Blood tax

Chapter 93 The Haze of Neopolis

The sealed artifact has actually been activated.I thought it would be activated when the crowd gathered at the memorial site, but I didn't expect the cultists to take the lead.And the scope of influence is so large, what a terrifying thing...

Griffith faltered on his horse, his mind blank with powerlessness and desperation.

Local residents and tourists remain unaware.No matter the swift and shrill sound of the horn or the ashes falling from the sky, only the Extraordinary can listen and watch.

Unable to comprehend this scene, Amber pressed his head and almost fell off his horse.

……

"The prelude has begun..." On a hill overlooking Hepu Town, the thin painter who once had an acquaintance with Griffith casually drew the picture scroll in front of him.

Crazy towns, twisted monsters, and a group of figures fighting around what looked like an altar at the foot of the mountain.

"Did you create this vision?" Medicius asked respectfully from the side, "Your power is unimaginable!"

"No, it's the power of the Sealed Artifact," the artist shook his head. "I just paint the scene that appears in my mind, and I can't stop it or change it. It's a bad feeling."

"I understand, Lord Madman, then we will act according to the future you have drawn." Medicius's expression became more and more respectful, he stepped back slowly, turned and said to the people around him, "Everyone, it is 10 a.m. : 15, soon, the future prophesied by the Creator will come, take the imprisonment crystal, and we will go to find the trace of the queen."

After Medihus withdrew, several of his entourage bowed and left.Only the calm and resolute Reef couldn't help but look at the artist's paintings again.

On the picture scroll centered on the calm and peaceful Hepu Town, black swirling lines are growing and spreading, and countless black faces and blood-colored pupils are twisted in an indescribable gesture.

In the corner of the picture scroll, there seems to be a white, clear figure surrounded by a vortex of pain and terror...

Seeing this chaotic painting frightened the heavily armed reef, he hurriedly closed his eyes, turned his head and ran.

"Hey~ Don't you plan to leave after I finish the painting?" The artist said softly with the corners of his eyes trembling slightly, in a decadent and bleak tone, "Wouldn't you be mentally prepared to see your end?"

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"Umber, go back to the Hall of Grace! Activate all available powers!" Griffith shook the blonde girl's shoulders, shoved her the authorization of the former enemy committee, and yelled almost hoarsely, "The cultist's The sealed artifact has been activated, stop the memorial service immediately! If the citizens don't listen, then set up trebuchets and shoot at the open space outside the memorial service to disperse them!"

"Okay, okay, I'm slowing down! Stop shaking!" Amber yelled, grabbing Griffith's arm, "what about you? Where are you going?"

"I'm going to find Iloti and take her to the Holy Grace Church for refuge." After confirming that the girl had listened to her words, Griffith turned to beat the military horse, "We'll see you at the entrance of Cangyue Mountain! Drive!"

The apprentice knight put his legs together, and the military horse galloped like a gust of wind, carrying the rider on his back and galloping towards the villa halfway up the mountain by the sea.

No one was seen along the way.Griffith quickly crossed the smooth, neat cobblestone road to the residence of Dr. Zion's family.

It must be alright!Griffith's heart was nervous, and even began to hallucinate - as if he had entered the living room, Iloti was sitting on the sofa with his legs and drinking coconuts, and the unshaven doctor was writing a report with his head down.

"Doctor, Iloti!" shouted Griffith, who rushed into the villa.

The empty living room answered him with silence.

Griffith was even more uneasy. He held the sword in his hand, and the icy air swirled around him. He rushed up to the second floor like a gust of wind, and found that there was still no one there.There were several skirts on Iloti's bed.

Griffith's brain went blank for a while, and he rushed downstairs and knocked open the door of the laboratory.

Dr. Zion's day-to-day lab is a mess.The test tubes and petri dishes that were full in the past have been emptied and thrown on the ground in pieces, and the precious books and notes are piled in the sink, which has been burnt to only a cloud of ashes.

Several clay pots were rolling around on the ground... The orchids grown in the pots for testing had withered, and the powdery dead branches and leaves were scattered all over the ground.

