"I'm very strange." Mostima said slowly, "It's really strange, human beings, Spencer...Red? Is that the name? Tsk, what does His Highness think of you?"
"Humans, such weak human beings full of desires, why should he treat you so favorably? Why don't you tell me..." Mostima's voice suddenly became low, full of resentment, and he suddenly Raising his hand, an invisible force forced Reid to raise his head, revealing his fragile throat.
"How on earth did you bewitch Your Highness Gabriel to give you so much favor?!"
Thinking of what he found on him, the malice in Mostima's heart kept gushing out like black mud.
His crucifix was made by His Royal Highness Gabriel himself.
He will never mistake the glory of that Highness.
He once listened to the whispers of the angels, longing for the powerful and gentle Highness Gabriel.
However, there is no doubt that she is strong, but gentle?
No, no, no, in terms of ruthlessness, even the King of Fallen Angels who now rules hell is not as good as His Royal Highness Gabriel.
When His Highness Gabriel raised the Seraph Blade in his hand, he must not have seen his expression.
His tenderness and compassion are like putting on a shell deliberately.
But he loves his ruthlessness, and sincerely hopes that his ruthlessness will continue.
He doesn't need His Royal Highness Gabriel's gentleness, he just needs to be cold all the time.
But when his ruthlessness melted on another being, especially a human, Mastema tasted original sin.
Hey.
Looking at Spencer Reid in front of him, Mostima made no secret of the malice in his heart.
If he just prefers his pure white soul, what about this soul dyed black?
He forced Reid to turn his head, looked at the computer screens lined up in the back room, and said slowly in an extremely gentle but chilling voice: "These eight people are my goals today, what do you think?" , who would die first?"
Red glared at Mastema angrily.
In the police station at the other end of the screen, everyone in the BAU team fell into dead silence because of his words.
"Come on, choose one." Mostima got up and walked behind Rhett, leaned down, and whispered behind him: "Anyway, they're all going to die, aren't they?"
When Mostima finally showed his face in the video, Morgan quickly took a screenshot and sent it to Garcia.
Although Garcia was also watching the video, she didn't dare to watch it at all.After Morgan's video was sent, she rolled up her sleeves and used the facial recognition system that the bureau had just installed last year.
A minute later, Garcia called back.
"I found his identity. He is Tobias Hank. I sent you the information and address." Garcia gritted his teeth, "Catch that bastard, and, definitely, we must rescue Rhett." return!!"
Although they understood that it was impossible for the suspect to stay at that address at this moment, the BAU team still dispatched all members and rushed to Tobias Hank's residence.
Knowing as much information as possible about the possessed suspect will help them pinpoint the cabin.
Mostima knew that many people were looking for this human like crazy, even the fateful little prophet was among them.
But who cares.
So weak, he could crush them to death with one finger.
And when he gains more power through rituals, he will be the true Lord of Hell.At that time, he will not even pay attention to God, let alone a group of mobs.
Mostima stroked Rhett's hair affectionately, then shook his hands away, dismissing it in his heart, it's not very easy to touch, it's just a human being.Then he pointed casually and said, "Then I will choose for you."
He pointed to the middle-aged woman who was busy in the kitchen on the third screen, and said slowly, "Charles, I'll leave it to you."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Charles Hanke respectfully authentic.
Rhett sat stiffly in the chair.
Almost half an hour later, Charles Hanke appeared on the third computer screen.He cut the throat of the woman inside with a knife, carefully peeled off her skin, and then put it on her loosely.
He carved the number 9 on the back of the dead woman's hand.
"30 seconds." Mostima stood behind Reid and commented: "In human terms, his speed is not bad."
"What do you say, human?"
Rhett stared at the screen, the machine was not good enough to capture the actions of human souls, he couldn't see the process of her soul falling into their hands.After Charles Hanke left, Redhuo looked at Mostima anxiously, and said in a hoarse voice: "Do you really think that this ceremony can give you the power to surpass Lucifer? I dare say that even if Lucifer sees Not to you group of demons, but I will not allow you to challenge his authority."
Mostima's face twitched, and he said coldly: "He will not be the Lord of Hell soon."
Reid narrowed his eyes slightly, then he looked at Mostima, and said in a very flat tone: "What makes you think that as long as you become the Lord of Hell, you can make Gabriel look at you differently?"
Mostima said without hesitation: "Only with enough power can we grab the most dazzling star." Mostima looked at Reid coldly, "Is it possible that Your Highness still has a crush on human beings? "
Rhett's eyes flickered for a moment, he lowered his head, and Mastema's tone made Rhett feel, as if, he was once a human being?
Mostima didn't give Rhett any time to think.
"Today's first one is already dead." Mostima snorted, "It's boring to kill one by one, how about..."
"A lottery?"
"Human, repent?" Mostima smiled at Reid, "As long as you are willing to repent, I will let the remaining seven people go, how about it?"
Reid didn't speak. After a while, he said hoarsely: "This is your purpose, Mostima. Your goal in the ninth level of hell is me."
Mostima hooked the corners of his lips, and he turned sideways to let Reid look at the human beings who were still alive in the other seven screens, "So, what is your choice?"
Rhett slowly closed his eyes.
After a while, he opened his eyes and said coldly, "No!"
Confessing to the devil is like surrendering to the darkness. If he is the target of the ninth hell, once he surrenders, the human souls he killed before will completely become part of his power, and he will never be reborn forever.
Above that, there is no wiggle room.
"very good."
Mostima nodded, and said directly, "Charles, let's start with the first one."
The man on the third screen nodded and turned to leave.
Half an hour later, he appeared on the first screen, cutting his throat, peeling off his skin, and engraving numbers on the back of the victim's hand.
Rhett's shoulders were stiff, his throat was dry and his stomach was convulsing.Even though he knew that the choice he made was not wrong, the blood of those people still flooded his soul, making his heart suffocate.
"They died because of you."
Mostima said with strong malice.
Reid suddenly turned his head to look at Mostima, and said coldly: "Mostima, what are you proud of? Gabriel couldn't see you when you were a human. Gabriel couldn't see you when you became a demon. Bailie will only hate you. You——!"
Before Rhett finished speaking, Mostima grabbed him by the neck and choked him.
"Who the hell used to be human." Mostima's dark purple eyes were full of hostility, "I, from the very beginning, was a demon born from darkness."
