Falling into the Abyss

Chapter 62: Atonement Faun (11)

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Seeing the somewhat gloomy "smile" of the priest, Ethan quickly withdrew his arm, walked a few steps along the stairs, and came to Tanisel. Roland raised his head and met Tanisel's winter-like gaze. It is true that Priest Eve's exotic beauty often makes it difficult to distinguish his gender, but the opponent's tall stature and some invisible diffuse aura made Roland quickly judge that the opponent is an Alpha.

Seeing that Ethan and the priest were standing too close, Roland's expression was a little stagnant. The three of them didn't speak for a while, and the other two horned guards who were standing in front of the gate looked at each other in a strange silence.

At this moment, another human hurried over and said something to Roland. Roland nodded, glanced at Ethan at last, and followed the man away.

Ethan breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to Tanisel, "What did you say to that chief? Will they let us go?"

It was only then that he noticed the gloomy aura entwined around Tanisel, permeating through the invisible bond between the two of them.

"Uh... what's wrong with you?"

Tanissell still looked at the back of Roland's departure, "This person's emotions are deeply hidden, and there are many illusions that are intricately mixed together, even I can't see it clearly. It seems that he has received special subconscious training. "

"...You mean Roland?" Ethan gave a wry smile, "I don't find it strange at all."

"You don't want to interact with him, it's too dangerous."

Ethan smiled, "You are also very dangerous, why should I still associate with you?"

"Because I'm prettier than him." Tanisel patted his back lightly, then walked down the stairs first. Ethan rolled his eyes and noticed that as soon as they moved, two other horned men followed from afar, staring at them.

It doesn't look like they're going to let them go

"There is an anti-reconnaissance field device provided by Ophiuchus around this base, and the Earth Alliance will not be able to find it for a while. But they don't plan to let us go in vain." Tanisel whispered as he walked. said.

"What do they want?"

"The Egg of the Sequence God."

"What? But you shouldn't have it with you, right?"

"This must have been instructed by that Roland. They want to know how to find the egg of the goddess and how to use it." Tanisel showed a sarcastic smile, "Probably thought that he could be like the Eve if he knew it. Get a resource that can be used to make antimatter for free?"

Ethan's head froze. Why would Ophiuchus know that Tanisel was involved in Project Zero? Could it be that there are insiders on the Energy Agency or Mars

In that case, did he also know that Ethan was also involved? Is this why Roland wanted to approach him just now

A deep cold seeped out of the marrow.

Obviously he should have been mentally prepared, but he was still a little sad. It's like being pricked with a needle.

"In addition, the horned people are also a little panicked now. They found the corpse over the altar. Some horned people think that there is a problem with their sacrifice, which has angered the 'great wise man' they believe in. Fortunately, no one seems to know what happened so far. What's the matter." They had come to the book house where they had temporarily stopped before, and the two of them got into the house one after the other and closed the door.

Tanissell changed the scepter into the shape of a ten thousand breath ball again, waved his fingers in the air a few times, and called up some documents written in Eve to browse, "Think about it, the people you let go are not only Did those humans from Samuel let the Horned Man go? If so, you must tell me now."

Ethan didn't want to think about that memory at all. As long as the scene of corpses all over the place came up in his mind, it made him want to vomit. He turned pale and shook his head, "I don't remember anything..."

"No, you remember. You just don't want to think about it." Tanisel sighed, "I created a peaceful illusion for you to escape from your conscious mind, because I was afraid that if you had nowhere to escape, it might be possible. It's going to go insane. But you're still the one who killed those people, not forced by some unknown force."

Taniser's words slapped him in the face like a slap in the face, and he froze in place, his stomach seemed to be tangled up.

He recalled the purple eyeball lying in the middle of the vomit.

In his current body, I am afraid there are still many horned flesh and blood, right

Ethan leaned over and retched again, his mind was chaotic, and many hellish images flashed.

There are blood splatters of blue or red everywhere. Unparalleled pleasure, murderous pleasure, and boundless power. It was as if the sky would overturn when he turned his hand, and the earth would fall apart when he raised his hand.

