This scene can be said to be the most terrifying sight that Erica has ever seen. Although she has seen many Hertogos-type flesh and blood monsters before, and she has also seen terrifying scenes beyond common sense below the underground cave of Envar, but she said

Although the real things are indeed terrible, in the final analysis they are in a form that can be understood and accepted on some levels.

But any non-humanoid monster will always find some reasonable explanation subconsciously. After all, it is not something that humans recognize. No matter how strange it is, it is barely acceptable. And what really makes Erica feel is that it emanates from deep inside.

The fearful things are actually the abnormalities that originally existed in her own cognition. For example, according to Erica's common sense, people will not melt like ice cream.

As a mercenary, Erica has seen several scenes of corpses being treated with strong acid. The scenes of meat and bones being corroded and melted by chemical liquids are indeed very horrifying, but after all, such scenes are still in people's subconscious mind.

I was told that there are chemical substances at work, so those things based on instinctive principles can naturally gain some peace of mind.

But speaking of the matter, buying that kind of scene is not the same as what happened in front of her. Erica saw through the screen that the prisoner was melting in the barrel, but he had not come into contact with any corrosive liquid. The tub looked

It looks like an ordinary wooden barrel. There is nothing extra in it except the prisoner who was crucified in it. If I insist on saying so, it is just the linen robe on the prisoner and the iron nails that penetrated his body everywhere.

.It is under this premise, accompanied by the weird atmosphere created by the weird spells of those around him, that the prisoner's body began to melt in front of everyone.

Erica prides herself on being someone who has seen the market, but even she herself did not expect that after seeing such a terrifying scene, her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily and she broke out in a cold sweat. She even held the hand holding the camera while filming.

He also began to tremble uncontrollably.

That was a living person. If this person was killed by a bullet or blown to pieces, Erica would feel uncomfortable at most. After all, she had seen many similar scenes in the past. But now she saw a

The scene of a living person slowly melting into a basin of blood is far beyond Erica's mental endurance, especially when this poor guy is melting and struggling at the same time. This kind of scene cannot be described in a shallow way.

language to describe.

Another thing that made Erica feel a little churning in her stomach was that the melted prisoner had lost its skin and most of its muscle tissue. Bones covered with various flesh and blood tissue residues were exposed all over the body, and even some of them were even broken.

The muscles that have not been completely melted are also in an incredible loose state. Those muscle fibers are already loose like cotton wool, making the muscles look extremely scary. What makes Erica even more frightened is that the prisoner has melted through the eyes.

The clavicle where the skin and flesh have fallen off. After zooming in through the camera lens, you can still clearly see the various internal organs inside the chest that are slowly melting, especially the heart that is beating and melting like a rotten eggplant.

Erica was so excited by that sight that she almost forgot to keep breathing.

As more and more parts melted, the red viscous liquid in the bathtub accumulated higher and higher. But what was even more frightening was that the prisoner, whose entire body had melted away, seemed to be still alive. Fortunately, there was still something so-so about him.

Her robe barely covered most of her body, so Erica didn't see a more terrifying scene.

According to common sense, the prisoner in the bathtub is already in such a miserable state, so he can basically be considered dead. However, even so, the prisoner seems to be still alive. This incredible and visual impact stimulates Ellie even more.

Ka's nerves made him feel an icy chill all over his body.

With almost no flesh and blood tissue visible on both arms, the prisoner's hands that were originally nailed to the wall of the barrel were finally freed. At this moment, he was shaking the slimy skull and trying to grab it with his skeletal arms.

He struggled to escape from the edge of the tub, and at the same time, like a drowning man, he was slapping the red viscous liquid that was about to flood his head with his arms. But for some reason, the tub, which was obviously less than a person tall, looked more like a blood-red liquid at this moment.

The abyss is slowly devouring the prisoner...or the skeleton monster. In short, under this situation, it is difficult for Erica to treat the other party as a human being, but the other party's struggle at this moment is still like an ordinary human being.

Do this self-rescue behavior that echoes some common sense.

In the end, the rising red liquid finally stopped when it was about to overflow. At the same time, the skeleton prisoner had already been submerged in it without any movement. However, it was difficult for Erica to regard the red liquid as blood. After all, the capacity was full in the first place.

Something is wrong, the capacity of this liquid has already exceeded the upper limit of the entire human body. Even if all the prisoners were melted, there would not be so much blood.

Another point is that the viscosity of those red liquids is comparable to tar. For some reason, Erica suddenly remembered that when she was in the Envar ruins, she seemed to have seen quite a few things underneath the underground cavity.

A similar red viscous liquid. But at that time, Erica's focus was on the monster girl Kalia, besides all kinds of strange and terrifying living tissues. For this reason, she did not pay too much attention to what she encountered at that time.

