A dull rumbling sound sounded, and movement began to come from beneath the feet.
At this moment, the residents of Fuyuki City who were on the ground felt a shock.
【Is there an earthquake? 】
This thought has crossed many people's minds.
"No, this is not an earthquake!"
Walking on the street, Red A's expression changed a little. He picked up Tosaka Rin beside him and jumped up high, and climbed onto the building nearby.
The next moment, the concrete floor underneath suddenly exploded, and a huge tentacle emerged from the ground. It swelled rapidly. In just a few seconds, it exploded with a bang, just like a balloon filled with water being popped. Come.
The bright red, viscous, blood-like liquid covered all passers-by who could not react when the earth cracked and a large foreign object emerged.
"What's this?"
Among the crowd, a strong man wiped his face.
In his hands, the sticky blood and water turned into many blood-red tentacles.
"Ugh~"
Tohsaka Rin covered her mouth. The densely packed, rapidly growing, blood-red tentacles with eyes made her experience what trypophobia is at this moment.
Underneath, anyone who is splashed by the blood-red liquid will be tied up by a large number of blood-red tentacles growing from their bodies, and will be hypnotized by the eyes with erect pupils on them, and fall into a deep coma.
"What exactly is going on?"
Tohsaka Rin endured nausea and looked at Red A.
. . . .
"That thing, the Demon God Pillar must have noticed my exploration of it, so I chose to take action in advance."
In the Sakura group's stronghold, Medea reported the chaotic situation in the city to everyone here.
"Caster, can you detect the physical location of that thing now?"
Sakura asked directly.
"The identity is unclear, but the backbone of that thing has emerged from the ground. The hundreds of flying crow familiars I currently control can already observe the locations of their connection points above the city. Those locations are..."
On the city map spread out on the table, Medea quickly pointed out eight places.
Among them, Liudong Temple is included.
"According to the opponent's advance action, I think there is a high probability that the opponent's body will be found in these two places by my familiar."
"Liudong Temple and Weiyang Bridge..."
Sakura nodded and didn't waste any time.
Just call the master of the mountain and prepare to go out and solve the problem.
"Don't do it alone, go together."
Weber said, taking Medea and Gray with him, and followed.
. . . .
"Don't panic, everyone, hide under the tables. The tables in our store are all custom-made, resistant to damage, and have sufficient load-bearing capacity."
Near the old town of Fuyuki City, there is a family restaurant listed as [HAMI]. Taiga Fujimura, who did not become a teacher, but became a chef, and part-time manager of this branch, is trying her best to appease the customers in the store.
As the celebration of the Octopus Cult was approaching, the restaurant launched the Octopus Parent-Child Set Meal, which was very popular. However, when the earthquake suddenly occurred, there were many combinations of adults and children still in the store.
Now, the family dining room is a mess, and many children are already crying.
"Look, what is that?"
Suddenly, someone shouted in the store.
"Is it... the tentacles of the octopus?"
A male guest subconsciously took out his mobile phone and turned on the camera function.
"Oh my God, it exploded."
There was a popping sound, and a pool of thick blood-red liquid flew directly over a distance of fifty meters and hit the outside glass of the family restaurant.
Fortunately, the weather was cold and the windows were closed. Although some of them had been cracked by the impact, they still kept all the blood-red liquid out.
"Could the earthquake be caused by those tentacles?"
"The legend from ten years ago turned out to be true. There really are monsters in this world that can destroy cities."
"Amitabha, Amitabha, this must be retribution. It is the retribution we get for eating too much octopus. It is the god of octopus who comes to take revenge on us sinners who eat octopus."
An old woman who only likes to eat octopus and joined the cult of octopus must die. She held the rosary in her hand and started talking about it.
"No, that octopus tentacle exploded. This is the blessing of the God who must die for us octopus!"
And in this atmosphere led by the old lady, which was blabbering and adding to the psychological pressure of everyone, a man suddenly jumped on the table. Fortunately, the shaking of the ground had stopped at this time, and the man who jumped on the table looked excited. , stood on the table and shouted loudly to everyone in the store.
