Chapter 163 Underground
We quickened our pace and headed towards Mosa County. There were few people along the way, and apart from the guards, there were no civilians leaving.
This made the two of us look particularly suspicious.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
I was asked countless times along the way.
Sawyers's rhetoric has been used countless times.
Just before his patience ran out, we finally got in.
The moment I came in, I felt my breath stop.
It's probably the feeling of viruses flying all over the sky -
I finally understand why we were given handkerchiefs. At least they can cover our mouths and noses.
The streets were filled with patients lying around, their bodies covered in varying degrees of black spots that seemed to be falling off, leaving their skin looking bloody and mangled.
It's not like an ordinary plague.
And there is a strong fishy smell in the air.
【Host, please be careful. 】
The system's voice suddenly sounded, giving me a pause.
He couldn't tell me much right now, so he wouldn't say anything for no reason—something about me, or Sawyers, that might get us into trouble.
Sawyers and I walked quickly towards the source of the black miasma. We took a small path so that we were not so conspicuous. The miasma seemed to be in the center of the town. If I remember correctly, there should be a red house belonging to the temple.
As the Red House of the Divine Court...theoretically, it shouldn't produce such heavy miasma.
Even though we are far away from the Holy City, with the protection of God, it will not become like this.
——Unless the faith inside is gone.
If only the faith was lost, it would be fine, but if the Lord and his followers were all dead, then it would be a serious matter.
Because the Holy City was completely unaware of this news.
The soul state of every God can be seen in the holy city. This is why Raymond knew that the souls of Godfather Sawyers and I were polluted.
…Some people knew that the Holy City had this ability and deceived the Holy City.
I can't think of anyone else except Ansar.
I told Sawyers about this and his expression became even worse. We quickened our pace and soon arrived at the red house.
The Red House looked fine from the outside, except that the door was closed. There was no believer who was supposed to be treating the plague. It was quiet and looked more like an abandoned building.
It's clearly noon now, but the air is chilly and gloomy everywhere.
"Is he in there?"
"Um. "
Then we went to kick the door.
Without any hesitation.
Break into the house.
The black air shrouding the red house disappeared instantly. This red house was just like all the other red houses in the temple, with statues of God, stained glass windows, halls, chairs, and prayer rooms.
But under the statue stood a man in a white robe.
Or rather, it's a human-shaped thing. I can't feel any sense of "aliveness" from him.
Sawyers and I stopped me behind him, and the vines stretched forward along his hand, then lifted the white robe.
There was a dead body underneath.
——Or a "living" corpse.
I know him, he is the Lord here.
But now he was completely naked, and his lower body was covered with layers of black spots, like scales. His eyes were wide open and bulging outward, his mouth was sewn shut, and there was a hole in the middle of his chest, and then it seemed as if it was torn apart, revealing an energy shield inside.
Inside this energy shield, his heart was still beating.
...So this is why the Divine Court failed to discover his abnormality.
Because his heart is still beating, even his soul is still trapped in it.
So technically he's not dead yet.
But once this energy shield disappears, he will die instantly.
I slowly approached the corpse. Its two legs were stuck together by black spots, and its feet were standing in an outward-facing position, shaped like a tail fin, combined with the black spots that looked like fish scales.
From a distance, it looks like he has a fish tail.
It suddenly occurred to me that the people outside also had far more black spots on their lower bodies than on their upper bodies - so were they being deliberately guided in the direction of the mermaid?
So what is the source of this plague?
"boom--"
There was a loud bang, and I noticed that Sawyers had started fighting with someone.
His vines smashed through the ground and pulled a man out, then the man instantly cut his vines and flipped backwards.
It's Ansar.
"...It's been a long time."
Ansar stood on the idol and waved to us.
"You guys arrived much quicker than I thought."
Then he fixed his gaze on me, "I thought Syndra couldn't get out of the Holy City."
"But...it's better if you come."
After so many years, he hasn't changed much, except that his hair is longer and the smell of decay on him is stronger.
One of his eyes had turned red, looking particularly strange under the stained glass window.
Sawyers didn't waste any time talking to him. He was behind him in an instant, his sharp nails piercing his chest. Then Ansar healed instantly and locked his hand. Just when he was about to cut it off, Sawyers quickly pulled his hand out and kicked him out, embedding him in the wall.
