The red moon returns

Chapter 392 Something happened again (I forgot to write it, two chapters combined into one)

The military camp of Novlan City is located in the northern part of the city near the north gate, and can be reached in more than ten minutes' walk across the drying yard.

Compared to yesterday when they entered the city, the atmosphere in the drying yard was more tense today. Many farmers gathered in the drying yard and shouted loudly. There were also some more eye-catching people on the roadside, whose clothes were more similar to those of Lynch and his friends. They should be the travelers who were stranded in the city as Dr. Swen mentioned. These travelers also looked irritated, but they did not discuss with the farmers. Instead, they gathered together and whispered to each other.

"The ghoul is outside the door. The end is coming. We don't need to struggle. Life and death are already determined. The Lord says..."

The crazy old man's voice came as expected, but no one stopped around. He was the only one standing alone on the pile of grain, dancing and shouting at the top of his lungs.

Lin Qi shook his head, retracted his gaze, and followed Dr. Swen closely, all the way to a stone fortress inside the north gate, which gave people a very solid visual feeling. There were also several leather-armored soldiers standing guard at the door. When they saw Dr. Swen coming, they immediately saluted respectfully, asked a few simple questions to the four people accompanying him, and then let everyone into the fortress.

In a barracks, the body was placed on a table and several soldiers were guarding nearby.

A man wearing metal ring mail, said to be one of the city lord's knights, was whispering to Dr. Swain about what happened. At Lynch's instruction, Judy listened carefully to the conversation between the two while being in a daze, so as to verify it later.

Lynch and the two ladies observed the body on the table from a distance.

All the way, Lin Qi kept thinking, how weird can a corpse be? Can it be weirder than the deaths I encountered when I just woke up?

I come from the Fifth Age, is there anything weird that I haven't seen?
When Lynch and his four companions entered the military camp and saw the soldier Kemit with their own eyes, Lynch had to doubt one thing.

Do people of this era have any misunderstandings about the word weird?
In the eyes of the four people, it was just an ordinary corpse. At most, the corpse was not wearing any clothes and had a few more wounds on the surface of the body.

Um, or a big one?

"Eight old wounds, and there are probably more on his back. These should be from the attack yesterday. Fourteen, no, fifteen old abrasions and bruises. Hmm...it seems that his companions threw him off his horse on the way back yesterday, and more than once. May God forgive him, oh, forgive them."

Although it was inconvenient for outsiders to run over and touch the corpse, at least they could observe it from the front. Miss Diana explained in a low voice with a professional look beside Lynch and Natalie.

"He was actually killed by a fall, it's tragic just thinking about it." Lin Qi's mouth twitched, "But, there are only eight wounds from the attack? What about the rest?"

"New." The Countess had a doubtful look on her face, as if she was a little unsure, but she still judged, "It will not appear for more than three hours at most."

"Hmm?" Officer Natalie raised her eyebrows. "Two sword wounds on the stomach, a puncture wound and two cut wounds on the neck, and a puncture wound on the chest?"

Miss Diana added seriously, "There are also a dozen cuts on the limbs and those wounds on the torso."

"Is this a farewell etiquette unique to this era?" Lynch was surprised, "Or is it a custom unique to this city, just like the custom of chopping up the deceased and feeding them to animals in a few areas in the mythological era. Or do the soldiers here have a deep hatred against him?"

Natalie glared at him, but Miss Diana replied seriously, "I think not."

"Then there is only one explanation." Lynch's lips were a little dry. "He suddenly went berserk before he died. The new wounds on his body were the cause of his death. The surrounding soldiers fought with him for a long time, leaving dozens of fatal wounds before he fell. This is more powerful than my death denial."

"That's pretty much what you guessed."

As the three of them were mumbling, Doctor Sven finished talking to the knight and walked over. Although he didn't understand the last few terms, he understood most of the previous ones and took the initiative to explain:
"They said that he suddenly had a high fever and convulsions last night, and the other soldiers thought it was a normal reaction and didn't pay attention to it. When the silver moon rose to the middle of the night (2 to 3 a.m.), he suddenly woke up. The two soldiers who were guarding him went forward to check and found that his eyes were red, drooling, and he kept growling. Before the soldiers could react, he suddenly jumped up and bit off the throat of a soldier, and then bit another soldier. He chased him all the way here before being stopped by other soldiers. At first, the soldiers wanted to control him, but his strength became extremely great, and it was as if he didn't feel pain. He couldn't be knocked down at all, and even fatal attacks were ineffective. He bit several soldiers in succession before he was completely killed. Hmm? What happened to you?"

