Chapter 135 Human Sacrifice
Lin Qi was startled, looked at Miss Valente, and then at the white-haired ghoul, unable to react for a moment.
"Forget it, this is not the place for explanations. Let's go to the front room to talk in detail."
Miss Valente sighed, and just about to stand up, she pressed her shoulders with a look of pain and glared at Lynch dissatisfied.
You almost used a shotgun to give me plastic surgery. What's the point of dissatisfaction?
Despite thinking this way, Lin Qi still smiled a little awkwardly.
When they were hostile, they all tried their best to fight to the death, but suddenly stopped to face each other in peace. Thinking of the feeling when he pressed a beautiful lady to the ground, rubbed and entangled her, Lynch inevitably felt a little embarrassed, and stretched out his hand to help Miss Valente. got up.
Miss Valente did not shy away from suspicion. She stood up successfully holding Lynch's hand, twisted her arm, secretly waved her fist at Lynch's wrinkled nose, and nodded to the old ghoul. Lead Lynch out of the barn and back to the farmhouse.
“It’s amazing that you can just walk right in.”
Miss Valente glanced at the black stone in the yard and ignored it. She just took Lynch into the room and sat down face to face with Lynch at the dining table. Then she sighed and explained:
< br> "Since Elder Bulu and the others have told you most of the inside story, there is no need for me to continue to hide it for their race. In fact, most of what Elder Bulu said is the truth, but some details are "I lied, so the essence of the whole thing has changed. I will tell you everything and you can make your own judgment."
Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully.
"Bru lied a bit. The mountain people tribe are not followers of Mordiggian, but guardians. They have long abandoned their belief in Mordiggian and converted to Kaia, the mother of the earth. They are stationed all year round. The purpose of the depths of Best Mountain is to guard Zul'Glassar and prevent Mordiggian from coming to the world through soul fragments. Once Mordiggian arrives, half of the creatures in Middle-earth will be assimilated by him."
Lynch asked: "So what happened to Maya was not caused by Elder Nicklay and the others?"
"No, it was them, including me, that's why I said I was not innocent." Warren Miss Te smiled bitterly and said without hesitation, "I didn't lie to you yesterday, I just concealed some content. According to the records of the Nikolai tribe, the soul fragments in Zul'Glasar are always active. Even if they are not dug out, they can be retrieved at any time. It may attract Mordiggian to the world. In order to keep the soul fragments sleeping, every twenty years, the mountain people tribe as the guardians will hold a sacrifice and send thirteen creatures to the sleeping Zul'Glashar. , appease Mordiggian’s soul fragment in exchange for twenty years of safety.”
Lynch frowned: "Human sacrifice?"
"Yes, ever since the ancestors of the Valente family were granted the title of Best Mountain nine hundred and thirty-four years ago, they have been fighting with each other. The mountain people tribe has a deep connection, and we have been secretly supporting the sacrifice activities of the Nikolai tribe in exchange for the peace of the region. Recently, the new twenty years have arrived, and another sacrifice is about to begin. Reporter Maya is the sacrifice tool. , a character like her will appear every time a sacrifice is made. Just as Elder Blue said, when Maya completes her last transformation, her dream is directly connected to Zul'Glasar, and twelve more creatures are sent in, and the sacrifice is enough. Successfully completed."
"Do you think this behavior is reasonable?" Lynch asked dissatisfied, "Is it fair to those who were sacrificed?"
"It's not fair. This world has never been truly fair. Besides, do you have a better solution?" Miss Valente asked, "Also, for thirteen sacrifices, it is indeed difficult to accept, but What about those who were spared because of their sacrifice? What about the territory managers? "
Lin Qi opened his mouth, but found himself speechless. , think about it carefully, this is the standard tram problem in hometown, and there is no standard answer at all. To the thirteen sacrifices, the mountain people and the Valente family were the murderers, but to others, they were unsung heroes.
“We don’t want to do this kind of thing, but for some bad things, someone has to bear them.” Miss Valente said bitterly, “Every few decades, one or two direct relatives will appear in the family. The people who commit suicide are the ones who presided over the sacrifices. No one knows whether they were involved in the sacrifices or because they could not bear the condemnation of their conscience."
Lynch's expression was gloomy, but in the end he could only sigh and change the subject: "So the sacrifice is the reason why the mountain people oppose digging tunnels?"
"Yes." Miss Valente also recovered. Lost the previous peace, "Once Zul'Glassar appears, it will no longer be possible to appease the soul fragments through sacrifices."
"Then what will happen if the sacrifice is not completed and the soul fragments are not appeased? Those two results you mentioned yesterday?”
"Yes, if there is a top expert who desperately destroys the fragments and sends the fragments back to the main body of the Dreamland, or simply sacrifices tens of thousands of fresh souls to the fragments, then the fragments will return to the main body of the Dreamland and appear in this world. It will only be slightly disturbed, at most half of the Kingdom of Rand will be destroyed, and if no one destroys the fragment, Mordiggian will come to the world."
"This is the sewer ghoul supporting the tunneling. The purpose?”
“I don’t know, so I have been investigating the reason for their collusion in the past few days.” Miss Valente sighed, “Now it seems that their purpose is to destroy this. This sacrifice made it impossible for us to appease Mordiggian, and then forced us to actively cooperate to dig out Zul'Glasar and find a way to defeat Mordiggian's soul fragment head-on. As for their ultimate goal, I haven't yet. Find out. If they can't find out this, even if the sacrifice is completed, they will insist on digging up Zul'Glashar and make things get out of hand."
