Chapter 18: Atonement (1)

The interior of the church is not as dilapidated as it looks, it seems that there are still people who insist on daily repairs and repairs, the gray-white walls show a warm dim yellow in the reflection of the fireplace, and the church looks very large on the outside, but in fact there is only a prayer hall no more than fifty meters in the center.

In the distance, a black statue stood there, the statue seemed to have become dim due to the erosion of the sun and the moon, but it could still be seen that the statue was lifelike, the crown on his head, and his compassionate eyes seemed to be really human, but this statue made Luo Mu's body suddenly rise a chill.

The upper body of this idol is a graceful and luxurious woman, but the lower body is an extremely long snake body!

The statue carved the scales on the snake's body in such detail that it seemed that the cold touch could be felt from a distance, and the entire hall was empty, except for the farthest distance, below the statue, where a figure was kneeling and muttering to himself.

From behind, the figure was dressed as a nun, clasped into fists, praying devoutly.

Luo Mu slowly walked towards the statue, although the church is not big, but it is extremely tall, looking up at the roof can not be seen at all, it seems that there is only endless darkness, Luo Mu's footsteps in the empty church with an empty echo, the cloud has been held in Luo Mu's hand, but he did not pull out the scabbard, not that Luo Mu is cautious, but this world is really hard to believe, there will be a normal person.

Luo Mu approached the nun, and he heard the nun's whispered prayer: "Our Lady, forgive us for our sins, and I will serve you with all my might..."

Luo Mu's footsteps slowly stopped, Sireis pursed his lips and glanced at Luo Mu, Luo Mu didn't say anything, and shook his head slightly.

The nun's prayer was very low, but it was extremely pious, I don't know how long it took, the nun slowly lowered her head, threw herself to the ground, kissed the ground in front of the idol, and then slowly stood up, turned to look at Luo Mu and Siresi.

The nun was dressed in a pure white robe, with exquisite pale gold decoration on her chest and shoulders, Luo Mu had an impression of this kind of nun's dress, but this dress seems to have disappeared for a long time, and only the ancient churches in the extremely remote areas still retain this kind of dress.

The nun clasped her hands in front of her abdomen, her face was flat, not sad or happy, and her face shrouded in the hood did not seem to leave any traces of time, Luo Mu could see that she was not young, but she could still imagine the glory of her youth.

The nun looked at Luo Mu and Sireth and bent down slightly, smiled slightly and asked, "Two lost travelers, why did you come here?"

Luo Mu frowned slightly, the nun's tone seemed to be completely unaware of what was going on outside, Luo Mu did not answer, but asked, "Where is this?"

The nun was still smiling, and did not seem to be dissatisfied with Luo Mu's answer, and replied, "It's rude, I'm Sister Wendell, and this is Capeln, a place of atonement."

Just now, Luo Mu obviously heard "Welcome to the Holy Ruins"

Wendell looked at Luo Mu's puzzled expression and smiled slightly, and said, "I think you are from the outside world, where people always call us holy ruins."

Luo Mu nodded, but did not ask, he looked at Wendell and asked, "Atonement?" Wendell looked at Luo Mu's eyes, shook his head slightly, turned around slightly, and looked at the tall statue, her face was full of the brilliance of faith, she said, "Everyone is born sinful, we have to spend our lives to atone for our sins, only in this way, can we be with the Virgin Nergale after death"

There are countless religions in the world, but Luo Mu has never heard such a name, and this strange idol is by no means normal, it seems that they have entered some parallel space in the world, this space is not known to be big, and even from nowhere.

But Luo Mu also knew that he couldn't ask any more, and all he cared about was how to leave, at this moment Sister Wendell turned her head, looked at the two of them and bowed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, there are really no extra rooms in the church for the two of you, the people in the town are very kind, I think they will help you"

Luo Mu was slightly stunned, he looked at Wendell's usual face, and still asked, "Have you never left here?"

Wendell shook his head slightly and said, "Everyone has a different way of atonement, and my task is to serve the Virgin Mary all my life, this is my glory" Luo Mu nodded, since Wendell said this, then it proves that she is the only one left in this church, and she may not know what is going on outside until now.

Luo Mu asked, "Which way should I leave?" Sister Wendell pointed in a light direction and said, "Where may there be anything you need" Luo Mu nodded and said, "Thank you"

Then Luo Mu walked out with Sireth, and Wendell's voice came from behind the two, "May Our Lady be with you"

Luo Mu launched the Night Underworld, and he and Syreth passed through the defense line guarded by those outlaw warriors, and he and Syreth returned to the ruins, and Sirith asked, "Where are we going to see?

