Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1475 1447. Attacker

Although the castle town of Iwamura Castle is not big, it at least exists.

The resting places for farmers who grow crops outside, small vendors, and caravans who transport supplies to sell and resell are all in this circle.

The caravan that was resting in Jusanzakura Village was the local caravan of Iwamura Castle, so the man who hanged himself had a house in the castle town.

Lan En's tall stature and the armor that was obviously not of ordinary quality attracted many people's attention in the busy castle town.

People were watching but no one dared to step forward.

Fortunately, the house of the man who hanged himself was at the edge of this residential area, just a few steps away.

A one-room wooden thatched hut, similar to the one where the man was resting in Shisanzakura Village.

As soon as he approached, the demon hunter's nose twitched slightly, and then his brows immediately frowned!

"Oh!"

He quickened his pace and didn't kick the door directly, but the sound of suddenly opening the door was still a loud muffled sound.

A layer of dust accumulated on the wooden walls was shaken off.

But what happens after the door is opened?
The wooden house was dim, the oil lamp in the corner had burned out, and the air was filled with only the smell of cheap and turbid burning soybean oil.

An old woman in peasant clothes was hanging from the beam of the wooden house.

I don't know if it was because of the vibration when Lan En pushed open the door, or some more supernatural reason.

Her body was still swaying steadily and unhurriedly.

"Shua~shua~"

Her belt hung loosely on the ground, and as her body swayed, it was dragged back and forth on the ground, making a sound of friction between the fabric and the ground.

"Meow?!"

At this time, the fluff ball also rushed between the legs of Lan En who was holding the door, and shouted in surprise at the hanged old woman.

It’s not like the fluff ball hasn’t seen dead people before.

But what it saw were always people dying in battles with enemies or monsters. It had never seen anyone ending their own lives, either in the new world where it grew up or in its subsequent journeys.

In addition, the old woman's expression when she died was too weird.

If a normal person hangs himself, it would be okay if he looks like a hanged ghost with his tongue sticking out.

Neither Lan nor Flannel Ball would be too surprised to see this, after all, they were all experienced warriors.

But this old woman’s eyes were wide open, and her expression was not even one of pain at death, but rather one of resentment and hatred, as she was looking at something in front of her.

Under the messy dry hair, on the face that was strangled to black and purple, only the eyes were pale and shining!

The wooden house was dark and silent, as if it was isolated from the castle town outside in broad daylight.

The noise and sunshine outside have nothing to do with the house.

This old woman should be the mother of the man who hanged himself in Jusan Sakura Village.

Lan En walked slowly into the house in this silent and dim atmosphere.

He looked straight into the old woman's eyes, those eyes full of resentment and hatred.

He could see in the facial contours the resemblance between the old woman and the hanged man.

Apart from the chilling expression on the old woman's face, her appearance should be kind and benevolent.

The fluff ball followed Lan into the silent cabin.

Only the belt dragging on the ground still made a steady and slow mopping sound.

This is not normal.

Generally, when a person hangs himself, the rope will shake only when he kicks off the footrests at the beginning.

The amplitude of subsequent shaking will become smaller until it disappears and becomes a monotonously hanging corpse.

But the old woman in front of him was already dead. In fact, according to Lan En's observation, the stiffness of her body indicated that she had died at night.

She committed suicide by hanging herself on the same night as her son, in the same way.

But until Lan En came in, the corpse was still shaking and the belt was still dragging on the ground.

Lan En calmly observed the corpse that was like a pendulum. He looked down at the old woman's belt.

This swinging and friction reminded him of the scene when he broke into the man's house in Jusanzakura Village last night when he was helping the hanged man.

The damask strip that retreats from the light into the shadow, and the feeling of retreating
Isn’t it very similar to the current situation?

The brocade strips were the loose belts of the kimono, dragging left and right as the hanged person's body swayed.

[Residue] seems to make the person affected choose a way of death that is close to the way it was when [Residue] was created.

Thinking of this, Lan En's gaze shifted from the belt on the ground to the old woman's resentful face, and he shook his head silently.

Maybe it can't be called a 'choice'.

When ordinary people face [filth], how can they have a choice? Wouldn't it be natural for their brains to be affected by being frightened in a supernatural way? Lan En sighed and wanted to take the old woman's body down from the rope.

Perhaps this family is already extinct?
With such emotion in his heart, Lan En reached out his hand. But at this moment.
"Stab!"

A wooden door was torn apart so quickly that the sound of wood being torn apart was almost like the sound of cloth!