"Cough...you...can fool...others...but you...can't fool...yourself..." Reid's expression was sarcasm, even though he couldn't breathe, he still jumped out word by word, "coward .”
Mostima's hand flicked violently, and Reid and the chair under him were overturned.He fell to the ground, coughing.
Mostima looked at Rhett condescendingly, stroking his lips with his fingers.
At this moment, on the fourth screen, Charles Hank missed.
Mostima looked eagerly at the screen.
It turned out that the husband of the target person came home early.
He was born in the Marine Corps, and he was strong and strong. After discovering Charles, he immediately fought him, and Charles was obviously at a disadvantage.
"Trash!" Mostima growled, his deep purple eyes were stern, he was about to give Charles some strength, when Rhett raised his hand, a crossbow appeared in his hand, and the arrow shot quickly. out, and shot accurately into Mastema's throat.
Blood splattered, and there was a "hissing" sound like sulfuric acid corroding flesh and blood, and white smoke rose.
Holy water is to demons what sulfuric acid is to humans.
And the arrowheads of the arrows were once soaked in holy water.
Rhett's spiritual power and holy power were banned together, and even the mental power to open the bracelet was his constant struggle.Thanks to the fact that the bracelet is bound to the soul, usually Rhett does not let it appear in front of people, so it was not taken away like the previous cross, giving Rhett a chance to fight back.
however……
"It's quite accurate, but unfortunately, it's useless." The human skin in front of Mostima's eyes was bloody and bloody because Rhett's arrow corroded the throat and directly touched the bones.
It was a very terrifying scene. The man's throat was completely torn open, blood gushing out, mixed with the flesh corroded by the holy water, dripping onto the floor.
However, the flesh at that place was squirming and gathering together.This muffled his voice, but it didn't seem to affect much.
With a wave of his hand, the crossbow in Reid's hand flew out.
"You think I'm one of those little devils who scream in pain when they touch holy water?" Mostima sneered and leaned over. He didn't hide the rotting and healing wound on his throat, "Bring this holy water Over-modulation is not enough, human."
Mostima looked sideways at the computer screen.
Charles has been subdued, the police arrived and are investigating the scene.
Mostima snorted, since the soul like a rotten apple has fallen into the hands of humans, he has no interest in saving it.
It is now 1999:12 pm on December 31, 8, four hours before midnight.
In fact, on the ninth floor of hell, this soul in his hands is enough, and it doesn't matter whether he has the eight souls or not.It's just that he wants to use this method to force Spencer Reed to repent and surrender to the darkness.
"I've changed my mind." Mostima tilted his head with a smile, "I don't want to hear your confession anymore."
Reid didn't speak, and the little holy power that he managed to break away just now was firmly imprisoned back, and the weapon soaked in holy water couldn't cause fatal damage to Mostima, because the previous soul had been swallowed into his body by him. ?
With a wave of Mostima's hand, the fallen chair returned to its original position.
Reid reappeared in the camera in a mess.
Mostima raised his hand and scratched his wrist.
Black blood flowed down, all of which were collected in a glass.
The unbearable smell of rotting wood mixed with the stench of sulfur spread.
The corners of Rhett's eyes twitched. Although he tried his best to ignore the smell, it was really, really bad.
Seeing Reid's attitude towards the devil's blood, Mostima didn't think it was a pest, but curled the corner of his mouth and said: "You will fall in love with this taste." Then he squeezed Reid's jaw, forcing him to open his mouth, He poured the blood in the cup down.
Reid's eyes widened. As soon as the devil's blood entered his throat, the unbearable taste spread in his mouth, causing his stomach to twitch, and the feeling of nausea surged up, making him subconsciously want to spit it out.
But his mouth was covered by the demon, and he forced Red to stretch his neck and swallow the blood of the demon.
Rhett's eyes were lost for a moment.
How much evil is in the blood of the devil?
Enough to make humans look back at what they most dread to see.
The door of the interrogation room of the police station opened, and Hodge strode out, holding a map in his hand.
"Ask where Rhett is."
Behind Hodge is Charles Hank, whose faith has collapsed and has fallen into collapse.
Carrie glanced in awe at the leader of the BAU team and the veteran who stepped out of the interrogation room, and took the map, "I will inform Your Majesty."
JJ and Morgan stood outside, wearing FBI bulletproof suits with pistols strapped to their waists.
"set off!"
Aaron Hotchner puts it succinctly.
In the wooden house, Mostima rested his chin and looked at Rhett, whose clothes were soaked in cold sweat, and his eyes were closed but trembling. It had been more than three hours. Mostima had never imagined that he could be so resistant.However, being human, he didn't think he could survive it.
What annoyed Mostima now was the group of little bugs outside the forest. If he hadn't had more important things to do now, he would have gone out to deal with them a long time ago, so how could he let them keep attacking the barrier.
It's almost midnight.
Rhett opened his eyes abruptly.
It was a pair of eyes filled with black, both the whites of the eyes and the pupils were submerged in black.
Like a devil.
Mostima couldn't help laughing, the harvest time has come.
Then, the frail human just blinked, and his eyes turned clear brown again.
Mostima looked at Reid in disbelief. Just now, his aura was mixed with that of a demon, but now, it has returned to the pure white of a human being.
"Cough..." Rhett coughed, and said slowly: "I am not weak, Mostima. Human beings will become strong because of the belief in protection, but unfortunately, before you understand this, you choose became a demon."
Mostima stood up with a livid face, and the invisible force suddenly exploded, directly knocking down the roof of the wooden house.There was a strong wind, and all the furnishings in the house were blown out by the devil.
The enchantment shrouded outside the forest suddenly erupted with powerful force, and the wizards who tried to break the enchantment were thrown away by the rebounding force.
Merlin took three steps back, his chest ached from the force of the shock.
Because it was difficult to drive into the dense forest, the BAU team and the police chose to abandon their cars and walk. However, they were a little worse than wizards, and no matter how they found their way, they just wandered around the periphery.At this moment, the power of the enchantment rebounded, and they heard a rumbling sound behind them, but it was three police cars that overturned.
Fortunately, there was no one in the police car, and everyone was looking for their way outside the forest.
Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Morgan's sharp eyes saw a person walking into the forest.