"I don't remember! I don't remember!" He stretched out his hand to cover his face, his body trembling, refusing to accept those fragmented memories.

He's a bloody devil.

Suddenly, a comfortable coolness poured in from the top of his head, soothingly wrapping his entire consciousness in it. His thoughts were pulled back to reality, and he felt that Tanisel's hand was on top of his head, the eyes between his foreheads were half-open, and the silver-white streamer lingered in the room along with the priest's soft and low chant. The clean, soft light, just like the man in front of him, didn't stain with dust, Ethan suddenly felt that he was so dirty and didn't deserve to feel the gentleness bestowed by the priest.

He shoved the priest's hand away, trying to stabilize his expression, trying his best to appear calm, "I'm fine."

Tanissell didn't ask, but there seemed to be a bit of pity in his eyes. He looked at Ethan and sighed politely, "Go take a shower. I'll ask them to bring some clean clothes. Tonight, the chief is going to entertain us and the people from Ophiuchus, and I have to find a way to deal with them."

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Ethan changed into the horned man's clothes, which was a very thick wool material, deep black, with silver patterns embroidered with circles as the main shape on the neckline and cuffs, and a belt around the waist, decorated with a local Emerald ore. He shaved off the short beard that grew out of his lower jaw, cut the hair that had grown a little too long recently, and fixed it slightly with some kind of gum that the locals used as hairspray, revealing a clean forehead. The black clothes made his skin look paler than usual, and the glasses without glasses squinted because they couldn't see clearly, and there was a layer of dream-like confusion.

When Tanisel saw Ethan changing his clothes in the bathroom and came out, he stared at him for a while, and Ethan was a little embarrassed and panicked, "What's the matter? The clothes are weird?"

The priest shook his head and suddenly sighed, "It's not too weird, it just makes me want to rip them off you now."

Ethan quickly coughed heavily to hide his blush.

The priest also changed into the horned man's clothes, but pure white. Apparently, the Horned Man also knew the tradition of priests wearing white clothes, and provided him with a plain but very fine feast. Fleece neckline and cuffs, delicate pattern in pale gold and a belt in the same style. Complementing Tanisel's golden hair and silver eyes, he seemed to exude a faint glow. No matter how many times he's seen him, every time Ethan sees Tanisel wearing a rich and luxurious suit, he always thinks that he doesn't look like a creature on the ground, but rather like a winged creature in some ancient church frescoes. Angel.

It looks so pure, but it looks like a devil on the bed.

The grand "banquet" of the Horned Man is more like a festival. All dressed in costumes gather around a strange bonfire in the center of the village. , giving off a smell similar to burning pine resin. Their banquet table surrounded the audience, lined up in circles, and there was a space in the middle, where many Omega horned people dressed in elegant and thin clothes danced some kind of primitive and strange dance, and their feet tied with bells on the ground. A unified and magnificent sound of the waves.

The priest took the scepter in his hand and walked in front, while Ethan followed half a step behind him as a follower. The horned people led them to the seat on the left of the warchief. On the table was a milky white wine held in ram's horns, and some fruit food that had never been seen on earth. As soon as they took their seats, they saw three other humans appearing on the right chief seat opposite them.

Roland's eyes immediately passed through the air in the middle and fell on Ethan. Ethan fixed his eyes on the bonfire, thankful that he had never had myopia correction surgery, and now he didn't need to see the man on the opposite side clearly.

At the table of the warchief sat his two young concubines, and he himself was old and exhausted, and even the two horns on his head were a little shaky, not to mention the heavy ornaments hanging on his head. He raised his wine glass, and his voice was transmitted above the empty field through the amplifier of the portable capsule. Although he spoke the language of the Horned Man, Ethan could probably guess that he should be saying something like welcoming guests from afar.

The horned people also stood up with their wine glasses, and Ethan and Tanissell followed the same example and drank the wine in the glasses with the others. There was a strong odor in the wine, and Ethan felt a little nauseated.

