My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 166 The Altar

Ilea quickly rolled his eyes twice and said, "Let me join you, the officers. There should be no monsters rushing out of the tunnel here."

There will be no monsters rushing out of the underground tunnels, but they might jump out from other places.

The old police chief felt that it would be safer for him to follow these investigators: "After all, I still have extraordinary strength, and I can also help in this town. We are all neighbors who have been together for decades. I can't just watch." They put themselves in danger and do nothing."

The expression on his face was righteous and awe-inspiring but also filled with sadness.

"Then you have to walk faster," Nick waved his hand, "James leads the way and takes us to the place where the smoke is coming first. Guys, speed up the pace."

"Don't worry, I have pretty good physical strength and can keep up." Ilea winked at her nephew, "James, get on the horse and lead the way, be careful."

"As you command, Sheriff."

While they were talking, James loaded his shotgun with bullets. This gun was actually not very useful, and it would not cause fatal injuries if it hit the monster, but the bullets could provide enough kinetic energy to push the monster back.

If it weren't for this gun when he came to report the news, he would have been overtaken by the monster.

He put on his helmet and mounted his horse.

"drive!"

James rushed out on horseback. He looked back from time to time and found that these people were able to follow him closely. He couldn't help but secretly marveled. He didn't expect that except for steam locomotives, humans could run as well as animals.

He knew that his uncle was also an extraordinary person, but he had never shown any special abilities. It was not until this moment that he truly understood the extraordinary nature of these people.

James no longer deliberately controlled the horse's speed, gave the horse a hard slap on the butt, and moved forward at full speed.

The policeman rode through the streets, a group of people galloping behind him.

Ilea cursed in his heart: "I told you to be careful, kid, I told you not to run so fast."

The old sheriff was in trouble and could only keep up with him desperately. He was already in his twilight years and his body was declining. If he exhausted too much physical energy, it would be difficult to deal with monsters later.

Crown always stayed four or five meters behind James. The life of this leader still needed to be protected.

"woo, woo"

Accompanied by a low howl, a vicious dog rushed out from the blind spot on the roadside and bit the rider. It attacked at the side and rear of the patrolman.

When James realized it, the monster was already approaching.

He did not anticipate the attack from behind, and by the time he tried to raise his gun and move backwards, it was already too late.

Croun reacted the moment he saw the deformed two-headed dog rushing out. While he stepped forward hard, he activated the giant bear breathing method, and his arms instantly expanded.

The star steel sword flashed in the sunlight and struck heavily, and he even had time to use the technique of charging the strike.

The monster was split into two pieces with a sword, and the cross-section of the wound showed that its heart was also split into two.

The precise and fatal attack did not affect his speed at all.

Crown dodged from the side of the monster and continued to keep up with James on horseback: "Keep running, don't worry about being attacked."

James felt his heart that was about to jump out return to its original state. He nodded reassuringly and continued to urge the horse forward.

Ilea, who was at the back of the team, ran to the monster's dead body. He didn't notice that there was a battle ahead.

Seeing the neat and smooth cross-section of the monster's waist, he took out the military thorn and stabbed it hard while avoiding the bones. The military thorn only penetrated halfway and was exhausted and unable to continue deeper.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and then he smiled reassuringly.

The monster is very strong and has extraordinary strength, but the teammates are also very strong. Killing the monster is like killing a chicken.

He sped up and tried to keep up.

. . . .

The investigation team found three locations where poisonous smoke was emitted, all in remote corners of the town. The hidden enemy was still not discovered.

Later, they can only return to the town to kill the crazy monster.

There were deformed monkeys and brown bears among the monsters, but they were not very big, which verified their speculation.

They killed about thirty monsters, which were not difficult for a few second-level extraordinary beings, but for ordinary people, these monsters were a disaster.

Three hours later, church chapel.

There were wailings at the scene, and the injured were gathered here to prepare for treatment.

"Doctor Foley, Doctor Foley, look at my child!"

"Shut up, I saw with my own eyes poor Foley's neck was bitten off by a hairless deformed dog with two heads."

The deformed monsters caused great harm and panic to the residents, and many people left the world forever.

