ATPnovel Chapter 219: Attraction
Chapter 219: Attraction
Chapter 219: Attraction
It was not hard to surmise that the people of Black Stone Town were conducting some kind of ritual. The woman played the character of a priest.
In the next painting, the style suddenly changed. A giant, horrifying monster appeared on the white stone plate...
It had sharp and twisted horns, a muscular body, fish-like gills, and two bat wings protruding out of its scaly back. Its most terrifying feature was its giant maw that could swallow a person whole.
When they saw this, Chen Ran and Jiang Cheng were silent. They were not unfamiliar with this creature. They saw it once on the first stone door.
“Brother Hao.” Chen Ran looked at Jiang Cheng as if he could see through him. “There are 35 people in the group who enter the forest.”
Jiang Cheng stared at the aged woman. Then, he corrected, “It’s 36. You forgot about the dead person.”
“You’re right.” Chen Ran smiled.
When they entered the forest, 35 living people carried a dead person. When they left the forest, the wooden board was empty, and there were 36 people in the group. With what they saw near the stone plate... the power of this ritual was clear.
Resurrection...
It could revive the dead. Reviving the dead, this miracle somehow happened. Jiang Cheng could imagine how shocked the invaders, who possessed basic medical knowledge, must have felt when they encountered this. It had fully inversed their worldview.
The helpless locals were demanded to kneel on the ground. The outsiders watched over them like prison wardens. The identities of the saved and the saviour disintegrated. They were no longer people who needed help but a bunch of bandits.
Everyone knew that the request to save the boy was merely an excuse. The death of the boy would mean nothing to them. He was, at most, just an experiment. For the ‘civilised’ outsiders, the boy was just a valid request.
It was hard to tell how the negotiation went. However, based on the paintings, after a few locals lost their heads, the elder chose to submit. With him leading the way, the locals and their kidnappers departed into the forest. The outsiders brutally punctured the local’s shoulders and strung them together with a rope. They held the weapons and prodded the locals along.
Different from the locals, who were filled with fear, the outsiders exuded fanaticism and desire. No one could escape death, but it didn’t stop people from trying.
And now... the chance was right before them. How could they be calm?
The inspiration brought by science was swept away by the shock of a divine revelation. The women tied to the post... The people around the pyre pointed at them. The women were not afraid of hell because they were already in hell. The fire burned as the spectators looked on with admiration and awe.
Soon, the elder led them to the stone plate. The crowd started to boil. The thing so many people looked for was within their reach.
Before the ritual started, the elder tried to warn them again.
However, no one listened to him. When a muscular outsider placed his weapon around the neck of a trembling girl, the elder shut up with a sigh.
Then, the elder personally accepted the dying child from the woman. He walked to the stone plate and respectfully placed the boy down on the altar. Then, he picked him up and carried him steadily near his chest.