"nothing."

In fact, the expressions of the four people were a little stiff, because Dr. Swen's description made them feel extremely familiar.

The victim's reaction was too similar to what was happening in the mortal world at this moment. He was extremely aggressive, biting and scratching all living things, without feeling tired or painful, and could continue to move even if he was fatally injured.

Why did what happened in the outside world also appear inside?

Or is it that the hidden plot of the incident back then, the so-called transformation ritual of the ghouls, is actually this disease?

Lynch took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He realized that it was very likely that they were all related to the ghouls and were the power of Mordiggian. It was not strange that they were exactly the same.

"It's just that in the past two years, similar phenomena have occurred in our hometown. Ms. Diana has also had close contact with it and has a certain understanding of it."

"Really?" Doctor Sven called the knight over and explained a few things before saying, "Normally, this phenomenon wouldn't occur if someone was killed by a ghoul. I've never seen it before. Fortunately, you've come into contact with it. Do you know the specific reason?"

"I'm not sure, but it should be related to the evil god behind the ghouls."

Diana explained vaguely and signaled to Lynch with her eyes that he should decide how to deal with it.

Lynch lowered his head slightly to hide his flickering eyes. After quickly reviewing his experiences since yesterday, he made a secret decision.

At least one person must be relatively trustworthy, otherwise with only four days left, it would be difficult to find the troublemaker and kill him in an unfamiliar place. As the only person with a clear ending, Dr. Swen now seems to be the most trustworthy.

But if I guessed wrong, and she was actually the one causing trouble, then it would really be like the saying in my hometown that you are trying to get the skin of a tiger.

But it's okay. Sometimes alerting the enemy is also a tactic. Gritting his teeth, Lynch called Dr. Swain aside. The five of them gathered together and asked Judy to translate it word for word. Then he opened fire and said vividly:

“I think I know the specific reason.”

"I was pretending not to know about ghouls before. In fact, I know ghouls very well, but I don't know you, so I don't want to expose it easily. But since something like this has happened here, and you hold a high position in their hearts, then I won't hide it from you."

"This incident is most likely man-made. There is one or a group of cultists who worship evil gods and are trying to turn humans into ghouls. And their target is probably not just Kemet, but everyone in the city. I'm only telling you this now, doctor. Don't tell anyone else. You can't trust anyone else."

Doctor Swen's face became tense. "What should we do now? Should we ask the city lord to ask for help from the capital?"

"It's too late. It's already very late at this stage. I estimate that his goal will be achieved in three to four days at most. It's too late to ask for help. And what if the city lord is the murderer?" Lynch lowered his voice, "We can only rely on our own strength to find them and destroy them in these few days..." As Lynch was speaking, a scream suddenly came from the depths of the fortress.

Something happened again.

The armed knight's face changed, and he immediately shouted and rushed out of the barracks with a few uninjured soldiers.

"I gonna go see."

Doctor Sven was calmer than the knight. She motioned to the injured soldiers to wait for her to come back for treatment and then turned around and followed. The four of them looked at each other and nodded, then followed with empty hands.

"We can take care of each other if we act together. We dare to come out to trade, so we are not without fighting power."

Lynch winked at Judy as he spoke. Judy still looked dazed, but as soon as she raised her hand, a flame rose from her fingertips.

This girl is not like Miss Diana, who has only learned a few secret techniques. She is a true mystic and cultist, and her level is no worse than Dr. Swen.

Doctor Sven immediately showed a look of joy and stopped trying to stop them. The five people followed the armed knights out of the barracks. Before they had run far, the sounds of chaos deep in the fortress were getting louder and louder. Several people shouted in unison, and there was even the sound of metal colliding.

Then, several panicked soldiers were seen running towards them, escorting a bloody wounded man.

The armed knight shouted loudly, roared at the approaching soldiers for a while, then looked at Dr. Sven, but the doctor just waved his hand, said a few words casually, and let the men pass.

