Harvey's hysterical voice echoed in the silent night sky for a long time.
Norm's offensive gave Duke some respite. Harvey was tired of dealing with it and watched Duke escape from under his nose.
Boom~
At the top of the black church, a big hole was opened in the wall, and a figure flew out from inside.
Joey felt severe pain all over his body and held the transparent crystal ball in his hand.
Seeing this, Norm quickly stepped forward to catch him.
"are you OK"
Joey thought it was over this time. When he was affected by that energy, he was thinking about how to land in a decent position to die.
When he opened his eyes and saw Norm's face, he knew he was saved.
But unfortunately, he couldn't hear any sound, he could only see Norm's mouth moving, and he had no idea what he said.
"Can't you hear?" Norm asked again.
This time, he judged the meaning from the shape of his lips and nodded slightly.
The previous scenes are still lingering in his mind. If he hadn't used his spirituality to forcibly close his five senses at a critical moment, he might have become a madman by now.
At this time, a deafening roar sounded:
"How dare you, how dare you?"
Harvey looked at the crystal ball in Joey's hand with panic on his face.
In stark contrast to his expression was Duke, who climbed down from the roof along the glazed tiles on one side.
Without concealing the joy on his face, he said loudly: "You really gave me an unexpected surprise."
Norm put a blue pill into Joey's mouth, which was a special healing medicine made by the temple.
The moment he entered the mouth, a cool feeling melted in his mouth, the pain in his body was relieved a lot, and his deaf ears could barely hear the sound.
Joey stood up, stretched his hands and feet, and threw the crystal ball in his hand to Norm.
"This thing should be the source of pollution."
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of miserable laughter came out, and it turned out to be Harvey.
At this time, Harvey held his head in his hands, looking panicked but not pretending.
"Oh, the source of pollution, you said that was the source of pollution! Do you know what you did? You released the devil?"
The hysterical questions made Joey confused.
"Is this crazy?" he said.
"No, you are wrong. How could he be crazy? This is a sign of happiness." Duke walked slowly step by step.
At this time, Duke's body had an incomprehensible meaning, as if he was a completely different person, whether it was his demeanor, expression, or tone of voice, it was different from before.
The most touching thing is the eyes, which are as black as ink and have no whites.
The pace of his approach was very slow, but every step he took was like stepping on people's hearts, making their hearts beat faster.
The crystal ball in Joey's hand suddenly flew away out of thin air and hung above several people's heads, emitting a bright and dazzling light.
Countless transparent threads appeared in the air. One end of these threads fell on everyone, and the other end was connected to the crystal ball.
"What is this? Why can't I move?"
Norm was shocked to find that he had no control over his body.
Duke was like a leader, leading everyone slowly towards the depths of the black church.
Joey fell in the end. In fact, he was not bound like Norm and Harvey, he was just pretending.
As for the purpose, I just want to see what Duke is going to do.
There must be some other purpose for trying so hard to trick him and Norm into coming here.
It was also at this time that Harvey made a panicked voice:
"Ah! Where is this? Why am I here?"
"Huh?" Norm glanced at him wordlessly and said angrily: "What the hell are you doing?"
interesting? Joey blinked calmly. Harvey's current performance confirmed something.
He asked nonchalantly: "Harvey, do you remember me?"
Duke walked at the front and didn't seem to care about their conversation.
Harvey looked at Joey suspiciously and frowned. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Who are you? Have we met?"
Norm interrupted at this time: "Joy, what's going on with him?"
Now his head is full of questions, and he feels like everyone is playing riddles. What's the matter? Let's fight for real, hide and tuck, what are you doing? He hates using his brain the most, otherwise he wouldn't know how to do it. Easily deceived.
"Hey" Joey sighed leisurely:
"I thought wrong before. It was not Duke who was implanted in the memory, but Harvey. He was Duke's puppet on the surface to attract the target."
