Chapter 416 Beast Man

The low, suppressed murmur, mixed with the sound of whips, sounded in the silent forest, which seemed particularly strange.

A shadow crow squatted on a tree, its dark eyes watching everything below.

In the center of the simple camp built by the Red Snake Brigade using carriages and tents, there was a spacious open space, and a group of figures were kneeling there.

Going there, Katrina stood on a carriage, holding a thorny soft whip in her hand, with a serious expression on her face like a queen.

Snap, snap!

Katrina waved the whip, whipping the air with a sound, and when the strong wind fell on the figures kneeling on the ground, they were immediately torn apart.

"What is this?" Enzo frowned slightly.

Under the cover of night, all members of the Red Snake Brigade gathered here, including Katrina, and everyone's face was very serious, as if some special ceremony was being held.

"Great Goddess of Weeping, please forgive my sins..." On the ground, a girl from the Red Snake Troupe was lying on her back, her clothes had long been removed, exposing her youthful naked back to the air, and she prayed softly. Swish! Katrina swung the whip and whipped the naked girl's back, leaving a bloody wound. The girl's face showed a painful expression, but there was a hint of joy in it. She couldn't help but tremble all over and murmured in a suppressed way like crying. "In the name of the Goddess of Weeping, all sins will melt away in pain!" Katrina prayed in a serious voice. Then, the long thorn whip swung quickly. The members of the Red Snake Troupe kneeling on the ground were all whipped by the whip. The pain made them tremble all over, but everyone had a happy expression on their faces. The weird scene appeared under the night, and in the carriage not far away, Enzo had a strange expression on his face. "What is this?"

Enzo raised his eyebrows, then shook his head, cutting off the vision with the Shadow Crow.

When the gods ruled the world, there were hundreds of gods, and each god held different priesthoods, so there were also some great differences in personality and behavior.

Among them, many strange beings were born.

For example, the Weeping Goddess, who is obviously an ancient god, but the way she spreads her faith is pain and joy. In the creed of the Weeping Goddess Church, people are born with sin, and they must gradually wear away their guilt in the process of suffering.

At the same time, for some inexplicable reasons, according to the Encyclopedia of the Gods, the Weeping Goddess, the Joy Goddess and the Desire Goddess are also called the [Three Beautiful Gods].

……

The sky in the distance was slightly white, and thin mist was drifting in the forest. The sun shone from the sky, through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the trees, leaving mottled reflections on the ground.

Enzo pushed open the door of the carriage and walked out.

"Good day, Sir Enzo!"

The Red Snake Brigade has begun to pack up the camp, and seems to be ready to continue. Katrina greeted Enzo.

Enzo smiled and nodded.

Looking at Katrina and the other people in the Red Snake Brigade, he felt a little strange in his heart. Although he cut off the vision of the Shadow Crow early last night, the whip and whispering in his ears lasted all night.

After such a long time, the people in the brigade did not seem tired at all. Instead, they all looked energetic and satisfied.

"... What a strange god."

Enzo shook his head, and he couldn't complain in his heart. No wonder the gods were defeated by wizards and withdrew from the stage of history. There is such a strange god.

After a while, the brigade started to set off.

"Through this forest, we will reach the Essos Plain, which is also the territory of the Kingdom of Night and is protected by the Goddess of Night."

As the Red Snake Brigade was on the way, Katrina talked to Enzo and introduced: "At normal speed, we will be able to enter the Essos Plain in another week. The border city of the Kingdom of Night is also the target of our trade this time."

Enzo listened quietly on the side, with a polite smile on his face at all times, and occasionally spoke out to ask something inconspicuously.

Katrina answered everything she knew and seemed very enthusiastic.

A few hours passed quickly.

The Red Snake Brigade has been doing business in the Lost Continent for many years and is very familiar with this forest. Following the planned route, they can reach the Essos Plain within a few days.

"Get ready to rest." Soon, Katrina opened her mouth and ordered.

The members of the Red Snake Brigade stopped moving forward one after another, and the several giant spiders in Essos responsible for pulling the carriage also lay on the ground, waiting to be fed.

"Shadow crow!"

