The red moon returns

Chapter 447 Natalie (two chapters in one)

Cold, disease, death.

These are the three most typical powers of Mordiggian, the Lord of the Ghouls.

Sickness had come, death had followed, and now cold had arrived.

This means that the vessel for the Ghoul King to descend has been prepared, and it won’t be long before everything comes to an end.

Is this really the case?

dong dong dong.

The sound of hurried footsteps interrupted the thoughts of several people. Several soldiers were driving more than a hundred citizens to run quickly. Their anxious shouting made the four people understand without translation that something had happened.

Sure enough, this was a soldier from the patrol team of the 9th District, which was one of the few remaining districts that had not taken the medicine. There were about 200 people in the districts, but now there were only these.

An hour ago, the drying yard started to get a little cold, but it was just enough to make people shiver, so no one cared.

At that time, some residents leaned their heads out of the windows and shouted at them, saying that it was too cold inside and that they had to go out and get some firewood to keep warm, otherwise they would freeze to death.

The soldier refused, but he took the initiative to collect firewood for every household in the block and delivered it to each household personally, so that until this time, he could make sure that everyone stayed at home.

But not long after that, the temperature began to drop rapidly, faster and faster, and with greater and greater amplitude.

When the soldiers came for another routine check on the quarantine situation, they found that they could not knock on the door. No matter how they shouted, there was no movement in the room.

When they finally broke into the house, they found that everyone in the entire block had disappeared.

This frightened the soldiers, and they ran to nearby blocks for help while holding back their fear. They found that the same thing had happened in two other blocks where people had not taken the medicine, while everything was normal in all the blocks that had taken the medicine.

So the front-line commander Terry made up his mind and sent all the remaining citizens here in advance. There were only a few dozen of them left anyway, so he might as well save as many as possible.

The soldiers at the fortress were caught off guard, but they had no choice but to start accepting the last group of people. For a while, there was a lot of shouting and noise all around.

Lynch calculated the time and found that it was around the same time that he started complaining about the temperature drop, which means that from then on, the temperature drop had begun to spread throughout the city.

"It seems that it lacked power at the beginning, so it shrank into a corner, and the impact was very weak." Lynch tightened the suit jacket he had just put on, and looked warily at the house not far away that was emitting bursts of cold air. "But half an hour ago, its power was replenished, so the range of influence radiated to the whole city, and the effect is also soaring. It is estimated that it will not take long to turn the entire Norfland into another Zul'Glasar temple, surrounded by ice sculptures."

"Don't even think about seeing the ice sculptures." Officer Natalie rubbed her palm on the hilt of the sword, and her voice was like she was gritting her teeth. "If we are lucky, we may find some tattered clothes. If we are unlucky, hehe."

Lynch looked at her with a little surprise.

"Humph, the power hiding here will not grow for no reason. It must have been replenished. Guess what it was replenished with?"

Lin Qi thought of a cartoon he had seen before, and his face turned grim: "Did it absorb those citizens?"

"Well, devouring flesh and blood to make up for the insufficient power. If nothing unexpected happens, the other party should have used some method to make up for the lack of the city lord's soul and forcibly completed the container, but it is still far from the true complete state, so this method can only be used to fill the insufficient power." The police officer's expression was stiff, and she tried to suppress her emotions: "I have encountered similar things before. Once they are filled, the sacrifice will begin."

Lin Qi understood as soon as she heard it. Because of her weakness, her father had to sacrifice his life to protect her. That was the deepest pain in her heart. The only thing that could make her react so strongly was her father's affairs. It seemed that there had been a sacrifice of flesh and blood at that time, so she was so sensitive about it.

Lin Qi did not try to comfort her, but held her shoulders and squeezed them. The policewoman patted her hand on her shoulder and smiled softly: "I'm fine, I just miss my father a little bit. When we go back this time, please accompany me to the cemetery. I have a lot to say to him."

Girl, you can't say such things. Every word is full of danger.

Feeling the muscle trembling transmitted from the palm of his hand, although Lynch thought so in his heart, he could only nod in agreement.

"Cough cough."

