There was empty white noise in his ears. After a brief period of stillness, a sudden violent impact came, and dazzling fire exploded in the distance, lighting up the entire area like fireworks.
It was a scene that could be called "destruction". Chudong turned around in shock and froze on the spot like a sculpture. The sudden burst of light made all the darkness invisible. The black mist squirmed and gave off a burning smell. Sizzling sound.
There were ferocious screams in the trance, and roars that did not belong to humans. It was not known whether they were insects or mutated monsters, making senseless resistance.
"This Ethan..."
Jiang Chenchuan roared, and he rushed out of the house, but was stopped by Chu Dong. His vision was filled with chaotic scenes. The explosion gradually calmed down, and large swaths of blood mist spread in the forest.
The flames burned and boiled, like a sharp sword piercing the blood-red waves, like waves crashing on the beach. All the weird insects in its path were burned out, and the burned ashes slowly fell down.
"Where are the others?"
Jiang Chenchuan turned his head and looked at the heavy-faced Chu Dong and asked.
"He said... he would follow me, but..."
Chu Dong didn't say anything else. It would be difficult to survive such a violent and large-scale magic circle explosion.
"Let's go find someone!"
"Wait, is this dangerous? Mr. Ewell."
Yulia leaned against the door with a worried look on her face, but Bellito had already rushed forward excitedly, looking at Jiang Chenchuan with expectant eyes. The black cat jumped onto the window sill,
Probably due to the influence of the magic circle just now, the sky is no longer gloomy, and even the rain has disappeared. The calm breeze blows away the dark clouds, and you can see the clear and clean blue sky when you look up.
Before the danger was completely over, Jiang Chenchuan arranged for Yulia and Chudong to stay in the house while he and Berito went to the sick village to check on Ethan's condition.
The muddy land that had just rained was a touch of gray on the surface, and there was still some turbid water. Thinking of a mutated monster, he felt uneasy staying around the two women.
When Jiang Chenchuan set out, he also called the monster along. Although he looked reluctant, he still wanted to see Ethan in order to lift the curse.
According to Jiang Chenchuan's deception, Ethan is his only hope now.
Stepping into the forest again, I was greeted by a strong burning smell. Compared with some trees that were still burning, this burning smell was more like the smell of some kind of corpse after burning.
Groups of blood mist adhered to the tree trunks and scattered on the ground, like blooming blood flowers.
"what is that?"
Bellito made a surprised sound. He pointed in the distance. Beyond the overlapping trees, something strange seemed to be passing through. The scene seemed to be unimaginably weird.
Several hazy figures shuttled between the trees, but they didn't look like humans at first glance. They looked like mutated sea creatures, but they had human living and behavioral habits. Jiang Chenchuan squinted his eyes and saw that they were so far away. Watching from a distance.
They were just walking slowly like this, not walking at all. Their feet did not touch the ground, but they were still moving, as if they were floating. They were looming in the blood-colored mist, and their specific appearance could not be clearly seen.
"Is it...a monster?"
His appearance has changed, but he calls others monsters, with uncontrollable panic in his tone.
This was like a mirage, just passing by slowly and finally disappearing into the road.
…
The sky became increasingly gloomy, with a thick black covering the entire sick village. The temperature in the air gradually dropped, the biting low temperature almost freezing the internal organs, and the terrifying sound of wind surrounded the wooden house.
The fire was poured into the house from various cracks, and the weak flames were swaying in the wind, as if there was a risk of being blown out at any time. Even the wooden house was shivering in such wind.
There was a corpse sitting directly opposite, still maintaining the same posture as when he was alive. Ethan was not afraid, so he sat down at the table, took out Jiang Chenchuan's pocket watch, glanced at the time, and then looked at the weather outside the window.
This time he went out a little recklessly. He didn't see anyone during the whole journey. However, he wasn't an idiot. It was hard to tell what was hidden in the forest.
There was an inexplicable feeling of being followed. Ethan tried to look for it several times, but he couldn't find any clues about the other party. It was just the darkness that surrounded him that made him a little irritated.
