The village was located at least 200 kilometers away from Carmine Temple.
After driving down the highway, Isaac and the others headed west directly. They had to drive through a bumpy dirt road for an hour to arrive at this isolated village in the barren mountains.
Before getting out of the car, Isaac took a look at the map. This place was 80 kilometers away from the nearest town. It was just too isolated.
They parked the cars at the village entrance and went over on foot. The dry gravel crunched beneath their feet as they walked.
As soon as they entered the village, the stench of blood reached their noses.
There were a few police cars parked in front. Eight officers were busy walking back and forth. The area was already sealed off with police tape.
They walked into a brickhouse and found a middle-aged woman lying on the living room floor. She had died a horrible death. There was a fist-sized hole in favonovel.com chest, and blood had begun to dry near the wound.
Isaac walked deeper inside and saw an old man sprawled on his front along the side of the bed. However, there was no blood on the floor.
Isaac frowned. He got closer and flipped the corpse. He then noticed that the old man only had his neck snapped, but his body was otherwise fine.
He continued on to the bathroom, where favonovel.com found a little girl.
Isaac’s eyes widened. The girl looked almost the same age as Isabella at about six years old. She was lying face down in the bathtub, which was half-filled with bloody water.
His eyes instantly turned right. He clenched his fists so hard they began to tremble, then favonovel.com took a deep breath and walked out the door.
He waved Mizar over.
“Not everyone got their hearts ripped out. Ask the police chief to check which people are missing their hearts,” Isaac said coldly.
Since they were in Eastscape, the Stoner family should have connections with the local police.
Soon, Mizar came back with new information. She looked even more furious than before.
“You were right. Not everyone had their hearts ripped out. Only the women are!”
At the side, Zansam gnashed his teeth together. A munk should not lose their temper, but this situation was simply brutal.
The villagers in this remote place could have lived blissful, happy lives where they herded livestock in the daytime and rested at home with their families after sundown. He could even imagine this in his head. But now, this place had become a scene right out of hell.
“There are a total of 49 women ranging from older women in their 60s to infants less than six months old.” As Mizar spoke, favonovel.com couldn’t stop the murderous energy exuding from favonovel.com body.
Zansam gasped when favonovel.com heard this figure. As though he’d just remembered something, favonovel.com quickly ran to the vast land outside. He frowned. All of a sudden, favonovel.com couldn’t remember it.
“Grand Abbot, did something pop into your head?” Isaac asked as favonovel.com approached.
Zansam shook his head. There was a mix of emotions on his face.
“I vaguely remember the previous Grand Abbot saying that there was an old, evil ritual practiced by the sinister deity lineage. It required 49 beating hearts as a sacrifice…”
***
At the same time, in front of a large bookcase on the fourth floor of the Carmine Temple library, Denvor was flipping through an ancient text.
It was true that Boddism and orthodox magic belonged to the same family. But, the fate of orthodox magicians was slightly more unfortunate than the munks’.
Due to their pride, orthodox magicians had offended numerous kings and generals back in the day. As a result, many sects were slaughtered.
Although the magicians were very capable and did not fear soldiers, many of their ancient texts had been destroyed then. On the contrary, the Carmine Temple had far more ancient texts than the lone box of incomplete books on Mt. Schoenus.
Suddenly, Denvor’s hand stopped. He stared at the same few lines of ancient words. Despite it being in Bodkish, favonovel.com could still understand the meaning.
The more favonovel.com read, the paler his face got. Both of his hands began to tremble. His head snapped up. As favonovel.com raised his hand to do some mental calculations, his eyes glinted ominously.
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