"Wait!" Morgan yelled hurriedly.
There are super-scientific suspects in the forest, and they will come here at this time. Apart from the accomplices who are bewitched by the suspects, they are ordinary people who are bold enough to prepare for night adventures.
Either way, they had to stop him.
The man stopped and looked sideways at them.
Hodge and the others hurried over, and when they could see the man's face clearly, they froze for a moment.
Because the young man standing there has an unusually beautiful appearance, almost indistinguishable from male and female. If he hadn't had an obvious Adam's apple, they would almost have thought that this young man with sky blue eyes and long blond hair braided in front of his chest was actually a beautiful girl.
But his beauty didn't make him immune.
Hodge said bluntly: "A vicious suspect is in the forest, it's best not to go inside at this time."
The boy blinked and said, "But, my brother's friend is inside. He's in danger. If I don't see it, forget it. If I see it, I won't save him. My brother won't let me go." .”
Everyone looked at each other, and then they realized that the person in front of them might be a friend of a potential victim.
That should be stopped even more.
Can't let him go to die.
Before he could speak to persuade, the man looked at everyone in BAU and said, "You want to join us too?" Turning around, "Follow, I'll take you in."
Then, he lifted his feet and walked towards the forest.
Just when Morgan was about to say something, Hodge pulled him, frowned and shook his head at him.
There was an aura of disobedience about this man.
Then, they really walked into the forest.
Gideon was silent for a while, then asked suddenly: "Sir, may I ask your name? I'm Jason Gideon, an FBI."
"Jason Gideon, um, you're a pretty nice guy." The man didn't look back, just walked into the depths of the forest.
"My name is Raffaele Harmon, an... ordinary high school student?"
He said with some uncertainty.
"Raphael? Raphael?" Morgan frowned. The two pronunciations are very similar, and this time the suspect used the name of Raphael to trick Charles Hank and killed many innocent people. people.
This time, Raffaele Harmon did not respond.
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In front of the ruins of the wooden house, Mostima picked up the weak Reid and dragged him to the open space in front of the wooden house.
The night was pitch black, without stars or moon.
The only light came from the searchlights and flashlights of police cars in the distance.
But whether it was Mostima or Reid, they could see a full moon, a blood-red full moon, in the middle of the night.
That's the color of the Hell Moon.
In the distance, the New Year's bell sounded faintly.
Zero o'clock passed.
It's 2000 now.
Mostima raised his hand and said indifferently, "You will eventually become a part of my power, human being."
His hand plunged into Rhett's heart.
If there is no way to immediately degrade him, then stuff him into the depths of the devil's soul and suppress him with countless original sins.Ten years, hundreds of years, and thousands of years, he will always succumb, and eventually become part of his power.
The BAU people who finally found the place: "!!!"
JJ screamed, "Spencer!"
Just when Mostima gathered his fingers and was about to pull out Reid's soul, he saw the human being who had been motionless before slowly raise his head, and those brown eyes that disgusted the devil turned into pure of gilt gold.
Mostima's hand was grabbed.
Facing Mostima's unbelievable gaze, the owner of the gilt eyes sneered and closed his fingers, only to hear a "click", his wrist was broken, and then slowly pulled out of Rhett's heart.
"demon."
"Spencer Reid" opened a pair of gilt-gold eyes, the pupils were cold and sullen, and said each word coldly: "Who gave you the courage..."
"How dare you touch my span?!!!"
Dazzling white light suddenly burst out with "Spencer Reed" as the center.The power that surged in an instant directly flattened the forests within at least a hundred meters around the wooden house.On the ground, the white holy flame burned, and the scorching temperature almost distorted the world.
Everyone in BAU: "!!!"
"Oops..." Raffaele Harmon murmured in surprise, "It's the first time I've seen him so angry."
The dense forest at midnight was so dark that it could almost be said that you couldn't see your fingers. The only light source in this range was the flashlight in Morgan's hands.
But now, the burning white holy flame directly illuminates the place as bright as day.
However, what is more dazzling than the light of the holy fire is the figure that gradually separates from the body of the human youth.
White robes, long silver hair, and gilt-gold eyes are cold and sharp.He looked down at Rhett, whose body was limp and his lips were trembling, the anger in his eyes was almost substantive.
Mostima's slap just now didn't make Rhett bleed, his intention was to tear out his soul.However, he was imprisoning Rhett's holy power, and the black and blue marks left by choking Rhett's neck two or three times are still there.There is also some devil's blood remaining in his body. The angel's perception is so keen that he can feel even a little bit of devil's breath on the corner of Reid's clothes, let alone being infused with devil's blood.
"How dare you..." Gabriel's trembling fingers stroked the bruise on Rhett's neck. He saw Rhett trying to wink at him, and his expression was as calm as possible, without showing the slightest expression of pain.
But this only made Seraphim even more angry.
The wound can heal, but the pain has been endured.
He wished that the humans raised in the honey pot were treated like this by the devil, Gabriel was so angry that he almost lost his mind.
Reid grabbed Gabriel's fingers vigorously, shook his head vigorously when Gabriel was about to heal his wound, he glanced at Mostima, and opened his mouth hard: "...be careful. "
I haven't seen him for six years, and I miss him every day. Rhett wants to tell Gabriel a lot.But at this time, there is only exhortation.
Although Reid despised Mostima's plan before and underestimated his ambition to become the Lord of Hell, he only deliberately angered Mostima, letting him direct all his anger at himself instead of making him care people.
He confides his plan so blatantly, and his disobedience to the current Lord of Hell is so obvious, his madness is based on self-confidence.
Mostima must have something he can rely on.
Red didn't want Gabriel to get hurt.
Gabriel directly rushed over with a ball of glory. When Rongguang was treating Reid, he turned his head to look at Mostima. He was so angry that Gabriel suppressed all his expressions.
Nothing but peace.
However, Mostima's performance seemed even angrier than Gabriel's.
The skin of half a human being was completely burned by the sacred fire because of Gabriel's furious shot, black blood dripped, and the only face that could be called intact looked straight at Gabriel, with deep purple eyes full of blood. Unbelievable and angry.
"You... actually... have been living in this human soul?!"
Mostima held Rhett for almost a day, but he never found the existence of Gabriel, which meant that Gabriel lived in the deepest part of Rhett's soul.