"I see, that's why you only considered cooperating with me yesterday because you wanted me to help figure out their purpose of doing this?"
Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully, and now he could answer most questions. It made sense, but the purposes of both parties were too complicated, and it was difficult for him to say who was right and who was wrong. "Well, I am very satisfied with your performance. I hope to get your help to help us complete this sacrifice, and also help us find out their purpose and solve their subsequent conspiracy."
Miss Valente said calmly:
“But for this long-term cooperation, I don’t want you to have the illusion that I’m threatening you with Maya’s safety, so today’s ceremony is held to bring Maya The state is transferred to myself, and I will be the zero sacrifice for this sacrifice. Unfortunately, I was interrupted by you. Maybe Blue and the others misunderstood and thought that we were performing the final transformation ceremony and wanted to destroy it, so. I just encouraged you to interrupt. But it doesn’t matter. Just prepare one more ceremony. And you, Mr. Leviv, you already know everything and don’t need to worry about the safety of the female reporter. Now I sincerely ask you to help. Let's complete this sacrifice and stop Blue and Grant's conspiracy after I die. Well, of course, it would be better before I die, but I'm afraid it's too late."
That's true. , Lin Qi's expression was a little stiff, and his eyes were quite complicated as he asked: "Why should you use yourself instead?"
"Is there any reason?" Miss Valente lowered her head, was silent for a moment, and then said with a reserved smile: "Don't you think this fate is unfair for the sacrifice? The hearts of our Valente family are also We are not stone carvings, we also know guilt, and we know that we are always burdened with sin. I am not the first, nor the last, to use my life to wash away sin, so there is no need for any reason."
"It's different. , committing suicide out of guilt and becoming a sacrifice on behalf of someone else, especially the most special one, are completely different things. It can be seen from the attitude of Elder Nicklay and others that they are actually opposed to you doing this. In order to appease me, there is no need to replace Maya with myself. Don’t forget that I am a detective. I can still distinguish this level of excuses. I hope to hear the truth.”
“This is the Valente family. As a member, we, the descendants of the Valente family, are more responsible than any other person to bear this fate for the reporter." Miss Valente straightened her body without thinking, "And don't forget, I am. Followers of Fiona, Lord of Suffering, it is an honor for us to sacrifice for the innocent.”
Lynch smiled noncommittally and sighed: "Can we be sincere to each other? Miss Valente, there are only two of you and me here. I will not tell anyone about today's conversation. I hope to know your true feelings." "Why should I become a sacrifice? This is related to whether I am willing to accept your commission."
Miss Valente lowered her eyes and fell into a long silence. Lynch did not urge her. Look at her delicate face quietly.
Gradually, her upright body softened, and her body began to tremble slightly. She bit her lip tightly with her teeth, almost bleeding, her eyes slowly turned red, and her breathing became rapid.
"I'm not willing to give in."
"Huh?" Lynch raised his eyebrows.
"I never think that the family has made a mistake. This is the safest choice, but... no matter how noble the reason is, I will not be willing to exchange the lives and souls of my kind." Miss Valente punched the dining table and said loudly, choked with sobs, "I have my responsibility, for the family, for Rand, I must continue the sacrificial ceremony, and I cannot bear the sin of awakening the evil god. But I hate that building Damn the city, I hate that bastard evil god. Although I am only a weak second-level power soul shifter, I am at least a human being. I want to fight in my own way. I want to see that with my own eyes before I die. What the hell is going on in this damn city? It’s best if I can shoot the bastard evil god with my own hands, then my death will be worth it.”
With her fist tightly pressed against her mouth, Miss Valente was already sobbing before she finished speaking. The huge guilt she had endured for a long time suddenly burst out, causing her to completely lose the control of emotions that an aristocratic lady had, and she burst into tears and burst into tears.
"Huh, I understand." Lynch did not laugh, but gently patted Miss Valente's trembling hand, leaned back in the chair and thought for a long time before saying softly, "I used to I have heard a story where one person and five people are tied to two railway tracks respectively. You control the direction of the steam locomotive and choose to run over one person or five people. What would you choose? ”
“ Isn’t this the situation we are facing now?” Miss Valente’s voice was still choked with sobs, “No matter how many times I choose, I can only choose one person.”
"Well, it's expected, but I'm different from you."
"Huh?" Miss Valente leaned forward and stared at Lynch's face, "You choose five people? Why?"< br>
“No, maybe Grant and the others chose five people, but I think only children make the choice, adults want them all. I decided to just lift the train, wouldn’t all the problems be solved?”< br>
"Huh?" Miss Valente's red eyes widened and she looked at Lynch blankly, "How is it possible to do it?"
"How do you know you can't do it if you don't do it? To be honest, whether it’s helping you complete the sacrifice or preventing Blue and Grant from destroying it, Lynch didn’t even look at the disappointment on Miss Valente’s face. He also leaned forward and crossed the table. He leaned close to Miss Valente's ear and whispered, "But I'm glad to hear that you are going to do another thing. I am very interested in it. Do you want to give it a try with me?"
"Pinshi, what?"
"Lift that broken train off the tracks and beat him so hard that he can't even recognize him?"
Miss Valente stared at Lynch's face, her breathing slowly became rapid, her eyes It also became brighter and brighter.
Well, it seems that many people are not satisfied with these chapters of Gao Cao and find them long-winded and procrastinating. I understand. Try to avoid such arrangements in the future. The focus of the description may not be pleasing.
In addition, I will take a day off tomorrow, and I will only update once in the evening, well, probably
(End of this chapter)