The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 2074 If it's not human, then... it must be a zombie?

Apart from Bigwolf, just like at the beginning, almost everyone in the room was busy with their own things—drinking, bragging, plotting, watching the fun, gambling—and no one cared who came in.

Thousands of people come and go here every day, including Han Chinese, Tibetans, Qiang people, Tanguts, Uyghurs, and even Khitans and Persians. Everyone is used to it!

Bigwolf was overwhelmed with excitement!
He suddenly stood up, his eyes flashing, staring intently at the blond man who looked almost exactly like him!

His younger brother instantly noticed a tall figure standing up in the corner, and instinctively looked over, then froze!
He didn't react for a long time, then the other person suddenly shouted, "Boro!"

The man immediately shouted excitedly, "Polole!" and ran over!
The two tall, blond men immediately embraced!
Someone glanced at them and immediately recognized the excitement of the two brothers' long-awaited reunion. However, they quickly returned their attention to the gambling table. What's the point of brothers glaring at each other after a reunion?
Pang Shiwu whispered, "I thought his brother's name was Boruole. So Boruole means brother!"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Well done, Fifteen, you've learned another foreign language."

Pang Shiwu said self-deprecatingly, "Stop making fun of me, brother."

Bigwolf's eyes actually welled up with tears!

The contrast between the towering man and the tears was so stark that it was almost unbearable to watch!

The two brothers patted each other on the back, then separated. Bigwolf said, "Come sit here!"

The two sat down, and Bigwolf pointed to Feng Jiuxiao and said in their native language, "Let me introduce you, this is my friend, Feng Jiuxiao!"

His brother immediately extended his right hand and said, "Hello!"

Feng Jiuxiao immediately reached out and shook his hand, mimicking his tone: "Hello!"

"This is Pang Shiwu!"

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

Bigwolf pointed to his brother and said, "This is my brother, Peterwolf!"

Pang Shiwu said, "Your name is Bigwolf, and his name is Peterwolf. So your surnames are at the end?"

Bigwolf laughed and said, "Yes!"

Pang Shiwu slapped his thigh and said, "Then I should call you Brother Big instead of Brother Wolf all the time!"

Big Wolf laughed and said, "Calling him Brother Wolf is perfectly fine, just like you call him Brother Feng!"

Pang Shiwu said, "But that's not what I meant. I thought Brother Wolf meant the same thing as Brother Jiuxiao. Now I can't call you Brother Wolf anymore. You two are both Brother Wolf. If I call you Brother Wolf, you two have to answer, right?"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Then call him Big Brother Big!"

Bigwof laughed, "Actually, it doesn't matter what you call me, I know you're calling me!" Then he remembered and pointed at the Persian, saying, "I forgot to ask, what's your name?"

The Persian said, "My name is Rustam, which means 'the power of the thunder god.'"

Feng Jiuxiao's eyes flashed: "The power of the Thunder God? The indestructible power of lightning?"

Rustam said, "Yes!"

Bigwolf said, "Brother, he said he's seen you."

Pete said, "I think I've seen him before."

Big asked, "Aren't there three of you?"

Pete suddenly looked grief-stricken, "They're dead!"

Biggs was startled: "What happened? How did you suddenly get here?"

Pete said, "It's a long story."

Watching the two chatter away for ages without understanding a word, Pang Shiwu simply started eating and drinking heartily!

Feng Jiuxiao could tell from Big's expression that something big must have happened, otherwise Big's expression wouldn't have changed so drastically!
After a long while, Bigwolf suddenly stopped moving, like a stone statue, but tears streamed down his face!

Knowing he was having an internal struggle, Feng Jiuxiao didn't want to disturb him, so she started chatting with Rustam, the Persian, "What other common Persian names are there? I'm particularly interested!"

Rustam laughed and said, "Then I'll talk about some famous figures in our Persian history, so that it's more representative. Shapur is the name of a Sasanian emperor, and its literal meaning is 'son of the king'!"

"As the ruler of a country, the name he uses is one that no one else is allowed to use?"

"His grandson can use it, but other commoners and even his son can no longer use it!"

"Oh? His grandson can share his name? We Han people are much stricter on this point. Not to mention sons, even grandsons and great-grandsons are not allowed to use their fathers' names."

"You Han people are so particular."

Who else are famous?

"And then there's Ferdowsi, a famous scholar whose name literally means 'messenger of heaven.'"

"Hmm, interesting, please continue!"

"And there's Bahram, the name of the Persian god of war, which means 'destroyer of darkness'!"

"Hmm, that's a powerful name!"

"And then there's Kavi, the famous blacksmith hero, meaning 'the one who forges the stars'!"

"Hey! This one's even more imposing!"

“Zaril, he is the commander-in-chief of the army, with blond hair, and his name means the golden glow of the rising sun!”

"The blond general? Interesting!"

“Mani, he was a famous prophet, whose name literally means Spirit of Light!”

