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Chapter 24
Chapter 24
Rajel led the temple guardians to the entrance of this underground lair.
This is the second time Louisa has come here, and she has a serious expression: "From here, the buildings on the marked ground are near the slum, and most of the people in it are also slum people."
"Poverty and ignorance are a pair of twins." Rajel said lightly, his light blue eyes glanced coldly at the simple wooden door, and walked in directly.
As soon as he stepped into this cave-like place, Rajel felt a strong sign of descending.
"A divine descent happened here?" Rajel asked the priest beside him, "Can you feel which one is descending?"
The priest was dressed in a dark blue robe and wore a circle of crescent grass woven into a headband. He gently stroked the book in his hand and slowly shook his head: "This god is not in our hands. within the record."
"Let's go and see the scene first." Rajel stepped forward.
Everyone came to the sacrificial hall where the magic circle was drawn. The corpses here have been removed, and the only thing left is the blood-covered ground and an incomplete magic circle.
"This circle is full of evil aura." Luisa couldn't help but say, "Such an aura of hatred, they must have been full of despair and hatred before they died."
Rajel agreed with Luisa's judgment. He said, "Let's preside over the purification ceremony. You can't let this land be polluted."
This kind of evil purification is what the priests of Tanuman, the Lord of Radiance, are good at. In order to solve this incident, the Tanuman Temple sent three priests to accompany him.
They began to draw circles and burn incense made of calendula, undead wood, and Vitiligo powder.
When the priests began their ceremony, everyone stepped back so as not to disturb them.
Rajel walked into the passage and asked Louisa in a low voice, "Ms. Louisa, I heard that there are three children who are not with the others?"
"Yes, they are almost about to be sacrificed." Luisa sighed, "Fortunately, we arrived in time, and we don't know what will happen if we are later."
"Can you take me to see where they were found?" Rajel asked. "I'm a little worried."
"Just around here, come with me." Louisa took Rajel to the execution room.
Rajel walked to the door and sighed: "There is also a strong resentment here."
"Yes, this place also needs purification." Louisa pushed open the door of the execution room and motioned for Rajel to look in. "It's here."
Rajel carefully inspected the contents, looked at the shackles that had been cut open, and said thoughtfully, "Louisa, I think, maybe it's not just us who came to rescue these children."
"Actually, I also have this concern." Luisa frowned, "I am more worried that some of those children have been possessed by evil spirits."
"It's not impossible." Rajel agreed with Luisa's words, "Then I will report the results of the investigation to the Lord Cardinal, and if necessary, we can use all means to find out the truth."
Louisa frowned and nodded.
Rajel looked at Luisa's expression and asked politely, "Is there anything else I haven't noticed?"
"No, I just remembered the fairy tale book I read when I was a child." Luisa loosened her eyebrows and replied with a smile, "You may have heard of it, it's a story about the hero who defeated the evil god."
"I've heard it." Rajel smiled and recited in a long tone.
"On the first day, a hero was born, with the eyes to see through all things in the world, holding the spear of thunder that penetrates all things in the world, and fighting the evil god to the death."
"I don't know why I thought of this." Luisa said apologetically, "Sorry, it's a little out of time."
Rajel smiled and said, "The exorcism ceremony should be over, let's go back and have a look."
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Lucia's consciousness slowly woke up, she didn't dare to open her eyes, and carefully listened to the movements around her.
Very quiet.
[Lucia. 】 Mistry's voice sounded on the Lucia alarm clock.
[Am I being rescued? 】 Lucia asked Mistry.
[Yes, but now you are still in the observation period, and you are still in the seminary. 】Mistry explained the concept of the observation period without waiting for Lucia to ask questions, 【In short, they suspect that some of you are possessed by the evil god. 】
[…Actually, I don’t think it’s surprising to think so. 】 Lucia couldn't help complaining, 【Look at what happened after your arrival, are you really not a heretic god? 】
[All gods come, and their power exceeds the carrier's tolerance limit, and this will be the case. 】 Mistry explained innocently, 【Because when you prayed, the intensity of your will exceeded the bearing limit of the magic circle, so my power overflowed. 】
【Then can't you put in a little less power? 】 Lucia complained.
[When I noticed it, I had already started to recycle my power. 】Mistri tried hard to restore his image in Lucia's heart, 【Besides, this is also my first divine descent, I can't grasp it well. 】
[Well, what you said makes sense. 】 Lucia accepted Mistry's explanation, 【What should I do now, I'm so hungry. 】
[...] Mistry thought for a while, [Then why don't you wake up first? 】
Anyway, listening to Mistry's meaning, sooner or later, Lucia opened her eyes and found herself in the treatment room of the seminary.
She was the only one in the whole room, Lucia struggled to get up from the bed, feeling pain everywhere.
Lucia sat on the edge of the bed and looked down, and found that all the abrasions on her body had been treated, and several more serious places had also been bandaged.
The calf of the right leg was the hardest hit area, and all of them were splinted to fix it, and it looked like it was broken.
Lucia was thirsty and hungry, and when she was about to open her mouth to call someone, the door of the treatment room was opened, and Teacher Luisa walked in.
