Death, annihilation, resurrection...
Understand, break down, reconstruct...
Giving life to death, liberating the spirit of matter, recreating matter, and reshaping the mind, evolving into new types.
This is alchemy!
The thorns on the earth were like a meat grinder, sweeping through the rats and breaking up their formation. Faced with the sudden attack, the rats fell into complete chaos. They did not know what to do, and their narrow brains did not support them in thinking about such complex matters. The question, the wildness flowing in the hot blood, gradually cooled down in the screams of his companions.
They began to flee, and no longer had the courage to attack. Like bereaved dogs, they ran away separately, even if they stepped on the corpses of their companions, they had to escape from this realm shrouded in death.
The fear of death suppresses the ferocious nature.
The vanguard troops that rushed into the thorns, without the support of follow-up forces, suddenly became the prey of the cats. No matter how they resisted, they could not escape the swift claws of the cats.
Ten minutes later...
The siege was over, and Xiao Hei led the cats to eliminate the remaining mice.
Ma Wei no longer sent power to the Siren's Tears, the magic circle stopped operating, and the land returned to its usual flatness. Only the minced flesh proved that a bloody battle had just occurred here.
The smell of blood, mixed with the rotten smell of corpses, rose into the sky, as if he had walked into a slaughterhouse.
Yunia held her father's hand and blinked while eating a ham and egg sandwich. When the blood formed a stream and flowed towards her, she exclaimed and quickly picked up the little bear sitting with its back against the well. He patted the dust off the little bear's butt and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xiao Hei! Xiao Hei!"
Ma Wei called Xiao Hei over, who had just experienced a fierce battle, and asked, "How are the casualties of Maomao?"
Counting the dozens of cats brought by Fat Orange, there were a total of 70 cats that came to Antoine Village with the carriage. They were all good fighters. During the fierce battles, their desperate fights were still vivid in my mind.
Now that the battle is over, several scarred cats staggered out a few steps and fell to the ground. Their violently bulging bellies indicated that their lives were about to end.
"Everyone was injured except me." Xiao Hei raised his paw angrily and patted the edge of the well: "Twenty of them were killed... There are too many rats, meow... They are an organized action! There will be more to come. There is a commander!”
The mortality rate is one-third, and the injury rate is nearly 100%... If placed on the battlefield, it would be a miracle that this army did not collapse.
Such a large number of casualties exceeded Ma Wei's expectations.
As Xiao Hei said, this group of rats came well prepared. They gathered a large number of companions and wanted to eat the enemies that invaded their territory. How could ordinary rats have such organization?
There must be a commander behind it.
"Dad, it's going to die..."
Yunia picked up a cat that was panting violently and with a scratch that almost cut through its abdomen. She gently stroked its whiskers with her little hands: "Good cat...it doesn't hurt...it doesn't hurt...I'll sing a song Let me sing to you..."
She hummed softly, and her ethereal voice was like the singing of a lark, melodious and melodious, with a magical power that made people feel calm.
It was a language that Ma Wei had never heard before. Although the melody was a folk song from New Rose City, there seemed to be a different melody hidden under the sound.
The cat's rising chest gradually subsided, its wide-open eyes slowly narrowed, and its eyelids became heavy. It placed its head on Yunia's palm, gave a gentle 'meow', and fell into silence.
"Thank you..."
Yunia lowered her head and kissed its cheek.
Ma Wei took off his hat, put it on his chest, and watched the scene quietly.
"Boss... what should we do next?" the message asked: "The cats are all injured, why don't we retreat first to rest?"
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
"We take a break, and the mice take a break too."
Looking at the woods on the north side of the village, Mawei shook his head: "Next time, they will become smarter and even take the opportunity to escape. You only have one chance, so you can't hesitate."
"Xiao Hei, can you still continue to fight?"
"I have no problem." Xiao Hei immediately replied: "As for other cats..."
"Meow!"
"Meow!
"
The cats suddenly meowed and gathered around, their meows full of determination.
"You..." Xiao Hei opened his eyes wide: "Master, they said... they want to seek revenge on the mice."
It is very common for stray cats to fight over territory. In the final analysis, it is because of food distribution and territorial awareness.
