Chapter 48 Dark Blood Sacrifice
Next to the river a few kilometers away from the dock area.
A wet figure came out of the river. Its bald head seemed to be covered with a layer of mucus. The black robe on its body was soaked and clung to its body, revealing two bulging lumps on its neck. sarcoma. A pair of dark yellow eyes had no pupils, as if they were some kind of fluid that had melted. As it gently touched the ring on its slender finger, its appearance began to change rapidly.
A stern-looking middle-aged man in his thirties appeared on the spot.
“What a tough bunch of hunting dogs.”
The polluter who transformed into an ordinary person narrowed his eyes. He glanced in the direction of the dock area, took out his pocket watch and counted the time, as if he was waiting for something.
A moment later.
His figure walked towards the villa area on the south side of the river bank. Pedestrians along the way seemed to ignore his existence. No one's eyes fell on him from beginning to end.
Fifteen minutes later, he came to a luxuriously decorated villa area.
“This is a private residence.”
"Who are you looking for?" A guard holding a baton came over.
The man in front of him just glanced at the other person, his eyes changed slightly for a moment, and he smiled and said: "I live here."
The guard's expression seemed to be a little confused, very confused. He quickly 'suddenly realized' and said respectfully: "Please come in."
This is a large villa area. Different from the dirty and messy old city, every house here has a There is an independent back garden, green trees on both sides of the road, and guards patrolling 24 hours a day. All the people who live here are dignitaries.
The man's figure strolled among them, as if he were picking prey, and he quickly selected one of the villas in a relatively hidden location.
"Who are you?" A maid looked warily at the man who walked leisurely into the courtyard.
——Mind control.
With the gentle tap of the man's finger, the maid in her thirties suddenly looked blank and seemed to be struggling. The next second she bowed her head respectfully and said, "Master."< br>
He straightened his clothes, took off his coat and handed it to the maid aside, and then entered the villa like a 'real owner'.
"Patience, are there any guests?" the hostess's voice came from the room.
soon.
A charming woman wearing a silk dress walked out. She was about forty years old, with a beautiful face, well-maintained, fair skin, undulating peaks, long pale golden hair shawl, and a slight expression. Confused, he looked at the man walking slowly in the courtyard.
"You..." The hostess's expression was wary. The next second, her expression struggled, and then she bowed her head respectfully and said: "Master."
Less than three minutes. time.
Everyone in this villa was gathered in the living room. The owner of this villa is a fat middle-aged man in his forties. He is one of the shareholders of Wolf Steamship and a private company. A bank executive, he, his wife, and three servants were standing respectfully in front of the dining table at the moment, as quiet as slaves being inspected.
The stern man sitting on the sofa stood up and looked at the people in front of him, as if he was choosing something, with a slight hint of disappointment in his eyes.
A moment later.
The man's eyes fell on the charming hostess. He reached out to lift the hostess's long hair, leaned into her ear and smelled: "Vanity, arrogance, wantonness..."
The man put down the woman's long hair in disappointment and came to the fat male host.
He looked at the male host with a trace of disgust in his eyes. He just got closer to him and then backed away in disgust: "Greed, lust for power, gluttony..."
His eyes passed over the three servants beside him.
"Despicable..."
The disappointed man reached out and took the hostess's slender white palm, looked at the respectful male host next to him, reached out and picked up the napkin beside him, Slowly said: "Can I enjoy your wife?"
The male host lowered his head flatteringly and said: "Master, please enjoy it as you like."
A trace of ridicule appeared in the corner of the man's mouth, and he held his hand The hostess's hand slowly walked up the stairs. Under the floor-to-ceiling crystal chandelier, a ferocious shadow silhouette was reflected behind him.
The door opens.
The man pushed the hostess next to him onto the luxurious and soft bed.
The next second, two swollen tumors appeared on his chin, and then two thick octopus-like tentacles stretched out. It seemed to be sober and frightening for the hostess. Under the face, her brain was directly pierced, and then the hard skull was lifted, revealing a mass of fresh brain tissue.
Not long after.
The elegant figure of the man slowly walked down the stairs. His chest was stained with blood, but his expression showed a hint of arrogance, as if she were a proud and vain lady looking down at the servants at her feet.
"Go and clean up." The man ordered.
