I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 397: The Cult of Starry Sky Belief

There is no doubt that the mastermind behind the scenes ruthlessly killed all the humans here, and then used their flesh and blood to create these disgusting monsters.

Hariya calmed down and carefully estimated the size of these whiskers, determining that the mass of body tissue that made them up was roughly equivalent to that of an adult.

In other words, except for those who are still alive on the top floor, all the people originally in the building will become their enemies.

[As expected, we still have to act together with others. 】

She only carried two basic skeleton soldiers. If she was surrounded, the two would not be enough.

Although there is still a trump card, now is obviously not the time to use it.

Lawrence's ability is extremely effective against this kind of existence. If he were here, things might be a lot easier.

While Hariya was thinking this, she heard Sufan's voice.

"The root of faith comes from the fear of unknown forces. In ancient times, humans could not understand natural phenomena."

"In the face of the might of natural disasters, humans seem small and vulnerable. So no matter what civilization it is, there are records of sacrifices."

"But you know, with the development of science and technology, humans have gradually come to understand all natural phenomena on Earth, and can even manipulate them to a certain extent."

"Things that are known and controllable are naturally not worthy of continued worship."

"But for now, there is still an area that humans cannot fully explore no matter what."

Halia didn't know why Su Fan suddenly talked about this, but she couldn't help but ask.

"what?"

“It’s the vast starry sky.”

Halia suddenly noticed that when Su Fan spoke, he slightly raised his head, as if looking at something above, and looked up curiously.

Suddenly, I saw the inky black ceiling filled with nebulae and stars.

It is hard to imagine that such a realistic star map exists in this commercial building.

She was shaking uncontrollably.

That is the deepest memory buried in the genes.

Tens of thousands of years ago, half-naked apes climbed up huge trees at night and looked up from the branches to avoid wild beasts.

Seeing the vast and flowing starry sky, the panic in my heart is passed down from generation to generation along with the inheritance of time and blood.

To this day, humans still cannot figure out what exists outside the Earth.

The universe is the real abyss. The more you understand it, the more terrifying it becomes.

When people who have left the embrace of the earth gaze into the depths of the dark starry sky, they may even subconsciously want to curl up their bodies.

Just like a baby, it instinctively wants to curl up in the womb of Mother Earth to avoid harm from the outside world.

The progress they were so proud of was nothing compared to that.

Hariya finally understood.

The object of the haunted sect's faith does not belong to this planet.

They are true outsiders, beings that cannot be understood or explored by humans.

Their coming brings only destruction!
Hariya suddenly felt the situation was difficult, but this time she had no intention of asking for help.

Time is precious and she cannot afford to dawdle. If she delays for too long, the bald man will die at the hands of the cult and she will be buried with him.

[If I had known earlier, I would have brought Shiloh with me. 】

Now we can only hope that the many extraordinary people upstairs will reach a consensus and go downstairs to clear out the monsters.

Something was on her mind and she looked towards the stairs from time to time. It seemed that if she looked a few more times, she would see Lawrence and his group walking out.

But reality was destined to disappoint her.

Not far away, the footsteps of Su Fan and Theresa were about to disappear around the corner, but there was still no movement above.

Hariya had no choice but to give up and continue waiting.

The building contains a variety of facilities including shopping malls, gyms, restaurants, offices, etc. Although it is only one floor, it can almost be regarded as a small town.

The large office they had passed through earlier was just the tip of the iceberg.

When Hariya saw that the man and woman in front of her did not go downstairs immediately, she knew that they were preparing to search for further information.

"Haven't you already investigated why people here disappeared? Why are you still wasting time here?"

She walked quickly forward and came to Su Fan to ask.

Unexpectedly, the other party glanced at him and continued walking, as if he had no intention of answering at all.

However, Theresa, who was at the side, was kind and spoke for him.

“Even if everyone dies, there will be clues left behind, and there may be some remaining souls wandering here and refusing to leave.”

