American Horror Story

Chapter 113 Snake Valley
It’s not that Luke’s perception is so strong, it’s mainly because these two people’s outfits are too classic.

The black trench coat that reaches the calf, the cross ornaments, the holy water on the belt, the rosary and other religious relics, all completely fit the stereotype of the demon hunter that Luke got from the movie. The key is that the two people are dressed exactly the same, except for some slight differences in appearance, they look like they were copied and pasted.

They look much more professional than the Rudy trio we met before. Of course, it may also be that the poor students have too many stationery.

There were quite a lot of empty seats in the tavern. The two demon hunters found an empty seat, lifted their windbreakers behind them, and sat down at the same time.

Damn, now that the momentum is building, I feel like they are being a bit pretentious.

Luke turned his attention over there and listened carefully to their conversation.

The two men were not very alert and did not deliberately lower their voices. However, Luke did not hear their purpose or any news about Snake Valley, but instead heard some gossip.

It is said that the famous demon hunter John Winchester is missing, and his two sons are looking for him everywhere.

This John sounds like a remarkable person who has hunted countless monsters, but his main target seems to be the demons from hell. According to the two demon hunters, his wife was killed by a great demon, which led to the grudge between them.

Luke was listening with great interest when the two suddenly changed the subject and started talking about Snake Valley.

When it came to the main part, Luke listened more carefully.

However, these two demon hunters didn't seem to know much about the inside story. They found relevant reports on the Internet and came here specifically to check it out.

This town is so small that it doesn't even have a church. It used to have a police station, but three years ago, the police chief and his few officers all resigned because their salaries and benefits had not been improved.

Because the town's crime rate remained largely unchanged after the police station was disbanded, the residents quickly adapted to life without the police.

As for the threat from the Snake Valley dozens of kilometers away from the town, the snakes there never go out anyway, and they are not as scary as those weird lunatics outside the valley.

As long as you don't enter the Snake Valley, it is equivalent to non-existence. As for the outsiders who occasionally refuse to listen to advice and insist on going there to die, after being blocked by the townspeople and those crazy people, they still have to rush to give up their heads.

Good words cannot persuade a damned ghost. If he insists on seeking death, there is nothing we can do about it, right?

In the eyes of the small town residents, these two demon hunters are the kind of ghosts who are about to die.

Because they were already asking residents for information about Snake Valley, and even after getting the tip that "it's very dangerous there", they were not willing to give up and went to ask the next person.

This kind of person has been encountered every few months since the appearance of Snake Valley.

But Snake Valley is still the same Snake Valley, and those outsiders have never appeared again.

After the two exorcists' tireless harassment, the bartender finally told them the exact location of Snake Valley.

An older resident nearby glared at the bartender and said unhappily, "Hey, you shouldn't have told them."

The bartender shrugged nonchalantly: "They are the guests. You know, the guests are God."

"Besides, even if I don't tell them, they will find it themselves. It's just a waste of time."

After getting the location of Snake Valley, the two demon hunters left the tavern one after another. Luke took a look and called the bartender over. He handed him a piece of Andrew Jackson (with a 20-dollar bill pattern), and then used a little bit of the robin's bewitching ability. The bartender whispered to Luke everything he knew about Snake Valley.

However, because the python seemed to stay basically only in the Snake Valley and never went out, the people in the town didn't know anything about it. They only knew that it was dangerous and there were some weird people there.

Luke shook his head in disappointment. Apart from the fact that the basilisk might be a "stay-at-home" dead otaku, there was no other valuable clue. He drank the wine in the glass, pushed the door open, and went out to look for the two exorcists in front.

In the investigation of abnormal events, two "friends" are an important guarantee to improve the survival rate.

The two demon hunters were about to disappear around the corner. Luke jogged a few steps and shouted to the front: "Hey, two friends in front, wait for me."

Ok?
The two demon hunters heard the shouting behind them, stopped, put their hands on their waists, and turned back to look at Luke.

