Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 91 Who Hid My Body! (Three more chapters, please subscribe first!)

The moonlight shines on Castel, and only the occasional chirping of insects can be heard in the quiet night.

There was peace on earth, and beneath the earth, Hughes and Ash were busy as hell.

Ash's six hands held the excavation tools that Zeus had prepared long ago, and he dug the soil quickly. His work efficiency reminded Zeus of the shield machine in his previous life - perhaps even higher than that. After all, even a shield machine could not turn fossils into mud.

Four hands dug forward, and two hands moved the soil to the back and leveled the passage. The Banshee was a supernatural race, and it was about as difficult for her to stick a shovel into the soil as it was for her to stick her hand into a rice jar. Soon, the two of them dug all the way underground.

"Wait a moment, I'll check the direction. Yes, it's right in front. We should be there soon."

"good"

In order to avoid leaving any traces on the ground, Ash dug deeper than the coffin. After Zeus compared again and again, the two stopped.

"It should be right here. Just dig upwards carefully, and be as gentle as possible so as not to leave any marks on the ground."

Ash thought for a moment and didn't continue digging. Instead, he released the fossils into mud. The mud became soft and gradually slid down from above.

"This is better than a Luoyang shovel."

"What is a Luoyang shovel?"

"I'll make one for you later. Here it is!"

Ash removed his hand and gently pushed aside the nearby dirt, revealing a tightly packed wooden box before the two.

Hughes raised his hand and touched the wooden box.

Pine wood, iron, copper.

The materials of which the box was composed appeared in his mind.

The amount of iron and copper was very small, probably the nails and loose leaves on the box. Apart from that, there was nothing else, and there were no inscriptions found in the church.

Huh? Just ordinary materials, no extraordinary powers?

This was somewhat beyond Zeus's expectations. After all, the Candlelight Society even had inscriptions in the confessional, so why were they cutting corners here?

Zeus had been prepared to run into a wall here. He had made up his mind to stop immediately if he encountered any supernatural power. Although the incident involving the worker Zeus was strange, the current good situation in Castel was not worth the risk.

But now he found that he had no extraordinary powers at all.
Doesn't that mean he can just open it and take a look?
"Ash, can you sense anything on this box?"

Ash closed his eyes at that, then shook his head.

"It looks like an ordinary box. What's inside?"

"The Candlelight Society said it was the body of a cultist."

"If I'm careful, I should be able to open it without damaging it."

Ash studied it around and said to Hughes in a positive tone.

She didn't know why Zeus was so interested. Since the box contained the body of a cultist, it must be related to pollution.

If it's just pollution, it shouldn't be a big problem. She just needs to activate the flesh and blood magic, and no amount of pollution can do anything to her.

Xius looked at the box above and felt that there was no big problem.

"Okay, wait a moment while you open the box. If you encounter any problems, we'll evacuate immediately. The sea is not far away. I'll call a few other people to help."

Zeus sent a few words through the mind link and soon received a reply.

"Then open it, Ash, and remember to use flesh magic."

Ash nodded and took a few steps back, holding the four corners of the box with four hands, and using the remaining two hands to easily dismantle the wooden boards.

She moved slowly and carefully, trying not to make any noise. As the cover at the bottom opened completely, a black object fell out and she quickly reached out to catch it.

Then her expression became strange.

"My Lord."

Ash leaned sideways.

Hughes took a step forward and looked down.

".What's this?"

It seemed to be a mass of black stone. Hughes placed his hand on it, feeling its composition.

Granite. Gone.

This is just an ordinary stone.

"Is there anything else in that coffin?"

Ash shook his head: "Only this."

There's no body in the box!?

Xius felt his hair stand on end.

What does this mean? Has the body of the worker, Hughes, been destroyed? Is the Candlelight Society just putting a stone in there for show?
That made sense, no wonder Chloe was so sure there was no problem, and there wasn't any supernatural power attached to the wooden box.

etc.
Xius suddenly raised his head.

If there was no body in the box, then where on earth did he land when he descended?!
He clearly remembered that he was trapped in a small space and couldn't even turn over.

Isn't that a coffin?

Hughes felt a chill on his back.

This wooden box was buried by his men themselves. They buried it at noon and he came to dig it up in the evening. How could the body disappear in such a short time?
Something was wrong, very wrong. Zeus had a very bad feeling.

"First, restore the boxes and stones to their original state, and then we can leave quickly!"

Ash nodded silently. She moved quickly, and after restoring the wooden box, she and Zeus retreated together.

The piled soil is very loose, so backfilling is not difficult.

When Zeus returned to the ground and looked around to see that there was no one else, he breathed a sigh of relief and ordered Ash to restore the ground to its original state.

"Fortunately, we weren't discovered."

"Let's go back to the cave first. There's something fishy going on here!"

Ash nodded, and the two of them quickly left the woods.

Under the moonlight, the forest returned to peace.

After a long time, a sigh was heard from behind the bushes.

A slender figure came out from behind the tree. She was wearing a fiery red cloak. The wide cloak hung to the ground like a feather robe.

In the moonlight, her entire face was hidden in the shadow of her hood.

She looked down at the ground, then back at the direction Hughes and Ash had left.

"It is you, my Lord."

"I thought we could be fellow travelers, but you actually believe in those corrupt gods."

"That's fine."

She shook her head, slowly left the woods and walked towards the church.

Under the hood, a pair of red eyes flashed by, and the face that was always carefree was now extremely serious.

If Hughes saw her, he probably wouldn't recognize her.

Sister Chloe.

"Let the ceremony begin," she whispered.

In the woods, on the cemetery, and in the shadows everywhere, figures wearing red hooded robes walked out.

In the church, the lights that had been extinguished suddenly lit up, making the colorful glazed dome look like burning steel, red and hot.

The red figures walked towards the church together, and traces of burns gradually appeared on the corners of their robes.

The curtain rises.

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