Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 396

[Chapter 394]

Agatha stopped suddenly.

At the end of the field of vision, something strange at the intersection of the alley interrupted her wild thoughts.

In that corner shrouded in darkness, lumps of disgusting black substances are surging up, they seep from the nearby ground and wall surfaces, like sticky grease spilling out of pipes, with sticky and disgusting sounds In the center, the clumps of mud-like matter began to take on the shape of a human almost in the blink of an eye, and cast a hostile look at Agatha.

“It’s really lingering…”

Agatha couldn’t help but sigh softly, but she didn’t hesitate at all in her body movements—before the mud had time to completely condense, she had already raised her cane and pointed at the mud that was closest to her. a bunch of.

Pale flames ignited out of thin air, swallowing the wriggling “element” in an instant, and the power of cremation directly turned it into fly ash. The next second, another gray whirlwind rolled up in the alley, and the gray wind howled Passing through the humanoid fakes that are climbing up one by one, it seems to have a powerful devouring and weathering force, turning them into dry and eroded dust.

However, there were still more and more mud substances seeping out from the nearby walls and ground, and more and more humanoid monsters appeared at the intersection, blocking Agatha’s actions.

The gray wind blew past, and Agatha’s figure condensed in the wind. Her face was a little more tired, and after sensing a strange smell that suddenly appeared in the mud, her eyes became more serious.

She looked in the direction where the breath was coming from, and saw a “fake” formed by the original element rapidly wriggling and mutating. In a few seconds, the thing turned into a man with short blond hair and wearing a white shirt. smiling young man in black vest.

“Miss Gatekeeper, your physical strength is really good,” the young man nodded slightly, with a very polite tone, “I wonder if you still have fun exercising here?”

“If you want to exhaust me to death here through this kind of attrition tactics, it would be too naive.” Agatha stared at another incarnation of the young man with cold eyes, calming down her breath, “Death is very important to me. No point, I can still fight after death – the gatekeeper’s soul never tires, and you will always be found by me someday.” “

Of course, of course, it’s not that hard to actually kill a Bartok saint. Simple,” the young man laughed, with a bright smile, “I never thought about killing you, I just want to keep you here as long as possible, these empty shells for you to kill The right to entertain is to entertain you when you are bored.” “

Then the way you heretics treat guests is really unique,” Agatha knew that the other party was delaying herself in various ways, but at least for this moment, she also I don’t mind saying a few more words to restore my physical strength, “I’m suddenly a little curious, is your body so leisurely now—I can feel that I’m gradually approaching your hiding place, and every time I destroy one controlled by you Monster, I can feel your position more clearly… How many places do you have to hide?” The

smile on the blond young man’s face finally froze for a moment, but it was only a moment, and he happily smiled again. Smiling: “Ah, it seems that I have overlooked it – Bartok’s watchdog has always had a good ‘sense of smell’, so why don’t we just make a bet?” He raised a hand, as if making a gesture

. Inviting gesture.

“It’s a bet that you will find my body first, or that Frost will become the first earthly kingdom where the Holy Lord descends—the bet is your soul, and the lives of everyone in Frost…” A pale flame exploded

, Before the young man’s voice fell, it suddenly swept over the position where he was standing. In the next second, Agatha had turned into a whistling gray wind, and this gust of wind slammed into the intersection. Blocked the gray wind, but disintegrated and shattered under the power of the wind of death——in the blink of an eye, the gray wind hit the blond young man who was surrounded by pale flames, and sent him flying directly to the street A low wall opposite.

After a loud bang, the flames were blown away by the gust of wind, and Agatha’s figure emerged from the gray wind. She held the cane flat with her right hand, and the front end of the cane directly pierced the blond young man’s chest, killing him to death. nailed to the wall.

“Sorry, I don’t gamble.” Agatha looked into the other person’s eyes with a calm look in his eyes. “The clergy prohibit gambling.

