Chapter 23: First Encounter with Conspiracy 1
Chapter 23: First glimpse of conspiracy
As Ash finished his words, two green lights flashed and two arms were thrown high into the air.
boom!
It was only when the arm fell that Father Bertrand reacted. Just as he was about to howl in pain, he was met with a kick that was ready to strike.
Snapped!
Ash kicked the priest directly in the chin, sending him flying into a parabola.
boom!
The priest fell to the ground, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
Clang! Putting the sword back into the sheath, Ash said to Maria: "That's why I said, this place is hopeless."
"Just like him."
Ash grabbed Chica's neck with one hand: "For their own sake, everyone can betray and slander others without scruples."
"He was just coerced by others. He wouldn't want to do this if he could." Maria said, "Let him go."
"You're such a good person." Ash sighed as he looked at Maria, "If you had been here before, this place might not have become so miserable."
Snap! Ash slashed the boy's neck with his palm knife, knocking him unconscious.
The victim himself had forgiven him, and he was too lazy to kill one more person.
"You were the one following me last night?" Ash said to Maria.
Last night, his [sixth sense] had been warning him that someone was spying on him, but he didn't sense any malicious intent, so Ash didn't pay much attention.
"Yes." Maria nodded.
"Then please help me clean up the traces." Ash nodded and dragged Bertrand up. "I need to have a good talk with this priest."
Then, under Maria's surprised gaze, Ash kicked open a hidden door in the wall and dragged Bertrand in.
The further down he went, the more intense the discomfort from the [Sun Quetzalcoatl] became. When Ash finished walking through the secret passage, he saw a statue that was as tall as a person, showing off the graceful curves of a woman.
There are several long snakes entwined in the curves and grooves of the statue, giving people a sense of irresistible temptation.
"Looks like I've found the real culprit," Ash thought. The statue in front of him was the female incarnation that Slaanesh often displayed.
Slaanesh is a hermaphrodite god, with both male and female incarnations. Of course, the most orthodox one is the hermaphrodite statue.
Ash rested his left hand on the hilt of his sword, his eyes passing over the statue and resting on a naked female body in the pool.
Although much younger, Ash could still recognize who it was.
Sister Colleen, the old thing that Ash mentioned.
Not only did she look younger, but her body was also covered with snake-like scales.
Hearing someone coming down, Colleen opened her eyes, revealing snake-like vertical pupils.
"Who are you, dear?" Colleen asked in surprise.
Putting Bertrand down, Ash didn't waste any time and drew his sword to kill Colleen.
Colleen's reaction speed was also extremely fast. She picked up two snake-shaped daggers from the side to block.
Ding!
With one sword, he knocked the dagger away and stabbed the tip of the sword into Colleen's chest. Ash said coldly, "Say sorry to me."
"I'm sorry!" Sister Colleen also gave in very quickly.
"Well, I don't accept it." Ash nodded, and then golden flames burst out from the tip of the sword and completely enveloped her.
"what!"
Sister Colleen let out a sharp wail, with only one thought in her mind: This man is sick!
Bertrand was also awakened by the screams. Looking at Colleen gradually turning into ashes in the flames, he wailed in grief: "No! My love!"
Lover? Ash raised a disdainful sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"I want you dead!" Bertrand roared at Ash, his muscles moving like a mouse, flesh and blood growing on his broken arms, quickly transforming into two black tentacles. Wrong move!
Ash frowned. He had wanted to force information about other cultists, but he didn't expect to force Bertrand into corruption directly.
In this state, Ash was not sure he could control him.
【Slash】
The dagger slashed down, cutting off Bertrand's two tentacles with lightning speed.
Ash slid again and swung his dagger again, cutting off Bertrand's legs.
However, granulation tissue was still growing visibly on the wounds on Bertrand's body.
"Do you have a way to control him?" Ash looked at Maria who was coming down.
Maria hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I'll try."
His amethyst eyes glowed with fluorescence, and Bertrand, who was originally struggling, gradually became quiet.
"I can only control it for three minutes, please ask as soon as possible." Maria said with a serious expression.
'This is not a skill a nun would have.'
With a flash of thought passing through his mind, Ash quickly questioned Bertrand. Everyone has secrets, and there is no need to know them all.
After only one minute of questioning, Ash stabbed Bertrand's head with a sword, his face looking extremely ugly.
This old guy is a person who knows nothing about anything. Like Thomas and his group, he has obtained a secret method from somewhere.
Compared to Thomas who has not yet received the favor of the evil god, Bertrand has received the favor of the god, but he has not connected with the local Slaanesh cult.
The golden flames burned brightly, and the bright light cast a shadow between Ash's brows.
Ash frowned, he had figured out that the Slaanesh cult's plan this time was to expand from point to surface.
As long as the core points are hidden well, it doesn’t matter how many external plans fail, there will be some profits anyway.
With time, it is only a matter of time before the plan succeeds.
"Will Honeysuckle Manor be the core point?" Ash narrowed his eyes.
Judging from the information in the novel, the ritual is passed down from mother to daughter, so the real core point should be the bloodline of the mother and daughter.
In addition, the male protagonist should also be one of the focuses, otherwise there is no need to wait for the male protagonist to arrive.
No, wait, the male lead should be the unexpected factor!
Ash suddenly thought of a detail, that is, when Mrs. Maz was making love with the hero, she expressed great surprise at his life essence.
It seems that I have never seen such high-energy life essence.
'That is to say, the arrival of the male protagonist unexpectedly pushed the plan to completion ahead of schedule.'
As Ash thought about it, he waved his hands and took the two golden flames into his body.
The pure energy was quickly assimilated into fighting spirit, and some golden substances were also quietly integrated into the blood.
{[Sun Quetzalcoatl] blood concentration increased by 0.1%, currently 10.1%}
"So you really need more and better quality firewood."
Ash glanced at the information again.
{Achievement: [Evil God Nemesis II] achieved, reward: achievement points*2}
{Activate achievement [Evil God Nemesis III]: Kill 10/100 evil god followers (Note: The higher the level of the evil god followers, the higher the kill count).}
{Achievement: [Justice Messenger I] achieved, reward: inherent skill: [Eye of Good and Evil]}
[Eye of Good and Evil]: Level 1: Can see the good and evil aura of life (the standard of good and evil is determined by the host's sense of right and wrong); Level 2: To be unsealed.
{Activate achievement [Messenger of Justice II]: Stop 4/7 evil events (Note: The more extensive the evil events involved, the higher the completion number when stopping them).}
Ash felt his eyes becoming a little sore, and gorgeous patterns appeared unknowingly in the whites of his eyes, except that his left eye was light red and his right eye was light gold.
Thanks to [book friend 20220917124421156] for the 100-point reward
(End of this chapter)