In a conspicuous place on the desk, there is a note, and on the cover of the note is written a line of words in wet ink——

"Drug experiment records and final treatment plan".

"Griffith, the situation has reached a point of no return.

"Although you are in a hurry, please read my notes carefully. I rarely keep a diary, so the content is not long. The notebook will be burned within 15 minutes after you read it.

"I am extremely guilty and sad, but reality forces me to act now."

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"On May 1441, 3,
"Iloti's condition is getting worse again, her body is getting weaker, healing and prayers are useless, we don't even know the cause. I have been unable to continue my work at Homonwarts, and I am going to Terry Principal En submitted his resignation, which has not yet been approved.

"I suspect that this is related to the legendary and mysterious Neopolis syndrome, but there is a lack of research data and evidence."

"On May 1441, 4,
"The reply from Neopolis came, and the results were disappointing. The Syndrome of Neopolis is too ancient, and the surviving records border on mythical, scattered and worthless."

"On May 1441, 6,
"A friend of mine when I was a student at Homonwarts came to visit me from the southern continent, and I was amazed that there was a fierce battle there, and I don't know how he got across the sea.

"He described to me a magical lost world that has no trace in any literature. In a huge basin, in a humid jungle, there is an ancient troll ruin. Many huge creatures live in the forest. They Like a subspecies of a giant dragon, rule that world together with the strange and ferocious giant worms.

"I was not interested in his story at first, and Iloti's treatment was the only thing I cared about. However, a specimen he took out quickly changed my opinion.

"That thing is like the dry stem and leaves of a plant, and it is like a small segment of octopus tentacles. He mysteriously told me that this thing has extraordinary vitality and is a ladder to eternal life.

"The strange thing is that I can't remember his name after he left, and his image only leaves a vague shadow in my mind. But I clearly remember what he said, and the specimen was also left in my laboratory. inside."

"On May 1441, 6,
"The specimen still showed signs of being alive. I thought it was completely withered. But as long as it is exposed to the nutrient solution, its sliced ​​tissue will have vitality.

"It's even trying to break through the walls of the petri dish. I have to reinforce the seal."

"On May 1441, 9,
"I have conducted detailed research during this time, and I can't remember when it started. When I came back to my senses, the research materials were already piled up in my warehouse in Homonwarts Laboratory 13. If you let me The principal knew that I had taken up so many materials without reporting, and I would definitely be expelled.

"I didn't want to do it at all. Iloti's condition has reached its final stage, and this specimen and my experiment are the only hope.

"On May 1441, 9,
"The animal experiment went very well. I suspect that the specimen contains unknown extraordinary properties. Even if the animal treated with the test drug is dying, it can quickly heal wounds and diseases, replacing the necrotic parts with new organs and tissues.

"Some of the experimental subjects have rare mutations, and their organs and limbs have amazing activity, and even cutting off their heads and destroying their hearts cannot completely kill them.

"The experimenter will have a bloodthirsty impulse, but this is easy to solve. I used the method to deal with the naturalized blood to suppress it, and the experiment was extremely successful. I am really a genius.

"I don't have time to wait. Although no one understands Ilodie's cause, as long as she can provide new vitality and metabolism to her depleted body, the problem will be solved. Her illness is too special, and I have neither time nor find I have no choice until other people test it.

"Test animals need to be disposed of."

"On May 1441, 10,
"I succeeded!"

"On May 1441, 10,
"All of this is amazing. Ilodie has completely recovered her vitality. She is healthier and more beautiful than before! I can even feel her spiritual energy waking up and surging. She will grow into a remarkable Extraordinary.

"I'm taking her out of Homonwarts, and old stubborn Tyberion will take my little angel."

Griffith silently finished the short notes. There are no new records after October 10th, only a passage from Dr. Zion, which was just written in the handwriting.

"Griffith, all this time I have had some unfounded hunch that I will lose my Iloti, and I will be unstoppable. I have shared this apprehension with my sister, hoping that through her Knights of Brandon asked for help. They studied my concerns carefully, but could not do anything, and the kingdom ordered them to move to new territories in the south.

