Blood tax

Chapter 360 Domination ([-])

The advance team's temporary camp inside the giant snail was found not far away.The bonfires and lighting equipment there were all extinguished, and there was no movement in the darkness.The Odessa survey team illuminated the camp again, and then they saw what they least wanted to see.

The advancing group led by the three superhumans disappeared without a trace.Broken equipment and supplies were scattered on the ground one by one.After further careful searching, everyone found that the owner of the supplies had been torn into weird and abnormal pieces scattered on the ground.These pieces of fleshy tissue are attached to the broken bones, torn and shredded in some cruel and indescribable way, and are in an extremely distorted state, some fragments are still covered with light yellow and bright red mucus.

Griffith knelt on one knee on the ground where the foul-smelling liquid was flowing, and carefully examined the condition of the corpse. The limited remains showed that the victim died of strangulation or tearing, and lost a large part of his flesh and internal organs, as well as almost all of his body. Extraordinary properties and fat.

Most of the defensive circles and traps in the camp were in good condition. A terrible attack came here, but the defense was not triggered.The jar-like containers mentioned in the previous message can be seen here and there, some broken.As for the fossil of the unknown creature with the head of the squid and the pincers of the crustacean, there was no trace of it.

"Where are Professor Julian, Lord Erem, and Lord Adebaran!?" Someone shouted in panic.

No one answered this question.After a while, Diaz paused on the ground with his spear: "I don't know about the others, but Lord Adebaran, here are some."

Less than one meter in front of his toes, there was half a distorted human face, which seemed to be the remaining part of one of Odessa's supernatural beings, a high-ranking spell consultant and archaeologist Adebaran.Next to the scattered remains and the terrifying face, there were also pools of bright red semi-solidified liquid, shockingly dripping on dead ashes or pale minced flesh.

Diaz leaned over to check, and then said:
"ketchup."

"What?" Many people couldn't understand what the witcher said for a moment.

"I said it was tomato sauce," Diaz pointed to the red semi-solidified juice on the ground, and looked at the damaged supply box not far away, "I think it was taken from the food box. The yellow one must be egg yolk Sauce."

Whatever is going on here must be very creepy and abhorrent.The Odessa investigators led by Professor Lafayette tried to put aside their nausea, disgust and fear, and cheered up from the current predicament.

The professor rubbed his forehead, trying his best to maintain his sanity:

"Divided into three teams, I, the Kui Mansha brothers and sisters, and Pato Leon stayed here, using the equipment here to continue calling for survivors.

"Miss Wendy and Mr. Bin-Hur take the Dantès couple to the right; Lord Diaz, Miss Willow, and Knight Milban go to the left to check if there are any traces. Take the Echo Crystal to keep in touch. We will be there in 10 minutes. Meet here."

Everyone, look at me, and I look at you.Griffiths was the first to say, "It's not a good idea to spread out people at this time."

This proposal seems to be very popular, and even the powerful Diaz said: "This southern businessman has a smell that makes me hate, but, I don't deny that his proposal makes sense."

"Gathered here we do not know what struck the Forward Group," said Professor Lafayette. "Comrades, we are here for a great cause, and everyone is ready to sacrifice. Now, the cause is being When setbacks come, if we just give up and flee this terrible place, all sacrifices will be in vain.

"Go, do as I said, first look at what else is inside this conch, it would be even better if you can find survivors. Let us calmly think about it before deciding where to go with our career.

"Go, but be careful not to touch suspicious objects. If you find anything, come back as soon as possible."

……

The four walked in silence.They each brought lighting equipment to illuminate their surroundings very brightly, and they were always on guard against dangers escaping from the darkness.

Arundel walked beside Griffith, writing in the palm of his hand——

"It will take another [-] hours for the Brenhill to achieve initial operational capability, and then it will take six hours to arrive in the nearby waters and stand by.

"Shall we withdraw first?"

Griffith nodded to show he understood, then shook his head again.

The origin of all this is that the Odessa people activated the sealed artifact of the "death" pathway under the banner of life, but were led to the edge of the sea of ​​chaos.According to them, it is connected to the Turan Swamp, and it is a relic of the God of Dreams, or the palace of the "master".

Why did they search for the relics of different gods, and what does the mysterious path of "dream" mean to them?Griffith didn't know the answer for the time being, but the answer seemed to be right in front of him, and he couldn't miss it.

"What wish do you want to achieve?" Miss Wendy who was walking in front suddenly turned around and asked, interrupting his thinking.

"Ok?"

