Chapter 133 How to Choose

He peeked into the barn through the crack in the door, and the lights were bright inside.

It was not the steady jet flame of a gas lamp, but a natural flame that flickered, as if someone had lit a bonfire in the huge barn.

In the firelight, figures swayed, and a neat chant sounded. The ghouls' cries like babies became uniform at this time, and under the leadership of the lowest voice, they chanted sentences that Lynch could not understand.

Lynch's heart sank.

It was definitely a ritual. Could it be that what Elder Blue said was true? The mountain people's preparations were over. They couldn't wait even one night and planned to attack Maya tonight?

The crack in the door was too narrow to see the whole picture inside. Lynch looked around, reactivated his phantom voice ability, and then, like a nimble cat, he rushed up the tall barn along the outer wall of the barn.

Lynch pushed aside a tile, held his breath, and peeked down with one eye.

The barn had been cleared out long ago, and there was an open space inside. Four giant kerosene braziers were lit in the four corners of the warehouse, and the flames were burning, illuminating every detail of the warehouse.

From a high vantage point, the entire center of the barn was in full view, and a strange five-pointed star was engraved on the floor in the center.

The five-pointed star almost filled the entire barn, and the area was quite large. There was bright red liquid flowing in the lines, emitting bursts of pungent bloody smell.

Each of the five top corners extended a circle, with the top corner as the center of the circle, and there was a corpse on the center of the circle. The corpses of five large and medium-sized animals, cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, and horses, were skinned and piled neatly in the center of the circle. The bright red muscles were still throbbing from time to time, as if life had not yet left the dead body. At this moment, a strange balance was achieved between life and death.

Inside the five circles, surrounding the corpse, there were dense and complex words written on the ground. Lynch couldn't see the content of the tiny words, but they seemed to be written in blood, bright red, making Lynch dizzy.

Outside the circle, there were a lot of strange patterns engraved. These patterns were not human figures and stories, but more mysterious and strange symbols. The symbols were combined together, exuding a terrifying atmosphere.

Lynch immediately turned his eyes away from the symbols, and felt that the hair on the back of his head was soaked with cold sweat. Each symbol contained a strong mysterious filth. He just glanced at it, and before he tried to understand it, fear and confusion almost occupied his entire consciousness. If he had just subconsciously tried to interpret it, he would probably have fallen into complete madness now.

On this field, there were eight figures, six ghouls, and two humans wearing ghoul props. These strange and hideous monsters were surrounding the huge pentagram, forming a circle, beating unknown giant animal bones, twisting their bodies in a strange rhythm, and chanting harsh tones in their mouths. These tones seemed to be some kind of incomprehensible language, full of wildness and barbarity.

"Bang Bang Bang..."

The beating sound became faster and faster. The leading ghoul shook his head covered with white hair, and the sound like a baby crying became louder and louder. The other monsters followed suit and screamed, dancing and waving their hands, making the barn look like a group of demons dancing.

"Ah~~"

The white-haired ghoul howled loudly again, raised the animal bones in both hands, and looked up to the sky. This action scared Lin Qi into a cold sweat, fearing that he could find him hundreds of meters away like a few days ago.

Fortunately, it seemed to be just a false alarm. Perhaps it was because of the flames, or perhaps it was because he was too focused. The old ghoul's face flashed past the tile he was peeping at, without any reaction, but continued to howl crazily.

Lynch then breathed a sigh of relief and watched him continue to hit the bones. As he moved, the braziers around him also became more vigorous, and the more dazzling light illuminated everything.

Lynch's pupils contracted and he took a breath of cold air, because he noticed that there was also a person lying in the middle of the pentagram.

Even with only very superficial knowledge of mysticism, Lynch could see that what was being done below was definitely not a good thing.

The pentagram represents the call to evil, and the corpse between life and death represents the double blasphemy of life and death. The flowing blood does not know what symbolism it has, but it also exudes an evil breath.

Especially there is a living person in the middle, and Lynch knows this person.

On May 15, he and Officer Natalie had seen her when they went to the City Hall to investigate the case. This was Diana de Valente, the original appearance of the eldest daughter of the Valente family. In the following few meetings, whether it was the image of an old woman or a middle-aged lady, they were all simulated with the exquisite makeup of the strange object Kalena. At this time, she restored her original appearance.

Exquisite and beautiful appearance, wearing a goose yellow lady's long dress, holding a familiar folding fan in both hands and hugging it to her chest, lying quietly in the middle of the pentagram.

The woman's eyes were closed, as if she was dead, but her expression was quite painful. Her body trembled slightly like the other five skinned corpses. The whole person seemed to be in great pain, but she could not wake up from the nightmare.

What was going on?

Lynch was a little confused for a while. Aren't they in the same camp? Why did they send her to the altar?

Did they suddenly fall out? Or did this ceremony have nothing to do with Maya, but was just held for Miss Valente, so that she could benefit from it.

While analyzing rapidly in his mind, he heard the chanting below becoming more and more rapid and high-pitched. He looked down and saw that the white-haired ghoul had stopped dancing and was concentrating on reciting the prayer loudly, while the other ghouls were hitting their bones at a faster frequency, almost forming a line.

Even an outsider could see that the ceremony had reached the most critical moment and would soon end.

Just watch the ceremony end? Or stop the ceremony midway?

Lynch's brain was spinning rapidly.

If this ceremony was aimed at Maya, then I must find a way to destroy it, which is what the sewer ghouls wanted me to do.

If this ceremony was aimed at Miss Valente and would hurt her, then given the current positions of both parties, it would not hurt for me to save her.

If this ceremony was not to hurt Valente, but she really colluded with the mountain people and wanted to gain benefits in this way, then if I interrupted the ceremony now, it would make it easier for me to be hostile to them later.

After listing several possibilities, Lynch realized that almost all possibilities supported him to destroy the following ceremony.

There is only one possible exception. If the following ritual is helping Maya, then I really mean well but do bad things.

But how is it possible.

Maya's narration clearly shows that she was tricked by these mountain people. Elder Blue's words can also be confirmed. These mountain people are not only Maya's enemies, but also have great malice. They just want to revive Mordiggian, whom they worship. The two sides can verify each other. I really think too much.

Therefore, the following ritual must be destroyed. This is the safest choice.

In fact, the method of destruction is very simple. Lynch thought about it from the beginning.

The barn has always been the most flammable building. There is the best fire starter kerosene inside, and there are four large basins.

As long as you take advantage of the mountain elders' concentration on the ceremony, you can slip down along the edge of the darkness and overturn the braziers directly. Then any ceremony will be interrupted, and once a fire starts, you don't have to worry about being discovered. If you are discovered, no one can take care of me.

Lynch quickly lifted a few tiles and went over the plan in his mind again.

Using the cat's favor, I landed quietly like a cat, and then lurked to the fire basin at the fastest speed. If I was discovered by the old mountain man at this time, he would use the power of the earth like yesterday to transfer me... huh?

Seeing that he was about to jump down and set the fire, Lin Qi was suddenly stunned.

No, when we fought yesterday, the old mountain man used the power of transfer, and the certification of Lady Red Moon was the power of the earth.

And in Mordiggian's divine power, there is only death, coldness and disease.

Is he really a follower of Mordiggian?

For a moment, Lin Qi felt confused and at a loss.

Whether to set the fire or not, this is a question.