Chapter 166 Altar
Ilia's eyes moved quickly twice and he said, "I'll go with the officers. There shouldn't be any monsters rushing out of the tunnel here."
No monsters would come out of the underground tunnel, but it was possible that they would jump out from other places.
The old sheriff felt that he would be safer if he followed these investigators: "After all, I still have extraordinary strength, and I can help in the town. The people in the town are all neighbors who have lived together for decades. I can't just watch them fall into danger and do nothing."
The expression on his face was righteous yet sad.
"Then you better walk faster," Nick waved his hand, "James, lead the way, take us to where the smoke is coming from first. Guys, hurry up."
"Don't worry, I'm still strong enough to keep up." Elijah winked at his nephew, "James, get on the horse and lead the way. Be careful."
"Yes, Sheriff."
While they were talking, James loaded his shotgun with bullets. This gun was actually not very useful. It could not cause fatal damage to the monsters, but the bullets could provide enough kinetic energy to repel the monsters.
If it weren't for this gun when he came to report the news, he would have been caught up by the monster.
He put on his helmet and climbed onto his horse.
"drive!"
James rushed out on his horse. He looked back from time to time and found that these people were able to follow him closely. He couldn't help but be amazed. He didn't expect that apart from steam locomotives, humans could run as well as animals.
He knew that his uncle was also a superhuman, but he had never shown any special abilities. It was not until this time that he truly understood the extraordinary qualities of these people.
James no longer tried to control the horse's speed. He gave the horse a hard slap on the butt and went ahead at full speed.
The police officer rode his horse through the streets at full speed, with a group of people running behind him.
Elijah cursed in his heart: "I told you to be careful, kid. I told you not to run so fast."
The old sheriff had no choice but to try his best to keep up. He was already in his twilight years and his health was failing. If he consumed too much energy, it would be difficult to deal with the monsters he encountered later.
Crown always kept about four or five meters behind James. The life of this guide still needed to be protected.
“Woo, woo.”
With a low howl, a vicious dog rushed out from the blind spot beside the road and bit the rider on horseback. It attacked from the side and rear of the patrolman.
When James noticed it, the monster was already close to him.
He did not anticipate the attack from behind, and by the time he wanted to raise his gun and shoot backwards, it was too late.
The moment Crown saw the deformed two-headed dog rushing out, he reacted. He stepped forward with force and activated the Giant Bear Breathing Technique, causing his arms to swell instantly.
The star steel sword flashed in the sunlight and chopped down heavily. He even had time to use the technique of charging a strike.
The monster was split into two pieces by a sword, and the cross-section of the wound showed that its heart was also split in two.
The precise and deadly attack did not affect his speed at all.
Crown flashed past the monster and continued to follow James on horseback: "Keep running, don't worry about being attacked."
James felt his heart, which was about to jump out, calm down again. He nodded with relief and continued to urge the horse forward.
Elijah, who was at the end of the team, ran to the dead body of the monster. He did not notice that a battle was taking place in front of him.
Seeing the neat and smooth cross-section of the monster's waist, he took out the bayonet, avoided the bones and stabbed it hard. The bayonet only went in halfway before he had used up all his strength and was unable to go any deeper.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and then he smiled reassuringly.
The monsters are very strong and have extraordinary power, but the teammates are also very strong, and killing monsters is like killing chickens.
He quickened his pace and tried to keep up.
. . . .
The investigation team found three locations where poisonous smoke was emitted, all in remote corners on the edge of the town, and the hidden enemy had not been discovered yet.
Later, they had no choice but to return to the town to kill the mad monster.
Among the monsters, there were deformed monkeys and brown bears, but they were not big in size, which verified their speculation.
They killed about thirty monsters. It was not difficult for several second-level extraordinary people, but these monsters were a disaster for ordinary people.
Three hours later, in the church hall.
There was wailing at the scene, and the injured were gathered here to receive treatment.
"Dr. Foley, Dr. Foley, look at my child!"
