Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 82 Dancing Plague
"You know what that is?"

Poro looked at the old soldier's expression and his heart moved. He understood that this man who looked weathered must know much more than himself.

"That's the Wild Dancer's follower, one of the twelve demon-possessed princes."

The veteran glanced at the Poro, and although the wolf could speak, the doubt in his eyes was much less.

After all... when a mad dancer chooses his followers, an animal without any special features will be killed by this energy. Even if it survives by chance, it will most likely become a madman like the human just now.

So…it’s normal that this wolf has something special about it.

"He came..."

"It's likely that he's here to find you."

The old soldier took off running, with Lake and Poro following behind. "You killed all the original seven dwarves in the forest, right?"

"Uh...sort of?"

"That's right. I used my last bullet to kill that prince, whose Divine Aura had almost completely faded. So... now that you possess a glimmer of that prince's Divine Aura, you'll probably become the new prince."

"what?"

Although Poro had guessed it long ago, he was still a little surprised when the man in front of him confirmed it.

He just drank a glass of wine, killed a few dwarves, watched the remaining dwarves die, and finally, for some unknown reason... became a prince?
"Does this prince have any fiefdom?"

Poro suddenly asked.

"Ah...Princes, before they became Wild Dancer's followers, they were genuine princes, hence the title.

Someone like you doesn't have that kind of status."

The old soldier shrugged. "Those princes destroyed their own countries."

"Destroy? How? Kill them all one by one? Just one look and they're all killed?"

"No, it's a plague, a plague brought by the wild dancers."

The old soldier's eyes darkened. He looked at the city behind him and suddenly said, "Hurry up! We can't stay here any longer. Let's leave before nightfall."

"The prince is dangerous?"

In Poro's mind, he recalled the shadow sealed in the stone pillar, that strange and inhuman existence.

"No, the real danger is the Wild Dancer, the guy behind the Prince."

As the old soldier spoke, he took out the gunpowder bullets from the bullet bag at his waist, loaded the musket, and then pulled out a saber from his waist.

"As for the plague that prince brought, you will soon see it—when this prince appeared, this city was completely destroyed!"

"Then let's go now..."

"I want to take my love with me. I snatched her back from the dead prince. She used to be... the dancing partner of the demon-possessed prince."

There was a hint of softness in the veteran's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

At the intersection, a resident was sitting on the ground in a dejected manner.

Before his eyes, the house he had lived in for decades collapsed in the earthquake, and all his belongings, accumulated over a long period of time, were also buried under the rubble. The only thing he could be thankful for was...

He himself was not hurt.

He suddenly felt a surge of annoyance, with chaotic pressure and thoughts squeezing into his heart, making him want to express it, but he didn't know how.

What should I do now?
He wanted to shout, to stand up and run and dance!
I want to vent all the frustrations in my heart!
Once such emotions arose, they could not be stopped. He looked at his hands and found that they were shaking.

The trembling was not from the cold or fear, but from... a strange excitement!

Finally, he stood up tremblingly, feeling the restlessness in his heart, making every muscle in his body tremble. Yes, the house was gone, what else could he do?

There was nothing left to restrain him, and he began to give up control of his body. His flesh stretched out in excitement, wanting to release his inner restlessness!
And the restlessness in his heart took over his whole body the moment he gave up control!
His limbs began to dance wildly, using a dance style he knew, but... more than that, his speed was getting faster and faster!

The excitement not only did not subside, but instead became even more intense as the blood rushed!
Extremely comfortable!
This was the only feeling left in his mind. He felt like he was venting a constipation that had lasted for a long time!

He started running and dancing wildly in the middle of the road like crazy!

The other residents nearby stared at the scene in amazement. Unlike before, the pressure that had been accumulating in their hearts for a long time also began to stir.

Plus...someone has already done this in front of me.

More residents began to give up control of their bodies, and the moment their limbs moved from stillness, this plague from the spirit instantly took advantage of the opportunity and slipped in!

The moment they start dancing, it is difficult to stop!
More and more people began to join this chaotic carnival!
At this time, some people had already sensed something was wrong. An old man who already had a heart disease started bleeding from the corner of his mouth after just a few wild dance steps!

The pain interrupted the revelry in his mind.

He finally let go of his fear, but found that it was difficult for him to stop. The moment his mind gave up control, his limbs had already succumbed to the pleasure of venting pressure!

They don't want to stop anymore!

Unless... the spark of life is extinguished in this wild dance!
Finally, the old man slowly fell to the ground in pain, but his limbs continued to twitch as if he was still unaware.

Around him, more residents were still running around dancing wildly!

There was no more comfort on his face, only... extreme fear!

They could only watch helplessly as their bodies were destroyed in the extreme dance!
"That little girl..."

The veteran and the Poro both heard the inexplicable joyous sounds coming from the city. The veteran looked solemnly at Lake and said:

"Keep thinking. Don't give your body completely to that kind of restlessness. You don't have... the energy of a wild dancer. If you don't have special protective gear, you might be infected by this madness..."

"Ah."

Lake nodded. She was a little confused, but soon she knew why the veteran said that.

At intersections in all directions, there were unusual, chaotic, yet rhythmic footsteps!

It's... a resident of the city.

They danced wildly using various dance steps, even the elderly and children, no matter whether they knew how to dance or whether they had learned to dance before.

They gathered together and headed towards Poro and others!
"The Dancing Plague, they would have danced and run aimlessly until they died, but there's a prince controlling them... and so, they're coming for us—don't let them hold them back.

Little girl, you'd better not let them touch you."

The veteran said, glancing at Lake.

Lake looked at the crowd running towards them frantically, with a trace of sadness and anger in her eyes. She knew that these were ordinary people, but they were being used by the existence called "Mad Dancer".

Looking at those people, she inexplicably felt a sense of depression rising in her heart, and wanted to give up thinking...

But soon, the silver dagger in his hand and the cloak on his body felt cold.

Suppress the inexplicable irritation.

"Is this... the dance epidemic?"

Lake realized that if she didn't have the cloak and dagger, she would most likely fall into this strange mental illness like those ordinary people!
"How far is it?"

"It's coming soon."

The veteran looked at the residents dancing wildly in front of him and took a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)