It was an act of intimacy.
Mostima gasped angrily, he raised his hand suddenly and tore off the human skin.
It was past midnight, and this human skin was useless.
With his tearing movements, the black mud flowed, and his entire demon seemed to be pulled out of the mud, exuding an extremely powerful but unstable aura.
Raffaele Harmon frowned slightly. This aura...is the abyss?
Mostima opened his mouth and let out a roar like a dragon's roar.
Resounding through the jungle.
"Abyss Demon Dragon." Gabriel sneered, "It seems that you found some good garbage."
In this world, apart from the three worlds of heaven, earth and hell, and some independent small spaces similar to Avalon, the most dangerous place is the endless abyss.
No one knows how deep the endless abyss is, and no one knows what is in the deepest part of the endless abyss, but there are many terrifying monsters bred in the abyss, which seem to be beyond the reach of the demons of hell.
That endless abyss was sealed by God himself.
However, no matter how perfect the seal is, it cannot completely suppress the endless abyss. There will always be some darkness seeping through the cracks, forming hell, giving birth to demons, and some so-called abyss monsters.
Below the ninth floor of hell is the periphery of the endless abyss, where those abyssal monsters live.
That fringe area, even for demons, is a dangerous place.
There are legends among the demons that only the demons recognized by the endless abyss can truly rule hell.However, some demons went there, and most of them were eaten clean by the abyss monsters before entering the abyss, and the few who entered the abyss never came out again.
In this world, the only one who fell into the endless abyss and survived was Lucifer who wore the crown and became the Lord of Hell.
"Gabriel, Gabriel, Gabriel!!" Mostima roared, his dark purple pupils were bloodshot.He bent his body suddenly, put his hands on the ground, his spine protruded section by section, and two meat bags bulged out from his shoulder blades.
With a sound of swiping, a pair of pitch-black bat wings spread out.
His skin wriggled, and purple-black scales emerged one by one.
In an instant, Mostima turned into a monster with the height of three people, covered with purple-black scales, with two horns of different lengths on his forehead, and a red translucent film on his ears.
He opened his mouth and roared like a dragon's roar, but green mist was constantly coming out between the fangs and sharp teeth in his mouth, and when it was mixed with saliva dripping on the ground, there was a hissing sound of the ground being corroded.
The body of the abyssal dragon, the bat wings of the night demon, the periosteum of the ears of the evil fangs, the most difficult and disgusting thing about high-level demons is that they are constantly devouring them, which may be other demons or some kind of monsters. If they are lucky enough, they will leave part of each other's characteristics while devouring them, and then inherit part of their innate power.
"nausea!"
Gabriel made no secret of his distaste for the form of Mastema.
Mostima roared furiously, but the beast's pupils were full of longing for Seraph.
"You are mine, and only mine!!"
The answer to Mastema was Gabriel's twelve wings that spread out in a flash.
The wide and gorgeous wings of the holy light fluttered violently, and the glory was transformed into substance in Gabriel's hands, turning into the appearance of a long sword.He appeared in front of Mostima almost instantly, raising his hand with a sword.
The light seemed to be in Gabriel's hands, and he mercilessly cut towards the decaying darkness in front of him.
Mostima roared, and he directly raised two purple-black scales, snapped them together, and even held Gabriel's Glory Sword with his bare hands.
"hiss……"
White smoke rising, this is the ultimate light destroying the dragon scales in Mostima's palm.
However, the gaps between the dragon scales closed, and black smoke came out, corroding Gabriel's Glorious Sword at the same time.
Gabriel raised an eyebrow.
Above the white lightsaber, black spread like smoke and mist.
Gabriel's wings fluttered violently, he let go of the hand holding the sword, and looked at the black mist in some surprise.
His glory was unexpectedly overshadowed by the black mist in the first confrontation!
"Your Highness Gabriel, have you seen it?" Mostima grinned, showing a utterly hurtful smile, and shouted loudly: "This is the real darkness!!"
He made a movement of drawing his sword, and the mass of black mist appeared directly, turning into a long sword that was exactly the same in shape as the long sword that Gabriel condensed with glory at random, it was only a long sword that was pitch black.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry."
Mostima's eyes were frighteningly bright, and on the premise of not hurting Gabriel, he didn't think he could snatch this star back to hell.For him, he can suspend his plan of being the Lord of Hell, but he will never let go of this opportunity to catch him.
"Ha!" Gabriel saw Mastema's plan at a glance, and he couldn't help but sneered, who did he think he was?
Even if he holds something from the abyss in his hand, he is not afraid at all!
Gabriel's eyebrows were condensed, a sword of glory could not help him, so two, three, four!If it wasn't for his angel blade not at hand, how could he be presumptuous!
He has just woken up, the scars on his core have all healed, and the laws of the world have not rejected him in various ways, he is full of glory, and urgently needs to kill Mostima, let him use his sinful life to repay his family. Spann atones!
Just when Gabriel's wings were vibrating, and he was about to take out more glory to condense the weapon, a voice sounded.
"then."
Unfamiliar voice, familiar tone.
Gabriel almost subconsciously raised his hand to catch it, and held a plain silver long sword about one meter long in his hand.
Gabriel closed his fingers together, and white glory poured into the long sword.
Then, he swung his sword without hesitation.
There was a clear sound of metal colliding, and the glory gradually dissipated, revealing the scene of two long swords colliding.
The originally rather simple long sword seemed to have changed its appearance, with a cross-shaped hilt and exquisite leaf-shaped patterns winding on the silver sword body.
This is one of the true forms of the Seraph Blade.
Each Seraph Blade has its own master, and their form is bestowed by the master.And although this one looks good, it's too fancy, and Gabriel doesn't appreciate this style.
However, meeting his brother at this time, I have to say, this is something that makes Gabriel happy.
JJ looked at Raphael Harmon who led them all the way here stupidly. Although everyone's attention was on the opposite side, JJ subconsciously paid attention to the people around him.So, she saw this beautiful young man pull out a sword from her palm with her own eyes.
The horns of her forehead twitched, as if the world in her eyes had changed since the forced change of cognition a day ago.
Everything has changed!
The world doesn't talk about science anymore! !
The author has something to say: #818The hot group scares the witch's BAU#
Carrie: emmm... I didn't offend these people, did I?no?I think should not be?
