Sacrificial Plaza

Friend disappeared? Lumian, holding White Candles in hand, looked at the young man running over and moved his eyebrows slightly.

In Catacombs, disappearing is normal. What is abnormal is how come this guy still remembers having so many friends and remembering that they disappeared mysteriously?

He is not Catacombs Administrator, nor does he have Angel sealed on him!

Once things show signs of abnormality, there must be a problem!

"Stop!" Lumian pulled out Revolver with his free right hand and aimed at the young man with black hair, brown eyes and complexion Paleness.

As the candlelight swayed, the young man shook his head crazily and said, "Help! Help me!"

"They've all disappeared!"

He only slowed down slightly and did not stop.

Bang!

Lumian directly pulled the trigger of Revolver, causing the yellow bullet to rub the young man's body and fly into the distance, disappearing into the darkness that could not be illuminated by candlelight.

The young man felt Lumian's will to shoot to stop him, and finally stopped, showing a pleading expression:

"Help me! Help me!"

Lumian saw that "Hella" beside him had remained quiet and had no intention of communicating, so he had no choice but to ask:

"What happened?"

While speaking, he used the yellowish candlelight in the hands of the three people to take into account the environment at the entrance of Catacombs Third Layer.

Different from the previous two floors of Tomb Chamber that were filled with Bai Sensen's skeletons and on both sides of the road, here there is a small Square without any corpses.

Square is paved with mottled gray stones. There is no moss or soil in the gaps. It is so clean that it feels incredible.

In the middle, there are two Gray-White pillars piled up from huge rocks, one on the left and one on the right. The surface is severely weathered, leaving traces of peeling off one after another.

But even so, Lumian, who has excellent eyesight, can still distinguish "Sun Sacred Emblem" and "Triangular Holy Emblem" respectively engraved on the two giant pillars. Surrounding them are Sunflower, Crankshaft, connecting rods and other symbols.

Around Square, where candlelight cannot illuminate, there is a dense darkness, as if there are countless figures standing there, looking at Lumian's skin, making the dense pimples stand out.

The young man with black hair and brown eyes and face Paleness replied with a look of panic, "I don't know, we are about to walk out of this Square that worships 'Eternal Blazing Sun' and 'God of Steam and Machinery', while exploring Third Layer and Ancient Tomb Chamber, they suddenly tripped over something and fell down one after another. Even the Candle in their hands fell to the ground and went out.

"I, I was walking at the back, and I saw them disappear like that!"

"Disappeared?" Lumian asked deliberately.

For him, the most critical question is not how he disappeared, but why the witnesses still remember the disappearance.

"Yes, disappeared!" The young man nodded heavily, "They seemed to evaporate in front of me at an extremely fast speed. I, I was very scared, I didn't dare to look for them, and I didn't dare to return to the ground. I could only wait for this Sacrificial Plaza, praise Sun, before my Candle was almost burned out, someone finally came!"

It can be seen that if you were not affected by the strangeness this time and could escape smoothly, you would definitely have a lot more faith in "Eternal Blazing Sun" than Devout... Lumian couldn't tell whether the other party was abnormal for a while, so he had to ask another question casually:

"Are you college students?"

The young man nodded again:

"Yes, we are students of Trier Higher Normal College. We formed a team to take risks here. My name is Gérard."

Lumian couldn't help but laugh, and even wanted to invite this guy to join him and "Hella" in searching for "Samaritan Woman Spring". Anyway, there is a high probability that this kind of student will not survive to graduate, so it is better to stay and be Bait and use the remaining heat.

When he was thinking about how to determine whether there was anything wrong with Gérard, "Hella" suddenly spoke with a cold voice, "We will send you up."

So kind? Lumian looked sideways at "Hella" in shock.

In his impression, this Lady might even have cold blood.

Gérard was so grateful that tears and snot ran down his face. He kept saying "thank you" while approaching the two of them.

Lumian observed his every move, took out a White Candles from the canvas satchel, and lost Past.

Gérard caught it in a hurry and lit the new Candle with only one section left of the old Candle.

After seeing another dim candlelight emerge, the college student breathed a sigh of relief and followed "Hella" and Lumian into the stone stairs leading to Second Layer.

Not even ten steps up the road, Gérard suddenly froze.

Lumian looked at Past and found that all the remaining panic on his face had disappeared.

"Is it okay for you to return to the ground by yourself?" "Hella" spoke again, but he said completely different words from before.

Gérard laughed:

"No problem, thank you for the Candle. Alas, losing the spare Candle is troublesome."

Uh... Lumian was moved in his heart and asked tentatively, "Did you venture to the tomb Third Layer alone?"

Gérard nodded proudly:

"Of course, I have enough courage and experience."

I finally forgot about those classmates... I didn't forget it before because Sacrificial Plaza?"Hella"Lady saw this and proposed to send him as a gift? Lumian nodded with understanding.