"Shut up, I saw with my own eyes that poor Foley had his neck bitten off by that two-headed hairless freak of a dog."
The deformed monsters caused great harm and panic to the residents, and many people left the world forever.
The town's doctor unfortunately died in the monster rampage, and the priest also passed away yesterday, making treatment much more difficult.
The two old nuns in charge of bandaging and treating the patients and a dozen patrolmen were very busy, while Crown and his companions were responsible for maintaining order and ensuring the treatment proceeded in an orderly manner.
People who lose control will always do extreme things, but violence will make them calm down again.
Nick walked over with a serious look on his face, "Damn it, the holy water in the sanctuary is only enough to keep the magic circle running, so there should be a lot left."
A meaningful smile appeared on Clown's face, and he lowered his voice: "Holy water is a scarce resource, and its value is not low. Doesn't the old priest have a son? It's normal to use some of the water to help the child."
"What should I do now? The clue is broken again," Jason grinned.
"How can you say it's over?" Klauen 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 clears and then send that strange creature to explore."
"We don't need to wait until the smoke clears. The poisonous smoke has no effect on the strange objects." Nick's serious expression relaxed. "As long as the visibility in the tunnel is better, we can continue to send strange objects to search."
"What are we waiting for? Let's go," Jason took the lead and stepped out.
Clown followed up: "Don't worry, let's go eat something and replenish our energy."
Nick said a few words to Elijah, then left with his teammates.
. . . .
The owner and chef of the Shade Tavern were both injured in the monster riot, so Crown had to cook and prepare food himself.
The ingredients are simple, but the large table of food is eaten up by everyone. The cooking skill will not lose its special effect because of the simple ingredients: "The dishes cooked will make the people who eat them enjoy more, and not just enjoyment."
Jason yelled that it was not enough: "Why do I feel like your cooking skills have improved again? It's not enough, make some more."
"It's not enough," Nick agreed, "Give me some more."
Crown could only reluctantly prepare half a table of food.
After everyone finished eating, they drove to the east side of the town.
The patrolman who was in charge of creating the smoke there should still be working diligently, because thick smoke was still coming out of the smoke outlet.
The steam locomotive roared and arrived at its destination.
At this time, the patrolmen were moving iron barrels towards the blower.
Nick got out of the car and walked over: "Everyone, there is no need to create smoke anymore. Go to the church now. The sheriff needs your help."
"Yes, sir," the patrolmen saluted and left.
The team left the blower running for an hour while they cleared the passage.
Nick took out the dragonfly artifact and added a liquid that emitted a light yellow fluorescent light into it.
The strange object was activated and began to explore the tunnel. Clown stayed under the shade of the tree, meditating on the golden light spell.
About an hour and a half later, the metal dragonfly returned for the third time, and Nick began to have spiritual communication with it.
After a while, he shouted excitedly: "Guys, there is a discovery. The strange object found a stone door!"
"Hey, my sword has been thirsty for a long time," Jason shouted, "What is the location? Can you confirm it?"
Nick suppressed his excitement: "Wait a minute, I'll add some more fuel to the strange object. Damn, there's not much fuel left."
Crown heard the conversation of his teammates, ended his visualization, and then performed fire breath to warm up before the battle.
"I will let the strange object fly again outside along its last flight path. If we follow it, we will be able to find the location of the stone gate. Everyone follow it."
Nick said, throwing the dragonfly wonder away.
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Everyone quickly caught up and finally stopped in the wasteland on the west side of the town.
Clown pointed to the ruins of a burned house not far ahead and said, "Isn't that the house that caught fire over there?!"
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."
"Could it be that when we arrived in this town, our first stop was this burned-down house and we were going to find something?!"
Jason shook his head and continued, "It's pointless to talk about 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 were dark red, with a circle of huge yellow candles as thick as arms lit. The dome was made up of white spherical objects, and if you looked closely, you could see that these objects were human or animal skulls.
