Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 157: Divine Skeleton Companion
The current scene is quite strange. Li Nanke put the tip of his sword against the woman's chest, as if he would kill her once he confirmed that she was an enemy.

The beautiful white-haired woman gazed deeply into his face, her expression revealing a hint of kindness, as if she had finally found a long-lost relative.

"The heir of the divine skeleton?" Li Nanke searched Ryan's memories in his mind, but had no impression of the so-called heir of the divine skeleton. However, looking at the other person's appearance, it seemed that he was an old acquaintance of Ryan.

Maybe Ryan died too many times and forgot all the memories about women.

"Who are you...do you know me?"

"My name is Iris, a companion of a god's corpse, and also an undead." The white-haired woman seemed oblivious to Li Nanke's indifference, and even didn't care about the sharp weapon against her chest. Her eyes were pure and clear, "I don't know you, but I have been looking for you."

What a weird thing... Li Nanke frowned: "If you are an immortal, why don't you have blood-sucking fangs and are you not afraid of miasma?"

“Can’t you smell me?” Iris tilted her head and blinked, looking at him strangely, then opened her mouth slightly, and her four normal fangs gradually became sharp and slender: “It is not difficult for a powerful undead to hide their vampire fangs. Don’t you have fangs too? As for not being afraid of miasma… the concentration of miasma here is very low, and I can tolerate it for now with my ability.”

Iris raised her delicate nose and sniffed the scent carefully.

The unique miasma smell that only the undead can smell made Iris frown slightly. She moved closer to Li Nanke and sniffed it, and her brows immediately relaxed: "Your blood has a unique fragrance, different from everyone else's. You must be the heir of the God's Skeleton."

It turns out that the undead can use smell to distinguish each other's identities. The stronger ones among them can retract their blood-sucking fangs and have a stronger tolerance to miasma... It seems that Ryan has forgotten a lot of common sense.

The woman in front of him was a fellow undead ally, and seemed to be a stronger one.

"Why are you looking for me? And what is the Heir of the God's Skeleton?"

Iris sat up, her eyes slightly absent-minded, as if she was trying to recall. After thinking for a long time, she said blankly:

"I'm sorry, I've forgotten too many things. I only know that my mission is to find the successor to the God's Skeleton. I can't even remember what the successor to the God's Skeleton means... But I know you are the one I'm looking for."

The white-haired woman's amnesia is very similar to Ryan's multiple atomization deaths and loss of most of his life.

Iris's eyes were pure and clear, like a spotless piece of white paper: "As the companion of the God's Skeleton, my only mission is to find you, stay by your side, protect you forever, and dedicate everything I have to you."

Li Nanke looked carefully at the woman in front of him.

Iris had shoulder-length white hair, clear golden eyes, delicate and beautiful facial features, and skin as smooth and delicate as satin. Her ragged black cloak and tattered white dress covered her beautiful figure with a full chest and a slender waist.

The legs under the slightly short skirt are white and slender. She is not wearing shoes or socks. Her toes are crystal clear and round, without any dust or dirt.

When such a woman says "I will accompany you and give everything for you", the ambiguity can easily make people think of something unspeakable.

"Give everything...anything?"

"Yes."

"Then relax and look me in the eyes."

Elise tilted her head and looked him in the eye, blinking with some curiosity.

This white-haired woman named Iris is an undead from the same camp, and seems to be a relatively powerful undead who can help teammates in the camp killing mode.

But her background and words were too suspicious, so Li Nanke had to be on guard.

When their eyes met, Li Nanke decisively used his "fanaticism" trait to hypnotize the woman in front of him with his mental power.

Elise relaxed and was immediately affected by the frenzy.

Her steady breathing quickened, a blush appeared on her fair cheeks, and her originally clean and clear eyes gradually became confused.

"Who are you? What is your purpose in looking for me?"

"My name is Iris, and I am the undead." The white-haired woman clenched her palms tightly, her chest rising and falling violently, and she answered subconsciously, "I am your divine skeleton partner. My mission is to accompany you, protect you, and dedicate everything I have to you."

When the mind is affected by fanaticism, the other party's subconscious answer is the true thought without thinking through the brain, which is difficult to lie and conceal.

