Zhao Lan was getting ready to go to bed. Too many things that he couldn't believe had happened recently, which almost shattered everything he had in the past.
But the last time he went to question his mother, Mrs. Hailis admitted nothing. Even because of Zhao Lan's questioning, Mrs. Hailis showed an expression of disbelief and disgust.
The last time Zhao Lan went there, he actually found nothing. His mother, Mrs. Hailis, had traces of the interrogation ritual left by the Nightmare Master.
His father should have asked the nightmare master to interrogate his mother.
If something really happened during the interrogation, his father would not be so calm these days.
Zhao Lan was lying on the bed: "Bai Song's hypnosis ritual is so real and familiar that it doesn't seem fake."
"The key is that Bai Song doesn't need to do anything about this kind of thing."
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhao Lan suddenly froze for a moment. He raised his wrist and looked at it. The feeling of wanting to cut it came again.
That strong urge is definitely not an illusion.
Something was guiding him, driving him.
Zhao Lan got up and walked out with a frown.
There are many patrol teams of the Jagged Mercenary Group outside. Since the incident in the group, such patrol teams have been strengthened several times.
Zhao Lan relied on the feeling on his wrist to arrive outside a room without walking far.
Isn't this Belle's room?
Zhao Lan looked at the patrol team going back and forth, then knocked on the door of Belle's room: "Belle, are you asleep?"
All was quiet.
"Belle?" Zhao Lan's voice rose a little.
The brothers patrolling around couldn't help but cast glances.
Zhao Lan knocked quickly a few more times: "Belle?"
Anyone who is familiar with Belle knows that Belle is a very light sleeper. She has been having nightmares since childhood and is easily awakened by any noise.
The patrol team also came over: "What happened? It's been very quiet at night recently, and nothing unusual was found."
Zhao Lan knocked on the door faster, and the strange feeling on his wrist seemed to be pointing into the room.
Everyone seemed to have noticed something was wrong. There shouldn't be any movement at all with such a loud knock on the door.
At this time, Zhao Lan blasted the door open with a "boom".
The moment the door was smashed open, a faint fishy sweetness seemed to float out.
"The smell of blood!"
Swipe, all weapons were drawn out.
Zhao Lan had already rushed in. The quilt was on the bed, which was not too messy, but Belle was not on the bed.
Zhao Lan just glanced around and immediately discovered the table that had been moved. He was very familiar with this room, so he knew clearly if something had changed its position.
But what was Belle doing moving the table at night?
A mercenary from the High Prologue also came forward, sniffed, and then squatted down, as if to confirm something: "The smell is coming up from below."
The ground was perfectly flat, and there seemed to be no difference at all.
The mercenary pressed his palm directly to the ground, and a strong suction force seemed to be generated on his palm.
A gap was opened in the floor, revealing an entrance to the underground.
The moment the floor opens, even if you are not so sensitive to blood
Zhao Lan was so excited that he smelled a strange smell in the air.
The most frightening thing is,
He also grew up in this room,
But he never knew that there was a basement in the room that he didn't know about.
The creepy feeling made his hair stand on end.
The most important thing now is to find the missing Belle. The patrol outside is so strict and no signs are found, so this passage is the only clue.
Zhao Lan: "Go and notify others."
Then he took out the thin sword from his waist and reached down.
The mercenary next to him couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. At this moment, Zhao Lan gave him the feeling that he was no longer the young man who just wandered around all day. He said: "I will go ahead, you follow."
Zhao Lan didn't refuse either. The priest's melee combat ability was indeed not strong.
The fire folders were lit, and instead of being held in hand, they were thrown directly into the basement. Several were thrown in different corners. If there were enemies hidden inside, holding the fire folders would make them targets.
A faint light began to shine, which was enough for the mercenaries.
This is a sunken basement, with a staircase extending downward, about twenty or thirty meters.
This has exceeded the specifications for digging basements in Mercenary City, because the underground of Mercenary City is a dangerous place and there are strict restrictions on digging basements.
Dark, without any sound.
