The painter who created this oil painting must have very superb skills, because everyone who sees this painting for the first time can't help but feel the feeling of fear from the bottom of his heart. It seems to have a magical power, making people keep their eyes there for a long time.
The location of the hall is where Jenkins observed the vanguard going deep into the ground. The only problem is this oil painting. In Jenkins' eyes, there is a very faint yellow and golden mixed aura.
"The probability of the action plan being leaked is very low. It should be that something went wrong after entering the mansion. Do you also think this painting is strange?"
Captain Kelly asked.
"It's a little strange. In my impression, the portraits in this location are generally portraits of ancestors. Even if they are not, they shouldn't be in this style..."
He thought about it and picked out the right words:
"It shouldn't be a landscape painting with such a weird style."
"We also consider this way. The current detection result is that there is no hole directly below the hall. We are dispatching personnel to carry out further detection, and digging the entire house will also find the secret passage!"
According to the internal structure of the mansion, the scribes drew a rough drawing. After careful observation, it is found that the structure of the whole house is centered on this painting. Although the main body of the house looks normal, it is in fact contrary to the mainstream architectural style of the construction period.
The original purpose of building the house should not be for living, but to cover up a huge range of rituals.
Based on this idea, some strange items were found in the walls of the house. This is an item to assist the ceremony, which further confirms the guess just now.
It was not until the professionals sent by the Holy See arrived that they finally cracked the ritual with the oil painting as the core based on the structure of the mansion.
When the color of the surface gradually faded with the divine light, a dark hole appeared on the surface of the painting. A chilly wind blows from it, causing a stench of corruption to permeate the building. Some human bones and dried blood can be vaguely seen at the entrance of the cave, as if bitten by some animal.
But in fact, there is still a solid wall behind this oil painting, and the opening in the painting is directly connected to an unknown space.
Jenkins stood at the rear, and Chocolate had been asleep in his arms for hours. The fluffy ears shook a few times suddenly, the cat opened its eyes and looked towards the hole vigilantly, then stood up from Jenkins' arms suddenly.
"Meow~"
It let out the most ferocious cry it had ever made, and its tail nearly poked Jenkins in the jaw.
"What's wrong?"
Worried about disturbing the people in front, Jenkins hurried to comfort his cat. But at this moment, from the darkness deep in the hole in the oil painting, something seemed to crawl out.
The rustling~ sound was not obvious at first, but after a few seconds it almost reached the edge of the oil painting. Severe nausea was the first sensation, followed by hallucinations of being covered in poisonous snakes. Before everyone had time to react, another green and foul-smelling gas sprayed out from the hole, and the few people standing in front fainted immediately.
"Back!"
Captain Kelly pulled Jenkins and was about to leave, but a hissing sound came from the hole, and a gray tongue as thick as Jenkins' waist shot out from it, wrapping around Jenkins' waist with great accuracy.
As the terrifying sound came out, the illusory opening and boundary of the oil painting faintly showed signs of collapse. The creature in the cave finally revealed its appearance. It was a giant python that had turned into a mummy, wriggling and trying to stick out its snake head from the entrance of the cave, but it was always blocked by an invisible barrier in the air.
It is hidden in the obscuring darkness, only those gray-white eyes full of death can see clearly. The looming body is covered with weird and sacred symbols, but it is more like a pattern formed naturally as the scales grow.
The boundless chaos impacted everyone's heart, as if the spirit had been bitten by countless little snakes, and weird and terrifying hallucinations appeared in front of them. A brief tinnitus appeared in the ears, and all five senses were confused at that moment.
With the appearance of the giant python, the air seemed to be stagnant, and those who were able to stay awake were enveloped in an inexplicable sense of panic, as if the deepest darkness would descend immediately. These feelings drove them to turn and run backwards, and Jenkins could not escape.
"Ha~"
The snake's slender tongue wanted to pull him into the hole, and the moment his feet were about to leave the ground, he stretched his cane to the side and pinned it to the crack of the gate of the house, and then he was pulled up.
Face up, grasping the cane with both hands, the slender tongue wrapped around his waist pulled him back with great force. The clothing in contact with the tip of the tongue was quickly corroded, and the tingling sensation spread from the skin to the whole body.
The chocolate fell from Jenkins, and while Jenkins couldn't see it, he turned around and yelled at the giant python, the force that had almost pulled Jenkins into two parts weakened a bit.
All of this happened in less than two seconds, and Jenkins realized that the creatures in the cave were definitely not ordinary aliens. This level of spiritual pollution represented higher creatures that surpassed the level of human life.
His strength is not enough to compete with the python's tongue, so he can only activate the healing ability first to remove the snake venom or corpse poison on his body.
The vision in the upward posture is extremely narrow, and he doesn't know if there is anyone around who can help him. Thinking about the abilities that can be used in his heart, the Orb of Life emerged from his forehead.
Green mist surrounded Jenkins' body, eventually concentrating on the tongue. They followed the tongue and rushed towards the opening of the oil painting. The undead creatures themselves conflicted with the spirit of life, so they only walked halfway, and the tongue broke in two and fell to the floor. The ear-splitting roar came out again from the entrance of the cave, and the snake's head stepped back a few feet into the darkness, but it was still lurking in the darkness and observing everyone in the hall.
Until the reinforcements who came later rescued the fainted scribes and burned the oil painting to completely disappear the hole, the giant python remained in that peeping posture.
It is obviously unwilling to lose its connection with the material world just like that, but it seems to be afraid of something, and dare not fully exert its power. In the foyer after the flames passed, there were only some corpses thrown out of the cave. These were not the benefactors of the church, but the missing citizens of Beldiran City in the past three years.