Chapter 1264 Kizaru's Future Journey 36 - Bloody Temple
Pava brought the outsiders to the temple. The Death Worshippers in black robes accepted the skull and did not make things difficult for the strangers.
"Open the door! Open the door! Open the door..."
Several believers crossed the pava, placed their hands on the brass door of the temple, and shouted in unison the slogan of "Sacrificing the Blood of the Emperor and Offering His Skull to the Throne", and pushed hard.
The heavy brass door's hinge began to shift, and with their efforts, it finally slowly opened a gap.
In an instant, a strong and almost pungent smell of blood wafted out from inside, like an invisible blood beast, rushing towards the outside world.
"Don't be nervous, this is the smell inside the temple, there's nothing strange about it," Pava watched the believers file in. She waited at the end to invite the guests from afar into the temple.
Kizaru couldn't help but frown, Barry and Harley Quinn covered their mouths and noses subconsciously, and Gwen's face turned pale instantly. Her senses were the most acute, and she could roughly feel the great terror in the temple.
Could it be that inside the temple there is a trap set by the Death Worship Cult for outsiders, luring people in and killing them?
"If you can't bear it psychologically, you don't have to go in. I'll go in to change things and come out soon." Pava did not make things difficult for the financiers from the upper world and did not force them to enter the temple.
Gwen was clearly trying to back off, and Barry, seeing his idol's embarrassment, offered to stay outside with Gwen.
Harley Quinn knows the situation in the Death Cult's temple. Once she sees the disgusting and bloody scene, it will be firmly engraved in her mind and sometimes even becomes the material of her dreams.
"If you guys aren't going, then I can go alone. I'll come out and tell you all about it after the tour." Kizaru didn't care. He had seen horrific and bloody scenes before, so he didn't think he would be scared.
"You are an adult and you have the courage. Come with me," Pava waved to the wretched old man, and the two of them entered the Brass Temple one after the other.
Passing through the brass door, the scene inside the temple began to become vaguely apparent, and in the darkness there seemed to be a thick liquid flowing on the ground.
The color of the liquid was shockingly red under the dim light, and the occasional sound of water drops falling was particularly clear in the silent environment.
The source of the bloody smell came from under the floor of the temple. The specially made metal floor exuded a large amount of bloody smell from the pores. Kizaru speculated in his heart that there might be a river of blood under his feet.
There were probably only a few dozen Death Cult members inside the temple. Passing through the long corridor, Pava led the outsiders into the core area of the temple. Borsalino saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.
"Blood sacrifice to the God Emperor, head sacrifice to the throne"!
In the central area of the temple, there is a statue of the empress that is over a hundred meters tall.
She stood tall and majestic, as if connecting heaven and earth, and her raised hands were like two towering mountains.
The artificial blood river was like a ferocious python, passing through her palm, with thick blood, rolling and roaring, flowing continuously into the ground, splashing blood as if foreshadowing the rule of the empire.
At the feet of the statue of the empress, various skulls are neatly placed, emitting a gloomy atmosphere in the dim light.
These skulls vary in size, some belong to humans, and some belong to unknown creatures. The empty eye sockets seem to be telling of endless fear and despair.
Kizaru couldn't help but shudder. His legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead. A cold wind blew by, bringing with it the smell of a river of blood and the odor of a rotten skull.
The reason why it is called the artificial blood river is that at the source of the blood river, there are constantly lives cutting their throats, providing a constant supply of blood.
Let the blood river flow to prevent it from stinking and deteriorating. The various main veins and tributaries of the artificial blood river run through almost the entire Brass Temple and cover all the land underfoot.
Next to the statue of the empress, there is a smaller statue, which seems to be used as a place for sacrifice. The face of the statue is that of a weathered man, who looks somewhat like a general.
Those who were judged to be disloyal to the empire were pushed roughly in front of the statue and forced to kneel on their knees, with despair in their eyes and their bodies trembling.
The believers held sharp blades in their hands and their eyes were full of fanaticism towards the empress. They swung their blades without hesitation and chopped off the heads of the disloyal ones.
Blood gushed out like a fountain, gathering into a blood stream on the ground. The believers looked at the flowing blood with crazy expressions on their faces.
Because the sacrificial site is located at a higher altitude, the blood will slowly merge into the blood river, and the severed skulls will pile up into a small hill near the statue, with at least tens of thousands of skulls.
Cultists are cultists after all. After offering other sacrifices, they began to sacrifice themselves, and the death worshippers began to mutilate themselves.
They cut their skin with sharp instruments and let the blood flow out. While cutting themselves, they chanted and sang songs of loyalty to the empress.
The blood dripped into the river of blood, mixing with the blood of the disloyal. As time went on, the river of blood continued to expand and the color became brighter.
The believers' self-harm behavior became more and more crazy. Their bodies were covered with wounds and blood was constantly flowing.
A normal person would ask, would sacrifice and self-mutilation get the Queen's attention? Has the statue ever performed a miracle?
Pava had the same question in his heart as Kizaru, but normal people couldn't keep up with the cultists' train of thought, so it would be difficult to explain it clearly.
They believed that through the skull offering ceremony, they could gain the empress's blessing, make the empire more stable, and ensure that the souls of the disloyal were punished forever.
If the cultist who commits self-harm dies as a result, he believes that he will return to Avalon after his death and always be with the Empress. The happy life that he could not enjoy in this life can be enjoyed in the next life.
This strange scene seemed like a painting from hell, with every detail revealing evil and terror.
Kizaru was truly eye-opening today. The cultists' level of madness was far beyond the admiral's imagination. The combination of religious fanaticism and bloody killing created an astonishing amount of energy.
Borsalino, an admiral who climbed up from the grassroots navy, has seen many bloody scenes, such as a pirate group massacring a village or a town, with the bodies of men, women, and children piled up together.
The navy usually burns them all and has no time to collect the bodies of these innocent people. Seeing so many bodies together, the psychological defenses of many grassroots navy officers will be broken and they will have serious mental problems.
However, the bloodiness of pirates cannot be compared with that of death cults. The cultists have used corpses to create their own religious rituals. Pirates are a group of uneducated people and cannot create too complicated rituals.
Pava looked at the wretched uncle with admiration. He was able to remain calm when seeing an outsider coming to the temple for the first time. It seemed that he must be a ruthless person, or at least he had seen bloody scenes.
Kizaru waited for a while in the same place, while Pava talked with other cultists, obtained accurate information, and warned them of the time when the grievance meeting would be held.
Pava can bring outsiders to the assembly point in advance, and then enter the venue after worshipping the cultists, and indiscriminately kill all the disloyal empires in the venue.
So the time for people on the ground is limited. They need to rescue the people they are looking for and leave the scene quickly to avoid being affected by the subsequent killing.