bookcurios Chapter 117 Human Sacrifice
Chapter 117 Human Sacrifice
Old Lu hesitated for a while and told Tian Yu about his important discoveries in the past few days.
In a sense, the two are both enemies and friends, but because of the alliance, they cannot cause harm to each other. Lao Lu's purpose of sharing is roughly the same as Tian Yu's, he just doesn't want to get into trouble and be isolated and helpless.
"Since I came to the City of Sand, I have been investigating the identity of the person who looks like me." Old Lu spoke slowly.
"The mask he left behind was also a breakthrough, so I started hanging out in the fighting arena in the Sand City, and finally I found a clue."
"This person seems to be a disabled person." After taking a sip of tea, he was looking forward to Tian Yu's reaction.
But she just looked calm and nodded slowly: "I think this probably explains why the number of players decreased rapidly in the early stage of the dungeon."
When Lao Lu heard this, he immediately understood what she meant: "You mean..."
Players like Tian Yu and Lao Lu are certainly not experienced veterans, but they both survived. There should be no shortage of players with various strange abilities in this dungeon.
The cheapest and most common thermal weapons alone can allow a player to fight ten enemies at once.
This world is so vast that the possibility of concentrating all the players and letting them fight each other is too small.
After staying in the dungeon for such a long time, Tian Yu only met Lao Lu, which indirectly shows that the players' positions are not concentrated.
How did those more than a hundred players die?
Both of them had some answers in their hearts.
"Another pitfall. A-level mission is indeed not as simple as it seems." Old Lu sighed.
"The next sacrifice in the City of Sand will be in four days." Tian Yu reminded.
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The City of Sand is already prosperous, and today the streets are even more crowded. The goal of the local natives and outsiders is almost the same - to get to the altar.
The altar in this main city should be the most magnificent one Tian Yu has ever seen.
The altar is located in the north of the Sand City, with the center of power behind it.
There are eight main roads leading to the altar, and countless alleys and intersections converge here.
In the past, there were guards at the ends of these eight main roads, so people could only see the vague shadow of the altar from afar.
Today, restrictions were removed at these eight intersections and people began to flock to their centers.
Tian Yu and Lao Lu set out before dawn in order to occupy a better position.
The two of them brought their own small stools and sat in the position closest to the altar that ordinary people could get.
This altar is a circular building with eight layers of cone shape from top to bottom, located in the center of the entire sacrificial site.
Judging from the width, the circle at the bottom has a diameter of over 100 meters, not to mention that there is still a lot of area left in the square around the altar.
Around the square, Tian Yu saw the familiar statues again, and four faceless men, guarding the altar firmly.
The altar and the places closest to it should belong to the dignitaries, while ordinary people can only watch the sacrifices from the surrounding area.
Even so, the sacrifice, which was originally supposed to begin at dark when the moon was full, has now attracted quite a few people.
Like Tian Yu, they brought small stools and food and waited quietly.
Some devout believers were already kneeling on the ground, chanting towards the altar.
Old Lu poked Tian Yu's shoulder and said, "I've seen two sacrifices before. They were quite bloody, but these people didn't care. They were even very pious."
"Do they believe in the Eight-Handed God of War?" Tian Yu asked in a low voice.
"Yes, these people seem to firmly believe that the Eight-Handed God of War can bring them extraordinary energy, cure all diseases and take away suffering." Old Lu pointed to a middle-aged man crawling on the ground and signaled to Tian Yu.
The two men sat on their benches and continued to wait, as more and more people gathered around the square.
The sunsets here are always more passionate than any Tian Yu has ever seen, and the last rays of the sun illuminate the desert city with its majestic grandeur.
A procession dressed in sacrificial attire entered the square around the altar carrying livestock and cages.
"Such a big deal?" Tian Yu asked.
There were probably hundreds of livestock alone, and the cages were covered with black cloth. I didn't know what was inside, but it looked like there were more than ten of them.
"Today's sacrifice may be different from usual ones." Old Lu looked serious. He had never seen a sacrifice of such a scale in the City of Sand.
As the sun's last rays faded, countless lights began to light up above the altar and in the square.
The darkness did not affect the clear illumination of the entire altar at all.
The surroundings fell silent at the same time. It should have been a full moon night, but at this moment, not a single moonlight could be seen.
Tian Yu could even clearly sense the people around him slowing down their breathing.
Suddenly, an ancient ballad sounded beneath the altar—
"The vast continent,
Ants build their nests.
In the middle of the rolling mountains,
The giant walked out slowly,
The light of Erguna God illuminates life.
The hope of the human race is rekindled at this moment.
On the boundless battlefield,
Bones cover all stories,
The ancestors sought the guidance of the heroic spirits,
Scattered across the continent
......"
Tian Yu listened carefully. This ballad was like an epic, seeming to record the story of how the human race became the overlord of this continent.
As the songs echoed, the sacrificial animals were hung upside down in the square and their throats were cut and their blood was drained.
The strong smell of blood rushed into the nostrils of Tian Yu who was sitting in the front row.
Under the light, the faces of those in sacrificial robes flickered.
The blood of the animals began to drip onto the ground.
Tian Yu's eyes suddenly widened. The blood actually outlined some words on the ground of the square!
No wonder she didn't find the stone tablet on the square, and onlookers were not allowed to set foot on the square.
It turns out that the stone tablet here actually covers the entire area of the altar!
Tian Yu looked at the bloody words densely packed on the ground and his scalp began to tingle.
At this moment, Old Lu pulled her sleeve and wrote two words on the palm of Tian Yu's hand.
The two looked at each other, both confused.
What Old Lu wrote was "wrong". What he meant was that sacrifices in the past were not like those today?
The two began to become alert, thinking that there might be something special about today's ceremony.
The bloody words began to spread from the edge to the altar, and when they completely covered the ground of the square, they stopped abruptly.
Then, the drums started to sound, and the heavy, muffled sound seemed to hit everyone's heart.
Above the sky, darkness began to fade away, and silvery moonlight began to sprinkle on the ground from the highest point of the altar.
Those bright red words became more vivid at this moment, and Tian Yu always felt that they seemed to come alive.
A priest dressed in grand sacrificial attire and the king of the Kingdom of Sand, representing power, appeared.
The king of the Kingdom of Sand stood at the bottom of the altar, and the priest walked up to the first level.
As he shouted, the black cloth covering more than ten cages was finally lifted.
Tian Yu opened her eyes wide and looked at the scene in the cage. She knew what was going to happen next and she almost felt like vomiting.