The weak light made the surrounding walls vaguely visible. On the walls was... a blood curse?
Strange scarlet blood painted strange spells on the walls.
Logically speaking, blood should be black after oxidation for too long, but the blood writing on these walls seems to have some added material to keep it scarlet.
The light took on a strange color.
The moment Zhao Lan came in, his face suddenly became struggling and trembling.
He is afraid, he is resisting.
Some memory revived in his mind.
After Bai Song performed a hypnotic ritual on him, he immediately forgot a lot of things after waking up, but then those forgotten things began to appear.
He is very familiar with this place, so familiar that he was brought here every day when he was a child.
His face was pale and even his fingers were trembling.
Those horrific memories, the body is instinctively resisting them and trying every means to forget them.
But he is here now.
No matter how hard he tried to forget things, they still kept stimulating his nerves.
The structure, the masonry, everything appeared so clearly in his mind.
Of course, what is even more unbearable than these are those painful memories.
The mercenaries before and after Zhao Lan also discovered something unusual about Zhao Lan.
"Zhao Lan?"
Zhao Lan exuded a strong aura of ritual collapse, an aura of a ritual being forcibly broken.
"Forgetting ritual?"
Someone discovered something, how could the oblivion ritual be planted on Zhao Lan?
This kind of ritual will make people forget some memory fragments, depriving them of their memories. Only with extremely strong stimulation can it be possible to break through the ritual and retrieve their memories.
In just a moment, Zhao Lan's face turned pale beyond description, and his voice was unconscious.
With trembling: "Look for Belle first."
Zhao Lan didn't know how he continued to move downwards.
Except for the blood curse on the wall, the entire basement was actually very empty, with only a dilapidated coffin in the middle.
At this time, a small white figure was lying on the old coffin.
Zhao Lan had already rushed over, it was Beier.
Belle had lost consciousness, and the blood on her wrist was still flowing drop by drop on the coffin.
That picture shocked everyone.
Weird basement, weird scene, what’s going on?
Zhao Lan was treating Beier's wounds and using magic to recover.
Although Belle was unconscious and her breath was very weak, her injuries were still stable.
Others also searched the basement: "No one else was found."
In other words, it is very likely that Belle came here alone late at night, and then cut her wrist. This kind of thing can be distinguished by just looking at the wound. Belle is not very strong, and the strength of using the dagger and The angles will be different.
And next to where Belle fainted, the bloody dagger was there.
But it's possible.
Zhao Lan glanced at the dagger on the ground. He also had a dagger like this. It was given to him by his mother, Mrs. Hailis. He had worn it since he was a child so that he could protect himself when in danger. It was a mother's love for her children. .
Zhao Lan hugged Beier and left, walking out of the basement.
In the room, other brothers from the regiment who came after hearing the news surrounded the room tightly.
Someone stepped forward to treat Bei'er's injury. Zhao Lan only treated it first aid. A professional with a high prologue would handle it carefully, so he would naturally feel more at ease.
Captain Zhao also came. He looked at Belle's situation and then at the entrance to the basement, his brows furrowed.
He told the person: "This is not suitable for resting. After treating Belle's wounds, take her to another room."
The mercenary who went down with Zhao Lan earlier whispered in Captain Zhao's ear: "On the basement wall is the blood curse of the Blood Dynasty. Its effect is unknown. There is only a blood coffin in the basement. Except for Beier, there is no one else." Traces of entry.”
Everyone also whispered: "Who knew when this room had such a basement?"
"First, Zhao Lan's wrist was cut. I remember that night, there was blood coming from the sewer into the secret room where the blood coffin was kept."
"Now it's Belle, and it's related to the blood coffin again."
"I smell something strange."
Captain Zhao led people to explore the basement.
"The group never planned to build such a basement, which means it was built without telling everyone."
"And where did the blood coffin come from? How was it secretly transported into our station and hidden, and what is the function of the blood curse?"
"We carefully explored the blood coffin just now. The breath inside the coffin was weak, but it was determined that there was a sleeper sleeping there."
