Chapter 237



237 The Black Cocoon

Mary’s POV:

The Soul Sparrow had returned with news of Selma’s serious injuries and the transformation of the entire Squadron into mutated wolves.

The magic test paper tied to its claws had turned black and purple, which meant that this group of humans were by no means religious believers with good intentions, but a group of pure fans of demons.

To remain hidden, Dorothy could not let the Soul Sparrow get too close to the convoy, which meant that she could not hear anything.

The current situation was no advantage for us at all. The devil’s seal that we couldn’t find despite all our efforts had appeared. Yes. Although there was no direct evidence, it seemed that anyone could accurately point out where this place was. Otherwise, why would a group of cultists come to the Rocky Mountains to have a party?

In addition to the rescue team, we had another task: to prevent the devil’s seal from being opened. Once the unknown evil demon sealed within it descended upon the world, even we would not be able to escape, let alone the squadron. Not to mention that a few mountains away was a human holiday resort. Once it was affected, there would be heavy casualties.

We couldn’t follow them secretly. The cultists had already entered the sealed entrance. We had no choice but to follow them.

Sure enough, Aldrich also realized this. He immediately divided the team into two, with Eve and Kerner leading Dorothy, Hayley, and thirty other members to guard outside. If there were a problem with the team that entered the devil’s seal, they would be responsible for leading the way for the base members rushing over and assisting in the rescue.

The passage couldn’t allow a wolf’s body, so we could only enter in our relatively fragile human form.

“This place doesn’t look like a natural canyon,” Aldrich said as he observed the surrounding environment. “Everything is too well organized.”

I agreed with this. This place was man-made. The width of the passage was the same, and the two walls were too smooth for a natural canyon. Moreover, the base of the wall near the ground had traces of erosion from the wind and snow, and there were dark carvings.

I carefully observed a few patterns. They had the style of ancient runes, which were the work of the witches.

“This is… the execution ground for the ancient sorcerers.” I felt the remaining magic power on the rune, and the creepy resentment was still visible. “The sorcerers will execute some enemies and traitors here. This place was last used three hundred years ago from the magic power left.”

“So this was where the legendary witches killed Mullwica’s son.” Aldrich became even more cautious. “It’s also where the demon was sealed.”

What puzzled me was that this place wasn’t close to the ruins of the witch clan. It was actually quite far. Why did the witches retreat so suddenly when Mullwica was suppressing the demons? Many notes were left in the ruins that were the work of the sorcerers’ lives and even tools with ancient divinity. No matter how rushed they were, they could still take a few books and toys with them.

From the looks of it, they seemed to have some reason why they didn’t have time to return to the clan.

Just as I was thinking about this, we reached the end of the narrow passage. We could hear the cult members’ soft discussions. To avoid being exposed, we had no choice but to stop at the corner.

“What time is it?”

“Soon, there’s less than half an hour left.”

Oh my god, I’d been waiting for this moment for the first half of my life…

“Good heavens! You should be praying to our great lord all the time!”

“Oh, you’re right. I’ve been pretending in front of stupid mortals for too long, so I didn’t react in time.”

“Be careful with your words, buddy. You’ll be finished if the archpriest hears you.”

“Please forgive my sins, great Lord, the leader of sins, the master of redemption, the creator of all love and bliss; the Supreme Azazel!

Following the prayers of a certain heretic cult believer, we finally learned the name of the person who was sealed here.

Azazel?

The fallen god of original sin in the legends was not famous among the werewolves, but the humans were familiar with him. As a great demon, his well-known story was that he fell in love with a mortal woman, not that he was sealed because he deceived the witch’s son.

However, there was no record of the name of the demon who seduced Mullwica’s son. As long as the devil was sealed here, any demon could be here.

Aldrich was shocked by this answer.

Before the Rocky Snow Mountain mission, we had carefully studied the mythical history of werewolves and sorcerers. We had analyzed and guessed every demon that had appeared and even the myths of other races. However, Azazel? This had nothing to do with any non-human race!

The evil cultists continued to wait as if they would only take action at a particular time.

At that moment, my mind link was connected.

My husband, an intelligence agent who had concealed his name, said, “Something happened, Mary. The werewolf grandmasters fused the soul fragments of the two captains, but the fused body suddenly escaped from the ward like melted asphalt and slipped into Linda’s ward.

“We broke through the door to Linda’s ward, but something unexpected happened. Linda has turned into a cocoon, a black cocoon.”