"Let's go separately. I'll hold him back first. He has been polluted. Find the source of the pollution and destroy it. Hurry," Norm shouted in an extremely anxious voice.
He had noticed something was wrong from the first shot, and now his suspicions were further confirmed.
There is only one result if the demon-hunting bullet fails to work, and that is that the Harvey Jeffrey in front of him is no longer a 'human' in the true sense.
Only those beings from the unknown can ignore everything. They are the rules themselves, which are darkness. You cannot drive away the darkness, you can only escape.
Joey also realized the seriousness of the situation and ran straight to the black church without looking back. "Hold on."
In a daze, I always felt that I had overlooked something, but I didn't have time to think too much.
Harvey just turned his head and glanced at Joey and ignored him. He seemed to be very interested in Norm.
This is easy to understand. Extraordinary beings are also called walking magic potions. The extraordinary properties in their bodies are sweet and delicious food for some beings.
That comes from the body's instinctive desire to eat and devour.
As we ran all the way, the disharmonious sense of distance balance appeared again. The door of the church was right in front of us, but we couldn't get closer.
Hearing the sound of fierce fighting, he didn't dare to delay at all.
Go in, go in, go in. . . Let me in.
Dense beads of sweat had formed on his forehead, and the fatigue coming from his body made his breathing become heavy.
Vigorous exercise causes dizziness, blurred vision, and double images of things seen.
Suddenly, an electric current flashed through my mind.
Maybe I shouldn't trust my eyes. He slowly looked away from the door.
Since directions can deceive people, change the reference point.
The whole time I looked at the moon above my head, there was only silvery white light in my eyes. I didn't care what was in front of me, I just ran after the moon anyway.
With a 'bang' sound, the whole person felt as if he had hit a rigid object, followed by a feeling of weightlessness after breaking through the obstacle.
Opening his eyes, he entered the hall on the first floor that had a strong atmosphere of time.
The moonlight comes in from the skylight and shines on the huge cross located in the center of the altar.
There is nothing there, but when you look over it, a picture will appear in your mind involuntarily.
It was a man wearing a crown of thorns, covered in blood and bound to it. He lowered his head, and the blood seeping from his hands and feet soaked the ground.
It was obviously a terrifying sight, but I couldn't feel any fear in my heart.
It seems that I still want to get close to Him, which is a kind of worship from the heart.
Redeem me, take me away, wash away the sins from me!
At this moment, Joey seemed to have a God's perspective, existing in an incredible state. He could see his body approaching the cross.
You can even clearly see the facial expression of that body, which is frightened and at a loss.
This kind of power is obviously not something he can resist.
Seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, although he didn't know what would happen, his intuition told him that he could not continue like this.
He mobilized his spirit and repeated one word in his heart: "Return..."
It wasn't until the fifth time that he suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the cross again. It was white and flawless, covered with silvery white, and there was nothing on it.
"Huh~" He gasped for air and patted his chest with lingering fear, warning himself to be more careful next time.
"It's nothing to be so wary all the time!"
This place is only about the size of a sesame seed, and the cross is right in the middle of the altar. It's hard not to notice it. If you don't pay attention, you'll get tricked.
Joey thought for a moment, then walked around behind the cross, gritted his teeth, and overturned it entirely.
"boom"
With a loud bang, the cross turned into a pile of rubble.
Joey nodded on his forehead and left and right shoulders, looking like a devout believer.
"Amitabha, um, that's wrong, it should be Amen."
After dealing with this, he ran straight to the second floor.
The source of pollution, the strange crystal ball on the second floor is the key suspect.
I just don't know if it's still there.
And Joey wasn't sure whether the place he entered last time was the same place as now.
After all, there was a fire last time and everything was annihilated by the flames.
It's hard not to be suspicious of them appearing intact after just one day.
'Da da da~'
Going up the spiral staircase and in the black passage, there was only the sound of Joey's slow and crisp footsteps.
The bluestone-paved floor was covered with thick dust, as if no one had ever cleaned or stepped on it. The process of climbing up was depressing.
Finally, after turning around countless times, he reached the second floor.
