Chapter 462: A Glorious Sacrifice (II)
Since the senses of the half-elves were much sharper than those of humans, Jenn didn't let the others get too close to these dangerous creatures, but followed their footprints, hanging far behind. I saw that these half-elves in black robes didn't seem to be aware of the existence of Jenn and the others at all, but walked between the woods by themselves, although their speed was not slow, but for Jenn, it didn't take much time and effort to follow these guys, and soon, they followed those half-elves to a clearing not far away.
Compared to the white snowfields around it, it feels very strange, and there is not the slightest snow on the huge ground, but the soil is pitch black. A faint trace of green mist could be seen on it, but the most striking thing was the dark red magic array that covered the entire black earth.
It was an eerie circular circle, with twisted, evil runes visible in the outer circle, and inside the circle was a large five-pointed star, and in the middle of this five-pointed star, a blood-red skull symbol was drawn. The whole circle looks like it's numb, and it's extremely evil.
I saw that after entering the magic array, these half-elves stood in a specific position in turn, and then the old man before slowly walked to the position of the bright red skull in the center of the magic array, and then he raised the crystal bottle in his hand and began to chant some kind of gloomy and strange incantation loudly. Although the old man looked old, his voice was as loud as a bell, and the strange chanting echoed throughout the valley, and even the eardrums of the people were buzzing.
Then I saw the old man's chanting. The Red Mist Demons, which had been stored in the crystal bottle, were released again, and the white mist they had hidden in quickly rolled and stretched. Then I saw the fog expand and contract, and then translucent. What looked like a ghostly presence was spit out of it. Then a bright red magic rune appeared above their heads, imprisoning the souls inside. I saw that those souls were like puppets, completely unresponsive, just floating there stupidly, looking like some kind of prop.
"Great, my lord, what are they doing here?"
Seeing this, the young scout's hair stood on end, although he didn't know what these guys were doing. But it's certainly not a good thing. Hearing his inquiry, Jenn also frowned slightly, and then was silent for a moment before speaking.
"If I'm right, they're going to perform a soul sacrifice."
"Soul sacrifice?"
"That's right."
Jenn nodded, and his expression became more solemn -- of course, it was only for outsiders to see. As a high-level demon in the lower realm, the first time he saw this magic array, he knew what these guys wanted to do, they actually wanted to sacrifice through souls. Open the plane passage to summon the monsters of the lower realm into the main plane!
To outsiders, this is a rather crazy idea, but Jenn thinks that the Soros family has a really good idea. Now that the two sides have torn their faces. Anyway, the Templars have already confirmed that we are in collusion with the cultists, so we will simply collude to the end. Jenn could be sure that once the dimensional rift was unfolded here. Then the monsters of the lower realm will enter the main plane as quickly as possible, and then launch a frantic attack on everything they see.
Of course. There are three major temples here, these monsters will definitely not be able to achieve the final victory, but they can deal a heavy blow to the "Free Army of National Salvation", and the flesh and blood of the demons will also pollute the soil here, making the entire Khalkaland more and more barren, maybe if you are lucky, a few big devils will appear, and you can directly occupy Khalkhaland, divert the attention of the Templar Order, and give the Soros family a chance to breathe. Jenn is sure that the cultists who appear here are definitely related, and they are definitely related to the Soros family.
But the problem is that there is no evidence!
As long as there is no evidence, then the Templar Order will not be able to do anything to the Soros family. And the Soros family will be able to get a respite. I have to admit that this is a really good idea.
"So what are we going to do? My lord? ”
Hearing Jenn's description, the complexion of several subordinates suddenly changed, not to mention anything else, just hearing Jenn say that there might be thousands of demons pouring out of this plane gap, it was enough to scare them unconscious. Thousands of demons!! There are so many terrible monsters, they have never seen them, they are all villains that only appear in the story, and now, do they actually have to deal with such a terrifying guy?
"This ritual must be stopped!"
In the face of everyone's inquiries, Jenn also made a decision without hesitation.
"At the very least, we have to delay the ritual, as it stands, this ritual won't take much time, although I don't know which demon king in the lower realm they contacted, but now it seems that no matter which one of them is not easy to deal with. And they have already sacrificed their souls, which is the best bait for the demon kings of the lower realms, and they will definitely not sit idly by. Although we have sent people to rule Nadia, she alone is not enough, so we must ask them to stop this ritual, or when the gap in the ground opens, no one will be able to escape! ”
Hearing Jenn's words, several young people's faces turned red and white, and finally the young man in the lead gritted his teeth, and then clenched his fists hard.
