Chapter 373 His Purpose

"Just now I seemed to hear some noise."

"And I saw the fire."

At the foot of the mountain, Elfin was carrying a backpack and using a trekking pole to clear the way, and the bones on the surface of his arm were growing, almost covering one of his hands.

"It looks pretty handsome this way."

Elfin observed his hand, which was covered with white bones, as if he was wearing a layer of armor, although countless dense and tiny tentacles had grown inside the armor and connected to his flesh and blood.

The Plague Source Bone seemed to be pleased: "Of course."

[With the deterrence I exude, those extraordinary creatures will not approach you, and you can successfully explore the truth]

"What is the truth? "

[There is an ancient city in the Gekoso Mountains. It is the birthplace of the first curse, but ordinary people can't find such a place. Only I know its approximate location.]

[I buried a lot of good things there. I believe you will like it.]

As it spoke, Alfin had already pushed aside the bushes and found the source of the fire.

He saw a young figure, and when he got closer, he found that it was a child of about six or seven years old squatting there to warm himself by the fire.

The appearance of a child in the mountains full of extraordinary creatures is not a normal thing no matter how you think about it.

Source Bone was alert almost immediately.

[This thing is wrong, kill him now]

"Observe it again. "

Alfin was in no hurry to take action. He could not sense the other party's hostility. Instead, he wanted to see what the child was doing.

The child remained squatting, wrapped in a black cloak, with jet-black hair and golden eyes. It was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman just by his appearance. In terms of appearance, he was indeed beautiful, like a rare angel.

While Alfin was observing him, he was just chewing on the black coal-like things by the fire.

"You are here alone, where are your parents? "

Elfin couldn't help asking.

"..."

The child blinked and stared at him blankly.

But what he was thinking was why this person didn't leave.

Just now, Shival saw that he couldn't avoid it, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. He swallowed Ria and then turned into Ria's appearance.

It was just too urgent in the middle, so it turned directly into the host's childhood appearance and didn't have time to grow up.

Now the host is asleep, and it can't speak, so Shival remained silent.

What are the people over there chattering about?

I don't quite understand, but I can barely understand.

As for being recognized by the source bone? Shival dares to say that the person who recognizes it doesn't exist. If there is, it will eat the other party.

Now it regrets turning into a human. It should have turned into an ant and escaped earlier.

Human arms are so short, I really want to flap my wings and fly.

Seeing that Shival didn't speak or make any movements, Elfin boldly approached a little closer, carefully observed him for a long time, and finally determined that this seemed to be just an ordinary person.

"He might have been thrown here by someone, and we need to take him out. "

Yuan Gu disagreed.

[Are you crazy? Let's not talk about whether this child is normal or not. Bringing an ordinary person here is just a burden.]

"You have to understand that I am an investigator and I have an obligation to save lives."

[I am really hopeless!]

"Just treat me as hopeless."

As Alfin said this, he suddenly saw the child stand up, and the hem of his cloak slipped down to only reach his knees.

"You see, he has no hostility, maybe he can help us? "

Alfin and Yuangu suddenly saw Shival turn around and kill a supernatural creature that was attacking them.

Yuangu fell silent and even questioned his memory.

[What kind of species is this guy, a contamination patient? I don't remember my clone contaminating him, and that look doesn't look like a human.]

Little Shival didn't make a sound, just stood behind Alfin, and seemed to have decided to follow him wherever he went.

If Leah was awake, she would definitely support its decision, so little Shival just needed to wait patiently for the host to wake up, hoping that he wouldn't have nightmares again.

"Are you sure you want to follow me?"

"..."

Little Shival nodded.

"What's your name?"

"..."

Little Shival stretched out his hand, holding a most ordinary Shival coin.

"Your name is coin?"

Little Shival turned his head.

"Shival? "

Little Shival nodded.

Alfin was amazed. He didn't expect that someone would name a pet after money. Normally, the Endles people only gave pets some strange names. He didn't expect that there would be someone named this in reality.