” As the dirty black mud overflowed, he said that this body was dying quickly, but he seemed to have no fear or pain, “I hope your calmness and confidence can last longer…” Life passed out of the body, the

blond The young man’s body quickly disintegrated and melted, turning into a viscous black substance that flowed down, and quickly dried up as it landed. Heaps of lifeless “elements”.

Agatha pulled out the cane from the wall, shook the dirty substance on the end of the cane with some disgust, then raised her head calmly, and looked in a certain direction of the upper city.

Another avatar was wiped out, and as the life passed, the bond forged between the gatekeeper and the heretic in the shadows strengthened.

It feels… closer.

“Comfort and confidence… I really believe in myself…”

Agatha said to herself, then took a few deep breaths, supported her body with a cane, and walked slowly towards the direction she perceived. In a puddle behind her, a cluster of dark green flames was emerging from the reflection on the water surface, quietly illuminating the dark alley.

The puddles in the alleys, the windows of nearby buildings, the metal lampposts of street lamps in the distance… All the smooth mirrors reflect the thin shadows of flames.

…

The lights and candles in the silent cathedral were bright, and the sound of canes and heels hitting the ground broke the tranquility of the meditation hall. A tall figure dressed in black passed through the dark gate and came to the parked black ” Next to the high platform of the spiritual coffin.

Bishop Ivan’s hoarse and old voice came from the coffin: “Agatha, you are back—how is the situation of the second waterway?

” It will take a day to deliver the equipment.” Agatha shook her head and said helplessly, “You have to be patient, Bishop Ivan.” “

Oh…” The voice in the coffin was silent for a while, and then asked, ” How about the situation at the entrance of the West End?”

Agatha: “…”

After a while, she sighed: “How can the underground facilities be abandoned for half a century? I mobilized twelve heavy machine guns and Three steam walkers, all bullets blessed with holy oil and flames, and one hundred and fifty heavily armed silent monks, managed to dispel the darkness there. The good news is that we have successfully established the crossroads under the shaft. After setting up the first stronghold, and restarting the electricity and lighting in several connecting passages, the next exploration may be a little smoother than expected-if there are no more collapses and poisonous gas leaks.” “No heretics

found Figure?”

“Not yet,” Agatha shook her head, “but the situation in the deeper part is still unclear—the scale of the second waterway is too large, and the collapsed areas are isolated from each other. We are only at the first stage of one of the areas.” Standing firmly in a passage. But there is one situation that is more concerning…” There

was a rustling sound of cloth rubbing in the coffin, and then the dark coffin lid was pushed away from the inside, like a mummy. Bishop Fan sat up from inside.

“An interesting situation?” “Mummy” said in a low voice, “What happened?” “

At the ends of some ancient pipes, we found traces of repairs and transformations, as well as some suspicious branch pipes, which extended to the dark depths. place,” Agatha said with a frown, “we consulted the original blueprints in the archives, and confirmed that those pipes were not on the design drawings of that year.”

Bishop Ivan was silent for a while, and asked back: “…what do you think? Woolen cloth?”

“It looks like someone continued to maintain the second waterway after it was abandoned, and modified them to a certain extent,” Agatha said of her thoughts, “This kind of maintenance is not continuous, so Many areas are still abandoned after several years of maintenance, but there may be something still operating in the depths of the sewer.”

Bishop Ivan listened quietly, and after a long time, he slowly opened his mouth: “The second waterway… It is a huge underground kingdom, enough to hold countless secrets. Even if you fill in all the guardian troops, you can’t fill all its corridors and intersections, so don’t pay too much attention to those insignificant traces of transformation—concentrate on searching Those heresy, other matters, just leave it to the people in the city hall to have a headache.”

Agatha glanced at Bishop Ivan, and then nodded thoughtfully.

Bishop Ivan noticed the exhaustion in the gatekeeper’s expression: “You don’t seem to have a good rest-this level of exploration should not make you so tired. Are you in a bad state? You seem to be worried since you came in just now. Heavy.”

Agatha opened her mouth, hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: “I’m a little… restless.”

(End of this chapter)