Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 312 Eternal Sleep

Around the same time Truman and Amanisis set foot in Bansi Port, an old man with a fair complexion, no beard, and deep blue eyes also arrived in the city.

The old man was an astonishing 2.5 meters tall, wearing a long black robe with white trim. The loose clothing, billowing in the sea breeze, outlined his bulging muscles.

It is clear that this is a descendant of a giant from the Fusak Empire, north of the Northern Continent.

Only those who claim their ancestors were giants could have such an exaggerated height.

His impressive height gave the old man an air of superiority, naturally conveying a sense of arrogance that looked down on everything.

"Is this the place?" The old man's gaze swept across the entire port of Bansi and the distant city.

His gaze shifted slightly, as if he had sensed something.

"Lord Jedel." Soon, a bishop dressed in a wide robe appeared to greet the old man.

The bishop was over two meters tall, which would be considered a small giant by normal standards, but he was just a dwarf in front of the old man.

"Hmm, you did very well." Jedel glanced at the bishop and nodded slightly.

"All honor belongs to my Lord." The bishop bowed his head.

"Let's go, and while we're at it, let me know about the strange changes happening in this city."

"Yes!" The bishop of the Church of War quickened his pace as he relayed the information he already possessed.

"Starting about two weeks ago, every few days we have discovered an inverted pyramid made of bones, shrouded in thick fog, on the beach."

"The pyramids don't exist in the real world; they're more like hidden spaces. We've sent many extraordinary individuals to approach that space, but all have failed."

"However, many people heard the sounds of troops charging and fighting in the thick fog."

"..."

Jedel had already read all of what the bishop of the Church of War said in the corresponding intelligence, but he still listened attentively to everything he said without missing a single detail.

"Has anyone else discovered it?" Jedel asked.

"Our people have surrounded that area, but... the Church of Storms might have noticed."

"Storm Church..." This place originally belonged to the Storm Church, and on similar islands, the Storm Church's strength was overwhelming.

"Prepare the necessary items for the sacrifice, and I'll go in tomorrow." If he could, Jedel would definitely choose to enter that hidden space immediately.

This is because this is the first time since the Fifth Age that the God of War has issued a divine decree, all for the sake of that pyramid hidden in the mist!

This divine decree shocked all the high-ranking members of the Church of War, but the news was kept strictly confidential, with only the Grand Patriarch and Jedel, the "Angel of Honor," knowing the details.

To confirm the situation of the bone pyramid, this angel personally traveled from the northern part of the northern continent.

"Tomorrow?" The bishop of the Church of War was taken aback.

"No?" Jedel's oppressive gaze fell upon him.

"...Okay!" The bishop gritted his teeth and agreed.

As the second day dawned, the city gradually awoke from its slumber.

The bishop came to the coast where the bone pyramids were often seen and had his extraordinary subordinates move large iron cages there.

"Begin, blood sacrifice!"

This is something that the Church of Orthodox God explicitly forbids, because since the beginning of recorded history, all blood sacrifice rituals have resulted in tragic outcomes.

But now the bishop couldn't care less about anything else. However, he still held the line. The sacrifices for the blood offering were not the most common homeless people in the city, but various wild animals hunted from the mountains and forests.

Death and blood, the dead and bones—these are all things extremely similar to the bone pyramid, which may cause the bone pyramid to manifest earlier.

"kill!"

At the command, blood gushed forth, staining the coastline crimson.

Blood is pooling, and the ceremony is taking shape.

call!

At this moment, the morning weather suddenly changed, from a gentle breeze and sunshine to a fierce wind and heavy, oppressive clouds.

This is not unusual in Bansi, which is known as the "Weather Museum".

"Continue!" the bishop's cold voice rang out again.

Another batch of wild beasts had their heads chopped off, blood spurting out—this was the method that caused the most bleeding, and the stench of blood couldn't dissipate even in the howling wind.

A crimson glow formed on this coastline, and the blood, guided by the ritual, seemed to possess a kind of vitality, exuding an eerie aura.

"Blood sacrifice? That's incredibly stupid. It fits my stereotype of the 'warrior' path perfectly," Truman muttered to Amanisis beside him.

He and Amanisis are currently enjoying a local specialty, blood tofu, at a restaurant in Ban Sai.

The blood tofu in Pantai Remis is a bit unusual; it's topped with several locally produced spicy seasonings, giving it a unique and delicious flavor.

"How far do you need to take this?" Amanisis put down his cutlery and looked in the direction of the blood sacrifice.

"The bigger the better, of course," Truman said.

"Hmm." Amanisis nodded gently.

Just as the two of them were talking, the gale that had swept through the entire port of Ban Si suddenly stopped, the leaden clouds pressed down even lower, and suddenly an extremely thick fog swallowed the entire city.

At the blood sacrifice site, located at the starting point of the dense fog, the space seemed to be cut in half, with dense fog on one side and an inverted pyramid made of white bones on the other.

The blood sacrifice ultimately achieved its initial purpose, and this space has now manifested.

A strange aura emanated from the bone pyramid. The blood on the ground gradually dried up, its essence being absorbed. The corpses that had fallen to the ground began to rise, their rolling heads being pulled into the air.

"Your Excellency!" Some of the less advanced extraordinary beings were already pale with fright.

The bishop began to radiate the light of dawn, temporarily suppressing the eerie aura.

However, the bishop's gaze as he looked at the bone pyramid was filled with fear. After the blood sacrifice, the pyramid's aura had clearly become even more sinister.

"You did well." It was at this moment that the "Angel of Honor" Jedel finally appeared in the thick fog. He walked heavily toward the bone pyramid, bearing immense pressure.

His eyes shone with the light of dawn, but his body was covered with black and eerie patterns.

The angel walked straight to the separated space, placed his hands on the spatial barrier that had become tangible, and the dawn transformed into a sharp sword, carving out a gap just large enough for him to pass through.

hum!

The moment that opening was made, the entire Bansi fell into absolute silence, as if all sound had been taken away, or more like the world had fallen into eternal sleep.

(End of this chapter)