Chapter 425 Let’s pick my head off together (two chapters in one)
“Why are you looking at me like that? I haven’t become a madman yet. Don’t pinch me here, and don’t pinch me there. Stop, I said I'm not crazy."
"Tsk, what a pity, I came back alive." Lynch patted Terry on the shoulder with a look of regret, feeling a little happy, "What a thrilling story happened. ? Tell me in detail. ”
It's actually not thrilling.
Mr. Knight went into the city lord's palace to report his work as he did every time.
In order to avoid eating in the city lord's mansion, he deliberately chose seven o'clock. He waited until the smoke from the Wan family's kitchen had dispersed before entering the city lord's mansion.
As usual, he met with the other two knights responsible for the security of the city lord's palace. The two knights were drinking and wanted to take him to have two drinks with him.
Following Lynch's instructions, Terry declined the invitation on the grounds that a lunatic might wreak havoc in the city at any time. He briefly communicated with his two colleagues for a while, informed each other of the situation in the city, and reminded them repeatedly. , once someone is found to be suddenly crazy, no matter who it is, even if they cannot be killed on the spot, they must be controlled immediately, and they must not be allowed to hurt anyone.
The two of them had vaguely heard about the situation outside from the soldiers, but who are you kidding me? They had heard of corpses being resurrected, but never heard that it could be contagious and make people crazy. The two of them wanted to laugh when they heard it, but seeing Terry's serious face and thinking of his usual behavior, they both murmured in their hearts and didn't dare to believe it.
However, the situation in the City Lord's Mansion is relatively stable. It is like a haven in the angry sea. Nothing has happened in the past few days. Even if there are rumors of ghouls outside the city, the housekeeper Mr. Rocky still arranges the work of the City Lord's Mansion in a very orderly manner. Not a trace of confusion.
Forget about the corpse, forget about the culprit behind the scenes, I came here to report on my duties normally, just to report the plague in the city and to confirm the safety of the house.
Knight Terry reminded himself repeatedly in his mind, resisting the idea of further questioning. After confirming that there was at least no madman in the city lord's mansion, he went directly to pay a visit to the city lord.
As soon as they met, he realized that something was wrong with the City Lord today.
He is particularly happy today.
Not only did the whole family gather together for dinner, but they also specially invited musicians to play and sing, making the mansion a little more cheerful.
This is the first time that the city lord has been so interested after the death of young master Jack half a year ago.
This was supposed to be a good thing, but the possibility hidden behind it made Terry feel cold in his heart, and his ominous premonition became stronger and stronger.
The City Lord Jackson's family is not large. His younger brother and sister are all in the capital. Only his eldest son lives in Norland.
He is fifty years old this year. He was originally energetic and strong, but since the death of his youngest son half a year ago, he has aged a lot and his hair has turned gray.
The mayor of the city has passed away, and there are still three daughters, two sons-in-law and their children left in the family. The family atmosphere is quite harmonious. In the past six months, there have been more than a dozen failures against a few boys. Apart from the assassination, no major conflicts broke out.
The family dinner tonight was also enjoyable. Although the family did not know the reason why the Lord of the City was happy, at least it was better than having a gloomy face. Everyone was very happy. When Terry came in, the two sons-in-law He personally moved a chair for him and invited him to sit down. The city lord even cheerfully poured him a glass of wine with his own hands.
If everything was normal up to this point, then what happened next made Terry murmur in his heart.
He was going to report the epidemic situation in the city to the city lord first and then propose some countermeasures, but the city lord was not interested and interrupted his report before he finished listening and asked him to handle it on his own. This made Terry quite embarrassed, and the suspicion in his heart became more and more serious. He couldn't help but mention the fact that the four South Gate soldiers were also infected with the plague. However, the city lord had no reaction to this. He seemed to have no idea who the four people were. It means that Terry will handle matters in the army by himself.
Terry wanted to say something else, but then the butler Mr. Lodge came in and whispered in the ear of City Lord Jackson for a while. The City Lord laughed out loud on the spot, and the joy on his face could not be concealed at all, and he gave in repeatedly. Rocky invited the people in, and then turned his attention to Terry.
