Shadow Apostle

Everyone in the candle circle is miserable right now.

Especially the four servants died inexplicably, which shows the danger in the candle circle.

But Horst still pushed Miss Berndt's body and rushed in without any hesitation. He was so decisive that even the Earl didn't react.

Because during the entire process after entering the cave, Horst never stopped observing.

From the very beginning when Jessica fell for no reason and the count suddenly took over her body, Horst felt a sense of disobedience.

The Earl didn't seem to intend to show up so early. It was Jessica's behavior that forced him to take over the body, and he even fell down in embarrassment.

At that time, Jessica was planning to rush into the candle circle and rush to the altar.

After taking over the body, Earl Bernt always stood outside the candle circle. Even when he first started chasing with a gun, he went around the candle circle and chased to the opposite side without ever stepping into the candle circle.

Horst didn't know the reason, but he knew that the count must have his reasons for doing this.

The more reluctant he is to enter the candle circle, the more necessary it is to help him enter the candle circle. This is the only way to destroy this ritual without harming Jessica's remaining body.

Maybe stop the ritual.

Maybe the rest of the Burnt family can be saved.

Maybe... even Miss Berndt can be saved?

Screams rang in my ears.

The Earl, who finally reacted, let out a desperate scream and struggled violently, but this was not his body after all. He could not exert the power of the awakened person at all, and could not escape Horst's control.

Horst didn't even blink. He hugged the person in his arms tightly and ran towards the altar as fast as he could.

As he approached the altar, he realized how terrifying it was.

Because of the huge pressure brought to him by the vortex above his head.

He couldn't even understand the whirlpool, let alone the pressure. He could only instinctively feel desperate fear.

But Horst did not stop. He gritted his teeth, tightly hugged the struggling body in his arms, and ran straight to the altar directly below the whirlpool.

The four corpses were at the four corners of the altar, and Horst already knew what happened to them.

Because as soon as he got close to the altar, Horst felt a strong suction force, sucking him as if to defy gravity.

But that was not the attraction to the entity. In fact, he stepped firmly on his feet. This suction hit his soul directly, giving him the illusion that he would merge with the vortex above his head at any time.

Without even thinking about it, Horst hugged Miss Berndt's body and lay down on the altar.

‘It seems that there are not many sacrifices that take the initiative like me. ’

Seizing the last moment to think wildly, Horst pressed down Miss Berndt's body and lay down between the old lady and the young count.

As soon as he lay down on the altar, Horst knew that he had done the right thing, because the person under him suddenly showed great abnormality.

Miss Berndt's body suddenly floated up with opisthotonus, struggling violently in the air as if she was suffering from great pain.

However, everything was meaningless, as strange white lights came out from her facial features.

That was not the light that vision should see at all. The faint green light of the candle circle was not affected at all, but the white light was always there and getting brighter.

Under the illumination of white light, her face seemed to become transparent, and then there was a very sudden flash of light and shadow, and a transparent figure and body were split into two.

The original body seemed to have lost all its strength and fell straight back to the altar, without any breath anymore.

What was separated was a complete human form composed of white light. The humanoid showed an expression of extreme pain, and its body struggled hard, but it flew towards the vortex in the air without the ability to resist.

"Save me, sir, the things have been given to you."

The light and shadow stretched out their hands towards the darkness on the side and made a sound with a strange and ethereal effect. But when Horst looked along, he saw nothing. Beyond the candlelight, there was only darkness.

"No, save me, don't abandon me, my lord!"

The light and shadow waved their hands and feet, but they were still swallowed up by the whirlpool little by little. In the end, the exposed hands scratched desperately to catch something, but in the end even the last bit of light on the fingertips was swallowed up by the whirlpool.

At this moment, Horst suddenly felt like a light on his back, as if something was watching him in the darkness.

It was a feeling whose source was difficult to identify, but Horst subconsciously looked at the whirlpool.

At that moment, he didn't know what he saw.

It seems like countless chaotic graphics, and it also seems like billions of chaotic lines, interlaced lights and shadows, and chaotic sounds.

Incomprehensible, incomprehensible.

But there is an urge to throw myself into it and completely integrate with it, like a moth, instinctively swooping towards the brilliant light source.

I don’t know how much time passed, but time seemed to have lost its meaning. It seemed like it was just a moment, and it seemed like it was eternity.

When Horst finally recovered from his trance, the prying eyes had disappeared, and only the vortex was still spinning slowly in the air. Horst only felt that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, and his muscles ached, as if he had just It's like running tens of thousands of meters.

The next moment, the vortex exploded.

Just like a mirror being smashed into pieces, the black vortex exploded into fragments all over the sky out of thin air. Countless strange air currents spurted out from the broken vortex and swept the entire cave in an instant.

"call."

The howling wind blew out all the candles, and the cave suddenly fell into extreme darkness. Only the lanterns brought in by Horst and Jessica still emitted a faint light, barely illuminating the area near the altar.

The weird feeling completely disappeared.

Even though the candles were still there, the hexagram marks and blood on the ground were still there, and the altar and the corpses at the four corners were still there, there was no longer the weird feeling before, as if everything had returned to normal.

Horst understood that this ceremony had been destroyed by him and everything was over.

Like most previous experiences, this mysterious contact ended with his own victory.

But what's the cost?

Horst felt that he felt no joy at all. He did not want such a victory at all.

"Cough cough cough."

The sudden sound broke the silence in the darkness. The skinny old countess coughed, and the child on the other side also made a faint movement.

The people you want to save have all woken up, but what about you?

Horst raised the lantern and illuminated Jessica's face.

His expression was peaceful and peaceful, as if he had fallen asleep, and his limbs were still warm, as if he were still alive.

However, the body has no vital signs.

After all, the soul has been sent to the underworld.

Horst shook his head and sighed deeply.

"I have fulfilled your last wish for you. Would you like to get up first and settle the bill?"

The corpse would not pay the bill, so Horst could only smile bitterly, straighten her scattered clothes, and put the folding fan into her arms.

Finally, he took her hand and left a light kiss on the back of it.

"Go on your way, you bastard."

The lingering sound hadn't dissipated yet. When he raised his head, he saw the corpse's eyes suddenly opened and looking straight at him.