He looked helpless and couldn't hide the bitterness in his tone:
"It is known that Harvey Jeffrey is an apostate, and Duke, as a victim, can hardly arouse our suspicion. It is also under these circumstances that he led us to this church step by step."
"As for his purpose, I think we will know it soon."
Because at this time, Duke pushed open a door, which was a passage extending downward.
咻咻咻~
The moment the door was opened, gas lamps lit up on the walls of the passage, illuminating the road with their dim yellow light.
Didn't realize there was a basement? This was something Joey didn't expect.
The stairs extending downward were so long that Joey almost forgot how long he had walked.
Just when he was impatient and wanted to speak, a light suddenly appeared in front of him. Through the light, what appeared in front of him was an upside-down red church.
It was strange, as if it had the characteristics of a living being.
There is a viscous transparent liquid under your feet. It is like a mirror and water.
"Yeah~" This kind of thing replaced the ground. Joey couldn't adapt for a while and shouted. It's a bit like the glass plank road in a previous life.
Only half of the inverted red church is exposed, with some areas partially buried under transparent liquid.
Could that part be the black church above? Joey thought with a skeptical look on his face.
Duke walked in front and gently opened the door of the red church.
Suddenly, a burst of inaudible murmuring suddenly sounded.
Such as complex electromagnetic waves that are difficult to receive on radio signals.
Constantly interfering with people's willpower and inducing negative emotions deep inside.
Those things that I dare not do rationally, at this moment, my thoughts are constantly being evoked.
It's like hating a person and having the urge to kill him, but your reason tells you not to do that. So now, the reason that stopped you is being wiped away, and the thought of killing is constantly impacting your will.
The crystal ball in Duke's hand burst out with bright red light. It slowly detached and floated into the air, suspended there.
It is the moon.
Red light illuminated the surroundings, and the inside of the church was dozens of times larger than what it looked like from the outside.
In front of it, the human figure is like a small, pitiful ant, not even a step high.
The distance from the entrance to the altar is over a hundred meters, and there are rows of huge stone monuments erected on the left and right, like soldiers guarding the church.
It is engraved with obscure patterns and symbols.
The sudden red light seemed to wake up the church that had been sleeping for an unknown period of time.
In the gaps between the stone monuments, there are also huge statues erected. Their upper bodies are human, their lower bodies are fish tails, and they hold trident-like weapons in their hands.
Each statue is carved very delicately. If you look at the upper body alone, it looks like a living person.
Their heads were neatly looking at one place, the huge throne in the center of the altar.
Joey walked at the end, observing the statues, and after a long time, he inevitably had an illusion in his heart.
That thing seemed alive.
The eyes of the statue are clearly looking forward, but it always feels like they are looking this way. This feeling is both strange and terrifying.
The front end of the huge throne is an irregular cylinder with 9 corners corresponding to 9 grooves.
There happens to be a crystal ball inside the groove, and one of the 9 positions is vacant.
Duke walked past the statues and knelt devoutly before the throne.
At this time, the red crystal hanging in the air was shining brighter and brighter.
The surrounding temperature rose sharply. Joey had experienced this feeling once. It was a sign that the fire was about to erupt.
Norm and Harvey also noticed it, but unlike Joey, they couldn't control their bodies at all now.
You can only watch the red light getting stronger and stronger, and the person who shines can't open your eyes.
Joey slowed down silently, and no one noticed that he was falling behind.
Duke fell on his face and chanted piously and humbly:
"The owner of storms and lightning, the ruler of all schools of fish"
As he prayed, the temperature around him grew higher and higher.
The hot air makes people feel suffocated.
The most serious one is Duke, who is closest to the red crystal.
At this time, his body was like an ice cube, melting bit by bit, and his hair fell off in pieces, connected to his scalp. In just two minutes, he turned into a bald head.
Their clothes turned to ashes under the high temperature, the hair on their bodies fell away, fish-like fins grew out of their backs, and their ears became long and narrow.
