American Zombie Detective

Chapter 190: Choose One of Two

Since it's a door, and we've encountered Qin Jin, there's only one path left to take: kick it!

The rusted metal of the door hinges and locks couldn't withstand Qin Jin's force at all, and instantly cracked and twisted, causing the entire door to collapse inwards, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The scene behind the door came into view:

This is an almost completely enclosed stone chamber with bare walls. There is only a square boulder in the corner with a little straw on it, which should be the meditation room used by ascetics.

However, the contents of this meditation room at this moment were utterly baffling and extremely eerie—

In the very center of the stone chamber was a huge cocoon-like structure, half of which had crumbled, but the remaining half was still enormous, large enough to hold at least an adult bull when intact.

The broken cocoon shells were mixed with sulfur, powder, and even some dried hair and peeling skin, as well as a lot of slime, and had an extremely strong putrid smell.

Judging from the way the cocoon walls are rolled outwards, it seems that the creature inside hatched on its own and broke free. The door on the other side of the meditation room was also open.

Qin Jin crouched down and reached out to touch the broken cocoon wall—

It still felt moist and sticky to the touch, and even a little warm, as if it had just been abandoned.

He immediately realized that the time it took for the cocoon to break open was definitely not long, and it might even have happened around the time they entered the monastery!

He carefully examined the cocoon's structure, noting the familiar demonic aura and the fur that shared the same origin as the werewolf below—finally, his gaze settled on some fragments in the corner of the meditation room.

Although these shattered fragments are very old, their texture and color are still discernible, indicating they are over a hundred years old. Their color reminded Qin Jin of a very peculiar profession—

All the clues instantly pieced together in his mind like a jigsaw puzzle!

"Alessa, let's go!" Qin Jin suddenly stood up, his voice low and deep. "Let's go take a look! I think I know what that thing is!"

He led Alessa and the zombie out of the meditation chamber, then quickly rushed towards the top floor of the monastery. The higher they went, the louder the sounds of fighting became.

The roars and the deafening crashes of the buildings grew all the more deafening.

Finally, they rushed up a wide, circular staircase and arrived at a spacious area on the top floor that resembled a prayer hall.

The scene before my eyes was nothing short of magical—

The hall was a mess, with rubble and sawdust scattered everywhere.

In mid-air, Marcus had completely transformed into a terrifying vampire. He had tattered fleshy wings on his back and ferocious claws and fangs, but his body was covered with countless fleshy buds that were writhing, expanding, and bursting!

His opponents, however, were completely mutated monsters!

Two of the creatures are similar to the Helen deacon below, with the lower half of a tree-like structure and the upper half remaining humanoid, their hands covered with countless octopus tentacles. They are likely the other two deacons.

The dean, who was like a dried-up, rotting corpse, had also changed. Although he was still a shriveled corpse, he was no longer human-shaped, but had taken on the form of a demon, somewhat like an Eastern starving ghost. Qin Jin did not know much about demonology and did not know the specific name, but could only judge that it was a type of demon.

Finally, there was a gigantic monster!

This creature was over three meters tall, with skin that was a mixture of dark red and gray-black. Its body was covered with a sparse but hard layer of dark hair, and its joints were bent and protruded, with bone spurs growing out. A bony tail like a scorpion's tail lashed out behind it, making a loud cracking sound as it lashed the air.

Its head was twisted, its fangs turned outward, and its eyes burned with sulfurous flames, filled with pure chaos and savagery!

It possesses both the sulfurous scent and characteristics of a demon, and strangely blends the fur, claws, and unique wildness of a werewolf!

This is the truth that Qin Jin deduced below—

Some guy, by some unknown method, accidentally absorbed the demonic source power sealed here, and at the same time stole the remaining power essence of the werewolf William!

These two completely different yet equally dark forces forcibly merged within his body, eventually breaking free of their cocoon and transforming into a terrifying creation never before seen in the world—a demon werewolf!

At this moment, the newly born werewolf demon, along with other mutated monsters from the monastery, was frantically attacking Marcus. Just then, Alessa suddenly tugged at Qin Jin's sleeve, telling him directly and confidently, "Qin! I sense that the great monster has a sealed, sacred aura within its chest!"