Then I watched as Sawyers pulled out the gun I had given him, appeared in front of Ansar, and shot him in the mouth.
Simple, crude and fast.
Ansar showed a somewhat painful expression. I looked at the hole he came out of. The black air there was even thicker. The black miasma covering the outside of this red house should have come from there. Even the source of the plague was there.
I glanced at Sawyers and jumped right down the hole.
…
This is a basement, about the same size as the red house above, but very deep and seems to have many layers. It is unknown how long Ansar has been preparing here.
Each floor is different, but all have pools, and these pools appear to be empty, but show signs of having been used. The guards here are all controlled by Ansar, and they have no fear in the face of me, but they don't seem to be attacking me at all - it's more like they want to hold me back.
Why?
To separate Sawyers and me?
Or is there something in here that I can't see?
I frowned and quickened my pace. More and more guards rushed up. I took the Xuanbing Sword in my hand and took off the ribbon on my eyes and tied it on my hand.
Villar's ribbon can also block the coldness of the Xuanbing Sword to a certain extent.
At the same time, it didn't matter to these guards that they saw my eyes.
I walked down the stairs, and more and more people fell in love with me because of my gaze. Their "love" made them unable to tolerate other people coveting me.
So they started to kill each other, but due to the control of Ansar, a bug occurred.
They were down, sometimes blocking me, sometimes hacking teammates, and looked like a bunch of crazy people.
——But it also made me sure not to let ordinary people see my eyes without taking any precautions.
There will definitely be big problems.
When I reached the last floor, there was a huge glass water tank with metal frames wrapped around it and fixed to the ground.
The turbid water and moss made the entire tank look hazy. I then realized that the top of this tank, which occupied half of the room, was nailed shut and the water inside had not been changed for a long time.
There are only a few air holes that allow the water in the tank to have oxygen.
I slowly approached, and then a dark shadow passed through the water tank.
Then a pair of hands clapped on the water tank.
Then a pale face was pressed against the glass.
She looked at me.
Long black hair floats in the water, as does the black-green tail.
There were hideous sutures on her lower abdomen, and some wriggling maggot-like things.
She was so thin that only skin was left covering her bones and internal organs, and her face was swollen.
Like a corpse floating in the water.
Her body was covered with moss and black spots, her nails were yellow-green, her expression was ferocious and painful, and her eyes were numb.
I looked at the fluorescent blue crystal in the center of her forehead.
He placed his hand on the glass and pressed it against hers.
"Long time no see, mother."
The person in front of me is Asu Yue.
——Asozuki was forcibly sewn with a fish tail that came from nowhere and turned into a "mermaid".
It looks really scary.
So this is what the Ansar doesn't want me to see?
Or was he pretending not to want me to see it, and then luring me to see Asu Yue.
And discovered... Is the source of this plague because of Asu Yue?
【Xiaoyu...are you okay? 】
In just a moment, Villar appeared beside me.
My mental fluctuations just now might have been too great - even Villar noticed it.
I'm fine.
I am fine.
I'm just wondering if I did something wrong in the past.
For example, I gave Asu Yue the ability to be immortal.
——Then she was forcibly transformed into a mermaid and locked in this pool, where she was repeatedly drowned and resurrected.
Forced to live in water using human lungs.
Her lower body was completely removed and then a fish tail was sewn on. She was unable to eat or defecate and was soaked in deep water. Every second she was alive was painful.
And all of this is caused by "immortality".
Even if she didn't love us, she wouldn't have suffered like this.
Even now she serves as bait for the Ansar.
[…This isn’t your fault.]
You just want to survive.
Veraer held my back.
I secretly exerted force with my hands, and the glass began to vibrate. Asu Yue stepped back somewhat uneasily.
She had almost no sense of self left.
Then the glass began to crack, spreading in large patches until the entire glass was covered with cracks.
My nails started to grow longer and then they dug into the broken glass.
In just a moment, the water in the tank shattered the glass, and a foul stench filled the entire basement. Asu Yue was washed out with the water, and then the glass scratched her skin, which healed quickly.
She lay on the ground in a daze, and then began to cough violently. The tail that had been forcibly sewn on did not move at all. She could only support her body with her hands and try to crawl forward, but she could not move at all.
I took out a robe and covered her with it, cut off the useless fish tail, wrapped her in the robe and carried her.
I had seen what Ansar wanted me to see, and now it was time to see what he wanted from me.
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