Li Nanke asked a few more questions carefully and found out that the other party had indeed forgotten a lot of memories. His only thought was to find the so-called heir of the divine skeleton, become a partner similar to a vassal, and always stay by his side.

At this time, a figure climbed in from the bedroom window. It was Chris, wearing a black windbreaker and holding a long-handled axe gun.

When he saw the male human with his head buried in his backpack in the corner, his eyes lit up and he licked his lips.

But when he saw the strange woman sitting on the bed, Chris was suddenly startled and subconsciously tightened his grip on his weapon: "Ryan, who is this undead?"

From the smell emanating from the woman, Chris immediately determined that she was an undead.

She was dressed in ordinary clothes, not wearing the special blood-sucking fang costume of the official undead, and was obviously an undead from the folk.

Civilian undead are also divided into different factions, and Chris and Ryan belong to the good and lawful category.

They usually try to use blood tear crystals to quench their thirst, and will not go out of their way to suck blood from humans. Even if they need to suck blood under unavoidable circumstances, they will only take in a small amount to maintain their sanity and survival.

But not all undead people are so restrained, and some are evil and chaotic...

The most important thing is that this woman did not wear a purification mask in the buffer zone but did not turn into a fallen ghost, which shows that her strength is far above the two of them!
It took Li Nanke a lot of explanation before Chris let down his guard.

"Hehe, has this woman died too many times and has something wrong with her brain?" Chris had no idea about terms like God's Skeleton Heir and God's Skeleton Companion, and had never heard of them.

He felt that the beautiful woman named Iris was silly, and looked like she didn't care about anything and just wanted to follow Li Nanke, like a puppy that was abandoned and then found its owner.

Even though he knew that Iris was a powerful undead, he couldn't feel any awe in her after seeing her behavior.

Chris came to the corner of the bedroom, showing his sharp blood-sucking fangs to the man, and comforted him amid his screams of fear: "Don't move, otherwise the more you struggle, the more excited I will be. If I can't help but suck too much, you will be the one who will be uncomfortable."

He held the man tightly, lowered his head to his neck, and began to breathe in violently...

Soon, the man collapsed to the ground, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes.

Chris wiped the corners of his rosy lips, smacked his lips, and looked refreshed.

He reached into his pocket, pulled out two chocolate bars and threw them at the man, like a scumbag who throws two tissues to the man after doing something and lets him wipe himself.

"Ryan, it's your turn... Be careful, don't suck this guy to death." Chris felt a little unsatisfied. He carefully controlled his blood intake and didn't absorb too much blood. First, he didn't want to harm human life, and second, there was Li Nanke behind him who also needed to suck blood.

Li Nanke was quite helpless. He was not an immortal, so he would not feel thirsty and he did not have blood-sucking fangs. He did not need to consume human blood at all.

But in order not to reveal his identity, he could only pretend to get close to the man's neck.

The other person had lifeless and dull eyes, and he was lying on the ground in a spread-eagle position. He did not resist and let him do whatever he wanted.

The survivor was also helpless. He never expected that the human being he rescued was actually an immortal.

It would have been fine if it was just an undead, but the other party also attracted two other undead.

Now there are a total of three people who want to suck his blood. Even if these undead have no intention of harming his life, after the three of them have taken turns sucking his blood, he will lose half his life if he doesn't die.

Even worse than being forced to suck your blood is running into several undead beings, who take turns sucking you in...

While Li Nanke was pretending to suck blood, Chris asked the white-haired woman:
"What's your blood code? With your strength, you should be able to refine a lot of blood, right?"

Since the other party is going to follow Li Nanke to join the team, Chris naturally has to interrogate Iris's abilities. Two people mean two mouths to feed, and paying the blood tax is already tight enough. If there is one more person, one more blood tax will have to be paid.

Iris turned her head and looked at Li Nanke. Seeing that he was drinking hard and showing no expression, she hesitated for a moment and answered truthfully:

"My blood code is 'Eos', and I have five blood-refining skills, namely 'Regeneration', 'Universal Spiritual Healing', 'Loving Protection', 'Lightning Thorn', and 'Immovable Covenant'."

The more Chris listened, the bigger his mouth got.

