Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

While the cultists were preparing the preliminary steps for the ritual, Jia Xiu observed this small stronghold.

The cave was not big and there were not many people. Apart from the two people who kidnapped him, there were less than ten people.

It was smaller than he had expected.

No wonder the Holy See of Light doesn't bother to care about them. It's too troublesome to even come out to fight them.

The food these people eat is not very good. On the table, you can see half-eaten black bread, which looks like the cheapest kind.

Even though things have gotten so bad, he is still determined to perform sacrificial rituals for this god.

Is this considered "piety" in some sense?

The shorter one among those who tied him up should be the leader of this group of cultists. He lit candles with green flames in several corners of the magic circle and then began to chant spells.

Seeing that the ceremony was about to begin, Jia Xiu now just wanted to know where that high research value target was.

As the spell was recited, a shadow gradually condensed above the magic circle.

The cult leader was very excited, and the ritual preparations were complete.

Jia Xiu was even more excited because he finally found the high-value target.

[Use the talent "Insight"]

[Those who died with regrets and deep resentment have their souls twisted into powerful undead spirits. They are bewitched by the god of fraud and curse. When the sacrificial ritual is completed, they will descend into the world with the surging power of the curse.]

The legendary high-value target turned out to be an undead.

Although he didn't know what could be studied with this thing, Jia Xiu was sure that he had to find a way to get it.

Judging from the current situation, we are still a long way from summoning it.

Jia Xiu used the Rune Eye to study the entire sacrificial ceremony.

"A magic array composed of multiple spells..."

"The constant referenced by the magic circle is incorrect?"

Thanks to his rich programming experience, he quickly discovered the problem in this ceremony, and it was an obvious problem.

“These variables correspond to…”

"Those materials, the placement of the materials is wrong!"

In addition to materials, Jia Xiu also discovered that this summoning did not seem to require sacrifice to be completed. Faith could also be used, but sacrifice was more efficient.

After roughly understanding the ritual, Jia Xiu thought about how to act.

This is a very poor small cult organization that is short of money, so it accepted the order from Hays.

The level is very poor, and they don't even know how to place the ritual materials accurately.

And stupid.

What kidnapper in their right mind wouldn't even prepare a means of transportation when they act?

After summarizing these conditions, a plan gradually took shape in Jia Xiu's mind...

At the same time, the cult leader completed the ritual preparations, picked up an obsidian knife, and walked towards Jia Xiu.

"If you become a ghost, don't blame us. Someone wants you dead."

The cult leader waved a knife in the air, trying to look ferocious.

But he suddenly discovered that the sacrifice in front of him, who was about to be sacrificed, not only did not look afraid at all, but also had a smile on his face as if everything was under control.

"What are you laughing at?" the cult leader asked dissatisfiedly.

He felt that his identity as an evil camp was challenged.

Jia Xiu answered the question irrelevantly, "How many sacrifices have you made?"

"Eight!" the cult leader said proudly.

"Not bad," Jia Xiu smiled even more mysteriously, "and what about yesterday?"

Chapter 8 Jia Xiu fooled the cultists

Billy, male, 32 years old, a follower of the God of Fraud and Curse.

He couldn't quite remember when he became a believer in this god.

It could have been 21 years ago, it could have been 22 years ago.

He only remembered that it was a hot and humid summer.

When he was a child, he was thin and small and was always bullied. That day, he used the money he saved from odd jobs to buy a bag of fruit candy.

He had never eaten fruit candy, which was something only children from wealthy families could afford.

In order to buy this bag of candy, he saved money for several months, as a child could not earn much by working.

When he got the candy, he felt as if he had gotten the whole world and felt that he was no worse than the children from rich families.

He counted them over and over again, and found that there were 12 pieces in total, like 12 gems.

However, the joy did not last long.

A kid who was a head taller than him punched him hard in the eye and snatched the candy away.

Some might say it's just a bag of candy.

But to Billy at that time, it was his whole world.

From the moment the sugar was taken away, his world was destroyed and hatred consumed him. He cursed the town and wished that everything in it would be destroyed.

But he had no power.

At this time, a god he had never heard of responded to his wish.

Once the ritual is completed and powerful undead spirits are summoned, Riverwood will be transformed into a purgatory filled with pain and despair.

From then on, he became a loyal follower of the God of Deception and Curse.

Summoning the undead and destroying the town has become the only obsession that has kept him alive until today.

Just like his failed childhood, his career as a cultist was also a failure.

In the past twenty years, only a dozen believers have been developed, and several of them have dropped out midway.

A total of eight sacrifices were completed, all of which were of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled.

It might not be a sacrifice sufficient to satisfy the gods, but it was the best he could do.

Due to lack of guidance, he had to figure out the steps of the ritual and the placement of the magic circle on his own.

The effect is not good, it is just barely usable.

In fact, the gods had given him a text recording the rituals, but he was illiterate.

I can't just ask someone to find out what these words mean.

I can only break it down word by word, ask different people, and finally piece it together myself, adding a little bit of speculation and understanding.

That's not the worst.

The bigger problem is that this small sect is almost unable to make ends meet.

As a last resort, I had to take the order from Hays.

It was unwise to deal with the nobles, but he had no choice.

But what he never expected was that this kidnapping would become a turning point in his destiny.

"What about yesterday?"

Billy stared at Jia Xiu's smiling face, his heart pounding wildly.

What does this mean?

Billy used his not-so-bright brain to think about it.

This guy thought he sacrificed eight people a day, so he said it was not bad.

Billy broke out in a cold sweat.

Are the results of his twenty years not as good as the other person's one day?

This is a senior!

Did the gods finally answer his prayers and send a senior to guide him?

wrong!

It can't be such a coincidence.

Billy put the obsidian knife against Jia Xiu's neck and said, "Don't bluff me. You are an excellent spellcaster rated by the association!"

Jia Xiu calmly asked, "Why? Can't an excellent spellcaster from the association be a believer of the God of Fraud and Curse? Do you understand fraud?"

"This……"

Billy was frightened by Jia Xiu's words.

Jia Xiu continued to drop a bombshell, "The materials for your ritual array are not placed correctly."

"what?"

Billy knew very well that there was something wrong with the magic circle he set up, but he didn't expect that others could see it at a glance.

"Move the skull bowl five centimeters to the right, and swap the positions of the scroll and the bone flute..."

According to the problem found by the Rune Eye, Jia Xiu corrected the incorrectly referenced constant back to the correct position.

Seeing the other party's tone was so firm, Billy adjusted the position of the materials half-believingly.

The moment it was rearranged, the dark green flame burning on the candle immediately shot up a level.

In his eyes, what was rising was not only the flame, but also his hope of fulfilling his long-cherished wish.

“Senior!”

Billy's attitude turned respectful.

"I'm so sorry, please untie us. We are also commissioned by Hays. We will refund the money right away."