"Are you planning to ask the dead directly?"

"It's not me, it's Su-oh."

Theresa corrected with a smile.

This made Hariya suddenly stunned.

Lawrence had told her the truth about Chris's sudden fainting before leaving.

The opponent's ability is extremely powerful illusion and manipulation of the five senses of living things.

But now we have to add the spiritual perception and communication.

If his position did not overlap with that of other team members, she would really like to have him join their mission team in place of Chris.

“There is no intact soul left here.”

Under Hariya's expectant gaze, Su Fan slowly shook his head.

"Only the remaining fragments of the soul."

"The spirit was torn apart by an unknown force. It did not go to heaven or hell, but was directly absorbed by something as nourishment."

He clenched his palm in the air, and a transparent, almost invisible white mist appeared in the palm of his hand.

The white mist-like object just quietly allowed Su Fan to grasp it.

When Hariya saw this, a look of doubt appeared on her face.

"Shouldn't the soul be in human form? And normally it should be the soul fire, why is it in mist form?"

"Your understanding of the soul is too shallow."

Su Fan glanced at Hariya who was speaking and spoke calmly.

"I only know that in addition to the physical body, there is also a spiritual body that is invisible and intangible, but I don't know that the spiritual body has detailed components."

"Without the rest of the soul to look after it, the remaining soul will become very weak and will dissipate within about an hour."

"Can such a weak soul still provide information?"

Su Fan said nothing.

Halia saw that suddenly a little light appeared on Su Fan's palm and poured into the white mist.

Then the mist-like existence began to extend, and finally turned into a dull-looking man, but the former now only had a head and neck.

His lips moved as if he were repeating something, but Hariya could not hear it clearly.

She looked at Theresa who was also confused.

Only Su Fan frowned, as if he had heard some very bad news.

[What on earth did this guy know? Can't he just tell us?! ]

The necromancer was very dissatisfied and was about to ask something, but he suddenly noticed that the translucent head in Su Fan's hand had changed.

The originally dazed man seemed to suddenly have a different look in his eyes.

He stared at Su Fan, his eyes revealing fear, anger, and disbelief.

But before he could open his mouth, he could no longer maintain his current state and exploded.

"His soul..." Theresa looked at Su Fan.

"It's gone."

The surviving soul was already extremely fragile, and coupled with the sudden strong emotional fluctuations, it caused destruction to come prematurely.

"What did he say just now?"

Hariya finally couldn't help asking.

"You should be the only one among us who knows the truth."

Su Fan glanced at her and then spoke.

"He kept repeating one sentence the whole time."

"You betrayed us."

Hearing this, Hariya carefully observed Su Fan's expression, and after confirming that the other party was not lying, she scratched her hair hard with her hands painted with black nail polish.

She thought it would be some important truth, but the result was just such a confusing sentence.

Such a mere sentence does not contain any useful information at all.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared at the stairs not far away.

The footsteps sounded particularly harsh in this silent space.

Halia turned around suddenly and saw the other person's pale skin and iconic fangs.

"vampire?!"

When Hariya saw the person coming, her eyes suddenly changed and she took a step back.

Suddenly, a skeleton smashed through the wall and stood in front of him.

Different from other naked skeletons, the one that appeared this time was wearing medieval knight-style armor, which wrapped his entire body tightly.

The only thing visible was the faint blue flame leaking out from the gap in the helmet.

Skeleton Knight.

It is a powerful existence that is superior to ordinary skeleton soldiers. The conditions for obtaining it are very harsh. Hariya had to summon it out in a hurry at this time.

The speed and strength of a vampire are far greater than that of an ordinary human. At such a close distance, even with the protection of the skeleton soldiers, her life can be taken easily!

But the vampire got up from the ground and did not attack immediately, but raised his hands.

Such an action made Hariya's heart tighten.

"attack!"

At the command, the skeleton knight in heavy armor suddenly displayed extraordinary speed.

