Chapter 1320 - 1320 1318 The Secret of the Village

Chapter 1320: Chapter 1318: The Secret of the Village Chapter 1320: Chapter 1318: The Secret of the Village Green lay leisurely on the church bench, awaiting the knight’s surprise attack.

He had never thought of setting up barriers or traps, simply hoping the human knights would come a bit sooner and perhaps bring him an unexpected surprise.

Protoss Hop sat obediently by his side as well.

Only Han Dong and Sally were searching inside one of the church’s rooms, trying to uncover some information about this village.

“A considerable portion of the books have been torn or had vital pages removed. The murals and inscriptions on the walls have been covered up as well, which is indeed very suspicious.

Additionally, from the chisel marks on the walls, it can be surmised that the abandonment of this place probably occurred less than a year ago.

Indeed, as you’ve said, Sally, such a short time wouldn’t allow the aura to completely dissipate… Perhaps I should hurry back to London and look into records regarding this village.”

At that moment.

Sally felt a brick in the wall that seemed a bit odd, as if something firmly held it in place.

With her palm unable to push it in, she directly lifted her black goat’s hoof.

Boom!

The church trembled.

The brick was instantly ground to powder, and a fragment of bone that was stuck in deeper fell and slid out.

Strangely enough, after being crushed by Sally’s goat’s hoof, the bone fragment was only slightly bent.

“What is this? Metal or bone?”

Sally examined the bone-like substance in her hand, turning it over and over.

Even when associating it with some Demon species known for their ‘bone structure,’ it didn’t match any.

“Let me have a look.”

Han Dong reached out for the bone fragment and observed it with the Demon Eye.

1. Very hard; its cellular structure and mineral composition differed from humans, and it even seemed as if the cells formed a sort of ‘stable magic array’ within the bone.

2. Fresh; the bone piece appeared to have been recently separated from living flesh, not lacking nutrients at all.

3. Impenetrable; Han Dong’s tentacles couldn’t pass through the bone piece normally and could only attempt to deconstruct and damage it.

“Just a moment.”

Han Dong immediately tossed the bone fragment into the brain laboratory and analyzed it using instruments.

Aside from its strong hardness,

the bone also contained an energy not found in the System database, tentatively named “Sin.”

“Unknown bone material; the current brain database does not have any record of a corresponding species.”

“Is this not a bone from any creature in our world?

Could it be that during the last London game, a Saint Grade Craftsman encountered an anomaly during the transmission, was sent here while crossing dimensions,

killed all the villagers in one go, and then hid?”

Han Dong temporarily put the bone fragment away.

His gaze then turned to the wall that Sally had kicked apart; inside the goat hoof-shaped indent was a long-abandoned and broken metal mechanism.

The lever was damaged.

Han Dong had no choice but to grow canine teeth at the tips of his fingers to grip onto the inner gears and turn them.

Click, click, click~

Accompanying the sound of the old machinery, a secret passage leading underground was slowly opening.

A seal that Han Dong had never seen before was also being broken.

At the same time, Green seemed to smell an unusual scent, his voice coming from the church hall, “The knights will be here in a few minutes, what are you guys doing?”

“Almost ready.”

Anything involving Green often becomes very complicated.

Han Dong found a random excuse and took Sally down first to inspect the situation… With the power of both of them, even if it was a troublesome situation, it could be handled.

Very deep.

The cellar was about fifty meters deep.

The air was filled with the scent of ‘sin,’ likely to cause a faint feeling of physical pain just by smelling it.

And the scene within the cellar was truly an eye-opener… indeed, quite painful to behold.

In the cellar.

Hundreds of “human skeletons” are hung by ropes, with the following characteristics:

1. From the knife marks on the surface of the skeletons, it can be determined that they did not become skeletons due to natural causes, but were instead stripped to the bone while alive.

2. Each skeleton carries a black stone tablet on its back, etched with inscriptions that Han Dong cannot decipher, which also emit a streamline of dark aura.

3. Each skeleton holds a small carving knife in its hand.

“This is not the style of the Holy Level World.

Craftsmen from the Holy Level World tend to be positive, that’s why their power can restrain Demons.

What happened here is an extremely sinister event.

The stone tablets on the skeletons’ backs are emitting something similar to the ‘Sinful Aura’ found in the bone flakes… To think that such sinister and cruel acts could take place under London City’s nose.

These skeletons most likely correspond to the heretics belonging to London.

To be stripped of their bones in such large numbers, how could no one in London know of this? Even a small village, which is somewhat of a place of faith, would occasionally send someone to check, right?”

At this moment.

A demonic voice emanated from within his body.

Togu, who is obsessed with suffering and even treats it as food, has a different perspective on the situation at hand.

“Master, these people weren’t murdered, they committed suicide.”

Han Dong frowned and quickly asked back, “How can you tell?”

“In the Hell Monastery, we also have a ‘bone stripping’ process, but not to such an extent… It’s usually stripped enough so that the flesh can grow back.

I used to like this activity quite a bit, I could tell at a glance that they were self-bone stripping.”

“Hiss…”

When receiving this important intel from Togu, Han Dong gasped.

Staring at the horrifying scene before him, Han Dong could already sense that something was amiss, and it might be related to the games in London.

When Han Dong tried to expand his perception and search the entire cellar.

He encountered resistance from the Sinful Aura… The ‘Sin Tablets’ on the backs of the skeletons acted as a shield, and many Sin Tablets together formed a screening field that the outside world couldn’t penetrate.

“Count!”

With Han Dong’s call.

The crimson Bloodhound stepped through the cellar, its blood-red mane floating in the air.

Since the sensory field was ineffective, he had to rely on the Count’s sense of smell.

With a nose full of scent tentacles, the Count immediately headed towards the area with the strongest smell, his body sprouting canine teeth… The Count also faintly sensed that something was amiss, as what was happening here was something he had never witnessed before.

Passing by the skeletons one by one.

A hidden compartment deep in the cellar came into view, and the scent emanating from the inside made the Count very uncomfortable.

However, the compartment was also sealed by stone blocks similar to the Sin Tablets.

The surface was engraved with dense inscriptions, emitting a strong Sinful Aura.

After several attempts, Han Dong found that the structure of this magic array was completely different from any he had seen before; he could not perfectly decipher it… If Dumps were here, perhaps he could have done it.

For now, the only option was to forcibly break in and see what secrets lay within.

“Sally.”

As soon as Han Dong called out.

The long, black, goat-legged kick was already out.

Sally’s Goat’s Hoof is not just a simple physical attack; the ‘Goat Hoof Crush’ within it comes from an ancient secret method of the Black Forest.

This kick punched a huge hole directly through the stone door.

However.

The Energy of Sin sealed within the stone door went crazy due to Sally’s kick.

Like strands of thread, it penetrated into the Sin Tablets on the backs of the skeletons, fully activating them.

At the same time.

Dark cloaks, from an unknown source, were directly draped over the skeletons.

Gloomy hoods covered their Skull Heads, transforming them into an otherworldly lifeform known as ‘Sin Spirits’.