Chapter 199 The ceremony begins
Wang Zhifan, who had a strong premonition that there might be something wrong with the purification ritual mentioned by Baron Rogge, then walked up to Sandra and talked to her, reminding her in a subtle way that the purification ritual might be a problem. A scam or a cover, let her and the whole team be careful.
The reason why he did not speak too directly was because he did not have much prestige and presence in this task team. Everyone obviously trusted Baron Rogge. He, an outsider, said directly to Baron Rogge. Baron Ge may have a conspiracy, which could easily lead to less than ideal consequences.
This is also because he is not 100% sure that something particularly bad will happen next. Maybe what Baron Rogge said is true, or half truth and half lies lead to a relatively good ending. Then he will become a clown in the way.
What made Wang Zhifan a little speechless was that he found that Sandra, a female warrior, didn’t know whether it was because she trusted Baron Rogge too much or because she was born with a brain that was not flexible enough in language understanding. She could hear the reminder in his words, and she simply thought that Wang Zhifan came to remind her to pay attention to the tests that Baron Rogge said would accompany the purification ceremony. There was no doubt that Baron Rogge might have bad motives.
"Forget it... maybe my feeling is not right... but you still have to be cautious."
In view of this, Wang Zhifan stopped caring about others. He quickly walked outside the church and took advantage of A little covering completes itself and In the alternation of Yume's clones, Yume's clone acted here instead of him. He himself used the ability of the Shadow Shoes to burrow into the ground and went to a distant place. He chose a rooftop in the distance and put on a wind-hiding hat to hide himself. Quietly observe the progress of the purification ceremony here.
In this way, even if there is a problem with the ceremony that Baron Rogge is about to start, it will only affect his dream self clone, and will not easily affect him himself. He can do it as soon as there is any trouble. Take appropriate countermeasures.
"Next, let me testify whether my premonition is correct or not."
After everything was ready, Wang Zhifan hid on the top of a building far away from the church and waited for the purification ceremony. When it is turned on, other than controlling the dream self clone in the scene to move its position and act as a camera, it will no longer care about anything else.
In the church, Sandra had already placed the all-seeing crystal on the dark altar in accordance with Baron Rogge's instructions, and was waiting for Baron Rogge, who was far away in Rogge Town, to use it to start the purification ceremony of the so-called contaminated holy objects.
During this period, she also emphasized the test in the purification ceremony mentioned by Baron Rogge to a total of thirty other professionals and players, so that they could prepare for battle.
NPC professionals are actually a little unhappy about the sudden addition of such a link. After all, they originally thought that they could complete the task by just looking for things, but in the end they have to fight monsters again. The players' mentality is different. It was more acceptable, probably because they felt that the rewards from killing the four elite monsters were not good enough before, and wanted to take advantage of the team to attack another wave of monsters.
When these people in the heart of the ruins of Alfilan were preparing for battle, what they didn’t know was that thousands of kilometers away in Rogge Town, people put on noble and gorgeous aristocratic clothes. Baron Rogge is also arranging people to prepare for a big battle.
At this time, he had already climbed onto the black-gray tower altar that had been specially built with a lot of money and manpower. He stood on the relatively flat top of the altar, like a noble priest who was about to hold a prayer ceremony for the gods.
"Go and inform those outsiders and tell them that as long as they help you protect the safety of Rogge Town, I will give each of them a piece of precious equipment."
Standing in the black and gray tower Baron Rogge, who was on the platform at the top of the altar, turned his head slightly and looked at an old mage waiting next to him. This old mage was one of his personal guards during his meeting with professionals and players in the tavern a day ago. , it can be seen that he is one of his capable subordinates.
"Okay, Lord Baron, we will do our best to assist you in completing the great ceremony."
The old mage bent down, turned around and climbed into the spiral staircase of the nearby tower and rushed there At the bottom of the tower, Baron Rogge was the only one left on the entire platform.
"Hehehe... I have finally waited for this day... I didn't expect everything to go so smoothly..."
