As soon as he entered the ground, a pungent smell of blood hit his nostrils, ten times farther than on the ground.
Alyssa, who was walking in front, suddenly let out an "ah" sound and subconsciously took a step back, almost bumping into Fang Plover. Fang Yu quickly supported her with his hands, and at the same time looked over Miss Nightingale's shoulder. With the uncertain light of the rosin torch, he looked at the scene in front of him, and his stomach immediately turned.
In the darkness, the cellar seemed a little cramped.
In this narrow space, a five-pointed star array painted with blood in the center of the cellar is particularly eye-catching. Although the thick blood has dried up to a dense black, it still gives people a sense of evil and uneasiness. Feel. On the top of the pentagram, scattered are some fragments that originally belonged to a certain part of the human body——
A head with closed eyes was placed directly in front of the entrance. The head was pale, and the droopy eyelids were sunken inward, like a skeleton. The mouth was wide open, and two streaks of blood and tears were flowing down. The eyes and tongue had already been gouged out.
Beside the broken pieces lay some tallow candles, which had long since burned out. Farther away, there were mountains of corpses piled up in the corners of the room, some missing arms and legs, or decapitated and decapitated, with blood flowing all over the floor. The gray walls were covered with a thick layer of black spots, outside the firelight. Squirming. When you look closer, you can see that it is a thick layer of flying insects.
There is a white river of flesh flowing between the flesh and blood, and there are countless maggots moving in and out between the bones. When Tian Lan saw this scene, his face suddenly turned pale, and he took three steps back, as if he had been punched in the face, and retched with a "wow" sound.
She didn't even dare to make a sound loudly, she just hesitated and said:
"I, I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, so I went up first."
Then he pulled Jita and ran back the same way without looking back.
Luo Yu looked up, then turned back to look at the others apologetically, and then chased after them. Fang Yu did not stop the three of them. After all, Parker and Xiangxi had come down once before to take a look. There was no danger down here and there was no need for so many people.
However, although the Papalar man had been here once before, he still huddled outside and did not dare to come in. He was not worried about the disgusting stench, but the countless bugs in the cellar.
Everyone else's expressions were not very good. It's not like they had never seen tragic scenes. The hell-like scene in Dolifen's sea of fire was not much better than here.
But it was an illusion after all, and it was still far different from experiencing it personally.
Only Aitila looked at this scene with a slightly calm expression. She turned back and said to everyone:
"This is a typical 'blind follower' ritual."
"They summoned Descartes here to mass-produce 'Blood Worms', and the 'Blood Servant' is one of the experimental subjects." She turned back and looked at the cellar with an uneasy expression: "They It seems that the 'experiment' did not go well, otherwise there would not be so many corpses left, but the previous 'Servant of Blood' shows that the other party did not completely fail."
"They may have finally succeeded in the experiment before the transfer. Although there were not many samples, the other party still prepared usable 'blood worms'."
"What does the 'Blind Follower' want to do?" Alyssa asked in a low voice with a somewhat uneasy voice: "Using bloodworms to create panic in Tansnir?"
Aitila shook her head: "Historically, they do have such a record." She did not say a subtext, but everyone understood her shaking head. Maybe a 'blind follower' would do that, but it is not necessarily the case. It was in Tansnier.
"These people are really unreasonable..." Alyssa couldn't help shaking her head uneasily: "What are they doing this for?"
"What's even more unreasonable is," Luo Hao replied from the side: "Maybe there are still selected people involved."
"How can this be?"
"Isn't it strange that you have forgotten the origins of those slaves?"
Alyssa closed her mouth with a very ugly expression.
Abed also seemed a little silent on the side, and then he raised his head and said: "I must report this matter to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"That's natural," Fang Pliance then looked back from below with the same ugly expression, and replied, "But don't rush for a while, let's investigate this place first, Mr. Abed."
The latter listened and nodded slightly to express his agreement.
At this time, Luo Hao put the big shield aside and said to everyone: "Do we want to go in and take a look?"
Alyssa looked into the cellar with disgust.
Fang Yu reached out to stop Sylvester who was about to enter the cellar, and whispered: "Wait for me outside."
The ship officer lady raised her head and smiled at him tenderly, without saying a word to object.
Fang Yucai said to the elf lady on the side: "Miss Etila, please take care of Sylvide and Tangtang."
Miss Elf looked at him quietly and nodded. If there was any trouble she might encounter, it would only be in the cellar. She understood that Fang Plover's request for her to stay was actually just an excuse. As a believer in nature, she was indeed not used to such occasions.
But then she said: "Wait a minute, Ed."
Then he reached back his neck, took off the pendant with the Holy Emblem of Aimea, and hung it on Fang Plover's heart.
"It's okay now." After doing all this, she nodded.
Fang Yu held the Holy Emblem a little unclearly, and vaguely felt Amaya's eyes returning to him again. He was a little surprised, but he didn't hesitate. He just turned around and said to the other people: "Luo Hao, Parker, Mr. Abed, let's go in and take a look."