When Fat Orange established the cat army, food was no longer a problem, and territorial awareness was domesticated. It was like a king was suddenly born in a chaotic and war-filled land, and the cats who came to join them, Willing to follow this king and build a more powerful kingdom.
Order is being established, and the cats are unified. They no longer fight for territory. The stiff relationship in the past has been fully relaxed. When fighting side by side, a kind of sympathy for each other arises between them. From the past enemies, Became a companion today.
Avenge your companions...
Need a reason?
Cats are inherently vengeful animals.
"It seems there is no doubt anymore."
Mawei nodded, pulled out a shovel from a farmhouse, called out the message, dug a big hole on the ground outside the village, and collected the bodies of the cats.
Then, they set off on the road to Sir Antoine's estate.
.............................
The dense trees blocked some of the cold winter wind. The path leading to the manor was covered with withered yellow leaves, which rustled when you stepped on them. Not even a mouse could be seen. They seemed to have completely disappeared.
Even so, Xiao Hei did not relax his vigilance and took the initiative to assume the responsibility of the big brother, running around and patrolling back and forth to guard against sneak attacks by the rats.
Friday also participated in the melee. It was obviously the one with the lowest combat effectiveness, but it didn't have any injuries on its body and was still alive and well. All of this was because Xiaomei was protecting it.
"Xiaomei, Xiaomei, are you tired?"
Friday walked around Xiaomei and asked with concern: "Your hair is messy, let me lick it for you..."
"I'm fine." Xiao Mei shook her head, followed Ma Wei and the others in an elegant cat walk, never leaving.
"Master, master, please hug Xiaomei quickly, she is tired from walking!"
Friday ran up to Laiwen and meowed.
"What are you shouting for?" He couldn't understand the message of the cat language, so he said angrily: "You are not hurt!"
Friday raised his paw and pointed at Xiaomei, Laiwen was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong with her?"
Seeing that his master really didn't understand what he meant, Friday simply asked Xiao Hei to be his translator.
After listening...
Lai Wen's expression suddenly turned even uglier.
He had never seen Friday caring so much about him.
Since the arrival of the white devil, his relationship with Friday...
Completely changed.
He was no longer entitled to sleep with Friday at night.
Even masturbating twice can arouse the other person's impatience.
Only when feeding Xiaomei with cans, Friday would give him a symbolic nudge to show friendship...
Is this still the obedient and obedient cat Friday? !
The communication is somewhat disillusioning.
After taking a sip of low-quality brandy, he gave Friday a hard look and ignored him.
While walking, Ma Wei suddenly stopped, put away the map, and looked at the hillside ahead:
"arrive."
Through the gaps in the woods, you can vaguely see a tall house. Because it is a bit far away, you can't see it clearly. You can only roughly observe its outline.
"Alert meow!"
Xiao Hei gave the order, and the cats spread out. Every two in a team, they climbed up a tree twenty meters apart and looked down at the surroundings.
After the previous wave of siege, the cats became much more vigilant and began to use tactics.
Ma Wei and the others crossed the hillside and saw the whole view of the manor.
The manor located halfway up the mountain includes all the fields on the mountainside. The garden is planted with patches of evergreen shrubs and alfalfa. This kind of plant can survive even at a low temperature of minus 40 degrees. It is not only highly ornamental, but even It can also be picked and eaten.
The villa where Sir Antoine lives is located in the center of the garden. It is a three-story building with a blue roof, brown exterior walls, and arched windows that are perfectly symmetrical from top to bottom. All are full of classical beauty.
but...
There was no one in the manor, and the surroundings were eerily quiet. The only sound was the cold wind whistling by, the unlocked iron door creaking and groaning, and calf-high alfalfa dancing in the wind, adding a touch of weirdness. breath.
Ma Wei lowered his head and observed the road under his feet. He suddenly squatted down and reached out to touch the footprints on the ground.
"Boss, what are you looking at?"
“It rained a few days ago, and the ground is difficult to dry in winter, so the wet mud will remain for a long time.” Mawei said: “If someone passes by during this period, it will usually leave traces that are difficult to remove. "
"Isn't it normal to have footprints?" The source asked in confusion: "This manor is not uninhabited. People coming and going will definitely leave traces!"
"Don't forget when it rained."
Lai Wen was shocked and reacted.
