Chapter 130: Surprise Attack
The King's Campus of Royal Holy Crown University, in the northern suburbs of Tivian.
At night, in the King's Campus, deep in the gathering place of the Secret Knowledge School, behind the corridor filled with strict guards, white spider silk, and orange lights, on the first floor of the ruins, at this moment, more than a dozen figures gathered here. In the lighted room, these figures were all wearing black hooded robes, and were lined up in a neat queue.
These people were all students of the Confucian Academy. At this moment, they were all standing in a neat line, staring blankly ahead. In front of them, there was a row of three people. The one in the middle was bald and thin, with prominent cheekbones and dark circles under his eyes. This was Claudio.
"Everyone, you have proven your loyalty and ability over a long time. As a reward, tonight, I will personally lead you to transcendence."
Looking at the many students lined up in front of him with confused expressions, Claudio opened his arms and spoke like a declaration. Listening to Claudio's words, these students bowed one after another, their movements were in unison, and their voices were in unison.
"Thank you, Your Excellency..."
The sound of the voice echoed in the room. Looking at the scene in front of him, Claudio nodded slightly, and then responded.
"Now, the time has come, come on."
After saying that, Claudio waved his hand, and the students lined up to the side of the room, walked down the stairs and headed to the next level of the ruins. After watching all the students walk down the stairs one after another, Claudio turned around and said to a subordinate not far away.
"Keep this up there and don't let any bugs in."
"Yes, sir, with so many precautions, this side will definitely be foolproof."
The subordinate who was questioned responded, and seeing the scene in front of him, Claudius also nodded slightly.
The fact that Thorn was killed by an unknown force proved that someone was watching them. For the important ceremony at hand, Claudio had to take measures to prevent unexpected situations. He felt relieved when he thought of the safety net composed of sensory spider silk, guards, luminous lights, and even anti-ghost and spiritual detection measures within the wall.
Claudio was confident that, unless one was a truly high-level extraordinary being, no one could pass through such a tight security net quietly. If someone tried to force their way in, even the early warning would let him know immediately.
After all the students had left, Claudius led the people around him down to the first floor of the ruins. In the wide hall, towering stone pillars supported the underground space. In front of the wall of the hall, there was a five-meter-high statue of a goddess with a spider head and a human body.
In front of the statue of the god, there is a huge magic circle that has been drawn. A circle of candles is lit around the hall, and lights are hung on the stone pillars. On both sides of the statue of the god stand two rows of masked men in black holding knives. They look like they are waiting for something. This is the ritual site of the Eight-Pointed Nest.
After entering the ceremony, the students stepped onto the magic circle in unison, then knelt down facing Claudius with their movements in unison.
"Now, then, pray! Pray the Spider Queen! Call forth His power from the deep webs of the otherworld! Infect this land!"
Claudio opened his arms and shouted loudly, and then a dozen believers holding knives in the hall began to pray silently. The group of students still knelt on the ground motionlessly, staring at Claudio in front of them, their expressions were as dull as ever.
The ceremony in the ceremony venue began, and on the ceiling of the ceremony hall, a gecko was lying there, staring intently at the scene in the ceremony venue.
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“They started…”
On the third floor of the underground ruins, near the stairs, Dorothy was sitting on a chair and muttering to herself. Beside her were a dozen corpses of various shapes lying in a mess. These were the corpse reserves that Dorothy had taken out of the magic box, and now they were all reserve corpse dolls.
"It has begun... So, should we sneak in as well?"
In front of Dorothy, Vanya said with a slightly nervous look. At this time, she was wearing a black nun's uniform, a mask on her face, a rifle in her hand, and a large fan-shaped object covered with black cloth on her back.
"Well, according to the plan, it's time to act. Now is the best time."
Dorothy said this, and Vanya continued to speak with some concern.
"Well... there seem to be quite a few people up there, Miss Dorothea, if we sneak up like this, we won't be discovered, right?"
"Don't worry, I've checked. The people above are busy with the ceremony and have no time to take care of other things. There is no one at the staircase on our side... How could they send someone to guard the staircase leading to the deeper part of the Sky Ruins?"
Listening to Vanya's words, Dorothy smiled and said silently, "Only a fool would think of sending people to guard the lower ruins which had been plundered by countless gangs for hundreds of years and were empty with only one dead end."
This ruined Eight-Pointed Nest has been searched many times. In their eyes, there is only one way in and out, which is the only gathering point. As long as they guard that place, everything will be safe.
They would not have expected the mystery hidden in this ruins that belonged to the Star Number Book Society, because the extraordinary people who could see this mystery had been extinct for thousands of years.
After continuous efforts, Dorothy's corpse disposal team finally opened a passage from the upper ruins. Through this, Dorothy could bypass the gathering point and enter the lowest level of the ruins through the passage of the advancement hall, and come to the bottom of the ritual site through this "back door" that the Eight-pointed Nest was completely unaware of.
After Beverly brought the poison gas sample to see her professional "friend", she obtained a special antidote for the poison and gave Dorothy a dishonest price of 40 pounds per tablet.
As she did not have enough money, Dorothy went to the city and pawned all the gold and silver dishes and a bunch of dirty things she had collected from the Burtons, Bucks and Field Villas. In the end, she got 440 pounds in cash. With the pawn money, Dorothy was left with only 10 pounds, which was barely enough to pay for the medicine. Later, she bought three antidote tablets in one go.
This evening, Dorothy and Vanya, who were well prepared, entered the ruins through the secret passage in the staircase hall. With the support of drugs, they passed through the poisonous gas corridor, crossed the ruins where a road had been opened, and finally came to the bottom of the ritual site, which is the third floor of the ruins, and stayed here waiting for the opportunity.
"Oh...we should go now, keep quiet."
Dorothy stood up from her chair, then quickly controlled a corpse puppet wearing a coat and holding a revolver, and walked up the stairs not far ahead, and Vanya followed immediately.
Cautiously, Dorothy, Vanya and the corpses climbed the stairs and came to the edge of the first floor hall, hiding in the shadow behind a tall pillar. At this time, everyone on the first floor focused their attention on the ceremony, and no one noticed that someone had come out from the bottom of the stairs that led to a dead end.
"Prioritize killing the bald leader!"
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