Chapter 109 - Chapter 109: Chapter 105 You’re Late (2/2)
Strange.
He instinctively felt a strong sense of caution, yet he continued to ask,
“Thank you for your gift, but what exactly is this? Why do I find it a bit odd…”
The old man chuckled and continued, “It’s a mark, you’ll understand in time.”
Chris revealed a puzzled expression, nodded slightly, but a strong feeling of unease surged from the depths of his heart.
When work resumed, he secretly disposed of the stone heptagram, as caution was a principle of the Fischer family.
Yet, when it was time to sleep at night, something extremely astonishing happened to Chris—he discovered that the black stone heptagram was once again in his possession!
How could this be?
Chris’s mind completely lost the desire to sleep. He calmly got up, intending to carefully examine that black heptagram.
It was at that moment the black heptagram emitted light.
Suddenly, a dark aura emerged from the red brand on the back of his hand, instantly enveloping the black heptagram and turning it into pale ashes.
“…”
Chris watched the scene, completely unable to comprehend it.
The Lord of the Lost protected me?
Chris’s curiosity about the unknown wasn’t strong enough to pursue further investigation; whenever something baffled him, he would promptly choose sleep.
After waking, he heard a piece of news.
The old man was dead.
And according to what people said, the old man had died at night, laughing, causing everyone who saw the corpse to be very afraid, finding the old man’s smile extremely bizarre.
Many workers who had seen the body even began protesting in fear, stating they wouldn’t continue working in the mine if the church didn’t come to resolve the issue.
A bizarre smile?
Chris didn’t understand what was so frightening about the corpse’s smile and wanted to take a look for himself, only to find the body had already been hidden by the mine owner, forbidding any worker from seeing it.
However, he could smell the old man’s scent, accurately locating it amidst a mixture of numerous others.
“Over there.” Chris stared at a concealed house outside the mining area, his expression cold.
In the dead of night, he silently made his way to where the body was kept, taking advantage of the lack of people around to slowly uncover the cloth over the corpse.
It was by no means the body of someone who had died with a smile.
The old man’s face was contorted in a frightful grin, as if resembling a terrifying demon excited to the extreme by tearing human flesh!
All the wrinkles on the aged face were deeply compressed together, the corners of the mouth exaggeratedly stretched almost to the ears, and the never-closed eyes full of crimson bloodshot lines, the murky eyes still retaining the madness of his dying moments!
Chris remained expressionless after seeing the old man’s “smile.”
Hmm, indeed not scary at all.
He indifferently pulled at the “smiling face” a few times, finding it could not be easily altered, as if some extraordinary effect had fixed the old man’s face into an extremely bizarre state.
Interesting.
Chris’s interest grew strong; he removed all the clothes from the body and began a meticulous inspection, quickly finding an odd feature on the old man’s back.
There were several black words, as if formed from the blood of a mysterious creature.
“Embrace the constellations.”
What exactly did those words describing “constellations” mean? The black heptagram, embracing the constellations, the pursuit of hope among the stars after death…
Chris could no longer contain himself, feeling as if lured by a strong temptation, his body trembling slightly as he raised his head to gaze into the vast night sky.
He suddenly had a revelation.
So this was it, all led by His guidance, just so that at this moment I couldn’t resist lifting my head to lock eyes with the great Him!
It was a black star of such immense size that it was almost indescribable with human cognition!
Most of its area was a gigantic, terrifying eyeball, always watching over every corner of the universe, observing the past, present, and future of all things, constantly emitting infinite and endless chaotic power, enough to make everything in the world insane and chaotic!
Chris screamed, his heart racing uncontrollably, his mind flooded with a plethora of ineffable, indescribable information, on the verge of altering his self.
“Ah!”
A black heptagram full of chaotic aura appeared on his chest.
But just as the black heptagram started to emerge, the red brand on Chris’s hand glowed brightly, and the half-formed black heptagram began to fade away.
It completely vanished.
When Chris came back to his senses, he found the terrifying giant star in the night sky was gone, and all the vast information in his mind had dissipated into nothingness.
Ultimately it was as if nothing had happened.
“…”
Chris stood there in silence for a long time, shook his head, and calmly began to restore the body to its previous state, filled with an air of calm and boredom.
He turned and left the spot where the body was kept, disappearing noiselessly into the dark of night.