Chapter 395 394. Evil God Nefera
Norris accepted the thanks from the four Vera people with a slightly complicated expression. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't speak. He just stood silently behind "Aiding" who had returned.
As Aidin is Fal's right-hand man and the powerful figure in Modu, it is natural for Vera to recognize him.
Another round of thanks, but Aidin waved his hand and ignored it.
At this moment, Gavin and his men had all retreated to the basement and activated the defensive barrier.
The lavender light curtain sealed the entrance tightly, and no one knew what they were doing inside.
As requested by the boss, Aidin has crushed the alarm crystal, and Fal should be sending someone over soon.
Gavin's judgment after seeing Aidin was not wrong. Even if they ran now, it would be difficult for them to escape.
Facing Gavin, Lin Jun could also take action himself. Regardless of the defensive power of a magic circle, it still consumes magic power to operate.
This defensive magic circle is obviously a temporary one. How long can it last under Puji's continuous self-explosion?
But doing so would be too obvious, not to mention that there were witnesses like Vera present.
Unsure of receiving sufficient returns, Lin Jun chose to hand the matter over to the authorities.
Anyway, with Aidin present, the final intelligence will always be shared with me.
The response from the Far side was indeed quick. Just two hours later, Solarin arrived on horseback with more than forty fully armed knights.
At this time, Norris had already left quietly, and only Aidin and Vera's team were still guarding here.
"Sir Aidin." After briefly understanding the situation, Soralin immediately ordered his men to launch a fierce attack on the defensive magic circle.
Under the intensive magical and physical impact, this temporary barrier collapsed in less than ten minutes.
Aidin was holding a chubby Puji.
Follow the vanguard troops into the basement.
To everyone's surprise, there was neither a desperate resistance nor a desperate plea for mercy.
What appeared before everyone's eyes were corpses that had died peacefully all over the ground, and a large sacrificial array drawn on the ground.
Those cultists who retreated have now become sacrifices in the magic circle.
What was even more disgusting was that there were quite a few half-rotten corpses piled up in the corners, and the entire basement was filled with a suffocating stench.
Everyone covered their noses, but Aidin remained calm.
However, there were two living people in the basement.
A middle-aged man curled up in the corner and cried. He was one of the "mushroom farmers" who besieged Vera. For some reason, he did not fall in the sacrificial circle like his other accomplices.
The other was Gavin, whose body was charred and unrecognizable.
"The silver light cleanses the soul, the ritual solidifies into the journey home, there is no need to worry, no need to be afraid..." Gavin knelt at the edge of the magic circle, muttering vague prayers.
Even though everyone broke in, he was completely unaware and continued to whisper to himself:
"My God, I have failed to live up to your expectations and am unworthy of entering the cycle of reincarnation. This sin rests solely on me. Please have mercy and save their souls!"
Soralin's eyes swept over the pile of corpses in the corner, her voice filled with uncontrollable anger and disgust. "Sacrificing innocent lives in exchange for the evil god's mercy? You inhuman lunatics!"
Gavin slowly raised the sharp blade in his hand, and Solarin immediately took a defensive posture with vigilance, and the surrounding soldiers also tightened their weapons.
"This is just your ignorance." Gavin's eyes swept over the man who was still sobbing in the corner, and his tone was arrogant, "Just like him."
Before he finished speaking, the sharp blade in his hand suddenly stabbed out at a tricky angle.
Instead of attacking Soralin who was on full alert, he pierced his own head.
Gavin died on the spot and no rescue efforts were possible.
Lin Jun, who was watching everything through Puji, felt like he was getting goosebumps that didn't exist.
At first he thought they were some evil wizards who practiced abyssal magic, but it turned out to be a group of real lunatics!
Although the evil wizard is evil, what is evil is his methods, not his brain. The evil wizard has the same pursuits as normal people... power, authority, money, fame and so on.
Even those guys in Ark who keep talking about "sacrifice" all the time, in the final analysis, the main sacrifices are made by others.
But this group of cultists are completely different. They are really crazy and believe in a certain existence. Not only do they sacrifice others without hesitation, they can even easily give up their own lives!
What’s even more terrifying is that this evil god really exists!
unlucky!
From the perspective of [Inspiration], those corpses were all empty and soulless.
Lin Jun already knew which god they believed in—Nefera, the goddess of death.
A Diamond-level player wants to commit suicide, and Solarin and the others can't stop him.
They could only escort the only captured person back for interrogation, and at the same time sent people to count the bodies in the basement to try to confirm the identity of the victims.
The Vera team was not allowed to enter the basement until the end. Halfway through, the strong stench forced them to cover their mouths and noses.
When they saw the tragic scene below, the auxiliary mage Feiyin was the first one who couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and rushed back to the ground. The faces of the others were also as pale as paper.
Their employer, Barton, suddenly rushed to the most decayed corpse in the corner, hugged it and cried bitterly, constantly calling out the name of his friend.
This was the first time that Vera and his companions faced the actions of the cultists. Although they won, everyone felt as heavy as if a huge rock was pressing on their hearts.
Solarin is fully responsible for the subsequent handling of the farm.
The identities of the victims were gradually identified. Those with relatives were notified, while those without relatives were buried in a cemetery full of mushrooms.
Lin Jun tried to decompose a corpse, but found nothing.
The captured survivor confessed everything without much effort:
"Priest Gavin is here to look for the 'Advanced Container'. I don't even know what an 'Advanced Container' is. I'm just following the leader and capturing people according to the plan. I don't know anything else! They're the ones giving the orders, so I dare not disobey them!"
"Why did you join the Hand of Death in the first place?"
"They said... that if you join, you'll be elevated in the afterlife. You won't be like this life, with mediocre talents and trying your best your whole life to only be at the bottom... I really didn't realize it was so evil at first!"
"Then why didn't you die there like them?"
"That's a sacrifice! I can see it, the ritual is exactly the same as when I sacrificed other people before! I... I don't want to be sacrificed! I don't want to... I..."
"Besides that farm, do you have any other bases?"
"I was in an abandoned village before, but it's been abandoned. As for the rest... I don't know anything else..."
…
After finishing the interrogation personally, Soralin frowned.
This coward is obviously just a peripheral member and the intelligence he provides is of very limited value.
The most important thing is...
Soralin looked at the list she had compiled in her hands.
The number of victims in the basement was less than half of the missing list.
So, where are the remaining missing people?
Obviously, there are far more cultists lurking in the dark than just this group, and the danger is far from over!
In the following days, the security patrol force in Mudu doubled, and even the church sent several teams to assist in hunting down hidden cult members.
This meant that the Mushroom Garden's D-class personnel list hadn't been updated for a long time...
(End of this chapter)
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