The rainy day happened to be the day when he went to Baron Bill's mansion to steal the blood rose. That day was Tuesday.
The day when the plague broke out in New Ross City was last Friday, the same day that the Eucalyptus sanguinea occurred.
If the source of the curse is Sir Antoine's estate, then no one should leave footprints after the rain, after all...
At that time, Sir Antoine, together with the servants in the manor, were probably dead.
Who left the footprints? !
"What the hell!"
Lai Wen clenched his cane and looked around vigilantly, observing the dark corners, for fear that something would jump out.
"Don't be nervous, the other party has already left." Ma Wei pointed to the marks on the ground and said: "There is only one row of footprints, with the toes facing the path down the mountain. They were left when leaving the manor."
"So... the man came to the manor before it rained and left after it rained?"
"Not necessarily." Ma Wei showed a smile that made the reporter's hair stand on end. "If the other party is walking backwards...then he...it should still be in this villa."
A chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Lai Wen shuddered and his face suddenly turned pale: "Boss, don't scare me... who can walk backwards?"
"Maybe not human."
"Don't...don't make trouble...I'm afraid of ghosts."
"You're not afraid of the goddess, are you afraid of ghosts?"
"If a ghost looks as beautiful as a goddess... I actually wouldn't be afraid."
"Okay, I'm scaring you."
Waving his hand, Ma Wei explained: "Look at the footprints. It is obvious that the pits left by the toes are deeper, and the mud spills more to both sides. This shows that the other party's focus is on the toes. If he is walking backwards, then the focus will be on the toes." The point should be at the heel.”
"Well then...then what if he could fly..."
"How did flying footprints come about?"
"..."
Lai Wen, who had been frightened to the point of unconsciousness, was stunned for a moment, wiped cold sweat, and his face became a little more red.
He looked at Ma Wei with a resentful look, as if you were kidding me at this juncture.
"Let's go in and have a look."
Reaching out to push open the creaking iron door, Ma Wei stepped onto the cobblestone path leading to the villa. He said that the path was a little inappropriate, because this path could accommodate two four-wheel carriages traveling side by side and was very wide.
Wow!
Just when Ma Wei and the others were halfway there, there was a sudden noise from the flower bed full of alfalfa next to them, and then...
Three cats, Ahua, Scarface and Big Spot, came out.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Hei ran forward and asked, "Where is big brother, meow?"
"Meow meow! Meow meow!"
"What? Brother entered the villa alone and alone?!"
Under Xiao Hei's translation, Ma Wei learned that at the end of the first annihilation battle, Pang Ju and A Hua's three cats followed an escaped mouse in an attempt to find their nest, but the mouse failed. On the way up the mountain, we came to Sir Antoine's manor and entered the villa.
After letting Ah Hua's three cats stay and wait for the main force, Fat Orange followed them alone, but there has been no news so far.
"Why didn't you come and inform us earlier!"
Xiao Hei stamped his feet anxiously: "This village is too weird. I don't know what dangers there are in it!"
Ahua and Daban lowered their heads without retorting, but Scarface held his head high, as if he didn't understand anything.
It has a single mind. It does whatever the big brother tells it to do, and it absolutely follows the instructions. It doesn't know where it went wrong.
Hearing that Fat Orange entered the villa alone, Ma Wei did not act immediately. After thinking for a moment, he looked at the letter: "I didn't expect you to be a prophet."
"Prophet? What do you mean?"
"You said before that the disguise magic can turn us into mice."
"....That's what I said. You don't really want to turn into a mouse and get into the villa!"
"Why not?" Ma Wei took out the Tears of the Siren and said calmly: "The roads that humans walk, mice can also walk, but the holes that mice drill, but humans can't. If you want to know what is in the villa, dress up as a mouse, don't you? Has the truth come out?"
To be cautious, Ma Wei did not choose to break through head-on. This kind of reckless behavior usually does not end well. In contrast, joining the opponent's camp is actually a clever trick.
"Xiao Hei, stay outside. I'll go in with Yunia and Laiwen. Stay alert. If you hear the sound of a flintlock pistol, rush in with the cats immediately."
"I understand, meow, master, be careful!"
After activating the Siren's Tears, Ma Wei, Yunia, and Lai Wen quickly shrank in size and turned into three little mice, running quickly towards the door of the villa.
