I'm Ken Cartel. ”

The old man's voice was low, even a little trembling: "I am a ...... Born as a ceremonial master in Nata County. ”

Nata County ......

Annan frowned slightly.

He had indeed heard the name of the place...... It's not a good place.

Nata County was a viscounty near Noah's western border. It itself resembles Roseburg, but differs in the ...... There's nothing further west of it.

Yes, the westernmost side is the edge of the enchantment of Noah's kingdom.

In the past few decades, Nata County has even been completely gnawed away by the gray fog that gradually erodes inward, completely gnawing away the plains to the west of the city – and a third of the urban area. Five years later, this erosion was halved.

At this distance, it is impossible for the barrier to completely block the penetration of the gray mist.

A dusty curse visible to the naked eye flutters through the city - the entire city is gray during the day, and the sky turns blood red as it approaches night.

The average person living in such a place can easily develop a chronic illness within a few years – after all, the water source is very likely to be contaminated by a curse. Long-term residence, unclean air and water sources will greatly weaken the physical fitness of ordinary people.

Mold grows in those exposed to the air within two or three days, and fresh meat, vegetables and fruits rot more than three times faster than in mainland China. If you accidentally eat food contaminated with the curse, there is a high chance that you will die in a short time due to acute infection.

This led directly to the decision of the lords of Nata County to evacuate inland, abandoning the city altogether. And when no one was paid, the city guard and police station were quickly evacuated...... In the absence of the maintainers of order, a number of vicious robberies and murders soon occurred. As a direct result, the caravan no longer traveled to Natashire, and as a result, Sir Silver's church was evacuated.

They put up signs warning passers-by not to move forward. And persuade people in the city to leave as soon as possible.

But obviously...... A sign can't stop the illegal transcendents who thirst for power, the ordinary people who fanatically pursue the transcendental, and the criminals who have committed serious crimes and are forced to flee. Even the sign itself was stolen in the first month after it was erected.

Eventually, Nata County became a complete lawless zone.

The unspeakable monsters in the gray fog will even go directly to the city to prey; Some transcendents desperate for power will enter Natashire, live near the Grey Mist within the barrier, and suck the vicious curse of the Grey Mist—which causes their Erosion to increase dramatically, and their temperament gradually becomes violent and dark, but it also causes them to grow in strength quickly. At least until you reach the top of Bronze, there is no difficulty.

And these illegal transcendents are not supervised, naturally there is no need to honestly obey the law, and naturally it is impossible to keep a low profile - if they fight, it will lead to a lot of nightmares.

With an uncontrollable amount of nightmares and the erosion of the gray mist, a demon could be born somewhere at any time.

It can well be imagined.

There will be no "ordinary people" here at all.

Even if it is to give up his identity and become a displaced person in a mainland city...... It's also far better than living in Natashire.

In fact, in some cities in Noah's interior, the term "Natashire" could simply refer to "homeless."

It's a group of homeless people. Many people have a bad impression of them...... Because these Nata people grew up in that harsh environment, many of them would become gang members such as thieves, swindlers, and traffickers. That's what they do best.

But on the other hand—

"Extraordinary" abilities, which are normally kept secret elsewhere, are almost overt in Natashire. Having unconsciously ingested a large number of vicious curses, they could easily become wild transcendents in a nightmare—dangerous transcendents that were more than 50% corrosive at birth.

And in order to fight against the transcendents, the forbidden knowledge of becoming a ritual master will also be spread in Nata County.

The danger of this technology is meaningless to the people of Nata County.

Once living in a precarious city, the taboos and dangers of the ritualist's knowledge are particularly ridiculous - the same is true of the knowledge of explosions, poisons, etc.

Yes, the explosion -

Thinking of this, Annan asked:

"You're from Natashire?"

"Yes, I've been in Natashire for forty years."

"Then why did you leave Natashire?"

"Naturally...... To serve my master. ”

The old man whispered, "I won't say his name." He was the one who took me and my children out of Nata County and gave them a school and a regular job. I owe him my life......"

