Invincible Chapter 225
Sirius took Kane into the monster cafeteria by mistake.
Uh, to be precise, it's not considered a mistake, it's a special way to open up, allowing them to participate in this unique dinner party.
Feeling deeply that Sirius, who fell into the monster's den, could no longer keep calm, his hand holding the wand was shaking.
He tried it not long ago, and he has basically confirmed that apparation cannot be used here.
The monsters eating seemed to be used to seeing him like this. Most of them glanced twice before turning their attention to the smiling Kane and the expressionless No. 8 and No. 13.
The hunger and thirst of hunting and eating revealed in their eyes is frank and straightforward, just like wild beasts. However, none of the monsters actually rushed to attack. This is obviously an invisible but powerful binding force at work.
It is against this background that characters with the characteristics of the principal appear.
"Welcome, welcome, those who can come to the banquet hall by themselves are our potential brothers and sisters."
Kane looked over in search of the sound, which came from his right side.
From the perspective of the layout of the place, the position of the four of them now is equivalent to the corner of the professor's seat in the Hogwarts auditorium, and the source of the sound is close to the position where Dumbledore gave speeches every time the opening ceremony, there are a bunch of unique bonfire.
This bonfire is first dug a hole in the ground, then placed a cauldron-like brazier, and then added firewood and special fuel to ignite it.
The bonfire is green, and the flying sparks are also green, like the taillights of fireflies, flickering on and off, and will last for a long time before they are completely extinguished.
The bonfire also produced blue smoke, and the sweet and greasy smell wafting in the huge hall was formed from it, giving Kane the feeling that it was like using incense.
Now, the flames suddenly surged, and a tall humanoid creature was formed inside.
This creature has the typical characteristics of a high-level deadwood druid. Its bones are huge and deformed. Even ordinary people can easily distinguish the difference. Dendritic skulls, elongated arm bones with bony cones at the elbows, etc.
Its skin is also very similar to tree bark, dry and thick, full of wrinkles and cracks, while the joints and the inside of the arms are relatively soft and tender.
Just by the obvious difference, it can be understood that this is not a skin disease,
Skin diseases will not be divided into calluses and tender flesh according to the differences in parts.
Tall, thin but tall and strong, this person is easily reminiscent of trees.
But what really attracted Kane's attention was the flame on it.
A thick green flame burns on this person, there are different shades, there is a difference between exuberance and decline, just like wearing a flame garment, which is decent and natural.
Elemental druids are extremely rare, and flame druids are especially rare. Druids who can fully fuse flames with dead wood have never met in so many worlds in their previous lives.
Moreover, he felt a trace of divinity in this person.
"I'm Victor Cullen, and this is Sirius Black. We wanted to have a few drinks in the refuge, but we strayed into your place. I don't know what your name is?"
"I am Blore Tree Helm, the gatekeeper of the root dream. The four of you can come to the banquet hall by yourself, it is the guidance of fate, please follow me."
Sirius winked at Kane from the side, which meant: the people and things here are full of evil spirits, try to refuse them, and don't get involved too deeply.
Kane blinked at him, meaning 'I understand', then turned his head and said to the tree helmet: "Thank you, Lord Tree Helmet, for your hospitality. To be honest, this place has also aroused our curiosity. We are willing to spend some time to find out."
The tree helmet smiled playfully, and then made a gesture of invitation.
Kane laughed too.
He laughed at the recklessness of the tree helmet, thinking that if he tricked them into coming here, it would be tantamount to throwing fat into the urn, cooking it at will, but he didn't know that he had kicked the iron plate. Maria was already on the way with the special service team, so there was no need for it Before long, he will need the tree helmet to understand what it means to have mountains beyond mountains.
Although covered by the flame robe, the lower limbs of the tree helmet are very stiff, and can still be clearly felt, as if steel bars were woven into the legs, and the body swayed from side to side when walking.
But its speed is not slow, Kane and the others need to walk fast to keep up.
Sirius was obviously very nervous and had a tendency to explode emotionally at any time. Kane reminded him with his eyes: You don't think tearing up your face is the right thing to do now, do you?
Following the tree helmet, Kane came to the corner of the banquet hall, diagonally opposite to where they entered. Before, due to the distance, the banquet hall was dimly lit and full of strange heads, so I didn’t see the situation here clearly. Only then did I realize that it wasn’t just the four of them who were unlucky, there were more than 20 people forming a small circle , huddled in this corner restlessly.
When Sirius saw the same kind, his tension obviously eased.
Kane frowned slightly, feeling that the situation was still developing in a direction he didn't want to see.
From his experience and the perspective of those with vested interests, murderous and cannibal monsters are not scary, what is scary is a cult that develops members in an organized and planned way.
And it is also a cult, only talkative and flickering, has a certain organizational and hands-on ability, has technology, money, dares to play terrorist methods, and possesses extraordinary power. These are four grades, each of which is more harmful than the other.
What he encountered this time was probably the last one. God knows how many followers these monsters have developed.
"Talk to these church members, they can answer a lot of questions. I still have some affairs to deal with, and I will personally host the initiation ceremony for you later."
Tree Helmet just said that on his own, ignoring whether Kane listened or not, whether he wanted to, and left after a brief explanation.
