Huge vibrations and sounds spread to the industrial area where Sean and others were located.
The trackers who had discovered the traces of Sean and others were stunned by the shock.
what happens?
While they were still confused, they saw that the surroundings suddenly turned blood red. Inside the abandoned building that was originally located in the industrial area, the scenery suddenly changed. They were wearing clothes that were no longer fashionable, covered with sweat, standing on the side of a steamship. internal……
The hunting in Hot Night has begun...
Sean and others first deliberately leaked their location to lure the pursuers.
Then, taking advantage of the panic caused by the shock, they suddenly attacked with full firepower.
Almost in an instant, these non-threatening pursuers who were originally meant to contain them were eliminated.
After doing this, the group of people jumped off the factory building and came to the empty flat land in front of the factory building.
They stood alertly, regained their spiritual power, and began to wait.
The tragedy in the church district should have killed the three King-level enemies.
However, Sean did not believe that Rabbi Lins would also be killed by water pressure.
His hands are fused with the philosopher's stone, and he can erase existence with his own will and create things out of thin air...
Even if the "Philosopher's Stone" in the ceremony to become a god was a fake, he couldn't die so easily.
Here they are, waiting in the open area closest to the mission area...
This is where the "Lion Slaughter Plan" was executed after the Wing-Cut Plan.
At the end of the defeated pursuit team, another person ran over.
Seeing the person coming, Yue Guang opened her eyes wide in surprise, and then frowned with some ambivalence.
This last pursuer had freckles on her face, and Moonlight knew that she was wearing braces in her unsmiling mouth at the moment——
It was the amiable tour guide, Randy.
At this moment, her face no longer had that cheerful smile, and she stared coldly at the faces of Sean and his party.
Why did she come here with the pursuers?
Are all tour guides affiliated with Ocean City's special agency?
Moonlight glanced at Sean at Randy's presence.
The New Testament reporter shook his head slightly.
Suddenly, the sound of water splashing sounded not far away.
The person who moved here even brought the sea water that he stubbornly resisted from his body.
The tall man was half-kneeling, panting.
The long curly hair was wet and stuck to his forehead, no longer as wild as before.
The white coat that symbolized divinity was torn, revealing the black fur coat that had been with him for many years.
In order to escape the fate of having all his power absorbed, Rabbi Lins paid a huge price - his left hand was missing.
Drenched with blood.
Rabbi Lins has never been so embarrassed.
However, even so, there was still a pale golden shield around him, protecting him.
"So..." he gasped, the black eyepatch was missing, and he looked up at Sean with one black and one gold eye, "You guys knew from the beginning...
"Is this vacant divine position a bait for Kluwetan?"
Sean didn't answer, but Rabbi Lins was right.
Before arriving in Ocean City, Sean had already learned the behavior of the most powerful old master, the Lord of Dreams, Kluwetan.
And after learning that the "hypercube" was Kluwetan's divine kingdom "R'lye", he vaguely pieced together the whole story...
After the "Holy Return", which symbolized the return of Holy Father Keen to the world, Kluwetan hid in his own palace in the Vinland Trench, trying not to attract the attention of powerful external gods.
However, he needs faith and sacrificed souls in order to maintain his existence, and to find ways to accumulate strength and plan to return to the land one day.
Therefore, he, who is well versed in human habits, used the power of "temptation" in the deep sea to create three different forms of bait to harvest souls, harvest faith, and gain strength...
First, there is the first one, the bait used to harvest souls.
The string of "Vivian's emerald necklace" that has been exorcised by Sean.
Like all the Old Ones, Kluwetan's power has waned over time and his faith has faded.
In order to survive, He needs to harvest human souls.
So, in the 17th century, He set his sights on a three-masted sailing ship, the "Holy Maid", which was full of ill-gotten gains.
He polluted an emerald necklace in the treasure, projected some fragments of himself into it, and then used Vivian's body to cast a curse that made the nightmare manifest, causing ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean to encounter misfortune. Sunk at the bottom of the ocean.
