The Witch's Taste

Chapter 40 This is a trap
The mine is not far from the town.

Just five or six steps away from the town, the two of them immediately noticed the almost sudden drop in temperature around them, so they had to put on cold clothes on the spot.

Chen Ziang held a suitcase containing old books in his left hand, tied the emergency flashlight to the center of his forehead with his right hand, and then held down the hilt of the Mandala Sword, walking forward cautiously.

Yuegong Suzuna held the emergency flashlight in her left hand, and had already drawn out her gun in her right hand, following behind Chen Ziang cautiously.

The entrance of the mine tunnel was originally sealed with a wooden door to prevent naughty passing children from breaking in, but now it has completely decayed and fell to the ground together with the rusted door hinge.

Cautiously passing through the door frame, Chen Ziang's light shone on the ground, and he found an oil lamp that had been extinguished, and the position was exactly the same as that seen in the dream.

He continued to walk forward, his inspiration had already been activated, and he was always alert and vigilant to his surroundings.

After going back for dozens of steps, the front door collapsed. The steel bars used to support the mine tunnel were bent by a large amount of earth and rocks, leaving no room for passage.

Standing at the collapsed place, Chen Ziang carefully inspected it.

Hmm, completely blocked.

"Senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna reminded, "There is a side hole here."

Chen Ziang turned around and looked, and sure enough, he saw a well-hidden slit on the nearby rock wall.

Didn't you find this slit when the Public Security Bureau came to check it?Or was it discovered later?

He squinted his eyes to look at the slit, and found that there was no trace of sharp cutting, as if it was a naturally formed cave.

"What are you looking at, senior?" Tsukimiya Suzuna asked.

"It's nothing, let's go." Chen Ziang shook his head.

In the absence of evidence, it is better not to guess and mislead your companions.

He walked sideways through the slit, quickly bypassed the collapsed place, and reached the other side smoothly.

This slit is not difficult to pass, but if you are being chased back by the monster, you may not have time to get in here.

If you encounter that kind of situation, it is safer to call out the touch of the abyss here, seal the dangerous back road first, and then pass through the slit.

Chen Ziang studied for a while before taking Yuegong Suzuna forward.

The deeper the two went into the mine, the more downward and winding the terrain ahead became, and the sound of water droplets gradually came from the originally quiet surroundings.

Is there groundwater nearby?
Chen Ziang suddenly slowed down, and Inspiration had already started to call the police.

It is a very subtle kind of vigilance. There must be some kind of evil abyss thing ahead, but it is not a huge imminent danger, so it can only be vigilant.

"Senior." Suzuna Yuegong said suddenly, "Did you hear... the voice?"

"Voice?" Chen Ziang shook his head, "I didn't hear it."

"There is no problem with the audio monitoring." Rio Hokaze's voice came from the headset, "It's not a physical sound wave, but a message received by your inspiration."

Yuegong Lingnai's spirit vision is higher than Chen Ziang's, so her inspiration can receive news that Chen Ziang can't.

This is not a good thing.

Adjusting their vigilance to the highest level, the two continued to walk forward, and after going down for about five or six minutes, they finally entered a cave.

It looks like it should be a larger mine, with a wooden platform built around it for digging higher ores.

In a low-lying place in the very center of the mine, there is a deep red pool that looks like blood.

In the very center of the pool, stood a rough bone totem.

The three skulls are divided into left, middle and right, and are fixed on an expanded rib. Under the skull, there are two open palms.

"Well, it's this totem." Rio Hokaze's voice continued to come from the headset, "Now, take out the book from the box and put it on the palm of the bone."

Chen Ziang squatted on the ground, opened the box, and took out the old books inside.

Under the reflection of the pool of blood, the leather on the surface of the book began to glow faintly, as if blood was really oozing out.

"Senior." Tsukimiya Suzuna said suddenly, "Let me let it go."

Chen Ziang glanced at her, but did not hand her the book, but asked the headset:
"Put it on the palm of the bone, and then? What will happen?"

"Then, the curse on the opponent should be lifted." Rio Hokaze replied.

"I never said that the client is a curse." Chen Ziang questioned.

"My judgment is a curse." Hokaze Rio's voice became colder.

"The real Lixu told me before that there was a 'God's Gaze' on it." Chen Ziang sneered, "Why, when you impersonated her, didn't you do your homework?"

"Hmph." Hoikaze Rixu's voice in the headset turned into a sneer from Mrs. Dongyue, the proprietress of the hotel, "If the two of you still want to get out alive, just do as I tell you."

Suddenly, there were many rustling sounds in places where the surrounding light could not shine.

Chen Ziang quickly adjusted the direction of the emergency flashlight, only to realize that there were many tall, thin and hunched figures in the darkness around him.

Their bodies were wrapped in thick winter clothes, but their upper bodies were obviously bent down, as if they were going to lie on the ground at any time.

Protruding from the neckline of the cold-proof clothing is a long, narrow, hairy, weird head like a dog. The green eyes are half-protruded outwards, and the cracks on the cheeks have festered marks. Just looking at it makes people feel sick. Have the urge to vomit.

Accompanied by a great sense of crisis, Chen Ziang felt that his spiritual vision was rising sharply, but the shadow cloak pinned to his underwear soon felt cold again, reawakening his little rationality.

At the same time, familiar information also came into mind from the shadow cloak.

【The Lord of the Great Deep Sea is watching you, His wrath is protecting you. 】

[Every time you kill a heretic ghoul, you will get 3 points of fire. 】

[Destroy the skull totem, and you will get 100 points of fire. 】

Chen Ziang: ……………

What the nightmare priest Nicole said came to mind along with the memories:
"Our Nightmare Clan in the ancient city of Enrank, the god we serve is the Lord of the Great Deep Sea."

"The Lord of the Great Deep Sea used to have a group of ghoul believers, but these shameless and despicable guys chose to convert, and turned to serve the 'King of Ghouls' of the flesh and blood camp."

At that moment, all the clues were connected in series:

Nicole once revealed that the Lord of the Great Deep Sea and the King of Ghouls are sworn enemies.

The mortuary in Lingyi Town dedicated the corpses of dead townspeople to the so-called "God of Mines", whose real body was the King of Ghouls.

The proprietress of the hotel, Mrs. Fuyuki, is probably the witch of the king of ghouls, Mie Nishikawa.

The old book I got was a relic of the King of Ghouls, and it was a bait specially released by Mihui Nishikawa. The purpose was to attract people to come over and put the book back on the totem—this is probably some kind of sacrificial ceremony. Once the ceremony is completed, the consequences will inevitably be unimaginable.

Through the shadow cloak, the Lord of the Deep Sea found himself involved in the sacrificial ceremony of the King of Ghouls, so he tempted himself to destroy the ceremony, so as to shock the King of Ghouls a little...

Thinking of this, Chen Ziang suddenly felt blessed, and quickly raised his left hand without thinking, activating the power of [Touch of the Abyss].

In the pool of blood behind the skull totem, huge tentacles suddenly rose up, quickly and firmly entangled the totem.

Horrified and furious screams erupted from the surrounding crowd of ghouls, as if the goddess they worshiped had been ruthlessly desecrated.

While they were in a panic, resisting the decibel and high-frequency screams, Chen Zi'ang grabbed Yuegong Suzuna's hand, and pulled her towards the entrance where they came.

(End of this chapter)