In almost the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the vampire, raised the sword high and was about to bring it down!

Accompanied by a muffled sound, smoke and dust were raised at the scene and the floor shook.

Hariya stared at the figure in the smoke, only to see that the skeleton knight was trembling all over.

It held the sword in both hands, and kept trying to push down the sword in its hands, but it could not move forward even an inch.

Opposite him, the black-haired young man held up the greatsword with his palm, as easily as catching the afternoon tea passed by the waiter.

It is hard to imagine that a body of flesh and blood can catch a blade sharp enough to cut steel without any damage. It makes people wonder whether the Skeleton Knight is just a showpiece that looks good but is useless.

But under the young man's feet, the floor was cracking and the broken concrete was peeling off.

The exposed steel bars are enough to prove the terrifying power of the Skeleton Knight.

"What are you doing?"

Hariya was stunned for a moment, then her eyes became alert.

The other party actually suddenly rescued the vampire that appeared here. Could it be that...

"He can't die yet..."

Su Fan pushed lightly, pushing the Skeleton Knight back several steps.

Then he turned around and looked down at the disheveled blond young man in front of him.

The other party was still stunned by the scene in front of him when he heard Su Fan speak.

"Tell me, how did you end up here?"

Caius's Adam's apple rolled, and he knelt on one knee and spoke respectfully.

"Thank you for saving my life, Lord Sufan."

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Caius, the leader of the Volturi guards and Aro's brother."

Caius is just reckless and arrogant, which doesn't mean he has no brains.

Black hair and black eyes, mysterious, accompanied by a girl with a strong "Vatican flavor".

The only person in the whole of London who meets these three conditions is the one that his brother A Luo has repeatedly warned not to make enemies with.

As for Hariya on the side, she stopped retreating.

The previous performance of the man's residual soul, coupled with the signs that Su Fan seemed to be related to vampires, made her wonder if he was colluding with the mastermind behind the scenes.

But now it seems that this vampire seems to belong to another force, and perhaps he can become an ally.

Before that, she still had one question that was not very clear.

"What are the Volturi?"

Theresa’s ears were whispered with a question.

"The royal family of the vampire race has a long history and great power. They pursue a policy of secrecy and regularly eliminate vampires who act recklessly and attract the attention of human society."

Theresa said as she gestured to the blond young man opposite her.

"The one in front of you now is the younger brother of their top leader. His status can be said to be quite respectable."

After hearing this, Hariya finally had a rough idea.

In other words, he is the vampire prince...? !

Hariya slowly opened her eyes.

The prince knelt down and spoke so respectfully and humbly... Who on earth is he? !

"Please, Master Sufan, help me escape from here and return to the Volturi family."

Vampires have excellent hearing, and Caius could hear everything the two women whispered to each other clearly.

But at this moment he no longer cared about his dignity and elegance.

"The Royal Guards were completely wiped out. The Newborn Legion joined forces with the cult to subvert the rules of the vampire world and go to war with humans."

This fantastic news, coming from the mouth of the "Prince" Caius, greatly increased its credibility.

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

Hariya came to Caius and questioned him directly.

This may be scary news for people who don’t understand, but now that they know a little more, people on the other side of the world won’t be nervous.

With the emergence of more and more extraordinary people, coupled with modern thermal weapons, vampires have no hope of winning at all.

The reason why Hariya asked this question was that she couldn't believe that those so-called newborns would swell to this extent.

"How dare I lie to this person? Every word of the intelligence is true and I have never made any false statements."

Caius spoke in a firm tone, his brown-gold eyes met Su Fan and everyone else's gaze, without a trace of guilt showing on his face.

There was a brief silence at the scene.

Cult members just have different values ​​from ordinary people, and most of them actually have higher IQs than ordinary people.

If the news Caius brought was true, it meant that that group of highly intelligent lunatics with special powers already had the confidence to fight against most humans.

In other words, what happened in this building was most likely a testing ground for a certain plan!
(End of this chapter)