The Amber Sword

“You have to listen to me first!” Ruth repeatedly advised.

The little girl nodded like pecking rice.

“So where are we going, Mr. Ruth? ”

“Rest assured, I stepped on better this morning, there is a bar near the square called Purple Stone Orchid, which is very close to the square and I'm sure you'll find a lot of news. ”

“But, Mr. Ruth, Lord Denouk of Hadland had already issued a prohibition early in the morning. Didn't those bars not open before the sacrifice ceremony? ”

“Ah?” Lut stuck. “Is that what happened? ”

Lian nodded solemnly.

“What should we do? Do those shitty humans like to go anywhere but bars? ”

“The inhabitants of this city are the followers of the sheep-head demon Arkentu, who may not drink, but must attend secret gatherings. I know a place where I have been before, where every Friday the followers of Arkentu will gather, where they will pray and then exchange some information. ”

“Friday, isn't that today? ”

“Yes, it's only 5: 00 p.m., and Arkentu's reverence is burning dusk, and the devils worship the dragon of dusk, so its followers' secret gatherings are usually held at 6: 00 p.m. until 8: 00 p.m., and we go now, just in time. ”

Lotus talked as if she knew all of this, although she was only in Hadland for a week or two.

“What are you waiting for?” Ruth didn't realize anything was wrong, he said out loud: "Go, you go change into sheep's head and we'll leave soon! ”

The little girl smiled and nodded happily.

……

“Secret party? ”

Brando and Phoenix Fire and Mr. Liu were walking down one of Hadland's streets, Magdalene and Delphine stood together, curious to admire the architecture and customs around the northern part of the sea during the Dead Moon. Archie hung himself at the end of the line and gauged the surrounding sheep chiefs under his hood obliquely.

And after hearing Delphine, the phoenix turned back and asked curiously. The Prime Minister nodded and her eyes swept across the street to the sheepheads in a hurry in one direction, whispering:

“A secret gathering is a particular ritual for the sheep's chiefs, who are the followers of Arkentu, the Lord of Purgatory, and as followers of the devil, a secret gathering is an essential ritual. Just like the contemplation of the Temple of Fire and the daily morning and evening prayers, as long as the devout faithful take part, the devil's faithful are usually fanatics, not to mention absentees, except that Akentu only asks its faithful to hold a ceremony once a week, at which it gives strength to its most trusted servant, this day chosen for Friday, because Friday is the most powerful day of the moon, and the moonlight will shield Martha's power, while Akentu's reverence is‘ burning dusk ’, so the ceremony usually begins at 6 p.m. ”

“Isn't that right now?” The phoenix looked at the sheepheads and understood: “So they are…? ”

Delphine nodded and glanced at Brando.

And Brando is frowning, he's not a phoenix, he doesn't know much about some of Warnde's cult traditions and rules. He, who had the experience of the last life, knew the truth about these rats who lived beneath the world of order, and what Delphine said was just the tip of the iceberg of the secret Church of Arkentu.

What bothered him was that they were unlucky and ran into a nearby ‘secret’ meeting point for Arkentu believers, and Brando was reluctant to waste his time here if he could, but the problem was that they were dressed as sheep's captains right now, and if they didn't, they would be suspicious.

“Shall we go too?” The Phoenix Fire asked again.

“I'm afraid we have to go, otherwise it's too obvious," Delphine said. “Besides, the secret gatherings of the Arkentu followers are also a way for them to exchange information with each other. ”

Brando nodded and seemed to have nothing but hope that they would get some useful information at this secret gathering.

Neither Mr. Liu nor Princess Magdalene had a problem with this, and in a few cases obedient to the majority, Fanchey realized that it was useless to have an opinion, so she shrugged her shoulders and followed.

A few of them were originally dressed as sheep chaplains, and at this moment they were moving in the direction of the people, with a child (phoenix fire), but there also seemed to be too much to be noticed. After all, Hadland is a city populated by sheep and sheep, and it is normal for three people to believe in Arkentu from old age to small age, so there is no place for believers to go to in secret gatherings.