Kane gestured for Sirius, who seemed restless, to sit down first, and then repeated his self-introduction when negotiating with Staghelmet.
Most of the people looked absent-minded and indifferent. After looking at Kane and the others two or three times, they began to sit there in a daze again.
There are only a few people with vivid eyes who can read emotions from them. Opposite one of the black guys in Kane, he patted the shoulder of the big man sitting on the stool, and said in a blunt tone: "You, get up, find a place sit."
Sirius stood up nervously again, his wand clenched tightly.
He could sense the surging magical power in the bulky man's body, which meant that the bulky man was not only strong and powerful, but also a spellcaster. He guessed that the other party was an Animagus, and he probably could transform into a bear.
However, what surprised him was that the big man with a ferocious face did not show a brutal and violent temperament as usual, but followed Kane's request quietly, or in a trance.
This situation made Sirius puzzled, suppressed negative emotions, and observed these people present carefully, and then he found that these people had been made foolish.
Kane took the big seat, pushed the plate of food on the table aside, put his elbows on the table, and said to the black guy opposite: "Talk?"
The black guy covered his mouth and nose with the collar of his jacket, and gave Kane an annoyed look, which meant: I'm bored, and I'm not in the mood to talk to you.
Kane smiled, and took out two items from his pocket, one was a metal-detection-resistant palm mine pistol made of ceramic materials, and the other was a cigarette case.
I saw him open the cigarette case, pick up two polished ivory-like ceramic bullets, stuff them neatly into the chamber of Palm Thunder, and then reset the gun like a two-way shotgun, aiming at the black boy .
The black guy looked angry and cursed in a low voice: "You bastard, what do you want? Kill me? Just because I won't talk to you? I don't owe you anything."
'boom! ’ Kane shot directly, but the target was not the black guy, but the middle-aged woman next to him who was still charming.
The gunshots were not loud, and in this noisy hall with hundreds of monsters, it didn't stand out, and you would miss it if you didn't pay attention.
The power is not small, the middle-aged woman has an extra eye in the middle of her forehead, and the bullet is still drilled out from the back of the skull.
The effect of bullets is often the front hole and the back hole. Like this time, the front hole is slightly larger than the head of chopsticks, but the back is the size of a ping-pong ball.
The black boy trembled in fright, and then he saw dark green sticky juice bubbling out from the front and rear holes. It looked disgusting and smelled terrible. It was very close to the rotten smell of the sewer. .
At this time, Kane Kane said again: "It's useless to cover your mouth and nose. The main influence comes from the radiation-like force field. The tiny odor particles in the air are for better transmission of radiation power."
He said and pointed to the light source of the banquet hall, the wall lamp brazier and the chandelier brazier, which are not green, but the sparks flying out of them are no different from the sparks flying out of the big bonfire he saw before.
The black guy glanced at the side and did not fall down, but still sat there in a daze, blinking his eyes from time to time, letting the middle-aged woman with the thick smelly juice flow across her face, startled, angry and disgusted.
Then he looked at the lighting lamps, frowned and asked Kane, "Can you understand the layout here?"
"Don't waste time, tell me what you know, so that I can speed up the analysis, and then we can talk about escaping."
The black guy sneered: "Escape? Why do you want to escape? I'm just worried that I won't pass the test. I'll become like her." He pointed at the middle-aged woman whose head was pierced by Kane.
"My patience is limited." Kane's voice became cold, his eyes were cold and he raised his gun, aiming at the black boy's forehead.
"OK, OK, I didn't tell you or not, really, just say it!"
In fact, the black guy Cam knows very little:
Those present here are basically familiar faces who would go to the shelter for a few drinks every now and then. Of course, this is a nicer way of saying it. In fact, to put it bluntly, it means drinking, drinking, indulgence, and looking for excitement.
In the shelter, someone secretly provided a special medicine, Sweet Dream Potion. It is said that the main ingredient is black hemp extract, the effect is comparable to that of magic tears, but the price is at least two-thirds cheaper.
Cam said that these familiar faces all have the habit of using Dream Potion.
Cam also said that the reason why he is different from them is because he knows that there are no cheap ones, and that the Dream Potion must have very bad side effects, so he will use magic tears to quit after a while.
As for how he came to this banquet hall, it was similar to Kane and his party. He was going to the refuge, but he stepped in and ended up here. He couldn't say exactly how long he stayed there, but it was estimated to be at least 30 hours, and during this period, these deer-headed, scaled and armored monsters have been eating and drinking here, as if they were having an endless banquet.
"In fact, you don't need to pay attention to these monsters. They are tied to their seats and cannot leave the banquet, at least not before the banquet is over. You should pay attention to how to pass the test. This is a rare opportunity, a chance to live forever, of course The cost of failure is also high."
Cam said and pointed to those dazed people. He said again: "The mentor told us before that if we fail, although we can not die, but our IQ will be damaged, we can only be slaves."
Kane smiled and asked, "How can I meet the mentor?"
"It's always been here, be patient and you'll see."
One sentence revealed the state, and Kane realized that this Cam was only relatively active in thinking, which formed a strong contrast with the stupid one, and it was not all right.
At this moment, he received a secret message from Maria, and the special service team arrived...