Everyone: "..."
The Blood Coffin is used to extend the life of the legend in the third prologue.
There are so many legends in the world, but now there is an inexplicable addition to their station.
Everyone was preparing to sort out the information, when Zhao Lan's voice came out: "Father, you really don't plan to
Tell everyone the truth? "
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned and couldn't help but look over.
Zhao Lan was very calm: "I went to see her, and there are residual traces of the Nightmare Master's interrogation ritual on her body."
"In other words, you may already know the result, but you just want her to admit it personally."
Captain Zhao's expression changed: "You don't need to ask about this matter..."
After his voice fell, Zhao Lan's voice suddenly rose: "That's enough, father, if we had found out a little later, Belle would have died. What do you think is the point of helping her maintain her loving image?"
"She's scarier than the devil."
"I don't believe you didn't see the old, dry brown blood stains on the bloody coffin in the basement. Who do you think the blood belongs to?"
"The only people who have stayed in this room are me and Belle."
That is a devil, who has long lost his humanity.
Captain Zhao's face turned pale instantly: "..."
The blood marks on the blood coffin were layer after layer. They were traces that took years to form.
Arresting and bleeding people year after year? There are bound to be flaws that make people suspicious, except that the source of the blood comes from the people living in this room.
Captain Zhao originally thought that Mrs. Hailis had only hurt Zhao Lan once for some reason. He wanted to know why Mrs. Hailis, who had always been a good wife and loving mother, would do such a thing.
What is the final purpose?
So he found the Nightmare Master in the regiment and secretly interrogated her, but Mrs. Hailis' belief in God was so strong that she could resist the Nightmare Master's rituals, so he still hasn't figured out Mrs. Hailis' uncharacteristic intention.
But this is not out of character. She may have been doing inhumane things from beginning to end.
How does she usually pretend to be a loving mother who loves and protects her children?
Even letting everyone praise her motherly love.
When he thought of this, Captain Zhao couldn't stand still and staggered to sit on the stool next to him: "This madman..."
He actually chose such a lunatic!
The difference in his expression seemed to be that he had received a huge blow. After a while, he said to Zhao Lan: "When did you know about it?"
After saying that, he seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to ask.
A mother's unbearable situation should not be discussed in front of so many people and in front of a son.
Said: "You go see Belle first, I will handle the things here."
Zhao Lan stood up, walked out, and stopped when he reached the door: "If...if the Nightmare Master doesn't work, you can ask the Spirit Clan Soul Master for help. Aren't you guys talking about an alliance recently?"
Captain Zhao's eyes narrowed. What kind of despair made Zhao Lan make such a suggestion.
When Zhao Lan left, he vaguely heard sounds in the room.
"When Zhao Lan entered the basement just now, he broke through the forgetting ritual on his soul. Someone forced him to forget something before,"
"The last time the demon Abraham came, I had no idea what it had to do with Zhao Lan's assassination that night. But now they are sacrificing Belle's blood to such a blood coffin. There must be something about us in it. Unknown connection..."
Zhao Lan went to see Bei'er, who was sleeping very peacefully.
Quietly, a little princess who knows nothing.
Zhao Lan murmured: "Maybe it's better not to know anything. The fear and despair at the moment of breaking through the oblivion ritual are enough to drive a person into madness."
"I was very curious. Remembering those fears, I was not deformed."
"Perhaps it's because I also have her twisted human blood flowing in my body?"
"Belle, I hope you never know the truth." I don't know whether he said this to Belle or to himself. This may be his extravagant wish. Sometimes he even hopes that he can continue to be stupid.
This night, the Iron Blood Mercenary Group was brightly lit.
This may involve the summoning ceremony of the demon Abraham, and no one dares to neglect it.
Last time Abraham was reborn from the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group. If he did it again, the foundation of the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group would be severely damaged.
After the preliminary discussion was over, Captain Zhao seemed particularly exhausted.
Logically speaking, a mercenary like him wouldn't be in such a state if he didn't sleep for several days.