The scene I saw was different from what I expected. It was not like what I saw last night, with five narrow vertical windows.
For the first time, its use was geared towards a clergy retreat.
The current layout here is more like a carefully arranged ritual magic altar.
The windows used for lighting are blocked by five long stone slabs as high as a person.
The stone slabs are carved with ancient, obscure patterns that look like humans but not humans, and beasts but not beasts. They look like new lives pieced together from various species.
Located in the center of the room is a cylindrical stone table about half a meter high.
The stone table is not round or square in the traditional sense, but an irregular rhombus. It has nine corners with numbers 1 to 9 engraved on them.
In the middle of the stone table is an inverted arm, holding a crystal clear bead in its palm.
At first glance, it looks like an eyeball.
It seemed to blink as Joey came closer.
This feeling is wonderful, as if you are a guest and the host greets you politely.
Joey couldn't help but said: "Hello"
I'm so out of my mind that this would happen. He smiled wryly and shook his head.
However, at this moment, a hollow voice came from his ears.
"Hello!"
The sudden sound really startled Joey.
"Who? Who's talking?"
He looked around nervously, but did not find the second person here.
After hesitating for two seconds, he fixed his eyes on the crystal ball and asked tentatively: "Is it you who is talking?"
The transparent crystal ball suddenly rippled with red, becoming more and more like a human eye.
In front of the empty stone table, a chair suddenly appeared.
Are you asking me to sit down?
Joey seemed to understand what it meant and didn't feel the slightest bit of hostility.
There were many questions in his heart. Although he was anxious, Joey knew that the most critical thing at the moment was to solve the unstable factor of Harvey first.
He pulled out the chair and sat on it, glancing at the numbers on the stone table without revealing any trace. He happened to find that the corresponding number was 1.
The sconce on the wall flickered, illuminating the entire room in an instant.
The place, which is about ten square feet, is small and depressing.
The ceiling, walls, and floor are all carved with strange symbols, none of which were there last time.
That formula seems to have been broken down into many steps.
"Who are you?"
Being able to express kindness and have self-awareness is obviously not something indescribable.
After Joey finished speaking, the room fell into dead silence for a while.
A full minute passed before I got a response.
"My name is Hiiragi Yunus"
This voice was erratic, as if coming from a crystal ball, or coming from all directions.
Joey even had trouble determining its gender from its voice.
Hiiragi Yunus? Duke's sister, or the priest who fell in the stairway?
After stepping here, Joey found that he could no longer hear anything going on outside.
I don’t know how Norm’s fight with Harvey went.
There shouldn't be any problem with the disciplinary priest or the main battle paladin. . . Bar?
He shook his head, trying to throw away all those random thoughts, and turned his attention back to the crystal ball.
"Are you... alive?"
He actually said this to test.
Because living is the definition given by people, and they, or they, do not have this concept.
While speaking, one of his hands slowly moved behind his back to grab the leg of the chair.
Not getting the response he deserved, Joey asked again:
"You ever met me?"
The red color in the transparent crystal ball is twisting and deforming, as if it wants to gather into a certain shape.
When Joey was about to take action, the ethereal voice sounded again:
"When you look up at the stars, have you ever thought about why there is silence in the vast galaxy?"
When he heard these words, Joey's mind felt like he was struck by a muffled thunder.
Just for a moment, his head felt like it was about to explode.
This knowledge from unknown existences is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Damn it, He wants to pollute me, what should I do?
At this moment, his body lost control. He wanted to cover his ears and didn't want to hear those words, but he couldn't do anything.
"Perhaps it's not that there is no sound in the universe, but that the human race has not yet evolved ears that can hear those sounds, and cannot see because it has not evolved eyes that can see them."
"Stop talking, stop talking." Joey could clearly feel the spiritual factors in his body beginning to stir uncontrollably.
Blood was oozing out from the eyes, ears, mouth and nose uncontrollably.
While Joey is in crisis, Norm is not doing much better outside.
As a disciplinary priest, his attack method is mainly thunder, he can release small lightning, and he has powerful physical functions.