Unfortunately, the doctor in the town died in the monster riot, and the priest also passed away yesterday, which made the treatment very difficult.

The two old nuns and a dozen patrol policemen responsible for bandaging and treating the patient were very busy, while Croun and the others were responsible for maintaining order and allowing the treatment to proceed in an orderly manner.

Out-of-control people will always do drastic things, but violence will make them calm again.

Nick walked over with a serious expression: "Damn it, the holy water in the sanctuary can only maintain the operation of the magic circle. It stands to reason that there should be a lot left."

A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Kroun's mouth, and he lowered his voice:

"Holy water is a scarce resource and its value is high. Doesn't the old priest have a son? It's normal to use it to support the child."

"What should we do now? The clue is broken again." Jason grinned.

"How can you say it's broken?" Crown raised his eyebrows, "Do you think there will be such deformed monsters in the tunnel?"

Del nodded fiercely and said: "I understand, we can wait until the smoke inside dissipates and continue sending that strange object to explore."

"There is no need to wait until the smoke dissipates. The poisonous smoke has no effect on strange objects." Nick's serious expression relaxed. "As long as the visibility in the tunnel is better, we can continue to search for strange objects."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go." Jason took the lead and stepped out.

Crown followed: "Don't worry, let's go eat something to replenish our strength."

Nick said a few words to Ilea and then left with his teammates.

. . . .

The owner and chef of the Shade Tavern were both injured in the monster riot, and Crown could only cook and prepare the food himself.

The ingredients are simple, but a large table of meals is eaten by everyone. The cooking skills will not have special effects because of the simple ingredients: "The cooked dishes will make the people who eat them more enjoyable, and not just enjoyment." ’

Jason shouted that it was not enough: "Why do I feel that your cooking skills have improved again? It's not enough, please make more."

"It's not enough," Nick echoed, "More."

Crown could only reluctantly cook half a table of food.

After everyone finished eating, they drove to the east side of the town.

The patrolman responsible for creating smoke there should still be working conscientiously, because thick smoke is still coming out of the smoke outlet.

The steam locomotive roared to its destination.

At this time, the patrol officers were moving the iron bucket to the blower.

Nick got out of the car and walked over: "Everyone, there is no need to create smoke anymore. You go to the church now. The Sheriff needs your help."

"Yes, sir," the patrol officers saluted and left one after another. The team kept the blowers running for an hour, clearing the passage.

Nick took out the dragonfly object and added a liquid that exuded light yellow fluorescence to it.

The strange object was activated and he began to explore the tunnel. Crown stayed in the shade of the tree and meditated on the golden light spell.

About an hour and a half later, the metal dragonfly returned for a third time, and Nick began to communicate spiritually with it.

After a while, he shouted excitedly: "Guys, there is a discovery. The strange object found a stone door!"

"Hey, my sword is already thirsty," Jason shouted, "Can you confirm the location?"

Nick suppressed his excitement: "Wait a minute, I'll add some more fuel to the strange object. Damn it, there's not much fuel left."

Crown heard the conversation of his teammates, ended his visualization, and then started to run his flame breath to warm up before the battle.

"I will let the strange object fly outside again according to its last flight path. If we follow it, we can find the location of the stone gate. Everyone, follow it."

After Nick finished speaking, he tossed the dragonfly.

Everyone quickly followed and finally stopped in the wasteland on the west side of the town.

Crown pointed to the ruins of a burned house not far ahead and said, "Isn't that the house that caught fire?!"

Nick stared blankly for a few seconds and then said: "Judging from the direction of the passage, the house is on the path of the passage."

"Can it be said that when we come to this town, our first stop is this burned house and we will find something?!"

Jason shook his head and continued: "It's meaningless to say this now. Let's send someone to dig."

Nick nodded: "Del, you and Torres go to the church together and notify the Sheriff to bring someone over."

. . . .

This is a circular underground space, about four meters above the ground, with a stone door in the north and south.

The walls of the space are dark red in color, and a circle of huge pale yellow candles as thick as an arm is lit. The dome is made up of white spherical objects. If you look closely, you can find that these objects are human or animal skulls.

A man whose whole body was hidden in a wide gray robe was kneeling in front of a dark red stone statue, mumbling something. Debi Angelou was kneeling behind him with his head lowered.