"What? Mani?" Feng Jiuxiao's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said meaningfully, "The Spirit of Light, the Prophet, hehe, without him, there would be no Demon City, and there would be no devastation and rivers of blood!"

"And there's Ardashir, the founding king, whose name means 'Guardian of the Holy Fire'!"

"Ah."

"Hosru, the King of the Ages, meaning the Immortal Throne. And Balzu, the legendary ranger, whose name literally means 'Son of the Eagle'!"

"Hmm, that's about it. Are these all men's names?"

"Yeah, you didn't say the woman's name either."

"Now I'll tell you, what are the names of Persian women?"

"Plandochette, Empress's name, meaning 'noble jewel'; Shirin, the most favored concubine, meaning 'honey rose'; Zari, silk merchant's name, meaning 'golden thread'; Pali, celestial fairy's name, meaning 'feathered robe and starry eyes'; Gurroch, court painter's name, meaning 'rose cheek'; Atossa, Iron Queen's name, meaning 'Mother of the Empire'; Parwin, astrologer's name, meaning 'Pleiades'; Yutab, female general's name, meaning 'lone moon's blade'; Susan, gardening master's name, meaning 'lily's elegance'; Mahdi, rebellious poet's name, meaning 'moonlight brocade'."

At that moment, Bigwolf suddenly said, "Where is his head?"

Pete was taken aback, not understanding. In his fury, Bigwolf instinctively spoke in Chinese!

Bigwolf asked again in their native language!
Pete replied.

Bigwolf said to Feng Jiuxiao, "Young Master, you don't need to come to Europe with me!"

Feng Jiuxiao was taken aback: "Why? Could it be...?" He looked at Peter Wolf, "He has already avenged you?"

Bigwolf was surprised: "How did you know?" "I guessed! And I guessed right?"

"Yes!"

"What exactly happened? Is it convenient to tell us now?"

"Of course!"

The two brothers sat down again.

Big Wolf said, "My brother went through countless hardships, and with the help of zombie hunters, he infiltrated the Hausen Manor, found the secret room where he was hiding, and at the cost of twenty lives, he cut off Hausen's head!"

Although the numerous dangers involved weren't explicitly stated, Feng Jiuxiao could imagine them! Count Hausen was an undead zombie with the magic to control the Night Messengers! The so-called Night Messengers were creatures that preferred to walk at night, such as bats and wolves!

In a sense, the zombie count's ability to control bats and the Demon Eye Raven King's ability to control thousands of demonic crows are quite similar!

He controlled the wolves as the Dragon-Taming Saintess controlled the magical beasts;

He also has the ability to become invisible in the darkness, which should be somewhat similar to the "Eternal Calamity Divine Skill" of Yang Changlu, the fourth adopted son of the Demon Lord, which allows him to transform into a wisp of black smoke and change his appearance!
His movements were incredibly fast, even faster than the wolves, but I believed that no matter how fast he was, he couldn't escape my Heaven-Shaking Bow!
Even if he's full of evil power, I have an innate lightning seed, I don't believe I can't destroy him!

"I heard that Hausen was invulnerable to swords and spears. How did your brother cut off his head?"

"We have to thank those witchers for their help!"

"Witcher?"

"That's right! Western demon hunters! They're a group of people with special abilities. They've formed a demon-hunting alliance to hunt all sorts of monsters! Actually—our wolf clan is also one of their targets!"

"Then why did they help you instead?"

"This is because the Hausen family is insatiable and greedy. They've extended their reach into other people's spheres of influence, and we are the best allies for those forces! Everything—is inseparable from interests!"

"What methods do witchers use to deal with zombies?"

"First of all, they have the three holy relics: holy water, a cross, and garlic!"

"garlic?"

"Yes, it's the garlic we eat! If you don't have garlic, you can use verbena. In Eastern Europe, witchers stuff nine cloves of garlic directly into the corpse pit, because nine is the number of judgment; in the Balkans, witchers wear garlic braids around their necks, so that zombies won't dare to come within three steps!"

"Then what about the cross? How can it ward off evil spirits?"

"This is just like the magical artifacts that your enlightened monks in the Central Plains have blessed, which have acquired magical power! In fact, the cross was invented by the Persian Empire and spread to Rome via Carthage! Originally, it was a torture device!"

"Instruments of torture?"

“You Central Plains people like to tie people to stakes, but we Westerners usually tie people to crosses with their arms outstretched,” Bigwolf stood up and gestured, his arms outstretched. “My arms are tied to the horizontal axis and my body to the vertical axis.”

Feng Jiuxiao said, "I understand. You guys really have a sense of ritual."

Bigwolf said, "Now the cross has transformed from an instrument of torture into a symbol of redemption, and eventually into a sacred object that subdues evil!"

Pang Shiwu said, "One horizontal and one vertical stick, and you've got a sacred artifact?"

Bigwolf said, "A thousand years ago, the cross was used specifically to execute slaves and rebels. The condemned were hung naked and left to be eaten by crows. It is said that during the Jewish War, Rome crucified an average of five hundred people a day!"