But Alfin didn't say anything. He just sighed: "Your name is very special."

Little Shival nodded.

So Alfin took the newly found child and followed the guidance of Yuangu to the ancient city hidden in the mountains.

The so-called ancient city was halfway up a mountain. In order to see the huge building, everyone needed to climb the mountain.

Yuangu was dissatisfied with Alfin's climbing speed, and was surprised that Shival could easily keep up with Alfin's speed.

It always felt that Shival looked very familiar, but it couldn't remember where it had seen him, probably because its current memory was incomplete.

But Yuan Gu still doesn't think that Swale can pose a threat to him.

They walked for a long time and climbed mountains for a long time. They were so tired that Elfin found a relatively flat place halfway and sat down directly on the ground.

"I'm dying and need a break."

Alfin picked up the water bottle in the mountaineering bag and drank some water for himself, then handed the water bottle to Swale who was standing aside. When he saw the other party shook his head, he stood up and walked to the side and squatted down, looking up at the foggy sky. Not sure what to think.

"He is such a withdrawn child. If he grows up, he will probably be difficult to get along with."

Alfin took out dried meat to satisfy his hunger and found that the child didn't react at all even when he smelled the food.

He was a little confused, wasn't that child even hungry?

After resting for a while, everyone continued to move towards the top of the mountain. Little Siwaal always kept a close distance from the people in front, his eyes half-opened and his face expressionless.

So another day passed, when the sun was about to rise, Alfin suddenly said in surprise: "I can see the shadow of the building!"

Little Swale also looked over there, and as expected saw the architectural structure of a city, but speaking of the ancient city, it looked more like the ruins of a castle with a long history.

It is difficult for people to imagine how someone could build a castle in such a place, and who once lived in the castle.

In the legend that everyone talks about in Endles, the dragon will capture the princess and imprison her in the castle.

At this time, a brave man will ask the king for help to rescue the princess. After the brave man goes through all kinds of hardships to slay the dragon and rescue the princess, he will get the dragon's treasure, and the king will also betroth the beautiful princess to the brave man.

When Riya had nothing to do, he told little Shival this story. Little Shival couldn't help but tremble. He covered half of his face with his wings and only exposed his eyes. He thought this was really a scary story.

Why kill the dragon and steal all its treasures?

Heroes are really bad.

Wouldn't it be killed by some unknown person one day?

In response, Riya comforted it: "No one can touch your treasure. If there is, I will kill that person."

Little Shival was relieved. He lay on the quilt and felt that the host was really the best parent.

Everything it saves is reserved for Riya. If anyone really dares to touch it, little Shivall will let them experience the horror of mythical creatures.

Now that it was getting closer to the castle, it couldn't help but think of that story.

But reality is often scarier than stories. At least for Alfin, the closer he gets to the building, the more he can feel the coldness pouring from the depths of his soul.

Alfin didn't react until he stood in front of it, but subconsciously developed a resistance.

But at this time, the door of the castle was opened from the inside.

With a loud "squeak", countless dust fell from a high place, and what everyone saw was the darkness of nothingness.

In other words, the door just opened automatically and no one touched it at all.

"Is there any special mechanism behind this?"

Alfin wondered.

[How could there be such a thing? Come with me, I will take you to see something interesting]

As he spoke, the Origin Bone suddenly detached itself and fell to the ground, and the Origin Bone on the ground quickly formed the shape of a skeleton, with two white lights in its eye sockets lighting up astonishingly.

Elfin looked silently at his originally parasitized arm, which was now in terrible shape, with countless tiny tentacles crawling on it.

He endured the discomfort and followed Origin Bone towards the interior of the castle. Little Shivall followed closely behind him, still looking emotionless. If Alfin didn't know that he was a living creature, he would probably treat him as a human being. With dolls.