Captain Zhao came to the small building. When Mrs. Hailis came to the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group, he specially had someone build it in order to alleviate her homesickness.
Captain Zhao walked in. Mrs. Hailis probably didn't sleep that night and was praying devoutly in front of the portrait of the black goat.
Captain Zhao was actually very calm at this time. Perhaps anger and despair could no longer describe his state at this time.
The light of the oil lamp flickered, and the room seemed dead.
Captain Zhao said: "Since you don't want to speak, then let me ask you."
"I remember that the first time you and I met was in an accident. At that time, I was very grateful to you for saving my team, but now I want to ask, is that just a coincidence or an arrangement by your Holy See?"
"What is your purpose of marrying into the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group?"
"The last time the demon Abraham came, everyone thought it was Sin City's conspiracy. But now, do you dare to say that your Holy See didn't intervene?"
It is well known that the Holy See and Sin City are at odds with each other. It is estimated that no one in the world can imagine the possibility of the Holy See and Sin City joining forces.
"You don't have to answer any of these, but..."
Captain Zhao finally couldn't hold back his voice and roared: "But how could you do such a thing to Zhao Lan and Beier."
"They are your biological children, how do you deserve to be a mother!"
It is said that the Holy See spreads the love of God and that God loves the world. Even the city of mercenaries has never believed this, but it has never thought that a believer in the Holy See can be so outrageous and perverted to such an unimaginable level.
He actually used the blood of his own children to make sacrifices day after day, year after year, even before he knew anything.
In order to cover up the facts, she also pretended to be the most perfect mother. She never thought about how Zhao Lan and Bei'er would accept it after such a disguise was revealed. Did she really think that with a forgetting ceremony, people could feel these things? It never happened.
From beginning to end, Mrs. Haylis did not answer, and her eyes never left the picture of the black goat.
The anger in Captain Zhao's heart was ignited, and he did such an inhumane thing, but when he was exposed, he showed no remorse at all.
It doesn't matter. Being indifferent is the greatest irony in the world. Obviously
Everyone was going crazy, but the murderer didn't have any trouble in his heart.
Captain Zhao looked at the picture of the black goat with a ferocious expression: "Just because of this picture, you turned into the most terrifying devil."
With a "brush", the picture hanging on the wall was torn to pieces. This picture was extremely well maintained by Mrs. Hailis. She took care of it every day and there was no dust on it.
Mrs. Hailis then reacted and looked at Captain Zhao: "You are actually blasphemous."
Captain Zhao almost didn't mention it in one breath. He probably understood Zhao Lan's despair. Although he didn't know what Zhao Lan recalled, the despair that he was willing to give up everything was deeply imprinted on Zhao Lan at this time. long in the brain.
Captain Zhao was so angry that his hands were trembling: "You lunatic!"
Mrs. Hailis: "Those who blaspheme the gods will be punished. This is what you deserve. You will fall into purgatory. This is the price for insulting and flogging the gods. I have come from the beginning to the end to act on your behalf." Priesthood, punish you, give birth to your children, and only torture them painfully to wash away your sins. Your city of mercenaries is a hell without faith. Even the glory of God cannot shine, so it should naturally be destroyed. go."
Captain Zhao looked at Mrs. Haylis with a firm face: "I have always been curious about the beginning of your career in the Holy See, but now I know that you are a member of the Inquisition, a fanatic/believer."
It turns out that from the beginning, the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group came to judge heretics.
She spent her whole life taking revenge on the blasphemer, and even gave birth to a pair of children for the blasphemer, punishing him in a cruel and vicious way.
Captain Zhao took a deep breath: "Does the Holy See treat our Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group like this? Do you really think we won't retaliate?"
Mrs. Haylis: "The oldest mercenary group that cannot lead the mercenary city. Now that your economic resources are unsustainable, can it really go on an expedition?"
"Or should we rely on the things you brought from Hero City?"
Captain Zhao narrowed his eyes: "It seems that you have also passed this news back to the Holy See."
Luring the wolf into the house, the opponent will eventually find out all the trump cards.