Ethan knew that there could not be any normal people in such a dilapidated place. Listening to the faint thunder outside the house, he knew that this would be a rapid rainstorm, and he didn't know whether these small dilapidated wooden houses could withstand the storm.
Speaking of storms, Ethan thought of the rumored owner of Xinlan Hai who was the God of Storms. He heard that there was only one god who could control thunderstorms.
But no one could prove the authenticity of the legend. Ethan lay by the window and took a look. The raindrops outside had already fallen. He couldn't leave for the time being, so he could only stay with the skeleton for a while.
There was not much time to be patient. Ethan thought for a while, picked up a wooden stick, burned one end with fire, drew a black circle on the ground, and dripped his own blood in the center of the circle.
Then he packed up his belongings. He didn't intend to sit here and wait for death. What's more, as the sky gradually darkened and the sound of rain gradually became clearer, he could feel that something terrible was running out of the forest.
He picked up the fire source and walked into the depths of the wooden house. Surprisingly, there was a door ajar at the back, and everything he saw was pitch black.
Even when the fire is mentioned, those black shadows
^0^ I would also shrink back a little. The darkness outside seemed to swallow up the light source, but I didn't dare to get close to the light.
When he turned back, the window outside the window had become pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers. The darkness felt the presence of Ethan, a living creature, and actually covered the entire wooden house, wrapping him up bit by bit.
Danger is approaching, and it seems that if you take another step forward, you will step into the darkness, and you will realize what the darkness is afraid of, and a new idea forms in Ethan's mind.
No one can ever guess what's in Ethan's little head. This is what Jiang Chenchuan admires about him. Someone always has to break the rules.
As long as you stay around fire or light, darkness will not come close. In this case, he creates light. This is where the alchemist can create miracles.
Use a simple improvised paintbrush to outline an alchemical pattern in the room, and collect useful alchemical items while ensuring your absolute safety.
The darkness was about to move around the wooden house, as if it could sense Ethan's threat to them, but he always stood in the light, leaving no opportunity for the darkness to take advantage of.
Pushing open another room with a fire source, the unlocked door creaked open, and the darkness was like a escaping mouse, instantly driven away by the sudden light.
The rotten smell of death seeped out from the house, and only then did Ethan notice that there was a corpse in the bedroom that had mutated into a monster due to a curse.
However, the state of the corpse looked very strange. Only half of it was close to being skeletal, and the other half was still the same as it was before death.
If I have to describe it, it feels like being interrupted in the middle of eating, chewing...
He raised the fire source high and just took a step forward when there was a crisp sound, as if he stepped on something.
When he lifted it up and looked at it, it was like a cloud of mist dispersing, revealing a strange insect that he had never seen before. It looked extremely strange, and the pattern on its back looked like a roaring human face.
A bold idea came to mind. The fog-like darkness was actually made of this kind of bug.
Afraid of light, heat, and fire, it can only live in dark and humid places, and will only hide in the forest during the clear day.
All the conditions were in line with the habits of ordinary insects, and Ethan already knew it in his mind. He held up the light source and took away the alchemy materials he wanted. Looking at the corpse struggling in pain, one could imagine how much suffering he suffered during his lifetime.
Click——
There was a slight sound, like the footsteps of some creature, but the other party specifically lowered his voice. If he hadn't stepped on something, it would be difficult for Ethan to detect it.
Are there still monsters alive?
Ethan immediately became alert. He took out his pistol without hesitation, but it was not loaded yet. He stopped in place and did not move, even his breathing was suppressed.
In addition to the rustling sound of rain, there are also slow moving steps in my ears. If I can tell the location based on the sound, the other party should be lingering outside the house, seeming to be thinking about how to enter the house.
Ethan turned to look at the window, which was completely covered in mist-like darkness, and he couldn't see anything outside.
It doesn’t matter if they are humans or ghosts.
He had already sped up his actions. Thinking of this, he stopped delaying. He put away his pistol, took the materials and returned to his magic circle.
