During the one day and one night in the Swamp of the Dead, Ash used the "Space Prophecy" almost continuously. He was very nervous and exhausted, and had to rely entirely on potions to sustain himself.
When they got there, Sigourney asked him to rest for a while, and he really did.
Once his tired spirit relaxed, he fell into a deep sleep, and even the loud noise around him had no effect on him.
He slept soundly. As he was young, he completely recovered all the energy he had consumed after just a few hours of deep sleep. He woke up in a daze.
When he woke up, he found that he was no longer on the vampire's back.
Instead, she sat sideways on the vampire's thigh, half of her body leaning on his chest, her head resting on his shoulder... She was put in this position without realizing it.
Also, it's quite comfortable.
Ash straightened up in a daze, his mind still a little dizzy.
He was thinking, shouldn't Sigourney's embrace be cold? Why did it feel so warm just now? He touched her chest to confirm it. After groping back and forth on her chest for a long time, he suddenly realized that he must have stayed in her arms for too long, which warmed her up.
Sigourney, who was suddenly attacked on the chest: "..." He looked down at Ash's expression suspiciously, wondering if this boy was really confused or just pretending.
Ash, sensing Sigourney's gaze, looked back innocently and opened his mouth, about to say something, but at this moment he finally regained his sanity and came to his senses. He realized their current situation and didn't know if he could speak, so he called out in his spiritual world: "Sigourney."
After saying this, he was attracted by the noise and bustle around him.
Where is this?
He looked towards the direction where the sound came from, and was immediately surprised - what was going on? A group of magical creatures in shackles were beating each other?
It was a huge and chaotic fight scene.
Because their supernatural powers were restrained and they could only use weak fists and feet, this melee looked very funny.
"Uncle Meng? Jane?" He saw two guys who were doing nothing but taking advantage of the chaos at the end of the melee and recognized them. "Why are they here?"
Sigourney: “…” Does this mean that you can just get away with taking advantage of others?
He couldn't help it, so he stretched out his hand and pinched Ash's cheek, then frowned in disgust. It wasn't as easy to pinch as before, and he had lost weight.
While tossing Ash's cheek, he briefly told Ash the current situation.
Ash nodded, "So, we just wait for them to send the sacrifice over, and then sneak over with them?"
Sigourney: “Yeah.”
After a pause, he continued, "It's about this time."
Sigourney's estimation was correct. Not long after he exchanged information with Ash, an old wizard with a skinny and shriveled figure walked into the entrance of the underground space again.
Ash's eyes lit up and he pulled on Signy's sleeve: "He is the wizard I marked in Leigu Town!"
What a coincidence?
Sigourney raised her eyebrows. The wizard who had agreed to put on the sack after things were done here actually appeared in front of them ahead of time, saving them the effort later.
In fact, it is not a coincidence. I learned from Quentin that this old wizard was originally a member of a mysterious organization and he was frequenting the Swamp of the Dead. To a large extent, he was related to this sacrifice ceremony, so it was not surprising that he appeared here.
The old wizard flew down from the entrance, and the skeletons and death knights guarding everywhere gathered into an undead army. They came to the open space below and surrounded the "sacrifices" who were venting their despair and anger inside.
"It's time." The skinny old wizard smiled excitedly, raised the bony staff in his hand, and with just a simple four-ring magic "Shadow Entanglement", he froze the movements of everyone in the audience in place, unable to move.
He ordered the surrounding undead guards to gather the crowd together, apparently preparing for a mass teleportation.
Meanwhile, Sigourney and Ash had already blended into the crowd, intending to get a ride - the old wizard was completely unaware of this.
Ash looked at Sigourney with sparkling eyes. The alchemical tools Sigourney had refined were so powerful! Even though he didn't know much about alchemy, he knew how powerful the alchemical tools that perfectly concealed their existence were in such an occasion!
The old wizard was in a black robe.
Even the black-robed wizard couldn't recognize or see through him in person!
Bathed in Ash's admiring gaze, Sigourney tilted her head and pressed the corners of her lips. Regardless of the fact that Ash's face was not as easy to pinch as before, she pinched it again... She felt that her narcissism was almost cured by Ash.
Without the enemy noticing, the scroll that sealed the eighth-order large-scale teleportation magic was thrown out by the old wizard and activated, and white light enveloped everyone.
Including Sigourney and Ash.
