Chapter 287 Heroic Appearance

When Clayton heard that Osmar could shrink his body again, his face began to change.

They had previously discovered through Adelaide's testimony that Osmar had the ability to enlarge his body. In that state, he might be able to increase his strength, but the advantages of shrinking are different from this form.

The lieutenant suddenly remembered the first time he and Julius went to the woods to explore.

At that time, he felt that there was a spying sight in the woods, but the stench of the swamp and the unfamiliar smell of the woods interfered with the werewolf's sense of smell, and he found nothing. After discovering that the doomsday seeker in the House of Turbulence had ill intentions towards him, he attributed that sight to the leatherworker who later attacked them.

But now that I think about it, the truth may not be so.

The leatherworker is about ten feet tall, and it is very difficult to avoid Clayton's vision in the sparse deciduous forest in winter.

Although this is not impossible, Julius also claimed that Clayton had unconsciously demonstrated very advanced concealment skills after undergoing the binding ritual, but the intelligence of the leatherworker is obviously not as good as that of the werewolf, and Clayton doubted whether it could perform such a skill.

For the leatherworker to achieve this effect, both skills and luck are needed.

And if a guy who can shrink his body hides in the woods, it would be much easier to avoid the search of the werewolves.

And Chude Osmar also bypassed their vigilance without the circus members noticing and monitored the water fairy Adelaide Lux in the river.

But if it was enough to monitor Adelaide from a distance, why did he risk being discovered by the water fairy and approach the river bank to monitor Clayton at close range that day?

Some information that seemed to have been turned over has surged again.

Adelaide Lux-Clayton never believed her words.

Now it seems that the information concealed by this girl can be called crucial.

The girl bewitched the doctor and made him throw a conch shell into the town to cause a riot. She told Clayton that this was not only to force Danny out, but also to alert others about the existence of monsters.

This sounds reasonable, but the reality may be different from what she said.

Adelaide was a water nymph born because of murder, that is, a water spirit. She would never be so kind before killing Danny to get everything back.

Because Clayton is a werewolf, he can understand that creatures born because of the curse are extremely difficult to resist their instincts.

The impact of the curse is not so much to abandon a part of the personality, but to lose the ability to perceive that part - since it cannot be perceived, it naturally does not care. The spirit born from the rage of revenge cannot rely on morality to guide its actions.

She may not know that the person who is eyeing her is called Osmar, but she definitely knows that this guy who covets her is not human.

The main purpose of the conch shell was to allow the townspeople to detect the identity of outsiders, but for some reason, perhaps the water fairy's ability to confuse humans could not completely cover their rationality, or perhaps Osmar made Coke and her compete to control the doctor's mind by chance, and this purpose was resolved by the doctor himself, and the so-called test ended before Osmar's turn.

And Adelaide definitely lied about the time of her awakening. She must have awakened earlier than the time when Clayton and others arrived.

There is a very simple evidence to prove this.

Chude Osmar had been living in the hotel before Adelaide left Gevo, and at that time, he had a good relationship with the doctor, but he never asked the doctor for accommodation.

If Osmar now lives in the doctor's house to take care of the hidden ancient magic circle, then why didn't he do it at that time?

Adelaide's control over the doctor must have started a long time ago. Although this is not a complete control, it is enough to make Osmar feel daunted.

The only thing Clayton can't understand is: why didn't Osmar continue to attack Adelaide?

Adelaide's ability to confuse humans and even use fairy circles to erase memories is indeed powerful, but this is not an ability for combat. She can't even avoid the shooting of Priest Louis - you know, this priest is a member of the Evangelical Church and has never touched a weapon before.

What is the reason that Chude Osmar can't attack Adelaide who has become a water fairy?

Or does he have no confidence in resisting Adelaide's ability?

And the werewolf himself, although Osmar has made no secret of his malice towards him, he has never attacked Clayton head-on.

Is he unwilling to do this, or is he unable to do this?

Just as Clayton was thinking, Barbara also looked at him worriedly.

Pero, who was unconscious against the tombstone, has woken up at this moment. He coughed slightly and tried to stand up on the ground. Barbara heard his voice and immediately left Clayton and went over to support him.

And outside these two corners, the black mass has reached an important section.

"At this moment, we praise the holiness and worship the Supreme Father, who is not only the Father of men, but also the Father of all spirits."

The praise of the Holy Spirit has come to an end. Priest Louis put the Holy Book into the inner pocket of his black robe, and then stretched out his hands to the front with a solemn expression. Serani walked forward tremblingly and placed a skull still covered with dirt on his palms.

