Lumian had previously put Guillaume. Bene had briefly told Ryan and others about the black thorn symbol on his chest, the "fate" in the name of the hidden existence, and the materials in the corresponding field, such as gray amber, tulips, lilacs, and musk, but he only pushed the source to the priest of the parish, which had nothing to do with him.
Now, as soon as they heard his reminder, Lia, Ryan, and Valentine immediately became alert and made corresponding guesses.
"A place of sacrifice?" Ryan whispered to himself.
As he spoke, everyone turned their eyes to the basement.
With the little light flowing down the steps, they could barely see the general appearance of the interior:
The space in the basement of the church was larger than the entire first floor of Lumian's house, and the ground was covered with gray-white stone slabs, which were extremely dark because the light could not shine on them, and a half-man-high stone platform stood in the middle.
The top of the stone platform is slightly sunken into the depths, and it seems that there is something hidden, but it is difficult to see.
Lumian whispered while thinking:
"This may be where the priests of this parish pray for 'gifts' from evil beings."
"They actually built the altar of the evil god in the basement of the church!" Valentine was simply out of anger, and Lumian suspected that he would burn in the next second, turning into holy light and purifying everything here.
"Calm down." Ryan patted Valentine on the shoulder, "Get ready to ignite the flames."
He immediately motioned for Leah to do some reconnaissance.
Liya maintained a sweet smile, sucked her upright nose and said:
"That hidden being with 'fate' in his name likes fragrance very much......"
She sighed as she walked into the basement, her mouth moving as if she was silently reciting something.
The four small silver bells jingled again, sometimes intense, sometimes soothing.
One-step, two-step, three-step...... Lia turned around and said to Ryan and the others:
"There is nothing unusual in the door area."
Ryan, Lumian, and Valentai then entered the basement through the old brown wooden door and came to the place where Leah stopped.
Leah moved on.
After taking a few steps, the silver bell hanging from her veil and boots shook violently.
Jingle Ding!
This voice spread rapidly in all directions.
A little dawn-like light immediately appeared around Ryan's body, and they condensed together to create a set of silver-white full-body armor on Ryan's body.
At the same time, Ryan had an additional pure giant sword of light in his hand.
Valentine half-opened his arms, letting the golden illusory flames burn beside him.
One of the flames suddenly lengthened and widened, and Lia's figure came out of it.
She returned to where Lumian and the others were from her position near the altar.
It's amazing...... Lumian was once again amazed by Lia's performance, compared to the "Sun" path ability that could be understood and imagined and Ryan's fighting state, Lia's various performances were more weird and magical, such as yesterday's ability to transfer his wound from his thigh to the edge of his calf, which was simply incredible.
Faced with the sudden "alarm", Lumian still made his only response:
He pulled out the iron-black axe and shrank behind Ryan, who had grown a lot bigger.
During this process, he took advantage of the situation to look around and found no abnormal changes.
You know, he has "spiritual vision".
Of course, Lumian also had certain discoveries - with the help of the light brought by the golden flames, he saw piles of human bones on the edge of the basement, some of which were also covered with light-colored sheepskin.
Is this the previous sacrifice? The priests of this parish have been engaged in cult rituals here for at least half a year, and Auror and I were completely unaware...... Lumian's thoughts turned around, and he once again felt that the village of Kordu, where he had lived for nearly five years, was so strange, and it was not normal here at some point, perhaps, it was not normal from the beginning.
"Is it okay?" Ryan looked vigilantly in the direction of the altar and asked about Lia.
Liya shook her head:
"I don't feel anything wrong, it's just a sign of danger."
"It's strange......" Lumian just glanced sideways at Leah, and his voice stopped abruptly.
He saw that the beautiful girl's face became translucent, and it seemed that there were twisted worms crawling around there, crawling in and out, and the whole person was even more terrifying and evil than the legendary evil spirits, and it made people's scalps tingle and their hearts beat.
This was beyond Lumian's imagination, and he suspected that he would have nightmares for a long time.
"You, your face!" He couldn't contain his horror and reminded Leah.
Liya subconsciously touched her face with her right hand, and her eyes changed.
As for whether her face had changed, Lumian couldn't tell from the transparent and twisted worms.
Leah quickly looked at the back of her hand, where the skin also became translucent, and the flesh and blood below seemed to have turned into strange worms.
"You're close to getting out of control!" Valentai also noticed Lia's condition.
Liya said to herself suspiciously:
"But my mental state is okay."
"You first determine if this is your hallucination." Ryan nodded sideways.
