Film and Television] The time of death

Regardless of whether he was speeding or not, Cotton stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the Swisher Farm.

He gripped the steering wheel with both hands, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.Alice and Daniel, who were sitting in the back row, looked at Coton, whose situation had become unstable since the small restaurant, with some concern. They exchanged glances cautiously and said nothing more.They also vaguely guessed what Cotton was worried about, but it was too unbelievable... They didn't dare to think about it any further.

Cotton's vague and horrible conjecture gradually took shape in his heart, which made his heart beat so fast that he could barely breathe: everything about Neil was under the influence of mental suggestion, and she was just a pagan sacrifice. "Sacrifice"!

Before coming to Swisher's farm, Cotton did a lot of research.Aifanwu has a long history, and some farms even have a history of hundreds of years.Six governments have been ruled there, so Ai Fanwu, a fusion of culture, superstition and folklore, has been created.People have different beliefs too, there are voodoo, roman catholic and charismatic, and some other lesser-known pagan religions.Various beliefs rub against and conflict with each other, but they live in peace.Just because of the turbulent political situation, coupled with the remote border, there are many illiterate and poor people here, coupled with Ai Fanwu's unique ancient stagnant atmosphere, it has created an atmosphere where demons are prevalent today.

Maybe that Reverend Manly is a heretic.Advocating the masses to believe in religion, and carrying out his so-called sacrificial rituals... He has seen this kind of situation a lot. The reasons for the sacrifices are all kinds of strange, but the final result is exactly the same—these "sacrifices" all have to die.And Nair was unfortunately selected as the "sacrifice" for summoning the "God"... How ridiculous!

Cotton thumped the steering wheel angrily, looking at the increasingly dark sky, his mood became more and more gloomy.

After finally arriving at the Swisher Farm, Cotton and his party found that the lights were not turned on in the house. It is reasonable to eat at home at this time just now, so the Swisser family must have gone elsewhere.

"Did it start after driving away us outsiders who are in the way? How come so fast!" Cotton gritted his teeth and turned the locked doorknob, and said to Alice and Daniel behind him: "Come on, let's go to Pastor Manly church!"

Alice and Daniel quickly followed Coton into the car.At this time, Daniel hadn't turned off the camera yet, and the captured images were blurry due to running and shaking, and the speaker's voice was intermittent, but he was not in the mood to care about it.

The three of them rushed to the place of worship in Pastor Manley's church without stopping, only to find that the lights were not turned on there either.

"Look! There is a light behind!" Daniel caught a glimpse of the light behind the church, and quickly shouted at Cotton.Cotton looked at the reddish light, and his heart sank: Has it already started?But he couldn't think too much, instead he grabbed the box he used for work and rushed towards the back of the church first.Daniel hurriedly followed Cotton with his DV, and Alice fell behind because her foot was sprained while running.

They walked through a small forest to the open space behind the church, and what they saw was a "lively" scene that was completely different from the deserted scene they saw along the way—the light they saw was a fire that soared into the sky, and it was burning There are many people around the fire, and it is estimated that everyone in the town is here; and there is a person lying on a stone bed in the center of the open space. Daniel used the DV to adjust the focus and found that it was Neil. Beside her were the Reverend Manly and his wife, Betsy; tied to a nearby post was a struggling figure whom Daniel could make out despite being blindfolded: Nell's Father, Mr. Swisher.

After he stammered and told Cotton what he saw, he wanted to persuade Cotton to leave, after all, it was too dangerous.But when he saw that someone had spotted them and ran towards them, Daniel was so frightened that he only said "Run!" and stumbled back to the same way.

But the grove behind Manly Vicarage Church made it especially inconvenient to move in the dark of night.Daniel heard Alice's scream behind him, but he didn't dare to turn around to rescue her.He understood that as long as he went back or ran slowly, he would be the next to die!

However, God didn't seem to want to give him this chance of survival. Before he could run two more steps, Daniel tripped over a tree root protruding from his body.He looked behind him in despair and found that it was Schweizer's son Keller!He trembled and crawled backwards, but in the next second he heard a voice that sounded like heaven to him now: "Wait, Keller. Don't kill him."

"Why? He discovered the secret of our sacrifice to the gods. After he left, our situation will be—" Keller seemed to want to argue with the owner of the voice, but was immediately interrupted mercilessly.

"I said, don't kill him."

"... Well, do whatever you want." Keller seemed to be following the man's order very much, and just muttered for a while before making another sound.

Daniel suddenly felt lucky to have escaped from the sky. He turned carefully to look at the two people standing, and found that Keller was holding a machete, which seemed to be dripping with blood.And the other person who spoke out to save him just now... Daniel suddenly remembered that this was Cotton's biggest "suspect" besides Pastor Manly, Belian, and his relaxed mood suddenly became tense again.