I saw a black human figure faintly appearing in the originally painted magic circle. It had almost all the characteristics, but it could not speak or move.
It stayed in place like a shadow puppet. As soon as the main body approached with the fire source, the darkness surrounding the puppet quickly dissipated.
Sure enough, as long as it smells like a living thing, they will attack regardless of whether it is real life or not.
After finding out their habits and methods, Ethan also had a vague idea, and threw all the disturbing things in the house, including the corpse, into the bedroom.
This process took a lot of effort for Ethan. As soon as he put the skeleton down, he heard abnormal noises coming from the window. The oppressive darkness around him began to stir. He didn't know whether there was a new prey or an enemy. .
Click——
Still the same weird noise.
Carrying the cold breath, Ethan placed the fire source on the table aside, raised the gun with both hands, and pointed the dark wound at the window that made the sound.
Click——
No matter what happens next second, Ethan is guaranteed to kill the opponent.
Wow——
His nerves tightened instantly, and Ethan released the safety of the gun. At this moment, the darkness gathered in the window seemed to be driven away by some kind of force, and dispersed to the side, and an invisible sense of oppression came towards him.
Ethan's finger was on the trigger, motionless, waiting quietly.
"Huh? There is actually someone there?"
A familiar voice sounded, and a head popped out of the window.
"Miss Chudong?"
Pressing down the muzzle of the gun and recovering all hostility, Chudong also saw Ethan in the light, showing a surprised look.
"Why did you come in...Have you seen Ivel?"
Chu Dong looked inside the house, but didn't see the second figure.
"I wanted to come in to look for him, but I probably missed him. I walked around the village and didn't see him... No, shouldn't you be together?"
Ethan felt a little strange.
He helped Chudong climb in through the window, and after she landed firmly on the ground, he asked.
"No, he left with the cursed person early in the morning. I finally got rid of those two people, but it was raining. Fortunately, I brought a kerosene lamp with me, and the black
^0^The mist won't attack me. "
"Are there two survivors?"
Ethan captured the information in Chudong's words, but he didn't expect that so-called normal people could exist in a place like Sick Village.
"It doesn't count. I stayed with them last night and realized something was wrong."
"You didn't come back all night. I thought something happened to you, so I thought I'd come and see how you were doing. So... let me tell you what happened last night."
The kerosene lamp in early winter is still easy to use. You don't need to protect it carefully and worry about the fire going out. However, it consumes too much and I don't know if it can last until Ronark City.
"After one night, we got some information. Everyone who is cursed will slowly turn into a monster like this. The curse is transmitted through wounds. As long as the cursed person is injured, even a small wound , will all be infected with the curse."
"The cursed person will be very aggressive during a certain period of time, so as long as we are not injured, we will not be infected with the curse."
"But the key point is that after contacting me, I discovered that those two people were a little abnormal. I don't know whether it was because they hadn't contacted them for a long time or were affected by a curse. They wanted to kill me."
"So, I quickly escaped while they were not paying attention. I originally wanted to save them, but now it seems that there are no normal people here."
Chudong seemed to be a little frightened, and it was rare for her to say so many words. She explained everything clearly to Ethan, so that Ethan, the only one who had studied alchemy, could come up with a solution.
"I understand, but let's talk about those two people first. By the way, you just came in from outside and are wet, so don't step on them."
Ethan said while arranging the magic circle at his feet.
"This is……"
It was clear that the complicated lines under his feet were not random graffiti, but a large magic circle. Since he knew some spells, he also had a superficial understanding of alchemy.
We know that the greater the effect of the magic circle, the more complex and delicate it is.
"This seems to be the element of fire...wait, you don't want to..."
Chudong raised his head in surprise, looking at Ethan's every move with an incredible expression.
"Yes, it's what you think."
Ethan replied easily.
"madman."
Chudong was not the only one to comment that Ethan was a lunatic. He did a lot of crazy things. Perhaps because he was amazed by his brilliant ideas, Ethan could still hum a few words.
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
