Blood tax

Chapter 362 Returning the SAN Value to Zero

Neferti didn't want to leave, and she didn't know what Naira was going to do, but she felt a splitting headache for no reason, and she couldn't even speak.She wanted to resist, but couldn't break free from Griffith's hand.

Seeing the backs of the three leaving, Naira smiled slightly, turned and walked towards the camp.There, Professor Lafayette finally made up his mind and was calling for everyone to evacuate:
"We retreated outside the cave, sealed and concealed the exit, and reassembled an investigation team. God has abandoned this place."

"God has not abandoned this place," Naira said slowly, coming to the Odessa people, "you will see soon."

Naira got down on one knee and pressed her hands to the ground.The moment he touched the ground, the rot flowing all over the ground shook like the surface of water.

"The vain old gods have blinded your eyes, but here, the new gods are about to awaken."

"You mean the God of Dreams?" Miss Wendy asked, "Is he still here? Can he still fulfill our wishes?"

Professor Lafayette expressed that he couldn't stand it anymore. He stopped the team members and said to Naira: "No, my student, this place is not the place we imagined at all, and the master is far from the form we expected. It has disintegrated, leaving uncontrolled psychic energy and chaotic will, and every inch of space is full of danger. We have lost Lord Adbaran, Professor Julian and Lord Erem are also missing. Reason tells me that I must leave , go to a safe place to regroup."

"If Julian and Master Erem are here, what will they do?" Naira said calmly, "The answer is so close to us. The ultimate question of humans and gods will be answered. We How can you walk away without looking at the answer?"

Before he finished speaking, the chitinous shell under his feet slowly bulged, pushing the liquid substance away.In a corner that was not completely covered by darkness, the unknown creature that appeared in the message but whose whereabouts were unknown suddenly crawled on the ground, and stood up along with the ground, making a rumbling roar.

The unusual stench was disgusting, and the Odessa investigators present retreated one after another. Some even forgot to draw out their weapons to prepare for battle.

Shuffling toward them in the darkness was a monstrous, profane monster.Its appearance looks somewhat like a mixture of a human and a squid, and some resembles an insect with arthropods; it has no skin, and the thick and hideous chitin looks extremely strong, covered with sharp horns, and has degenerated facial features The eye marks, the octopus tentacles on the lower jaw of the skull swayed from side to side as if drunk.On its huge forelimbs, there are open claws and short deformed tentacles, and the hind limbs are short and thick.Although no expression can be seen on its face, one can still feel the cruel and vicious aura emanating from its whole body.

"Please let me introduce," Naira took two steps back, and said like a chef introducing dishes, "This is the family of the God of Dreams—the hybrid body. You have seen Bolton's place occupied by maggots. Abnormal form, this hybrid is its fully mature form. When Professor Julian found it, it did not petrify, but just entered dormancy."

This hybrid is extremely ugly, but as soon as it appears, it arouses indescribable echoes in the mind. The powerful fluctuations of spiritual energy show that it is very powerful in terms of physique and spiritual energy.

"This monster... has already eaten," Diaz gave Naira a cold look, "You did it?"

Professor Lafayette also shook his head and said to Naira: "My Lord has imposed restrictions on you since the moment he gave you authority, do you think you can use His power to damage our cause and distort the noble oracle of our Lord? When you and your servants hurt the pious, the prohibition of our lord will whip your soul!"

Naira just smiled and said nothing, while the hybrid roared and rushed over.

Professor Lafayette didn't give the hybrid a chance to attack.He even completed the configuration of the spell while speaking, and the ground immediately appeared as a mud trap, and the hybrid immediately fell deeply into it.However, its body was huge, relying on its huge jointed limbs it began to break free.

Diaz raised his hand, and a spear surrounded by flames shot out, blasting the mixed body's octopus head into pieces.However, the monster that had lost its head didn't realize it. Instead, it shot out clusters of slender tentacles from its claws, rolling towards Diaz.

The extraordinary demon hunter rolled back in the air, easily avoiding the tentacles.The moment he landed, there was already a ball of flame in his hand, and it continued to elongate and extend, forming a shape like a spear.At this time, a passive gust of wind surged around Diaz, and the previous listless temperament had disappeared, replaced by a dangerous aura like a sharp sword.He glanced at the mixed body, and said to his companion:

"Professor, this monster has no fixed shape and weakness. The head, body and even the solid shell are just camouflage. If you focus on attacking there and knock it down, the rest of the torso is still deadly. I need a more powerful attack to restrain it it."