Terry knew how to advance and retreat, so he immediately stood up and resigned. However, the mayor, who was in a good mood, returned to his usual sage self and repeatedly stated that he just had other things to do tonight and really didn't have the energy to listen to his return. Simply arrange a room for Terry to stay overnight, wait until tonight's matters are settled, and listen to the report tomorrow morning.
The armed knight was actually a little reluctant. He already felt that it was a bit dangerous here, but thinking that he could not expose himself and stay to see more of the situation, he agreed.
Just as the knight stood up to leave, Rocky had already invited the visitors in.
There were two mysterious people covered in black cloaks, one tall and one short, with no specific figure or appearance at all.
The tall one is about two meters tall, a head taller than Terry, while the short one is only over one meter, which makes Terry feel like he has fallen into an ice cellar.
Little Master Terry was only ten years old when he died, almost that tall.
A strange pungent smell was quite obvious from the short man. Terry had never smelled it before. It wasn't a bad smell, it was a bit like wine, but more pungent than alcohol.
As they passed each other, the short man's head, which was covered in the hood, was slightly raised. He still couldn't see his face clearly, but his two blood-red eyes made Terry still remember them, and their eyes crossed. , the other party lowered his hood again, and followed the tall man towards the city lord.
Terry's heart was pounding, and his back was covered in cold sweat, but he did not dare to behave strangely and walked out stiffly. He only heard the hearty laughter of the city lord behind him.
"So, you think that's the city lord's youngest son?"
Lynch handed Terry a glass of water, and his slow voice calmed down the armed knight's nervous mood a little.
"Yes, I still remember the height of the young master. They are so similar. I suspect that he is the young master." Terry drank the wine in one gulp and said in a bitter voice, "His eyes are red, and those are the same. The madman's eyes are exactly the same, but he can move around like a normal person, and he doesn't pounce on me even when he passes by. He's completely different from those madmen. I wonder if the young master is really resurrected? A normal person instead of a bitten madman?”
"So you didn't see clearly in the end whether it was the city lord's youngest son?"
"Well, it's very similar."
"Then you can be sure that he has become normal and doesn't want to bite you. , or was he just under control and didn't bite you? ""This..." Terry was speechless for a while, then shook his head and said, "I'm not sure."
Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully: "You continue, what happens next?"
"I didn't dare to say anything, but I didn't feel comfortable going back to the lounge, so I just wandered around the restaurant. After a while, several members of the city lord's family came out. They looked unhappy, as if they had been kicked out. The two sons-in-law were still cursing, and they didn't know who they were cursing. They didn't stop until they saw me. He said hello and left.”
"It seems that my guess is correct." Lynch shrugged to several ladies, "What Mr. Knight saw should be the young son who was pulled up. As for whether he was resurrected or infected, I am more inclined to the latter. Judging from their Judging from his performance, the city lord must have known about it and was waiting for his son last night, but the rest of his family probably didn't know about it. But that's right. If they knew about it, there would be no need for those dozen assassinations. As for the housekeeper. ..."
After bumping into the city lord's daughter and son-in-law, Knight Terry was embarrassed to hang around the door anymore, but just as he was about to leave, he saw the butler Mr. Lodge also exiting the city lord's restaurant. .
When he saw Terry, the butler did not avoid it, but happily pulled the armed knight to have a drink.
Terry was almost frightened to death. With the fate of his subordinates in front of him, and having seen something that looked suspiciously like the young master, how could he dare to touch the food in the city lord's mansion again? He quickly said that he had to be in the best condition to be prepared for the outbreak of the plague at any time. Rejected an invitation to drink.
However, he was pulled into his room by the excited Mr. Lodge. Terry didn’t want to drink, but the butler could help himself. After a few glasses of wine, the middle-aged butler began to chatter. .
He didn’t know who those two people were. The city lord asked him to bring them out from the basement, but the figure of the short man looked familiar to him.