"who are you?"

"Hey! Don't be so sensitive!" Luke raised his hand to indicate that he meant no harm. Anyway, ordinary small-caliber pistols were no longer a threat to him. The flames would block and melt the metal bullets.

"You are demon hunters, right? Are you here to look for clues about Snake Valley as well?"

After listening to Luke's words and sensing his condition, the two demon hunters roughly understood that he was also in the same industry, and their attitudes relaxed.

"Have you accepted the commission as well? Who are you looking for?"

"Commission, what commission?" Luke asked a little curiously.

"Hmm? So what are you doing here?"

Luke pointed to a bench on the street and said, "Sit down and talk?"

After the three of them sat down, they first introduced themselves to each other. Luke still used the name Calvin, and the two strange exorcists were brothers. The older brother was Alex Thompson and the younger brother was Silas Thompson, and they were from Charlotte.

According to them, a college student named Jonah disappeared a week ago, and according to the last chat records between them and their family, they were coming to explore the Snake Valley here, and then lost contact.

Jonah's family hired them to find someone, alive or dead.

Of course, the price for seeing a person or a corpse is different.

They both tacitly agreed not to ask each other about their extraordinary abilities and levels. After Silas finished explaining the purpose of the trip, the two brothers looked at Luke, waiting to hear what he wanted to say.

Luke scratched his head. "Well, if I say that I just heard there was a basilisk here, I want to come and see it, and if I have a chance, I want to get rid of it. Do you believe me?"

The two exorcists looked at each other and laughed: "Of course I believe it!"

"In fact, we do this occasionally when we don't have any commissions."

The tacit understanding between the demon hunters instantly brought the three of them closer together and allowed them to reach a consensus.

"Then let's go and take a look together," Luke invited.

"Okay!" The two brothers agreed in unison.

With Luke leading the way, the three drove two cars and followed the way he came, returning to the roadblock set by the snake woman yesterday. Perhaps because of Luke's shock yesterday, although there were more roadblocks here today, the snake woman did not appear today.

After removing these roadblocks, the two vehicles continued to move forward.

However, they had never been on this road before, so they drove very slowly. Luke led the way, and the Thompson brothers followed behind. Not long after they drove, there was a "bang" sound outside the car window, followed by a "hissing" sound of air leakage.

Luke looked through the rearview mirror and saw the Thompson brothers' car swaying behind him, then it braked suddenly and stopped.

Was there an attack?

Luke quickly stepped on the brakes, jumped out of the car, and shouted, "What's going on?"

The Thompson brothers also got out of the car, one on guard while the other checked the status of the vehicle. After a moment, they replied, "The tire is flat. Someone sprinkled triangular nails."

ha?
Luke subconsciously thought of the snake woman he had met before. She really went to great lengths to prevent others from entering the Snake Valley.

The homemade triangular spikes were of too poor quality to puncture the Hummer's medium-sized tires, but the Thompson brothers' ordinary off-road vehicle did not escape the disaster and broke down on the spot.

"Why not just walk? We're probably almost there now, and walking will give us more flexibility."

The Thompson brothers didn't want to take Luke's car, so they simply suggested hiking.

Luke nodded in agreement, and the three of them abandoned the car and walked.

In the bushes behind the three people, a small green snake looked at their backs from afar. After they walked away, it twisted and turned into a human form.

"Damn it! If you can't persuade me, I'll just go and die!"

She complained, but still followed them from a distance.

Because of her familiarity with the terrain, she could easily find Luke and his team's footprints even from a long distance, and was ready to help if there was a chance.

After all, she is also human.

Even if it was only once.

After walking forward for about a few hundred meters, Luke sniffed the air hard. The fishy smell of snakes became stronger and stronger, filling the air. It was impossible to identify the direction of the basilisk by the smell.

However, as experienced demon hunters, the Thompson brothers naturally have their own ways.

Alex, the elder brother, took out a bunch of strange things from his backpack: a carefully drawn pentagram, a set of obsidian knives, some incense sticks, and a small bottle of holy water.

