Riley City, time enters night.
"Hey... tell me, why did they leave us here after they arrested us? What are these people thinking in their minds?"
In a dark basement of the house belonging to Father John, Hans bumped his companion's shoulder and asked in a low voice.
Hans is a new member of "Crow" and has always wanted to express himself and get recognition from above. Therefore, last night, when he and another companion were responsible for disrupting the construction progress of the church, they acted too boldly and were caught by the priest who was ambushing nearby.
When they were first arrested, the two of them were scared out of their wits. They thought they would be tortured, put in jail, or even killed! But what I didn't expect was that the priest just locked them in this basement and never took care of them again.
This gave them a glimmer of hope in their hearts despite their despair.
…Maybe we can still escape
It's not like they haven't tried anything since being imprisoned in this place. As a qualified gangster, picking locks and getting out of trouble... Although they are not as good as professional thieves, they also understand. Therefore, after being locked up for half an hour, they began to try to break free from the rope and sneak out of the basement.
However, they discovered that things were not as simple as they thought.
After spending more than ten minutes, they broke free from the rope and tried to pick the lock, but were shocked to find that the door was not locked at all.
Seal the entire door, is a strange cross. Every time they touched the door, they felt a sudden strong force hit them head-on, and they were thrown away, unable to touch them at all.
After several attempts, they got nothing but bruises and bruises.
At that moment, they realized that the power on this door was not something they could fight against. So they just sit on the ground and fall into despair again.
In this way, time passed minute by minute, almost a day and a night passed, but the priest who arrested them never showed up, which made them desperate and confused.
Therefore, Hans asked just now.
"I... I don't know." His companion replied angrily, "I don't care what they are going to do, but if I stay here any longer, I will fucking starve to death!"
All day and night, they had nothing to eat and were hungry and thirsty. I can still hold it now, but in a day or two, I won’t know.
When Hans heard this, he felt helpless. In the end, he could only hammer the ground to vent his anger, but he hammered so hard that he couldn't use any strength at all.
"Hey! Let us out! We are going to starve to death!" However, his companion seemed to be stimulated, and fear and pressure exceeded the line of reason. He suddenly ran to the door and yelled hysterically.
Hans was also shocked by this move.
Seeing his companion's expression getting crazier and his words becoming more and more unpleasant, he quickly ran over, grabbed his companion, and punched him with the little strength he had left.
"Hey! Are you crazy?" He grabbed his companion's shoulders and shook him vigorously. "When he comes, he will bring you food? It will be fine if he doesn't kill us!"
The companion was stunned for a moment, finally shook his head, collapsed on the ground, covered his face and let out a feeble cry.
"I... why do I want to join this ghost gang? I stay in my hometown, do some serious things, and won't starve to death. But in the end, I have to ignore my sister's advice and come to some big city... I, I really want to be hungry. Die here."
Hans also slumped on the ground, shaking his head in despair, and had no intention of comforting the other person.
He... is really going to die here
However, it seemed that the roar of his companion had disturbed the people outside. In the middle of the night, a low chanting sound came from outside the door. Then, the closed door suddenly opened on its own.
"What are you arguing about? The quiet night is a gift from God, but you actually want to destroy it, you sinners."
The mage who caught them in slowly walked out from behind the door with a cold face and looked at them like animals.
The two were startled.
The priest's eyes made Hans feel a little uncomfortable, but thinking of the terrifying magic that the other party used to capture him, Hans still suppressed his emotions and showed a flattering smile.
"Well... Father, can you give us some food and water? If this continues, we will all starve to death."
"You are destroying the church building without authorization, and you will be tortured in hell after death." The priest replied, "I won't give you food and drink now, but it is just to help you alleviate your sins. You should thank me. .”
If both of them hadn't been so hungry that they didn't have much energy, they would have been so angry that they would have rushed to beat someone after hearing this.
Hans secretly clenched his fists and continued to ask cautiously: "Then... Father, how long are you going to lock us up? Do you have anything to ask us? It doesn't matter, you can just ask."
The priest heard the words and smiled: "I have questions to ask you, but you don't have to be tricky. When the things arrive, I will naturally ask for the needed information in my own way. As for you, don't think about making it up. Some lies came to fool me.”
Hans didn't understand.
What... The thing has arrived, in his own way... What on earth is this person talking about
He didn't understand. If the priest really wanted to ask them something, couldn't he just torture them? For them, it would definitely be much better than being locked up in this place in despair now.
"Then... Father, do you mean that we can't eat before then?"
"You have too many questions." The priest shook his head impatiently and said, "You'd better quiet down now and not disturb others. Otherwise, I will have to force you to quiet down."
When Hans heard this, he gritted his teeth, resisted the impulse in his heart, and said nothing more.
Seeing this, the priest nodded with satisfaction, turned around and prepared to leave.
However, at this moment, the companion who had been silent all the time suddenly jumped up like crazy and rushed towards the door, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to escape.
—The strange confinement on the door has been opened. If he runs fast enough, he can run over.
only…
"The sinner who attempts to escape punishment is guilty of a crime greater than himself."
After a whispered spell, along with the priest's words, a ray of holy light suddenly emerged and directly hit Hans' companion!
As soon as he ran to the door, he was directly hit by the holy light. With a bang, his whole body was blown away. He hit the wall and rolled down the steps. His whole body was charred and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Hans gasped.
He stretched out his hand and wanted to say something, but he met the priest's cold gaze looking at him. Suddenly, all words were blocked by fear. Hans immediately closed his mouth and pinched his hand to stop it from shaking so much.
"Know to shut up, you are still smarter than your companions." Upon seeing this, the priest said coldly.
Hans pursed his chapped lips and looked away, not daring to look at the priest.
So, so terrible...
However, at this moment, a completely unfamiliar voice sounded in the dark basement.
"But you don't seem to be much smarter than your companions."
Along with these slightly mocking words, suddenly, a huge water balloon appeared out of thin air and enveloped the priest who had not yet reacted.
The priest was stunned, and so was Hans.
This is…
Before they could react, the inside of the water ball was spinning rapidly. Then, the shield protecting the priest shattered in the blink of an eye. Before the priest could even utter a complete sentence, he was completely submerged by the water.
Then, this water ball that appeared very suddenly suddenly disappeared at that moment. At the same time, a thin and short ice blade appeared from nowhere and flashed past the priest's neck!
The priest shook and fell to the ground, a large amount of blood spurting out.
When Hans saw this scene, he was so frightened that he stepped back a few steps.
In the end what happened
He swallowed, raised his head with astonishment, and looked at the figure slowly walking out of the shadow of the stairs outside the door.
"S-Sir... are you..." He was about to say something, but was interrupted by the other party.
"Shh... don't talk."
The man made a silent gesture and slowly came to the priest's side. Then, he picked up the bloody ice blade and carved a strange triangle on the ground.
Hans looked at all this with a mixture of shock and fear in his heart, but gradually, he began to feel an inexplicable sense of excitement.
The priest... is dead.
-The priest who just seemed to be omnipotent died in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Thinking this, Hans looked carefully at the mysterious man who killed the priest with fearful and curious eyes.
I saw that the other party was leaning over and quickly finished drawing the triangle. He straightened up and nodded with satisfaction, as if he was satisfied with the bloody night he had created, and was talking to himself.
"Not bad, the progress is very fast, it's the fifth one."