They were just a group of poor victims, and one person and one child who survived happened to be homeless and hid in this underground food storage, thus escaping the disaster.
Chudong knelt down and looked at Jiang Chenchuan wrapping up the corpses. He felt some indescribable sadness. These innocent people should not have suffered like this.
But now, whether it is a complaint or a pity, there is nothing to say. Solving the source of the curse is the key.
"I want to ask you a few questions. Can you tell me?"
The shrouded darkness has not dissipated. They have nowhere to go, and there is no point in going deeper. Jiang Chenchuan found a place to sit down, looked at the two people and said.
"What do you want to know?"
Unexpectedly, it was the thin child who answered. Compared to his fluent response, the adult seemed a little dull. xqqxs8.
"Two questions, why did you know she was going to die?"
"Being cursed is a painful torture, and it can be seen that she was seriously injured. When the dark atmosphere comes, she will definitely not survive."
The child replied.
After hearing the conversation, Chudong raised his head and looked at the other party, as if he was thinking about something, but his expression could not be seen.
"The breath of darkness? Is it that thing in the forest..."
Remembering that they were almost trapped in the forest when they entered, but were brought out by him, he couldn't help but be confused when he saw the child nodding in acknowledgement.
"What is hidden in the forest?"
"I don't know, I only know that not long after everyone in the village died... it appeared, only in the dark night, and would devour living humans, including those cursed monsters, but those things like fog Fear of light, such as fire, or lamps, as long as we stay in the light we are not in danger.”
The child also had a lot of fear on his face when he mentioned the things in the forest, so Jiang Chenchuan concluded that he was probably not lying.
Light brings a sense of security.
"Second question, I want to know...what did you do to him?"
Jiang Chenchuan stared at the child's every move, and could see all the subtle changes in his expression.
Seeing that he paused obviously when he heard Jiang Chenchuan's question, when he raised his head to look at Jiang Chenchuan again, there was more gloom and cruelty in his eyes.
Jiang Chenchuan, who has been dealing with weird things for many years, saw it very clearly. When he first came into contact with this man, he discovered something strange about his body. He was almost in a corpse-like state, but he was still alive, could talk, and his movements were not stiff. .
It wasn't until just now that he saw black marks on the man's body that were similar but different from those on the monster, and he suddenly understood something.
Before their arrival, there were only two people in the sick village, the man and the child. They were surrounded by dangers and could only move during the day.
"Now that you have discovered it..."
The little boy's gloomy voice sounded, which made Chudong feel a little panicked. She unconsciously held the dagger hidden in her back and never took it out because she felt that there was no danger that could affect her life.
Although the calmness on Jiang Chenchuan's face made her feel at ease, she was still a little worried whether the other party would attack them if he told the secret so straightforwardly.
"...That's all I can tell you."
The little boy sighed slightly, and turned around helplessly, looking at the man behind him who still had a dull expression, and barely reacted to their conversation.
This situation was somewhat different from the fight he had imagined in early winter. Just when the little boy was about to speak...
Bang!
There was a loud noise, and something seemed to hit outside the locked door. There were countless small sounds mixed with some roars, and the blood-red eyes peeping through the gaps could be faintly seen.
The sudden movement made Chudong jump. Only the man slowly stood up and walked towards the door.
"What is he going to do?"
Jiang Chenchuan turned to the little boy and asked. Before he could answer, he heard the man whispering unspeakable sentences.
"Prevent...you can't enter..."
"Another monster has found this place. A place with fire and warmth will naturally attract them. He just blocked the door and looked at the monster at the door. Generally speaking, at this time, we should continue to hide deeper. There is also a door where you can stay until dawn.”
The child explained to them.
In fact, without any explanation, you can probably guess that those who are said to be monsters, but are actually just humans mutated by the curse, are essentially the same.
"Then do you know what conditions need to be met for them to become such monsters?"
Jiang Chenchuan asked hurriedly.
"If there is no accident, it is probably due to the influence of the curse. Humans who died naturally will gradually be distorted by the curse. In the end, each one of them seems to have come back to life, but they are indeed dead."
Dead and alive humans?
Zombies?
I don't know why, this word popped up in Jiang Chenchuan's mind, but the essential difference between them and zombies is that they still retain their own consciousness.
Bang bang——
The banging on the door didn't stop, and the sounds outside the door sounded violent and anxious. The man just blocked the door, trying to prevent the monster's invasion by himself.
At the critical moment of life and death, there is still darkness that can engulf people waiting. No one here wants to open the door to save, so they can only listen.
^0^ "However, when the curse has caused the human body to reach this level, it is completely hopeless. Before that, advanced conjurers can also reverse the curse or rewrite the effect of the curse to achieve a certain degree of relief. The effects of the curse.”
"So...this is the power of Dorothea."
In the flickering of flames, the little boy's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Do you know Sister Witch?"
"Witch...sister?"
Chudong felt incredible at this title. The little boy nodded, and a trace of admiration could be seen in his expression.
"Sister Witch is amazing. He was also saved by Sister Witch. It's just that he was about to die at that time and was almost in a mutated state. So after he was rescued, he became like this, but he still had a curse on him. , so he will still slowly stiffen and then... die."
The little boy pointed at the man and said, probably after hearing his situation, the man raised his head slightly, his eyes were empty, and his stiff face seemed to be filled with despair of waiting to die.
This look was all too familiar to Chudong. She had seen many such people in the Witch Sect. In the end, she had escaped from one hell to another.
"It turns out that she, who is so cold and heartless, would also save a stranger..."
Early winter sighed in disbelief.
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Will be updated before 7:30 tomorrow morning.
