Chapter 170 Familiar Gaze
The response from Shepherd Lovia made Joshua even more alert. He looked at the other members of the exploration team and asked anxiously.
"Did you hear any unusual footsteps?"
Derrick, holding the giant hammer "Thor's Roar" and the straight broadsword, thought for a few seconds and shook his head to express his denial. Haim, holding the "Dark Cross", looked at the seal whose light had not changed and responded:
“Maybe it’s your hallucination.”
"No, I heard it clearly." Joshua, wearing red gloves, frowned and expressed his opinion.
Hearing this, Colin, the demon hunter who was walking in the front, turned halfway and said calmly:
"Haim, Antirna, check on Joshua's condition."
"Yes, Your Excellency Chief." Haim immediately walked up to Joshua and placed the "Darkless Cross" composed of pure light on his teammate's forehead.
And the seal has not changed at all.
Then, the burgundy-haired female warrior Antirna came to Joshua's side and raised her left hand.
On her wrist was a pale golden bracelet with three small bells covered with golden scales hanging from it.
The sound of tinkling bells rang out and echoed around, calming Joshua's mind and making him no longer so tense and impatient.
"No problem." Antirna turned her gaze to Chief Colin Iliad.
Two dark green complex symbols appeared in Colin's eyes. He looked at Joshua for a few seconds and nodded.
"It may not be an illusion, but you should always pay attention to whether there is anything unusual about yourself."
Seeing that the chief supported him, Joshua secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"OK."
Putting aside their doubts for the moment, the Silver City exploration team continued to descend along the huge staircase filled with dusk light, one level after another.
Suddenly, everyone heard a muffled groan.
Derrick Berg saw out of the corner of his eye that Joshua raised his hands and tightly grasped his own neck.
Because he was the "Knight of Dawn" and had great strength, as soon as he groaned, his hands suddenly broke his cervical vertebrae with a snap.
Joshua fell down with a gloomy and twisted expression, his eyes full of disbelief.
The one who killed him was actually himself.
"Although Derrick and the others were unable to react in time to what was happening, their long-term training and experience of groping in the depths of darkness made them instinctively form a battle formation and be alert to possible subsequent attacks.
Then they heard another muffled groan.
This comes from Elder Lovia, the “Shepherd.”
The lady with long silver-gray hair had her facial muscles contracted and was twitching and wriggling noticeably, as if she was growing another face.
She fell to her knees on the wide steps with a plop, the pain she felt was beyond words.
Her hands slowly but uncontrollably rose and gripped her neck.
Just as Luo Weiya was about to exert her strength, two straight swords coated with silver-grey ointment reached out and lifted up her palms.
The prepared "demon hunter" Colin responded in time.
Lovia's whole body twitched, her head buried even lower, her mouth opened, and she spat out piece after piece of broken flesh and incomplete organs.
She exhaled, as if she had finally calmed down, then supported herself on her elbows, crawled forward a step, and crawled on all fours to swallow back the blood, flesh and organs she had just vomited, piece by piece, devoutly and humbly.
Colin, the "demon hunter" with several old scars on his face, watched the scene quietly without stopping it.
Finally, Lovia raised her head and said with unfocused gray eyes:
“It’s depravity.
“It’s a fall that happens to everyone.”
"Do you have a solution?" Colin asked without changing his tone.
Luo Weiya nodded without hesitation.
"have."
As soon as she finished speaking, she grabbed her left index finger with her right hand, snapped it, pulled it out, stuffed it into her mouth with blood and bone, and chewed it while muttering:
“The Lord who created everything;
“The Lord behind the veil of shadows;
"The fallen nature of all living beings"
Derrick's eyelids jumped when he heard the honorific name of "True Creator", and he suddenly felt that something subtle seemed to have changed around him.
The orange-red evening light became a little richer, closer to the color of blood.
Above the gray fog, Klein the Fool's expression instantly became solemn.
Although he saw nothing through his "real vision", he could vaguely sense that someone was looking at him from a far distance, which interfered with his observation and reduced the clarity and range.
In addition, that gaze gave Klein a strange sense of familiarity.
It's hard not to be familiar with him. I spent the first half of my life after traveling through time dealing with him. His Son of God, his messenger of God, the possession he wanted to descend upon, the items left by his believers, his crazy mumblings, and various murals related to him. At this moment, Klein was completely certain that the one who began to watch the Silver City exploration team was the "Real Creator."
Frankly speaking, when Lovia began to recite the honorific name of that person, Klein wanted to directly give her a "Lightning Storm" to eliminate the problem before it appeared, but he finally resisted the urge because he was not sure that he could kill the "shepherd" in one blow. The evil spirit that Lovia was herding should have been a Sequence 3 figure. Although it had died long ago, its current overall strength was still at the Sequence 4 level. It would not be a problem for it to hold out for a while in the "Lightning Storm" that was close to but not yet at the angel level.
And if The Fool fails to kill Lovia simply and easily, then he will be seen as cowardly in the eyes of Demon Hunter Colin.
In addition, Klein believed that Colin Iliad was happy to see Elder Shepherd Lovia chant the name of the True Creator. He wanted to use this to check and balance Mr. Fool and achieve a certain balance.
