Hao Ren didn't know what the thirteen saints released, nor did they know what ceremony they held, but some things were certain: Hasselblad brought back the news about the original sin of blood from the territory of Ancatero To the horror of the saints, they must have known about this original sin, or at least understood it, so they rushed into action. They recovered a "Hallowed Artifact" from an ancient relic in Corpus and activated it, but the ritual led to an unexpected "monster" waking up from a nightmare and killing everyone without warning. "Infected" the entire Corpus space garrison.
This kind of influence is deep and imperceptible. It does not control the thoughts of saints and presbyterian churches bluntly, but allows the controlled people to change their thinking patterns while staying awake, so that they think they are doing things soberly and rationally. After the release, a series of unreasonable actions were taken, such as the arrest of the elder demon hunters including Hasselblad, and the purge of all demon hunters of different factions.
During this whole process, the saints never left the ceremony hall, and all their instructions were conveyed through the heralds and attendants on standby outside the hall. No one knew what state they were in during those few days, no one knew whether their spirits had completely broken down and succumbed to the voices in their heads. Judging from the orders they gave, their temperaments had changed drastically at that time, but they never left the hall. According to Bedolis' last words before his death, Hao Ren guessed that their purpose of staying in the hall was to trap "that thing" At the ceremony site.
"It's very contradictory." After hearing Hao Ren's analysis, Vivienne was full of doubts. "While following the 'instructions' to start a civil war, they are still staying in the hall to suppress that 'monster'? Is this being controlled?" Still out of control?"
Hao Ren looked at Claude: "Where is the ceremony hall? The truth will be revealed when we get there."
"On the top floor of the tower, the place closest to the residence of the first saint," Claude nodded, "It is the energy center of the clock tower of the spirit world, and it is also the time-space entanglement point of the entire Corpus. When various ceremonies are held Time. There will be powerful mystical forces focused right above that hall, and I think those energies haven’t dissipated until now—so only a small number of people can go in. Too many people may cause the vortex to collapse.”
La Nina reminded from the side: "We have taken care of all the energy nodes in Corpus."
"The energy of the Ritual Hall is provided by the Spirit World Clock Tower itself," Claude shook his head, "Although we don't know where this energy comes from, it has been stable for thousands of years. We use it to Drive most of the facilities in the upper area of the tower."
"This kind of thing with unknown origin, unknown power and unknown power is really lucky that you can rest assured to use it for thousands of years," Hao Ren shook his head, looking at the few people around him. "Okay, Vivienne, Lily, and Old Wang, the three of you will follow, and then there will be White Fire and Tutain. Including me, there are a total of six people, shouldn't it be 'exceeding the standard'?"
Claude blinked: "No problem, as long as you don't use any magic or weapons that move too much to fire at the ceiling."
Lily and Vivian immediately looked at Hao Ren in unison, and the latter shrank his neck: "What are you looking at me for?"
"Don't blow up things casually," Yizaks patted Hao Ren's shoulder, "I don't smash meteorites much now."
"I..." Hao Ren pointed to his nose. "I'm all about technical work! I have a large equivalent, but I've always been very precise!"
Little Elizabeth was a little unhappy when she found out that she was excluded from the team, but the little devil girl was very sensible. In any case, she is also a gifted child who can replace her father and lead the Demon King City, and she is very knowledgeable in this situation. She obediently stayed and searched the rest of the tower with La Nina.
Claude led Hao Ren and his party out of the gloomy banquet hall, and went to the place where the ceremony was held through a secret spiral ramp. After leaving the hall, Hao Ren looked at the shackles on Claude: "Seriously, are you really going to act together wearing this set? It's not suitable for combat."
Claude raised his hands, most of the chains on his body have been removed, only the heavy rune shackles are still wrapped around his two arms: "Until now I still have the urge to kill each of you Man, the only reason I can hold back the urge is because it's a little less effective now. These runes keep my magic flowing. And only when I'm in a fairly weak state can that thing in my head Calm down a little bit. I guess the thing works on magic or the host's... vitality."
"You were a dangerous person before. The magic power is stronger than everyone else. That's why La Nina used this special device for you. It seems that this is the way to dispel that thing in your mind," Yizaks Hey smiled, "Hey—but it won't last long."
"I hope we can put an end to this mess in the ceremony hall," Hao Ren sighed, and suddenly remembered something when he saw Tutan who was walking behind him, "Wait a minute, I suddenly remembered that Bedoris died before the accident happened. I gave Vivienne's blood spar to you?"
He reminded everyone that it was the blood spar that started him and his little friends being involved in this matter—Bai Huo risked his life to break through and hand it over to Vivienne, which triggered a follow-up series of events.