BAU: What do you think?
"Humans, such weak human beings full of desires, why should he treat you so favorably? Why don't you tell me..." Mostima's voice suddenly became low, full of resentment, and he suddenly Raising his hand, an invisible force forced Reid to raise his head, revealing his fragile throat.
"How on earth did you bewitch Your Highness Gabriel to give you so much favor?!"
Thinking of what he found on him, the malice in Mostima's heart kept gushing out like black mud.
His crucifix was made by His Royal Highness Gabriel himself.
He will never mistake the glory of that Highness.
He once listened to the whispers of the angels, longing for the powerful and gentle Highness Gabriel.
However, there is no doubt that she is strong, but gentle?
No, no, no, in terms of ruthlessness, even the King of Fallen Angels who now rules hell is not as good as His Royal Highness Gabriel.
When His Highness Gabriel raised the Seraph Blade in his hand, he must not have seen his expression.
His tenderness and compassion are like putting on a shell deliberately.
But he loves his ruthlessness, and sincerely hopes that his ruthlessness will continue.
He doesn't need His Royal Highness Gabriel's gentleness, he just needs to be cold all the time.
But when his ruthlessness melted on another being, especially a human, Mastema tasted original sin.
Hey.
Looking at Spencer Reid in front of him, Mostima made no secret of the malice in his heart.
If he just prefers his pure white soul, what about this soul dyed black?
He forced Reid to turn his head, looked at the computer screens lined up in the back room, and said slowly in an extremely gentle but chilling voice: "These eight people are my goals today, what do you think?" , who would die first?"
Red glared at Mastema angrily.
In the police station at the other end of the screen, everyone in the BAU team fell into dead silence because of his words.
"Come on, choose one." Mostima got up and walked behind Rhett, leaned down, and whispered behind him: "Anyway, they're all going to die, aren't they?"
When Mostima finally showed his face in the video, Morgan quickly took a screenshot and sent it to Garcia.
Although Garcia was also watching the video, she didn't dare to watch it at all.After Morgan's video was sent, she rolled up her sleeves and used the facial recognition system that the bureau had just installed last year.
A minute later, Garcia called back.
"I found his identity. He is Tobias Hank. I sent you the information and address." Garcia gritted his teeth, "Catch that bastard, and, definitely, we must rescue Rhett." return!!"
Although they understood that it was impossible for the suspect to stay at that address at this moment, the BAU team still dispatched all members and rushed to Tobias Hank's residence.
Knowing as much information as possible about the possessed suspect will help them pinpoint the cabin.
Mostima knew that many people were looking for this human like crazy, even the fateful little prophet was among them.
But who cares.
So weak, he could crush them to death with one finger.
And when he gains more power through rituals, he will be the true Lord of Hell.At that time, he will not even pay attention to God, let alone a group of mobs.
Mostima stroked Rhett's hair affectionately, then shook his hands away, dismissing it in his heart, it's not very easy to touch, it's just a human being.Then he pointed casually and said, "Then I will choose for you."
He pointed to the middle-aged woman who was busy in the kitchen on the third screen, and said slowly, "Charles, I'll leave it to you."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Charles Hanke respectfully authentic.
Rhett sat stiffly in the chair.
Almost half an hour later, Charles Hanke appeared on the third computer screen.He cut the throat of the woman inside with a knife, carefully peeled off her skin, and then put it on her loosely.
He carved the number 9 on the back of the dead woman's hand.
"30 seconds." Mostima stood behind Reid and commented: "In human terms, his speed is not bad."
"What do you say, human?"
Rhett stared at the screen, the machine was not good enough to capture the actions of human souls, he couldn't see the process of her soul falling into their hands.After Charles Hanke left, Redhuo looked at Mostima anxiously, and said in a hoarse voice: "Do you really think that this ceremony can give you the power to surpass Lucifer? I dare say that even if Lucifer sees Not to you group of demons, but I will not allow you to challenge his authority."
Mostima's face twitched, and he said coldly: "He will not be the Lord of Hell soon."
Reid narrowed his eyes slightly, then he looked at Mostima, and said in a very flat tone: "What makes you think that as long as you become the Lord of Hell, you can make Gabriel look at you differently?"
Mostima said without hesitation: "Only with enough power can we grab the most dazzling star." Mostima looked at Reid coldly, "Is it possible that Your Highness still has a crush on human beings? "
Rhett's eyes flickered for a moment, he lowered his head, and Mastema's tone made Rhett feel, as if, he was once a human being?
Mostima didn't give Rhett any time to think.
"Today's first one is already dead." Mostima snorted, "It's boring to kill one by one, how about..."
"A lottery?"
"Human, repent?" Mostima smiled at Reid, "As long as you are willing to repent, I will let the remaining seven people go, how about it?"
Reid didn't speak. After a while, he said hoarsely: "This is your purpose, Mostima. Your goal in the ninth level of hell is me."
Mostima hooked the corners of his lips, and he turned sideways to let Reid look at the human beings who were still alive in the other seven screens, "So, what is your choice?"
Rhett slowly closed his eyes.
After a while, he opened his eyes and said coldly, "No!"
Confessing to the devil is like surrendering to the darkness. If he is the target of the ninth hell, once he surrenders, the human souls he killed before will completely become part of his power, and he will never be reborn forever.
Above that, there is no wiggle room.
"very good."
Mostima nodded, and said directly, "Charles, let's start with the first one."
The man on the third screen nodded and turned to leave.
Half an hour later, he appeared on the first screen, cutting his throat, peeling off his skin, and engraving numbers on the back of the victim's hand.
Rhett's shoulders were stiff, his throat was dry and his stomach was convulsing.Even though he knew that the choice he made was not wrong, the blood of those people still flooded his soul, making his heart suffocate.
"They died because of you."
Mostima said with strong malice.
Reid suddenly turned his head to look at Mostima, and said coldly: "Mostima, what are you proud of? Gabriel couldn't see you when you were a human. Gabriel couldn't see you when you became a demon. Bailie will only hate you. You——!"
Before Rhett finished speaking, Mostima grabbed him by the neck and choked him.
"Who the hell used to be human." Mostima's dark purple eyes were full of hostility, "I, from the very beginning, was a demon born from darkness."
