Volume 7: War and Peace in an Abandoned Town Chapter 18: Gods of the Past (Part 1)
"Yes, yes, you are surely an ally of our great master?"
Maggots and pus were flowing on the old man's body, but his human-looking face was full of hope.
It was like a desperate person suddenly saw the light of hope. All kinds of membranes were vibrating inside the foul-smelling body, as if the human body was constantly rising and falling under such excitement, which made Li Lin frown in disgust.
This situation was beyond Li Lin's expectations. He originally only wanted to use the fear and frenzy effects of the crazy blood to torture out information, but it was obvious that another plot was triggered now. No, or it should have been this way, after all, the crazy blood was the main factor in opening the map. However, the scene presented in front of Li Lin still tested his spirit.
An old man whose arm was cut off, who was an angry fanatic the second before, became so pious after recognizing the blood of madness.
Just as if he saw his own god descending to the earth, the old man knelt on the ground trembling with hope, as if he was going to put his hands together, but with only one palm he could only gesture in the air helplessly, and then look at him longingly.
"Oh, look at this, poor sir, sad sir, you finally arrived here according to the ancient covenant, but I think you must have suffered unspeakable horror, right? Look at what you have been transformed into by those natural disasters. You were forced to become a body as lowly as a lowly creature like me. Has your body, which should have been extremely sacred, been destroyed? This is really..."
Are you still willing to keep the ancient promise even in this situation? You have really worked hard.
The remaining palm stretched out in mid-air. In the wailing fog around him, the old man's expression looked more and more mournful and pious. He didn't even have the courage to look at Li Lin's face. He curled up and knelt down to the player who was emitting crazy blood.
The crazy believer was wailing and crying on the ground, and the pustules all over his body were cracking, spraying maggots and some white smelly magazines around. The whole human skin gradually shrank. Just like the rotten sun that Li Lin had once recalled, the originally bright face gradually rotted and collapsed, revealing the weirdness and horror of the core.
"…Ancient Covenant?"
However, Li Lin had seen even more disgusting things. Seeing that a special plot had been triggered, Li Lin stopped torturing the old man. Instead, he looked at this monster that looked more like a wriggling maggot than a human being, and asked tentatively:
"What is the ancient covenant? What does the blood of madness mean? Also, what happened here? Why do some strangers come here from time to time? Why have you lived here for so long? Tell me everything you know, and I will forgive your sins."
Of course, death is the best forgiveness.
Looking at the squirming human figure, Li Lin added a sentence in his mind.
"You have even forgotten your own abilities and identity, right? You have forgotten your own holiness, just like my master, just like other masters. The natural disaster destroyed everything. It is really, really too difficult..."
The slug kneeling on the ground sobbed, spreading a foul smell around him, and explained to Li Lin in an increasingly inhuman voice:
"But this is normal. This is normal. After all, you are not an ordinary being. The great master summoned you. It is my fault. I dared to disrespect you. No, the people in this town dared to disrespect you. Everyone here must die. Otherwise, there is no way to show the greatness and power of God."
"Now I am asking you questions, not you telling me what to do, understand?"
"Ah, yes, yes, look at me like this, a lowly person like me actually dares to do this to you, I should have died a long time ago, but if I die, I will not be able to answer your questions, ah, I have to complete my mission..."
It looked like it was driven completely mad by the crazy blood. It turned into a pool of pus and alien shape, with only human skin, skeleton, and some jelly in its core left. The monster was squeezing in the room, with tears of regret and crying flowing in its human eye sockets. As if to reflect Li Lin's greatness, the jelly kept collapsing, squeezing out the liquid in its body.
At first, it was human red blood, and then it was flowing with smelly pus. Maybe that was his real blood? But in short, this old man who looked very strange chose to commit suicide. Because this crazy believer insisted that his behavior violated the covenant between his master and the old god, that is, Li Lin, and the master's dissatisfaction and kindness were watching his death. And he also needed to express everything about this world during his death.
"We have waited for countless years... We explored the void according to the old covenant... Those existences that were more terrifying than terror tore our master apart... Ah, it was a natural disaster... It was a sign... Those unbelieving monsters didn't know what they had created... In the depths of the void, in the deepest depths, my master gave up everything in exchange for the future..."
" We have been waiting since we received the instructions from the adults... We are waiting for the inheritance of the blood of madness... We are waiting for the return of the master's allies... But for countless years... We have even risked our lives to recruit many outsiders... But the descendants of the natural disaster still exist... We can only kill them... We must kill them... But fortunately... Fortunately, you are here... You only need to feel it... You only need to experience the disasters and sufferings of this world... Then you can see the truth of all this..."
"Feelings? Let me be a player?"
This is really boring.
Looking at the maggot that was about to commit suicide, Li Lin shook his head and raised the sickle in his hand.
The dim holy light gradually spread over the blade of the sickle, illuminating the old man's collapsed eyeballs.
"Ah... this is it... the light of blasphemy... the light of darkness... a light purer than light... have you finished it..."
There was an amazing light shining in the deformed eyeballs. The old man looked at the sickle in Li Lin's hand, and the expression on his face was enough to be called desire.
"You are the sign of the end... the beginning of destruction... you are the truly noble one... you are standing before me... you have brought us a walking hell... ah... I have seen it... the endless blood and slaughter... the beginning of the kingdom of the dead... Lord Star of Revelation... praise the sound of the stars... I——"
"I've had enough of the long-winded background stuff."
Looking at the changing progress of the task, Li Lin slowly raised his sickle.
"You can go die now, old man."
The moon-white light flashed by for a moment, and the old man's shriveled head fell from his cervical vertebrae, rolled on the ground, fell into the fireplace, and turned into ashes in an instant.
