Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 19 Underground Assembly Hall

The figures wearing burqas and hoods naturally noticed Duncan standing in the middle of the road without dodging.

At this moment, Duncan was still the same as when he had just left the cave, his thin and shriveled body was covered with tattered clothes, and the rags temporarily put on his upper body blocked the big hole in his chest, he was standing in the middle of the road with such a big care, but he looked as if he was frightened by the "hooded man" that suddenly appeared - and the few figures in burqas were obviously also surprised, they were obviously sluggish for a moment, Then one of the leading talents suddenly shouted: "A sacrifice has run away!"

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

Duncan shrugged his shoulders, just continued to look at these figures running towards him expressionlessly, no matter how you look at them, they didn't look like good people, after weighing the current situation, he had no intention of running at all, but the few people on the opposite side were still rushing over and shouting, "Don't let him run!" "There is a sacrifice that escaped!"

As a result, Duncan's honest act of standing in the middle of the road without dodging made the atmosphere awkward, and the few people who were running and shouting this way obviously felt that something was wrong halfway through, and the shouting in their mouths stopped involuntarily, but they had to continue running this way, Duncan could almost smell the embarrassment mixed with annoyance from under their dark hoods - and then these embarrassed and annoyed people surrounded him, backward, left and right.

At this time, Duncan looked around at the figures around him, hesitated for a moment and then said, "Should I run away just now? After all, the atmosphere is here......"

The figures in burqas didn't seem to hear Duncan's cold jokes, they just glanced at the latter vigilantly and cautiously, and then looked in the direction behind Duncan, two of them quickly lowered their heads and talked a few words, Duncan vaguely heard the content of their conversation:

"Why did one run out?"

"Could it be that the hyenas from the church discovered this hiding place...... But he doesn't look like he was released......"

"Anyway, take it back first, this sacrifice that ran out is not right...... I have to deal with it quickly.

"Let the messenger decide."

Duncan couldn't figure out what the details of this group were, let alone what the other party mentioned about "messengers", but thinking about what he had seen along the way before and the word "sacrifice" mentioned by the other party, he had already vaguely guessed some of the truth here.

He didn't know how to react to be considered a "normal sacrifice", and he didn't cooperate with these people's intention to "perform" at all, and in a place other than the lost home, a temporary body was used, and he obviously had very few things to worry about, so after observing the surrounding situation a little, he simply asked, "Where are you taking me?"

Those in burqas were obviously a little surprised when they heard the "sacrifice" in front of them speak calmly, although their hoods still had black gauze masks that completely covered their faces, but even then Duncan could guess their surprise at the moment, one of the black-robed men glanced viciously at the "sacrifice" in front of him through the mask, and his voice was low: "You are not qualified to ask questions - take it away!"

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

Several black-robed men looked at each other, probably feeling that the spirit of this "sacrifice" in front of them was a bit abnormal, but the black-robed man at the head waved his hand: "This is the best, you can't run away anyway...... Come with us, and you may be able to greet glory with dignity.

Several black-robed men gathered around Duncan like this, sealing all his "escape" routes back and forth, left and right, and taking him deeper into the sewers.

The fishy smell in the sewers was disgusting, but the black-robed men walked calmly on the dirty and moldy road as if they didn't notice it at all, Duncan was expressionless and silent, and as he followed the black-robed men forward, he listened carefully to the conversations of these people—these black-robed men didn't talk much to each other, but in the occasional few conversations, Duncan still heard words like "Pland", "Archon", "Church" and so on.

"This is the city-state of Prade?" Duncan suddenly spoke, as if chatting with an acquaintance.

"Nonsense...... one of the black-robed men replied subconsciously, but then reacted and glanced at Duncan like a hell, "You're calm, boy, do you know what's going to happen next?"

"You can probably guess," Duncan nodded, even with a smile on his face, and then he asked tentatively, "The real sun god...... Right?

Several black-robed men obviously paused for a moment, they seemed to have a wrong understanding from Duncan's strange reaction, among themOne of them whispered to his companion: "Wait, is this also a believer in the Lord?"

"Impossible, he is obviously a sacrifice who escaped......" The other man in black said in a low voice, and then glanced at Duncan, "You're quite clever, but don't think that this will avoid sacrifice...... The Lord has already decided your destiny, and you better accept it gladly.

Duncan was noncommittal, he knew that his overly calm reaction had caused the group of suspected cultists in front of him to make up for the wrong brains, most of them thought they were pretending to be calm and pretending to be "believers" to try to survive, but only Duncan himself knew the real situation.

The temporarily occupied body was unable to even move normally, and the muscles on his face were as stiff as peripheral 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: "Do you think the current 'sun' in the sky is a fake day?" Do you think it will fall sooner or later? "

Of course the false sun will eventually fall!" This was obviously a topic that could provoke these cultists, and Duncan got his wish and heard the positive and fanatical reaction of one of them, "Even the lackeys of the Holy See have to admit in the general history that the sun in the sky is a twisted and grotesque thing that appeared after the Great Annihilation!" It is the sun god who really brings vitality and order to all things in the world, but my lord has been usurped of his authority by that despicable fake...... Sooner or later, that despicable fake will fall from the sky!

Immediately afterwards, Duncan heard the cultists around him respond: "The fake day will fall sooner or later!" "The real sun god will soon be revived!" "The excess sea water in the world will be expelled back into the void by the great power of the Sun God, and the earth will return to the era of fertility and stability!"

Listening to the words of these cultists who had obviously begun to come up, Duncan was rapidly turning his thoughts in his mind, he knew that this kind of fanatical cultist could not be reasoned with common sense, and most of the things they firmly believed in were distorted and tampered with information, but some of the information they revealed was still worth referring to -

the "sun" hanging in the

sky was a fake......

The True Sun Has Been Deprived of Authority......

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

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

Duncan had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and the cultists calmed down after a while, they still remembered the business, and they remembered that they were escorting an escorting "sacrifice" that had escaped, so the few people closest to Duncan regained their silence, while the two people walking at the back of the line muttered a few words in a low voice:

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

"He doesn't seem to be right...... I was a little uneasy.

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

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

Duncan listened to the conversation behind him, he especially noticed the words "lightless underground", but just as he was about to gather more information from this conversation, the black-robed man at the head stopped.

"We're here."

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

Duncan suddenly felt a little regretful, but immediately afterwards, he was attracted by the scene in front of him.

Ahead was the end of a road, the intersection of several sewers, and in this space as wide as a small underground hall, it was a meeting place of the black-robed cultists!