"The white Holy Spirit says that the living will return to life and the dead will return to death." Louis did not disdain it, but calmly led the two women to recite: "However, miracles transcend life and death, and there is still holiness beyond the white holiness."

"In the realm of nothingness, there are still many thrones, and we still need to worship the holiness above the many holinesses, the king above the king."

"The Lord of Power of Eternal Victory, Baal!"

When this name was read out, a gust of wind suddenly blew between the cemetery and the medicine garden, blowing the herbs that could not be destroyed by the storms of the previous few nights down.

This was definitely not a wind generated by nature. Everyone's spirits were lifted and they stopped what they were doing.

They knew that the Lord of Power Baal had cast his eyes here.

Louis also stopped, and a look of panic appeared on his face for the first time.

He prayed to the Father in the holy place where he had practiced every day, but the Father's power did not save him. Instead, Baal responded to him at the first black mass. The evil power ignored the blessing of the bishops who had consecrated the holy land for generations and descended directly here.

Clara climbed up a tombstone. The strange posture and the intoxicated expression on her face made Louis more and more distressed.

"We offer the flesh and blood of the demi-god as a sacrifice, and praise the Lord of Power!"

The clear voice of the girl pulled the priest back from panic. He hurriedly lowered the height of his hands. Donna tilted the two-eared pottery jar, and holy water poured from above, soaking the bones.

Louis threw the skull on the ground and trampled it hard, as if he wanted to step it into hell.

In this way, blood and flesh have been offered.

Then came the second sacrifice.

Ian Lazarus came forward and knelt in front of Louis with an expressionless face.

"Offer new life and death, praise the Lord of Power!"

Louis bent down slightly and cut Lazarus' throat with a sacrificial knife, but no blood flowed out.

The wind in the backyard of the church became stronger and stronger, causing the long hair and skirts of several women to flutter to one side like flags. Everyone suddenly felt chilled, not just because of psychological effects, they could feel as if there was an invisible thing hidden in the strong wind touching them.

This chill forced Clayton to withdraw from thinking and watch the black mass ceremony with all his heart.

"We offer the symbol of authority, a bloodthirsty and gorgeous weapon." Louis' face was distorted by the wind when he recited the prayer, but he insisted on speaking.

The wind carrying the invisible thing rushed into the church with a howl, blowing out the many white candles surrounding the Coke and the mosquito slayer inside. The wine and oil cans that were originally prepared were also overturned in the alchemy room, waiting for a fire that could destroy the sacred.

Julius shivered and took out a box of matches, pulled out one from it and tried to light it.

But the tip of the phosphorus-wrapped wooden stick had just ignited a small and tiny flame before it was extinguished by the fierce wind.

A twisted and anxious expression appeared on his face, and he struck the match several times, but all to no avail.

The wizard had to walk to the back door of the church, intending to light the match with the cover of the building, but Ian Lazarus, who was kneeling in front of Louis, suddenly pushed him hard. The wizard's body rolled to the side, and the wound that had not yet healed caused severe pain again.

But he had no time to curse, because a cold light had penetrated the space where he was originally from top to bottom.

This was very strong, and a deep pit was poked out of the ground frozen hard by the snow.

Julius subconsciously touched the top of his head, and for the first time he felt awe for the service industry.

The innkeeper, Little Perron, stood up from a half-kneeling position, with his back against the back door of the church, and the two-handed sword in his hand pointed diagonally downward, facing all of them.

At the same time, the stained glass window on the top of the church was also smashed open, and a figure fell down with the broken glass, landing steadily in the center of the chapel.

"It seems that I am not too late."

Chude Osmar looked at the Quok head and ritual remnants on the ground, with a sarcastic tone.

He picked up the blinking head, and his cold eyes looked over the gap between Peren and the door to the backyard.

Clayton felt the familiar sense of being watched again.

"I really didn't expect that you could still find this place even though I had destroyed the information that Danny had stolen that hinted at the location of the great power. Should I say it was fate? Or was it because Dr. James's home was too close to the church, and you guessed the truth?"

Osmar paused in his sigh, and when he spoke again, he was full of arrogance.

"But it doesn't matter, because victory will eventually belong to me, and it will only belong to me. You have prepared so many sacrifices for me without realizing it, which is proof that fate has always favored me!"

The ancient magic circle that Osmar had been using was right under the church, completely overlapping with the land used for the Black Mass!

Clayton and the wizards understood everything in an instant, and they immediately shouted and ordered the vampires to rush into the church, and the furious voices even overwhelmed the sound of the wind.

Osmar was not panicked at all, he just shouted lightly:

"Peren, stop them!"