Chapter 163 The dark shadow (I am biting my tail and rolling)


    Rocks Town is located in the forest canyon west of Forkris, it is very remote, with only one small road connecting to the outside. People here rely on crops, deforestation and mining for a living. They have lived here for generations, all of whom are just ordinary civilians. Work from sunrise and rest from sunset, and live an ordinary life.


    But recently, this town has been shrouded in a dark haze, making people breathless. It was as if the God of Death had enveloped this area, and all life seemed to disappear completely in front of it.


    "Why………"


    Looking at the dim sky outside, Old Ben sighed. It was obvious that the sun had just set. Logically speaking, people have just gotten off work at this time. If they were normal, they would see men who had finished their work and planned to go home with tools, as well as wives and children waiting on the street. But now, the town is deserted and there is almost no living person to see.


    To be honest, if you just stand at the door like this and look out, you will even have the illusion that the whole village seems to be just a living person.


    Maybe this is not an illusion or maybe. Maybe when you wake up tomorrow morning, you will see that the entire village is empty, and there will be no living people in the whole world, and you will be the last living person in this world, and then... only death and destruction are left.


    Thinking of this, Old Bente trembled all over, then shook his head, throwing the terrifying fantasy behind his head. Then he picked up the oil lamp and lighted it up, placed it on the table next to him, and picked up the book next to him - perhaps reading would make him temporarily forget the nightmare that this town is currently facing.


    Maybe...when you wake up tomorrow, everything will return to normal again.


    “Dongdongdongdongdongdong.”


    However, at this moment, a knock on the door suddenly came. When he heard this, Old Bente was so scared that his hands softened, and the book he had just picked up fell directly to the ground.


    “Yes, who is it?”


    Soon, a voice came from outside.


    "I''m sorry to disturb me. I''m a traveler. I want to ask for some questions..."


    Traveler?


    Hearing this, Old Bente tiptoed to the door and looked out carefully from the gap. He saw that at the door, there was indeed a petite red-haired girl with a big bag and a hat standing. She seemed a little troubled and a little uneasy.


    "What''s the matter?"


    "That''s right. I''ve finished my food. If I can, can I sell me some dry food? I''ve been to the inn, but it''s closed..."


    What a young girl.


    Hearing the other party’s answer, Old Bente hesitated for a moment and sighed slightly. Of course he knew the reason why the inn closed, but it was probably very strange for travelers from afar.


    Thinking of this, Lao Bente reached out and gently opened a crack in the door.


    "So Miss, you want..."


    However, before Old Bente finished speaking, he suddenly stretched out a big hand from the side and pressed it on the door panel. Before Old Bente could react, he felt a huge force pushing open the door panel. Then he saw a tall black shadow appear in front of the girl, with a pair of scarlet eyes flashing with a strange red light.


    It’s a devil!


    Seeing this scene, Lao Ben opened his mouth and wanted to scream, but the other party''s big steel hand directly covered his mouth.


    Then the next moment, the huge black shadow bent over and came in from outside the door.


    "Huh... I finally found someone who doesn''t pretend to be dead, it''s really not easy."


    Duanmu Huai almost half bent down and walked into the room in front of him, then raised his head and took a breath. His head was almost pressed against the ceiling. There is no way to do this. After all, almost all the houses in this era are short. To be honest, Duanmu Huai has to lower his head now.


    "Really, Mr. Knight, why do you have to use this method!"


    At this moment, Gureya rushed in and quickly closed the door before complaining.


    "There is no way. When others see me, they won''t let me in at all. If you don''t use this method, you can''t find someone if you want to find it."


    "I think it would be better if Mr. Knight changed this outfit..."


    Looking at Duanmu Huai wearing black power armor and a skeleton-like helmet, Gureya murmured with her own opinions.


    "Then do I want to go back and paint the armor pink?"


    “Uh………I’ll forget it.”


    After chatting with Gureya for a few casual words, Duanmu Huai turned his head again to look at the old Bente in front of him. At this moment, the latter had a pale face, sweating profusely, and his eyes were red. It''s no wonder that such a huge black steel giant suddenly appeared and grabbed himself in his hand. Old Bente even felt that the other party could crush his head with just a slight force!


    "Listen, I have something to ask you next. As long as I answer it well, I will be fine. Don''t worry, I am not a devil or a demon. I am just an adventurer. I am here to investigate under the orders of Lord Fodrek. Do you understand what I mean? If you understand, nod."


    “………!!”


    Old Bente almost used his strength to nod, and Duanmuhuai then put him on the ground and then let go of his hand.


    Almost the next moment, Old Bente collapsed to the ground and couldn''t even get up.


    "You scared you? Sorry, because we didn''t open the door no matter how we asked others to say that, so we had to use this method. I''m sorry."


    "You, are you really adventurers coming to investigate?"


    Old Ben took a breath and then came to his senses. He looked at Duanmu Huai tremblingly, and then looked at Gureya - I have to say that the gap between these two is too big!


    "That''s right, you know that I have no reason to lie to you, this uncle."


    Duanmu Huai sat on the floor and stared at Lao Bente.


    "If we were really a demon, we would have chopped you up and eaten, so how could we still talk nonsense to you here?"


    "Wait, Lord Knight, your statement is not very good..."


    Hearing Duanmuhuai''s words, Guleya hurriedly wanted to say something, but Duanmuhuai just reached out and grabbed Guleya''s tail, then gently rubbed her tail abdomen. The next moment, Guleya murmured and collapsed to the ground and no longer moved.


    "Okay, the person who is in the way shut up."


    After taking a look at Gureya, Duanmu Huai withdrew her gaze and looked at Lao Bente.