Plague Origin walked in front of the two of them, and the candles on the surrounding walls lit up one after another as they moved forward, illuminating the thick stone walls on both sides and the dusty red carpet under their feet.

Yuan Gu's voice echoed layer by layer in such an environment.

[People respect gods, and in order to seal the curse seal, they create miracles of life in the most unlikely places]

[In the past, countless devout people were willing to sacrifice themselves and went to the Gekkoso Mountains to build ancient cities, resulting in countless casualties. Most of the extraordinary creatures we saw on the way here were transformed by the dead at that time]

[They proved their faith and their souls have ascended to heaven]

Alfin: "..."

Yuan Gu paused and continued to lead them forward. After a while, its voice sounded again, like reciting a poem.

[When I saw the Lamb opening the first of the seven seals, I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”

And I looked, and behold a white horse, and the man who sat on it had a bow, and a crown was given to him.

Then he came out, victorious and victorious. 】

After the last syllable fell, they moved forward to a door, and this door opened automatically, but the truth behind the door shocked Alfin.

Behind the door, a group of extremely sticky and disgusting sarcomas were squirming there. They had teeth, and Elfin could hear the harsh sounds they made when they squirmed.

But that pile of things will not actively attack people, they will just stay there quietly, preying on the dust in the air bit by bit.

Its body was so big that it completely covered the road behind the door, but at this moment, the voice of the Plague Origin Bone revealed a bit of a smile.

[Thank you for your hard work these years, McBenny]

"&Η叽*#%■■■&Gulu~"

The sarcoids uttered meaningless syllables, but at this time, Elfin stared at Origin Bone in surprise.

"What did you just call it?"

[McBenny, haven’t I introduced it to you? Okay, maybe I didn’t introduce it]

[It’s not too late to introduce it now, hehehe]

[My beloved, this is His Majesty the Pope of the Church of the Glorious Rising Sun, the person the secret keepers are going crazy to kill.

But they may never realize until they die that the people outside are all substitutes trained since childhood, and the real Pope has always been stationed here]

"I don't understand, this is so...ridiculous."

[There is nothing to understand. McBenny is a man who is absolutely pious to the Lord. It was he who opened the first curse seal with his own hands. In order to welcome the coming of the Lord, he made countless efforts, and this piety also touched his heart. I】

[I decided to give him this qualification, the qualification to touch the curse seal]

[The test of the apocalypse symbolizes plague, war, famine, death, and perhaps more, but you are not qualified to know]

[In contrast, as "knights", their horses represent spirit, morality, humanity and vanity respectively]

[We believe that when a person’s spirit reaches a certain state, the Lord will recognize his ability as the Lamb and give him the opportunity to approach the first curse seal]

[This may be a bit abstract, but I think it would be better for you to communicate with him]

Alfin was so shocked that he couldn't speak at this time, but what shocked him even more was what was happening behind him, because he suddenly discovered that the extremely polluting extraordinary creature actually made a human voice.

"Save, save me... I am the Pope of the Rising Sun. I should receive His blessing. You can't do this to me..."

Alfin clenched his fists: "His Majesty the Pope, what exactly happened? It was not your intention to become like this, right?"

"No, no! We were all deceived by Him!

His so-called blessing is a curse. I originally thought that with the help of the plague, I could explore the shackles of life. Maybe if I continue to study, I can use the extraordinary power brought by the plague to gain eternal life.

He also promised me. He promised me, but he didn’t say that he would make me look like this. Extraordinary creatures are all human beings! They are all human beings! ! ! "

As it said, its voice disappeared, and it once again turned into the image of a person who had no consciousness and could only swallow dust. Alfin couldn't help but feel chilled. At this time, he was already sweating a lot on his back, almost soaking his clothes.

"So what's the real purpose of bringing me here?"

Elfin looked at the source bone warily, but it waved its hand nonchalantly, and the tumors automatically dispersed towards the surrounding walls, revealing the path leading to the dark end.

[Isn’t this obvious? 】