Overnight, except for the people, all the cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, and other livestock in the town died tragically!
The stomachs and mouths of all the livestock were filled with yellow sand!
That night, the men and women in the town, the old and the young, and the merchants passing by, all had the same dream at the same time!
In the dream, two people in white robes and white skull masks stepped on the black wind and floated above the town.
They told the people in the town that the two of them were the gods of the desert, and the town would be under their jurisdiction from now on. If they wanted to live and work in peace, they had to gather ten pairs of virgin boys and girls as sacrifices within half a month and do it every year. Otherwise, the dead cattle and sheep would end up like them in the future!
From that day on, the town was shrouded in the shadow of death.
Ten pairs of virgin boys and girls, this request was simply impossible to satisfy.
Whose children were not their own flesh and blood? Who would be willing to offer their own children as sacrifices?
The originally bustling border town seemed to have become a ghost town overnight. Every business was closed and no one dared to stay outside for too long, for fear of being killed by the gods of the desert.
The families with virgin boys and girls were even more fearful. Every day, they burned incense and prayed at home, praying that the heavens would protect their flesh and blood so that they could escape this disaster.
Now, less than three days before the deadline of half a month, the residents of the town were hiding in their houses, not daring to take a step out.
The appearance of Ye Fan and Akatsuki made the family of three mistakenly think that the two in the dream had come. The two of them were dressed in white robes and wore masks. They looked similar to the two in the dream, which led to the scene just now.
Pa!
After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Akatsuki slammed the table and said angrily, "What gods of the desert? I think they are evil gods!"
How could they be righteous gods who used virgin boys and girls as sacrifices!
"Don't talk nonsense." Hearing Akatsuki's disrespectful words, the middle-aged woman put the tea on the table and stopped her. She nervously turned her head to look at the wooden door, then turned back to whisper to Akatsuki, "If the great deities hear this, it will be troublesome!"
Akatsuki didn't say anything. She turned to look at Ye Fan.
"She's right. These two feed on young boys and girls. If they're not demons, they're monsters. They're not Righteous Gods at all." Ye Fan said.
"We don't know what they are, and we don't want to know," the middle-aged man said with a worried face. "We just want our daughter to be safe."
As he spoke, he pulled the little girl in front of him and held her in his arms, stroking the little girl's head lovingly.
"Since there are evil gods causing trouble here, why don't you all leave this place?" Ye Fan asked.
"Escape? How are you going to escape? " The middle-aged woman standing at the side wiped away her tears and said, "The horses and camels are all dead. How can we walk out of this desert with just these two legs?"
"Even if there were camels now, I'm afraid no one would dare to step out of this town," the middle-aged man continued the woman's words. "The day after the accident, more than a dozen merchants who lived here brought enough dry food and water and went out together. Who would have thought … Sigh!"
The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed.
"What happened to them?" Akatsuki asked.
"They left the town at night. The next morning, their bodies were hung on wooden stakes at the entrance of the town," the middle-aged man said with a frown. "I saw it with my own eyes."
"How did they die?" Ye Fan asked.
"Like those cows and horses, they were drowned by yellow sand. Their noses, eyes, ears, and mouth were all filled with yellow sand." As the middle-aged man spoke, he leaned his elbows on the table and closed his eyes tightly. His fingers dug into his thick black hair and tore it back and forth with force.
It was obvious that the scene at that time was very frightening.
And this man was still in a state of great fear.
One could imagine that more than a dozen corpses with sand in their seven orifices were hanging shakily at the entrance of the town. Anyone who saw it would be terrified and have their hair stand on end.
"Is there no one in your town who can exorcise evil spirits?" Akatsuki asked.
In Japan, every small town like this would more or less have a few exorcists.
"Don't mention it," the middle-aged woman said, "There is an old Taoist who has returned to the secular world who knows how to draw talismans in the town. Usually, his exorcism is quite effective. After the accident, he distributed yellow talismans from door to door and asked them to stick them on the door to ensure their safety. But in the end … "
"In the end what?" Akatsuki asked.
"A strange wind blew that night. The next morning, the yellow talismans that were pasted on the door of every house were all stained with … human … human blood."
The middle-aged woman's voice was trembling. She still had lingering fear when she recalled the bloody scene.
"Human blood?" Ye Fan asked with a frown.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
