The red moon returns

Chapter 403 Shock
There are two kinds of ghouls: crazy ghouls who have no reason, and ordinary ghouls who have reason.

Those that Lynch had dealt with in the human world before, including the mountain elder Nicolai, were all ordinary ghouls, while the ones that had recovered from petrification in the ancient city of Zul'Grasal were all crazy ghouls.

Ordinary rational ghouls have both human and ghoul forms, and they prefer to maintain their human form, only transforming into ghoul form when fighting.

So Lynch was shocked when he saw two zombies in the distance. These two guys were still in zombie form.

It is over two meters tall, with long claws on its fingers and toes, a wolf-like protrusion in its mouth, and sharp teeth that gleam like a shark.

The standard ghoul form made Lynch think that they were about to attack. But he soon found that the two of them were motionless and did not seem to have any intention of attacking. They were simply maintaining the appearance of ghouls.

Do they eat fried cakes?
This was the only thought in Lynch's mind.

It's like Ultraman transforms not to fight the little monsters, but simply to maintain this form. Have you ever considered how the little monsters feel?

Although he was complaining madly in his heart, Lynch did not act rashly. He just peeked at the two zombies from a distance. The other party seemed to be talking. They had obviously seen the four people, but they had no intention of pouncing on them and biting them. They ignored them completely. The two zombies howled as if they were quarreling. After a while of quarreling, they seemed to have reached a consensus and suddenly rushed into the depths of the woods. After a few jumps, they disappeared from everyone's sight.

What's going on? Why do the ghouls from the Third Age look like psychos?
Lynch felt puzzled and turned his inquiring gaze to Miss Diana.

This girl's family has been dealing with the mountain people for thousands of years. Perhaps they understand their situation?
However, looking at Diana's expression, she was even more confused than him: "I've never heard that ghouls like to maintain the beast form. Elder Nicolae said that this is a psychological problem. Maintaining the beast form for a long time will quickly cause the sanity to fade. The longer the beast form, the weaker the sanity. Therefore, no ghoul will do this, because those who do so have already become crazy ghouls."

"That's strange. Are those two ghouls idle? And they're deliberately wandering outside the city. I heard from travelers that their main force is still wandering a few kilometers away."

Officer Natalie speculated, "Maybe they want to scare people and force everyone outside into the city?"

"To scare people from a few kilometers away, it's enough to use a large army. There's no need to get so close, otherwise you'll get hurt. The secret magicians of this era can still hurt them. And if you really want to scare people, you should run away, not hide in the deep woods to scare people. It seems that they are trying to hide something here. Hmm, if you think about it this way, maintaining the ghoul form may also have the same purpose. What do they want to hide? Their identities? Do the people in the city know their identities?"

Unfortunately, with only the current clues, Lynch couldn't analyze the purpose of the zombie, and was limited by the range of activities of the strange creature and couldn't follow it, so he had to give up.

Fortunately, all the seeds had been planted and the mission had begun to progress steadily. The four of them did not stay any longer and rushed back to the city before the city gates closed.

When I came back I realized I had thought too much. The quarantine operation at the city gate was still going on. Most of the people were let in, and there were still more than a dozen people left outside the gate.

No wonder privileges are loved by everyone. They are really good things. The four of them were allowed into the city without quarantine with the emblem of Knight Terry. Back at Dr. Swain's house, it was getting dark, but Dr. Swain hadn't come back yet. He must still be studying the plague in the fortress. I don't know when he will remember to go home.

The time I had agreed to meet the crazy old man tonight was when the silver moon rose, which should be around ten o'clock in the evening at this time of year. It was not yet seven o'clock yet, so there was still enough time. After taking out the most rudimentary food reserves from Miss Diana's bracelet, I had a quick meal with lemon tuna as an appetizer, grilled oysters and fried veal loin as the main course, cucumber as a salad, and quail meat pie as the staple food.

In the end, Lynch did not complain about the simplicity and fast food, but just endured it with great pain. In the end, the four of them finally had some free time and enjoyed the rare free time since they entered the memories.

It's actually a bit boring.

The key point is that none of the four are brave men, and they have no habit of rummaging around in the villagers' homes, so no one went upstairs to see Dr. Swen's room. After some research, the four of them simply went to the only tavern next to the drying yard. Lynch was a little curious about the ghoul tribe near Norfland and wanted to learn more about it. Because Lynch always felt that what was happening now was a little strange.

The terrifying ghoul attacks now seem not to be caused by ghouls, but more and more people have confirmed that there are many ghouls roaming nearby, and in history, ghouls did attack the city and massacre the entire city. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the work of the nearby ghoul tribe.

What happened back then that led to the worst possible outcome? Could the two ghouls encountered outside the city today be related to these events? And what was the purpose of the intervention of the Lord of Millions of Glory?
Lynch had a lot of questions in his mind, but some of these questions should be answered tonight. Lynch was not in a hurry. The four of them went for a walk in the tavern first.

As the only entertainment facility in the town, this place was packed before eight o'clock.

The tavern was full of travelers from other places, all of whom were sighing and complaining about the helplessness of being in a dangerous place.

However, the four ignored these travelers and went straight to find a few farmers they had met in the morning and talked about the nearby zombies.

If you don’t ask, you don’t know. If you ask, you still don’t know.

Even more confused.

The small town of Novlan was established more than two hundred years ago, and the history of the ghoul tribe is even longer than that of Novlan. In fact, when the city was established, the ghouls had already been living nearby. When Novlan was first built, it would occasionally receive help from the ghouls. Over the past two hundred years, ghouls have often transformed into human forms and mixed into the city to live. Even if they were exposed, they would just quickly flee. The two sides have never hurt each other.

The relationship between the two sides is actually quite good. Although humans are a little afraid, they have still been able to maintain good neighborliness for two hundred years, which is actually not an easy thing.

So no one took it seriously at first, only the travelers were worried, until someone was actually killed, and then the farmers became nervous.

This should be the case in real history, so why would a good neighbor become the god of death? And he was so cruel that he even killed children.

Lynch instinctively realized that the most crucial secret was hidden here, which might very well determine the success or failure of this mission.

Perhaps the answer will depend on that madman who keeps shouting about the coming of zombies.

But according to the routine in those movies, this old man wouldn't have been silenced.

Lynch was startled by his sudden worry. Seeing that the time was almost up, he hurried to the mill where the crazy old man usually lived, which was next to the drying yard.

However, as soon as he entered the mill, Lynch found that he had thought too much. The old man was leaning against the millstone, drinking a bottle of wine that he had stolen from somewhere.

When he saw Lynch, the crazy old man grinned, revealing his half-missing front tooth. But the first sentence he said made Lynch's heart sink to the bottom.

"You finally got out of that little ghoul's house."

(End of this chapter)