Some kind of neat and powerful weapon, with superb skills, came towards Lan En's waist!

"The monster killed people! It even spared the corpses!"

It was a female voice.

But it was obvious that this woman was very experienced, and her shouting did not interfere with what she was doing at all!
Her movements were so incredibly fast and powerful that the fluffy ball, which didn't react in time, could only see a black shadow passing over its head!

But the fluff ball didn't react, simply because it had grown up in a new world where people lived in a benign struggle with nature, and had never seen anyone hang themselves.

After all, in the new world where life is so vibrant, no matter how big the problem is, it is normal to eat and drink to your heart's content, then regroup and find a way out.

Even if you are in despair, you should challenge the enemy who gave you despair with the highest attitude, and then die with dignity and no regrets.

So from the beginning, the kitten was a little confused and sad, standing in a corner of the room with its little paws tucked in, watching the swaying corpse.

The body of the hanged old woman may have shocked Felyne more than a battle.

But the fluff ball didn't react, but Lan En would!
The hand he had stretched out towards the hanged body suddenly turned and hung down, directly blocking his waist on the side far away from the attacker!
This action is so unusual that it makes no sense.

Logically speaking, even if one was using the arm armor to block an attack, it should be placed in front of the attacker, bearing the brunt of the attack. How could it be placed behind him to block the attack?

But Lan En is not the kind of person who would be thrown into disarray by a sudden attack.

He made an unreasonable response only because his opponent was equally unreasonable!

The weapon that was heavy yet swift and sharp, almost turning into a black shadow, was actually a giant sickle!

"Zi!!!"

There was a sharp friction sound that hurt the eardrums, accompanied by a sudden flash of intense sparks!
The sickle weapon, with its crescent-shaped blade, is a special weapon that can be swung in front of you but can hit you in the back!
As early as in the battle with Yharnam's [First Hunter] Geman, Lan En had already experienced the attack mode of this weapon.

So he made a prompt decision. After using his extraordinary observation skills to catch a glimpse of the shape of his opponent's weapon, he immediately and smoothly used the method of restraint!
The crescent-shaped arc blade cuts in from the outside.

The force that should have been used to cut suddenly happened to hit a strong arm and a thick suit of armor in the path!

After the sharp friction sound, there was not even a trace left on Smaug's arm armor.

This type of armor has very poor compatibility with cutting damage.

On the contrary, the blade of the huge sickle of the newcomer emitted a small "crackling" sound as thin steel was shattered under the wrestling force.

The sound of the thin steel blade being forcibly suppressed and deformed was so rapid that it was compressed into a moment, but Lan En's hand did not stop.

A series of collision sounds and more intense sparks burst out from between the outside of Smaug's arm armor and the blade of the giant sickle!
That was Lan En turning his wrist, trying to use the layered armor structure on his arm armor to lock the sickle blade and restrict the movement of the weapon.

This judgment, made subconsciously in a split second, was indeed effective.

The scythe blade that was swinging so fast that it turned into a black shadow was directly stopped by Lan En!
The attacker holding the sickle looked up in surprise.

It was only at this time that Lan En turned around and saw the man's appearance clearly.

The first thing that caught my eye was a vermilion mask of an evil spirit, and underneath the mask was a woman's face.

She was looking at Lan with a determined and resentful look.

His hair was short, a bit like a bob, and his body was slender, which was in stark contrast to the huge thing in his hand.

A set of armor that seems to be made of biological materials.

It was not as thick as battlefield armor, but more convenient, and on his shoulders was a fur vest made of something unknown.

The fluffy fur waistcoat made her look much more imposing.

The design concept of this armor is very similar to the demon hunter's school equipment.

It doesn't look like it's designed to deal with infighting among the same kind.

But Lan En cares more about other things!

"Wow~"

At a level that ordinary people cannot hear or see, a light sound of flowing light, accompanied by a dreamy glow, emerged and condensed from this man's shoulders!
Possessed spirit?!
Lan En, who had just seen similar things on Qilin and the fluff ball, recognized it at first sight!

Will this thing show up to help during combat?
Lan En, who still couldn't understand the possessed spirit, naturally took a closer look.

And that's when.

"Sir, watch your hands!"

The reminder from Mentos and the strange feeling in Lan's hand that he himself felt came to his mind almost at the same time.

He suddenly felt that his arm armor could no longer lock onto the sickle blade!

A "click" sound came from the root of the sickle blade, a sound that Lan En felt familiar with.

——The sound of the mechanical structure starting!

(End of this chapter)