NOVEL NEXT Chapter 7
Chapter 7: A Special Sacrifice!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Then, one day, a red spherical monster was sent over through the array. The nausea and confusion in James’s mind was reduced slightly as a result.
Although it was only a small reduction, at the very least, it proved that this method was effective.
James began to consciously train his mental strength after the excitement from this incident.
He would take out the strange books that were sent from the array for no reason and read the strange characters on it.
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At first, James couldn’t open the books for a long time and could only read for a minute or two.
As the number of books increased, he could now read for dozens of minutes.
As a result, when he faced those chaos creatures later on, his mental strength was no longer too much of a problem.
He worked during the day and occasionally dealt with the strange sacrificial offerings sent over by the array formation. He also used his free time to train his mental strength.
Thus, his days were rather fulfilling.
However, as time passed, James noticed something amiss.
He discovered that not only did the sacrificial activities of the cultists not decrease, they actually increased instead.
According to his incomplete memory, the frequency of the sacrifices was once per day at first. Furthermore, the sacrifices were usually carried out between midnight and dawn.
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But now, the number of sacrifices in a day was equivalent to the number of sacrifices over several days in the past.
At least three sacrifices happened a day. There were even times when there were five sacrifices in a day.
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Furthermore, the timing of the sacrifices was no longer fixed. They would even carry out sacrifices in the day instead of from midnight to dawn.
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James couldn’t understand what was going on. Had these cultists become so arrogant?
They even dared to carry out sacrifices in broad daylight.
Could it be that there were more cultists now?
Wasn’t it said that the Evil God would gradually lose believers if the Evil God didn’t bestow them with gifts?
Then why were there more and more of them here?
He was clearly not the Evil God!
James had a few guesses as to why he was regarded as the Evil God.
He had once wondered if those cultists had mistaken him for the Evil God.
Or perhaps there was a directional error in the arrays used during the sacrificial ceremony, causing the sacrifices to be sent here instead.
However, he rejected these guesses one by one.
Firstly, it was impossible to mistake him for the Evil God.
After all, the Evil God they worshiped did not exist in this world at all. In other words, this “Evil God” was a brand new deity.
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Moreover, those cultists really treated him as the true Evil God in his dreams.
He was sure he was not mistaken about those feverish expressions.
Secondly, as for the guess that there was a problem with the ritual array…
He had rejected it as well.
This was because offering sacrifices to the Evil God was a very serious matter that could not be done casually.
The cost of constructing a sacrificial array was astronomical.
Thus, generally speaking, it was impossible to make such a low-level mistake.
Besides, even after they had offered sacrifices for such a long time, the “Evil God” had never given them any oracles.
Those cultists would definitely be suspicious and check the array formation.
Based on the number of times they had offered sacrifices, James would not believe them if they said that they could not find any problems with the array.
As a result, many of his guesses were rejected one by one.
James had only one last guess left, and that was…
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Could he really be the Evil God?
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This was the most likely and reasonable guess.
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It could solve all the doubts he had!
However, there was one thing about this guess that did not make sense.
That is… He was no more than an ordinary person.
He was struggling with life every day. He might not even be able to eat his fill, let alone be an Evil God.
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Who would worship such a person?
Moreover, James thought of himself as a bright and cheerful young man who had nothing to do with the words “Evil God”.
Over the past few days, he had also carefully observed himself and even asked Mrs. Kulis about it.
He was sure that he wasn’t any different from ordinary people. He didn’t have any supernatural abilities, forbidden knowledge, or any ancient memories.
He was just an ordinary person!
After clarifying this point, James looked at these offerings with extreme hatred.
However, there was one last possibility!
It was the anomaly that had occurred three months ago.
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However, that scene probably had nothing to do with the Evil God.
And… James didn’t really want to think about that incident either.
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As soon as he recalled the incident, he would feel a sharp pain in his head.
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Dispelling the distracting thoughts from his mind, James began to go through today’s offerings.
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He skillfully pried open the monster and cleaned up all the red internal organs inside. Then, he hung the monster’s body on the wall and cleaned up any traces on his body.
Then, he raised his head and looked out the window.
The moon hung high in the sky.
It was getting late.
It was already time to sleep.
Just as James was about to take a shower, the sacrificial array behind him glowed red again.
An ordinary person would have been scared out of their wits if such a strange red light suddenly lit up behind them.
However, James had seen this too many times.
Thus, he was already immune to such situations.
They were making sacrifices again…
Such late-night rituals were not uncommon. It could even be said that they happened frequently.
Therefore, his expression did not change much.
He simply turned around calmly with a knife in his hand, ready to kill the chaos monster that had been sent over.
But very quickly, he sensed that something was wrong.
The sacrifice this time seemed to be slightly different.
The pattern outlined by the red light was different from before.
Furthermore, it had grown in scale.
In the past, the array only had a radius of two to three meters. However, this time, the range of the sacrifice had expanded to more than ten meters.
In an instant, the red light covered the entire room.
The only thing James was glad about was that it was still late at night. Otherwise, such a big commotion would definitely capture Mrs. Kurtis’s attention.
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Then, he started to worry.
What would the sacrifice from such a large-scale array be?
Could it be an abyss creature like an abyssal demon dragon?
If it was really a creature of that level, it would not be something that a knife would be able to deal with.
He might have to start running right away.
However, he could not possibly bring Mrs. Kurtis along to escape.
After all, when faced with such a terrifying creature, he might not even succeed in escaping.
James held the knife tightly and swallowed his saliva with some difficulty.
For the first time in a long time, he felt as nervous as he did during the first sacrifice.
Just as he was feeling nervous, the sacrifice seemed to have finally ended.
The array that covered the entire room suddenly glowed red, blinding him.
Then, in an instant, all the red lights disappeared.
James knew that something had been sent over.
Was it…