Chapter 591 Audience and Sacrifice

Irina glanced at the ordinary people running around in panic on the street, and then at the surrounding buildings that were not seriously damaged, and said with a little relief in her tone:

"Fortunately, the damage caused by this earthquake is not very serious."

Hearing Irina's words, Eros withdrew his gaze from the ordinary people running towards home, and said in a calm voice:

"Because this is the city center, most of the people living here are wealthy middle-class, rich people, or nobles."

"The quality of their houses is relatively good, which is why they can be preserved in this earthquake."

"And those houses built by workers and poor people with bricks at will, after being soaked by heavy rain for half a month, do you think they can survive this round of earthquakes?"

Irina was stunned for a while before she said: "Won't that kill a lot of people?"

After asking this question, Irina already knew that her question was a bit redundant.

She fell silent.

Eros did not answer this question, but changed the subject:

"Do you think these two disasters are a bit unusual?"

"It was a heavy rain that caused floods and an earthquake. Although this kind of thing has happened in Haidaram before, the two disasters happened together this time. Isn't it a bit too coincidental?"

After hearing Eros's question, Irina thought about it for a moment and had the same doubts as Eros.

It is well known that there are no coincidences in the mysterious world, which means...

"Will this be related to the big event that will happen in Haidaram next? Prelude?" Irina guessed.

"Big event..."

Eros muttered to himself silently, and many speculations emerged in his mind in an instant.

The next known big event is the unknown plot of the Abyss Cult involving divinity, and the ceremony of the Scarlet Cult's promotion to Sequence 1.

Will the heavy rain a few days ago and the earthquake this time be related to these two things?

Earl Beresford used the accumulated water on the road after the rain stopped to spread the original sin of greed.

But the original sin of greed that can spread by evaporation can spread even if there is no heavy rain as long as it is spread on the road.

In other words, the heavy rain is not actually related to the spread of the original sin of greed.

What damage did the previous heavy rain cause? It seems that some buildings collapsed, causing many ordinary people who had jobs before to become homeless. There seems to be nothing else, right?

Oh, yes, it also caused the population of nearby towns to gather in Haidaram, increasing the number of homeless people in Haidaram.

Increased the number of homeless people?

Thinking of this, Eros vaguely had the illusion that he was about to catch something.

He repeated silently several times: "The number of homeless people has increased, the number of homeless people has increased..."

Looking at Eros who was obviously lost in thought in front of him, Irina did not disturb him, but just looked at Eros's profile quietly.

The surrounding noise, chaos, and noise seemed to have nothing to do with the two at this moment.

After a while, Eros, who had successfully caught the ray of light, let out a long sigh:

"I understand!"

"What do you understand?"

Irina showed a curious look appropriately, satisfying Eros's desire to show off now, who had already figured out the matter thoroughly.

"They are intentionally gathering the nearby population to Haidaram." Eros' tone was very firm when he said this.

"The heavy rain washed away the land in the surrounding towns, forcing those farmers to go to the city to find work in order to survive."

"And this earthquake is the same. It further destroyed the houses in the surrounding towns, forcing those ordinary people who originally had homes to become homeless and stranded in Haidaram."

"At the same time, this is also a drive to drive those who still stayed in the countryside after the heavy rain to Haidaram."

"Although some people will die in the process of the earthquake, there will obviously be more people gathering here."

"But why do they gather the population of the surrounding towns to Haidaram?" Irina was a little puzzled.

Eros leaned back slightly, glanced at the pedestrians still running around in a panic on the street, and said in a faint voice:

"The ceremony of the Scarlet Sect's flesh and blood path to promotion to Sequence 1 requires the promoted person to ascend the throne under the attention of the public."

"The ordinary people who gather here are both spectators and sacrifices."

"The more spectators, the greater the chance of promotion, and the more sacrifices, the higher the success rate of promotion."

Irina was a little surprised, and then she said with some emotion:

"Fortunately, you notified the church in advance and asked them to arrange a reinforcement."

Otherwise, I am afraid that the entire Haidaram and the residents of the surrounding towns will be turned into flesh and blood ladders to send the Scarlet Sect to the throne. That's more than 10 million people.

She didn't say the latter sentence, but just thought about it in her heart.

Although their family is hostile to the church, they have to admit that it is indeed the church that has maintained the stability of the world for tens of thousands of years.

But this does not affect their continued hostility to the church, because this is a matter of stance, not about good and evil.

After the ancestors return and judge those traitors, the Dark Night Clan will naturally take over the church's responsibilities and maintain the stability of the world.

In the Second Era, this is the responsibility of their family.

Hearing Irina's sigh, Eros did not speak. He was still thinking about the purpose of the Abyss Cult.

Now it is clear that the Scarlet Cult gathers people to prepare for the promotion ceremony, but what about the Abyss Cult?

The jealous apostle once said that their purpose is to steal the sacrifices that the Scarlet Cult offers to the Blood-Red God, but what is their purpose in stealing that sacrifice?

Previously, Barbara and the others speculated based on the role of vitality that the Abyss Cult wanted to create a carrier of mythical life to welcome the arrival of a mythical life in the abyss.

This speculation was later denied because the effort and reward were not proportional.

So Eros still doesn't understand what the Abyss Cult is doing.

Just when Eros was in deep doubt, Cynthia controlled Erza's body and returned to Eros.

Looking at Cynthia who had returned to his side, Eros suppressed his doubts and said to Irina:

"Let's go! Let's go to Youer Street to help with the disaster relief and do our part."

Youer Street is close to the slums. After the earthquake, it is foreseeable that many houses there will collapse, and it is estimated that many people are trapped in the ruins.

Since he has the power now, he will do his part.

The reason why he is going now is because he was waiting for Cynthia and Barbara to come back.

After all, he is going to test the Sky Chain, and there is a known Greed Agent of Sequence 3 nearby.

Although he believes that Cynthia and Barbara will be fine, he still feels a little worried when he doesn't see them coming back.

After reaching out and holding Irina and Cynthia's hands, Eros walked towards an uninhabited, remote corner.