Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 188 The Confessor
The strange afternoon town had invaded the real one? Derek vaguely understood what the Chief was saying, and had a rough guess as to why it had happened.
He suspected that when Mr. Fool pulled himself out of that strange Afternoon Town, he broke the balance there and let the power seep out.
It would also explain why Colin “The Demon Hunter” Iliad hadn’t disappeared on the spot after repeating his attempt.
As Derek wondered what kind of change this would bring, Colin, “Chief” of the Council of Six, pulled a handful of shimmering dust from one of the hidden compartments of his belt and sprinkled it into the air.
The dust exploded and spewed upwards in a silvery white light, which was very noticeable in the gray and dark surroundings.
Derek, Joshua, and Heim knew exactly what the signal meant, which was not to move about, but to stay where they were, watch for possible enemies, and wait for help!
There was no doubt that this was directed at the questing groups scattered throughout the rest of the town in the afternoon!
”Demon Hunter” Colin released the signal three times in a row in between flashes of lightning, then sidled up to Derek and the others:
”We’ll meet them in turn, from near to far.
”Be careful on the way.”
”Yes, Chief!” Derek had already forgotten the aggravation he had just experienced and only wished to help his companions as soon as possible.
According to Colin’s instructions, he walked on the left side of the squad, on the other side was Joshua, who wore crimson gloves and carried an iron black sword, and the relatively stronger “Knight of the Dawn” Heinem was at the end of the line, about three paces away from the “Demon Hunter” directly in front of him.
Lightning flashes were alternating in the sky, the town was bright and gray in the gloomy afternoon, and the candle flames reflected in the windows were swaying, peaceful and quiet.
Derek is no longer the same rookie, at this time, although nervous, but holding the “Hurricane Axe” palm does not sweat, the line of sight skilfully moved back and forth, to guard against the two sides of the building may suddenly leap out of the monster.
After a flash of lightning, the world returned to darkness, and the candles of the town were lit up in the afternoon, as if they were waiting for travelers in need of a place to stay.
The animal-skin lantern in Heinem’s hand had a dim, diffuse glow, but it couldn’t reach far, and wasn’t nearly as effective as Derek’s night vision.
Its only purpose seemed to be to dispel the thick blackness around them.
At this moment, Derek’s neck was suddenly cool, and there was no cold wind blowing around him!
He subconsciously did not turn around directly, took a step diagonally, half-turned his body, and looked behind him out of the corner of his eye.
He saw Heinem, who was close to two meters three in height, staring at himself with a gloomy expression, slashing down the large and broad straight sword in his hand!
Bang!
Derek rolled in a ball and avoided the blow, and the sound of fierce wind seemed to echo in his ears.
Immediately afterward, he heard the voice of the Chief:
”What’s wrong?”
”Heinem attacked me!” Derek rolled to his feet in the direction of Colin the Demon Hunter.
”Me?” Heinem asked rhetorically with a puzzled look on his face, holding an animal skin lantern in one hand and a large straight sword in the other.
Colin glanced at Derek:
”I didn’t notice him acting unusually.”
As he spoke, two dark green symbols protruded from the eyes of the “Demon Hunter”.
He looked around and said:
”The assailant can change into Heinem’s appearance?”
Before his words fell, the silver-colored straight sword held tightly in his right hand slammed back!
Pfft!
In the sound of silence, a figure emerged from the dark and gloomy environment, he had white messy hair, deep lines, dark and deep light blue eyes, and in his hand, he also carried a silver sword coated with light gray ointment, almost exactly the same as “Demon Hunter” Colin, the only difference was that his expression was gloomy and his complexion was dull. The only difference was that he had a grim expression and a dull complexion.
Poof, poof, poof!
The two silver swords clashed in mid-air, sending out sparks.
At the same time, Colin Iliad shouted in a deep voice:
”Light!”
Light? Instinctively, Derek raised his hands and clasped them against his mouth and nose.
In this instant, he realized that three figures ran out from the darkness around him, one was the tall and robust Heinem, one was Joshua wearing crimson gloves, and one was Derek himself, who was not low in height and still had a childish look on his face!
Derek didn’t panic, following the “Chief’s” instructions, letting a clearer light out of his body.
The three figures seemed to be very afraid of this, while raising their palms in front of their faces, while trying to escape to the side.
However, how could their speed compare to the light.
The bright, clear light illuminated the surrounding area, and those three figures were completely submerged within.
They opened their mouths and let out silent screams, but they quickly faded and disappeared.
The light rushed out, bringing the two “Demon Hunters” in the middle of the fight into the bright field together, and one of them immediately became stiff and slow, then lost its color and went completely black.
Poof!
The silver sword coated with light gray grease pierced through the monster, but seemed to hit the invisible air, failing to cause any damage.