"Cough...you...can fool...others...but you...can't fool...yourself..." Reid's expression was sarcasm, even though he couldn't breathe, he still jumped out word by word, "coward .”
Mostima's hand flicked violently, and Reid and the chair under him were overturned.He fell to the ground, coughing.
Mostima looked at Rhett condescendingly, stroking his lips with his fingers.
At this moment, on the fourth screen, Charles Hank missed.
Mostima looked eagerly at the screen.
It turned out that the husband of the target person came home early.
He was born in the Marine Corps, and he was strong and strong. After discovering Charles, he immediately fought him, and Charles was obviously at a disadvantage.
"Trash!" Mostima growled, his deep purple eyes were stern, he was about to give Charles some strength, when Rhett raised his hand, a crossbow appeared in his hand, and the arrow shot quickly. out, and shot accurately into Mastema's throat.
Blood splattered, and there was a "hissing" sound like sulfuric acid corroding flesh and blood, and white smoke rose.
Holy water is to demons what sulfuric acid is to humans.
And the arrowheads of the arrows were once soaked in holy water.
Rhett's spiritual power and holy power were banned together, and even the mental power to open the bracelet was his constant struggle.Thanks to the fact that the bracelet is bound to the soul, usually Rhett does not let it appear in front of people, so it was not taken away like the previous cross, giving Rhett a chance to fight back.
however……
"It's quite accurate, but unfortunately, it's useless." The human skin in front of Mostima's eyes was bloody and bloody because Rhett's arrow corroded the throat and directly touched the bones.
It was a very terrifying scene. The man's throat was completely torn open, blood gushing out, mixed with the flesh corroded by the holy water, dripping onto the floor.
However, the flesh at that place was squirming and gathering together.This muffled his voice, but it didn't seem to affect much.
With a wave of his hand, the crossbow in Reid's hand flew out.
"You think I'm one of those little devils who scream in pain when they touch holy water?" Mostima sneered and leaned over. He didn't hide the rotting and healing wound on his throat, "Bring this holy water Over-modulation is not enough, human."
Mostima looked sideways at the computer screen.
Charles has been subdued, the police arrived and are investigating the scene.
Mostima snorted, since the soul like a rotten apple has fallen into the hands of humans, he has no interest in saving it.
It is now 1999:12 pm on December 31, 8, four hours before midnight.
In fact, on the ninth floor of hell, this soul in his hands is enough, and it doesn't matter whether he has the eight souls or not.It's just that he wants to use this method to force Spencer Reed to repent and surrender to the darkness.
"I've changed my mind." Mostima tilted his head with a smile, "I don't want to hear your confession anymore."
Reid didn't speak, and the little holy power that he managed to break away just now was firmly imprisoned back, and the weapon soaked in holy water couldn't cause fatal damage to Mostima, because the previous soul had been swallowed into his body by him. ?
With a wave of Mostima's hand, the fallen chair returned to its original position.
Reid reappeared in the camera in a mess.
Mostima raised his hand and scratched his wrist.
Black blood flowed down, all of which were collected in a glass.
The unbearable smell of rotting wood mixed with the stench of sulfur spread.
The corners of Rhett's eyes twitched. Although he tried his best to ignore the smell, it was really, really bad.
Seeing Reid's attitude towards the devil's blood, Mostima didn't think it was a pest, but curled the corner of his mouth and said: "You will fall in love with this taste." Then he squeezed Reid's jaw, forcing him to open his mouth, He poured the blood in the cup down.
Reid's eyes widened. As soon as the devil's blood entered his throat, the unbearable taste spread in his mouth, causing his stomach to twitch, and the feeling of nausea surged up, making him subconsciously want to spit it out.
But his mouth was covered by the demon, and he forced Red to stretch his neck and swallow the blood of the demon.
Rhett's eyes were lost for a moment.
How much evil is in the blood of the devil?
Enough to make humans look back at what they most dread to see.
The door of the interrogation room of the police station opened, and Hodge strode out, holding a map in his hand.
"Ask where Rhett is."
Behind Hodge is Charles Hank, whose faith has collapsed and has fallen into collapse.
Carrie glanced in awe at the leader of the BAU team and the veteran who stepped out of the interrogation room, and took the map, "I will inform Your Majesty."
JJ and Morgan stood outside, wearing FBI bulletproof suits with pistols strapped to their waists.
"set off!"
Aaron Hotchner puts it succinctly.
In the wooden house, Mostima rested his chin and looked at Rhett, whose clothes were soaked in cold sweat, and his eyes were closed but trembling. It had been more than three hours. Mostima had never imagined that he could be so resistant.However, being human, he didn't think he could survive it.
What annoyed Mostima now was the group of little bugs outside the forest. If he hadn't had more important things to do now, he would have gone out to deal with them a long time ago, so how could he let them keep attacking the barrier.
It's almost midnight.
Rhett opened his eyes abruptly.
It was a pair of eyes filled with black, both the whites of the eyes and the pupils were submerged in black.
Like a devil.
Mostima couldn't help laughing, the harvest time has come.
Then, the frail human just blinked, and his eyes turned clear brown again.
Mostima looked at Reid in disbelief. Just now, his aura was mixed with that of a demon, but now, it has returned to the pure white of a human being.
"Cough..." Rhett coughed, and said slowly: "I am not weak, Mostima. Human beings will become strong because of the belief in protection, but unfortunately, before you understand this, you choose became a demon."
Mostima stood up with a livid face, and the invisible force suddenly exploded, directly knocking down the roof of the wooden house.There was a strong wind, and all the furnishings in the house were blown out by the devil.
The enchantment shrouded outside the forest suddenly erupted with powerful force, and the wizards who tried to break the enchantment were thrown away by the rebounding force.
Merlin took three steps back, his chest ached from the force of the shock.
Because it was difficult to drive into the dense forest, the BAU team and the police chose to abandon their cars and walk. However, they were a little worse than wizards, and no matter how they found their way, they just wandered around the periphery.At this moment, the power of the enchantment rebounded, and they heard a rumbling sound behind them, but it was three police cars that overturned.
Fortunately, there was no one in the police car, and everyone was looking for their way outside the forest.
Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Morgan's sharp eyes saw a person walking into the forest.
"Wait!" Morgan yelled hurriedly.