"Don't hide it. Only people with very strong desires will come to the God's Legacy. Great careers are bullshit." Miss Wendy opened the locket and showed everyone the inside and her own appearance. A similar portrait of a little girl, "This is my sister. An out-of-control black magic experiment took her. Sometimes I can feel her presence, near, but neither see nor hear. My lord The oracle that came down told me that as long as I followed the directions, I could meet her."

"You also received an oracle? This is amazing, I thought Naira was the only lucky one! Well, I mean, I didn't receive any oracle, and I'm curious how it feels, "Mr. Bin-Hur said sincerely and long-windedly, "My wish is to explore the ancient ruins. In the era when the seven gods had not yet come, there were many gods in this world. The human beings living at that time, I mean, human beings or human beings Human, what kind of feeling is it?"

"Where do you have so many feelings?" Miss Wendy snorted, "Also, don't you think that the wilderness belief of trolls is also a belief in righteous gods? This is an academic mistake. Why do scholars like you confuse it? .The wild gods are just powerful telepathic mythical beings who are above the demigods. Calling them gods is in itself extremely ignorant and blasphemous."

The archaeologists who have been criticized are stubborn: "Then they are also greater than demigods, aren't they? In the history of mankind, there is no existence above Sequence 4, but since there is Sequence 4, logically it should not be Are there Sequence 3, 2 and 1? Maybe there is also Sequence 0! If you want me to say, gods are all life forms or energy forms with different spiritual powers.”

"I don't want to talk to unbelievers, so shut up. Where are M. Dantès and Miss Haidee?"

"Guess~" Arundel quickly took up the topic.

"Isn't it here to ask for a child? Well, it's a normal thing, but it's so chilling when it's related to mystery," Miss Wendy shuddered, "Don't just ask the unknown The mysterious existence of you is praying for an heir, and no one knows what a beautiful person like you will conceive."

These Odessa people are doing the work of heretics, but they don't seem to have bad intentions.Griffith looked at Wendy and Bin-Hur, who were muttering non-stop, and suddenly thought that they, like those transcendental beings, were all masters and researchers from the Higher Academy of Magic.

Thinking about it carefully, it is really absurd that such a group of people put down their quills, picked up weapons and ran to the ruins of the Outer Gods to kill themselves.

"I want to explore the secret of resurrecting the dead," Griffith said suddenly.He has a feeling that he can find a lot of information that is beneficial to him here.

"Resurrect the dead!"

"Who!?"

Mr. Ben-Hur and Arendelle shouted together.The archaeologist fussed and added: "Excuse my rudeness, but, this is very interesting!"

"Well," Griffith said calmly, and looked down at Alandelle, who was holding her arm, "ex-girlfriend."

"..." Miss Captain's slender eyebrows almost stood up in shock.

"Oh, what a simple wish," Miss Wendy said indifferently, "at least half of the team came here for this purpose."

"I heard that Naira is too." Bin-Hur said.

"Who is he going to resurrect?"

"I don't know," the archaeologist scratched his head. "On October 10th, on the day of the tragedy at the Summer Palace Square, many noble families suffered misfortune."

"I know about this," Miss Wendy replied, "Not a few of the twelve girls serving the false saint escaped alive, and they all came from noble families. Naira must have lost someone important. "

"But the professors just use him as a tool," the archaeologist said regretfully and sympathetically, "making him the hand of God, but not letting him listen to the oracle. Don't you think it's inappropriate...how? gone?"

Miss Wendy stopped suddenly, and the archaeologist hit her on the back.Everyone stopped together and looked up along the light of the magic ball in the witch's hand.

Griffith saw a mass of twisted tentacles entrenched on the chitin carapace above his head, decaying and destroying at an alarming rate.A piece of carrion limb that was about to snap off even dangled, hanging within reach.

The four of them stretched out their hands towards the thing almost subconsciously.By the time they reacted, the hands were all on the tentacles.

The moment he touched the twisted limb, a series of chaotic mystic knowledge appeared in Griffith's mind like lightning.He had a splitting headache, as if something had been stuffed into his head, and then it was cut apart with a knife.

He realized that this was the incarnation and physical body of the God of Dreams in the world, the flesh and blood remains of an ancient existence known as the Overmind.It is a creation transformed from the fragments left by the ancient Outer Gods during an unsuccessful invasion long ago.

This huge creature was lifeless, and the remaining flesh and spirit energy polluted the place into a mutant and terrifying hatchery.

The mysterious power of the "dream" pathway permeates every corner of this place.

(End of this chapter)