NA - Chapter 219: Attraction

It was not hard to surmise that the people of Black Stone Town were conducting some kind of ritual. The woman played the character of a priest.

In the next painting, the style suddenly changed. A giant, horrifying monster appeared on the white stone plate…

It had sharp and twisted horns, a muscular body, fish-like gills, and two bat wings protruding out of its scaly back. Its most terrifying feature was its giant maw that could swallow a person whole.

When they saw this, Chen Ran and Jiang Cheng were silent. They were not unfamiliar with this creature. They saw it once on the first stone door.

“Brother Hao.” Chen Ran looked at Jiang Cheng as if he could see through him. “There are 35 people in the group who enter the forest.”

Jiang Cheng stared at the aged woman. Then, he corrected, “It’s 36. You forgot about the dead person.”

“You’re right.” Chen Ran smiled.

When they entered the forest, 35 living people carried a dead person. When they left the forest, the wooden board was empty, and there were 36 people in the group. With what they saw near the stone plate… the power of this ritual was clear.

Resurrection…

It could revive the dead. Reviving the dead, this miracle somehow happened. Jiang Cheng could imagine how shocked the invaders, who possessed basic medical knowledge, must have felt when they encountered this. It had fully inversed their worldview.

Then, the seed of greed started to grow in their hearts. Not many could resist the offer of immortality. They were no different. The following paintings proved that. They started to interact more with the locals to get more information about the secrets of the altar. Plus, they stopped caring about fixing the boat. Instead, they channelled their focus into how to unveil the altar’s secrets and then how to use it and the locals to serve them.

As time passed, the locals realised that the outsiders’ interest in leaving the island dwindled. Inversely, their interest in the forest greatly increased.

Therefore…

Conflict was inevitable.

The trigger was a chil

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Nightmare Assault Chapter 219: Attraction

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