So you're still telling me so much?

The corners of Annan's mouth rose slightly, but he didn't say anything.

His Excellency Ken Cartel should have been aware.

Annan would use the magic of Silver Sir - there are only two possibilities.

Sir Silver has seen through the rotter's schemes and intends to interfere;

Or maybe he's in the middle of someone's nightmare, and that person is the Silver Hand of the Church of the Silver Lord.

Either way, his concealment is meaningless.

Because if the priest of the Silver Sir had any suspicions, he could have initiated an investigation. And these secrets cannot be hidden from the church.

As long as the silver lord himself checks the accounts, basically any secret will be discovered by him.

Silver Jue can see all kinds of "transactions" for all people and all types in this world. And trace back to the transaction time, the transaction content and the transaction object.

That's why He doesn't have authority over the "truth" or the "secret...... But there is almost nothing to hide from Him.

"—So, whatever the possibility. Your concealment is meaningless. ”

Annan smiled and said calmly, "Tell me the truth, you don't have to show me your loyal appearance." ”

Ken heard this, and smiled silently wryly.

He sighed and whispered:

"Okay...... I had a showdown. I'll say anything.

"They're doing a ritual called 'The Great Hunt'. It is the realm of the 'tragic writers', the god of murder and intrigue...... The general content of the ritual is to form a 'stage' in a banquet with six people carrying a primer stone, and frame a range of people, all of whom are set as 'actors'. And with a 'grand enough opening', sacrificing one person and causing widespread chaos to open the ceremony, cursing the fate of every 'actor on the stage' during the period.

"The order of the killings is completely random, hand-picked by the 'tragedy writers'. Each chosen person is called the 'Spoken', and only by killing the other person can he temporarily avoid his own misfortune and give the 'Lines' to the next person, or suffer a calamity...... This calamity is fatal.

And for every person who dies, the doom for the next person is even more terrible, even doubled. Until the 'closing ceremony' sent off the 'tragic writer'. And if the 'closing' cannot be completed, then the ceremony is considered a failure. After the death of the last actor, all the 'curtain weavers' die in agony. ”

It is...... We.

Ken smiled bitterly and pointed to himself: "There are also ...... who participate in this plan All of them.

"As for the cost of the ritual and the reward for its completion, I don't think you should care...... Because the process of this ritual itself is their purpose. A grand fire was started first, burning one person to open the ...... The ritual has been completed. ”

“…… They? ”

Annan keenly captured a key word.

Ken nodded slowly, his voice complicated: "But please don't ask, I can't say or write his name." I don't want to be part of this either...... But I didn't have a choice. Because I don't think they're going to organize us to start a second fire to 'close'. It is more likely that we will all die as an extinction. ”

"'Him'......"

Annan muttered, "Then I know who it is." ”

The Eight Achievements are the third prince Philip.

Who else but him could let the heir of the Raven family go on an adventure?

It's Ferdinand......

Does he himself know that he is put in the position of a "possible victim"?

Now Annan finally knows...... Those heirs died one after another in a short period of time, but they never found the murderer, how did they do it!

Their fate had been cursed years ago - and yet they were unaware of it!

In order to be able to successfully curse them, I am afraid that many people have died before then.

Annan suddenly felt a chill in his heart-

In other words, he didn't just want to stop explosions and fires...... Is it?

This was the first time Annan came into contact with the power of "fate".

Of course...... If it insists on saying it, it is not actually fate.

Judging by the priesthood of this false god, or evil god, he does not have the realm of "accidents" and "luck" like Miss Good Luck.

God of Murder and Conspiracy...... This person is afraid that he is "manually" creating bad luck.

“…… Tell me, how to stop this ritual. ”

Annan's mind flickered, and he asked slowly.

I'm so sleepy, I can only mess with it today......

Let's fight for the three watches tomorrow, if there are three watches tomorrow, this nightmare will be over tomorrow, otherwise you will have to provoke the day after tomorrow......

(End of chapter)