Luke and his brother Silas stood guard on the side while Alex spread out the pentagram pattern on the ground, making sure that each corner accurately corresponded to a natural element.

He sprinkled holy water around the edge of the formation as a protective barrier, while chanting a spell to purify the space.

After completing the preparations, Alex lit the spices in the center of the formation, letting the smoke rise. He then used an obsidian knife to cut a shallow cut on his palm, letting the blood drip into the center of the formation.

He closed his eyes, muttered an unclear spell, concentrated his mind to sense the presence of the basilisk, and let his consciousness drift in the air along with the smoke produced by the spices, searching for that unique fishy smell.

Suddenly, Alex's brows tightened and he felt a cold chill, which was the basilisk's spirit responding to his blood.

He quickly marked a direction on the diagram, opened his eyes, and pointed to the barren forest in the northeast: "Over there!"

Wow, you’re quite good at this.

Since there are professionals here, just listen to them.

Luke followed the two brothers and headed northeast.

This deserted valley was very strange. Although it was called the Snake Valley, the three had not seen a single snake so far. In addition to snakes, other wild animals such as rabbits and hedgehogs were not found. It seemed that the entire valley was only filled with plants.

As the three went deeper, the atmosphere around them became tense. The plants blocked out the sun, making the valley look cold and dark.

The stench from snakes filled almost every area around the three people. Traces of giant snakes could be seen everywhere, on the ground, on the trees, and on the rocks.

It’s almost there, it’s close by!
Luke took out the Molten Gold and summoned a flame to surround him. As the sun fire ignited, a warm feeling emerged, as if he was sunbathing on the coast, and the cold feeling was expelled from his body.

"Brother, that's good."

The light of the sun's fire also covered the exorcist brothers, allowing them to enjoy the jungle sunshine.

Seeing that Luke had shown some real skills, the two began to prepare to meet the enemy.

Brother Alex kept walking, but his shadow suddenly expanded and lengthened, blending with the shadows of the trees, turning the nearby area into a territory of shadows.

As for his younger brother Silas, his body began to swell violently, and white hair grew all over his body. In just a few moments, he became a little giant over two meters tall.

After the transformation, Silas didn't seem to be very smart, his eyes were full of anger. He looked around, and when he saw Luke, his nose began to emit bursts of white air, as if he wanted to fight with him first.

However, Alex, as the older brother, had anticipated this and prepared methods to control it in advance.

He placed a piece of paper covered with talismans on his brother's back. When the paper fell off, the talismans were branded on Silas's white-haired body like a tattoo.

After the magic circle was cast, a faint blue light passed over Silas' body. His eyes instantly became much clearer, and he turned around and gave Luke an embarrassed smile.

"I'm sorry," Alex explained to Luke, "His extraordinary seed came from a Bigfoot. While he gained a strong physique and strength, he also inherited the other's bad temper. So every time he uses his ability to transform, I have to use the 'Calm Spell' to help him regain his sanity."

Perhaps he was worried that his brother's attitude just now would make this temporary teammate unhappy. In order to show his sincerity, after introducing his brother, he briefly mentioned his own abilities.

"My ability is shadow manipulation, which comes from a slender ghost shadow of a juvenile."

Luke nodded, indicating that he did not take the incident seriously, and introduced his fire ability: "The solar fire ability comes from the sun bird."

Although it is not the truth, it is almost correct. After all, the sun fire was indeed taken from the evil god Sun Bird in the beginning, and now it is just further purified and refined by Quetzalcoatl.

After walking less than a hundred meters, Alex suddenly warned: "Here it comes! I see a huge shadow, and I can't control it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge figure flashed through the woods several hundred meters away, causing the trees to shake and leaves to fall.

A moment later, a python over 20 meters long with the body of a human and a snake appeared in front of the three people.

"Welcome to Snake Valley." She spoke in human language.

(End of this chapter)