Chapter 101: The Mysterious Palace
A piercing sound echoed through the dense forest.
This was the Hive Queen's call to its own kind.
The sound could travel very far, and other monsters would actively stay away upon hearing it.
"It's over..."
Daphne felt a chill in her heart.
This was already deep in the Plague Zone, and the number of monsters was much higher than on the periphery.
The tricky swarm of poisonous bees, the dwindling Swamp Leaves.
Daphne realized that she might die here this time.
Before long, insect chirping sounded everywhere in the woods.
Many slender figures emerged from the poison fog.
Buzz... hum...
Dense poisonous bees hovered in the air, covering the woods with a layer of green gauze.
Raph swallowed hard.
Although he knew this was all part of the plan, the danger of monsters had long been deeply ingrained in every demon hunter's heart.
Not to mention it was the Hive Queen.
He hurriedly returned to Sadie's side, taking out his dagger to stand guard.
Sadie was no better off; it was her first time seeing so many Hive Queens gathered together.
Usually, dealing with one would take a lot of effort.
Now attracting so many... will it really be okay?
Sadie looked at William with a worried face.
The latter was currently estimating the distance between the monsters and the trapping formation.
At this time, with Daphne and the first Hive Queen as the center, William had arranged a total of six layers of protection circles on the periphery.
The first layer was naturally the trapping formation.
The remaining five layers extended outward with holy artifacts of different years respectively.
The lowest year was one year, and the highest was twenty years.
And William was standing at the ten-year holy artifact position at this moment.
Once there was any unexpected risk, he could escape from the rear immediately.
At the same time, those Hive Queens also entered the "encirclement."
Daphne looked dead inside, even considering whether to end her life in advance with a gun.
To avoid suffering mental pain later.
At the same time, she also regretted a little.
If she hadn't asked this damn priest for help, maybe she would still have a chance of survival.
Clap... clap.
At this time, a sound came from behind.
Daphne turned her head.
She saw the priest clapping his hands, attracting the attention of the monsters.
"Ladies monsters, and poisonous bees."
William thought for a moment and still used honorifics.
"In the increasingly crowded forest, we understand that you are trying to save living costs through parasitic cooperation."
"But the venom you 'produce' will undoubtedly pollute the surrounding environment."
"The Lord's gaze is staring from the sky; as long as you give up the evil in your hearts, you will be spiritually liberated."
The air fell into a brief silence.
The Hive Queens opposite actually stood still on the spot, as if listening carefully.
Aside, Daphne had already widened her eyes.
She even slapped herself twice to confirm that she was not hallucinating.
"Is this priest... redeeming monsters??"
Daphne knew a little about the Church, knowing that the latter would comfort lost believers to make people turn to good again.
But isn't this group in front of them monsters??
How could this possibly work?
Is there something wrong with this priest's brain?
Questions in Daphne's heart came one after another.
She turned her head, but found that the two demon hunters of the Allard family did not show any abnormality about this.
Did these guys lose their minds too?
Or could it be... my mind is twisted.
At this moment, Daphne actually felt fear deep in her heart.
She even had an idea—that she was parasitized by some evil after entering the Plague Zone, and everything she saw at this moment was fake.
Just as this lady of the Calvin family doubted herself, changes appeared in the dense forest again.
The "Queens" raised their hands in unison, grabbing at the hives in their ribs.
And there was a black aura entrenched there, emitting stench and decay on the surface.
Accompanied by William's voice, bursts of Holy Light appeared on the palms of the "Queens."
Just touching that black aura, the latter was instantly purified a lot.
At the same time, in the center of the Plague Zone.
An underground palace.
This place seemed to have existed for a long time. Ancient symbols were carved on the palace walls, and mysterious patterns were printed on the floor.
A stone pillar stood aside, with a huge chain tied to it.
But the other end of the chain was broken.
Inside the palace.
A figure was sitting on the throne.
It wore a black robe, making it impossible to see its face.
But at this time, that figure raised its head, revealing the grim white bones under the black robe.
It opened its mouth and spat out a paragraph of obscure syllables.
"Tenebrae iterum expulsae sunt." (Darkness is expelled once again.)
The black-robed figure extended its skeletal hand into the air.
Soon, an extremely evil aura emerged around it.
They gathered in front of the throne and soon formed a circle.
In the next moment, a scene appeared inside the circle.
It seemed to be a forest, with many slender "human figures."
"Interitus." (Kill.)
The black-robed figure spoke again.
And the "human figures" in the picture also stopped their movements and marched in a certain direction together.
But immediately after, a pure Holy Light suddenly lit up, even completely covering the entire picture.
Sizzle... hiss...
The black-robed figure's hand was also burned, and it lost contact with those "figures" in the picture again.
Bang.
It punched the throne, seeming somewhat dissatisfied.
And more evil aura also poured out from behind the throne, quickly shrouding the black-robed figure's injured hand.
A moment later, it spat out another syllable.
"Longinquus." (Far away.)
After this, the palace fell into silence again.
Plague Zone, Dense Forest.
William narrowed his eyes slightly and recited the exorcism scripture several times again.
From his perspective, this group of Hive Queens suddenly mutated just now.
A large amount of decay aura appeared on them, and [Atonement Persuasion] was also briefly blocked.
Seeing this, William immediately started the exorcism ritual, cooperating with the trapping formation to disperse that evil.
Now the "Queens" returned to "normal" again.
Even a few monsters had been "accepted" by the Holy Power and were removing the hives from their bodies.
Watching this scene, Daphne rubbed her eyes vigorously.
"Am I really not dreaming?"
She thought they would be killed by monsters.
But after that priest did something, these monsters that terrified countless demon hunters actually stopped attacking.
But the subsequent scene not only surprised her.
Even Sadie and Raph widened their eyes.
Most Hive Queens seemed to have received a certain order and actually retreated in the opposite direction at the same time.
In the next second, they hit an invisible barrier.
Sizzle... hiss...
Burning sounds echoed around.
These monsters seemed to have gone crazy, completely disregarding whether they would get hurt.
"Hey, why are you leaving!" William's tone was a little anxious.
He only redeemed a part of the monsters, and the rest were not finished yet.
This was all ability proficiency!
William hurriedly removed the trapping formation, lest these monsters all be purified.
But things didn't go as he wished.
After breaking through the first protective circle, the Hive Queens continued to flee outward.
Even a few of them "sacrificed themselves proactively" to send their "companions" out.
This was indeed effective.
The monsters broke through all the way to the five-year holy artifact area.
And William kept "staying."
"Stay a little longer! I inherited the Lord's mercy and have no malice towards you!"
"Look at your companions; aren't they living well!"
He pointed inside the trapping formation as he spoke.
There stood several Hive Queens, currently absorbing the surrounding poison fog with their hives.
But the fleeing monsters did not look back.
"Hey! You! Sacrificing yourself to save your companions, I admire that!"
William pointed to a Hive Queen lying on the ground again; the other party had proactively hit the three-year protective circle earlier.
But as soon as the voice fell, that monster actually forced itself to crawl towards the protective circle and soon turned into flying ash.
William's hand froze in the air.
Just like that, a weird scene played out in the dense forest.
To accumulate proficiency later, he had to remove the remaining protective circles.
When the twenty-year holy artifact was removed, the Hive Queens no longer delayed and disappeared into the dense forest at the fastest speed.
For a time, the surroundings became much emptier.
Leaving only a few humans stunned on the spot.
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