Parker shivered with fright, hugged the doorpost and shrank back, screaming: "I won't go in!"
It's a pity that it's not up to him.
At Fang Yu's signal, Luo Hao grabbed the guy and dragged him in.
Abed seemed very calm. The hostel just lowered his head and pondered for a while, seeming to be still thinking about the 'blood worm'. But now after listening to Fang Yu's instructions, he nodded and followed Luo Hao in.
Strange to say.
Just as the three of them entered the cellar, the densely packed flying insects on the wall flew away with a buzzing sound, but just as they were about to fly out of the door, the Aimea Holy Emblem on Fang Plover's chest suddenly emitted a ray of light. The burning light comes.
Wherever the light passed, the flying insects on the ground and walls scattered away as if they were avoiding the plague, fearing that they would not be able to escape.
A large area was immediately vacated in the cellar.
Seeing this scene, Parker, who was being held by Luo Hao, stopped struggling and stared with dark eyes, unable to help but marvel.
Fang Yu lowered his head and looked at the Holy Emblem on his chest in surprise. He couldn't help but think that belief in divine power is really useful - should he also find a god to believe in? For example, the Alchemist's patron, Angie, is a good choice.
But speaking of cousin Tang Xin, who is also a priest and a believer in Mirela, it seems that apart from mastering some superficial healing spells, the goddess of life has never performed any miracles on her.
Is there such a big difference between hypocrites and true believers?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back.
After all, the two of them had lived together for more than ten years. Tang Xin instantly understood what her stupid cousin meant, and said angrily: "What are you looking at? I'm just a new pastor, but I don't have the ability to let Mirela Madam, please take care of me."
Sylvide smiled slightly and said with a pun: "In fact, there are not many believers who are trusted by Miss Amaya like Miss Attila."
Fang Yu was startled after hearing this, and felt in his heart that this was really the case.
And he looked at Miss Elf, who still looked calm and didn't care about their discussion.
But the discussion was still a discussion, so he turned around and walked into the cellar.
There was not much space in the cellar, so the four of them covered their mouths and noses with their hands, enduring the discomfort caused by the stench, and walked all the way to the other end. There were some shelves stacked there, filled with bottles and cans, a few snow-white skulls, and tools such as blood-stained hand saws and pliers.
The four of them rummaged through it separately to see if there were any useful clues left behind. However, Papalar's sharp eyes spotted a blood-stained silver cup on the shelf, and he took a step forward. , stood on tiptoes first and took it off the shelf.
After he took the cup back, before he could wipe it with his sleeve, he saw a dark millipede crawling out of the cup.
This horrifying scene immediately frightened the little guy to let out a miserable scream and threw the cup hard, causing it to fall to the ground with a clang. At the same time, he stepped back and hit the cabinet behind him. The cabinet tilted down with a creak and was about to fall on him.
Fortunately, Fang Plover had quick hands and quick eyes, and he used his hands to hold up the cabinet from falling. But the empty door of the cabinet was opened, and the glassware inside fell out like raindrops, breaking to pieces on the floor.
Fang Yu lowered his head and looked at these glassware, and couldn't help being slightly startled.
Those are actually a set of alchemical vessels. In fact, it is something similar to a retort, mainly used for distillation, condensation and sublimation. In Aitaria, except for alchemists and pharmacists, no one will use this kind of thing.
This shows that at least one alchemist has 'worked' here. But as for whether it was the wandering alchemist, it could only be said that in his mind at this moment, he was obviously very suspicious of the other party.
It's just that he doesn't understand why the other party took the initiative to expose it and made such a big move of taking away Inhanz Type 4 from the 'Sand House'.
In fact, if it hadn't been for that incident, Princess Rupert might not have been so anxious to rush back from Bargo. What was the purpose of the other party exposing his whereabouts? Was it an accident, or was it intentional to lure Princess Rupert to this place?
Thinking of this, he was not even in the mood to argue with Parker. He just pushed the cabinet back, then turned back to Abed and asked:
"By the way, Mr. Abed, when you were searching here, did you find any traces of the Inhanz IV that was lost in the Sand House?"
Abed listened and shook his head at him.
"Given the size of the Inhanz Type 4, even if it is placed in the courtyard, it is easy to see from the outside. And the hall inside is not big enough to accommodate this magical construct." Fang Yu thought for a moment and replied.
At this time Luo Hao came over and pulled Parker up from the ground. The Papalar patted the dust on his body and continued: "I guess the other party must have turned the construct into information."
"Come on," Luo Hao replied at this time: "When did you hear that the main structure and the dragon knight can be informatized, so why do you need a 'glider' delivery?"
Parker was slapped in the face and was immediately dissatisfied: "How did you know?"
Luo Hao looked at this guy and said sarcastically: "At least I won't be scared to death by a millipede."
"Who's so messed up?" The Papalar man rolled his dark eyes and immediately changed the subject: "By the way, where's my cup?"