A man, his whole body hidden in a wide grey robe, was kneeling in front of a dark red stone statue, muttering something. Derby Angelo was kneeling behind him with his head lowered.
The stone statue is not tall, only about one meter, with a naked little boy and girl tied at each foot, their mouths tightly wrapped with cloth strips.
The children were about five or six years old, their big brown eyes filled with tears. They twisted restlessly, but seemed to be restrained by an invisible force and could only move very slightly.
The stone statue was roughly carved, like a bloated lump of meat, but with many twisted mouthparts and some short legs that looked like sheep's hooves.
The mouthparts were randomly arranged, and were filled with uneven teeth. The meat mass extended many thick black tentacles upwards, like the arms and legs of an octopus.
Behind the gray-robed man is an altar made of bones.
These bones include arm bones, leg bones and skulls, both human and animal. White mist is coming out of the eye sockets of the skulls.
The altar was filled with sticky blood. Under the candlelight, one could see a few bloody bubbles popping out of the blood from time to time.
"Puff", the blood bubble burst.
As the gray-robed man spoke, whispers began to be heard in the space.
These sounds were not in any known language. They were getting louder and louder, but were confined to this space and did not spread out at all.
In this space, there are many big trees that are illuminated by the hazy moonlight at night and cast shadows on the ground. The shadows dance with the wind, giving people an inexplicable eerie feeling.
The blood in the altar seemed to be blown by the wind, creating ripples.
Inexplicable wounds began to appear on the abdomens of the two children, as if they were being bitten by the sharp teeth of an invisible beast.
They uttered low howls and passed out one after another. The sound of chewing echoed in the air.
When the children's internal organs completely disappeared, all shadows in the space disappeared, and black tentacle-like tattoos appeared on the children's bodies.
The gray-robed man 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 blood pool was surging with waves, and the child's body quickly disappeared, as if there were many piranhas living in it.
Derby watched for a moment, then turned his head and said indifferently, "The tricks used by those security bureau investigators were very insidious. All the blood beasts outside the tunnel were smoked out by the thick smoke. I think they will find this place soon."
"Don't worry. With the sacrifice of a pair of pure children I just made, the blood pool has accumulated enough magic power to create a group of more powerful blood beasts."
The gray-robed man smiled sinisterly: "We just need to hide and wait for the blood beast to win and then come out to clean up the mess."
"I hope so. I have had close contact with those investigators. Some of them are very strong. Among them, there is a young man with a hooked nose who gives me a very uncomfortable feeling, as if I was suddenly exposed to the scorching sun in the dark night."
"Haha, relax."
"boom"
"boom"
The gray-robed man's words were responded to by a roar coming from a stone door.
Debi was a little frightened: "They are coming!"
He didn't expect his hiding place to be discovered so soon, and there was some panic in his eyes.
The gray-robed man squatted down and reached out to feel behind the base of the statue.
“Let’s go out through the secret passage and wait until they are fighting the blood beast. Then we will attack from behind and make sure to capture them all in one fell swoop.
If we throw the corpse of a second-level transcendent into the blood pool, we will definitely be able to gain the power of evolution."
The gray-robed man stood up, turned and walked towards the altar.
Derby followed him and saw the blood in the pool parted, revealing a narrow passage.
. . . .
All the living patrolmen 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 open and the stone door was exposed, the diggers working below shouted:
"Commanders, the soil next to the stone gate has turned red and cannot be dug."
Nick ordered, "Del, go down and take a look. If you can't dig it out, blow open the door. Everyone else, come out."
"Yes," Del responded.
He waited until ordinary people came up, then jumped into the tunnel, picked up a shovel and started digging.
When Crown saw him digging the red soil, the shovel felt like it was hitting a rock, producing sparks from the friction, but only a tiny bit of soil was dug up.
Del put down the shovel, grasped the sledgehammer with both hands, and smashed it against the stone door.
I have reorganized my thoughts and outline these two days, and will make a detailed outline tomorrow, so that I can resume updating twice a week on the 21st.
(End of this chapter)