    "Don''t mind telling me about the past."


    "When, of course, what do you want to know?"


    Although Old Bente was still a little scared when he looked at Duanmu Huai at this moment, because of this, he felt that there might be hope this time. After all...the adventurers who came this time are so... extraordinary. Maybe they can really solve the problems facing this town?


    "Start from the beginning, when did you find out what is abnormal? What are the symptoms?"


    "Okay, okay, I''ll tell you everything I know."


    Now that old Bente is also holding back his head, he nodded vigorously, then he recalled a little before speaking.


    "I want to tell you that at the beginning... it must have been two months ago... I don''t remember that specific day very clearly. I only remember that day, Carpenter Carl died..."


    "Die? Why did you die?"


    Old Ben shook his head.


    "It''s strange. Carl went up the mountain to log wood that day, and then he came back for lunch and then rested. Then in the afternoon, he heard Carl''s wife crying, saying that Carl was dead... We were all shocked at that time. After all, she was fine when she had lunch before, so why did she die suddenly..."


    "What is the specific cause of death?"


    "I don''t know. Pastor Alan, who was in charge of caring for the body at that time, couldn''t say it. In short, there was no trauma. He just suspected that he might be poisoned or some other reason..."


    Looking back on what happened that day, Old Bente couldn''t help but sigh.


    "I went there when Carl was buried that night. When he looked at Carl lying in the coffin, he fell asleep as if he was asleep. To be honest, at that time, I also doubted whether he was just asleep, but he really had no breath... and his body was as cold as ice, which was not the body temperature of a human at all."


    "Um………"


    Duanmu Huai nodded.


    "Then what?"


    "Then... strange things happened."


    When he said this, Old Bente also shivered.


    "It''s strange that just two days later, Carl''s wife died. No one knew how she died. She was her good friend to visit her at that time, but no one responded when knocking on the door. Looking through the window, she saw her lying on the bed. Later, everyone asked everyone to open the door and broke in and saw that the person was already lying on the bed and was exhausted. As for how he died... no one knew."


    As he spoke, Old Bente sighed helplessly.


    "At that time, everyone thought Carl''s wife was overly sad and might have died of some poison, so she buried her quickly, but..."


    "Let me guess, will the next person who dies will be that good friend?"


    Duanmuhuai raised her eyebrows, and when she heard Duanmuhuai''s words, Gureya next to her curled up in a ball. And Old Bente nodded heavily.


    "That''s right, just after that, that good friend died! At this time, some people in the town began to feel uneasy. After all, three people died in a row in just a few days, and they all knew each other. Everyone felt something was wrong. We had asked the pastor to see it, but there was still no result. No one knew what was going on. As a result, on the second day after the friend was buried, her mother said everywhere that her daughter had come back to see her at night... and said that the cemetery was so cold, she wanted to come out..."


    “Ah———!”


    Gureya was even more trembling at this moment. After all, this is not a ghost story, but something that has really happened!


    "Then my friend''s mother died?"


    "Yes... just the day after she finished saying this, she died."


    "Then what?"


    "At that time, everyone was also panicked. After that, no one dared to go out, but after several days, no one died, so everyone gradually let go and went back to work. However, this time, news came from the mine that the miners were attacked by wild beasts, and only one of the five people who went to the mine survived, but after the miner was awakened, he said... what they encountered was not a wild beast, but Carl and the others who were buried before!"


    "Um………"


    "At this time, everyone didn''t dare to go to the mine, so they sent people to find the lord. Later, the lord did send people to search the mine, but found nothing. After hearing about Carl and the others, the adults led the team thought there was something strange, so they went to the cemetery to dig up their graves, and then everyone discovered..."


    Recalling the scene at that time, Lao Bente couldn''t help swallowing.


    "Karl and his body are missing! And there is a hole under each coffin. It is obvious that they dug an authentic tunnel through this hole and escaped!"


    "Under the coffin?"


    Hearing this, Duanmu Huai''s eyes flashed.


    "Are you sure it''s below? Not above?"


    “It’s below, I’m pretty sure.”


    Lao Ben nodded vigorously.


    "At that time, everyone was frightened. Some people thought that Carl and the others had turned into ghouls, so at the beginning, the soldiers patroled. Later, the soldiers went back without getting any results. We formed a patrol team to patrol, but the result..."


    Speaking of this, Old Ben rolled up his sleeves and saw a long scar on his arm.


    "You were attacked?"


    "Yes, they suddenly rushed out of the fog. We didn''t know what happened at all, so several people were dragged away. I reacted almost to hide, otherwise I would probably be one of the people who were dragged away. But after that, everyone didn''t dare to go out again, so they had to ask the Lord to send someone again. The leader of the team this time was also the guards next to the Lord, but... he was killed."


    "Are you killed? Are you sure? Isn''t the cause of death as unknown as before?"


    “I just heard of it.”


    Old Ben shook his head.


    "I heard from the guards in charge of the guards at that time that it seemed that the adult had his throat cut in his sleep and put the dagger next to him..."


    "I see."


    Hearing this, Duanmu Huai nodded. He had thought Lord Frederick was a little vague before. Now it looks like it''s obviously more like warnings and demonstrations.


    Otherwise, I wouldn’t have placed the murder weapon on the scene, right?


    “That’s how things happened.”


    At this time, Old Bente also finished talking about what he knew. Duanmu Huai thought for a moment, then nodded.


    "Okay, then let''s go next."


    “Where are you going?”


    "Is this a question?"


    Faced with Gureya''s inquiry, Duanmu Huai rolled her eyes.


    "Of course I went to the cemetery."


    "…………Why??!!"


    (This chapter ends)