At that moment, the deep black monster suddenly burned itself out, splitting into twisted shadows and dissolving inch by inch in light and flame.
”Demon Hunters,” Colin said as he retrieved the straight silver sword and turned his head sideways to Derek and the others:
”This time the monsters are our own shadows.
”Their weakness is, bright light!”
As he spoke, the “chief” of the six-member council surged with bright and holy morning sunlight, illuminating the entire street as if it were dawn.
This is the “warrior” pathway in the “Knight of the Dawn” stage can obtain the extraordinary ability, “Demon Hunter” Colin did not use it at first because the effect is too obvious, do not know will lead to what accidents. Now, he already knew the weakness of those monsters in the town in the afternoon!
The morning sunlight created by “The Chief” was like a field, Heinem gave up the intention of using similar extraordinary ability, still carrying the animal skin lantern, together with Derek and Joshua, followed by Colin Iliad, and turned to another street.
It didn’t take long for the group of four to arrive at a church that had mostly collapsed.
This church originally had a high tower, and the whole thing was made of classical stone pillars with masonry arches, heavy and dull.
Through the door, which was too spacious for the giants, Derek followed the “chief” to the prayer hall, where they saw that the statue of the god had been destroyed, but the candles on the altar had been lit by someone.
In front of the altar, a figure in simple white robes lay prostrate, whispering a prayer so low that it could not be heard.
”Not one of ours.” Heinem, who also had night vision, was the tallest and was the first to notice the abnormality.
This means that it is not the shadows of our team members that have turned into monsters …… Derek helped Heinem say the latent meaning in his mind.
And that meant unknown, and unknown often meant very dangerous!
”There was supposed to be an exploration team here originally.” Colin gathered the range of his own morning sun, lest he irritate the white-robed figure.
Heinem, Joshua, and Derek were suddenly silent, not uttering a word, a scene like this where that exploration team didn’t show up first basically meant that the end wasn’t too good.
While their thoughts were turning, two men wearing biased tight black clothes came out from the doorway on the right side of the hall, they were the second member of the church’s exploration team.
”Chief, those shadows, there’s something wrong with those shadows! Laroa is being consumed by his own shadows!” One of the members of the exploration team’s gaze swept over “Demon Hunter” Colin, and immediately said with excitement and fear.
Has someone already sacrificed …… Derek’s heavy heart, while seeing the morning sun spread around the expansion of the two members of the exploration team, encompassing the two members of the team.
The expressions of those two team members suddenly grimaced, but their bodies were rapidly dimming, and after just two seconds, they completely disappeared like shadows caught in the light.
Snap!
A white bone, a mass of flesh and blood fell from their bodies and smashed onto the floor.
Points of light were slowly precipitating out from within these wrecks.
Colin withdrew his gaze and said without expression:
”First, go next to that acolyte and listen to what it’s praying for.”
Derek and the others nodded in silence and took a step towards the collapsed idol.
After ten or so steps, they got a good look at the white-robed figure from the slanting side; it was a middle-aged male with a deep profile and tears in his eyes.
The acolyte’s face was almost pressed to the floor tiles, and he muttered under his breath:
”O Lord Almighty, I repent …… having tempted Saslir, the kings frequent the palace belonging to the Twilight to conspire.
”The people of this town have somehow changed as well, setting up secret altars, performing strange rituals, and doing all sorts of things that You do not allow.
”I discovered all of this, but it was too late; depravity, bloodshed, darkness, decay, killing, filth and shadows had flowed and flooded the land.
”A great catastrophe will begin here!”
Such words were repeated over and over again, like a prophet speaking in a low voice of the tragic end that was sure to come.
This is where the catastrophe will begin? Is this where the abandonment of this land by the “Creator of all things” began? And who tempted the Dark Angel Sasrir? The cleric should have said it, because after the sentence “I repent” there is a gap where he could have said a name …… He did, but the name disappeared by itself? Erased by whom? This cleric should have been in that strange afternoon town before, the balance was broken before appearing here, otherwise he was found during the last quest …… Derek flashed a lot of thoughts in a short period of time.
At that moment, he saw the “Chief” step away and walk next to the acolyte in the simple white robes.
……
Klein woke up from his dream and closed his eyes at the glare of the midday sunlight streaming in through the window.
He rolled out of bed and made his way unhurriedly to the Pirate’s Dining Room.
Frank Lee saw him arrive and immediately waved him over:
”Germaine, I found something new!”
I grass, what the hell is it again …… Klein a heart immediately raised:
”Your new invention?”
”No, no.” Frank shook his head excitedly, “I originally wanted to study the fish in this sea, they should be able to dream! I just tried fishing and ended up catching a strange thing.”