A certain earl lady who did not want to reveal her name was very considerate and waited until now before coughing. Lynch quickly withdrew his claws that were randomly touching him and said seriously: "It seems that he has only devoured people who have not taken the medicine. The part that has been completed is safe, but this also means that the danger here in the fortress has increased greatly. All the targets that the opponent can choose have been concentrated here. This is the final destination."

"That's good. Knight Terry did the right thing." Officer Natalie said, "At least this way we don't have to look for him everywhere. We can just wait here for him to come to us."

Miss Diana sighed and whispered, "I'm afraid the enemy may be sending coastal artillery shells."

"Then we have no choice but to continue." Lin Qi said, "War is not a dinner party. A bloody confrontation is inevitable."

"That's right." Turning back, he found that it was Dr. Swen who ran out. "I will face it with you."

"Are you sure? It's more important to prepare the medicine. Besides, it's yours after all..."

"I just finished preparing a batch and am waiting to prepare new materials. I just have time." Doctor Sven smiled, "And because he is my father, I have to stand up. I have to face the responsibilities of my own family. Don't forget what I did in history."

Yes, when you go crazy you even kill yourself.

Lynch could only shake his head and sigh, "Then let it be as you wish."

More than a hundred people squeezed in together, and the scene was quite chaotic. The citizens who were originally queuing also started to make a commotion. The soldiers of the fortress were a little overwhelmed for a moment, and it took a lot of effort to separate the two sides. They had no energy to control the situation at all.

In the end, not only were all the reserve forces deployed, but even Lynch and his men were not idle either. They dispersed to various places and relied on the extraordinary physical fitness of the Soul-Separator, one man was as good as ten men. This helped the soldiers suppress the chaos. Those who had been queuing before were also taken to another open space by the soldiers to wait.

Order was finally restored, and Lynch breathed a sigh of relief and released his soul image.

Ordinary people can't see it at all, but for the Soul-Separating Person, this is a positioning signal, and it is real-name positioning. The ladies who were separated knew it at a glance and consciously gathered towards Lin Qi.

Everything is changing for the better.

However, at this moment, a scream suddenly came from the crowd.

It had been checked before that every newly arrived citizen behaved normally and was not a crazy and stiff infected person. However, just when order was restored, several of these people suddenly pounced on their compatriots next to them and bit them.

The crowd exploded instantly, and everyone screamed and ran in all directions, just wanting to get away from the scene. There were only more than thirty soldiers outside, and they were completely helpless in the face of hundreds of crazy people, and were about to be drowned by the crowd.

Doctor Swen gritted her teeth and raised her hands. She knew that she couldn't let chaos break out at this time, otherwise the whole city would be in trouble and all her previous efforts would be in vain. She had to control the situation and, if necessary, she would not hesitate to... massacre. But before she could do anything, she saw a ball of fire bursting out from the crowd.

The flame seemed to have life. As soon as it ignited, it began to move before the citizens could react, and circled around a large number of citizens at lightning speed. Although there was no fuel, the flame left a high wall of fire on the ground wherever it passed. Accompanied by the screams of the people, the wall of fire quickly formed a circle around the queue of hundreds of people, completely blocking the way for the chaos to spread outward.

Lynch took action.

At the same time, the ladies who were surrounded inside were not idle either. Officer Natalie had drawn her sword and showed no mercy, directly killing several special infected people who seemed normal but bit others.

Miss Diana had taken out a big loudspeaker at some point, and Judy at the side was responsible for shouting, asking everyone to squat where they were, with their heads in their hands, and those who were standing would be killed on the spot.

With a wall of fire blocking the way ahead, the citizens could only squat down one after another with their heads in their hands. Soon, only a few ladies and a few soldiers who were responsible for leading the team were left standing in the center of the fire circle.

Lynch then returned to his human form and let out a sigh of relief.

Phew, we are safe, temporarily.

Unfortunately, before he could finish his breath, something strange happened.

She had just killed the last infected person and had not yet had time to retract her sword when she heard a low cry of surprise from the squatting crowd. Before she could react, she felt a pain in her chest and a tentacle as thick as her wrist pierced through her chest.

The severe pain came at this moment and instantly occupied her consciousness. The policewoman groaned with a distorted face, but her body had already moved. Before the tentacles could go deeper, she swung her sword and cut the tentacles in half.

However, before she could pull away, the pain came again.

