Chapter 82 The Victims (The fifth update thanks to the Golden Alliance under the Wutong Tree) Feeling the light dim, Lumian quickly opened his eyes. The black robe worn by the "Invisible Man" lay on the altar, with marks of burning on its surface, but it did not stop. It tried hard to stand up again under the golden flames created by Valentine. The transparent faces, including Raymond's, kept disappearing and reappearing, as if they had returned from the destroyed "future" to the "present" where nothing was happening. Ryan saw this and immediately shouted: "Squat down!" Lumian bent his knees without hesitation and squatted down. If it wasn't too late, he would even want to lie down on the ground. Leah and Valentine were not much slower than him and also squatted down. At the same time, Ryan inserted the "Sword of Dawn" in his hand into the center of the altar and into the black robe. Silently, the giant sword of light broke into countless pieces and transformed into a bright morning storm in the altar, tearing everything apart and destroying everything. When the hurricane of light subsided, Lumian looked up and saw that the entire altar had become one-third shorter. The thorn symbol, candle essential oil, and black robe had all disappeared and turned into powder, floating in the air.
This move is so powerful... Lumian was thinking this yesterday afternoon. "Are you okay?" he asked. Leah stood up and turned around on the spot. The four small silver bells on her veil and boots tinkled again, neither soothing nor intense. "There are still hidden dangers." She reminded Ryan and Valentine, and then asked herself in confusion, "The altar is gone, where does the danger come from?" As she spoke, Valentine created golden flames and let them float in the air, illuminating the surroundings. At the edge of the basement, there was nothing but stacked human bones and a few sheepskins. The ceiling was simple and plain, without even a chandelier. Lumian said, “Huh?” "No extraordinary characteristics?" "Maybe they were sacrificed." Ryan said simply, "It may also be that they did not receive many 'gifts' at the beginning, and their strength was not strong, so they could only capture ordinary people as sacrifices. When they had good extraordinary abilities, such as this time, they began to target extraordinary people." It can be seen that they are not unfamiliar with the phenomenon of receiving "gifts". Ryan then continued: "There is nothing else to discover at the moment. Let's leave. There is no need to confront the hidden danger head-on." Lumian didn't react. He looked around again, searching for any hidden door from subtle traces. The answer is no. He led the way, taking Leah, Ryan and Valentine along a safe route to the exit of the basement. Just after coming out and returning to the narrow and steep stairs, Ryan suddenly groaned in pain. His body flew up by itself and slammed against the brown wooden door of the basement, causing a noticeable vibration in the staircase area. "puff"! Ryan's chest seemed to be pierced by an invisible spear, revealing an exaggerated wound, which caused him to be nailed to the wall and blood gushed out. If he hadn't reacted extremely quickly, moving his back and twisting his body in an instant, the blow would have definitely pierced his heart. However, Leah, who always had her "clairvoyance" activated, couldn't find the attacker at all! It was like Ryan was being punished by the gods.
Before they could find the source of the problem, Leah's smiling expression suddenly twisted. Her arms folded back on themselves. With a snap, her bones broke and her arms fell limply. Immediately afterwards, there was a noticeable dent in her abdomen, as if she had been hit by a huge fist, which made her take a step back and hit the side wall. Valentine, who had not yet climbed the stairs, screamed. The ribs on his chest were bent inward one by one, as if someone had hit him hard with a huge hammer. There were a series of popping sounds, and bloody wounds appeared on the abdomen and chest of Leah and Valentine, which went through their bodies and into the stone wall. Lumian was a little stunned. On the one hand, he was bewildered by this inexplicable change, but on the other hand, he was happy that he didn't seem to be affected by this strange attack. That black thorn symbol protected me? Just as this thought flashed through his mind, he suddenly felt himself being pushed by an invisible force and leaned against the wall on the side of the stairs. In his "spiritual vision", there was nothing in front of him. Thinking of what happened to Ryan and the others, Lumian immediately moved to the side. Intense pain instantly filled his mind. The skin on the right side of his chest burst, blood and flesh exposed, and the lung lobe inside could be vaguely seen. Lumian only felt as if there was a solid rod-like object there, piercing through him and nailing him to the wall. As his bright red blood flowed, Lion filled the area with morning light, which was effective in dispelling evil and breaking illusions. However, the four still could not see anything. boom! Ryan's chest was hit by an invisible hammer, and it caved in deeply. As the silver bells on Leah's veil and boots echoed violently, the nails on her hands were pried open one by one by an invisible force, pulled out, and stained with blood. The unspeakable pain made her unable to control her expression any longer; her face was distorted and terrified. Valentine opened his arms and let the holy beam of light that fell from the sky fall directly on him. The sun's rays burst forth suddenly, clearing away all evil and setting Valentine's body ablaze. But under the shining of the "sun", his hands stretched back uncontrollably and stuck to the wall. Two bloody holes immediately appeared at his wrists, nailing them to the wall. When the light died down, Valentine's face was charred in many places, and his skin was being peeled off inch by inch. Seeing what they went through, Lumian couldn't help but feel pain for them. I don’t know if it was the black thorn symbol that worked, but he was relatively less miserable. He was just constantly slapped by an invisible force, once on the left, once on the right, once on the left, once on the right. His face was red and swollen, his teeth were loose, and he couldn’t speak. As a new round of attacks was about to come, Lumian's eyes blurred and he saw a wilderness. There are mountains in the distance and a wilderness of green grass nearby. Two devil-like creatures with horns pulled a dark red open carriage that looked like a conch shell and quickly came to Lumian and the others from a distance.