"Before leaving, Sifros came to visit me and conveyed my sister's advice. They had a premonition that some kind of danger was coming, and if something unforeseen happened, I could turn to you for help.

"Just now, I noticed that some kind of terrible sealed item was activated, and all my samples fell into an unstoppable madness at the same time.

"Then, my nightmare became a reality. Iloti was possessed by something terrible and left me unstoppable. I'm not a coward, nor am I a powerless eater, but in In front of that terrifying existence, I was crawling on the ground like a bug.

"I destroyed the experimental records, this terrible property cannot be spread. I have to leave and find a way to suppress this madness, I cannot be officially imprisoned.

"Please protect Ilodie and seek support from Miss Arendelle's family."

……

After parting with Griffith, Amber quickly rushed to the Holy Grace Church to warn, and then rushed to the scene of the Hanami memorial ceremony to support.If something happens there, she can act first.

Hepu Town, which used to be peaceful as usual, was very few people today. After returning from the city, I went to the Holy Grace Church for a toss. Now that it is almost noon, the residents are either going to the memorial site to set up stalls or go there to play.

At such an urgent moment, Amber unfortunately lost his way.On the empty street, she couldn't even find a patrolman.They can only go in the direction of Cangyue Mountain.

She turned a street corner and suddenly smelled a strange bloody smell.

Amber walked around vigilantly and came to the door of a residential house.There, the wooden door of the small courtyard was smashed open, and several white feather chickens scurried around the door and the street in horror.From time to time they glanced at their chicken coop in the yard, and fled a few steps away, as if there were terrifying beasts squatting there.

Amber rushed in fearlessly.Neither beasts nor cultists could stop the God of Thunder and Storm.

In the small courtyard, chicken feathers, minced meat and blood were all over the floor, all the way to the chicken coop.Outside the chicken coop, there is also a strange rooster.

Amber glanced cautiously, and found that the rooster's neck, head, and body had shriveled unnaturally, shrinking into a small ball like an orange that had been left to dry in a cupboard.Although the rooster's body was torn to pieces, there was too little blood...

Amber's blue eyes sparkled, and the usual lively and sexy temperament disappeared, replaced by the oppressive and stern temperament far away on the sea before the storm.The long golden hair floated in the air, and streaks of blue arcs exploded in the air.

She turned her eyes to the messy chicken coop, took a step forward, and the moment the boots landed, the air wave rolled, as if a storm was about to come.

Weeping from the front...

A girl with a charming and familiar back was kneeling in the chicken coop, her long hair was tied into a long ponytail, and she was wearing a close-fitting white dress.She knelt in the dirty chicken coop, bloody chicken feathers on her body.The girl was holding something, sobbing and biting like a beast.

"Iloty? Is that you?" Amber froze for a moment, and countless hypotheses flashed through his mind.The most likely one made her shudder.

The biting sound suddenly stopped, and the girl turned her head slowly.The big eyes that used to be beautiful and agile are like a beast flowing with crimson light and terrifying madness.

Amber raised his hand to block it subconsciously, and before she could see the situation in front of her clearly, there was a loud noise from the golden gauntlet.Then, a series of combos came down like lightning, blasting fires on the sturdy gauntlet.

"Oh!"

Amber jumped back, knocked off the wooden fence of the yard and came to the street, distanced himself from the enemy in front of him.

A cloud of blood followed, and Amber hurriedly raised her knee to block, and the heavy blow knocked her back several yards.

"Ahem, ahem..." A girl in a white dress emerged from the blood mist, curled up in front of Amber twitching.

The Iloti she was familiar with had become something she was unfamiliar with.

The girl who blooms like a flower is enveloped by a distant and ancient breath, and the endless terrible power is dissipating from her body.Around her, flowers, grasses, white feathers, and worms grew and twisted at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then withered into shreds that were carried away by the wind in an instant.

The roaring arc whirling around Umber dissipated.She felt that her power was greatly suppressed, and every move was extremely difficult.

"Kill me, hurry!" Iloti said in pain, "Please, before it's too late! I, can't, suppress."

　There is only one chapter today.I'm going to give the next battle plot a little more polish.For this reason, Griffith will appear in full body for the first time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)