Luo Mu shook his head and said, "She's lying" Cyris was stunned, although she felt that the nun was a little weird, not to mention anything else, it was enough to make people strange if there was only this one living person left in this town.

However, Sister Wendell's words did not seem to be flawed, Luo Mu looked at the church in the distance and said, "She said that she doesn't know the situation in the town, but have you thought about it, this town has become like this is not a day thing, I don't feel any energy fluctuations in her, there are only two situations, one is that her strength is much higher than mine, blocking my perception, and the other is that she is just an ordinary person"

Ciris nodded, she understood what Luo Mu meant, if Wendell was strong enough to be able to shield Luo Mu's perception, then with this kind of strength, what happened within a radius of one kilometer would not be able to escape her perception, but if she was just an ordinary person, what had she been eating for so many years? There was also a fire in the fireplace, which was burning when the two of them went in, it was not old firewood.

All this shows that if Sister Wendell did not leave the church so often, then there were at least other people in this church who fed her.

Luo Mu thought for a while and said, "The moment she turned around just now, I saw her pants" Ciris glanced at Luo Mu suspiciously, Luo Mu glanced at Ciris helplessly and said, "Under her nun's robe is a pair of legging trousers with a borderline"

Cyris asked a little strangely, "What's wrong with that?" Luo Mu said, "If I'm not mistaken, this kind of pants used to be worn in Pinghe, and they were worn exclusively by swordsmen" Cyris only woke up in horror at this moment, she now understands that the two of them are very likely to have walked in front of a great danger just now, if Wendell really has a problem and breaks out, there is no reason for the countless warriors on the periphery to stand idly by.

Luo Mu looked at Cyreth's expression and said, "Now we don't know anything about this world, instead of spending time looking for Sean and Qiu, let's do something more meaningful, if the four of them are together, I think there should be nothing wrong with Flodic"

Sireth nodded, Luo Mu looked in the direction that Sister Wendell pointed just now, and said, "Since she wants us to go over there, it means that there will be something waiting for us there, you might as well go over and have a look"

Cyris nodded and said, "Listen to you."

The snow in the world that Wendell called Kapeln never seemed to stop, and Luo Mu and Syreth made some slight marks in place, which made other people, such as Sean or Frodich, if they also came here, understand that Luo Mu and Syreth had been here, and where they had gone.

Luo Mu and Sireth made a mark, and plunged into the wind and snow again, Sister Wendell pointed to a winding and broken road, which Luo Mu found after walking in the snow for a long time, this street does not know where it is linked, but it is obvious that judging from the scale of this road, when the town behind them is still alive, this road must be filled with cars, horses and pedestrians every day.

It seemed to be the only way out of town, and there really wasn't anything wrong with the direction Wendell was pointing out, at least that was the exit.

Luo Mu and Si Ruisi walked all the way along the road, because they were completely suddenly teleported to this world, so the two of them couldn't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, and could only move in one direction, and in the process of walking on the road, the two could occasionally see some dilapidated houses on the side of the road, and even some daily necessities, broken crockpots and cloth bags were scattered on the side of the road.

It seemed that people had fled from the town in a hurry, Luo Mu stopped and carefully looked through the remaining things in the houses and on the side of the road, but found nothing, the broken cloth bags were empty, there were no items that could provide information, and similarly, Luo Mu did not find any corpses here.

As the two walked further, a terrifying scene appeared in front of the two of them, on the snow in the distance, every few hundred meters, you could see several scrawny figures sitting in front of a extinguished fire, everyone's dress, expressions, and even movements were exactly the same as the people Luo Mu and the two of them saw at the beginning, which meant that these people were likely to have that kind of evil demon in their bodies!

Along the way, Luo Mu and Ben couldn't remember how many people there were, seeing this situation, Luo Mu knew very well that these people were not afraid of being discovered by others The strange egg in their hands, but afraid that the things in the egg would come out, and they wanted to destroy it with fire!

Fortunately, the crowd around the extinguishing pile was some distance away from the main road, and Luo Mu was not sure if each egg would hatch like they encountered once and occupy the human body, but it was better to be careful, Luo Mu and Sireth carefully avoided everyone, and still headed in the direction that the nun was pointing.

The crowd had been so thin that they couldn't tell the difference between men and women, and each fire was far away from each other, as if they were guarding against each other.

The two of them walked for a long time, or maybe a whole day, before the road gradually saw the end, and at the end, there was a ruined city wall.