Captain Zhao's expression was extremely decadent. When he was young, he originally thought that he could lead the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group to a revival. When he was middle-aged, he thought that he could at least maintain it. But now, he did not expect that this would be the situation.
Captain Zhao: "Hailis, maybe the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group no longer has the strength to carry out expeditions, but it is still possible to eliminate the sporadic Holy See forces in the Mercenary City. At least from now on, the Holy See will never get even half a cent of the Mercenary City. "
Mrs. Haylis: "From the time we are born, we are ready to return to the embrace of God."
The expression on his face was even a little crazy, as if he was really waiting for this moment.
She is not afraid of death, and her faith is so strong that she is not afraid of any means of torture.
Captain Zhao didn't even know how he left the small building.
Outside, someone was waiting, asking, "How is it?"
Captain Zhao said: "She explained the Holy See's intentions, but..."
"But she was using this intention to cover up something."
Regarding the blood coffin and Zhao Lanbeier, she avoided it.
A fanatic with a firm belief would not bother to explain anything to a pagan.
There must be some important news hidden in it.
Captain Zhao muttered: "Perhaps, only the soul masters of the Spirit Clan can see the secrets. ()"
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Then he looked at the slightly bright sky: "Has the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group declined to this point?"
Each of them is nostalgic for the glory of the iron-blooded mercenary group, deceiving themselves and others and not wanting to wake up from those achievements, but the reality is that no one cares about them outside this mercenary city.
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After it got light, Shen Yan was counting the number of students.
Calling Chuan Lu to his side, Shen Yan asked, "Why didn't Belle come to class today?"
Chuanlu replied: "Something happened in the group yesterday. Beier was injured. She won't come to class today."
Shen Yan was stunned for a moment. Something happened to the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group again? Belle was still injured because of this?
This is so strange. Even if something happens, the injured person shouldn't be a child like Belle.
I couldn't help but ask about the situation.
Chuanlu's eyes averted: "I can't say this. Our group has a gag order, and no one can say anything nonsense."
Shen Yan said "Thank you" without any embarrassment.
After all, the other party was just a child. Just like Shen Yan's time, he had seen a piece of news. It was probably news that the police used children to arrest the father of the child suspect, and then reported it proudly.
It is true to arrest the suspect, but it challenges human nature and ethics, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
Shen Yan went to find Zhao Kuo to ask about the situation, because it was not Zhao Lan who sent Chuan Lu to school today. It seemed that something might have happened to Zhao Lan.
Zhao Kuo didn't give an answer either.
It was business as usual outside, and no news came out.
However, when it was almost noon, Shen Yan heard some rumors. The Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group invited representatives from the Abyss and the Spirit Tribe to discuss important matters at the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group's station.
The tripartite negotiations, which had been going on for several days without any progress, suddenly changed.
Shen Yan asked Capa and others to help take care of the students and ran to find Zhao Kuo.
The tripartite talks started with a warning letter from Zhao Kuo. The Abyss and the Spirit Tribe also approached Zhao Kuo for negotiation at the beginning, so even if the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group was unwilling, they must bring the Tiger Leopard mercenary with them in this invitation. Corps participation.
Shen Yan asked Zhao Kuo's situation in a low voice.
Zhao Kuo had a complicated expression: "Another blood coffin that may be reborn with the demon Abraham has appeared in the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group."
"In order to avoid suspicion, and because they can no longer withstand the hassle, the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group has no choice but to invite everyone to discuss it together."
"This time we used a blood sacrifice, using the blood of Zhao Lan and Bei'er."
Shen Yan's eyes suddenly shrank, Zhao Lan and Beier's blood?
Zhao Lan was still talking about his strange state two days ago. Didn't he say that he no longer had any symptoms?
Why is Belle also involved?
Things seem to be getting a little complicated.
Shen Yan thought for a while and said to Zhao Kuo, "Take me to see it too."
On the one hand, I was really curious about such a big thing, involving the historical issue of the demon Abraham. On the other hand, I had to go and see the situation of Zhao Lan and Bei'er.
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