【111】The origin of the revived corpse
Given that Nanke's female ninja "can't afford to come to bed", the high priest Darakon invited Nanke into his wooden house, intending to tell him where the resurrection corpse that harassed Zanti Village came from.
Compared with the houses where Nanke and Jade lived, the high priest's wooden house was relatively simple, with various Vodou sacrificial props placed in the middle of the messy furniture, including masks, colorful straw raincoats, and various statues of gods carved from wood...
"Mr. Ke, if I die, you can take the broken ring in my hand and return it to the Exorcist organization."
The high priest used the tone of the orphan as soon as he opened his mouth, which made Nanke very confused.
"High Priest, you are so strong, how could you die?" Nanke asked, sitting on the bamboo chair opposite Dalacon.
Although the high priest's right face was disfigured by flames and his right eye could never be opened, he was still a very energetic middle-aged man in general.
"Oh, people are always going to die." The high priest sighed, "Although the remnant ring is ordinary in the eyes of the exorcists, it is a magic prop after all. If I leave it to Zuzu and the others after I die, I might be targeted by the voodoo warlocks and let them suffer."
Nan Ke understood this idea of the high priest more. After all, "a gentleman is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure." He is not afraid of thieves stealing, but is afraid of thieves thinking about it.
However, although Nanke made up his mind to get a broken ring for Chen Tianhao, he did not intend to pay the death of the high priest.
"High Priest, the resurrection corpse has been harassing Zanti Village for a long time. You have been defending tightly before, but now I'm here again, why are you so pessimistic?"
The high priest was speechless, with a sad expression on his face, and after a while, he spoke again:
"The resurrection corpse that occupied the gold mine and the suffering of Zanti Village are all... all caused by me!"
After listening to the high priest's story, Nanke understood the whole story of this matter.
It turned out that all the skills of the high priest were taught by his father, who also studied the rituals of Vodou at the same time, as well as his brothers and brothers.
However, the two brothers had a disagreement about the use of Vodou magic a long time ago. The elder brother liked to summon the Holy Spirit to help people pray for blessings and eliminate disasters, while the younger brother liked to summon evil spirits and used dolls as cursive props to make others suffer great disasters.
The Holy Spirit and the Evil Spirit were originally part of the Vodou Cult's light and darkness. Even the older brother was ready to summon evil spirits one day to fight against the violent people, so he turned a blind eye to his younger brother's behavior.
But in order to gain stronger strength, my younger brother finally took the step of offering sacrifices with living people and turned the villagers into resurrection corpses.
The brother was very angry and wanted to execute his younger brother in public, but the villagers were afraid that the execution of a voodoo warlock in the village would lead to curses in the entire village, so the brother's punishment was changed to whiplash and exile.
"I will definitely come back! I will definitely pay back the shame you have caused me!"
After leaving this sentence, my younger brother disappeared into the wilderness with staggering steps.
A few years later, the Ivorian government and Chinese engineers discussed the development of nearby gold mines. With the opening of the mineway, Zanti villagers received a lot of benefits. Everyone agreed that the decision to not kill the voodoo warlock in the village was very correct, otherwise Zanti village would not have encountered such good luck.
Everyone only saw the good sign of Zanti Village's prosperity. Only Dalakon, who had succeeded as a high priest, learned from daily divination that his younger brother had returned with anger and was preparing to wipe Zanti Village out of blood and dedicate all the lives of all villagers to the evil spirits.
As several villagers who were miners were killed, Dalacon knew that his younger brother was wandering around the gold mine, carrying magic weapons, and found him alone.
Different ideas and past grudges caused a big battle between the two brothers. No one witnessed the flying sand and stones in this battle, and no one saw the evil fire and poison summoned by the Vodou magic.
As a result, both sides suffered losses. The brother was burned by evil fire and lost his right eye, while the brother was bombarded by the [Oracle Curse]. From then on, any attempt to mobilize the spiritual power will make him feel extremely painful.