At the spot, Enzo's mind moved, and a shadow under his feet spread out in all directions, turning into shadow crows flying into the forest.

After being promoted to a third-level wizard, Enzo's magic power reached a very abundant level, so every time he arrived at a place, he would habitually release shadow crows as his vision.

"What is that?"

Above the forest, shadow crows flew in all directions. Through the vision of one of them, Enzo suddenly noticed that a humanoid creature was hiding next to a huge rock below.

Enzo's eyes fixed.

In the vision of the shadow crow, next to a huge rock below, there was a humanoid beast hidden, covered with gray hair, and its head was similar to a combination of a sheep and a lion.

"Deformed creature?" Enzo frowned slightly.

And the next moment, he quickly denied this idea.

Because, in the vision of the shadow crows flying in the sky, more humanoid beasts appeared in the forest and kept moving towards the Red Snake Brigade.

There were more than a hundred humanoid beasts, and they were in different shapes. They were obviously not of the same species, but they were gathered together for some reason.

"Is this... a beastman?"

Suddenly, Enzo's eyes flashed, and a possibility emerged in his mind.

A beastman, a creature created by a wizard.

By mixing human genes with beast genes, a modified creature is created. In most cases, the intelligence of a beastman is low, and his life and death are controlled by the wizard who created it.

Enzo frowned slightly, and his eyes gradually turned cold.

Since a beastman appeared in the forest, it means that there is probably a wizard hiding around, and the other party's behavior of moving towards the Red Snake Brigade is very dangerous.

Hiss!

At the original place, several giant spiders in Essos responsible for pulling the carriage suddenly stopped, as if they had noticed something, and made a snake-like hissing sound.

"Everyone be careful!"

Katrina's face became solemn. As a believer of the weeping goddess, she has the strength of a second-level life form, and her spirit is more than 20 points, which gives her keen insight.

Roar!

A beast roar sounded in vain, and the trees in the forest shook for a while. Then, a beastman who looked like a combination of a dog and a monkey rushed out and pounced on a member of the Red Snake Brigade.

"Ah!!"

The native youth in the Red Snake Brigade was thrown to the ground unexpectedly, and the fishy smell came to his nose, and the ferocious teeth bit fiercely the next moment.

Blood gushed out immediately, the monkey-dog beastman's eyes were scarlet, and a series of low roars came from his throat. The native youth of the Red Snake Brigade struggled desperately for a moment and then lost his movement.

"Damn it!"

Looking at the scene in front of her, Katrina was furious, and the long whip in her hand was swung out violently, hitting the beastman, and the sharp thorns immediately rolled up a large piece of flesh and blood.

However, the beastman did not react.

The body transformed by witchcraft seemed to have lost the sense of pain. The beastman did not even raise his head and bit the corpse under him.

At the same time, more and more beastmen appeared around.

"Be alert!" Katrina shouted.

The members of the Red Snake Brigade immediately began to take action. The male members raised their shields and spears to form a defensive formation, and the giant spiders of Essos also spit out black spider silk.

The sticky spider silk hung on the surrounding trees, blocking the charge of the beastmen, but those simple-minded low-level creatures, under the order of the creator, still rushed towards the brigade frantically.

"In the name of the weeping goddess!"

Katrina's face was serious. She prayed with several female members of the surrounding brigade, and the crimson mist began to spread.

"Is this... a divine art?"

Coming out of the car, Enzo looked at the hundreds of beastmen around him, but he was not in a hurry to take action. Instead, he felt the breath in the crimson mist around him.

In the crimson mist, there was a trace of energy and breath from the gods.

Divine arts, a special kind of magical ability.

From the perspective of manifestation, divine arts and witchcraft are very similar, but the two are fundamentally different.

Unlike witchcraft, divine arts are not composed of runes, and do not even require a cultivation process. In essence, they are just a means for gods to bestow upon believers. Although Katrina can release divine arts, strictly speaking, she cannot possess divine arts.

The way to obtain divine arts is to pray to the gods you believe in. Only after being granted can you gain the ability to release divine arts.

However, since divine arts can be bestowed, they can also be taken away.

Even though Katrina can release divine arts now, this ability may be taken away at any time as long as the Weeping Goddess has a thought!