After that, he ran over alone.
But not long after, Fang Yu heard the little fat man's frustrated cry: "These damn bastards, these heinous murderers, criminals against humanity, Grandet -" Finally he Added:
"This damn cup is actually silver-plated!"
Fang Yu and Luo Hao looked at each other and shook their heads speechlessly.
But at this time, Luo Hao bent down and picked up a stack of parchment from the broken glass on the ground. He shook the stack of paper to shake off the glass slag on it, and then asked with some surprise. Said: "What is this?"
Fang Plover actually saw the stack of parchment, but there was nothing on it.
He thought for a moment and suddenly said to the other party: "Show me."
Luo Hao handed over the parchment as instructed.
Fang Plover held the parchment in his right hand, and took out a thumb-sized bottle of reagents from under his coat with his left hand. As an alchemist, he naturally carried various basic magic reagents and developers with him.
The developer he used was the latest magical product from the Elfendor Council and could be used in a variety of situations. He opened the stopper and poured the liquid onto the parchment. The paper did not become wet due to the liquid infiltration. Instead, it was like mercury rolling across the paper. After the reagent flowed through, lines of text were indeed revealed on the parchment.
When Fang Yu saw these words, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"Abyssal Sea Scroll."
Luo Hao also whispered.
Fang Yu silently turned over a few pages before confirming that this was indeed the Yuanhai scroll, and it was the same batch that Her Royal Highness Princess Rupert had given him. However, he did not read in depth. Instead, after taking a few glances, he rolled up the parchments and put them away.
"Weird." At this time, Luo Hao muttered again.
"What?" Fang Yu looked at the latter.
Luo Hao then analyzed: "Logically speaking, these things should not be ordinary things. They should be taken away with the other party. How could they be left in this place so hastily?"
Fang Yu thought about it and realized that this seemed to be the case.
At this time, Luo Hao said again: "Captain, you heard it before. When the princess' men discovered this place, the corpse had been decomposed for almost three or four days. In other words, the other party had left at least within this time. , it should be very abundant, so it shouldn’t be such a panic.”
Fang Plover nodded again, that was almost the case.
He looked at the other party and saw that the other party was hesitant to speak, so he asked: "Luo Hao, what else do you think?"
Luo Hao thought for a moment and then replied: "Actually, I felt a little strange before. In my opinion, the other party left too many clues. For example, the ceremony in the hall, if the other party did not leave in a hurry, it would be completely fine. Clean it up and leave no clues.”
"But it's also possible that this is a demonstration," Fang Yu thought for a moment and replied: "The other party is unscrupulous and does not take the latecomers in their eyes. It is possible that they left everything outside just to put pressure on Princess Rupert. That’s all.”
"There is such a possibility," Luo Hao did not object: "But in that case, the other party wants to hide this cellar? Captain, you know, if it weren't for Luo Yu, the princess's people wouldn't even have discovered this place. Change it. In other words, if the other party intended to leave this cellar, it shouldn't have been so secretive. But if it wasn't intentional, there's no way to explain everything below."
Fang Yu looked at the fragments of glassware on the ground and couldn't help but nodded.
"So," he couldn't help but ask: "Is it possible that the other party left this place in a hurry?"
"It doesn't match up in terms of time." Luo Hao shook his head.
As soon as these words came out, both of them fell silent.
It was at this time that Abed in front suddenly came back with rustling footsteps.
The owner of the 'Sand Journey House' came to them, holding something in his hand and said: "You two, I found something in the wall. It seemed to be a letter, but there was no writing on it either. . Mr. Ed, maybe you can take a look."
"Pinch the wall?"
Abed nodded and pointed behind him: "It was not that easy for me to find it in that place, but the blood stains on the wall made the loose square brick a little more eye-catching."
When Fang Yu heard this, he couldn't help but look at each other and Luo Hao, wondering if this was the 'answer to the dead'?
But he still took the letter from Abed and opened it. Sure enough, as the other party said, there was no word on the letter. It looked like an ordinary piece of letter paper.
But the lower left corner of the letter was stained red with blood, which was a bit shocking. Fang Plover was holding the letter paper, and there was just half of the developing reagent left in his hand, so he picked it up and poured it on top.
But this time, the previously tried-and-tested developing reagent failed to work.
Several people were stunned when they saw this scene.
Is there no text on this letterhead?
So what does it mean for a 'blind follower' to be careful and hide it behind the wall, a prank? But Fang Yu shook his head, believing that the other party would not do such a boring thing.
But as he held the letter, he suddenly remembered something. He opened the Dragon Knight system and looked at the letter. Sure enough, a moment later, the name of the letter was printed on the system's glossy page - it turned out to be a complete sentence:
'Inform Mr. B that the goods have arrived successfully, and this letter should be sent before the Iris Moon——'
When Fang Yu saw this sentence, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Because the person who can convey information in this way is almost certainly the Chosen One.
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