Pang Shiwu thought to himself: Only five hundred people, five thousand in ten days. Compared to the tens of thousands who die in a single day during the Central Plains War, this is nothing! But he didn't say it aloud, because if he did, it would definitely spoil the mood!
Bigwolf said, "Three hundred years after Jesus was crucified, the cross gradually became a glorious emblem on the imperial flag! But what truly gave the cross the power to ward off evil was perhaps not so-called holy power, but the light of hope that ignited in the eyes of millions of believers when they gazed at it—the power of collective human faith is always more powerful than any magic!"

At that moment, when Feng Jiuxiao looked at Bigwolf, he not only felt that there was light in Bigwolf's eyes, but his whole body was radiating a holy glow!

The scope is fully expanded?

Feng Jiuxiao asked, "What about the holy water?"

"So-called holy water is, of course, water that is related to God! The water source is different, and its properties are slightly different. For example, the morning dew of Easter carries the glory of Christ's resurrection; the water of the Jordan River carries the sanctification of Jesus' baptism! After taking the water, there is a sanctification process, which is divided into four steps. The first is the purification ritual, in which the priest holds the amethyst wand and stirs the water nine times (counterclockwise) while reciting: 'O waters of the abyss, in the name of the Holy Trinity you are purified into blades!'"

"Step Two: Exorcism! Blow air three times onto the water (symbolizing the Holy Spirit), and throw a salt cross: the salt must be made from the tears of women who have not had abortions."

"The third step: Consecration! The Lord teaches and admonishes: Creator, with the precious blood of your Son, bathe this water, transforming it into a mighty torrent that conquers hell!"

"Step Four: Seal the Energy! Fill the water into a double-eared earthenware jar, seal it with wax and engrave special symbols, then store it in the cellar!"

"Splashing holy water on a zombie will cause its wounds to boil and corrode like sulfuric acid!"

"If holy water is poured into a zombie's throat, the zombie's intracranial pressure will increase dramatically, causing its skull to crack!"

Feng Jiuxiao nodded: "It's very powerful!"

"However, these powers are limited by both location and time. Inside a church, they can last for three days, but their power will weaken rapidly as the number of believers decreases; in a cemetery, they can only last for two hours; and on a battlefield, if disturbed by demonic resentment, they can only last for a quarter of an hour!"

At this point, the Persian Rustam said, "Article Thirteen of the Exorcism Charter strictly stipulates: Anyone who profits from holy water will have it turned into ordinary water; anyone who sprinkles it with hatred will instead attract evil spirits to possess them!"

Bigwolf was taken aback: "You knew about this too?"

Rustam laughed and said, "I've been to your Europe!"

Big Wolf, Pang Shiwu, and Feng Jiuxiao all showed admiration at the same time, nodding and giving a thumbs up: "Amazing!"

Pete was completely baffled by the three men's actions! He had no idea that their teamwork was so seamless that even their silly antics were perfectly synchronized!

Rustam chuckled, "Actually, I can guess that you actually sneaked into the manor during the day. Those zombies don't dare to come out during the day; they just hide in the coffins in the castle's basement, right?"

Bigwolf nodded and said, "That's right, my brother and the others did go in during the day!"

Feng Jiuxiao asked, "Don't they have any henchmen guarding them during the day?"

Big Wolf said, "Of course there were, but this time the Witcher team was large and well-prepared, and they also invited Heinrich Kremer, which is why they were so successful!"

Who is Heinrich Kremer?

"He is known as the father of witch hunts and exorcisms. He wrote 'The Witch's Hammer.' His exorcism weapons include the Thorn Holy Belt and the Silver Tongue Branding Iron. He handled 368 exorcism cases without a single failure!"

"Great!"

"They fought their way to the castle's underground chambers, surrounding Hausen's coffin. A large group of men aimed crossbows dipped in holy water at the coffin, while one man prepared a mallet and wooden stakes. As soon as the coffin lid was opened, crosses, holy water, and garlic were thrown at Hausen. Before Hausen could rush out of the coffin, wooden stakes were already driven into his heart! And then—Pete chopped off his head!"

His face suddenly turned ashen. "In that battle, our wolf clan lost more than half of its young talents. There are less than ten members under the age of eighteen left! And—they are being hunted down by the Howson family!"

He looked at Pete, "They were originally traveling as a trio, but the other two have been killed, and now he's the only one left!"

Pang Shiwu frowned and said, "So, the Hausen family chased us all the way here?"

Bigwolf's eyes flashed: "Excellent! They'll track us here by scent very soon!"

Feng Jiuxiao asked, "How many of them are there?"

Bigwolf said, "Pete said there were about a dozen people."

"Are they people?"

"It's definitely not human!"

If it's not human, then... it must be a zombie!

A burning passion shone in Feng Jiuxiao's eyes!

He had never encountered Western zombies before, so this was a good opportunity to test their mettle!
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