Once, twice...

More than ten times of pain came from all parts of her body, and then tentacles pierced out of her body, almost piercing her body into a sieve, and the pain did not stop, there were still more tentacles like javelins, continuously piercing her body.

Accompanied by severe pain, Natalie had lost the strength to breathe, and her body was limply hanging on the tentacles. Her strength and reason were rapidly draining away, leaving her mind blank. She could only use the remaining strength to slightly turn her neck, and her last look was towards Lynch, with only a blank look and a heart full of reluctance.

Lynch's distorted face was reflected in his gradually lifeless pupils.

At this moment, Lynch's mind was blank, and the only thing he could feel was the unspeakable pain in his heart.

"Lynch Leviv, I'm arresting you for illegal possession of dangerous goods."

"I come from the Catcher in the Rye, a mysterious hunter agency directly under the Rand Court. I am Officer Natalie Angel..."

"I am very happy to have you by my side, but unfortunately, I have reached the end, and you still have a long way to go in the future. We are destined to say goodbye here. Please forgive my selfish request before leaving, and send me away like I sent off other friends."

In an instant, countless memories flashed through his mind, and every bit of the past emerged one by one, happy, sad, joyful, angry. Every word and every expression in the past few months were firmly imprinted in his memory. Every time he recalled it, there was a sour and sweet taste that made Lynch reluctant to forget it.

However, the next moment, all the memories in my mind faded away at the same time, and the scene in front of me occupied my entire consciousness.

The few soldiers who had discovered the anomaly and led the team back were fusing together at a very fast speed like melted wax, forming a huge meat ball. Countless tentacles stretched out from the meat ball and waved wildly in the air, just like Zul'gosal stretching out the phantom of Mordiggian.

And Ms. Natalie Angle was hanging on the waving tentacles.

The tall and solid body was pierced by more than ten tentacles, and the body drooped limply like a puppet with its strings cut, swaying in the air as the tentacles swayed. Blood squeezed out of the gaps in the blood holes and gathered into a pool of blood on the ground.

His face was pale due to blood loss, his slightly trembling lips seemed to be saying something, his expression was dazed and dull, and his whole body was like a candle swaying in the wind, the fire of life could be extinguished at any time, only his eyes were reluctant to stare at Lynch's face, as if he wanted to imprint him in his memory forever.

Heartbroken, almost lost my mind.

No, there is still hope. As long as you are not dead, you can be saved.

Lynch didn't care about anything else and rushed towards Officer Natalie in mid-air as fast as he could. Along the way, he stabbed an infected person who was not yet dead with a sword, and let a blood-red ball of light condense in his hand.

You still have time!

I will definitely catch up.

If you just let me press it on, you can be saved. We have two doctors here and they will never let you die.

Hang in there, Natalie, everything is going to be alright.

He almost forgot everything and rushed towards the dying Natalie at an unprecedented speed. In a few seconds, he had squeezed through a distance of dozens of meters, and the wounded Officer Natalie was within his reach.

His face was pale and his eyes were lifeless, but his chest was still rising and falling slightly.

I caught up!

With a strong sense of joy in his heart, Lynch took the last step with red eyes and pressed the ball of light towards Officer Natalie.

Come back here, Natalie.

However, at this last step, all the tentacles exerted force at the same time, and with a bang, at a close distance, Officer Natalie Angell's body was torn into pieces, and blood gushed out, all over Lynch's face, turning him into a bloody man in an instant.

All of Lynch's movements were completely frozen. His body was covered in blood and his eyes were red with anger. The only thing he could feel was the residual warmth of the blood on his face, which was the last warmth of Natalie.

At this moment, his brain completely lost its ability to react. Lynch stood there in a daze, almost forgetting everything, watching the tentacles that tore Natalie apart rushing towards him.

Just before he was about to be pierced by the tentacles, a huge zombie claw grabbed his shoulder from behind and made him retreat as fast as the wind. He narrowly avoided the attack of the tentacles. It was Dr. Swain who rushed to his rescue at full speed and pulled him back.

It was not until he narrowly escaped death and fell to the ground, that Lynch's brain started working again and the voice that had been stuck in his throat finally came out.

"No, Natalie."

"Ah? What for?"

(End of this chapter)