Unexpectedly, Baron Rogge, who was alone, could not help but let out a low laughter that was somewhat inappropriate for his status. If anyone could hear it nearby, they would definitely be surprised by this middle-aged nobleman who usually gives people a wise and humble image. Why do people's painting style change suddenly?
He then raised an apple-sized crystal ball in his hand to his eyes, staring at the somewhat blurry scene revealed in the crystal ball. It seemed to be a very evil altar, emitting There was a deep and terrifying dark aura, but in his eyes, it was as if a goddess descended to earth and fascinated him.
"This is it...this is it! It's the same as what I saw when the top management of Efilan was preparing for the ceremony!"
"But they are too greedy and stupid... ...A group of mere high-level professionals actually want to become gods in one step... Even if they sacrifice more than half of the world, they will attract demons. Chao is doomed to fail!"
"But I am not as greedy as them, and I am not as stupid as they are! I only want one thousandth of what they pray for! No! One in a million is enough! If you are wise and kind like me, you will definitely succeed!”
Baron Rogge stared at the crystal ball that was brought to him, looking at the dark altar presented inside with fascination and complacency. He kept talking to himself excitedly, even though he deliberately lowered most of his voice. One can feel his excitement and desire, as well as the extreme restraint he exerts to suppress his excitement.
After being stunned for a while, he returned to his original dignified aristocratic demeanor. He lifted the crystal ball in front of his eyes and gently placed it on the top of a pillar in front of him. This high tower altar is where the key sacred object is placed, if there is indeed a sacred object.
Shifting your gaze from the high tower altar to Rogge Town below, you can see that the atmosphere here has become a bit chilly.
Teams of Rogge Town's guards, armed with steel and swords, took turns walking through the empty streets. All residents were asked to stay at home and were not allowed to wander around at will.
On a certain street, three players suddenly appeared. One of them was a thin assassin player wearing black clothes and covering his face, and the two were gunners players holding guns. They were walking on the street with alert expressions and talking to each other.
"I said, did we make the wrong choice when we gave up the mission to go to the Holy City and chose to do this mission of guarding the town? The atmosphere in this town now makes me feel that this mission will be difficult. Maybe it would be easier to go to some other Holy City. Some, at least there will be a lot of helpers."
A gunman complained to his companions with a slight annoyance at this moment.
“Haha, it’s great to have this task! Yesterday, I thought we were going to rush into the street, but I didn’t expect that the baron was so particular that he directly forgave our behavior and returned it to us. A new mission was released, treasure-level equipment, tsk tsk, I went to ask about it. It is far better than high-quality equipment. It is probably me. Do you think the task of obtaining the excellent equipment that our players call it will be simple?”
The other gunner was obviously completely stunned by the excellent reward promised by Baron Rogge. A piece of excellent equipment, something he rarely saw on the forum. If he could really complete the mission and get one, he could simply take off from the spot.
“Don’t be too optimistic, you guys. I went to investigate last night and I didn’t find any warehouse for excellence-level equipment in Rogge Town. I suspect that the baron is lying to us.”
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The thin, black-clothed masked assassin who had been rarely speaking spoke next, expressing his suspicions about the person who issued the mission. It was the kind of suspicion that was derived from investigation. But the shooter player who spoke before was not happy to hear this, and he immediately retorted:
"How could it be so easy for you to find the place where others put treasure-level equipment? Besides, you If you really don’t believe the mission he issued, why don’t you leave early and go directly to Shuanggang to find someone to customize it?”
"Stop arguing, the ceremony should start soon, the shield has been raised!"
Another Gunner player interrupted their conversation at this time and pointed to the place where this town is located. At the edge of the basin, in a full circle around that area, one could see that the huge magic circle that had blocked their escape had formed again, blocking the connection between Rogge Town and the outside world of the basin.
"Hey... why is the shield raised? Is it necessary to open the shield for this mission?"
The interrupted gunman player suddenly became suspicious when he saw this. He did not remember anyone saying that during this mission There is also this measure.
"Maybe to prevent outside monsters from attacking?"
His gunner partner immediately gave a guess.
“But the monsters near this town have been almost wiped out by the guards.”
The assassin player next to him immediately shook his head.
