Moon City.

There are many mottled traces but unusually strong buildings that have walked out of many human beings, some of them are obviously deformed, and some have developed a certain degree of alienation.

The humans glanced at each other, and they all found certain doubts on each other's faces:

There were still two or three months before the Sun Sacrifice, so why did the High Priest gather everyone to go to the square?

Could it be that something big has happened? The residents of Moon City entered the only square from street to street with a feeling of worry, trepidation, and incomprehension.

At this time, the high platform was empty, and the convener did not seem to have arrived.

The residents of Moon City gathered together in an orderly manner according to the area they belonged to, and discussed in a low voice:

"Why hasn't the High Priest arrived yet?"

"Doesn't he like to wait and not want to be waited?"

"What the hell is going on, how did you suddenly summon the entire city outside the guards?"

......

At the top of a tall tower near the square, behind the crystal glass, the High Priestess Nim leaned against the wall, staring at the square, his expression twisted and endured something.

His gray head was raised, a tuft of short black hair grew on his face, and flesh between his ribs and waist wriggled and congealed into lumps.

These abnormal changes sometimes disappear and sometimes appear, as if Nim is suffering from illness again and again, and the whole person is both evil and terrifying.

After more than a minute, Nim finally calmed down, let out a long breath, and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

He was just fighting the madness that had been building up in his body.

In fact, no matter which extraordinary path is, the higher the sequence, the more serious the crazy and inhuman tendencies, which will gradually transcend its own human nature, and must rely on external anchor help to maintain sufficient balance.

Normally, in Sequences 4 and 3, this situation is not so obvious, but at the angelic level, even if there are enough anchors to "fix", they will fall into a gloomy, negative, and abnormal state from time to time, and must endure and confront it alone, waiting for a relaxation.

It's like a sacred and solemn being, usually it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, it can answer your prayers, talk to you normally, and even make a few jokes, but sometimes, it can only hide in a dark room, hide in the shadows, tear off the surface of the skin, reveal the yin side, and show all kinds of signs of madness.

Nimes, on the other hand, suffer a similar amount of toxin, pollution, and madness due to their regular consumption of monster flesh and blood, and only then suffer in Sequence 4.

Of course, the kind of sequence 4 and sequence 3 that don't know how to play and rely on time or luck to improve will also be like this.

Adjusted, Nimes turned and left the room, appearing directly on a high platform in the center of the square with the help of an illusory door.

As soon as all the discussion subsided, the residents of Moon City turned their eyes to the high priest with doubts and uneasiness.

Nim looked around and said bluntly:

"The hunting party led by Adar encountered an outsider. ”

The eyes of the residents of Moon City suddenly widened, and there was a feeling that thunder from above had descended directly on the city.

It's been more than 2,000 years, and it's the first time that Moon City has encountered an outsider!Of course, this refers to humans who communicate with reason and intelligence, not monsters.

Nim took a silent breath and continued:

"He claimed to be a missionary who spread the radiance of the gods, and he made a noticeable change in the gray mist, he cleared the Adal of the pollution and toxins that had accumulated in their bodies, and healed the deviants in their bodies. ”

As he spoke, Nim nodded to the side of the platform, and Adar and Sin, who were hiding in the shadows, immediately walked through the torches and walked to his side, proving what they had just said.

"Hiss......"

"Oh God!"

"This is Adar and Sin?"

"They really, really ......"

An exclamation blurted out, and the emotions of surprise and surprise were intertwined, like substance.

Adar and Shin glanced at each other, took two steps forward, and told the story of what happened to their hunting team.

Hearing the light of the fire emerging from the darkness, hearing the cross that radiated a clear light, hearing the staff that could heal mutations and diseases, hearing the gray mist parting to the sides and forming a gate, and hearing the joyful descriptions of their good state by the members of the hunting party, the residents of Moon City gradually fell silent.

Some of them had unconsciously shed tears, because they were extremely tired and extremely depressed, and finally saw a light.

The tears, with a slightly mild salty feeling, flowed down his face, slid down the corners of his mouth, and dripped to the ground.

In addition, the person who still maintained his sanity and sobriety raised his arms and expressed his opinion:

"Could that missionary be a special monster from the depths of darkness?"

"Have Adar and Sim been controlled and influenced to behave like this?"

When the tide of doubts subsided, Nimes said in a low and clear voice:

"I've checked them, I've checked them with seals, and I haven't found anything out of the ordinary.

"I'm going to keep them in the Black Tower and be observed for at least fifteen days. ”

After making the promise, Niem paused and said:

"The missionary named Gelman Sparrow will be doing penance for a period of time near the gray mist, and he will allow us to go there to feel the radiance of the deity he believes in, to listen to the teachings of the corresponding deity, and he will do a cleansing and healing once a day when the lightning is at its most frequent.

