Soul echo

Chapter 257 The Heretic God Comes
After yelling that voice, Bishop Savage couldn't hold back anymore, and coughed up dark blood.

Blood was sprayed on the clothes, and the scene in front of him became blurred.

"My lord!" The priest beside him screamed.

But more people focused their attention on the square, and the shout of Bishop Savage touched the nerves of all of them.

'Abyss', a word that sounds unremarkable at first glance but actually represents boundless terror, is a 'sensitive point' for all clergy. As long as they hear this word, any clergyman will have a stress response.

Either from the teachings and impressions of their predecessors, or from the shocking classics, all priests will come into contact with things related to the "Abyss" during their apprenticeship, and when they become official priests, they will even get mentors Teach them directly, tell them how terrible the 'abyss' is.

Just like now, almost everyone looked towards the square and evacuated to the outside in an orderly manner.

——This is the quality that a trained priest should have!
The apologists and paladins standing guard around the square moved inwards, as they carried weapons and armor.

The people lying on the square stood up one after another, and the same changes as No.1 also happened to them.

The power of the abyss is transmitted from the source of belief, infecting the soul of every believer, and as the soul deforms, their bodies also change.

Muscles agitate, bones deform, and their appearance is gradually departing from the 'human form' and moving closer to the 'devil'.

The believers of the God of Healing brought Bishop Savage and the three of them into the temple, and before the gate closed, they saw the cultists roar and turn around, rushing towards the paladins.

The battle begins!

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Lilian did not participate in the mission, she was worried about Zhong Ye.

If nothing else, he's fighting a false god.

And this time the 'false god' is not a defective product like the witch in that small town, but a genuine 'false god' who already has a lot of beliefs and is not far from the real god.

While being a 'false god', Adrian was also a legendary mage.

Although it was impossible for Zhong Ye to act alone and not face Adrian alone, Lilian still felt a little worried.

The beam of light reaching the sky just now, and the earthquake that followed, Lilian couldn't help being frightened because the perception was too real, and after the horror, she couldn't help but think of Zhong Ye again.

Zhong Ye was most likely on that battlefield, fighting the enemy.

Although Zhong Ye is just an NPC in the game "Soul Echo", to Lilian, he is not only as simple as an "electronic program", but also like a father who was absent from the first half of her life - if she had a father, It must be like Zhong Ye!

She couldn't listen to the barrage's persuasion at all, and even found them annoying.

Lilian turned off the barrage, holding the money bag and walking aimlessly on the street with the scattered crowd.

As she walked, she saw someone fall down suddenly, and more than one.

One of those people fell beside her. He had a good chat with his companion just now, and fell down without any warning.

Because standing aside, Lilian could see clearly that the man was not in a coma, his eyes were not closed, but his eyes were blurred and his breathing was rapid.

Why is this state so...

Lilian was stunned, and turned to look at the other people who fell to the ground suddenly.

None were unconscious, but none were conscious either.

"That's them?"

"Yes, it's them."

Several players stood by the side of the road and pointed at the fallen people. Only then did Lilian realize that these suddenly fallen guys were their mission targets.

All of these people have used hallucinogens?

If so, why did they suddenly fall?

Lilian couldn't help wondering, she had been with Zhong Ye for so long and experienced many incidents, she immediately smelled a bit of 'conspiracy' from it.

Put the money bag into the small backpack that he carried with him, put it on the bottom layer, and then quietly pressed down on the saber.

The few players discussed it, and came over to drag the fallen people away and take them to the church area to receive rewards. As expected, they had a dispute with the fallen person's companions.

At this moment, a fallen person suddenly staggered to his feet, and his action directly triggered the siren in Lilian's heart.

She saw that there was something squirming under that person's clothes, and the squirming thing slowly climbed up, from the back to the shoulders, and then to the neck...not under the clothes, but under the skin!

Lilian saw that the man's neck was swollen, and the people around screamed and spread out.

"Step aside!"

Lilian immediately drew out her light sword and let out a shout.

Her footsteps were light and nimble, she shuttled through the crowd, and after passing through many obstacles, she came out more and more.

But at this time, the body swelled up a circle, and the fallen man whose skin swelled into pink turned his head strangely and looked at Lilian.

Lilian clenched the hilt of the sword, clenched her teeth, and rushed over without hesitation.

The light sword swayed, reflecting a cold light, piercing into the man's throat under everyone's gaze.

'He' should have died, but this guy not only didn't die and screamed, but his face turned red, his eyes burst out, and the excitement was beyond words.

Seeing 'him' raising his hand to grab it, Lilian immediately twisted her wrist and cut the guy's neck in half.

However, 'he' staggered over while coughing up blood, with a bright smile on his face. This weird scene made all the onlookers feel chills in their hearts.

After walking two steps, the man finally fell down, but 'he' was not completely dead, his body was still moving, his palms grasping the ground, trying to crawl forward...

"Cultists!"

Lilian suddenly raised her head and looked at the positions of the other fallen people.

People followed her gaze and discovered in horror that there were still a few guys standing here who looked almost the same as the person just now.

Fear rose and panic spread.

"what!"

Someone screamed, turned and fled.

Someone pushed away the crowd, wanting to get closer.

"Don't come near me!"

"Don't push! Don't push!"

"Go away! I want to go!"

Before the cultists launched an attack, the street was in chaos. Among them, the players who had already been gearing up for the fight screamed and drew their weapons and rushed over to add fire to the powder keg.

The cultists laughed, and some of them turned and jumped on the passers-by, beating them with their fists, or tearing their clothes off.

More cultists and players fought on the street. They didn't care about outsiders at all, and caused nearly ten casualties in just five seconds - there were players, cultists, and pedestrians.

Lilian clenched her light sword tightly, furious.

"enough!"

She squeezed through the crowd, wielding a light sword, assassinated the cultists who were fighting the player one by one without hurting others, and then went straight to the cultists who were violating or beating passers-by.

After finishing off these guys, Lilian turned her head and glared at the disgruntled players, "Look at what you've done? Don't you know how to stop fighting?"

None of the pedestrians affected by the battle died. They screamed in pain, and their pain pierced Lilian's heart.

The few players accused by Lilian also felt a little uncomfortable listening to these screams, because it was too real, but they were more angry.

The left and right are just a group of NPCs. If they die, they die. What is there to scold?

However, they failed to quarrel with Lilian. Lilian just stared at her eyes and made them all shut up.

With a soft snort, the players turned and left. Lilian also put away her light sword and called for some people to help her take the wounded to the Adventurer's House, which should be the safest place in the lower city.

But how could this change occur in those who have used hallucinogens?
This is a standard change that only occurs to cultists who believe in the evil god of the abyss... Could it be that something happened 'over there'?
Thinking of this, Lilian couldn't help turning her head to look in the direction where the beam of light rose just now, her eyes were full of worry.

…………

【……meet again. 】

A soft voice sounded from the bottom of Zhong Ye's heart, causing his eyes to focus on Adrian.

The broken corpse turned into dust, and instead of being scattered by the wind, the dust swirled up and re-condensed into a body in the air.

The first thing to condense was the face - I saw that before the eyes were opened, the corners of the mouth were turned up.

[Cheers!Let's celebrate! 】

[With your cheers and praise——]

As the eyelids slowly opened, other parts of the body gradually took shape.

【—Welcome me! 】

(End of this chapter)