But those souls did not return to the spiritual ring, but fed the Lord of R'lyeh.
Three hundred years of occasional shipwrecks did not arouse the vigilance of people on land, which also allowed Kluwetan to accumulate enough strength to form a second one, aiming at the bait of "Faith".
The second bait is the so-called "endless energy" called "Hypercube", which is actually "R'lye".
After the industrial revolution, the proliferation of coal mines and oil fields has revealed mankind's almost crazy greed for energy.
And Kluwetan realized that if humans were given the illusion of "endless energy", they would inevitably come to this uninhabited North Atlantic Ocean to develop...
Then, "Ocean City" was naturally born.
With the rise of cities and the influx of immigrants, Kluwetan was able to use his own methods to corrupt the "lesser gods" who were now quite weak.
Including Melinas, the twelve modern gods are controlled by him.
After controlling Fuller Verne and allowing the "Utopia" or "United Church" to take root in Ocean City, he was able to gain the power of faith with the help of the twelve modern gods corrupted by him.
At that time, the vision of the "undersea church" that Sean saw in the New Testament, Melinas' worship service, actually explained this fact.
Later, in the cathedral of the Utopia, when we saw the symbol of the twelve modern gods being bound, what was happening became even more obvious.
After gaining his own followers, Kluwetan didn't stop there.
In order to gain strength, He prepared the third bait——
The vacant supreme throne in the Utopia.
He knew that judging from human habits, arrogant and powerful humans would definitely covet the vacant divine position.
In fact, the vacant divine seat has never been vacant.
Kluwetan sat behind the false "vacancy", waiting for the stupid humans who coveted the throne to offer their strength.
Just like a lantern fish hunting in the deep sea.
Together with greed, Rabbi Lins has become the prey of a more powerful being.
It was impossible for him to become a god in the first place.
Sean and Alicia used a ruse to convince Rabbi Lins Pompey that the cryptex contained all the Philosopher's Stones in stock through Alicia's death.
In fact, the Philosopher's Stone in the cryptex has long been swapped, and what is stored in it is a small part of the illusion created by the Philosopher's Stone.
The apparent "godhood ceremony" is actually a ceremony that conveys power to Kluwetan, but it fails to show its full power because the key sacrifices are false.
Kluwetan, who was still gathering strength, missed the opportunity to gain huge power.
The Lord of Dreams must be extremely angry.
However, if He takes any action, he will be discovered by Holy Father Keen.
Then hundreds of years of dormancy will lose its meaning.
Therefore, Kluwetan still had to rely on agents, such as Fuller Verne, to carry out certain things.
Therefore, we can only watch the ceremony die.
However, although he missed out on all the power stored in the Philosopher's Stone, at least he still had the opportunity to take the power of Rabbi Lins as his own.
The president of the foundation who was framed, faced with a ritual that failed to show its full power due to premature death, paid the price of an arm and all the philosopher's stones on it, in exchange for his escape.
Rabbi Lins, who was completely awakened by the cold sea water, the tragic death of his subordinates, and his narrow escape, naturally understood everything after that, and asked the question just now:
"So, you knew from the beginning...
"Is this vacant divine position a bait for Kluwetan?"
Rabbi Lins was not a stupid chess player. He had several comeback opportunities against Sean and Alicia.
Moreover, logically speaking, he should not have been unaware that the too obvious vacant position was a decoy.
However, his eyes were blinded by the desire for power and godhood.
That's why we ended up like this.
"So, this failure was because of my arrogance..." Rabbi Lins took a deep breath and stood up.
The tour guide Randy on the side suddenly spoke, and the tone and tone of her words made Yueguang show an extremely shocked expression——
That was clearly Alicia Pompeo speaking.
While "Randy" was speaking, he took off his wig and took off the fake braces. Although he still had freckles and makeup, his green eyes shone like cat eyes: "It's not just because of arrogance...
"And because of cruelty."
The reappearance of the female chess player completely shocked Yueguang.