The younger brother fled to the bottom of the gold mine, killed all the miners in Zanti Village, and made them all into resurrection corpses, and from then on occupied the gold mine as his base camp.
The obsession with revenge made him endure the pain and use spells. One after another, the resurrection corpses stood up from death. After nightfall, the Zanti area became no longer peaceful. No ordinary Zanti villager dared to call his name, for fear of being secretly learned about it, so they were called "voodoo warlock".
Shortly after the return of the voodoo warlock, the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire was in turmoil and Chinese engineers evacuated. Zanti Village not only could no longer make profits from the gold mine, but also had to be careful of the resurrection corpses wandering outside the village at all times.
"I have established a magic circle around Zanti Village so that the resurrection corpses cannot enter," the high priest said to Nanke in a tired tone, "but in order for the magic circle to take effect, I must stay inside the magic circle myself, which prevents me from setting off to attack my brother again."
"And... in order to eliminate the influence of [oracle spell], he did not hesitate to use the heretic demons. The hunting team had seen my brother running in the mines. It is said that he has now become a demon with sheep's horns and even eats people..."
Nanke thought to himself: I don’t know much about what the devil of the Vodou Sect looks like. Christian demons often have sheep horns, and this image seems a bit like a demon god! Did the voodoo warlock get the Emperor Ring? Did the hunting team see the voodoo warlock himself or his ring spirit?
The high priest's throat was hoarse after talking for a long time. He continued after drinking a glass of water:
"In addition to staying in the village to maintain the magic circle, the second reason why I don't attack my younger brother is that I have no confidence in winning now. If I lose, the villagers of Zanti Village will be slaughtered. Even if I can die with my younger brother, the remaining resurrection corpses will rush into Zanti Village and cause a tragedy..."
Speaking of this, the high priest's only remaining left eye flashed.
"Mr. Ke, although you are not a real ancestral messenger, I believe that when you come to Zanti Village, there are also arrangements from ancestors... I just saw it with my own eyes. Resurrection corpses are not afraid of you. If you can help me guard Zanti Village for a day and night, then I can leave the village and settle the score with my brother. I will defeat him no matter what! If I can't win, he will die with him! After I die, please tell the ancestor that he will succeed the village chief. Without the voodoo warlock, there will be no need for a high priest..."
The high priest said these words sincerely, which was quite like the sad song of Jing Ke Yishui, and the heroic hero never returned after he left. Nan Ke couldn't help but feel moved.
"Can you wait a few more days?" Nanke suggested, "My reinforcements may come in a few days. At that time, we are sufficient staff and can help you fight against the voodoo warlock together, so you won't have to explain the funeral of the high priest!"
The high priest shook his head: "The disaster was caused by my own hands, and I want to end it with my own hands! And Mr. Ke, are you sure that reinforcements will definitely come in time?"
Nanke was silent. Qianxue was trying to repair the teleportation stone, but whether it could be repaired well in the end and when it could be repaired is unknown.
"Anyway, wait until Zuzu and his friends return from Abidjan," Nanke said after thinking about it, "I don't doubt your ability, but the current situation of the voodoo warlock is really not necessarily something that you can deal with by the high priest."
The high priest and the voodoo warlock once suffered a loss of both sides and were half a pound of strength. But now if the voodoo warlock gets a magic ring, then the high priest with only the severance ring will not be able to defeat the other party! Even if they die together, they cannot be expected!
(If the high priest fails to fight against the voodoo warlock, then should I go or stay? Can I ignore the lives of the whole village and return to Dongshan City with peace of mind? Didn’t the voodoo warlock and the resurrection corpse still want me to destroy it?)
(No! You can't let the high priest attack the voodoo warrior alone! Instead of letting him go, it's better to let me and Jade go. The jade [Snake Demon Scale Armor] has 30% ice magic and flame magic to attack, plus [Solomon Key], what can the voodoo warrior do to me? If he was really much stronger than the high priest, he would have led the resurrection corpse to kill him long ago, and could he wait until today?)
Chapter completed!