Chapter 250: Ceremonial Master
This is a novel experience that citalopram has never had before.
Instead of walking on the ground on your legs, you float on the ground with your mind.
Citalopram felt it very clearly, she could still stretch her legs and pretend she was moving.
You can even move forward while standing still, sitting on the edge of the bed, or even lying down...... The maximum movement speed is constant anyway. It's just that it makes her feel a little awkward, and her vision isn't wide enough.
…… Is this a female ghost form?
For some reason, such a thought popped up in Citalopram's heart.
She silently walked through the wall and into the interior of 35 Rusty Street.
After that, she did not act rashly, but avoided the people around her for the first time, carefully observing the internal environment of the target.
- Yes, 35 Rusty Water Street is not a residential house either.
It's a relatively empty warehouse.
The space inside is about the size of a runway that circles every 400 meters. Near the gate one-third to one-halfway through, huge wooden crates were piled up. The wooden boxes are about one meter high, and some are stacked in two layers, others in three layers. The three-tiered ones are still covered with a thick cloth, while the two-tiered ones are not.
There is no doubt that these boxes are exactly bunkers.
The ravines composed of several boxes on top of each other perfectly block the view. The warehouse was more than halfway to the gate, and it was empty until the end of the warehouse.
There is no back door, but a few observation holes have been carved into the iron bars.
Citalopram's pupils suddenly constricted.
She saw it clearly...... In the open space at the back of the warehouse, there are a lot of things that don't look right!
Most conspicuously, there is an altar resembling a three-tiered Tower of Hanoi. The top layer was carved with many blood grooves more than a finger wide, and there were still very thick, viscous, dark marks like mud left in it.
She also saw a few runes carved into the ground - she could clearly see the trail of dragging.
Around these runes, there is a square circle, with no traces of dust. Apparently, they had just lifted all the boxes pressed against the runes and piled them up somewhere else.
In addition to this, there are many strange parts of citalopram that they don't know what they are used for.
But fortunately, she also graduated from medical school, and she can clearly recognize what this was originally:
For example, a raw cow's skull with all the flesh scraped clean, but the horns remained;
The spine and the ribs on both sides are separated, and three rows of large canine bones are hung on the wall;
soaked in some kind of antiseptic liquid, the hearts of rats, bats, frogs, and some kind of birds;
Fermenting manure in a copper vessel......
In addition to these animal-derived things, there are powdered crystals, rubies, sapphires, lead, and silver—what they are is known because vessels of different textures are labeled, and citalopram seems to recognize this script.
After all, these vessels are almost always opaque. Without a label, it's completely impossible to tell what's inside.
In addition to this, there are some very strange, apparently handmade "tools".
For example, a triangular frame made of glass or crystal; male and female dolls with their chests and abdomen cut open to expose cotton wool; A strange balance consisting of two weights of different weights and two ropes of different lengths......
…… What's going on?
Seeing these things, Citalopram did not act rashly.
She just cowered in the corner, quietly counting the heads.
…… There were seventeen people in total.
Fortunately, the four dark carvings did not come over directly.
- He was right.
"Alright, it's time."
The thin old man standing in the middle of the crowd said lightly, and took the pocket watch back into his arms: "It seems that Bob is not going to come." ”
"Then should we retreat directly?"
A bald man about two meters tall, with unusually strong muscles and two mustaches, asked in a deep voice, "Bob, I'm afraid they've been caught or betrayed us...... Now the crows may have noticed us. ”
"Maybe Mike Sr. is finally planning to run away."
The brown-skinned woman with a terrible scar on her face and dark green tattoos on her shoulders sneered, "Brother Bob are cowards too." They had been reluctant before, as if we were going to force them to die. ”
"Alright, you can tell old Mike and Joseph to escape. But Bob wasn't that kind of person. Although he was Joseph's cousin, he was not like him. ”
The bald man retorted in a deep voice, "Bob has a lot of desire...... He's a qualified man, unlike us. It's entirely possible for him to embark on the path of transcendence - so he has the least need to run away. ”
"Not necessarily."
The woman scoffed, "Transcendent Path...... We're not the only ones here. Maybe he'll take our information and go to the crows. ”
"—Transcendent inheritances are indeed everywhere."
The emaciated old man spoke slowly, interrupting their conversation: "But who but we will lead the son of a felony on the path of transcendence?" ”
"Yes, Daddy."
The strong man nodded respectfully to the old man and said no more.
"Dad, you have the final say."
The unruly brown-skinned woman also chose to back down to the old man.
The thin old man known as "Daddy" said slowly, "Moreover, I want to correct one of your mistakes. It is not that you are unqualified to embark on the path of transcendence...... It's not necessary.
"Extraordinary power doesn't have to be used by transcendents and priests. In fact, the transcendent may not use his transcendent power a few times until he dies.
"Just a few times anyway...... Then the ritual path is the same. ”
As he spoke, he slowly walked over to the cupboard and removed the two tan vases.
Citalopram noticed that it was a bottle labeled "silver" and "pearl".
This made her a little uneasy.
Later, the old man casually poured some of the powder from the bottle into the altar.
The strong man was very conscious, dragging a short, thin, and sinister man next to him to the altar - his hand could even hold the other's neck directly.
Then, as if killing a chicken, he made a cut on the short man's wrist with his own dagger.
Citalopram suddenly realized something.
Without hesitation, she stepped back and slipped through the wall out of the warehouse.
As blood gushed out, the silver powder and pearl powder were soaked in the blink of an eye.
The old man stretched out his hand and pressed it in front of one of the runes, and whispered:
"Silver Enables Me to See ......"
The next moment, a silver fire suddenly surged up on the altar.
The firelight had a strange metallic sheen, dancing like mercury.
The fire lit up for only three seconds before it went out again.
Nothing appeared.
The old man frowned deeply.
"Is it a delusion......
He muttered.
The old man was silent for a moment, then walked over to the bottles containing the metal, and commanded in a low voice, "Fetch me a mouse's heart, a cat's heel, and a frog's heart."
"I'm going to summon something."
(End of chapter)