Bedolis had a premonition of today's events before he held a "ceremony" with other saints
Then why didn't he stop his companions, but held the ceremony together
"Every saint has a special power. The saint Bedoris can see the future from time to time. It is very messy and obscure, but he does have a premonition," Tutan sighed softly, "but his ability is not enough to change the future. Fate. I believe he had a premonition of the catastrophe, but he didn't know that the ritual was going to be the problem—presumably he even thought the ritual was the key to avoiding the catastrophe. Anyway, it happened, and he did his best As long as there is a silver lining, we can't ask for more."
The secret passage leading to the ceremony hall is very long, stretching forward in the darkness as if it had no end. Due to some kind of spatial distortion, Hao Ren was not even sure whether he was going up or down the secret passage when walking in the secret passage. Move Downward. Out of boredom, he continued to ask Claude some questions: "You showed a strong tendency to attack when you saw Vivienne, but this was not the case with the other demon hunters we caught."
"To be honest, I don't know what's going on," Claude shook his head honestly, "I know 'the countess who brought the red moon', but I don't have any additional hatred for her... except for the instinct of hunting. Today It was the first time I met this legendary vampire. But as soon as I saw her, I felt that I had to kill her. It was a calling, an urge... more terrifying than hunting instinct. It completely took over My whole thought, honestly, I don't want to do it again, for the first time in my life I feel like I can't control my body, it was a horrible experience."
"The biggest difference between you and other sect fighters is that you have been guarding the saints all year round, and you are the only demon hunter who can directly talk to the first saint." Vivienne said lightly, "Stay by the side of that kind of person , which is enough to make you different, you may become more susceptible to psychic attacks, and you may also be synchronized with the minds of saints. By the way, do you still remember why you ran to the front line alone? You are the attendant of the First Saint. It stands to reason that you don’t need to go to the front line. In theory, you should stay here. It’s right to be a member of those walking dead .”
Claude shook his head: "I don't remember. I just remember that I was controlled by an urge to 'purify heresy', and this urge became stronger and stronger. Probably it was the reason that drove me out of the tower."
"In short, your tendency to attack Vivian is a dangerous symptom. This machine suggests that you cooperate with us to conduct some... medical examinations after this incident is over," the data terminal suddenly came out of Hao Ren's pocket. "We have dealt with various ultra beings that can affect the mind. If you don't want to leave some unexpected surprises in your mind, it's best to have a comprehensive physical examination."
Claude was taken aback when he saw the data terminal: "What is this!?"
"A... high-tech equipment, don't worry about it," Hao Ren grabbed the terminal back, and at the same time, he found that the passage had come to an end, "The front is the ceremony hall?"
At the end of the passage was a small gate, with tall vaults supported by ancient faded stone columns. On both sides of the gate is a bottomless dark abyss: in this tower with a strange spatial structure, this kind of terrain is not surprising.
And in front of everyone. It is a huge door cast in metal and engraved with complex patterns.
"There are indeed energy fluctuations behind the gate, which is very powerful, and it is in a level-three alert state," the data terminal projected a blue light to scan the gate, "also detected signs of space distortion, and preliminarily judged that there is a continuous space gate opening, maybe It's sending energy into the hall."
Hao Ren lowered his voice subconsciously: "Where are the signs of life? Mental fluctuations or other traces of consciousness?"
"No, no life reactions were detected, nor any form of intelligent activity."
Y'zaks slowly turned into the Balrog form, and he walked to the gate with heavy steps: "The body of that 'monster' is really still inside?"
"Maybe 'it' has no thinking activity, or even life characteristics, something close to a natural disaster, haven't we dealt with such incidents? Like the spirit of anger," Hao Ren also took a step forward, pressing his hand on the door, "Lily, put spicy sticks in your mouth, Vivienne, prepare Lightning, White Fire, Tutain, long-range support is up to you. But be careful, don't do it lightly unless you are attacked-that monster may still be attacked by someone It's controlled by a ritual, and we want to prevent it from being self-defeating to get it out of the way completely."
After saying this, Hao Ren took a deep breath and stared at the huge metal door in front of him.
The monster released by the saints from the nightmare may be entrenched in the room behind the gate, an unknown, powerful monster that may come from the day of killing gods, what would it look like? What kind of existence would it be? is it a creature? dead? Phenomenon? Or just a curse
Hao Ren and Y'zaks pushed towards the door at the same time, and the heavy metal door slowly opened with a frighteningly loud sound.
"...terminal, call the battleship, we may need some technical support." (to be continued~^~)