"I knew that the experience I had ten years ago was not a dream, nor was it a fantasy I made up in my head. Back then, I witnessed with my own eyes that a huge octopus monster that destroyed the city was eliminated by the gods with powerful divine power. …”
The man was an experiencer of the Sea Demon incident that year and was also a member of the original Octopus Death Cult. When the Holy Church and the Magic Association branch joined forces to cleanse their memories, this man obviously slipped through the cracks.
However, because most people who have lost this memory are regarded as a stress reaction after a disaster, they have delusions in their brains, and no one believes what he said.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a little girl screamed.
"What's wrong, Kyoko."
The girl's mother hugged the child and asked nervously.
"Mom, there is something strange appearing outside the glass."
A little scared girl of eleven or twelve years old pointed at the glass outside the restaurant and said.
Everyone looked over and saw small blood-red tentacles with eyes growing out of the thick blood-red liquid quickly.
As if they could see the people inside, the blood-red tentacles outside quickly gathered together, trying to get in from outside the family restaurant, intending to capture the humans inside to use as a magic battery.
"ah……"
The screams of adults continued one after another, suppressing the cries of children in the store.
The young and cute children were in a daze, feeling at a loss when they saw their parents who were noisier than them.
And some children looked outside the glass at the blood-red tentacles trying to break in, but felt novel about the twisting and turning of them.
The small, juvenile Demon God Pillars are actually quite cute if they are not gathered in large numbers.
"Dad...Dad, is that what we want to eat tonight?"
The greedy five-year-old boy, who was held tightly in his father's arms, asked drooling.
He is hungry.
"No……"
Before the father could answer with a wry smile, the man standing on the table over there said loudly.
"Yes, that's right, child, that is the food given to us by the gods!"
The man's eyes were full of enthusiasm.
"Think about it, that terrifying big tentacle exploded, and these small tentacles happened to fall next to us. Who are we? We are senior believers of the Octopus Must Death Cult, and apart from being gods The food given to us is a test of our faith, is there any other explanation?”
With that said, the man picked up the fork on the table, jumped off the table and walked towards a hole drilled through the glass window, and a blood-red tentacle tried to get in.
The demon pillar of the juvenile split body tried to use its eyes to hypnotize and control the man in front of it, but the next moment, it was pierced through the eye by the fork in the man's hand and pulled in.
"You guys, show me all!"
The man said loudly, and in front of everyone's attention, he opened his mouth to the little demon pillar that was still twisting on the fork.
"Hey you……"
Fujimura Taiga tried to stop the man from taking such a weird thing into his mouth, but he was a step too late.
“pacipaci…”
"It's crunchy and full of fresh meat flavor, but it's even more delicious than ordinary octopus. What are you waiting for?"
After the man looked like he was enjoying himself and ate a few more fragments of the Demon Pillar that got into the store, and nothing happened, the believers of the Death Cult, the Octopus in the store, suddenly settled down, but they burst out with devout faith.
"Waiter, turn on the fire for me. I want to eat barbecue."
"The soy sauce on this table has been knocked over. Please give me another bottle of soy sauce."
"Mustard, everyone, please dip your toes in the mustard, it's delicious!"
"Don't spit it out with your eyes, the juice inside is so delicious."
…
Just when Fuyuki City was in chaos, and many city citizens were attacked by the larvae Demon God Pillar, a family restaurant in the old town of Fuyuki City started a gluttonous feast for the followers of the Octopus Necessary Death Cult.
Those larvae Demon God Pillars that keep sneaking into the store are like fresh seafood that comes to your door automatically, being caught and eaten immediately.
Everyone eats it in different ways. Some eat it raw, some eat it in a boiling pot, and some eat it on the barbecue. The seasonings are also different, such as cumin chili noodles, soy sauce and mustard, scallion oil and teppanyaki...
Just hearing the name can make people shed tears from the corners of their mouths.
. . . .
"Senior, what should I do? These split bodies have strong mental hypnosis abilities. Ordinary people simply cannot withstand this kind of hypnosis."
Noisy sounds were heard. Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu were fighting hard. They were trying to save those who were attacked by the demon pillars that suddenly emerged from the ground, but to no avail.