Those "blood pools".

After thinking of this, Erica was somewhat cautious, but when she regained consciousness, she quickly zoomed in and focused on the bathtub next door to observe the situation there. After all, the situation here was almost over.

The prisoner had been completely submerged in the red liquid and was motionless. As the prayers of the surrounding group of people became more intensive and faster, it seemed that they were about to enter the next stage of the ritual.

The bathtub on the prisoner's side fell into silence, while there was no movement in the bathtub with the dead person on the other side. For this reason, Erica slightly zoomed in on the camera and then looked away to look at the brightly lit noise in the distance.

On the streets, it seems that the hustle and bustle on the streets continues unabated after night, or perhaps it is the beginning of night entertainment for the residents of the city.

In any case, the hustle and bustle in the distance somewhat alleviated the excitement Erica had just experienced. I don’t even know if it was an illusion. In short, the smell of food gradually drifting from the distance diluted the sudden feeling on the roof.

The faint smell of blood.

After relaxing for a moment, Erica became more energetic, and then she turned around and continued to observe again. But before doing it again, she suddenly remembered that there was an unexpected companion in this surveillance mission. But because of the extremely visual impact just now,

The mentally stimulating scene made her forget this. Thinking of this, Erica immediately turned her head and glanced at Abigail, who was not far away from her.

Erica herself couldn't bear the bloody scene just now, so after thinking of Abigail's existence, she subconsciously thought that she might have been frightened more seriously than herself. Maybe Abigail might have been frightened at this moment.

Maybe she was so distracted. But when Erica turned her head and looked over, she was surprised to find that Abigail was still staring at the ceremony with all her concentration, and she was holding a small notebook that she didn't know where she had conjured up in her hand.

Record and draw the ritual scene below as you watch.

Abigail's reaction was really beyond Erica's expectation, and she even secretly admired her in her heart. By the way, Erica stretched out her head to take a look, and found that the scene she drew in the small book was quite

It is very realistic, and also draws out some of the key prop details in the ceremony in great detail.

"Hey, you..." Erica patted Abigail's shoulder gently.

Abigail's reaction was very intense and tense. When she touched the opponent's shoulder, her body twitched violently, causing the notebook in her hand to almost fall to the ground. At the same time, Abigail also quickly used another hand to

She covered her mouth with her hands and restrained her instinct to scream. Even her whole body was unbalanced by this excessive reaction and she fell from the crouching position to the ground.

After seeing Abigail looking at her with fearful eyes filled with tears, Erica felt an unspeakable sense of guilt welling up in her heart. But if she really wanted to pursue the case, Erica didn't think she had anything to do with it.

A serious mistake, although the slap was indeed a bit inappropriate. Erica actually wanted to ask the other party if he needed some props to help, because after all, the distance between the roof where the two were on and the bottom was at least more than 20 meters, plus the distance between them.

The light in the direction was not very bright, so some of the details in Abigail's notebook were not very accurate, so Erica decided to ask her if she wanted to borrow her telescope.

Although it is not a military specification, at least it is not a problem for her to use it in this situation. In addition, there are also relatively crude monocular telescopes in this world. After all, in a world with alchemists, glass

It's not a rare thing, and even the principle of telescopes is just child's play. Just like during the previous war, Erica also saw low-quality products of average quality from some officers on both sides of the enemy and ourselves, but really

If we want to compare the products of Aledo and Mihail, then naturally the telescopes of Aledo, which advocates "scientifically strengthening the army", are better.

As an alchemist, Abigail should have seen or been familiar with such things as telescopes, but it is understandable that she does not have one at the moment, so it is not a big deal for Erica to try to lend her one.

, of course props such as observation scopes and cameras, which are precision instruments, will not be lent to her for use.

However, it was really surprising that Abigail was frightened like this. It seemed that in her previous state, she was either trying to show off her strength or she was so focused that she forgot about fear. This is not a big deal, but on the contrary, it is because she does have a sense of fear.

It was a normal reaction, so Erica felt that there was nothing wrong with Abigail, at least in some aspects. In addition, Abigail's note seemed to be quite important, so Erica felt it necessary to

Before leaving, find an opportunity to take a look or take a few photos to record and take them back with you.

Abigail quickly recovered from her fear, and glared at Erica with some evil intentions. At the same time, she tried hard to straighten her skirt and skirt, and even deliberately covered it with her coat.

She touched her crotch, and this small movement of hers unfortunately happened to be seen by Erica. Of course, Erica also guessed why she did this, but judging from the position where she just sat on the ground, it seemed

It wasn't that serious, and besides, the other party was just a little girl, so it would be a bit excessive to tease him for this reason, so he pretended not to know and directly handed the other party a small pair of binoculars.