Professor Lafayette nodded immediately and gave the deployment:

"Mirban, you will be the core of the defense, and Patolyon will assist. The others start to attack,
"Give Lord Diaz time."

The paladin who received the order raised his epee and shield to meet him without saying a word.His companion, Knight Patorion, prayed aloud, and his voice echoed like thunder in a giant conch.Mirban was blessed, his body was shrouded in golden light, he blatantly blocked in front of the hybrid, and even confronted the huge monster, every time he collided, a burst of flames splashed on the shield.

Other Odessa Extraordinary also took action one after another, their shadow energy and flames tumbling and sweeping in the air crazily, but they only tore off broken pieces on the surface of the hybrid body, and there was no way to harm its interior.

"Continue to attack!" Miss Wendy yelled, "Its armor is formed by life energy, it cannot have no limit, and the consumption will be less."

As she spoke, she arranged the magic circle, summoning a jackal-like shadow, and pounced on the hybrid from all directions.

After the solid outer carapace of this mixed body is broken a little bit, it will spray out clouds of extremely smelly black water.

"Avoid the tides of darkness!" Professor Lafayette shouted. "That's shadow energy that can catch and pollute living creatures into its kind."

Patorion, who had just taken over from Mirban to meet the enemy, hurriedly dodged backwards, narrowly avoiding the invasion of the black water.However, some magical creatures controlled by the summoners present did not have such a fast reaction speed, and were caught by the dark tide on the spot, turning into a group of squirming shadows.

In an instant, these shadows turned into existences with fangs and sharp claws, the shape of a bull or a basilisk, turned around and rushed towards the investigators behind.Their form is between matter and illusion. Every time they are attacked, they will shatter, and then move a certain distance to re-condense.

What's more serious is that everyone present heard heart-piercing ravings roaring in their ears.Whispers that had only been a headache a while ago were getting more and more intense.

They heard the endless dripping sound, so clear that it seemed to be flowing in their own brains.The ominous thought carried bone-eating coldness, crawling along the spine to the whole body little by little.

Everyone is losing their minds.

Seeing that the situation was not right, several investigators shouted: "Stop it, Naira, what good will it do you to feed us to this monster!?"

Naira just watched from a distance, like a child watching a new toy that is about to arrive.

At this moment, the flame in Diaz's hand had condensed into a beam of light.The originally rushing fire flow was compressed into an extremely thin light sheet.He bit his fingertips, and smeared a trace of blood on the shaped spear.The beam of light immediately roared in the air, and the unbearable coercion almost went straight to the sky.

"Scatter! Everyone stop! Leave Mrs. Diaz! Stop!"

Professor Lafayette shouted.All the Odessa investigators who were still attacking stopped their attacks and fled in all directions.

The act of fleeing facing the enemy in battle is undoubtedly exposing your back to the enemy, which is no different from suicide.However, all the investigators, no matter how strong or weak they were, all ran extremely simply, and they were not in a group. Everyone ran to a single location, obviously they had been trained many times in advance.

The edge of light and shadow in Odessa suddenly levitated.Phantom black bat wings grew from his back, horns grew from his head, his feet turned into giant hooves, and a ferocious brown scorpion tail protruded from his back.

Demon hunters who specialize in killing monsters and demons have now become as profane as monsters of the abyss.However, the light spear condensed into thin slices illuminated the entire interior of the giant snail as if it were daylight, and even the hybrids froze in place in horror.

Diaz raised the spear above his head.His aura is already like a black hole, in which astonishing spiritual energy is surging, and will erupt violently in the next moment!

"Let you see the power of the demon hunter's mythical creature form!"

Everyone present felt as if they saw a certain trajectory, but if they wanted to specifically see what they saw, they couldn't tell at all!The extremely fast and bright things passed by, leaving only a vague shadow between the pupils.

"Bah!"

The solid shell of the hybrid body exploded, and dark green body fluids and indescribable tissues splashed all over the sky.Before it could react, the splashed debris began to burn violently, even igniting the ground.

The shards squirmed and spread on the monster's body with the billowing flames as if they were alive, and even where a little bit of flame fell, it became an inextinguishable fireball.

The hybrid struggled in the flames.Its incomparably hard carapace is softening, collapsing into a semi-solid mass like a melting candle.

Diaz, who had delivered this blow, landed slowly, restraining his breath.

Seeing that the attack worked, the Odessa investigator couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "As expected of Mr. Diaz, you have already touched the threshold of the mythical creature form. It seems that you will be able to challenge the Sequence 5 character in a short time. !