The three servants who had been standing there quietly before immediately took action and walked quickly towards the room on the second floor.
The man walked into the study.
The ground was covered with a soft carpet. As he gently raised his hand, a cluster of blue flames ignited, burning out a large hole about three meters in diameter in the carpet. The arrogant heart that was still beating slightly was placed in the center of the carpet. The light in the room suddenly dimmed, and the ritual items were placed separately. There seemed to be some deep reflections gathering in the flickering candlelight.
On the walls of the study, the oil paintings on both sides began to mottle and fade, and lines like paint emerged in the shadows, outlining a vague humanoid outline.
Under the dim candlelight, the reflection that descended from the spirit world slowly stood up. It stared at the man in front of it and said: "The action failed?"
The man lowered his head and said respectfully: "Yes. Mr. Messenger . ”
The candle light goes out.
The reflection revealed an extremely ferocious outline in an instant, and its voice suppressed anger: "Trash! The master is very angry!..."
The man tried to explain: "They came too far Soon.”
"There is no time for all the demon seeds in my mind to sprout!..."
The messenger's cold voice sounded: "The master does not want to hear any explanation."
"The failure of this operation has already alarmed the people. Many old guys."
"The master has new orders now."
The man immediately lowered his head respectfully. He knew that the president's messenger had no patience to listen to his explanation. He said humbly: "What is the president's order?"
The messenger stared at his figure, with a hint of greed in his eyes: "The master asked you to change your identity and lurk again."
"Waiting for the next arrangement."
The man was silent for a moment, his expression There was a trace of struggle: "What is your identity?"
The messenger said: "The widow of a rich man has just arrived in Dorne from the Dagon region."
Hearing the words of the messenger, the man The expression was inexplicable: "Woman?"
A mocking smile appeared on the corner of the messenger's mouth, playfully: "What? In your current state? Do you still care about your gender?"
The man bowed his head and was speechless.
The messenger said coldly: "Take care of your current body and don't leave any clues." The man took a deep breath and said: "Sir Messenger."
< br>“My previous actions to plant the ‘mental demon seed’ have consumed a lot of extraordinary essence.”
"If I continue to change my body and use the real mind exchange technique, I may fall down from the current sequence and lose some of the characteristics of the Heart Slave."
The messenger said expressionlessly: "That's because you are incompetent!"
“The master has tried so hard to send you into the real world, but you can’t even perform a dark sacrifice.”
“If the ritual was successful, you would have already I have advanced to Destiny as a 'Heart Slave'."
The man was speechless, and he forcefully explained: "The reaction speed of the Night Watch headquarters was too fast. Pilgrim.”
"But they only spent half a day..."
The messenger said coldly: "No need to explain anymore. Failure means failure. Any explanation is useless."
"The master will give it to you. Arrange a new spiritual relic."
After saying that, its figure gradually dispersed, and the mottled pictures around it returned to normal and reality. Before leaving, it said coldly: "Take care of everything here. . ”
“You don’t need to eat brains anymore! Don’t expose yourself because of this hobby.”
As if it was an illusion, the entire study returned to normal.
Those mottled paint lines returned to the oil painting. The man was silent for a long time before the ceremony, and finally turned around slowly and walked out of the room.
Night falls.
A fire suddenly broke out in the villa, and the raging flames quickly engulfed everything nearby.
Night's Watch Headquarters.
Xiao En returned here in the afternoon, and clues were sent back for analysis. Several investigators who were on vacation also came back, including Hank Brende, whom he knew. A group of investigators gathered in front of various weird ritual props, trying to find clues to the enemy's next move through a moment of inspiration.
In addition to the discoveries made by Xiao En, other night watchmen also made new discoveries. The enemy has been lurking in secret for longer than they thought.
"It is a material for dark blood sacrifices." Gemma wore glasses and analyzed the black wooden roots in front of her.
She is a mystical scholar and is very good at rituals.
Basically, in addition to those on the combat path, other extraordinary beings with mysterious knowledge have come to help.
Not far away, Jason stood smoking silently at the entrance of the corridor. He was a barbarian in the Furious Sequence. He was born with "illiteracy" characteristics and had difficulty digesting mysterious knowledge. He could only wait for investigators and occult scholars to analyze a trace of clues. action.
The other side.