"Everyone can choose to go, but they must report in advance, follow the arrangement, and cannot act privately and affect the defense of the city-state, and those who go there will be quarantined for fifteen days like Adar and Sin. ”

The residents of Moon City are all silent, you look at me, I look at you, and I can't make up my mind.

At this time, Ruth, who had returned to the city to inform the High Priest that he had not been purified and healed, and another member of the hunting party stepped forward:

"High Priest, I want to go!"

"Okay, I'll lead this team tomorrow, the team ......," Nim bowed his head lightly and agreed.

He originally planned to give such a team a name, but he never thought of a good description, so he could only stumble and skip it directly.

In his heart, there is actually a name, but he dare not say it, it is:

Pilgrim.

With Ruth and them taking the lead, several residents of Moon City stepped forward and expressed their willingness to take the risk.

When the lightning frequency changed from low to high and a new day came, the Moon City team, composed of seven or eight people, carrying animal skin lanterns, began to trek through the darkness to the edge of the gray mist.

After alternating between darkness and light many times, a flash of fire suddenly appeared in the eyes of Ruth and the others.

It was a slow-burning bonfire, and Gelman Sparrow, dressed in strange clothes and a strange hat, sat on the other side, holding an iron-black stick, roasting something.

Around the campfire lay the corpses of one monster after another, on these corpses, there were all kinds of strange things, some of them were white and full, as if they would squirt liquid when they poked, some were black and inlaid with blood-colored filaments and fat patterns, some were covered with golden spots, and the lid on the top was the size of a palm......

These things are densely packed, covering different parts of the monster's corpse, with a bewitching and seductive beauty.

A few steps forward, the high priest Nim found that Gelman Sparrow was roasting one of those strange things, and a drop of grease fell and made a sizzling sound in the fire, making the light more pronounced and allowing an alluring strange fragrance to escape.

Gollum, the inhabitants of Moon City in the team instinctively swallowed their saliva, developing a strong, unquenchable appetite.

Every single one of their cells is crying out in frenzy:

I want to eat!

I want to eat!

Give it to me!

Crane, who was sitting on a rock, raised his head, pointed to the bright things growing on the corpses of the monsters around him, and said in a low voice:

"They are called mushrooms, and they are of different kinds, and you can pick them and eat them yourself if you wish, but you can't touch the black ones, and they must be cooked enough to eat them, otherwise you will be cursed horribly. ”

The High Priest of Moon City, Nim, thought for a moment and replied in place of the others:

"We want to hear the teachings of your Lord first and feel His radiance. ”

Crane bowed his head slightly, and while turning the barbecue stick he summoned from the hole in history, he spoke:

"You can sit down and listen. ”

When the seven or eight Moon City residents sat down on the opposite side of the bonfire, he said with a solemn expression:

"I'm from the Court of the Giants. ”

It was a term familiar to the inhabitants of Moontown, and they lifted their spirits and turned their attention away from the things burning on the campfire and turned to Gelman Sparrow.

Next, Crane described the state of Silver City and the situation outside the Cursed Lands as before, and talked about the ruins of the city-state he had seen along the way.

Hearing this, the residents of Moon City sometimes sighed, sometimes yearned, sometimes unbelievable, sometimes empathetic, and uncontrollable.

In the middle of speaking, Crane suddenly stopped, withdrew the iron-black long stick in his hand, brought it to his mouth, and bit down a mushroom.

The rich juice then poured out, with a slightly hot feeling, baptizing his mouth.

- After more than half a year in the Forsaken Lands, Crane has overcome his aversion to mushrooms, after all, Daniz is often assigned to do things by him, and he can't prepare food sacrifices carefully, and the gaps in between can only be filled with mushrooms.

Closing his eyes in satisfaction, Klein handed over the iron-black long slip in his hand and said with a smile:

"You can give it a try. ”

The High Priestess Nim was still hesitating, but Ruth had already reached out and thanked him for getting a mushroom down and putting it in his mouth.

He ate so quickly that his mouth burned, but his expression twisted a little and then suddenly froze.

Then, his expression stretched little by little, gradually revealing a feeling of intoxication, enjoyment, and longing.

At last, Ruth's tears flowed unconsciously, and he said in a low and low voice:

"It's, it's the finest, most beautiful food I've ever had......"

Even though the taste of their food has changed for generations, human beings can't adapt to that kind of toxin and madness, craving sugar and fat.

At this moment, all the residents of Moon City heard Ruth's touch.