A bright and dazzling green light burst out from the forest lady's holy symbol on Attila's heart.
It was like an open, ring-shaped, green ball of light, when its dense outer membrane expanded outward and passed the monster's blood-red claws. At a speed visible to the naked eyes of others, pus-filled bubbles bulged one after another on the monster's claws, and then exploded, with green plant vines growing wildly out of them.
The thorn sticks opened up the monster's flesh and blood, pulled them up one by one, and then fell apart like flowers, revealing the dense white bones underneath; but the bones were as fragile as powder under the green light, and broke inch by inch - five long thorns The long claws seemed to have hit an invisible barrier, shooting out and scattering all over the ground.
The monster screamed and hurriedly backed away, like a pitiful creature who had been bullied.
The elf lady was stunned for a moment, then pressed her holy emblem with one hand: "Lord Amaya?" she asked in a low voice. At this moment, a spear of light shot out, like an electric light, passing through the monster's heart, nailing it to the gray stone wall behind. A crack opened on the stone wall, like an ice-broken lake, split in two.
The monster opened its big mouth, revealing its snow-white fangs, and exhaled the final breath of mist. It let out a low and hoarse hiss from its throat. It struggled for a moment, and finally tilted its head and fell down.
The process was like lightning, and it was not until the moment when the big cat man's light spear was released that everyone realized it.
Ai Xiaoxiao was so frightened that her pretty face turned pale, and she patted her heart with lingering fear: "I was scared to death. What kind of monster is this...?"
But no one could answer.
Only Aitila looked at the trail of blood that slowly slid down the wall, leaving a trail of blood, and replied calmly: "Servant of Blood."
"Servant of blood?"
Then everyone gathered around. The monster looked like a skinned man alive. It had no head and a bloody mouth growing directly on its neck. One of its claws had been turned into powder in the previous battle, and the other It is a long, forked and curly tentacle.
The monster collapsed on the ground like a ball of flesh and blood, with a black hole in its chest and blood flowing from it.
At this time, a voice came from behind the elf lady holding the Holy Emblem: "Blood Servants are not real creatures, but half-golems transformed by a combination of alchemy and evil magic rituals - in Oshu, they are also It’s called the Blood Golem.”
The big cat man was coming up from behind and walked to the side of the Blood Servant, his thick armor making a "squeaking" sound.
He stopped next to the bloody corpse, squatted down, then lifted the latter up from the ground, passed his glove through the fangs, and inserted it into its open bloody mouth.
Tian Lan, who was approaching, heard a sound like a hand being inserted into muddy water, and saw a stream of blood emerging from the big cat man's hand. There was a sudden surge in her throat, and she couldn't help but turn pale, and immediately covered her mouth and ran out.
Alyssa's performance on the side was slightly better, but it was limited. She asked with a pale face: "Mr. Reid, what are you doing...?"
The big cat man didn't answer, he just grabbed the other person's tongue and pulled it out of the bloody water. There was a soft 'plop' sound, and the tongue was pulled out with something attached to it. The big cat man grabbed it in his hand, and for a moment blood flowed across it, dripping onto the dust on the ground.
The blood and water mixed with the sand and turned into dark brown——
Seeing this scene, just when Ai Xiaoxiao on the other side almost covered her mouth and ran away, it was at this moment that the long tongue suddenly came to life - it curled and struggled, and moved around the big cat. A scream came from the human hand.
Then the thing suddenly jumped out, slipped out of the big cat man's gloves, and landed on the ground, crawling towards Parker on the side like an octopus. The Papalars were so frightened that they almost forgot that they were crossbowmen, or the 'King of Nightingales'. Although the thing was still at least a foot or two away from him, the little fat man screamed and sat down on the ground.
It was too late, but it was soon. The big cat man suddenly stretched out his iron boots and stepped on the octopus with one claw. After a soft sound, the latter suddenly turned into a pool of blood.
Then Rhett threw a ball of white gold flames from his hand, turning the minced meat on the ground into ashes.
After doing all this, he clapped his paws and looked up at everyone:
"This corpse is just a decapitated living sacrifice. This thing is the true body of the Servant of Blood. The twisted object created by the blind god Descartes through nightmares, and then grafted onto the sacrifice using alchemy and evil magic. , if it is not killed completely, Tansnier is afraid that it will be in big trouble——"
Ai Xiaoxiao was a little frightened when he heard this.