"Lucia, are you awake?" Louisa asked gently.
"Yeah." Lucia replied, looking at Luisa eagerly, "I'm so hungry."
Luisa laughed, and she touched Lucia's head: "What do you want to eat?"
"I want to go home and eat my mother's cooking." Lucia said obediently, "Teacher, I want to go home."
"The teacher also wants you to go back." Luisa has always been patient with Lucia, "but you have just encountered a terrible thing, you need to check it carefully, understand?"
"Okay." Lucia replied obediently, "Then I want to drink oatmeal."
"Okay, I'll bring it to you right away." Luisa agreed to Lucia's request, "Wait for the teacher here, and I'll get it for you."
Lucia nodded obediently.
Luisa stood up, looked back before closing the door, and found that Lucia was sitting obediently on the bed. When the two of them met, Lucia smiled sweetly at her: "Thank you, teacher."
"No thanks." Luisa also smiled and closed the door.
She especially likes this gentle and well-behaved little girl. She is obviously favored by all gods, but she is never proud. An ordinary child from an ordinary family will never feel inferior when she comes to a class that is either rich or expensive.
Although there is no child yet, Louisa always feels that if she has a child, it must be like Lucia.
Hope she is not possessed by evil spirits.
Louisa thought in a complicated mood.
After Lucia wakes up, even if the kidnapped children are all awake this time, the ceremony will be arranged.
After Luisa asked the guardian of the temple who stayed here to report to Rajel, she prepared oatmeal, sliced bread, and bacon for Lucia and sent it in.
Watching Lucia take a bite of porridge and a mouthful of bread with her bandaged hands, Luisa tried to ask her what happened a few times.
But in the end she held back.
Lucia was not allowed to know that she was suspected until it was examined.
The next day, Lucia was taken to the pantheon of the seminary.
Because Lucia fractured her right leg, she was put in a wheelchair and pushed by Louisa into the building, which had never been open since school started.
Compared with the original Pantheon, it is much smaller. It is a prototype building with a diameter of more than 20 meters, and the murals of the gods are painted on the dome of more than 10 meters.
Unlike the hazy image of the Pantheon, the frescoes here are much clearer, and Lucia can easily distinguish the top seven gods.
Is the so-called censorship meant to be censored by the gods?
Lucia was taken to the side of the temple and found that the other kidnapped children were also nearby, but everyone, like her, was followed by the guardian of the temple and kept their distance.
In the center of the temple are several priests who seem to hold important positions, and the Lucia at the head is still a little impressive.
The man seemed to be called Rajel, the bishop of the Temple of Kurata.
He looked very young, as if he was not in his twenties, with white hair tied up at the back of his head, wearing a dark green robe, and the expression on his face was cold and self-controlled.
Is he responsible for this time?
Lucia thought, and saw another person walking out of the priests. This person was obviously dressed more formally than the others. He stepped out more and more, walked to the altar in the center of the temple, and started the ceremony.
Following the priest's prayer, a gust of wind blew through, and among the portraits of the gods, one of the gods gradually became brighter, casting a faint phantom on the altar.
The face of this god is no different from that of a human man, but he has the wings of an eagle and his feet are like eagle claws.
All the people around them bowed respectfully, reciting the name of the gods in their mouths, and paying tribute to the descending gods.
Lucia hurriedly bent down, but she was stunned, and she didn't know who the god in front of her was and what she was doing.
This can't blame her either. Since she came to the seminary, every day has been an endless general education class.
Up to now, Lucia has remembered forty or fifty gods, but he has not even completed the study of secondary gods... It can be seen that there are too many gods in this world.
[It is Samut, the god of truth who sees through lies. 】 Mistry comforted Lucia, 【You haven't learned yet, it's normal to not know. 】
[He is Tanuman's follower? 】 Lucia asked sharply.
【clever! 】 Mistry praised in surprise, 【How do you know. 】
[Have you not noticed, the names of these gods are all in the same line. 】 Lucia couldn't help but complain, 【Tanuman, Kurata, Samut...the names sound exactly the same. 】
[This is just an accident. 】 Mistry's voice brought a smile, 【Look, for example, in the town in charge of Destruction and Midwinter, there is a god named Fabia that belongs to him. 】
The breeze gradually dissipated, and after Lucia and the others saluted, they looked up and found that Samut had a red eye open on his forehead.
[That is the eye of truth that discerns all lies. 】
[It looks pretty cool.】 Lucia was also a little envious, and couldn't help but say, "Can we develop a make-up business in the lottery?】
【……what?】 Mistry didn't expect Lucia to still think about this.
Lucia thought Mistry didn't understand, and explained it in detail: [It's the kind of makeup that you can stick a nice pattern on your face, change the color of your hair, and change the color of your eyes.】
【……Can.】 After Mistry answered, he relentlessly asked, 【You are about to be questioned, have you thought of a countermeasure?shall I teach you?】
[I can tell the truth.】 Lucia is also thoughtful, 【and, this is also a good time.】
【opportunity?】 Mistry was a little puzzled.
【Want to know?】 Lucia asked mysteriously.
Mistry admitted honestly: [Think.】
【I won't tell you~】