Sitting in the car was a woman wearing a fresh green dress and a flower wreath. She had long brown hair tied up high, bright brown eyes, and a dignified and noble temperament, just like a much more mature Mrs. Pualis. She kept her promise and came to offer some help? Lumian was surprised at first, then delighted to find that he and his companions were no longer attacked by the invisible force. For some reason, he never felt that the person in front of him was Mrs. Pualis, or rather, she was not completely equal to Mrs. Pualis. She was like an unnatural product of Mrs. Pualis sewn together with some kind of will. In comparison, Lumian prefers to call her "Lady Night". Unlike the previous encounter in the other world, Mrs. Pualis held an oak branch with mistletoe wrapped around the top in one hand and a small bowl made of green jade in the other. There is a shimmering liquid in the small bowl. Mrs. Pualis used the oak branch to dip some of the liquid in the emerald bowl and sprinkled it on Lumian and others. After she sprinkled it three times in a row, Lumian found that the wound on his chest began to heal rapidly, the redness and swelling on his face subsided quickly, and he no longer felt like he was nailed to the wall and unable to move. Leah, Ryan and Valentine were also completely healed, and there was no sign of the brutal injuries they had just suffered. "What attacked us?" Lumian asked, thinking that he would not lose anything by asking. Mrs. Pualis, sitting in the dark red carriage, said in a condescending manner: "You have been tainted with a little bit of the scent of the 'Sufferer'. Fortunately, it is only a little bit, otherwise you would have to consider restarting." "The breath of the 'Sufferer', what is this?" Lumian glanced at Ryan and others and found that they were also confused. Mrs. Pualis answered in a soft voice: "That's all I know." "Then do you know what happened to the wizards and owls who died in the cemetery?" Lumian asked. Mrs. Pualis glanced at him: "If I had known, things wouldn't have turned out like this. I had planned to run this place as my 'territory', but now I have to leave." Run it into your territory? Lumian was shocked, and he felt that being trapped in a cycle was not a bad thing: "If Madam Pualis had really achieved her original goal, Aurore and I would have no idea how many babies we would have had by now! "Compared to this ending, being trapped in a cycle and possibly being destroyed at any time is not that hard to accept. "At least I died with a clear conscience!" Mrs. Pualis glanced at Leah and the others and said nothing more. She let the two devil-like black creatures pull the conch-like carriage and turn into the depths of the wilderness. When her figure disappeared from the sight of Lumian and others, the wilderness disappeared with it. At this time, they found themselves still in the basement, half on the stairs and one side close to the wooden door. If it weren't for the blood and fallen nails still on the ground and walls, they would definitely think that what they just experienced was just a real hallucination. "Leave first." Ryan quickly came back to his senses and told Valentine, "Deal with the traces we left behind." Valentine nodded and summoned an ethereal golden flame, burning away the blood and nails. All the way back to the church, the four were not attacked again. It was not known whether the "victim" aura was completely consumed or cleared away by the liquid sprinkled by Mrs. Pualis.
Lumian was about to leave through the side door when he suddenly saw the deputy parish priest Michel Garrigu standing outside the room where several sleeping servants were, staring blankly inside. This guy is back after filling his stomach? Lumian was about to avoid them when Michelle, a pretty girl with brown curly hair, suddenly turned her head and saw them. Ryan was about to go over and knock this guy out, but Michel Garrigu smiled enthusiastically and asked: "Are you here to pray? Do you need to go to confession?" Everyone else in this church has collapsed, and you care about whether to confess or not? Lumian looked at Michel as if he were a madman. Compared to last time, this guy's abnormality is more obvious! PS: Please vote for me for the fifth update~ Well, there will be the first update tomorrow at 00:05. (End of this chapter)