Blood tax

Chapter 363 An Important Clue Coincidentally Found

Griffith, Arundel, and Neferti ran out of the giant snail and ran to the ground along the way they came.This path is hidden in the darkness, and the firelight can only illuminate a small space. It is only by Alandelle's guiding spell that the way back can be found.

Not long after, an astonishing aura erupted from the direction of the giant snail, surging like an invisible tide.Griffith trembled all over, intuitively feeling that he was being stared at by an astonishing existence.

This powerful aura came and went in a hurry, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.However, the originally dizzy mind seemed to explode, filled with unbearable chaotic noises.

Neferti fell directly to her knees.Arundel could barely hold on, she took out some colorful petals from her small bag and handed them to the two.

"eat."

It could be seen that she didn't want to say any more uncomfortable words, and her slender fingers were trembling violently.Without hesitation, Griffith immediately swallowed a petal, and then fed it to Neferti.

The small petals didn't have any smell, but after entering the mouth, the raving sound seemed to be far away, and the hazy vision became slightly clearer.

"This is only a temporary improvement." Alandelle's face was already pale and bloodless. "I felt the breath of the ancient god. He broke free from the shackles of flesh and blood and transformed into an indescribable idea. Under his gaze and ravings, all Creatures will continue to lose sanity until they are completely controlled by him."

"Then let's keep running!" Griffith summoned the blood puppet controlled by Minos as his avatar to carry Neferti, while he held Alandelle in his arms and fled desperately towards the ground.

As he ran, he used the small lantern in his hand to illuminate the dark front.It took a few hours when this road came, and at this moment it is even longer without end.

Finally, the three stopped to rest at a slightly spacious corner.All were so tired and weak that they could barely speak.

Griffith panted, scanning the vicinity vigilantly.At the edge of the black shadow, he seemed to see something wriggling and forming.

"I think I see something," Griffith muttered to himself, "I'll have to take a closer look."

In the uninhabited burrow, there was an illusory sound of ding ding dong dong faintly in the air, and a shadow seemed to float over.At first, unreal like a mist, it grew thick and solid, and then produced a swollen torso, disproportionately short legs and hooves, a jagged mouth and goat's horns, and it was extremely chaotic and unreal.

"Umbral!" Griffith had encountered this thing in the Whispering Forest, and was bitten by it.He jumped up on the spot, drawing the Conviction was a shot.

"Bah!"

The deafening gunshots reverberated in the cave, and the strange black image shattered on the spot like broken glass.However, it quickly regrouped not far away.

"Don't let it get away!" Arandale shouted hastily, "Once it appears, it will linger nearby, and the nightmare aura will drive us crazy."

Griffith immediately chased after it, preparing to kill the monster completely to avoid future troubles.Suddenly, he saw that the stones, dead vines, and shadows under the mushrooms in front of him came alive, squirmed, and more black shadows flowed out, gathering into dense shadows that looked like wild animals and snakes.

He suddenly felt his scalp go numb.It was like finding a cockroach passing by in the kitchen and chasing it down, only to see hundreds of brothers and relatives of the cockroach gathering there when they were about to kill it around the corner.

The bodies of these things are extremely uncoordinated.The torso is as strong as a cow, or thick and long as a snake, with mouthparts densely covered with sharp teeth, but the body is supported by six short legs, which swing back and forth as fast as paddling water, gathering from all directions.

This scene was even a little funny and absurd, and it made both Alandelle and Neferti look wrong.Griffith quickly accepted the conviction, drew out his Han Guang sword and chopped it down.The blue arc shredded a umbral, leaving a small wriggling shadow on the ground that slowly dissipated.

At this moment, Griffith suddenly felt that his brain was clearer, and he felt a long-lost comfort.

"Ah!" He couldn't help but took a deep breath, and chopped up several monsters with his sword.

Sure enough, with the disappearance of the umbral, the stagnant panic, depression, and despair were disintegrating little by little.

"How pleasant!" Griffith cheered, put the sword back into its sheath, took the newly acquired Orgin shotgun and loaded it into the conviction, pulled the trigger, and shot at the densely packed monsters.

"Bah!"

The power of this shot was completely beyond Griffith's imagination.The dark air was compressed, and then a dazzling crystal mist burst out, sweeping across in a fan shape with astonishing shock waves.The narrow crypt was embraced by pure light, and all kinds of monsters were swept away by the light, and the mysterious whispers immediately turned into screams, and they fled in all directions in the bright light.

The ravings entrenched in his mind disappeared in an instant, and the world returned to its normal color and became clear.Griffith couldn't help closing his eyes.

This long-lost Qingming and tranquility is as refreshing as putting on new underwear on the morning of the New Year!
After this round of fighting, Griffith felt that his sanity had recovered a lot, and Alandelle and Neferti not far away also improved significantly.Their vision widened, and under the light of the lantern, they saw a figure curled up in the corner.