"This is not a call from the Supreme Mother Goddess at all, but from the Poseidon. We have all been deceived," Nomu roared angrily.
Poseidon is a moody god, just like his honorable name, storm and lightning, full of violence and uncertainty.
Poseidon, with authority that rivals the Seven Gods, was once expected to become the eighth true god.
No one knows what happened. They only know that the former eighth god is now suspected to have become an evil god. Most of the people who pray to him will encounter bad things, and only a very small number of people will get a positive response. .
This caused Poseidon to lose most of his followers.
From the time when Barbara disappeared to the present day, not to mention Norm, even Joey agreed that the enemies he faced were the pagans of the Supreme Mother Goddess.
"Damn, you wasted so much time, Duke, you deserve to die" Norm was furious now.
When he thought of Freya's whereabouts now unknown, he could hardly contain his emotions.
At this time, Harvey Youyou, who had never spoken before, spoke:
"you are wrong"
His voice is abrupt, and his character has been almost forgotten since Duke was exposed.
"Those missing people were kidnapped by the same organization."
"What do you know?" Norm turned to look at Harvey with burning eyes and asked.
Harvey pointed at Duke, who was kneeling on the ground, and then pointed at his own head: "He and I are actually the same person. Just now, I had a lot more memories in my mind."
Harvey looked at Joey who was hiding himself behind the sculpture, with only half of his body exposed.
The expression and demeanor on his face looked more and more like Duke.
"Joy, do you remember what was written in that picture album?"
"Are you Duke now, or are you Harvey?" The face clearly belonged to Harvey, but I really felt that it was Duke who was talking to him. This feeling made Joey feel weird.
"There is no Duke, and there is no Harvey. There is only one person from beginning to end, Duke Cormi, the top person in charge of the Port Leia Church."
"Only man lies, He cannot lie"
"Duke Cormy died on September 9, 1375"
"Joy Creevey died on December 3, 1385"
He repeated it expressionlessly, his eyes fixed on Joey strangely, as if he wanted to see him from the inside out.
Noam suddenly woke up. He was wary of everything around him. Mr. Noam, who was not good at thinking, was now very confused.
He realized that there was something wrong with everyone there except him.
"You don't seem surprised?" Harvey, or Duke, looked at Joey in surprise.
Then Zi Gu nodded and murmured: "You have met him, right?"
He slowly moved his gaze to the red crystal above his head that emitted a burning breath: "The guy who hides the deepest."
Joey nodded noncommittally and said, "I did make a deal with him."
Harvey looked at him with regret and sighed: "Hey, it's too late."
Joey didn't understand what he meant, and rolled his eyes, already looking for an escape route.
At this moment, in the darkness, figures appeared from all directions in the church.
There were men, women, and children, with expressionless faces, holding crosses in their hands, and chanting obscure incantations.
These are the former residents of Leavitt Street.
They were like a group of puppets without any consciousness. Their bodies stiffly and slowly approached the throne, following Duke on his knees.
Let the hot red light burn their body clothes, and soon the group of people became like Duke, with fish-like fins growing out of their backs and their ears becoming pointed.
Now Joey can't figure out who is lying.
But one thing he was sure of was that it was very dangerous now. If no action was taken, it would really be over.
Duke Cormy died ten years ago, so who are the people following them these days? A huge cloud hangs overhead.
Among the group of believers, Joey saw a man in a daze. He was unkempt, with messy hair covering most of his face.
It was Yunus, the homeless man he met when he first entered this space.
He was also the one who tricked him into entering the Black Church.
correct? notes!
He suddenly remembered that there was a scripture wrapped in a handkerchief in his coat pocket.
That was found on the body found in the black church.
The situation is critical now. Nomu's ability to move is restricted by the red crystal, and he obviously has no hope. Although he could move by himself, it was useless.
Didn't you see that there were suddenly so many people suspected of being 'enemies' here? They couldn't beat them.