Watching Gérard go up the steps step by step, and after leaving here through "Old Ossuary Entrance", Lumian and "Hella" returned to Sacrificial Plaza.

This time, when Lumian looked at the two Sacrificial Pillars belonging to "Eternal Blazing Sun" and "God of Steam and Machinery" respectively, his feelings towards them were completely different.

That may represent the protection of Deity!

But even though they symbolize the gaze of Deity and Protection, those two Stone Pillarss still inevitably show signs of weathering and corrosion after spending a long time in Catacombs and Depths.

Lumian, with the mentality of taking more care and being more sure, giving it a try without losing anything, faced the Sacrificial Pillar with "Sun Sacred Emblem" engraved on it, raised his body slightly, and opened his arms:

"Praise Sun!"

"Hella" watched quietly without interrupting his prayer.

After Lumian finished his brief praise, the two of them walked towards "Chrismona Night Pillar" in the north with the help of the black line above their heads and the road signs on the edge of Square.

Lumian, who was holding White Candles, had just taken a few steps away from Sacrificial Plaza, when Huo Ran's heart moved and he turned his gaze to his feet.

A skeleton piled beside the road, covered with dark green mold, fell down at some point. Its hand bones lay across the road, as if trying to grab the ankles of pedestrians.

Lumian If he had walked faster and observed the environment more carelessly, he might have tripped over this corpse!

This made him instantly remember the description of Gérard:

Several of the college student's companions tripped over something, fell to the ground, and extinguished the candles. Only then were they "swallowed up" by Catacombs, and even the traces of their existence were completely disappeared!

Did they trip over these fallen bones? Lumian kicked the hand bone away thoughtfully.

With the sound of snapping, he and "Hella" continued to move forward, but after a few steps, they encountered another Bai Sensen skeleton with half of its body lying on the road.

Lumian frowned and subconsciously looked back at the place where he almost tripped just now.

The dim candlelight spread over there and was very weak, but Lumian still relied on "Hunter"'s eyesight to barely see all the details clearly.

His pupils suddenly dilated, and he found that the Pale White hand bone that he kicked away had returned to its original position, continuing to act as a stumbling block for passers-by!

"Are they still alive? Undead?" Lumian looked around nervously and then asked.

"No, but it's possible." "Hella" responded succinctly.

Seeing Lumian's confused face, she further explained, "They should be affected by the environment of the tomb Depths now, and have certain abnormalities. When the dangers and horrors hidden in the environment burst out, they will all turn into Undead."

All turned into Undead...Lumian Imagining such a scene, I shuddered instinctively.

Whether complete or incomplete, there are at least millions of skeletons in this layer, and maybe an order of magnitude more. If they all become Undead who hate living people, things will be extremely terrifying!

Seeing that "Hella" had no intention of returning, Lumian also followed. The two of them relied on the Guidance on the road sign and the black line above their heads, passing through the skeletons that were trying to "block" them, and slowly headed towards their destination.

After an unknown amount of time, they finally arrived at "Chrismona Night Pillar" without encountering any living person.

This is a giant pillar made of Black Marble. The upper end touches the roof of the cave. No patterns or symbols are engraved on the surface, and there are no traces of weathering or corrosion.

Lumian was stunned for a while.

You know, in Sacrificial Plaza, the two Stone Pillars that symbolize "Eternal Blazing Sun" and "God of Steam and Machinery" respectively have also been weathered and corroded!

Is this more special than Sacrificial Pillar?

"Hella" seemed to have guessed Lumian's feelings, and said coldly, "Krismona is a member of the Witch Sect, so it can also be called Witch Family.

"He himself is the 'Calamity Witch' of Sequence 2, who fell in the 'War of the Four Emperors' of the previous era, and fell in the Trier of Fourth Epoch, but his characteristics were all recovered by the Witch Family.

"In addition to 'Chrismona Night Pillar', Third Layer or the fourth floor also has 'Marian Night Pillar' and 'Lius Night Pillar'."

"Who are these two?" Lumian thinks it should also be Angel, otherwise it cannot be equal to Krismona.

"Marie Ann is the Pope of Church of the Evernight at that time, and Lius is the Attendant of the ancient Death God, a 'Death Archon'. Their characteristics have also been recycled by their respective forces. As for whether there are any differences I don't know exactly how Angel fell here, but many Angel who followed 'Blood Emperor' must have fallen." "Hella" said a few words briefly, then pointed to the stone steps behind "Chrismona Night Pillar", "Let's go to the fourth floor."

Lumian said "hmm" and suggested that before going down to the fourth floor, replace the White Candles that was almost finished with Burning.

After participating in Occult Gathering, Franca and Jenna, walk along the road you came from to the Underground area corresponding to Opera Arcade Street.

After turning a fork in the road, Franca turned slightly sideways, leaned into Jenna's ear and said, "Someone is following us."

Someone is following us? Jenna was shocked.