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Chapter 201 The Ancient Crypt
Father cast a long look at the mountain, smirking wryly to himself. But there was something about his that indicated he knew what it was that made the hideous howl just now. But if anyone could remain calm and collected after hearing so ghastly and terrifying a sound, I could think of no one but Father and Mother. No one else!
A shaky voice rose from the crowd of terrified villagers, "W-what... what in the world is that..." But Father did not attempt to explain. With a lazy and dismissive wave of an arm, he declared, "Go back to your homes and have a good night's rest. But remember! None of you will ever again venture into the woods at the northern face of that mountain. You'd do well to remember these words." He got up and sauntered casually towards the entrance of the village. No one moved an inch. They watched as Father meandered slowly away, staring at him wordlessly with shock and bewilderment! With hardly any concern about their fate thereafter, I scampered after
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I looked to the front and the stony passage had given way into a huge cavernous hall. In some ways, it would be more apt to call it a square, for it was easily larger than the size of two basketball courts put together! But I was more shocked by the heap of human bones piling up into a huge mound on the floor. The presence of human skulls among the heap of bones was the very reason I immediately recognized them as human remains and the decaying dark greyish hues of the bones showed that they have been left here for quite some time. The air was thick with the fetid stench of rotting flesh; the same which could be imagined belching from the bowels of a man-eating monster after its pleasures of human flesh and tossing the bones aside lazily. Father fanned himself with a palm, his nose wrinkling with disgust at the smell. "I did not know that there were so many human sacrifices buried alive here when this crypt was completed. These could either be prisoners o
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