After a few seconds, this underground space was empty except for the undead race.
After a brief moment of dizziness, Ash's feet touched solid ground.
At that moment, he looked around and observed the surrounding environment.
This is still within the Undead Swamp and is outdoors.
The fog formed by the deathly aura blocked people's vision. The only thing that was clear and conspicuous was an eggshell-like cover that firmly held the area upside down. The cover emitted a faint fluorescent light that caught his eyes.
As for the rest, Ash could only vaguely see a sunken circular pool not far in front of him, which was full of blood. And he was standing on - he lowered his head and found that he was standing on a platform made of bones, with blood grooves on the platform, and bright red blood slowly flowing in it, converging towards the sunken pool.
From this perspective, it is clear what the blood-red color in the pool is.
The smell of blood in the vicinity was so strong that even the fog seemed to be tinged red.
Ash can use "space prophecy" to observe the surrounding environment thoroughly, but he is worried that the fluctuations of magic will disturb the enemies here - he has not forgotten that all the top leaders of the mysterious organization should be here.
Just as he was thinking, the sound of chains rubbing and colliding was heard all around him.
Sigourney picked him up and followed the sound, and found that the sacrifices that were teleported here all stumbled to the edge of the altar under the pull of the chains.
A circle of stone pillars stood at the edge of the altar, and on each stone pillar, a shriveled body was hung, some were magical creatures, some were human, their chests were pierced by stone nails, nailed to the stone pillars. The blood that Ash saw flowing just now came from their bodies.
But at this moment, these hung bodies had already dried up. Not only had the blood drained out, but even the flesh under the skin had shriveled up, leaving only a layer of skin covering the bones, which looked particularly terrifying.
Now, these shriveled bodies turned into ashes in front of Ash's eyes with a "bang", and the stone pillars were empty again.
And under the stone pillar, new sacrifices have been delivered.
This is the last batch of sacrifices.
Tonight, the sacrificial ceremony will end, and the summoned creature will be born from the altar.
"The sacrifice has been delivered." A cold voice lingered on the altar, "Change the sacrifice."
In the fog, the sacrifices finally clearly realized their future fate - they also saw the bodies on the stone pillars turned to ashes. For a moment, curses, pleadings, wailing, lamentations... rang out one after another, mixing together a picture of despair and anger.
Among these voices, Ash could tell that Uncle Meng was exaggerating: "Jane, why hasn't justice come yet? Are we really going to die here?"
Jane: "No, I won't." He spoke each word slowly, and because his enemy was so close, his voice showed a strange excitement and trembling. The pseudo-Scarlet, who had never had any emotions, had an extreme emotion at this moment, about hatred and killing.
As they finished their words, Sigourney and Ash had already arrived in front of them.
Without saying a word, Sigourney took out a sharp dagger, and pierced through the shackles of the two men from bottom to top, freeing them from their restraints.
"Ash, this is for you," Sigourney said to Mon.
"Get out of the way," Sigourney said to Jane.
After saying this, he flashed and disappeared into the mist.
When Sigourney rescued Meng and Jane, the top leaders of the organization located here noticed something unusual.
"Someone is invading!" a voice shouted angrily, "Catch him! Kill him!"
The power guarding this place began to operate rapidly, and dozens of huge and captivating magical auras burst out from all around.
Meng grabbed Ash and activated the alchemical item that Sigourney threw at him, hiding the two of them again.
Jane's eyes were bloodshot, and he grabbed the dagger that Sigourney threw to him. The same figure flashed and disappeared from Ash's sight.
Jane is here for revenge.
To this end, he did not hesitate to cooperate with the humans he hated the most.
Meng sighed and held Ash back to prevent him from imitating Jane and rushing out impulsively.
He mouthed to Ash: Stay out of it, just let Sigourney fight freely.
Ash smiled at Mon and nodded.
Even if Meng hadn't told him, he wouldn't have rashly rushed into the battlefield. After all, Sigourney had already said that the rest would be left to him.
Meng didn't know what Ash was thinking, and thought the child had listened to his advice. He immediately smiled and patted Ash's shoulder, thinking he was very well behaved.
Ash, however, seemed to have noticed something and tilted his ear slightly.
The next moment, screams and wails rang out.
The killing began.
It was like the coming of death, unstoppable.
The smell of blood in the fog became stronger and stronger.
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