"This hybrid is unimaginably strong, but it still can't resist your attack!"

Diaz did not accept the compliment, and even narrowed his eyes slightly.He saw the monster twisted and disintegrated in the flames that could not be extinguished, and then condensed into shape again, his eyes couldn't help but become dignified.Suddenly, he saw that his skin was cracking, oozing magma-like pus, and his back, head and limbs all felt severe pain.

"This, what's going on here!" The extraordinary demon hunter discovered in horror that the mythical creature form he had just canceled was changing from illusion to reality, and even broke through the shackles of the flesh!
"Master Diaz," Patolyon Knight was the first to notice his abnormality, almost trembling and lost his voice, "Master Diaz, out of control—!"

At the same time, the mixed body bitten by the flames looked unsteady, constantly changing within a few seconds, and finally turned into a gelatinous swollen form, and the giant pincers became sticky tentacles.The entire gelatinous surface is covered with a foul pus, which seems to be secreted from the dissolved body...

This personification of shadow and corruption, which permeates the mind with murky whispers drawn from forgotten sea caves.

"Isn't this the warrior and priest of the ancient gods in the world!" Archaeologist Bin Hur was deeply shocked.

Miss Wendy also exclaimed.She seems to have some kind of ability to pry into the origin of dark creatures, which is equivalent to a high-level insight. She can even penetrate this chaotic monster and peep into its power composition.

"This shapeless substance swells, if its power cannot be completely exhausted, it cannot be eliminated! Every second it exists, the nightmare aura will continue to erode our sanity!"

The black effusion suddenly spread to the surroundings like a tide at an extremely fast speed, and escaped from the flames.Immediately afterwards, the black liquid condensed into a ball again, making a loud noise, and the spreading sound waves immediately silenced all spellcasters.

A spore-like black dust even fell in the air, and everyone who touched it fell into continuous sluggishness and dizziness.

"What is this!?" The investigator who didn't know the details shouted.They were already scattered, and now they have lost their organization
A strange black spewed out, overwhelming the sky.This is an extremely thick darkness, like a surging and boiling viscous venom, and there are even a large amount of insect poison in it.

All the lights inside the giant snail were suddenly extinguished.

In the darkness where they couldn't see their fingers, several Extraordinary people not only dimmed their eyes, but also felt indescribable fear in their hearts. They were completely crushed by the darkness, screaming and crying as if the end of the world was coming in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of wriggling in the darkness, and the heavily armed Odessa Extraordinary screamed together.They were trapped, torn by tentacles from nowhere, and screamed in agony.

"Something is biting me!"

"Let me go, let this thing let me go!"

"If we die, Naira, you are the hand of God bestowed on us by God, and you will be sanctioned by the supreme contract!"

The screaming stopped suddenly.The investigators found that the darkness surrounding them was slowly dissipating.They saw the scenery around them again, but their field of vision had turned into a black and yellow background, and the noisy babbling became clear.

The head that was about to crack just now seemed to be less uncomfortable, and there was even some long-lost carefreeness.

"Feeling better?"

Naira came slowly.When he passed by the hybrid body, this group of almost indestructible monsters, as if it had been placed for hundreds of millions of years, annihilated all vitality, and was turned into powder by the wind.

"Do you feel better?" Naira smiled and said to Professor Lafayette, "You see, as long as you accept the truth, you will no longer suffer."

The professor felt that the last of his sanity was about to dry up. He saw that the mighty Diaz had completely turned into a monster with bat wings and horns. The determined investigators were all standing still, their eyes completely lost their clarity. , with a twisted laugh hanging from the corner of his mouth.He forced himself to ask Naira, "You, what did you do?"

"Nothing, it's just that you have been exposed to the nightmare aura and the will of the Outer Gods for too long, and your sanity is about to be emptied," Naira said, "Look, I didn't hurt you, I just opened a door."

"Tell me, Professor Julian! Where did they go?!"

"I have assigned a very important task to Professor Julian. I believe he will do well."

"Help me, Naira, I can't lose my sanity!" Professor Lafayette struggled with the last of his will, and his words were only murmured, "Sanity is everything to us, and losing it means destruction... Hahaha, haha Haha, hahahaha, I really...hahaha!"

The professor's eyes finally became cloudy, and he laughed wildly while covering his face.

"Well, if you are destroyed, I think," Naira thought for a while, and smiled,
"Then I shall be free."

(End of this chapter)