The flames danced crazily at the wind outlet, and the incandescent light made the man's face look even paler.
His face was ashen and motionless. If he hadn't dealt with him just now, he might have mistakenly thought it was a dead corpse. What's more, he really had the aura of death on his body.
It is an indescribable feeling that is difficult for ordinary people to detect, and even early winter does not have much reaction to it.
The man seemed to have rested well and finally regained some energy. He stood up, but a pair of withered hands slowly stretched out from the shadow behind him.
"Get away!"
Jiang Chenchuan was startled. He hurriedly drew his sword and stepped forward. Unexpectedly, he was suddenly stopped by the man.
"No...can't..."
The man expressed anxiously, but there was still a problem with his language system, and he could only speak simple words intermittently.
I saw a timid figure emerging from behind the man. He looked like a child, but his body had become extremely thin, as if he would be crushed to pieces with just a little force.
"he……"
Looking at the child in front of me, I felt a familiar feeling, but my nerves were too tense just now, so I had a momentary reaction.
"She... is dying."
Terrifying words came out of the child's mouth, and he weakly raised his finger and pointed at the monster behind Chudong...
There were many wounds on the monster's body. From the moment she sat down, the blood kept flowing. It seemed that she had a premonition that she was about to die, so she didn't eat the food Jiang Chenchuan handed her, and just held it in her hands. in hand.
Her scarlet eyes seemed to be filled with red tears, and she was mumbling something vaguely. Unfortunately, no one could hear what she was saying.
"Death is coming."
Accompanying the child's last words, it was obviously a childish tone, but everyone's hearts were tugged at this moment, as if they could feel something hanging over their heads. m2.xqqxδeight.
coming.
Something is coming.
The monster looked frightened and was trembling all over. They didn't have any treatment medicine on hand, so they could only watch her injuries getting worse and worse.
I saw her body swaying a few times, then she stood up slowly, the food in her hand spilled all over the floor, and something like her lips were trembling, as if she was trying hard to say something.
"...City...don't go..."
Those were the last words she could utter before she died. She staggered a step forward, and suddenly a black mark lit up somewhere on her body. The curse mark exuded a frightening black gas, which could not stop coming out. .
"The plague...is a cursed plague!"
The man exclaimed. He turned around and hugged the child behind him, crying as if he was trembling with fear.
The child exposed a head and stared intently at the monster in front of her. When she touched the fire, her hair and body suddenly burned crazily. The flames suddenly grew in size, bringing a violent heat wave.
They couldn't help but raise their hands to block it. The flying sparks were beating, and along with the rising black air, they turned into ashes little by little.
Chudong took a step back, even a trace of fear arose in her heart. Now, seeing this scene in the sick village, who knows what kind of hell it will be in Ronark City.
No one can imagine what hell is like.
The king of Ronark City sealed off the entire city. Except for their group of people who escaped with the witch, almost no one survived.
Fear, that is silent fear, under the silence, the atmosphere is extremely depressed.
"Evel, what do you think?"
Chudong asked coldly, but there was an uncontrollable tremor in his words.
"Wait a minute."
Jiang Chenchuan stepped forward, squatted down, and used tools to pick up the remaining body of the monster. If this was really a disease caused by a curse, then there must be a way to break it.
If one is cursed and becomes such a monster, then there is still a city of people in Ronark, and what they will face...
^0^
It's unimaginable.
"What do you want?"
"Take it back and let you and Ethan study the remaining marks and spells on it."
Waking up from a dream in early winter, she immediately stepped forward to help. Although it was in the name of recycling, this was their ultimate goal. Only by solving the curse that spread like a plague could the future of Bornia be saved.
The man seemed to have recovered from his fear. He turned his head and stared blankly at Jiang Chenchuan and the others as they collected the bones. His heart was probably very complicated.
Judging from his appearance, he is probably the only survivor in the diseased village. There are either monster-like humans outside or some forests that can trap people. In crisis situations, but he has not been infected with the curse, he is probably there. Therefore, the reason for the spread of this special curse has become an important key.
"Tell me about the initial situation of the plague and how it spread..."
Jiang Chenchuan said to Chudong while cleaning up.
"At first, Wang only received rumors about the sick village, saying that a patient with a mark appeared in the village, with a high fever and weakened vital signs, and also attacked the doctor who came to treat him... …
Later, I heard that this doctor also injured people. Gradually, the news about this village attacking strangers and falling sick like crazy overnight spread to Ronark City...
The king sent people to check, and the people who came back reported that everyone in the village was sick, like a plague, and the seriously ill people all had marks on their bodies...
Soon after, someone said that the same mark appeared on the body of the person who was investigating. Ronark City itself had researched on curses. At that time, someone immediately recognized that it was a special curse. …
But at that time, no one could solve such a curse, so they could only let him act and wait for the curse to take effect. You must know that the essence of the curse is the same as that of alchemy. It will only take effect if the conditions are met, and the target can only be one person. It was transmitted through contact, so it did not attract the attention of the conjurer at that time...
Until the end, no one could believe that it was because of such neglect that the curse spread in the city. By the time we found out, a long time had passed. In addition, since the festival was held every year, most people had... They all seem to carry this curse. "
Like a nightmare memory, Chudong didn't want to recall that in order to survive, she risked her life to change her appearance and had the face of a Xia Jingren.
"In other words, the whole process... lasted for several years?"
Jiang Chenchuan frowned, such laziness and neglect was really outrageous.
"Roughly the same."
It is precisely because of this that when the curse broke out on a large scale, it was irreversible and the witch was unwilling to provide help. The king had no choice but to close the city gate and imprison all the monsters in the city.
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