Hiss!

Around, as Katrina and a group of believers prayed, a red snake shadow gradually condensed in the crimson mist, with its hideous bloody mouth opened and its sharp fangs glowing red.

After the red snake phantom appeared, a hissing sound also sounded around. The beastmen who were originally rushing towards the brigade stopped their steps as if they were hypnotized, and the sculpture froze in place.

The next moment, a high-pitched hissing sounded!

The beastmen who were frozen in place had strange luster flashing in their eyes, and then they actually started to fight each other. The scene was extremely terrifying.

"A magical ability similar to mental control."

Enzo's eyes flashed, and he thought: "It is rumored that the Weeping Goddess is also called the Red Snake Goddess. In ancient times, she was an ordinary red snake. By chance, she entered the kingdom of the Earth Mother Goddess and was infected by the power of the Mother Goddess. Only then did she open her wisdom."

"As the red snake opened her wisdom, the Earth Mother Goddess also discovered this special existence, so she kept it as a pet. Later, the red snake had the ability to transform into a human form and charmed the Earth Mother Goddess' youngest son, Otei!"

"As the offspring of the Earth Mother Goddess, Otei had the power of a demigod when he was born, but because his mind was not mature enough, he was charmed by the red snake and helped it steal the golden apple of the Earth Mother Goddess."

"The red snake that swallowed the golden apple successfully promoted to a demigod creature, but because it was afraid that the Earth Mother Goddess would hold it accountable, it fled the Mother Goddess' kingdom and surrendered to another of the four great gods, the King of Light!"

"In the thousand years since then, the red snake has used its strange human form to constantly seduce powerful beings. Using its unique ability, it finally ignited the divine fire and obtained the priesthood of the weeping goddess!"

Enzo's eyes flickered.

The weeping goddess was deified in a unique way. The most powerful thing about her is that she can seduce people's hearts. According to legend, anyone who sees the true face of the weeping goddess will become her most devout believer.

In the forest, the beastmen killed each other under the control of the red snake's phantom.

And at this moment, a low shout suddenly sounded.

The wrinkled bark of the trees not far away cracked, and a wizard in a green robe came out and slammed the emerald green vine wood wand in his hand.

Swish!

On the ground, a green vine covered with tree sacs came out, swung its body violently, and smashed the phantom of the red snake in the air with one blow.

"Second-level wizard!" Enzo's eyes flickered.

The red snake phantom condensed by the believers using the power of faith, in a sense, represents an incarnation of the Weeping Goddess, but at this moment it was shattered by a single blow. This wizard in a green robe is obviously at least at the second level.

After the red snake phantom was shattered, Katrina groaned, and the other believers around her turned pale, with blood flowing from the corners of their mouths, as if they were attacked by the vines.

"I heard that most of the believers under the Weeping Goddess are young and beautiful girls. It seems that my ambush here for half a month is indeed a correct choice!"

The green-robed wizard is ugly, with an evil luster in his eyes. He greedily looks at the people of the Red Snake Brigade, raises an arm as dry as a branch, and gently waves it.

Dinglingling!

On the wrist of the green-robed wizard, there is a bracelet full of bells, which makes a crisp sound as it shakes gently.

It seemed to be a demonized item. As the bells rang, the beastmen who were killing each other around them regained consciousness and surrounded the Red Snake Brigade again.

"Everyone be careful, it's a wizard!"

Katrina shouted loudly, with an extremely hateful expression on her face, and swung the thorn whip in her hand violently.

In the Lost Continent, the power of the gods spread all over the continent. Therefore, wizards became a taboo word, and the teachings of all gods clearly expressed hatred for wizard civilization.

If there were not several powerful wizards beyond the fourth level among the wizards in the Lost Continent, I am afraid that the wizards of this land would have been slaughtered by the gods long ago, and the inheritance would be completely cut off.

"Seize this batch of goods, sell these believers of the Weeping Goddess as slaves, and add the resources in my hands, it will be enough to exchange for an opportunity to impact the third level! At that time, I can be considered the number one person in this Lost Continent!" The green-robed wizard was hot in his heart, and chanted the spell in a low voice.