This was actually an act of disrespect in front of the gods, and it would easily anger those great beings, but Colin Iliad had no choice. He would not and could not believe in the "fool" and the "true creator" so easily. He could only try his best to maintain it and test the edge of the cliff.
Only in this way can the Silver City avoid being destroyed suddenly, like those city-states that have been buried in the depths of darkness and covered in the dust of history.
What a pity! If I had the Darkless Cross in my hand at this moment, and I could mobilize the power of the mysterious space above the gray fog with all my strength, I would have a chance to instantly kill the Silver Knight evil spirit. This was a natural restraint. Klein sighed silently and could only accept this development.
He had not noticed anything unusual about Joshua until the Silver City warrior wearing red gloves grabbed his neck. Only then did he see that the other party's spirit had become dark and gloomy.
Just as the "shepherd" elder said, this is one's own "degeneration", which is not much different from losing oneself in money and beauty, and it is difficult to be detected by external forces.
"That section of stairs should contain the remnants of divine power that represents corruption. It has been integrated into the environment, making it difficult to detect and resist. The stone man before had no wisdom and spirituality, but was not affected. Judging from the honorable name, the real creator has control over the corrupt nature. Just by watching, the corresponding power can be dissipated." Klein adjusted his mentality and continued to observe subsequent developments.
During this process, he couldn't help but think about a question.
Is the “True Creator” also watching the actions of the Silver City Exploration Team in His Kingdom of God, just like me?
On Earth, if I give a "reward" to friends who are watching the same live broadcast, will the "real creator" "reward" me more? Klein used teasing and sarcastic thoughts to ease the tension and worry caused by the gaze of the "real creator".
He is a real god. Neither Adam nor Amon is worthy of being on the same level as him.
At this time, the "shepherd" Lovia had stood up, and the missing index finger on her left hand began to grow out.
She looked at Chief Colin Iliad and said
"This area is no longer corrupt."
This also means that the ladder position is less dangerous.
Normally, the exploration team would not care about Joshua's body at this time. Whether moving forward or backward, they could not waste time. Staying in an extremely dangerous area for too long would cause accidents to other team members. However, since the elder of the "Six-Person Council", Lovia, said in a certain tone that there were no problems nearby, they could take a short rest and deal with the situation.
Derrick put down Haim's broadsword, walked to Joshua's side, stared at him for a few seconds, bent down to pick up the other's red glove, and put it on his left palm.
He still remembered that Joshua always showed off this magical item he got during the exploration. He could also clearly recall that when he walked out of the afternoon town camp, the other party said that after the exploration, he would be forced to get married, and he didn't know who his wife would be. An hour later, this teammate turned into a cold corpse.
For everyone in Silver City, this was daily life. No one was crying or breaking down, but instead a certain emotion emerged that had been ingrained into their bones and blood, a mixture of heaviness and grief.
They watched as Derrick raised his left hand and pointed his palm at Joshua's body.
A ball of blazing flames flew out, covering their teammates who had just been fighting side by side.
After the burning, Demon Hunter Colin put away the extraordinary characteristics that had been released, and the other team members each grabbed a handful of ashes and put them in the secret pockets of their clothes.
In silence, they continued to descend until they reached the bottom of the stairs, where there stood a towering palace bathed in the light of dusk, and behind it were corridors and stairs leading to other areas.
The gate of the palace was open, and it was pitch dark inside, with not a single light able to enter.
Demon Hunter Colin observed carefully for a while and said
“Just like in the outside world.”
What he meant was to use various methods to maintain the light and not let yourself fall into absolute darkness.
So, Heinm activated the light of the "Darkless Cross" and let it cover all his teammates, while Antina lit a lantern and held it in her hand to prevent the cross from suddenly becoming ineffective.
A group of people entered the palace and walked in the hall that seemed unusually empty. Their footsteps spread far away and none of them returned.
As he walked, Derrick suddenly felt his eyelids getting heavy and he felt very sleepy.
At this moment, he heard the chief's low roar.
“Don’t fall asleep”
Derrick suddenly woke up, shaking off the exhaustion that made him unable to open his eyes.
At this moment, a female soldier's body softened and she fell to the ground, seeming to have fallen asleep.
Then she disappeared out of thin air, just like that, disappeared right in front of everyone.
The "Monster Hunter" Colin and the "Shepherd" Lovia examined it for a while, shook their heads, and led the team to move forward.
In this process, they hurt themselves from time to time, using pain to gain clarity.
Finally, they passed through many arches and saw that the impenetrable darkness ahead was no longer there.
With the help of the light in the team, they found that this was a hall painted with countless murals. In the center of the hall was a dark red long table, surrounded by high-backed chairs with intricate patterns.
Derrick inexplicably felt that this was somewhat familiar.
He immediately realized that this was somewhat similar to the scene at a tarot party.
Suddenly, balls of light lit up and whispers were heard around them.
All around the hall, on the stone pillars that stood but did not support the dome, red flames were ignited one after another, illuminating the surroundings with extraordinary brightness.
The whispering sound gradually grew louder, as if it had finally traveled through the long and distant time and space and reached its destination, making the hall as lively as if a party was being held.
Around the dark red long table, blurry and illusory figures suddenly rose up and sat on different high-backed chairs, a total of eleven.
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