The Death Patrollers passing by the Ranger are still tracking the traces left by the enemy. A small-scale battle broke out in the old city half an hour ago. Xiao En and others are still unclear about the specific situation.
"High-sequence polluters."
"It should be the spiritual path."
Xiao En and others exchanged opinions with the mystical scholars, and finally gave their judgment: "The enemy planted a mind demon seed in the old city, and secretly controlled some ordinary people with mind control."
"The purpose is a grand dark blood sacrifice."
"It may be some kind of promotion ceremony!"
The old city is a mixed bag of fish and dragons and has a large population, which is very suitable for hiding one's identity.
Since the last time he learned from the butcher that he had been subjected to psychic suggestion, Xiao En has done research on the abilities of all psychic pathways. Ms. Hecate's labyrinth library records most of the psychic powers. The one closest to the current situation is personality parasitism and the other is mental demon.
Xiao En estimated that it was most likely a mental demon, because personality parasitism must lie dormant for a long time and would not explode so suddenly.
——"Mind Demonic Seed (Level 8): You imprint all your mind into the subject's subconscious mind. If the infusion is successful, the mind seed will 'germinate' after one week. In this During this period, the subject will unconsciously take on some of your special habits. When the assimilation is completed (about a week later), the subject's mind will become that of you when this power was cast, becoming a spiritual clone of you. body, and possesses part of your psychic abilities. "You can have multiple spiritual clones." [Exerting this ability requires the consumption of your own extraordinary essence, or the use of some extraordinary medium. 】
There may be only one enemy!
But he planted a mind demon seed in the old city, so it suddenly broke out so violently that even mythical creatures were summoned.
None of the nearby patrolmen, including the night watchmen, had noticed anything unusual before. It was possible that they had received psychological hints from the enemy.
Spells cast through the sixth level and above are very powerful, but high-level spells cast through the spiritual path are even more terrifying and weird.
When Xiao En saw the introduction of this spell in the magic book, he remembered it deeply.
"Seal down the old city immediately."
"Check if anyone else has been infected by the mind demon seed!"
The middle-aged man in the conference room looked livid and spoke solemnly. Said: "Notify the church. Apply for the transfer of Sealed Artifact No. 33."
Among the many extraordinary paths, polluters of the spiritual path are the most harmful.
Let alone ordinary people, low-sequence extraordinary beings may not be able to withstand his mind control and mental demon seeds. If this time bomb is not found, Dorne City may fall into trouble again at any time. crisis.
High-sequence Defilers have the ability to destroy a city.
Xiao En on the side looked hesitant.
There were so many high-level investigators present, and it was not suitable for him as a newcomer to be too high-profile, so he walked up to Benjamin and whispered: "The high-sequence psychic pathway also has an ability called true mind exchange. ”
"It can directly exchange bodies with another person. Be careful that he has changed his identity."
Many people don't know this ability.
Xiao En also found part of the mysterious information in Ms. Hecate's library. Extraordinaries of the spiritual path themselves are rare in number, and very few can be promoted to high sequences. The vast majority of spiritual path extraordinary people are stuck in the second stage. Those who can digest the third level extraordinary relics without going crazy either have amazing will or are extremely talented.
The extraordinary relics of this path are also very rare and difficult to find in the material world.
——"True Mind Exchange (Level 9): You and the recipient permanently exchange bodies."
There are not many records of this ability in Lady Hecate's library.
Since looking up the strange abilities of the spiritual path, in Xiao En's mind, extraordinary beings like them can be said to be ranked among the most dangerous.
If they have enough casting materials, they can continuously create 'spiritual clones' while changing their bodies and identities.
If he is discovered, he can also use mental suggestions and tamper with memories to erase clues related to himself.
It was a bit of luck to be able to detect the anomaly in advance this time.
Among the Death Patrollers who were following the clues at that time was Jason Tangel. He was a barbarian from the Fury Sequence. He was born illiterate and could not digest any mysterious knowledge. However, a transcendent of this path had extra will blessings.
High-level barbarians have an unyielding will and are born with amazing intuition. Only then did they discover something.
Finally, Xiao En activated Sealed Artifact No. 1 and directly locked onto the target area, thus avoiding further outbreak of the Dark Blood Sacrifice.
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(End of this chapter)