Under the scarlet night, countless footsteps suddenly echoed on the silent street. A long procession emerged from the city, heading toward the city gate in an orderly fashion. This procession was massive, with at least a thousand individuals, all clad in identical red robes and wide-brimmed red hats, completely obscuring their faces, almost blending into the surrounding crimson night. As they walked, they chanted obscure sacrificial words. Due to the distance, Ben couldn't clearly discern what they were chanting, only vaguely hearing terms like "Great Moon God," "Scarlet Lord," "Flesh Mother Tree," and "Bearing Myriad."
In the middle of the procession, there were three large iron cages mounted on wooden carts, being pushed by the grotesque beings toward the city gate. And within the iron cages, humans were imprisoned! Each cage held four people, twelve in total. They were all new Transcendent adventurers who had come to the Spirit Realm. However, they were now all slumped in the iron cages, motionless. It was unclear whether they were unconscious or already dead.
At this moment, Ben and Leo were observing everything through a crack in the door. Seeing the Transcendent individuals in the iron cages, Ben was stunned because one of the iron cages held Joe Root, Hales, and others.
"Leo, they are your classmates!" Ben whispered. These unlucky individuals must have been the ones who went to the Earl's mansion for lodging. Leo's mental attribute was only twenty points lower than Ben's, so she naturally saw her classmates in the iron cage as well. The girl slightly furrowed her delicate brows. She didn't really care about these classmates, but no matter what, they were still classmates, and if she could help, she definitely wouldn't stand by and watch them die. Of course, that was on the condition that it didn't affect her and Ben's safety. It was absolutely impossible for her to risk her life to save them now.
"It's not certain whether they are dead or alive, let's observe first," Leo said calmly.
Ben smiled and suddenly thought of something. He quickly said, "Leo, I remember when I paid at the bar downstairs, I saw that there were also these red robes and hats in the storage room behind the bar, and there was more than one set."
Leo, who was very clever, immediately understood Ben's idea.
"You mean..." The girl's eyes lit up. "We disguise ourselves as them and sneak in to take a look?"
"Yes!" Ben replied.
This suggestion was approved by Leo. Mixing in with the grotesque beings might allow them to gather some information.
Thus, the two tiptoed downstairs, came to the bar on the first floor of the tavern, and sure enough, they saw three sets of red robes and hoods hanging in the storage room behind it. It should be the tavern owner and her two helpers'. Ben carefully distinguished them and then handed the smallest set to Leo, wearing the medium-sized one himself. Even though the medium-sized one felt a little tight on him, he still didn't want to wear the large one, as the largest one belonged to that wretched man...
The smallest size was naturally the owner's. Even the smallest size, the owner's figure was much fatter than Leo's. This robe looked particularly loose on her.
The two didn't take off their clothes but directly put the red robes on the outside and then put on their hats, pressing the brims very low to cover their faces. They pushed open the tavern door. Outside, the team had just passed by. Many grotesque beings heard the movement and looked at them, but seeing that they were wearing the same clothes, they didn't care and continued to pray.
Ben and Leo breathed a slight sigh of relief. Afterwards, the two joined the team, learning the movements of other grotesque beings, lowering their heads, clasping their hands, walking and chanting, looking pious... Although the two didn't act very well, the surrounding grotesque beings were very pious and didn't bother to pay attention to them at all.
A moment later, the team finally arrived near the city gate. At the city gate, there was a large open space. Originally, Ben thought that the town's urban planning had defects, but now he knew that this place was used by the grotesque beings in the city for sacrifices. All the grotesque beings formed a semicircle at the city gate. Ben and Leo were mixed in with the grotesque beings, and this distance allowed them to clearly see the thick fog outside the city gate. At this moment, there were many figures shaking in the thick fog, and at the same time, there were rapid low roars.
It seemed that the monsters outside knew what was going to happen next, and they were already a little impatient. Even though they were so eager, they did not dare to step out of the thick fog and enter the city. Seeing this scene, Ben and Leo both breathed a sigh of relief. They had previously guessed that the monsters in the thick fog could not enter the city. But that was just a guess, and it had not been confirmed. Now that they could finally confirm this point, the two could be considered relieved. The corners of Ben's mouth even curled into a confident smile.
As long as the monsters outside can't get in, then he is an invincible existence here! Next, he could demolish this city...
The sacrifice began!
Three iron cages were pushed out by the strong grotesque beings and lined up in a row at the city gate. Afterwards, grotesque beings came with buckets and poured water on the newcomers in the cages. No! What was poured out was not water, but red blood, exuding a strong stench. Smelling this, Leo felt a little nauseous, but the monsters in the thick fog outside seemed even more frenzied. Many monsters had already begun to probe. For a while, disgusting tentacles stretched out from the thick fog, and for a while, sharp claws swept across the void.
However, that was all. Those monsters were obviously restricted in some way. They just couldn't get in. At this time, seemingly stimulated, the people in the cages woke up one after another. They were not dead, just unconscious. Finding themselves trapped in a cage with unknown liquid exuding a stench on their bodies, several people with poor psychological qualities collapsed on the spot, shouting loudly, either crying for mercy or struggling desperately.
The grotesque beings were accustomed to this. Every year, the sacrifices were like this after waking up! Since these sacrifices had already woken up, then they could be sacrificed. The grotesque beings then began to push the iron cages and send them into the thick fog one by one.
Seeing this, Ben suddenly thought of a cruel word in his heart: Live sacrifice!!
"Ben, are we going to make a move?" Leo asked in a low voice.
It seemed that there was still kindness in the girl's heart, and she couldn't bear to witness these people being fed to monsters as sacrifices, even if the first cage sent to feed the monsters was not her classmates.
Ben was about to nod when he suddenly heard a young man in the cage about to be pushed to the edge of the thick fog cursing loudly. Although this young man was from the yellow race, he was relatively short, and the words he said were also in bird language, obviously not a North American person.
Ben couldn't understand what the young man was scolding. However, he still understood some individual words. For example, that sentence "Baga Yarou!"
As soon as he heard this familiar bird language, Ben's face sank. The idea of preparing to take action to rescue was gone in an instant. Even if he saves a dog, he can't save these things! Even if this is a parallel world, it won't work!!
"Don't worry!" Ben stopped Leo, who was about to take action. "Let's take a look first."
A look of doubt appeared on Leo's pretty face. She could see that Ben was clearly preparing to agree to take action just now. Why did he suddenly change his mind? Out of trust in Ben, she didn't ask any more questions...
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