Scene 259 Secret Party (Part 2)

"Let's talk first, you have to obey my command!" Root warned again and again.

The little girl nodded quickly like pecking at rice.

"Where are we going, Mr. Root?"

"Don't worry, I did a good job early in the morning. There is a bar called Purple Dendrobium near the square. It is very close to the square. I will definitely be able to find out a lot of information."

"But Mr. Root, the lord of Hadland, Mr. Denuk, issued a ban on alcohol early in the morning. Didn't all the bars open before the sacrificial ceremony started?"

"Ah?" Root was stunned: "Is there such a thing?"

Lian nodded seriously.

"What should we do? Do those hateful humans like to go anywhere else besides bars?"

"The residents of this city are all believers of the goat-headed demon Arkentu. They don't have to drink, but they must attend secret gatherings. I know a place. I have been there before. Every Friday, Ah The followers of Kentu would gather there, pray and exchange information."

"Friday, isn't that today?"

"Yes, it's only five o'clock in the afternoon. Akentu's respect is the burning dusk, and the demons worship the dragon of dusk, so the secret gathering of its believers is usually held at six o'clock in the afternoon. , and lasted until eight o'clock in the evening, we go now, it's just in time."

Lian talked eloquently, as if she knew all these things very well, even though she had only been in Hadland for a week or two.

"Then what are you waiting for?" Root said loudly, not realizing anything was wrong, "Let's go and change into the clothes of a Goat-Headed Cultist. We'll set off right away!"

The little girl smiled slightly and nodded happily.

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"Secret party?"

Brando, Huang Huo, and Mr. Liu were walking on one of Hadland's streets, while Magdale and Delphine were standing together. While curiously admiring the architecture and customs in the area north of the Inner Sea of ​​the Dead Moon, Fang Qi hung alone at the back of the team, squinting under his hood at the sheep-headed believers around him who were dressed similar to them.

After hearing Delphine's words, Huang Huo turned around and asked curiously. The prime minister's daughter nodded, and her eyes swept across the sheep-headed believers on the street who were hurriedly heading in one direction. He replied quietly:

"The Secret Gathering is a specific ritual of the Goat-Headed Cultists. The Goat-Headed Cultists are believers of Akentu, the Lord of Purgatory. As believers of the devil, the Secret Gathering is an indispensable and important ritual. Just like the silence of the Temple of Fire Thoughts are the same as the daily morning and evening prayers. All devout believers will participate, and the devil's believers are generally fanatical believers and will not be absent. However, Akentu only requires its believers to hold a ceremony once a week. It will grant power to its most trusted servants in a ceremony. This day is chosen on Friday, because Friday is the day when the power of the moon is the strongest. On this day, the moonlight will obscure Martha's power, and Akentu's taboo is 'Burning Dusk', so the ceremony usually starts at six o'clock in the evening."

"Isn't that now?" Huang Huo looked at the sheep-headed cultists and understood: "So they are...?"

Delphine nodded while looking at Brando.

And Brando is frowning, he is not Huang Huo. I don’t know much about the traditions and rules of some of Warnde’s cultists. Having had the experience of his previous life, he has a thorough understanding of these mice that live in a world of order. What Delphine said is just the tip of the iceberg of the Arkanto Secret Church.

What made him feel a little troublesome was that they were unlucky and happened to bump into a 'secret' gathering point of Akentu believers nearby. If possible, Brando was not willing to waste time here. But the problem is that they are currently dressing up as Sheephead Christians. If they don't go, they may arouse suspicion.

"Then we also want to participate?" Huang Huo asked again.

"I'm afraid we have to go, otherwise it will be too conspicuous," Delphine said: "Besides, the secret gathering of Akentu believers is also a channel for them to exchange information with each other.

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Brando nodded. At the moment, it seems that they can only hope that they can get some useful information from this secret gathering.

Neither Mr. Liu nor Princess Magdale had any objections to this. In a situation where the minority obeyed the majority, Fang Qi understood that even if he had an objection, it would be useless, so he just shrugged and followed.

These people were originally dressed as sheep-headed believers, and now they were moving in the direction of the believers. Although they were bringing a child (Phoenix Huo) with them, they didn't look too eye-catching. After all, Hadran is a city inhabited by Sheephead believers. It is normal for a family of three here to believe in Akentu from the oldest to the youngest. Therefore, there is nothing noteworthy about the secret gathering where believers go as a family.