These had no effect on Harvey. The lightning struck his body like an insulator that could not conduct electricity.
Harvey Jeffrey previously belonged to the same Church of Light as him, in the same channel, and was very aware of the Paladin's attack methods.
In this case, he had the absolute upper hand.
crackle~
Norm shouted loudly, raised his finger to the sky, and a centipede-shaped lightning appeared out of thin air.
What kind of monster is this and why does it have no effect?
"Um?"
This attack was originally just to block the opponent's progress. It was expected that Harvey would be like before, not even bothering to hide.
Unexpectedly, this time, he actually made a dodge action.
Norm was a little surprised by this.
One chasing and the other escaping, neither one can do anything to the other.
Norm circled around the black church. He also tried to enter the church, but he was stopped by Harvey every time and could only circle around the outside.
"Are you waiting for that kid~" Harvey opened his mouth and showed a sinister smile.
An uneasy thought flashed through Norm's mind, but on the surface, he pretended to be confident and said coldly:
"Are you scared?"
"Ha~" Harvey said with a joking smile: "Don't waste your efforts, you will all die here."
Norm's face was solemn, and he couldn't grasp the meaning of Harvey's words for a while. He could only pray that no accident would happen.
He still believed in Joey, and had to believe it, because at the moment, there was no other option.
etc? Did you forget something? It occurred to Norm that there were three people coming in.
His eyes began to search around, and then he realized that a person who had been ignored was missing.
He clearly remembered that Joey was the only one who entered the church, while Duke stayed at the entrance.
Now, what about people? Where have you gone?
While avoiding Harvey's pursuit, he was looking for traces of Duke.
Finally, in an inadvertent trance, Duke's figure was discovered.
When Norm found him, Duke was carefully climbing up on the roof of the black church.
What is he doing there? Forget it, let’s lure people away.
Although he didn't know what Duke was planning to do, he decided to cooperate.
He wanted to lure people further away. He had always fought within the Black Church range before, but now, he decided to expand the range.
It was also at this time that Norm was surprised to find that no matter how he ran, he could not leave a defined area.
The same law of equilibrium that Joey encountered also occurred with Norm.
One step away, but still unable to leave the circle.
He suspected that Harvey had tampered with it and couldn't help but turn his head and look behind him.
Harvey looked at him with a half-smile and said, "I told you, you will all die here, don't even think about getting out."
Norm also laughed, laughing wildly. He saw Duke standing on top of the black church steeple, where was a huge cross.
"why are you laughing?"
Harvey, who thought he had a chance to win, suddenly felt bad when he saw Norm's expression. Following his line of sight, he happened to see the huge cross sculpture being toppled.
"No" he shouted heartbreakingly, trying to stop it, but it was already too late.
The cross fell from the roof, hit the ground with a bang, and shattered into countless pieces.
It was also at this time that Duke shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Norm, do it. Now your magic can cause harm to him."
"Yeah!" Norm's expression froze, and then he was overjoyed.
Regardless of whether it was true or false, he raised his hand and poked out a thick bolt of lightning, hitting Harvey's back directly.
Duke's actions made Harvey lose his mind. He didn't come back to his senses at the first moment and received a thunderbolt from Norm.
Boom~
Different from the past, this attack finally made Norm feel the feeling of hitting an object.
"It works!" Norm was overjoyed. He pursued the victory and was behind Harvey in a blink of an eye.
The palm of his right hand became a claw, with crackling arcs wrapped around it.
The target is aimed directly at Harvey's heart. If this attack is carried out, even if Harvey is a mythical creature, he will not be able to withstand it.
Tsk~
The sound of the sharp blade entering the body is so beautiful.
Phew~ The two were separated at the first touch, and Harvey appeared ten meters away.
At this time, he had lost an arm and was looking at Norm gloomily.
If he hadn't forced his body to deviate at the last moment, he might have lost more than just an arm.
This is not the most angry thing, the most hateful thing is that his secret was discovered.
"You deserve to die!"
He simply gave up on Norm, dragged his broken arm, turned around and jumped into the air, his target being Duke on the roof of the church.