He pulled Li Nanke, who had just finished, aside and whispered, "Damn it, what kind of shit luck did you have? You found such a big treasure just by going out!"

Seeing Li Nanke's puzzled expression and the look as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, Chris knew that this guy had completely forgotten what blood codes and blood refining were.

"Ryan, listen to my advice. I'm not cursing you to death by atomization next time. Seriously, please write a diary in the future... I beg you."

After the explanation from the human-shaped notebook Chris, Li Nanke quickly understood the meaning of the two.

In short, blood codes are the professional classification of the undead. Some undead are good at close combat, some are proficient in ranged combat, and some are good at support. Blood refining is the skill mastered by each profession.

It seems that the power system of the undead is very similar to the main qualities and characteristics of the great beyond.

Iris's blood code 'Eos' is an extremely rare support-type blood code. She has five blood-refining skills, four of which are support and healing types.

According to Chris, Elise is a walking human-shaped medicine bottle. If the official undead discovered her, she would not even have to go through routine trials and tests and could be directly recruited into the army.

"Chris, when will the interim government hold open recruitment again?"

Iris's eyes were always on Li Nanke, as if she was afraid that the heir to the divine remains that she had finally found would disappear.

"You forgot again? We've been recruiting these days." Chris held his forehead and rolled his eyes. "I'm warning you, don't even think about participating in the recruitment. You won't be selected anyway."

He covered the bulging bag tied around his waist and continued, "The blood and tear crystals we have saved are just enough to pay the blood tax this time, but we can't afford the additional registration fee."

Chris's health code is 'Vanguard', which means he is very durable and has outstanding resistance to blows.

He mastered two key blood-refining skills, so he and Ryan explored the fallen ghost area together. Often, Ryan would be vaporized and die, but he could still be alive and well.

Ryan's blood code is the common 'Fighter', a melee type that is relatively balanced in all aspects. There is nothing particularly outstanding about it, which is similar to the all-round meat system power mastered by Li Nanke.

However, Ryan, a rookie, didn't even master a blood-refining skill, and he was never selected after participating in the official undead recruitment many times. No wonder Chris told him not to waste blood-tear crystals to sign up.

"Let's go... After enjoying the game, it's time to go back."

Chris saw that his good friend was still thinking about participating in the official undead recruitment, so he quickly changed the subject and prepared to go home.

Before this trip, he never thought that Li Nanke would be able to pick up a powerful teammate for nothing.

However, with the addition of Iris, collecting blood and tear crystals to pay taxes should be a lot easier in the future... At least a guy who often dies in atomization won't have to die so many times.

Li Nanke said, "Wait, let's take this human with us."

Chris, who was always frivolous, suddenly became serious after hearing this:

"Ryan, even though our lives are tight, we must not raise blood slaves in private. Otherwise, if the official undead find out, the consequences will be disastrous."

This forbidden dream is in camp killing mode, and humans are the hostile camp to Li Nanke.

If this man is left here, when he finds the gathering place of human survivors, or even encounters the Nightmare of the human camp, the information of the three people may be leaked.

The most convenient way is to kill the witness, but Li Nanke has a better way.

"You mean to hand him over to the government... That's a good idea."

Chris only came out to eat wild game occasionally, and after finishing his meal he would just leave without thinking about it in that way for a while.

The Provisional Government stipulates that if any civilian undead discover a lone human survivor, they must hand the person over to the Provisional Government, and it is strictly forbidden to privately raise blood slaves.

In fact, what the provisional government is doing is no different from raising blood slaves, except that it is more formal, reasonable and sustainable than the undead raised by the people.

Undeads who are handed over to humans will receive a reward of blood and tear crystals, which is enough to serve as the registration fee for recruitment.

After both parties discussed it, Chris tied the man up and took him away from the house.

Iris was wrapped in a black cloak and followed closely beside Li Nanke. She walked barefoot on the street, but her feet were still white and not stained with dust or dirt.

The three returned to where the SUV was parked, only to find that the car windows had been smashed, the four tires were deflated, and the interior of the car was in a mess, as if it had been vandalized and robbed.

Li Nanke frowned and turned to look with something in his mind.

Several figures stepped out from the alleys along the street, blocking the three people's retreat routes.

(End of this chapter)