In fact, Brando saw several short figures, some walking with adults, and some even simply alone.

There was even a little girl who almost bumped into him because she was moving forward with her head buried in her head. She quickly raised her head and said sorry to him. Brando couldn't help but feel sad when he saw that the little girl was wearing a pair of glasses and looked gentle. I secretly cried out that it was a pity, thinking that such a good little girl should be poisoned by a cult.

However, he was quite surprised that a Sheep-headed believer was so polite. Most of the Sheep-headed believers they met along the way were vulgar lower-class people with little education and a miserable life. Otherwise, they would not Would be so easily deceived.

But just like this, Brando felt even more pity in his heart, and his hatred for the Sheep-Headed Cultists couldn't help but become inexplicably stronger. If he had a chance, he would definitely not let this cancer continue to spread in this land. .

But what Brando didn't know was that the little girl who was 'bewitched' by the cult in his eyes was so scared that her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

As she hurried forward, she kept looking back in the direction of the 'goat-headed cultist' whom she almost bumped into before, as if she was afraid that the other party would suddenly run up and pull her out of the crowd.

"I told you to be careful." Root hid in the little girl's hood, sat on her shoulders, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Fortunately, I didn't attract that guy's attention, but it's strange, why do I feel his voice So familiar?”

Lian stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry, I'm too nervous."

But her view of the previous crisis was actually very different from that of the goblin. What really scared her half to death was not the fact that she almost bumped into the cultist.

Although the Akentu believers are fierce and aggressive, they will not easily cause trouble during this important season. This is just like saying that believers in the Temple of Fire will not fight with other believers on the way to pray and meditate. If they disrupt the meeting and make Akentu angry, I am afraid that the tragic end will be death. It can be easily described.

But what really made Lian uneasy was her small mistake. When she bumped into the other person's face, she subconsciously blurted out "I'm sorry". When did the Akentu believers become so bold? Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to notice this, and instead said to her very gently: It doesn't matter, be careful next time.

This sentence made Lian's heart pound, because she understood that among the believers present, the real threat to herself and Mr. Root were not the vulgar lower-class believers. It was those highly educated, thoughtful high-ranking priests and even demon prosecutors. If those people found out that she was pretending to be a believer, she would probably lose her skin even if she died.

Different from Root's carelessness, Brando's gentle answer just now almost made her hair stand on end, but what made her a little unbelievable was that the other party actually let her go.

This was so strange that it made her feel a little unreal now.

With doubts and uneasiness in her heart, the little girl followed the flow of people absentmindedly into a church-like building.

"This is..." When Brando stood in front of the church, he raised his head and looked at the place with some surprise: "A temple?"

"Cultists actually openly used a temple as their secret meeting point?" Princess Magdale also showed an expression of disbelief. The feeling was just like when she saw the Holy Flame in Ampelsel or Rushta. The people praying in the temple are not the believers of the Golden Flame Way, but a group of members of the Union of All Things or tree shepherds: "They... they are simply too..."

"It seems that what Queen Madala said is true. These people have regarded this place as their territory. Not only can the teachings of the Goat Head Cultists be openly spread openly, but they have also created such a 'church'?" Lando couldn't help but shook his head: "They have completely publicly spread the teachings of the sheep-headed Akentu as orthodox beliefs. It seems that the situation is a bit bad."

Delphine and Magdale both understood that what Brando said was not good was that it seemed that the Sheephead believers had learned that Bromando's Black Rose might move north, so that Tauchik would never be able to move again. Will return to the rule of the mercury staff, that's why the Hadran family dares to be so confident, otherwise these dark nobles must at least maintain the necessary respect for Madara openly.

However, the fact that the undead gave up the Land of Eternal Death and migrated north happened just before they left. It is unlikely that the news reached Taokeqi at this time. This can only indicate one possibility, that is, these sheep-headed believers are secretly Already contacted Dusk's minions.

As for whether the other party is a demon or something else, it's a bit hard to say.

After everyone present secretly exchanged this opinion, their expressions became a little unsightly for a moment. Brando had a vague hunch in his heart that this trip might have another unforeseen incident.

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(ps: I accidentally entered the wrong title serial number again. It is very troublesome to change the chapter name from the starting point. Just leave it like this, everyone can understand it.) (To be continued...) uw For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our reading academy