"Mr. Big Cat Man, can this thing reproduce?" She endured the discomfort and asked in a low voice.
Rhett couldn't help but laugh and cry every time he heard the other person address him, but he still replied: "This is a sacrifice, and it is also a host, the blood worm - the thing just now, will use the sacrifice as nourishment to reproduce, and then pass through Dirty blood soaks into the groundwater. Once the blood plague breaks out, half of the city may be infected..."
"Then, now...?"
"Luckily, those guys should have given up on this place early."
"Those guys, are they slave traders?" Ai Xiaoxiao was very confused: "But why do they do this?"
The big cat man shook his head: "The identity of those slave traders is not simple, they are blind followers."
"A blind follower?"
"He is a believer in Descartes, the blind god."
The big cat man suddenly said to Abed beside him: "Take this body away and burn it clean."
The latter was watching this scene silently and just nodded, seemingly not surprised. He let the guards in and dragged the body out - but the guards were still a little timid at first, but under the guarantee of the big cat man, these people finally calmed down. After they dragged the body out of the hall, they only left a dark trail of blood on the floor.
Rhett then turned around and continued: "The blind god Descartes is one of the dark saints, the keeper of secrets, the polluter and the gestator of life. However, as early as the giant war, it had already Died at the hands of Ms. Amaya. Since then, its believers have rarely appeared in this world——"
At this point, he paused and said with a somewhat solemn look: "But using evil magic and alchemical structures to distort life is a typical characteristic of Descartes' followers. It seems that they are back again."
Ai Xiaoxiao is close to Tang Xin, and the latter is Mirela's pastor. Therefore, the little girl was very puzzled when she heard the big cat man's description: "Begetter of life, isn't that Ms. Mirela's priesthood? Why is this? A god of darkness, would he have such a title?”
But this time, it was Atila who answered her.
Miss Elf held the Holy Emblem, turned around and replied: "Because twisted life is also life, plague is also a kind of life, and life can also kill life. Descartes is not only Lord Aimaya's mortal enemy. Before the Giant War, , and one of Ms. Mirela’s biggest enemies.”
When talking about the divine war in the past, everyone was a little confused about how to answer.
Because not many people know the history since the days of Eshorin's Scourge.
At this time, the big cat man scratched the blood marks on the wall with his claws, and added lightly: "'Blind listening, blind belief, blind obedience——'"
"Descartes is the most different one among the Dark Saints. It advocates knowledge, likes alchemy, and is keen on creating 'life' that does not originally exist. It is the 'Keeper of Secrets' and the 'Life' among the Dark Saints. The Breeder', it occasionally appears in front of the world in the form of 'Mirela' and 'Angina', to tempt those scholars and alchemists who pursue knowledge and truth."
"And through forbidden knowledge, seduces corruption."
"Alchemist?"
Miss Nightingale raised her eyebrows slightly.
When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized something - it seemed that until now, their leader had not spoken.
Tang Xin was the first to catch the anomaly. When she turned around, she saw her cousin frowning slightly, keeping his head down and thinking, as if he was completely unaware of the changes in the outside world.
She was about to speak, but Fang Plover had already raised his head first.
He looked at Aitila and said, "Miss Aitila?"
Etila seemed to understand what he was going to say, and only nodded slightly.
She then put down the Holy Emblem in her hand and said, "The lady has left."
Fang Yu had a complicated look on his face: "Just now was it really...?"
Etila still nodded.
God descends——
In fact, at the moment when the Holy Emblem in Miss Elf's hand glowed, Fang Yu secretly felt a gaze falling on him.
The gaze was huge and ubiquitous, but gentle and elegant, making people feel a kind of inner peace. It seemed that the moment the gaze fell on him, he felt that he had absorbed the Lizard God, The dark, negative, and violent thoughts accumulated in my heart since Nicol Bolas and Dragon King Lifgard experienced a series of dark forces——
Then they were all wiped out.
That quiet and ethereal feeling made him feel like he was returning to the original source of life repeatedly. There was an illusion that made his whole person feel sublimated.
