Chapter 97 Thick Soup, Can Sugar Be Added?

Billy was dozing off in a daze, thinking he was still in the cave.

Several women were talking in the next room.

One of them said, "The man you found is very strong; he is exactly what we are looking for."

Another person said, "Actually, that doesn't matter. What matters is whether he can serve us."

“I sensed that he was passionate and lonely inside, and that he might even become Mora’s successor.”

"But I feel that apart from being a little shorter than others, he doesn't have anything particularly outstanding about him."

“Mora will take him with her. With Mora’s experience, she can teach him a lot. He will definitely play a huge role in the followers in the future.”

"That's fine too. It's always good for us to strengthen our forces, but what if he changes his mind halfway through?"

"Then kill him!"

Billis was startled awake by that last sentence. The conversation next door grew quieter and quieter until it was completely inaudible.

This is a fairly typical bedroom.

A walnut bed without curtains, an old rug in front of the window, its pattern wrinkled and distressed, but probably the best one there.

The poorly ventilated fireplace stained the curtains yellow and sometimes brought snowflakes into the room.

On the fireplace mantel was a kerosene lamp brought from the basin, a mahogany wardrobe was dim and lifeless, empty plates were piled on the table, probably left by the previous customer, and a few pairs of old boots yawned in the corner.

In short, there were no valuables in the room.

The first thing Billis did after getting out of bed was to check the devices he carried with him: a miniature communication earpiece, a corneal detector, and a pinhole camera.

All equipment is in good condition.

A crack appeared in the door, and Billy peered through it, seeing several pairs of amorous eyes.

A female winged human, a female human, a dark elf, and a female bear spirit.

The four women, each carrying a candlestick, moved about like four waitresses in an empty room.

At that moment, his wife's voice came through the communication earpiece.

"Beris, can you hear me now?"

"I can hear you, but you'd better keep your voice down. There are a few patrolmen outside."

"What happened to you last night? I couldn't get in touch with you."

"I didn't expect that the servant would put poison on my face."

"We need to take it one step at a time. If we can't see Mora, let it go. But we need to find a way to interpret the data on the soup, analyze and compare it, and then plan the next steps in detail."

"clear."

"Also, have you thought of a way to retreat?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I believe things will work themselves out."

"Don't be reckless. I just located you. You are currently in a place called Shattered Bone Town. Remember to press the button in case of emergency. I have already sent Aisha to support you."

"My sweetheart, you're so thoughtful. Hello? Who cut off the signal?"

A black robe filled the crack in the door, and a small, thin figure appeared behind it.

Billis quickly went back to bed, pretending to have just woken up.

The man pushed open the door, placed a candlestick on the table, emptied clothes from his bag, laid out some food, and muttered strange incantations.

Billis's mind was filled with command symbols, and he heard a call from the depths of the ice field. Some important information blocked his memory.

The man came to the bedside and gently pinched Billy's temples with his fingers, as if to give the guest energy.

Billie suddenly opened her eyes, startling her.

When did you wake up?

"I was hungry when you came in and set out the food."

This was the female attendant who had brought him in, but strangely, the venomous spirit she once possessed had vanished, and she had become a seemingly frail woman.

"I joined you voluntarily, so why did you poison my face?"

"Mora doesn't want you to see the way you came from."

"So, when I go back, I'll have to accept your 'kiss' again?"

“This is Mora’s order, and no one can disobey it.”

Biris noticed that although the female attendant was wearing a black robe, the collar around her neck was gleaming, suggesting that Mora might be a cold and savage person.

The lady-in-waiting also made Billis change into a black robe, and said that the ceremony would be held at noon.

After eating the food left by the servants, Biris was led to a place surrounded by drums, as solemn ceremonies always require solemn drumming.

The fire crackled in the stove. There were ten people in the room, six of whom were voluntary followers of Mora, excluding three servants.

Another bear spirit, his face taut, was devouring meat. He placed a bloody animal heart in front of his servant, tearing the bright red flesh apart with all his might. Blood flowed from his chin, the smell nauseating, but he continued chewing.

The tearing power of those sharp teeth is comparable to that of a carnivore.

Mora's followers believed that eating raw animal hearts could ward off bad omens.

For this ceremony, the attendants also had to prepare by drinking bowls of congealed blood soup.

Billis wondered to himself, "Could this so-called medicinal soup just be drinking animal blood?"

However, most of his guesses were correct.

At the start of the ceremony, drums and music played, and an attendant led the way, pouring wine from barrels into a pool that was twenty meters long and about two meters deep.

Followers are required to strip naked in front of everyone and step into the pool.

The temperature of the wine in the pool was just right, but it tasted a bit like licking the tip of a knife.

The second part of the ceremony involved a second attendant retrieving a horrifying skull from an old suit of armor. The skull's cheekbones bulged upwards, and semi-liquid gold was smeared on it, turning it into a hideous crown.

Each follower is required to kiss the crown in front of everyone.

The crown was incredibly heavy; it took Billis two hands to support it. What kind of animal skull was it?

Before I could even think, I was moved on to the third stage.

The third attendant distributed blood soup to each person.

As you can imagine, most people wouldn't be able to drink it, but those who come here are ruthless people who never turn back.

Billis felt a chill run down his spine after just one sniff.

He shone his eyes into the bowl, and the corneal detector began scanning and transmitting.

Upon receiving the signal, Lisa immediately began comparing and analyzing the blood soup data.

By this time, the person had finished drinking the blood soup, threw the bowl on the ground, wiped their lips, and asked, "Can I have another bowl?"

The maid felt a bitter taste in her mouth. She didn't know when she had been groped, pinned to the ground, her black robe torn open, and forced to do such a thing in public.

This affected the data transmission in Biris.

His wife's question came through the communication earpiece: "What's that sound behind you?"

"Never mind the sound, how's the data analysis going?"

"It's out. This seemingly liquid substance is not animal blood, but a solid. Its composition is unknown. The only certainty is that this substance does not belong to the earth's surface."

"Could it be related to the celestial beings?"

"Do you remember void matter? You know, that kind of thing."

"Are celestial beings wizards?"

The other four finished their blood soup, and the guy lying on the ground finished his business, but Billis didn't touch a drop.

Xiong Ling, her face tense, walked up to him and asked, "Why aren't you drinking?"

Billy glanced up and seemed to see a huge tentacle wriggling in his nostril.

"Could you add some sugar?"

Xiong Ling's eyes blazed with fury: "You're showing contempt for Mora!"

"Oh, you're kicking me out?"

"Drive you away? No, I'll turn you into blood soup."

Billy pressed the emergency button hidden in his clothes.

Suddenly, the ceiling was lifted, and an ice wall instantly froze the bear spirit.

"Bilis! Bilis! Bilis! Hold on to me!"

As soon as Aisha told Billis to hold on tight, the bear spirit inside the ice wall suddenly stood up, and more and more tentacles poured out from its nostrils, eyes, and mouth.

Xiong Ling's head finally couldn't hold up what was inside, and a curved semicircle bloomed on its skull, followed by its entire smooth head.

This guy has grown an octopus head!