"There is no other way. We have to make a choice. These people can only give up rescue for the time being. We have to find Leif directly and defeat the opponent."
Fujimaru Ritsuka made a decision. As a Chaldean Master who had saved many singularities, she understood that sometimes she needed to make a choice.
"yes."
Matthew responded.
And just when Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu broke through the obstruction of the young split demon pillars and ran towards the magic node closest to them, they stopped in front of a street and were a little dazed. He looked at the situation ahead.
"Come on, come on, this is a gift from heaven. Tonight, tamagoyaki and takoyaki are all free of charge!"
The place they came to was a food street, and this street was also making some supporting preparations because it was close to the Octopus Death Cult celebration.
Fuyuki City, as the origin of the Octopus Necessary Death Cult, has many believers here. After the initial panic, these people launched a counterattack against the larvae Demon God Pillar that fell from the sky.
"Senior, are the average residents of Fuyuki City so fierce?"
Looking at the nearest store, the owner of the store, which saw the fresh young split demon pillar strung on bamboo sticks and grilled over charcoal, he felt that his outlook on life was being impacted.
Fujimaru Ritsuka also felt as if she had suddenly entered a different world. She felt that everything on this street and the place she just passed by were two completely incompatible worlds. It seemed like what she had just seen, a large number of humans were controlled by the Split Demon God Pillar. The scene is just an illusion, oh, no, it’s an illusion here!
A rustling sound suddenly sounded...
"Hey Hey hey……"
The male voice came over, and at this moment, the communication between them and Chaldea who came to this time and space was reconnected.
"It's me, Doctor Roman."
Mashu replied.
"Thank God, Mashu, I finally connected with you. How is it? How is the situation on your side now? We have detected the place where you are now, and there is a terrifying phenomenon of increased spirit son concentration. Is it you now? Are you facing a hard battle?"
Dr. Roman was a little worried about the two of them. He spoke quickly but clearly, and wanted to quickly understand the specific situation of the two of them.
"Well, we haven't found Floros yet, but it seems that the hard battle is indeed a hard battle, just a hard battle between ordinary people and the Demon God Pillar..."
"What, ordinary people and demon pillars?"
In another world of time and space, Chaldea, Doctor Roman looked confused.
"I don't know how to explain it. I'd better turn the screen over and show it to you."
As Mashu said that, he pointed the spirit communication device on his body towards the food street.
Through the still clear images, Doctor Roman and Leonardo da Vinci saw the scene where the demon pillar of the infant split body was eaten in a fancy way.
The food keeps coming to your door, and the diners are fighting against the food that comes to their doorsteps.
"Well, it's charcoal-roasted, and it seems to taste pretty good."
"Ah, senior, how can you eat randomly?"
"No, no, no, I'm mainly worried about them. Problems may arise after eating these things."
Fujimaru Ritsuka explained.
"Is that a problem?"
"It contains some life magic power. How should I put it? Ordinary people seem to have no problem eating this. Not only is it no problem, it seems to be able to replenish the body."
Fujimaru Ritsuka had a strange expression on his face as he chewed the charcoal-flavored Demon Pillar in his mouth.
"Of course, the food given to the octopus by the God of Death should have this effect."
The boss laughed.
"Little girl, please try some."
Without giving Mashu a chance to refuse, the shop owner directly handed her a skewer of the Demon Pillar charcoal-grilled skewers that looked delicious.
Then, he gave the two of them their own religious sect: "Seeing as you two don't seem to be believers in our religious sect, what do you think, do you want to join our Octopus Must Death Cult?"
"The appearance of the Demon God Pillar is indeed that of Floros. It has the power of hypnosis and bewitchment. However, the ability of the split young body to hypnotize has been greatly weakened. Of course, ordinary people without magic power can still easily do it. Yes, but they met... uh, a group of fanatical believers who love being octopuses?!"
"So, because the image of the Demonic Pillar resembles the tentacles of an octopus, the hypnotic ability it should have not only has no effect, but has aroused the faith and appetite in the hearts of these believers?"
After listening to Dr. Roman's explanation of the phenomenon before them, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
