Deep Sea Embers

Those figures in burkas and hoods naturally noticed Duncan standing in the middle of the road without dodging or avoiding.

At this moment, Duncan was still the same as when he just left the cave. His thin and dry body was covered with ragged clothes, and the rags temporarily put on his upper body blocked the big hole in his chest. He just stood carelessly in the middle of the road. , but it looked like they were frightened by the "hooded man" who suddenly appeared-and those figures in burqas were obviously surprised, they were obviously stunned for a while, and then the leader Suddenly, a cry came out: "One of the sacrifices has escaped!"

Immediately afterwards, Duncan saw them running towards this side, and another person shouted while running: "Quick! Stop him! Don't let him run!"

Duncan shrugged, and just continued to look at these figures running towards him with no expression on his face. No matter how he looked, he didn't look like a good person. As he rushed over, he yelled: "Don't let him escape!" "A sacrifice has escaped!"

As a result, Duncan's behavior of standing obediently in the middle of the road without dodging or evading made the atmosphere awkward. The people who ran and shouted towards this side obviously felt that something was wrong halfway through, and the shouts in their mouths were involuntary. Stopped suddenly, but had to continue running this way, Duncan could almost smell embarrassment mixed with irritation from under their dark hoods - and then these awkward and angry people surrounded him front and back up.

Only then did Duncan look around at the figures around him, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Should I run away just now? After all, the atmosphere is here..."

Those figures in burqas didn't seem to hear Duncan's cold joke, they just glanced at him vigilantly and cautiously, and then looked in the direction behind Duncan, two of them quickly lowered their heads to talk After a few sentences, Duncan vaguely heard what they were talking about:

"Why did one come out?"

"Could it be that the church's hyenas discovered this hiding place...but he doesn't look like he was let out..."

"Anyway, take it back first, this sacrifice that ran out is not quite right...it must be disposed of quickly."

"Let the messenger make the decision."

Duncan didn't know the details of this group of people at all, let alone what the "messenger" mentioned by the other party meant, but thinking of what he saw along the way and the word "sacrifice" mentioned by the other party, He has already vaguely guessed some of the truth here.

He didn't know how he should react to be considered a "normal sacrifice", and he had no intention of cooperating with these people to "perform" at all. Outside the Lost Homeland, he used a temporary body. There were obviously few things to worry about, so after observing the surrounding situation for a while, he simply asked, "Where are you taking me?"

Those wearing burqas were obviously a little surprised when they heard the "sacrifice" speak calmly in front of them. Even though their hoods still wore black veils that completely concealed their faces, Duncan could guess their surprise at the moment , one of the men in black glared viciously at the "sacrifice" in front of him through his mask, and said in a low voice, "You are not qualified to ask questions—take them away!"

Several men in black robes stepped forward immediately, but before they could do anything, Duncan took the initiative to take a step forward: "You don't need to do anything, I will just go with you."

Several men in black robes looked at each other, probably feeling that the spirit of the "sacrifice" in front of them was a bit abnormal, but the leader of the man in black robe waved his hand: "This is the best, you won't be able to escape anyway... Come with us." , you may still be able to meet the glory with dignity."

Several men in black robes surrounded Duncan like this, sealed off all his "escape" routes from front to back, left and right, and led him deeper into the sewer.

The stench and filthy smell in the sewer was disgusting, but these men in black robes walked on the dirty and moldy road calmly as if they didn't notice at all. Duncan remained expressionless as he followed these men in black robes forward. He listened attentively to the conversations of these people—these men in black robes didn’t talk much among themselves, but in the occasional few conversations, Duncan still heard words such as “Prand”, “Consul”, and “Church”. useful words.

"Is this the city-state of Purland?" Duncan said suddenly, as calmly as if he was chatting with an acquaintance.

"Nonsense..." One of the men in black replied subconsciously, but then he reacted and gave Duncan a ghostly look, "You are very calm, boy, do you know what will happen next?"

"I can probably guess it," Duncan nodded, even with a smile on his face, and then he asked tentatively, "The real Sun God... isn't it?"

The steps of the men in black obviously stopped for a moment. They seemed to have misunderstood Duncan's strange reaction. One of them whispered to his companion: "Wait, is this also a believer of the Lord?"

"Impossible, he is obviously an escaped sacrifice..." Another man in black robe said in a low voice, and then he glanced at Duncan, "You are quite clever, but don't think that you can avoid the sacrifice... The Lord has ordained your destiny, and you'd better accept it."

Duncan was noncommittal. He knew that his overly calm reaction caused the group of suspected heretics to have a wrong imagination. Most of them thought that they were pretending to be calm and pretending to be "believers" to try to survive, but the real Only Duncan himself knows the situation.

The temporarily occupied body is struggling to move normally, and the muscles on his face are as stiff as the extremities of necrosis... Of course, there is only a calm expressionless face left!

But he didn't care what these cultists were thinking, he just wanted to collect as much information as possible in this "one-time exploration operation", so he asked casually: "What do you think the current situation in the sky is?" Is the 'sun' a false sun? Do you think it will fall sooner or later?"

"Of course the false sun will fall!" This is obviously a topic that can stimulate these cultists, and Duncan heard a positive and fanatical reaction from one of them as he wished, "Even the lackeys of the Holy See must be admitted in the general history The sun in the sky is a twisted and grotesque thing that only appeared after the Great Annihilation! It is the sun god who really brought life and order to all things in the world, but my Lord was usurped by that despicable fake... Sooner or later, the despicable fake will There is a time when it will collapse from the sky!"

Immediately afterwards, Duncan heard the surrounding cultists responding: "Sooner or later, the false sun will fall!" "The real sun god will recover soon!" "The excess sea water in the world will be driven back to nothingness by the great power of the sun god." In the deep space, the earth will return to a fertile and stable era!"

Listening to the words of these cultists who have obviously begun to speak up, Duncan's thoughts are spinning rapidly in his mind. He knows that this kind of fanatical cultists cannot be understood by common sense, and most of what they believe in is distorted and tampered with. Later information, but some of the information they revealed is still worthy of reference——

The "sun" hanging in the sky is a fake...

The true sun has been usurped of power...

They firmly believe that the true sun is a fallen god, and that that god will "rise from blood and fire"...

They also mentioned the excess sea water in the world, and the era of abundance and stability... What do these words mean?

Duncan had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but those few cultists calmed down after a while. They still remembered the business and that they were escorting an escaped "sacrifice", so the few people closest to Duncan returned to silence. The two at the end of the line muttered a few words:

"Do you think this 'sacrifice' is a bit evil?"

"He doesn't seem quite right... I'm a little unsteady."

"Could it be that this sacrifice stayed in the dark underground for too long when he escaped before, and his spirit was given by something..."

"That's just right, the power of the Lord will purify him."

Duncan listened to the conversation behind him, and he especially noticed the words "lightless underground", but just when he wanted to gather more information from the conversation, the leader in black robe stopped. pace.

"Here we are."

The cultist in black robe said in a low and cold voice.

Duncan felt a little regretful in his heart, but immediately after, he was attracted by the scene in front of him.

Ahead is the end of a road, where several sewers meet, and in this wide space that looks like a small underground hall, there is a meeting place of black-robed cultists!