The stone statue is not high, only about one meter. There is a naked little boy and little girl tied at each foot, and their mouths are tightly wrapped with strips of cloth.

The child was about five or six years old, with tears in his big brown eyes. They were twisted uneasily, but seemed to be bound by invisible forces and could only move a small amount.

The stone statue was very roughly carved, like a lump of bloated meat, but it had many twisted mouthparts and some short legs that looked like sheep's hooves.

The mouthparts are distributed irregularly, and there are jagged teeth inside. The piece of meat stretched upwards with many thick black tentacles, like the arms and legs of an octopus.

Behind the man in gray robe is an altar made of bones.

These white bones are all arm bones, leg bones and skulls, both humanoid and animal. White mist comes out of the eye sockets of the white skull.

The altar was filled with thick blood, and under the candlelight, you could see a few bloody bubbles emerging from the blood from time to time.

"Poof", the blood bubble exploded.

Following the words of the man in gray robe, whispers began to sound in the space.

These sounds are not in any known language. The sounds are getting louder and louder, but they are only limited to this space and do not spread out at all.

In this space, many large trees cast shadows on the ground after being illuminated by the hazy moonlight at night. The shadows dance with the wind, giving people an inexplicable eerie feeling.

The blood in the altar seemed to have been blown by the wind, causing it to sparkle.

Inexplicable wounds began to appear on the abdomens of the two children, as if they were bitten by the sharp teeth of invisible beasts.

They let out low wails and passed out one after another. The sound of chewing echoed in the space.

When the children's internal organs completely disappear, all shadows in the space disappear, and black tentacle-like tattoos appear on these children's bodies.

The man in gray robe stood up and ordered: "Clean it up and throw it into the blood pool."

Derby grabbed the child's body and threw it into the altar behind him.

The waves in the blood pool rolled, and the child's body quickly disappeared, as if there were many piranhas in it.

Debi stared at it for a moment, then turned his head and said with an indifferent expression: "The tactics of those security bureau investigators were very cunning. The blood beasts outside the tunnel were all driven out by the thick smoke. I think they will find this place quickly."

"Don't worry, plus I just sacrificed a pair of pure children, which has accumulated enough magic power for the blood pool to create a batch of more powerful blood beasts."

The man in gray robe smiled sadly: "We just need to hide, wait until the blood beast wins, and then come out to clean up the mess."

"I hope so. I have had close contact with those investigators, and several of them are very strong. One of them, a young man with a hooked nose, gave me a very uncomfortable feeling, as if I was suddenly exposed to the elements in the dark night. Under the scorching sun.”

"Haha, relax."

"boom"

"boom"

The gray-robed man's words were responded to, and a roar came from a stone door.

Debi was a little frightened: "They are coming!"

He didn't expect that his hiding place would be discovered so soon, and his eyes were a little panicked.

The man in gray robe squatted down and reached out to fumble behind the base of the stone statue.

"Go out through the secret passage and wait until they fight the blood beast. We will attack from behind the enemy and make sure to kill them all.

If we put the corpse of a second-level transcendent into the blood pool, we will definitely be able to gain the power of evolution. "

The man in gray robe stood up and turned towards the altar.

Derby followed him and saw the blood in the blood pool parting, revealing a narrow passage.

. . . .

All the living patrol officers and investigation team members gathered together, and more than a dozen strong townspeople were recruited to do the excavation work.

When the passage was dug to reveal the stone door, the excavators working below shouted:

"Sir, the soil next to the stone gate has turned red and cannot be dug."

Nick ordered: "Del, go down and have a look. If you can't dig it out, open the door. Everyone else, come out."

"Yes," Del responded.

He waited for ordinary people to come up, then jumped into the tunnel, picked up the shovel and started digging.

Croun saw that when he was digging the red soil, the shovel seemed to have dug into stones, causing sparks to rub out, but only a little bit of soil was dug out.

Del put down the shovel, held the sledgehammer with both hands, and smashed against the stone door.

　In the past two days, I have reorganized my ideas and outline, and will make a detailed outline tomorrow. I can resume double updates on the 21st.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)