Thanks to Judy's translation, they understood that there was a man named Mag in front who suddenly went crazy and was chasing and biting people, just like Kemit before, and they couldn't stop him. The doctor saw that the injured were not fatally injured, so he asked a few people to go to the barracks and wait. She followed the armed knight to deal with the scene first and then go for treatment.

Let the wounded pass. The armed knights and several soldiers had already drawn their swords and quickened their pace with grim faces. Lynch noticed that Dr. Swen was also quite shocked, so he quietly asked, "Is there something wrong with Mag?"

The female doctor looked solemn and whispered, "He is the one whose neck was bitten off by Kemit just now."

"what?"

"Yes, Mag was bitten to death by Kemet just a few hours ago, but he stood up again and became as crazy as Kemet."

For a moment, Lynch's mind was in a mess. He was too familiar with this plot. But before he had time to think about it, the group had passed through the dark and windowless fortress and arrived at an open-air training ground in the middle of the fortress.

There were five or six soldiers on the training ground at this time, surrounding a burly man. That man looked too much like the lunatics the four had seen in Rhine City. His expressions and movements were almost exactly the same, except that he was even crazier. Several fully armed soldiers could not control the situation.

“#￥@#￥”

The armed knight roared and raised his one-handed sword. Several soldiers immediately made way for the crazy Mag, but just as the armed knight was about to rush towards him, Lynch suddenly grabbed him and then shouted, "Tell him not to get close to him, and don't get hurt."

"Then I'll do it."

Leaving Judy to translate slowly, the female doctor stepped forward, raised her right hand towards the madman, chanted a few meaningless syllables, and clenched her fist. Then a huge fist formed by dazzling light fell from the sky and hit the madman heavily, making a small hole in the ground with him.

[Secret: Fist of Yog-Sothoth]

Amid the exclamations of the surrounding soldiers, dust flew up in the small pit for a moment, but the next moment, a figure broke through the dust and rushed towards Dr. Sven.

This punch should have broken at least seventeen or eighteen bones, but the madman still moved so quickly that the armed knight next to him didn't react. Dr. Swen was even more stunned for a moment, watching the irony rushing towards her.

Then she saw that the tall lady who had been silent until then, instantly rushed to her side and stamped her foot on the ground.

【Power, protection, ability, resistance】

The madman who rushed over was only one step away from the two of them, but he was hit by an exploding halo first, just like being hit by the front of a high-speed steam locomotive. He was bounced back several meters and fell heavily to the ground.

At this time Lynch secretly poked the dazed Judy, and Judy immediately raised her hand and aimed at the madman who had just landed.

[Mystic, Embrace of Cthugha]

Whoosh! A cone-shaped column of fire instantly swept across the front. The soldiers along the way screamed and slapped the flames on their bodies. As a target, the madman had just landed and had no way to avoid being swallowed by the flames. He howled and twisted in the fire, but was still full of energy and tried to struggle to get up.

Judy's eyes turned fierce, her lips moved, and the flames coming out of her palms immediately turned from orange to white-hot. Everyone felt a heat wave coming towards them and had to step back one after another. The madman in the fire only had time to let out a howl before he was burned to a charred ball on the spot.

Even the ground was baked and turned a little red.

It was only a few seconds of fighting, but it was extremely thrilling for the soldiers present. They were unable to react for a moment and could only look at Lin Qi and his four companions with admiration. The armed knight was even more shocked, and then he showed a look of joy, and his attitude towards the four people became obviously respectful.

"Great! You are all mystics." Dr. Swen smiled apologetically at Officer Natalie. "I thought you were a stone."

If you say that again, she'll beat you up. Lynch was thinking, and Dr. Swen had already turned to him: "What did you mean just now? Why didn't you let me get close?"

The other three ladies also looked puzzled, only Lynch had a gloomy face. He was too familiar with this plot, he had seen it countless times before: "I suspect that this person came back to life and went crazy because he was infected after being bitten by Kemit. I also suspect that all the people who were bitten may be infected."

Under Dr. Swain's translation, everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. It was hard to believe such an incredible statement for a while.

"That's impossible. I've never heard of such a thing." Dr. Swen said in a dry voice, "Could it be that you are worrying too much? Is this an accident?"

However, some people did not doubt Lynch's judgment at all. Miss Diana suddenly remembered something, her face changed and she said, "If it is true, then the injured in the barracks just now, and the one who was just sent over, they are not..."

(End of this chapter)