"You can see more clearly with this one." Erica reached out and put the telescope into Abigail's hand and said, "I just borrowed it from you. Just remember to return it to me after you use it."

Erica stopped paying attention when she saw the other party taking the telescope with some confusion. After all, she was too embarrassed to look at Abigail, otherwise her face would be as red as if it was about to explode.

Like a balloon. In addition, there were some obvious changes in the altar on the stage below, and the strange prayers changed their rhythm again. At the same time, the concerning stone tablet also changed again, for

Erica needs to focus all her attention on that side.

Erica calibrated the camera, and then took the opportunity to glance at Abigail beside her. At this moment, she was also holding the telescope skillfully and silently sketched the details on the stone tablet in her notebook, even the words on the tablet.

The strange words and symbols were also copied very accurately.

It seemed that Abigail had forgotten the fear just now and entered a state of concentration again. For this reason, Erica also breathed a sigh of relief and stopped paying attention to the ceremony. Although the rhythm of the ceremony was obvious at this moment.

There were changes, but apart from some haloes flickering for unknown reasons, there weren’t many shocking scenes, so Erica couldn’t help but take the opportunity to relax her tense nerves.

"I hope there won't be any more bizarre scenes. It almost bursts my heart when it happens like this." Erica whispered subconsciously: "It's true... this sect is just like a cult...

"

"No, this is not a cult..." Suddenly Abigail responded in a low voice: "This ritual... no, it's this spell... I've seen it in a book..."

"What?!" Erica turned around and asked in surprise.

"Yes...yes..." Abigail looked very hesitant, but it didn't look like she was lying, but more like she didn't dare to say it. It seemed that this so-called ritual had a lot of background. She was anxious anyway.

After a long time, Abigail still didn't answer. In the end, she just said lightly: "Wait, let's observe for a while... I hope I am wrong... I swear..."

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Erica responded silently and then turned her head.

And just after the two were silent for a while again observing and recording, Erica suddenly heard Abigail mumbling something to herself, and her expression was also full of anger and resentment.

, and Erica subconsciously turned sideways and tried to listen out of curiosity.

Abigail didn't notice Erica's actions, and Erica also took the opportunity to overhear some words, such as "Damn Khloe" or "Stupid, bastard, crazy" and the like.

Then there are "You are so bold, and you dare to collude with such a person, I will definitely break your legs next time" and so on.

Overall, it seems that the relationship between Abigail and Master Kohler is not that bad. At least from the tone and vocabulary of the other party, it is not difficult to understand that Abigail is more resentful than resentful.

It's a complaint that he hates, and at the same time, the threatening words also contain some concerns about Kohler's safety.

After being prompted to pay attention by Abigail, Erica also subconsciously used the observation mirror to look for the unconscious young master on the stage below. After all, he was also the main participant in this ceremony, or in other words.

This ceremony should be dedicated to him.

Erica scanned the faces of every person standing by the altar and chanting prayers on the theater stage, but found no trace of Master Kohler until she remembered the angle Abigail observed with the telescope just now.

Only then did Erica realize her omission, and then she looked directly down at the auditorium of the theater where the perspective was not very complete, and as expected, she found Master Kohler sitting in the audience watching the ceremony.

The seat he occupied was very good. According to common sense, it should be a special seat that only important people could sit in. Of course, it can also be described as such now, but it seemed a bit lonely in a normal theater that he was the only audience. But Master Kohler

The current state is a bit abnormal, and she doesn't know if he has seen the horrific scene that happened in the bathtub with the prisoner in it. Therefore, Erica feels a little uncomfortable with the inexplicable excitement on Master Kohler's current face.

Satisfied.

Due to the angle, Erica couldn't see Kohler's complete expression clearly, but through the magnifying lens, it was not difficult to see that the young master's face was flushed and the corners of his mouth were raised. He was obviously excited... No, he should be in a state of excitement.

, it seemed that he was very happy and excited about this ceremony or the fate of the prisoner just now.

Erica didn't quite know what evil the poor prisoner had done to provoke the young master's crazy revenge, but then when Erica thought of the rotting corpse, she felt like she had determined some hidden secrets. After all,

In this state, Kohler was obviously happy to have his revenge, but at the same time, he seemed to be trying his best to restrain some emotions.

Just when Erica was slightly distracted, the black stone tablet in the ceremony suddenly emitted a green halo and enveloped the entire altar. At the same time, the group of people in the outer circle who were chanting strange prayers quickly also quickly

They were kneeling on the ground, but the high priest was still standing there, opening his arms towards the stone monument with great excitement and loudly muttering words that he could not understand at all.
Chapter completed!