Then a voice came to his heart:
"The owner of Hailin Crown."
"This is the first time we've met."
"Please don't be afraid."
"I'm not the one you're looking for, or looking for."
"But just out of a little curiosity..."
"So I'm going to give you a little gift—"
"Please keep this in mind..."
…
And when Fang Plover came to his senses again.
Then he only saw Etila holding the Holy Emblem, standing in front of him.
Miss Elf's gentle and broad eyes seemed to have some similarities with that lady, but the details were not exactly the same.
He was stunned for a long time, and then looked around in confusion - the monster that attacked Miss Elf earlier had disappeared, and there was only a blood stain on the hall not far away, which seemed to indicate that it had existed before. It seemed that some time had passed in the hall, but to him, it was just a moment of questions and answers.
At this moment, Fang Yu saw Aitila gently nodding, and then he really understood in his heart——
It was that lady who I had a conversation with before.
The master of the forest, the god of nature and hunting, the protector of sacred trees, the god of eternal youth and beauty - Aimea.
He had indeed heard some stories about the coming of gods in the past - many of them were electors. About ten years ago, a Malan electorate appeared in the first division, and the other party obtained the position of ten kings with the favor of God. Once became a legend. After that, one or two chosen ones were born.
But they are all unknown lesser gods, not as famous as the first one.
As we all know, the arrival of gods in Aitaria is a very rare event. The indigenous people call it a 'miracle'. Every time a god shows a miracle, it will have a profound impact on the world.
However, since the Giant War, the Ori gods have actually rarely walked on the earth.
Fang Yu also didn't expect that he would encounter the divine arrival of the forest lady.
But there was something different about his divine descent this time.
First of all, the Lady of the Forest has always distrusted the Chosen Ones, and she is also one of the few gods who does not accept hypocrites as believers. Amaya's aloofness is particularly famous even among the gods of Ori - her divine descent is also very rare in history, let alone among the chosen ones.
But to say that the other party favored him was not entirely true.
Overall, this divine descent is quite strange——
The other party neither selected him as a chosen one, nor exerted any divine power on him, let alone gave him any benefits - it was as if he was just passing by and came to chat with him for a few days. She said she was giving him a gift, but in fact she just said a meaningless sentence to him:
'The gray wolf and the long sword——'
Fang Yu thought carefully for a long time before he remembered that wasn't the pattern on the big cat man's badge?
That is actually Marlan's holy symbol.
But when he asked the other party in turn, Ms. Forest only nodded slightly to him and said a noun:
"Fenrys."
Fang Plover can understand this term. But what it represents is unknown.
This always made him feel that he had an illusion. This forest lady seemed to have come specifically to make fun of him, but could a high-ranking god, the Lord of the jungle and nature, be so free?
Fortunately, Atila is still here.
He looked at the other party, and Miss Elf's long eyelashes sank slightly and said, "I felt the will of the goddess just now."
Everyone was already confused when they heard the two playing riddles. After hearing these words, they turned their attention to the latter.
"God descends?"
Even the big cat man was a little surprised: "Could it be...that time just now...?"
Etila nodded slightly:
"It's Ms. Amaya. The goddess hopes that we can do her a favor."
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly took a breath of air.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute," even Parker couldn't help but stretched out his hand and said loudly: "We are only at a certain level, the goddess won't come to us... uh, newcomers, right?"
"Aren't you the King of Nightingales?" Alyssa asked.
The Papalar man opened his mouth and thought for a while before replying: "This is not a contradiction."
But after hearing these words, Fang Yu became more awake and understood. It turned out that the goddess came to see Atila, and she just chatted with him for a few words. As for why, Fang Yu didn't think of the reason for a while, and could only assume that it was because he had the Hailin Crown on his body.
But he pondered for a moment before coming back to his senses.
Help the forest lady with her work.
Of course this kind of task will come next.
The Chosen are keen to find all kinds of rare tasks in Aitaria and reap the benefits. But what other mission is more legendary than the 'Oracle' level mission? What's more, after listening to Miss Tata's description, he had roughly guessed the reason why Amaya came here.
After all, Descartes died at the hands of the latter.
