MTL - Deep Sea Embers-Chapter 19 underground meeting place

Those figures in burqas and hoods naturally noticed Duncan who was standing in the middle of the road.

At this moment, Duncan is still the same as when he just left the cave. His thin and shriveled body is covered with tattered clothes. The rags temporarily put on his upper body block the big hole in his chest. He just stands in the middle of the road so carefree. , but it looked as if he was frightened by the "hooded man" who suddenly appeared - and the figures in the burqas were obviously surprised, they were obviously sluggish, and then the one headed Suddenly there was a cry: "A sacrifice has escaped!"

Immediately after, Duncan saw them running towards this side, and another one shouted as they ran: "Quick! Stop him! Don't let him run!"

Duncan shrugged, but continued to stare blankly at these figures who were running towards him, no matter how they looked, he didn't look like a good person. After weighing the current situation, he didn't mean to run at all, but the people on the other side were still there. He rushed over and shouted: "Don't let him run away!" "There are sacrifices to escape!"

As a result, Duncan's act of standing in the middle of the road without dodging and dodging made the atmosphere embarrassing. The few people who were running and shouting in the middle of the road obviously felt that something was wrong, and the shouting in their mouths could not help but involuntarily. Pausing, but having to keep running in this direction, Duncan could almost smell the embarrassment mixed with exasperation from under their dark hoods - and then the embarrassed and exasperated people surrounded him back and forth. stand up.

Only then did Duncan look around at the figures around him, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "Should I run away just now? After all, the atmosphere is here..."

Those figures in burqas didn't seem to hear Duncan's cold joke. They just glanced at the latter cautiously and cautiously, and then looked in the direction behind Duncan. Two of them quickly lowered their heads to talk. After a few sentences, Duncan vaguely heard the content of their conversation:

"Why did one come out?"

"Could it be that the hyenas from the church discovered this hideout... but it doesn't look like he was released..."

"Anyway, take it back first, this sacrifice that ran out is not quite right... It has to be dealt with quickly."

"Let the messenger decide."

Duncan had no idea what these people were, let alone what the "messenger" mentioned by the other party meant, but thinking of what he had seen along the way and the word "sacrifice" mentioned by the other party, He had already vaguely guessed some truth here.

He didn't know how he should react to be considered a "normal sacrifice", and he had no intention of cooperating with these people to "perform". Outside of Homeless, he used a temporary body. There are obviously very few things to worry about, so after observing the surrounding situation a little, he simply asked: "Where are you taking me?"

Those in burqas were obviously a little surprised when they heard the "sacrifice" speak calmly in front of them. Even though their hoods were still wearing black gauze masks that completely covered their faces, even so Duncan could guess their surprise at the moment. , One of the men in black robe gave a vicious look at the "sacrificial" in front of him through the mask, and his voice was low: "You are not qualified to ask questions - take it away!"

A few men in black robes stepped forward immediately, but before they started, Duncan took the initiative to take a step forward: "You don't need to do it, I'll just go with you."

The few people in black robes looked at each other, probably thinking that the spirit of the "sacrifice" in front of them was a little abnormal, but the black robe person at the head waved his hand: "This is the best, you can't run away anyway... Come with us, You may still be honored with honor."

A few men in black robes surrounded Duncan like this, blocking all his "escape" routes from front, back, left and right, and took him deeper into the sewer.

The stench and foul smell in the sewers was disgusting, but these men in black robes walked on the dirty and moldy road as if they didn't notice it. Duncan was expressionless and silent as he followed these men in black robes forward. While paying attention to listening to the conversations of these people - these black-robed people don't talk much between them, but in the occasional conversation, Duncan still hears things like "Prand", "Archon", "Church" and so on. useful words.

"This is the Prand city-state?" Duncan said suddenly, as calmly as if he was chatting with an acquaintance.

"Nonsense..." One of the men in black robes replied subconsciously, but then he reacted and gave Duncan a hellish look, "You are very calm, boy, do you know what will happen next?"

"You can probably guess," Duncan nodded, even with a smile on his face, and then he asked tentatively, "The real sun god... right?"

Several black-robed men obviously stopped for a moment. They seemed to have misunderstood Duncan's strange reaction. One of them whispered to his companion: "Wait, is this also a believer of the Lord?"

"Impossible, he is obviously a sacrifice that escaped..." The other man in black robe whispered, then glanced at Duncan, "You are quite clever, but don't think that you can avoid the sacrifice... The Lord has already Your fate has been ruled, and you'd better accept it."

Duncan was noncommittal. He knew that his overly calm reaction had caused the gang of suspected cultists to have wrong brains. Most of them thought they were pretending to be calm and pretending to be "believers" to try to survive, but the truth was Only Duncan knew the situation.

This temporarily occupied body can't even move normally. The muscles on his face are as stiff as the necrosis of the extremities... Of course, there is only a calm expressionless face left!

But he didn't care what the cultists thought, he just wanted to collect as much information as possible in this "one-time exploration operation", so he asked casually: "What do you think about the current situation in the sky? The 'sun' is a pseudo-sun? Do you think it will fall sooner or later?"

"Of course the false sun will eventually fall!" This is obviously a topic that can stimulate these cultists, and Duncan heard the positive and fanatical response of one of them as he wished, "Even the lackeys of the Holy See must be admitted in the general history. The sun in the sky is a twisted and grotesque thing that appeared after the Great Annihilation! It is the sun **** who really brings life and order to all things in the world, but my lord has been usurped by that despicable counterfeit... Sooner or later, the vile counterfeit will come When it fell from the sky!"

Immediately afterwards, Duncan heard the surrounding cultists respond: "The false sun will fall sooner or later!" "The real sun **** will recover soon!" "The excess sea water in the world will be driven back to nothingness by the power of the sun god. Deep space, the earth will return to an era of abundance and stability!"

Listening to the words that these cultists have clearly started to say, Duncan's mind is spinning his thoughts quickly. He knows that such fanatical cultists can't make sense, and what they believe in is mostly distorted and tampered with. information later, but some of the information they revealed is still worth referring to—

The "sun" hanging in the sky is a fake...

The real sun has been usurped...

They firmly believe that the real sun is a fallen god, and that that **** will be "resurrected from blood and fire"...

They also spoke of the excess waters of the world, of the age of abundance and stability... What do these words mean?

There were many thoughts in Duncan's mind, and the cultists calmed down after a while. They still remembered the business, and they still remembered that they were escorting a "sacrifice" who escaped, so the people closest to Duncan resumed their silence. The two people walking at the back of the team whispered a few words:

"Do you think this 'sacrifice' is a little evil?"

"He doesn't seem to be quite right... I'm a little uneasy."

"Could it be that this sacrifice stayed in the dark underground for too long when he escaped before, and his spirit was given by something..."

"That's right, the power of the Lord will purify him."

Duncan listened to the conversation behind him, he especially noticed the words "lightless underground", but just when he wanted to gather more information from this conversation, the black-robed man at the head stopped. pace.

"We have arrived."

The black-robed cultist said in a low and cold voice.

Duncan felt a little regretful in his heart, but then, he was attracted by the sight in front of him.

Ahead is the end of a road, where several sewers meet, and in this wide space like a small underground hall, there is a black-robed cultist's meeting place!