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Both guards had run away, but little did they expect that while they were talking, Qin Fang was hiding in the shadows of a nearby corner, listening intently to their conversation.

Qin Fang had already sensed something problematic about High Priest Darren, and the information he had just overheard only reinforced his belief that this man was no good.

It really is true that like leaders, like followers...

These people, who followed High Priest Darren, all seemed to have similar vile behavior, as if they were all lecherous souls reincarnated...

At the same time, it also revealed the true nature of the sacrificial activities, which are extremely sacred and significant to the mountain people; it turned out to be High Priest Darren's perfect scheme for amassing wealth and deceiving women.

As for the young girls who were deceived, it was High Priest Darren who enjoyed them first; when he tired of them, he handed them over to his followers to play with...

And from what the guard suggested, the fate of these women was incredibly tragic; even those driven insane were not spared from their play, it was utterly inhumane.

The mountain was vast, with numerous tribes—though not a hundred, certainly at least eighty. Although sacrificial activities were not held frequently, with so many tribes, such events occurred intermittently.

High Priest Darren held a very high status in the mountains; each year he could bring back more than a dozen girls, perhaps even more.

And High Priest Darren had been mingling in these mountains for quite a long time, over a dozen years, so the number of women he had brought back amounted at least to several hundred.

But what was the fate of these women? They all became the playthings of these men and inevitably met with dreary ends...

The more spirited ones, their ends were likely even more tragic, with many dying unnaturally.

If previously Qin Fang was not quite clear how Darren amassed over three thousand Sin Points, equal to over thirty human lives—these being directly killed by Darren—now he somewhat understood; perhaps these girls had discovered the truth and tried to expose the real face of High Priest Darren, thereby meeting their grim fate.

It's not strange to drive someone to death, nor to madness...

"Scum!"

Although Qin Fang had seen many scum and dregs of society, he had never encountered anyone as vile as High Priest Darren.

Over thirty living lives, directly perished at his hands, and many more in the fortress, likely those driven to death, just like the two guards Qin Fang noticed, who both had two or three hundred Sin Points...clearly, these two had also killed people.

And in this fortress, there were nearly a hundred men; each with two or three lives on their hands, aggregated into a truly terrifying number.

Over the past dozen years, not one of the sacrificial girls had ever been seen by their families again, evidently none had managed to escape, their ultimate fates were only two—either confined within the fortress as tools for these men's venting, or killed and their bodies buried in some unknown corner.

With things that had already transpired, Qin Fang was unable to help much, but now that a poor girl was about to enter a tragic fate, if Qin Fang didn't try to save her, it would truly be inhumane.

His figure flickered slightly, and he immediately entered the stone house through the narrow window; the patrolling guards didn't notice even a shadow.

The fortress had existed for so long, and with High Priest Darren's lofty status, nobody dared to intrude, so these guards were actually quite lax, skiving off from time to time was common.

Moreover, every time High Priest Darren brought a woman back for his pleasure, none of these men wanted to stay and eavesdrop, they all went to play with women.

Inside the stone house...

As the foremost figure in the mountains, High Priest Darren naturally loved luxury; the interior was incredibly lavish, everything gleaming with gold, and many decorations made directly of gold.

The room contained a very large stone bed, covered with various animal furs, especially tiger, leopard, and mink furs, all very precious, which could fetch a high price outside.

But here, they were merely used by High Priest Darren for bedding... truly a waste of resources.

The girl Darren had brought back was now silently lying on the bed, still completely naked, her smooth skin fully exposed, yet she seemed completely unaware, evidently not yet fully awake.

No, she woke up!

At that moment, Qin Fang noticed her eyebrows twitch slightly, followed by her eyes slowly opening, blankly staring at the ceiling, obviously very confused about her current situation.

It seemed that High Priest Darren had a good handle on the timing of the knockout drug; he didn't linger in the tribe but rushed back, timing it just right so the girl would be waking up now.

If he had stayed in the tribe, his scheme would've been exposed.

High Priest Darren wasn't in the room, but Qin Fang heard the sound of water splashing from within; that guy was probably taking a bath.

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