"Back back." Griffith waved his hand, loaded a gold bullet into Conviction, and walked carefully to take it.

He saw rucksacks full of food and water scattered on the ground, finely sewn sleeping bags that could prevent insects and moisture, as well as alcohol cans and diaries. At the end of the debris was a curled up human body, no longer breathing.His skin and muscles were cracked, and the overgrown organs and brain were squeezed out of the shocking cracks, making him a terrifying monster.

The title page of the diary is signed with the recorder's name——

"Julian Mintz"

This person is one of the people who are talking about this operation in Odessa. Griffith has known the information for a long time, and knows that he is a senior Sequence 6 secret spy and scholar.

After all, he was still unlucky. He was polluted by the terrible environment, his flesh and blood got out of control, and he died tragically here.

Most of the words in the professor's diary are neat, beautiful, and logically clear, which makes people feel pleasing and comfortable when reading.However, there is a crooked passage on the first page of the notebook. It can be seen that the professor wrote it not long ago, in a state of extreme collapse:
"I am Professor Julian of Metigny, I feel the chill of fate, my lord is calling me to his palace...

"Please take my ring and diary back to Medini, and my family and academy will reward you beyond imagination. The great cause to which we are dedicated is for all (indecipherable)

"Imagination changes time."

Griffith turned the page back, briefly and quickly retracing the thoughts of this wise scholar in the final period of his life.These words are crooked, and even often overlap, which shows that the author's sanity at that time has been deeply in hopeless confusion.

[Professor Julian's last record ([-])]

"This is the family of the gods, the mixed body, the deformed creature of the tentacles of humans and gods. I have come into contact with similar existences, but this one is perfect and powerful beyond imagination.

"It didn't wither, no. Erem and the others made a mistake. Such a high-ranking mythical creature has already touched the mystery of the ultimate life form, so how can it be limited by its lifespan? I can guarantee that under the rock-like thick shell, It is a body that is in a dormant state but still maintains a micro-metabolism.

"Should I tell everyone about this? No, wait a minute, I'm sending Naira away.

"He was suppressed by my lord's contract, and he would not lose control, but this is another god's palace of flesh and blood, so we can't be too cautious."

[Professor Julian's last record ([-])]

"We lost Warren just a few minutes ago. Such a powerful Extraordinary was unknowingly killed by a parasite. The thing was like an enlarged tapeworm, as big as a snake, and suddenly jumped on Warren's face and burrowed In the mouth. Warren's chest exploded before we could heal.

"Neither the defense nor the shield can prevent the astronomers of Sequence 7 from being killed instantly. We are terrified. There seem to be more monsters hidden in the darkness. I have ordered everyone not to leave the light source."

[Professor Julian's last record ([-])]

"I had a headache, my eyes were dark and there were black lines around the edges of my vision.

"It's a sign of a breakdown in sanity. We're being corrupted by horrible ideas floating in the air. Erem told me that he noticed that the firelight and lighting were constantly being weakened, but he didn't know what was happening.

"The ruler's body has long lost its vitality. However, even rotting flesh and blood can breed such a dangerous darkness, so how terrifying is His original power! Just the remaining invisible thoughts can make us humans The best brains can't resist.

"Humans are too small.

"I began to have doubts about the purpose of this trip. I shouldn't question the oracle of my lord. He sent us the hand of God and gave us a powerful sealed item to guide us to the ruins of the God of Dreams. I should Firm faith.

"However, my team is collapsing. With just one turn or even one breath, someone disappears without a sound. Is the power of the master really usable? How weak is the human body, and how can it bear such a situation? mystery?
"It is absurd to infuse God's personality into the fragile body and mind of human beings, just like expecting cockroaches to be as tall and powerful as human beings.

"The more you yearn for lofty power, the easier it is to touch the limitations of this skin...

"No, I want to send a message to let Lafayette and his team members evacuate here. One who can go is one."

This is the last record of Professor Julian. Next, he must have sent the unwritten message and it was received by the camp team.

Griffith understood that he couldn't stay here for long, so he hurriedly flipped forward, looking briefly at what the professor had written earlier.

[Earlier records of Professor Julian]

"I can feel the end of the breath approaching. There are only a few words about the horror incident in Canaan, but I know very well that it was created by the fifth existence of the virtual world.

"He is coming! It's getting closer! In this era, the time for His awakening is approaching, and the interval for asking for the price is getting shorter and shorter. Why didn't the Arcane Council take action? Are they unwilling or unable?

"Joflyn Rendyrus and Wesker de Crozier, two ignorant and fearless lunatics, I curse them, their folly will kill everyone!

"Our world is numbered, and the price will be paid!"

Griffith's eyebrows moved, and two familiar surnames caught his attention.

Joflyn Lendiros and Wesker de Klosere.

The former is Aaron's father, and the latter is very likely to be Iseus' father in terms of seniority.In other words, the two families knew each other.

Iseus's family actually involved Aaron!

(End of this chapter)