Descartes, the blind god, is ultimately pursuing the twisted end of life, which can be said to be the mortal enemy of nature. One of the major responsibilities of Ms. Aimea's Holy Tree Temple in the world is to monitor the movements of blind followers.
And Miss Atila is the priest of this temple.
So Fang Yu asked: "Are you asking us to investigate things related to the blind followers?"
Aitila nodded and said: "This is exactly what the goddess meant. Since more than ten years ago, she has faintly felt the aura of her old enemy. But just like the lizard god, the other party is hidden very deeply. In fact, Aimee Ms. Ya used divine perception to search for the other party's whereabouts in Kaolin-Ishulian until the previous 'Servant of Blood' appeared——"
"Since more than ten years ago?"
Fang Plover had fully recovered by now, and when he heard these words, he felt that he had caught something.
He couldn't help but look to the side, and happened to see Sylvester's eyes looking towards him. In fact, for their current mission, he knew early on that it was not that simple. At this moment, at the foothold of the slave merchant, whether it was the discovery of the blind follower's ritual or the discovery of the 'Blood Servant'.
In fact, it didn't surprise him at all.
It was only at this time that the missing clues were connected one by one like a string of beads.
Due to Descartes' preferences, the proportion of scholars and alchemists among blind followers is quite large, and to create a servant of blood, it is inseparable from the combination of necromancy and alchemy. Therefore, Istania is indeed one of the most suitable places for blind followers to develop.
But this thought reminded Fang Pliong of another thing.
And it was at this moment that he seemed to feel something and turned around - just in time to see Abed walking in from the outside again. After the other party came in, he looked at them and suddenly interrupted: "Everyone, I have something to say. Want to say."
Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but look at the taciturn hotel owner - they already knew that he was actually a spy of Her Royal Highness the Princess, not just an ordinary hotel owner.
At this time Abed organized his language and then replied: "Sorry, for some reasons, we have concealed some facts from you. In fact, Her Royal Highness the Princess asked you to investigate those slave traders not just to combat the slave trade... But there is another reason.”
He paused for a moment: "This starts from more than ten years ago, because the wandering alchemists who attacked the princess at that time may be such a group of people... I personally experienced that attack. I was seriously injured in the battle. He was lucky enough to survive because he was buried under layers of corpses. I witnessed that battle with my own eyes. The alchemists who attacked the princess's car also brought many such monsters with them..."
"Just like the monster you saw before, exactly the same..."
After he finished speaking, he stopped and looked at everyone quietly.
After hearing these words, everyone couldn't help but look at each other in surprise, and they still didn't understand why the other party suddenly said such words.
But only Fang Plover didn't look surprised at all, and even expected it. He just looked at the other party and asked: "So, Your Highness the Princess knew about this a long time ago?"
Abed nodded very slowly.
"Please don't blame Her Highness the Princess harshly. After all, Your Highness has no evidence to prove that these hard-working merchants are indeed related to them. It is just a degree of suspicion." He replied quietly: "After all, the wandering alchemist once again appeared in Tansnir. The only clue left is that these slave traders..."
"And we," Fang Plover asked, "happen to be the only people who have interacted with the wandering alchemist?"
Abed nodded again.
But he explained: "However, Her Royal Highness did not intend to deceive you. She really just wanted you to help investigate the origins and whereabouts of these slave traders, but she did not expect-"
The big cat man intervened at this time and asked: "I didn't expect that we discovered each other's identity from the beginning?"
The owner of Sand Lodge did not answer.
Rhett narrowed his silver-grey eyes slightly and said, "So what are you going to do now?"
Abed then raised his head and looked at them: "It depends on what you want."
"How do you say it?" Fang Yu asked.
"The purpose of Her Royal Highness the Princess is actually to track down the murderer who killed her mother more than ten years ago," Abed answered straight to the point: "It has been confirmed that these slave traders are related to them, so I hope you can continue to complete this task. , find the whereabouts of these slave traders."
Fang Yu pondered for a moment.
In fact, the other party's thoughts were completely within his expectations. He had known that it was not that simple for Her Royal Highness the Princess to intervene in this incident. Why did she ask to see them in person after they met the wandering alchemist?
Moreover, during the dinner, the other party also vaguely mentioned what happened ten years ago.
But whether or not they should agree, and how they should agree, is another matter.
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