"In my opinion, they may have raised the shield to prevent people inside from escaping... I knew there was something wrong with this mission, so please pray for yourselves."
He continued He said something in a cold tone, and the figure quickly entered the invisible state.
"Look! There seems to be a shield raised around the tower!"
The gunner player who first noticed the shield rising around the town then pointed in another direction. There, one could see a certain black-gray tower that was said to have been built recently, and a white mask quickly appeared around it, completely sealing it off and completely isolating it from the rest of Rogge Town.
"This... something is really wrong... The entire town is surrounded by a light mask, which can be said to be a defense against enemies from the outside. Now, what is the purpose of the baron isolating himself from the town? Is it to defend against threats from within? ? Will the enemies in this city defense mission be like this? Strong? Do you need to activate two layers of defense?”
While the gunner player was puzzled, on the high tower altar in the distance that had been wrapped in a light mask, Baron Rogge, who was wearing gorgeous noble clothing, was already there. His great ceremony officially began, and he fell to his knees On the platform of the high tower, he opened his arms with enthusiasm and looked up to the sky and chanted:
"Great Lord of Hell! Your humble servant offers you the most cruel battle! To pray for your blessing!"< br>
“O noble god of darkness! Your loyal followers offer their most vivid lives to you in exchange for your blessings!”
“O supreme and endless abyss! Your devout people offer you their most intense pain and hatred! Grant me the essence of sublimation!”
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"Sacrifice ceremony! Begin!"
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As the master of Rogge Town started the entire ceremony through a series of lengthy spells, the same Over time, great changes have taken place in the town of Rogge and in Alfiland, which is thousands of miles away.
First of all, here in Rogge Town, the tranquility of the town, which was originally protected by the light shield, was instantly broken. Dark cracks appeared out of thin air inside the town, and countless cruel and addicted monsters emerged from them. Blood monster! Astonishingly, a huge number of monsters were summoned directly into Rogge Town! Started a cage fight with the entire town's residents!
On the Efilan side, about thirty professionals and players waiting in the dilapidated church suddenly saw an evil red light emitting from the all-seeing crystal placed on the dark altar, and then they heard a burst of evil red light from all around outside the church. There was endless shaking and roaring, and all the monsters in the ruins of the Holy City were enraged and attacked them together!
"This...this! What's going on?! Aren't we going to hold a purification ceremony! Why did we suddenly anger the monsters outside! This is a naked murder of us!"
There are NPC professions The people immediately screamed in fright and anger. It’s not that they were so rude, the main reason was that this situation was so bad that it was not an exaggeration to say it was a fatal disaster!
The number of monsters in the entire ruins of the Holy City exceeds one million, and there are many very powerful beings. They were able to come all the way here only by moving carefully with the help of the all-seeing crystal. But now that all the monsters have discovered their location and are attacking them, it has become almost impossible for them to leave Alfilan!
"Fuck! That bastard baron! He tricked us like this! I will beat him into a hornet's nest when I get back!"
"CNM! It's us who are being purified by this purification ceremony! We were deceived by that dog-eared Baron! I'm afraid he didn't want to silence us!"
The players suddenly felt the huge pressure of doomsday. They really couldn't Anticipating such an unexpected change in this mission, Baron Rogge, who had always left a good impression on them, actually started liquidation after they completed the mission!
"Impossible! It's impossible for the Baron to do this!"
Suddenly, the female warrior Sandra discovered that there were endless monsters coming around her. At this time, her mind was almost blank. The kind and wise nobleman in the hearts of the people of Rogge Town would do such a thing, and he couldn't help but scream.
At the same time, Wang Zhifan, who was hiding on the roof of a building far outside the church, also frowned deeply.
"Why did that guy do this? Just to silence us? Could it be that he has already achieved his goal through us?"
He didn't understand why Baron Rogge, who was leading all of this, suddenly killed him. After all, the other party has paid a lot for their trip to the Holy Capital, providing rare equipment and arranging a convoy. They even brought all-seeing crystals to assist them in their operations. As a result, now they don't even have the sacred objects. The shadow loses its value even if it is not seen?
(End of this chapter)