The blood of Jesus? Sealed within its body? Could this be the reason it fused these two substances?!

Qin Jin calmly considered everything while keeping an eye on the battle inside. Alessa stood beside him, with two zombies standing quietly behind them, awaiting Qin Jin's judgment.

The battle on the field was bizarre and peculiar, far exceeding the norm.

The progenitor of vampires, who had merged with werewolf blood, displayed astonishing destructive power. He used the pair of tattered fleshy wings on his back to perform short-distance dashes and hang in the air at incredible speeds. Each time he leaped up, he tore through the air and emitted a sharp whistling sound.

The two butlers, who had mutated into flesh tree monsters, were much slower. They were often torn apart in a single exchange, their viscous juices splattering everywhere. They barely managed to hold on by complementing each other.

The dean, now a withered demon, was much more agile. She hid to the side, constantly spewing out sulfurous fireballs filled with black smoke. These fireballs would immediately attach to and burn upon contact with Marcus's body. Whenever this happened, Marcus would tear off his skin and flesh, allowing his body to regenerate on its own.

But even the dean couldn't avoid Marcus's dive attack, his withered body bearing deep scratches!

The strange thing is about Marcus.

Whenever Marcus inflicts effective damage, whether by tearing a tree trunk or scratching the skin of a demon corpse, new buds will suddenly sprout from the corresponding location on its own fleshy body, which will then swell and turn into a transparent pustules in a short time!

Inside the abscess, within the clear fluid, blood vessels teeming with demonic and werewolf-like energy wriggled, resembling countless horsehair worms.

In a very short time, these pustules will swell to a certain limit and pop!

The abscess suddenly burst open, but instead of the expected blood and flesh flying everywhere, a clump of wriggling worms squeezed out from the bursting point. They were thin and long, just like horsehair worms.

After detaching from Marcus's body, the swarm of horsehair worms fell to the ground and then quickly burrowed into the bodies of the deacon, the headmaster, and the werewolf demon, emerging from their wounds and rapidly transforming into clusters of fleshy buds to repair the damage to their bodies.

"Is this... a conversion of abilities?" Qin Jin understood the rule.

Marcus's innate regenerative abilities are being transformed by the monastery; the greater the damage he inflicts, the more severe his own losses become, which in turn create nourishment for the nuns.

With the tides turning, Marcus's victory seems far off, and he may ultimately be completely worn down by this endless drain and his own mutation.

The problem was sharply presented to Qin Jin.

How should I choose?

Logically, he should help Marcus quickly defeat the seemingly powerful but slow werewolf, then cut open its chest, take the blood of Jesus, complete the task, and immediately flee—

Qin Jin immediately rejected this seemingly most straightforward idea!

First, with the death of the demon werewolf, how will these monastery monsters, who rely on the blood mist to recover, react? They will most likely start attacking Qin Jin and Alessa, and Qin Jin himself is not confident that he can get rid of them without using his true power.

Secondly, even if we help, what happens afterward? It's hard to say whether Marcus will launch an attack! Marcus has no connection with his old identity, and the matter of William's death could very well lead to him blaming Qin Jin. In that case, while there might be danger, there will definitely be a lot of trouble.

Third, even if Marcus doesn't attack, what about Selena and Michael? They'll be here soon, and then Qin Jin will have to fight Marcus with them again—

It sounds like utter nonsense!

As for helping the werewolves and nuns—the benefits and advantages are obvious!

Qin Jin didn't know if the werewolves would be like the nun, but he could basically guarantee that as long as he didn't make a move, they would most likely not attack him. Even if they did, weren't there two hunter squads that were about to arrive as cannon fodder?

If we just hide until Selena and Michael arrive, then we can let them take over, and that will make things much simpler!

None of these are the main points. The most important thing is that Qin Jin's intuition tells him that those werewolves aren't very intelligent, and compared to the cunning Marcus, cough cough, they should be easier to fool.

Although neither was the best option, adhering to the principle of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, Qin Jin decisively chose the less threatening demon werewolves and the nun.

Decided!