There are super-scientific suspects in the forest, and they will come here at this time. Apart from the accomplices who are bewitched by the suspects, they are ordinary people who are bold enough to prepare for night adventures.
Either way, they had to stop him.
The man stopped and looked sideways at them.
Hodge and the others hurried over, and when they could see the man's face clearly, they froze for a moment.
Because the young man standing there has an unusually beautiful appearance, almost indistinguishable from male and female. If he hadn't had an obvious Adam's apple, they would almost have thought that this young man with sky blue eyes and long blond hair braided in front of his chest was actually a beautiful girl.
But his beauty didn't make him immune.
Hodge said bluntly: "A vicious suspect is in the forest, it's best not to go inside at this time."
The boy blinked and said, "But, my brother's friend is inside. He's in danger. If I don't see it, forget it. If I see it, I won't save him. My brother won't let me go." .”
Everyone looked at each other, and then they realized that the person in front of them might be a friend of a potential victim.
That should be stopped even more.
Can't let him go to die.
Before he could speak to persuade, the man looked at everyone in BAU and said, "You want to join us too?" Turning around, "Follow, I'll take you in."
Then, he lifted his feet and walked towards the forest.
Just when Morgan was about to say something, Hodge pulled him, frowned and shook his head at him.
There was an aura of disobedience about this man.
Then, they really walked into the forest.
Gideon was silent for a while, then asked suddenly: "Sir, may I ask your name? I'm Jason Gideon, an FBI."
"Jason Gideon, um, you're a pretty nice guy." The man didn't look back, just walked into the depths of the forest.
"My name is Raffaele Harmon, an... ordinary high school student?"
He said with some uncertainty.
"Raphael? Raphael?" Morgan frowned. The two pronunciations are very similar, and this time the suspect used the name of Raphael to trick Charles Hank and killed many innocent people. people.
This time, Raffaele Harmon did not respond.
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In front of the ruins of the wooden house, Mostima picked up the weak Reid and dragged him to the open space in front of the wooden house.
The night was pitch black, without stars or moon.
The only light came from the searchlights and flashlights of police cars in the distance.
But whether it was Mostima or Reid, they could see a full moon, a blood-red full moon, in the middle of the night.
That's the color of the Hell Moon.
In the distance, the New Year's bell sounded faintly.
Zero o'clock passed.
It's 2000 now.
Mostima raised his hand and said indifferently, "You will eventually become a part of my power, human being."
His hand plunged into Rhett's heart.
If there is no way to immediately degrade him, then stuff him into the depths of the devil's soul and suppress him with countless original sins.Ten years, hundreds of years, and thousands of years, he will always succumb, and eventually become part of his power.
The BAU people who finally found the place: "!!!"
JJ screamed, "Spencer!"
Just when Mostima gathered his fingers and was about to pull out Reid's soul, he saw the human being who had been motionless before slowly raise his head, and those brown eyes that disgusted the devil turned into pure of gilt gold.
Mostima's hand was grabbed.
Facing Mostima's unbelievable gaze, the owner of the gilt eyes sneered and closed his fingers, only to hear a "click", his wrist was broken, and then slowly pulled out of Rhett's heart.
"demon."
"Spencer Reid" opened a pair of gilt-gold eyes, the pupils were cold and sullen, and said each word coldly: "Who gave you the courage..."
"How dare you touch my span?!!!"
Dazzling white light suddenly burst out with "Spencer Reed" as the center.The power that surged in an instant directly flattened the forests within at least a hundred meters around the wooden house.On the ground, the white holy flame burned, and the scorching temperature almost distorted the world.
Everyone in BAU: "!!!"
"Oops..." Raffaele Harmon murmured in surprise, "It's the first time I've seen him so angry."
The dense forest at midnight was so dark that it could almost be said that you couldn't see your fingers. The only light source in this range was the flashlight in Morgan's hands.
But now, the burning white holy flame directly illuminates the place as bright as day.
However, what is more dazzling than the light of the holy fire is the figure that gradually separates from the body of the human youth.
White robes, long silver hair, and gilt-gold eyes are cold and sharp.He looked down at Rhett, whose body was limp and his lips were trembling, the anger in his eyes was almost substantive.
Mostima's slap just now didn't make Rhett bleed, his intention was to tear out his soul.However, he was imprisoning Rhett's holy power, and the black and blue marks left by choking Rhett's neck two or three times are still there.There is also some devil's blood remaining in his body. The angel's perception is so keen that he can feel even a little bit of devil's breath on the corner of Reid's clothes, let alone being infused with devil's blood.
"How dare you..." Gabriel's trembling fingers stroked the bruise on Rhett's neck. He saw Rhett trying to wink at him, and his expression was as calm as possible, without showing the slightest expression of pain.
But this only made Seraphim even more angry.
The wound can heal, but the pain has been endured.
He wished that the humans raised in the honey pot were treated like this by the devil, Gabriel was so angry that he almost lost his mind.
Reid grabbed Gabriel's fingers vigorously, shook his head vigorously when Gabriel was about to heal his wound, he glanced at Mostima, and opened his mouth hard: "...be careful. "
I haven't seen him for six years, and I miss him every day. Rhett wants to tell Gabriel a lot.But at this time, there is only exhortation.
Although Reid despised Mostima's plan before and underestimated his ambition to become the Lord of Hell, he only deliberately angered Mostima, letting him direct all his anger at himself instead of making him care people.
He confides his plan so blatantly, and his disobedience to the current Lord of Hell is so obvious, his madness is based on self-confidence.
Mostima must have something he can rely on.
Red didn't want Gabriel to get hurt.
Gabriel directly rushed over with a ball of glory. When Rongguang was treating Reid, he turned his head to look at Mostima. He was so angry that Gabriel suppressed all his expressions.
Nothing but peace.
However, Mostima's performance seemed even angrier than Gabriel's.
The skin of half a human being was completely burned by the sacred fire because of Gabriel's furious shot, black blood dripped, and the only face that could be called intact looked straight at Gabriel, with deep purple eyes full of blood. Unbelievable and angry.
"You... actually... have been living in this human soul?!"
Mostima held Rhett for almost a day, but he never found the existence of Gabriel, which meant that Gabriel lived in the deepest part of Rhett's soul.
It was an act of intimacy.
Mostima gasped angrily, he raised his hand suddenly and tore off the human skin.