However, this person was about to kill him and he did so just now, so there was no reason to rescue him... Thinking of this, Daniel felt at ease again.

He saw that Belian squatted down and stretched out his hand towards him, his eyes were full of concern: "Sorry, did I scare you?"

"No...no..." he replied dazedly, as if he was about to drown in the gaze.

Immediately afterwards, he watched Belian hold his hand, and said with a more gentle expression: "Then, please sleep forever."

Watching the photographer whose name he couldn't remember suddenly changed from a reborn expression to a desperate expression, Belian enjoyed feeling the despair emanating from him. "The nervousness has been soothed.

Keller shook off the blood still dripping from the machete, and looked at Belian with some dissatisfaction: "Since you want to kill him, why don't you just be quicker?"

Belian didn't ignore him, but answered Keller's question in a good mood: "Although I can absorb his soul just as much if I kill him or if I don't kill him, it's not comparable at all. Before you kill him His soul is already exhausted, and he is about to deny himself. And I 'saved' him when he was desperate, just like re-injecting vitality into his soul," he said, gesturing and pushing the syringe "Giving him hope like this but extinguishing it with his own hands, the fear he gets is completely incomparable to the fear of depression before."

"...It's really bad taste." Keller didn't plan to make any further comments on Belian's behavior.

Belian smiled indifferently: "Thanks for the compliment. You know, the so-called fear has a shelf life like food, and constant fear will make this emotion disappear. The real fear is not a quiet state, but The state of change...that is, the moment of transition from hope to fear."

"You know, our tastes are sometimes very picky." Keller's expression changed before Belian finished speaking.He hurriedly dropped the words "I'll go back first" and ran towards the clearing.

Belian got up, looked at the direction of the open space where the fire was coming faintly, and silently raised the corners of his mouth: I am looking forward to meeting you, old friend.

He hummed an unknown song and walked towards the open space.By the time he arrived, the ceremony had reached its final stage.Accompanied by the clear cry of a baby, Abalon descended in a way Belian had never imagined.

Bellian reluctantly took the bloody baby from Betsy, and put him into Nell's blood that had been collected.The baby "transformed" at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally settled in a youthful form that was seven to eight points similar to Keller.

Belian looked at the naked young man who opened his eyes and looked at him, completely ignored the exclamation and cheers of the group of people behind him, and greeted Abalon with a smile: "Long time no see, pretending to be 'Nel' Are you happy?"

"...Your mouth is still as cheap as before." Not intending to answer Belian's malicious question at all, he tied the robe that Belian handed over to his waist, straightened up and looked at his former friend and frowned: "Your strength... no, why is your soul disabled?"

Belian waved his hand indifferently: "The issue of the seal... let's not talk about this, I think you should appease your followers first, and then we can discuss what happened to you?" After signaling to the people who were about to fill up the entire open space, it was no surprise that Abalon's face turned stinky in an instant.

Belian looked at Abalon, who was fully dressed again, and commented objectively: "You look like a human being."

"You too." Abalon quickly countered, and tugged at the collar again: "It's too tight, I really want to take it off."

Belian "kindly" reminded Abalon: "If you go out naked on the street, you will be considered a pervert." Seeing Abalon's angry expression, Belian quickly waved his hands and smiled to stop this boring topic.

"I said, how did you get sealed?" Belian asked curiously, looking at Abalon.

Abalon lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head at Belian: "I don't remember... Maybe it was a sneak attack or something, the seal was broken a few times in the middle, it should be replenished by the power of faith. What about you? Why are you incomplete even in your soul?"

Belian smiled wryly: "I clearly remember how I felt when I was besieged... I will never forget that humiliation!

"Those greedy human beings are not satisfied with the 'gifted power', but also try to get the power of demons...

"They actually used my blood as a medium. They didn't know what kind of forbidden technique they used to fuse a small part of my soul with my blood. After that, I was sealed. I have been looking for them since I broke the seal. The part that was taken away..."

Recalling the unbearable past, Belian became emotional again.His eyeballs were completely jet-black, and the twitching skin on his face had a faint tendency to turn black.

Abalon, who saw this scene, was shocked, and quickly held Belian's wrist to calm him down: "Belian!"

"..." Gradually calming down, Belian nodded gloomyly at Abalon.Abalon let go of his grip on the wrist, allowing Belian to continue speaking.

Belian looked at the palm of his hand, and the original furious expression was replaced by calmness.

"Absolutely...absolutely after I find what I lost, I will make those related to 'him' pay the price!"

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