In fact, Brando saw a few small figures, some walking with adults and some simply being alone.

Even a little girl almost hit him with her head because she buried it. She raised her head and said sorry to him. Brando saw the little girl with glasses. She looked like she was in a good mood and had to cry in her heart. It was unfortunate that so many little girls were actually poisoned by the cult.

However, he was surprised that a sheep leader was so polite. Most of the sheep leaders they encountered along the way were rude and underprivileged, with little education and hardship, otherwise they would not be so easily bewitched.

But that is what makes Brando all the more regrettable, and his hatred for the sheep and necks is inexplicably strong, a venom that, if he had the chance, would not allow it to continue spreading on the land.

But what Brando didn't know was that the little girl in his eyes who was‘ bewitched 'by the cult was about to jump out of his throat.

She hurried forward, looking back one by one in the direction of the ‘sheep-head' who had almost hit her before, as if she feared that the other person would suddenly come up and pull her out of the crowd.

“I told you to be careful.” Ruth hid in the little girl's hood, sat on her shoulder, complaining with dissatisfaction: "Luckily it didn't get the guy's attention, but strangely, why do I think he sounds so familiar? ”

Lotus puked her tongue in embarrassment and whispered, “I'm sorry, I'm nervous. ”

But her mind actually had a very different view of the previous crisis than the fairy, which really scared her half to death, not because she almost hit the cult.

Arkentu's followers, although fierce and belligerent, will not easily seek to provoke things at this important time. This is like saying that the followers of the Temple of Fire will not fight on their way to prayer meditation, and if they destroy the rally, if they piss off Arkentu, I'm afraid the tragic aftermath will not be easy to describe.

But what really upsets Lotus is that she made a small mistake, and when she bumped into each other, she subconsciously spoke out and said sorry. Since when do Arkentu folks feel so cowardly and scared to talk? Fortunately, they didn't seem to notice this, but said to her very gently: "It's okay, be careful next time."

This phrase made Lotus's heart pound because she understood that the real threat to herself and Mr. Ruth among the believers present was not those of the rude lower believers. Instead, the highly educated, well-thought-out, high-ranking priests, even demonic examiners, would have to peel themselves if they found her posing as a believer.

Unlike Ruth's big answer, Brando Wenwennya just now almost made her cold hair stand up, but she was somewhat unconvinced that the other party had let her go.

This is so strange that it makes her feel a little unreal right now.

With all the misgivings and anxiety in her heart, the little girl followed the flow of people into a church-like building.

“This is…” Brando stood in front of this church door and looked up somewhat surprised and measured the place: “A temple? ”

“The cults blatantly used a temple as their secret meeting point?” Princess Magdalene also revealed an unbelievable sense of divinity, as if she had seen in Ambethel or Rusta not the followers of the Golden Fire Path praying in the Temple of Fire, but a group of all things returning to one member or herdsman: “They… they are so...”

“Looks like Queen Madara is telling the truth that these people already see this place as their territory, and that the teachings of the sheep's chiefs can be spread not only openly, but also this‘ church ’?” Brando shook his head: “It looks a little bad that they have publicly spread the doctrine of Arkentu, the head of the sheep, as if it were an Orthodox faith. ”

Both Delphine and Magdalene understood that Brando's bad story was that it appeared that the shepherds had learned that the black roses of Bromandow were likely to move north, so that Torchick would never return to mercury wand rule, which was why the Hadlens dared to be so fearless, otherwise these dark nobles would at least have to show the necessary respect for Madara.

But the fact that the dead renounce the migration of the Eternal Dead to the North is something that happened before they left, unlikely to pass to Taokchi at this time, can only explain the possibility that these shepherds have been implicitly associated with the twilight claw teeth.

As for whether the other person is a demon or something, it's a little hard to say.

After all the people here secretly exchanged this view, their faces looked a little ugly all the time. Brando has a hunch in his heart, and I'm afraid he's going to have to cross branches again.

……

(PS: I accidentally typed the title number wrong again, changing the title of the chapter from the beginning is a hassle, that's it, you can understand.)