated markedly under the influence of the incantation.

At the same time, Dark, who had just picked up a black Dum fruit, looked up sharply and looked at Daric on his side:

"What happened?"

Dyric didn't answer, holding down the "Hurricane Axe" with one hand, and reaching into the dark pocket with the other, lifting the spiritual wall on the outer layer of the iron box, the faint whispers and the feeling of evil depravity began to faintly emanate outward.

Derrick's gaze was unusually vigilant towards Dark, only to see that the expression of this classmate and teammate became gloomy, and there was a hint of bright red in his blue eyes!

And the dum fruit in his hand strangely faded from the darkness of its appearance, and was dyed with a slightly pale flesh color.

That's not Dum Go, it's a finger, a bloody finger, a human finger!

The pile of dumu nuts on the table is a human finger!

The brightly colored "mushroom" has also changed, it is no longer so beautiful, it no longer circulates an appetizing luster, it is a layer of blood-stained scalp with short black hair!

Duck stared at Daric, opened his mouth, and his voice was cold and ethereal:

"What are you doing......

............

Beckland, 15 Minsk Street.

As soon as Klein, who had already burrowed into the bed and was in the warm world, heard the prayer that seemed to come from the little "sun", he struggled to get up, created a spiritual wall, and then walked four steps backwards into the gray mist.

Sitting in the position belonging to the "fool", he did not rush to examine the request of the little "sun", but let the "Black Emperor" card, cut paper figures and other objects neatly placed on the long bronze table in front of him.

According to the idea of the "Hanged Man", the scene where the "sun" stimulates the exploration team members to change will be in the sacrificial ceremony, so that when the matter is over, it will be fairly easy to make the item borrowed by the "world" disappear from the scene, die without proof, and then push all the problems to Amon!

And Mr. Klein, the "Fool", "had no choice" at that time, agreed to the request of the little "sun" to simplify the ritual and only do the key steps.

At this point, he waited for the pre-ritual part to be completed so that he could respond.