Under the scarlet night, countless footsteps suddenly echoed on the silent street.
A long procession emerged from the city, heading towards the city gate in an orderly fashion.
This procession was massive, with at least a thousand individuals, all clad in identical red robes and wide-brimmed red hats, completely obscuring their faces, almost blending into the surrounding crimson night.
As they walked, they chanted obscure sacrificial words.
Due to the distance, Ben couldn't clearly discern what they were chanting, only vaguely hearing terms like "Great Moon God," "Scarlet Lord," "Flesh Mother Tree," and "Bearing Myriad."
In the middle of the procession, three large iron cages were mounted on wooden carts, being pushed by grotesque beings towards the city gate.
And within the iron cages—humans were imprisoned!
Each iron cage held four people, twelve in total.
They were all new Transcendent adventurers who had come to the Spirit Realm.
However, they were now slumped in the iron cages, motionless. It was unknown whether they were unconscious or already dead.
At this moment, Ben and Leo were observing everything through a crack in the door.
Seeing the Transcendent individuals in the iron cages, Ben was stunned.
Because one of the iron cages held Joe Root, Hales, and others.
"Leo, they are your classmates!" Ben whispered.
These unlucky fellows must have been the ones who went to the Earl's mansion for lodging.
Leo's mental attribute was only twenty points lower than Ben's, so he naturally saw his classmates in the iron cage as well.
The girl slightly furrowed her delicate brows.
She didn't really care about these classmates, but no matter what, they were still classmates, and if she could help, she definitely wouldn't stand by and watch them die.
Of course, that was on the premise that it didn't affect her and Ben's safety.
It was absolutely impossible for her to risk her life to save them now.
"It's not certain whether they are dead or alive. Let's observe first," Leo said calmly.
Ben smiled, suddenly thought of something, and quickly said, "Leo, I remember when I paid at the bar downstairs, I saw that there were also these red robes and hats in the storage room behind the bar, and there was more than one set."
Leo was very clever and immediately understood Ben's idea.
"You mean..." The girl's eyes lit up. "We disguise ourselves as them and sneak in to take a look?"
"Yes!"
This suggestion was approved by Leo.
Mixing in with the grotesque beings might allow them to gather some information.
Thus, the two tiptoed downstairs, came to the bar on the first floor of the tavern, and sure enough, they saw three sets of red robes and hoods hanging in the storage room behind it.
It should be the tavern owner's and her two helpers'.
Ben carefully distinguished them, then handed the smallest set to Leo and wore the medium-sized one himself.
Even though the medium-sized one felt a little tight on him, he still didn't want to wear the large one.
Because among the three earlier, the largest was that wretched man…
The smallest size was naturally the owner's.
Even the smallest size, the owner's figure was much fatter than Leo!
This robe looked particularly loose on Leo...
The two did not take off their clothes but directly put the red robes on the outside, then put on their hats, pressing the brims very low to cover their faces, and pushed open the tavern door.
Outside the door, the procession had just passed by.
Many grotesque beings heard the movement and looked at them, but seeing that they were wearing the same clothes, they didn't care and continued to pray.
Ben and Leo breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Afterward, the two joined the team, learning the movements of other grotesque beings—lowering their heads, clasping their hands, walking, and chanting, looking pious...
Although the two didn't act very well, the surrounding grotesque beings were so devout in their prayers that they didn't bother to pay attention to them at all.
…
A moment later, the team finally arrived near the city gate.
At the city gate, there was a large open space.
Originally, Ben thought the town's urban planning had defects, but now he knew that this place was used by the grotesque beings in the city for sacrifices.
All the grotesque beings formed a semicircle at the city gate.
Ben and Leo were mixed in with the grotesque beings. This distance allowed them to clearly see the thick fog outside the city gate.
At this moment, there were many figures shaking in the thick fog, accompanied by rapid low roars.
It seemed that the monsters outside knew what was going to happen next, and they were already a little impatient.
Even though they were so eager, they did not dare to step out of the thick fog and enter the city.
Seeing this scene, Ben and Leo both breathed a sigh of relief.
They had previously guessed that the monsters in the thick fog could not enter the city.
But that was just a guess—it had not been confirmed, and it was always a little nerve-wracking.
Now that they could finally confirm this point, the two felt more at ease.
The corners of Ben's mouth even curled into a confident smile.
As long as the monsters outside couldn't get in, then he was an invincible existence here!
Next, he could demolish this city...
…
The sacrifice began!
Three iron cages were pushed out by the strong grotesque beings and lined up in a row at the city gate.
Afterward, grotesque beings came with buckets and poured liquid on the newcomers in the cages.
No!
What was poured out was not water but red blood, exuding a strong stench.
Smelling this, Leo felt a little nauseous, but the monsters in the thick fog outside seemed even crazier.
Many monsters had already begun to probe.
For a while, disgusting tentacles stretched out from the thick fog, and for a while, sharp claws swept across the void…
However, that was all.
Those monsters were obviously restricted in some way—they just couldn't get in.
At this time, seemingly stimulated, the people in the cages woke up one after another.
They were not dead—just unconscious.
Finding themselves trapped in a cage, with unknown liquid exuding a stench on their bodies, several people with poor psychological endurance collapsed on the spot, shouting loudly—either crying for mercy or struggling desperately.
The grotesque beings were accustomed to this.
Every year, the sacrifices reacted like this after waking up!
Since these sacrifices had already woken up, they could now be offered.
The grotesque beings then began to push the iron cages, sending them into the thick fog one by one.
Seeing this, Ben suddenly thought of a cruel term—
Live sacrifice!!
"Ben, are we going to make a move?"
Leo asked in a low voice.
It seemed that there was still kindness in the girl's heart, and she couldn't bear to witness these people being fed to monsters as sacrifices—even if the first cage sent to the monsters wasn't her classmates.
Ben was about to nod when he suddenly heard a young man in the cage about to be pushed to the edge of the thick fog cursing loudly.
Although this young man had yellow skin, he was relatively short, and the words he said were chirping in a strange bird-like language—obviously not an American.
Ben couldn't understand what the young man was saying.
However, he did catch a few words.
For example, that phrase—"Baga Yarou!"
As soon as he heard this familiar bird language, Ben's face sank.
The idea of preparing to take action to rescue them disappeared instantly.
Even if he saved a dog, he couldn't save these things!
Even if this was a parallel world, it wouldn't work!!
"Don't worry!"
Ben stopped Leo, who was about to take action, and said, "Let's take a look first."
A look of doubt appeared on Leo's pretty face.
She could see that Ben had clearly been preparing to agree to take action just now, so why had he suddenly changed his mind?
Out of trust in Ben, she didn't ask any more questions…
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