Volume 1 Chapter 491

Chapter 491: Sacrifice, Sacrifice, Still a Sacrifice!

Just as if to prove what Kanor said, the little girl’s words had barely faded when strange movements began below.

The first to move was the half-orc butler from the Silver Citadel team!

"Boom!"

Without any warning, he attacked his teammates and the recruited mercenaries around him!

His arms, which were already covered in scales, suddenly became incredibly strong and swept over a large group of mercenaries!

"Ah—!"

Horrified screams erupted, filled with fear, disbelief, and chaotic counterattacks.

The Superlative Level attack hitting the half-orc felt like nothing at all.

"You ugly, dirty, cold-blooded jerk!"

Although it’s hard to understand what happened, betrayal plays out in South Sotua every day.

This time it happened in the half-plane and to me.

The curses and questions from the defeated mercenaries rose and fell like waves.

But their words could not kill their enemies.

Soon, even those shouting words could not be spoken anymore.

Because that half-orc butler crushed a pitch-black crystal in his hands.

Then, an extremely special magic burst forth from it, wrapping around their bodies like chains.

Their life force and magic seemed to be drained away instantly, leaving them too weak to even curse.

"Great Master Murphy, ruler of judgment, respected Lord of Hell, and supreme Demon God, your covenant followers are here to offer you the promised souls!"

The half-orc butler raised his crushed crystal high and sprinkled the powder into the air!

At the same time…

In many groups of mercenaries, there were also several strange-looking individuals who pulled out those pitch-black crystals from their pockets.

With shocked and confused expressions from their teammates, they also crushed the crystals!

"Boom—!"

Soon, the same chains wrapped around their teammates, sealing their magic and life force.

These chains dragged their souls, as if wanting to break through this space!

"A sacrifice… This is a sacrifice."

"They are Demon Warlocks… No, that’s not right… Most of these people are not warlocks; they are fanatics who worship demons!"

Dorothy gasped softly.

Once upon a time, the Sotua Kingdom had almost the last complete inheritance of Demon Warlocks in the mainland.

Later, during the war, half of it was taken by the Golden Peacock.

That half later became the main source of the extraordinary knowledge that Dorothy learned.

So she quickly recognized what was happening.

This is a sacrifice to the Demon God in the alternate plane of hell!

It is a cruel and brutal live sacrifice using the soul of a Superoperator as an offering!

Although the connection between the Hell Plane and the main plane has become weaker and weaker, this traditional skill of warlocks from the Second Era, which even many spellcasters used to know, is now becoming rarer.

Demon Warlocks rarely communicate directly with the demons of hell and offer them souls.

But this place is not the main plane in the usual sense!

This is the half-plane called the Ruins of Sand!

And there is no doubt that this opened passage is a necessary condition for the sacrifice.

Using the space passage of the half-plane and the relatively weak Dimensional Barrier to complete the sacrifice—that is the plan of the Silver Citadel team and their undercover agent.

This is also why they had been hiding in the main plane before.

Because the main plane cannot complete the sacrifice.

This is also why those monsters did not go on a killing spree in the main plane, but instead gathered to be sent into the half-plane!

Although Lalea and Qiong believe these are the official Demon Warlocks of the United Kingdom of South Sotua.

But they are only half right!

These are indeed the people from South Sotua’s official group.

However, they did not come because of a command from the king!

These are the people that Silver Citadel City Master has placed in the royal institutions to build his own power!

No matter how crazy the royal institutions of South Sotua are, they still have some limits… they would not conduct a live sacrifice.

It’s not because they have a conscience, but because a live sacrifice is not as simple as just using a bit of soul to ask a demon for help.

This kind of thing usually comes with a promise of long-term dealings with hellish demons.

From the perspective of those in power and the kingdom, this is definitely a taboo that cannot be touched.

Demons are not beings who are indifferent to worldly power; they are strong yet uncontrollable and even unpredictable.

Clearly, only a fool who hopes to completely destroy this country would do such a thing.

Although it is unknown what motivated the City Master of Silver Citadel or what ambitions he might have…

All of this, of course, was caused by him.

Besides that, raising Demon Warlocks might be a good choice for the country, but nurturing Demon Fanatics will only plant a ticking time bomb for themselves.

The former, even if disloyal, at least seeks fame, fortune, and power…

The latter, who knows what is in their minds!

That group of Demon Fanatics is even more unpredictable than cultists.

At least cultists have very unified and clear goals.

To let their evil god master destroy the world.

But it is really hard to tell which Demon God this group of Demon Fanatics believes in and what they hope their Demon God to be like.

However, when it comes to madness, the cultists are indeed more insane.

For example, right now, when these Demon Fanatics planted by the Silver Citadel begin to act, the space portal also started to change…

The mercenaries tied by black chains eerily slid towards the space portal as if something was pulling them.

One could even see the struggles of their detached souls and hear the shrieks and screams filling the Star Spirit Realm.

Clearly, they were not being dragged to the next layer of the Ruins of Sand.

Inside this space portal, a new space portal… was being created and opened.

Leading to a place that no one could identify, but everyone could guess roughly where it is.

While the other mercenaries who escaped the disaster were still dazed, Kanor was still watching…

The first to take action was actually another group of sneaky guys among the mercenaries.

Sneaky… cultists!

Not all the cultists were hiding inside the monsters!

"We cannot let this sacrifice happen… This is food and material for the Lord’s kingdom!"

A scream rang out as a mercenary bravely rushed towards the portal!

Then, at the edge of the portal, he self-exploded!

"Bang!"

Thick, dark gray Power of the Evil God surged into the portal, staining the originally deep and formless passage with a hint of twisted gray!

The portal began to have more strange changes!