After the banquet started, a beautiful female Beta next to Roland smiled charmingly at Tanisel, and Tanisel returned a friendly smile without hesitation, and raised her glass a little.

"I heard that Mr. Priest is here to learn about the 'Great Wise Man' this time?" the female Beta asked.

This question obviously aroused the interest of the chief, and the slender old purple eyes looked over. Tanisel nodded, "Indeed."

"To tell you the truth, I have also read some of the classics taught by Eve." Female Beta curled her beautiful red lips, "Maybe it's because my views are so naive, but I always think your beliefs are strange. I can understand the belief in the God of Prologue, but the belief in the God of Entropy is unbelievable... Isn't that the same as worshiping death and evil?"

Although the female Beta made a studious look, Ethan could still hear a hint of provocation.

Tanissell took a sip of the wine from the glass and smiled faintly, "Is there anything bad about death and evil?"

The other party was taken aback by his reply, and chuckled, "Isn't this obvious? Don't you want to live, priest?"

"None of us have ever died, so how do you know that death must be an unfortunate event? Everything will eventually be attributed to death, which has been decided from birth. Even if one day we really understand The code of immortality has been opened, but there are still many things that can make us die, such as disasters, accidents, suicides, and the end of the universe itself. Death is a natural thing. As for evil... Hehe, that kind of thing itself is that people live in this It is prescribed in a disordered universe to keep oneself from falling into chaos and madness. If there is no one, how can there be a concept of evil or good."

"So, it sounds like you are the priest of the God of Entropy?"

"good."

"Then, do you think that if the 'Great Wise' must be divided according to Eve's system, is it the God of Entropy or the God of Order?"

As soon as the great wise man involved in the belief of the entire Horned Man was mentioned, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. The expression on the Great Chief's face has obviously changed. Just now, he was just interested in pondering, but now it has gradually solidified into a cold one.

Roland glanced at his companions warningly.

Ethan begins to suspect that the conversation is a trap.

"The Great Wise is the Great Wise, and doesn't need to be divided." An Alpha sitting at the end of the Chief's table, who looked likely to be the Chief's son, said angrily in blunt human language. However, the chief raised his hand, stopped him, and looked at Tanisel.

Tanithel replied flatly, "Actually, the belief of the Horned Man and the belief of Eve have always been inextricably linked. Not just us, but many religions on other planets have striking similarities. You ask me' The great wise man'—Yog-Sothoth is the god of entropy or the god of order. In fact, you can tell from the accounts of your own ancestors. Yog-Sothoth, second only to the existence of Azathoth, the nucleus of the universe, is called "Key to the Door", knowing all knowledge in the universe."

The horns were talking a lot, and the chief was even more surprised. Apparently they didn't know that humans had similar beliefs. And of course that Beta didn't know about Yoggsothoth, after all, not everyone likes to study those myths and legends that have long been lost in the past.

Tanisel laughed softly, "Even though they are separate races, they all worship the same super creatures that transcend the universe. Isn't this very interesting?"

The Great Chief suddenly stood up and said in a jerky Earth language, "The time is coming, the Great Wise man will come to this universe, he is the night watchman, and will open the door to the kingdom of heaven, all people, living and The dead will be reunited and unified there."

"So you have to sacrifice a thousand humans." Ethan murmured.

"But something went wrong." The Great Chief had a sad and angry expression on his face, "The people on Earth said we were a cult, drove us out of our homes, destroyed our altars, and killed our people! The Great Wise is angry! The wise will devour everything!"

Ethan suddenly realized that the horned people thought that the three thousand horned people who participated in the sacrifice were killed by the earth army

At this moment, a horned man hurried through the dancing crowd and rushed in front of the Great Chief, saying something. Then, I saw two horned men walking around the fire with a messed up horned man covered in blue blood everywhere and staggered.

Ethan heard Tanisel whispering suddenly, "Oops, turn around quickly!"

However, it was too late, the horned man saw Ethan at a glance, his face twisted to the limit in fear. He pointed at Ethan, screamed as if he had seen a nightmare.