It was past midnight, and this human skin was useless.
With his tearing movements, the black mud flowed, and his entire demon seemed to be pulled out of the mud, exuding an extremely powerful but unstable aura.
Raffaele Harmon frowned slightly. This aura...is the abyss?
Mostima opened his mouth and let out a roar like a dragon's roar.
Resounding through the jungle.
"Abyss Demon Dragon." Gabriel sneered, "It seems that you found some good garbage."
In this world, apart from the three worlds of heaven, earth and hell, and some independent small spaces similar to Avalon, the most dangerous place is the endless abyss.
No one knows how deep the endless abyss is, and no one knows what is in the deepest part of the endless abyss, but there are many terrifying monsters bred in the abyss, which seem to be beyond the reach of the demons of hell.
That endless abyss was sealed by God himself.
However, no matter how perfect the seal is, it cannot completely suppress the endless abyss. There will always be some darkness seeping through the cracks, forming hell, giving birth to demons, and some so-called abyss monsters.
Below the ninth floor of hell is the periphery of the endless abyss, where those abyssal monsters live.
That fringe area, even for demons, is a dangerous place.
There are legends among the demons that only the demons recognized by the endless abyss can truly rule hell.However, some demons went there, and most of them were eaten clean by the abyss monsters before entering the abyss, and the few who entered the abyss never came out again.
In this world, the only one who fell into the endless abyss and survived was Lucifer who wore the crown and became the Lord of Hell.
"Gabriel, Gabriel, Gabriel!!" Mostima roared, his dark purple pupils were bloodshot.He bent his body suddenly, put his hands on the ground, his spine protruded section by section, and two meat bags bulged out from his shoulder blades.
With a sound of swiping, a pair of pitch-black bat wings spread out.
His skin wriggled, and purple-black scales emerged one by one.
In an instant, Mostima turned into a monster with the height of three people, covered with purple-black scales, with two horns of different lengths on his forehead, and a red translucent film on his ears.
He opened his mouth and roared like a dragon's roar, but green mist was constantly coming out between the fangs and sharp teeth in his mouth, and when it was mixed with saliva dripping on the ground, there was a hissing sound of the ground being corroded.
The body of the abyssal dragon, the bat wings of the night demon, the periosteum of the ears of the evil fangs, the most difficult and disgusting thing about high-level demons is that they are constantly devouring them, which may be other demons or some kind of monsters. If they are lucky enough, they will leave part of each other's characteristics while devouring them, and then inherit part of their innate power.
"nausea!"
Gabriel made no secret of his distaste for the form of Mastema.
Mostima roared furiously, but the beast's pupils were full of longing for Seraph.
"You are mine, and only mine!!"
The answer to Mastema was Gabriel's twelve wings that spread out in a flash.
The wide and gorgeous wings of the holy light fluttered violently, and the glory was transformed into substance in Gabriel's hands, turning into the appearance of a long sword.He appeared in front of Mostima almost instantly, raising his hand with a sword.
The light seemed to be in Gabriel's hands, and he mercilessly cut towards the decaying darkness in front of him.
Mostima roared, and he directly raised two purple-black scales, snapped them together, and even held Gabriel's Glory Sword with his bare hands.
"hiss……"
White smoke rising, this is the ultimate light destroying the dragon scales in Mostima's palm.
However, the gaps between the dragon scales closed, and black smoke came out, corroding Gabriel's Glorious Sword at the same time.
Gabriel raised an eyebrow.
Above the white lightsaber, black spread like smoke and mist.
Gabriel's wings fluttered violently, he let go of the hand holding the sword, and looked at the black mist in some surprise.
His glory was unexpectedly overshadowed by the black mist in the first confrontation!
"Your Highness Gabriel, have you seen it?" Mostima grinned, showing a utterly hurtful smile, and shouted loudly: "This is the real darkness!!"
He made a movement of drawing his sword, and the mass of black mist appeared directly, turning into a long sword that was exactly the same in shape as the long sword that Gabriel condensed with glory at random, it was only a long sword that was pitch black.
"Your Highness, I'm sorry."
Mostima's eyes were frighteningly bright, and on the premise of not hurting Gabriel, he didn't think he could snatch this star back to hell.For him, he can suspend his plan of being the Lord of Hell, but he will never let go of this opportunity to catch him.
"Ha!" Gabriel saw Mastema's plan at a glance, and he couldn't help but sneered, who did he think he was?
Even if he holds something from the abyss in his hand, he is not afraid at all!
Gabriel's eyebrows were condensed, a sword of glory could not help him, so two, three, four!If it wasn't for his angel blade not at hand, how could he be presumptuous!
He has just woken up, the scars on his core have all healed, and the laws of the world have not rejected him in various ways, he is full of glory, and urgently needs to kill Mostima, let him use his sinful life to repay his family. Spann atones!
Just when Gabriel's wings were vibrating, and he was about to take out more glory to condense the weapon, a voice sounded.
"then."
Unfamiliar voice, familiar tone.
Gabriel almost subconsciously raised his hand to catch it, and held a plain silver long sword about one meter long in his hand.
Gabriel closed his fingers together, and white glory poured into the long sword.
Then, he swung his sword without hesitation.
There was a clear sound of metal colliding, and the glory gradually dissipated, revealing the scene of two long swords colliding.
The originally rather simple long sword seemed to have changed its appearance, with a cross-shaped hilt and exquisite leaf-shaped patterns winding on the silver sword body.
This is one of the true forms of the Seraph Blade.
Each Seraph Blade has its own master, and their form is bestowed by the master.And although this one looks good, it's too fancy, and Gabriel doesn't appreciate this style.
However, meeting his brother at this time, I have to say, this is something that makes Gabriel happy.
JJ looked at Raphael Harmon who led them all the way here stupidly. Although everyone's attention was on the opposite side, JJ subconsciously paid attention to the people around him.So, she saw this beautiful young man pull out a sword from her palm with her own eyes.
The horns of her forehead twitched, as if the world in her eyes had changed since the forced change of cognition a day ago.
Everything has changed!
The world doesn't talk about science anymore! !
The author has something to say: #818The hot group scares the witch's BAU#
Carrie: emmm... I didn't offend these people, did I?no?I think should not be?
BAU: What do you think?
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