Chapter 403 Shock
There are two types of ghouls, crazy ghouls without reason, and ordinary ghouls with reason.
Those that Lynch had dealt with in the human world before, including the mountain folk elder Nikolai, were all ordinary ghouls, and the ones he met in the ancient city of Zul'Glasar were transformed from petrification. Those who recovered were all crazy ghouls.
Ordinary sane ghouls have both human and ghoul forms, and they prefer to maintain their human form and will only transform into ghoul form when fighting.
So when Lynch saw two ghouls in the distance, he was startled. These two guys were maintaining their ghoul form.
It is more than two meters tall, with long claws extending from its fingers and toes, its mouth protrudes like a wolf, and its teeth are as sharp and gleaming as a shark.
Standard ghoul form, which made Lynch think they were about to attack. But it was soon discovered that the two of them were motionless, and seemed to have no intention of launching an attack, but simply maintained their ghoul appearance.
Do they eat fried cakes?
This is the only thought in Lin Qi's mind.
It's like Ultraman's transformation is not to fight the little monsters, but simply to maintain this form. Have you considered the feelings of the little monsters?
Although he was complaining crazily in his heart, Lin Qi did not act rashly. He just peered at the two ghouls from a distance. The other party seemed to be talking. He had obviously seen the four of them, but he did not ask for them. The two ghouls rushed towards them with the intention of biting them and ignored them at all. The two ghouls screamed and screamed as if they were quarreling. After arguing for a while, they seemed to have reached a consensus and suddenly rushed deep into the woods. After a few ups and downs, they disappeared. In private view.
What's going on? Why do the ghouls of the Third Age look like lunatics?
Lynch felt baffled and turned his questioning gaze to Miss Diana.
This girl’s family has been dealing with the mountain people for thousands of years. Maybe they understand the other party’s situation?
However, looking at Diana's expression, she was even more confused than him: "I've never heard that ghouls like to maintain their animal form. Elder Nikolai said that this is a psychological problem. Maintaining the animal form for a long time will cause harm. Let your sanity fade away quickly. The longer you stay in the beast form, the weaker your sanity will be. Therefore, no ghoul will do this, because those who do so will become crazy ghouls.”
"That's strange. Are those two ghouls idle? And they also intend to hang out outside the city. I heard from travelers that their large army is still wandering a few kilometers away?"
Na Officer Tully guessed: "Could it be that you want to scare people and force everyone outside into the city?"
"It is enough to scare people with a large force a few kilometers away. There is no need to get so close. , otherwise you will be easily injured, the mystics of this era can still hurt them. And if you really want to scare people, you should run out and run wild. Instead of hiding in the deep woods to scare people, it is more like trying to hide something, huh. , if you think about it, maintaining the ghoul form may have the same purpose. Do they want to hide their identity? Do the people in the city know their identity? "
Unfortunately, based on the current clues, Lynch could not analyze the ghoul's purpose. He was limited by the range of activities of the strange objects and could not follow them, so he had to give up in the end.
Fortunately, all the seeds that need to be planted have been planted, and the incoming tasks have begun to progress steadily. The four of them did not wait any longer and rushed back to the city before the city gate closed.
Only when I came back did I realize that I had overthought myself. The quarantine operation at the city gate was still going on. Most of them had been put in, and there were still more than ten people left outside the gate.
No wonder everyone loved the privilege. It was indeed a good thing. The four of them held the emblem of Terry Knight and were let into the city without any need for quarantine. When we returned to Dr. Swain's house, it was starting to get dark, but Dr. Swain hadn't come back yet. He was probably still studying the plague in the fortress, and he didn't know when he would remember to go home.
Tonight’s appointment with the crazy old man is when the silver moon rises. In this season, it should be around ten o’clock in the evening. It is not yet seven o’clock. There is still enough time to get the message from Miss Diana. I took out the simplest food reserves from my bracelet and had a quick meal with lemon tuna as an appetizer, grilled oysters and pan-fried veal tenderloin as the main course, cucumber as a salad, and quail minced meat pie as the main course. .
Eaters are short-tongued. In the end, Lynch did not complain about the shabby and fast food. He just endured it very hard. In short, the four of them finally relaxed and enjoyed the rare leisure time since entering the memory. time.
It's actually a bit boring.
The key is that none of the four are brave and have no habit of digging through things in villagers' houses, so no one went up to the second floor to see Dr. Swain's room. After the four of them studied it, they simply went to the room next to the drying area. While wandering around the only tavern, Lynch was curious about the ghoul tribe near Norland and wanted to know more about it. Because Lynch always feels that what is happening now is a bit strange.
The frightening ghoul attacks are now not caused by ghouls, but more and more people have confirmed that there are many ghouls haunting the area, and historically it was indeed the ghouls who invaded the city and massacred the entire city. , if nothing else, it should be the nearby ghoul tribe that did it.
What happened that year that caused the situation to develop in the worst direction? Could the two ghouls I met outside the city today be related to these things? And what is the purpose of the intervention of the Lord of Billions of Glory?
Lin Qi had many questions in his mind, but some of these questions should be answered tonight. Lin Qi was not in a hurry, and the four of them went to the tavern first.
As the only entertainment facility in the small town, it was already full before eight o'clock.
The tavern was full of travelers from out of town, all sighing and complaining about the helplessness of being in a dangerous place.
However, the four of them ignored these travelers and went directly to the farmers they had met in the morning and chatted about the ghouls nearby.
You don’t know if you don’t ask, and you still don’t know if you ask.
Even more confused.
The small town of Norland has been established for more than two hundred years, and the history of the ghoul tribe is longer than that of Norland. In fact, when the city was established, the ghouls were already living nearby. When Novlan was first built, they would occasionally receive help from ghouls. In the past two hundred years, ghouls often transformed into human beings and sneaked into the city to live. Even if they were exposed, they would just run away quickly. The two sides never stopped. Never hurt each other.
The relationship between the two parties is actually pretty good. Although humans are a little scared, they can still maintain good-neighborly friendship for two hundred years. It is actually not easy.
So no one took it seriously at first, only the travelers were worried. It wasn’t until someone was actually killed that the farmers became nervous.
This should be the case in real history, so why did the good neighbor turn into the Grim Reaper? And he's so vicious that he doesn't even spare children.
Lynch instinctively realized that the most critical secret hidden here was likely to be related to the success or failure of the mission.
Perhaps the answer lies in the madman who shouts about the arrival of ghouls every day.
But according to the routines in those movies, this old man wouldn't have been silenced.
Lynch was startled by his sudden worry. Seeing that it was almost time, he hurried to the mill where the crazy old man usually lived, right next to the sun drying yard.
But as soon as he entered the mill, Lynch realized that he had overthought himself. The old guy was leaning on the edge of the millstone, drinking a bottle of wine he had stolen from somewhere.
When he saw Lin Qi, the crazy old man grinned happily, revealing half of his missing front teeth. The first words he spoke made Lin Qi's heart sink to the bottom.
"You finally came out of that little ghoul's house."
(End of Chapter)