Almost at the same time, Lumian noticed that the tall warrior was rapidly shrinking, and the silver-white full-body armor on his body and the greatsword of light in his hand also disintegrated.
In the blink of an eye, Ryan became a short man of only one and a half meters, and his brown top and light yellow trousers were either big or long.
Has he also changed? Only Valentine and I are fine...... Lumian's pupils dilated sharply, and he subconsciously looked at Valentine.
"Ryan, you have become smaller!" Valentine, who was already a pure light man, hurriedly reminded his companions.
"......" Lumian, who was almost blinded, hurriedly asked Lia, "Have I changed?"
Liya said with countless transparent worms that seemed to crawl out but couldn't do without flesh and blood:
"You're normal.
"But in this case, normal may be the biggest abnormality."
Am I normal? Could it be that the black thorn symbol protected me and made the 'danger' here think I was his own? Lumian suddenly guessed.
At this time, Ryan had already checked his body, and said while being on guard:
"I didn't get smaller, but I returned to my old self, and even lost my extraordinary abilities."
"Like before?" Lumian blurted out.
He vaguely thought of something in his heart.
Ryan nodded:
"Well, I was born short, which is a big misfortune as a man, so I chose 'warrior' when choosing 'magic potion', which effectively changes my height.
"I don't know if it's lucky or not, in the past five or six years, there have been a lot of extraordinary monsters and abnormal phenomena involving the 'warrior' path, so that I can relatively less worry about the materials I need for promotion."
After listening to Ryan's words, Lumian probably understood the source of the mutation:
"You have returned to the 'past'!
"As far as I know, the authority of that hidden existence involves the past......"
Speaking of this, he followed the mysterious lady, deliberately paused for a few seconds, and added some other words:
"It also involves the present, and, and, and, and the future."
Although he currently speaks Intis, he should be cautious.
Liya reacted extremely quickly and blurted out:
"Valentine and I have entered the future, is this our future state?"
"And I'm now?" Lumian affirmed Lia's guess with a rhetorical question.
He then thought of the three-faced monster he encountered in the ruins of the dream realm.
The monster had only one head, but it had three faces, one old, one in the prime of life, and one young in its prime.
Lumian suspected that this was also a gift from the owner of the black thorn symbol, and it was of a higher level, but the giver could not bear it, or encountered some accident and turned into a three-faced monster.
Liya nodded lightly and said:
"Probably, but this change in state did not affect my spirit, and I didn't feel close to losing control at all."
"I don't feel like I'm burning either." Valentine followed.
Ryan thought for a moment and said:
"Similarly, I have not lost my memory.
"Maybe there is just a little power left here that cannot affect the spirit, heart and memory, but after maintaining this state for a long time, I am not sure if there will be any serious sequelae.
"I'm okay, the big deal is to take the magic medicine again and be promoted again, if you guys, there should have been many possibilities in the future, but now, the future may have been destined, one is out of control, and the other turns into holy light, this is, well, what I understand as 'fate'."
"It's really scary." Leah sighed with a smile, "Fortunately, we can still restart the cycle, and we can still try to find the 'now' here."
Seeing that there were no terrifying monsters around, Lumian suggested:
"Why don't we go out first and see if we can recover naturally?
"Moreover, you may encounter a force that represents the 'present' on the way."
Lane did not object:
"You can try it."
Now he is an ordinary person, and it will be very dangerous to go further.
"I'm afraid that another change in state will directly lead to loss of control." Liya said more cautiously.
It is definitely good to encounter the "present", but it will be troublesome to encounter the "past", and I don't know what will happen if I superimpose the "future" again.
Lumian took the initiative to speak:
"I'll explore the way, I still have a chance to change my state."
He mainly wanted to see if he was lucky enough to encounter "now" or whether the black thorn symbol on his chest protected him.
"Be careful." Ryan didn't stop him, and gave a warning, and Leah nodded.
Valentine's eyes at Lumian also became less indifferent.
He couldn't help but think:
This young man is very sacrificial, and he is a devout believer in my Lord, and when the cycle is lifted, let's see if there is a way to remove the hidden pollution from his body and let him join our team.
Seeing that Lumian was about to take a step, Valentine, who had regained his composure, proposed:
"Let me try to see if I can get rid of this state first?"
No one objected, and Lumian did the same, because he was in the "now" and did not need to be exorcised from the "negative state" or receive purification.
The next second, he realized that he had miscalculated.
Valentine did not directly make holy water to purify Leah and Ryan, but first used the "solar ring".
The dark golden light flashed, and the invisible power spread out to the surroundings.
ps: The third time I asked for a monthly pass~
(End of this chapter)