"My lord, since we came out with you, we have already decided to die for you, as long as we can stop their plot, you can do whatever you want us to do!"
"Good."
Hearing his subordinate's answer, Jenn nodded "with relief", then he glanced at the magic array in front of him, and then lowered his voice.
"So, let's do what I planned........."
The space began to shake.
Looking at the trembling soul in front of him, a strange light flashed in the old man's eyes. He could feel that the power of the soul was condensing in his hands, and at the same time, the other black-robed half-elves around him also raised their hands. They closed their eyes and chanted faithfully. Summoning the Demon King they believe in.
"I am a servant of darkness, I am a slave to blood. Hearken to my call, O Great Lord, take my tribute, and present here!! ”
And with the sound of the old man's incantation, the others immediately catered to him.
"Hear our call, Great Lord, for we are slaves of blood, we are servants of darkness............ Yes!! ”
And just as the ceremony was nearing completion, suddenly. With a scream, the original chanting was suddenly interrupted. This made the old man also frightened, and he hurriedly turned his head to look at the place where the screams came from, only to see that there, a believer in charge of the outer summoning position had fallen to the ground, and an arrow came through the back of his head, piercing the wide mouth and revealing it.
Someone attacked!
Seeing this scene, the old man's eyes suddenly shrank, how is this possible? They have already set up sentry posts outside. What do those idiots eat, and why do they let people in?
"Whoosh!!"
At this moment, with the sound of a sharp whistling wind, several more arrows flew from all directions. And in the face of this sudden attack. The other black-robed men were also panicked, and like the old man, they didn't understand why they had been attacked suddenly. They're all over the outside. If something goes wrong, someone will know about it. Why is this happening?
But they didn't have to think about it for now, for arrows from all directions had completely interrupted their ritual. They could no longer recite the blasphemous incantations, nor could they continue their rituals. At first, there were people who tried to keep the ritual going, but soon they were beaten and couldn't hold their heads up.
"Keep shooting, don't stop!!"
After bending his bow and arrows again, knocking down a cultist, Jenn narrowed his eyes, stared ahead, and gave the order in a deep voice. It is true that these cultists have set up sentry posts outside, but these sentry posts are not difficult for Jenn at all, he has come this way, these cultist sentry posts have been completely killed by Jenn unknowingly, and it is precisely because of this that he will think of this plan to launch a surprise attack on these cultists!
If an ordinary mage summons evil spirits, he will definitely protect the surroundings. But Jenn knew very well that these cultists would not do such rituals when they performed such rituals. The mage would do this because he wanted to enslave the summoned demons, but these cultists could only pray for the demons to come, so not only would they not do any protection, but they would not even use the anti-evil circle to summon the existence of the lower realms. Even if the evil aura brought by the appearance of the demons of the lower realm would permanently erode their bodies and cause irreparable damage to their souls, these cultists didn't care.
Because that's what they believe in!
Other than that, demons are not easy to deal with, and if they are summoned and find themselves in a defensive circle - both internally and externally, then they will be furious, because it is obviously a threat to them!
For the mages, of course they don't care about this, but for these cultists, they definitely don't dare to provoke those summoned demons!
And it is precisely because of this that Jenn chose the strategy of sneak attack while he was unprepared, these scouts under him are all good hunters, although there is still a certain degree of gap from Jenn, but it is no problem to sneak attack these cultists by surprise.
But that's not enough!
"Whew!!"
Jenn's fingers trembled slightly, and as he moved, two more arrows flew out, and then he saw two cultists fall to the ground. But at this time, those cultists had already reacted, they raised their hands in a loud roar, and the next moment they saw a bright red barrier appear beside these people, blocking the flying arrows. Then, Jenn saw the old man standing in the center of the circle looking at him with a cold face, and then he stretched out his hand and pointed forward.
"With the power of my lord, I drive your soul!!"
With the old man's roar, I saw that the thick fog hovering above the circle suddenly stopped, followed by screams, and several bright red, mist-like monsters emerged from it and flew towards Jenn.
Red Mist! (To be continued......)