As a result, the city lord was so happy that he almost lost his temper when he saw the two people coming in. The two sons-in-law wanted to ask who they were, but they were kicked out by the city lord with a burst of curses.
This is the first time in half a year that the housekeeper has seen the city lord so excited, thinking that he has finally overcome the pain of losing his son, and is happy for him. The city lord is also a little carried away, and praises the housekeeper profusely, saying that he After helping a lot, the housekeeper was inexplicably praised, but he was also full of joy. He pulled Terry and talked about it for a long time. He didn't stop until it was almost midnight and the housekeeper was summoned by the city lord.
Terry didn't hear anything useful. It was basically trivial matters in the house, all of which Terry knew. Terry fell into a drowsy state and fled as soon as the housekeeper left. Butler's room. But before he could return to his lounge, he saw the tall cloaked man leaving alone. His steps were extremely fast, and he disappeared from Terry's sight in the blink of an eye. Then it was discovered that the housekeeper and the city lord, together with a person suspected of being the young master, left the mansion and went to an unknown place.
Terry immediately wanted to follow him, but he was still wearing a metal ring armor and walked as if he was leading an entire symphony orchestra. He stopped after taking only two steps, pretending to meet by chance, and looked back at him. The city lord and the housekeeper said hello.
At this moment, he saw the short man looking up at him again, and inadvertently looked into his blood-red eyes.
He seemed to see a ferocious beast, crazy but calm. Looking at him was like staring at a delicious prey.
After just one glance, the city lord coughed slightly, and the cloaked man lowered his head again, hiding his blood-red eyes. But just this glance made the brave knight tremble and freeze, and he stood there without moving for a long time.
When he calmed down, he felt that his heart was still beating violently. When he looked up, the three of them had already gone away, leaving only three vague silhouettes.
However, as soon as Terry closed his eyes, those eyes seemed to reappear in front of him and stared at him, making him feel like he was being targeted by a predator.
He just felt that it was too weird, and his mind was in chaos. Terry Knight instinctively fled back to his lounge, locked the door, and got under the quilt.
The warmth of early summer could not withstand the coldness that came from his soul. He covered his head with a quilt, and his body was shaking like fallen leaves in the wind. Even with the protection of the quilt, he still felt that there were countless people around him. A pair of blood-red eyes were staring at him, as if they were going to pounce on him and tear him into pieces at the next moment.
After an unknown amount of time, Mr. Knight fell asleep in a daze.
He had countless nightmares that night, in which he was constantly being torn apart by infected people. Time and time again, fear made him desperately struggle to wake up, but he could never do it.
"When I woke up again, it was already this morning." Knight Terry exhaled a cold breath with lingering fear, with undisguised fear and joy on his face, "I even didn't dare I believe that I can still see the sun this morning. I quickly left the city lord's mansion, but before I left, I asked the guard. The city lord came back early yesterday morning, but the housekeeper Rocky was not there yet. I don't know what he brought with him. Where did the things go?"
When Terry finished narrating, the four of them looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
This situation may not be understood by ordinary people, but it is by no means unfamiliar to the four of them.
They have all come into contact with evil gods, either fighting against or following them. That is not because Knight Terry is timid, but because when mortals face the Supreme, the ancient memories engraved deep in their souls inspire the instinctive fear of mortals. .
“No, it’s not the evil god.” After a moment of silence, Officer Natalie immediately corrected him, “If it’s really the evil god, it’s impossible for him to recover so quickly. No, it’s impossible to recover at all. Sober. With his willpower, he might go crazy on the spot.”
"But this reaction is indeed very similar to the feeling of facing the evil god." Miss Diana's face turned red, as if she remembered something indescribable. Under Natalie's fierce glare, she bit her lip and whispered softly, "I faced the evil god directly. It was the same way."
As he spoke, he looked at Knight Terry's frightened eyes, handed him a cigarette, and motioned for him to light it and inhale it.
“It’s really not like facing an ordinary mysterious creature.” The wise version of Judy added, “It should be contaminated with a hint of the supreme aura, and it was revealed when they looked at each other that he captured it. In other words, that thing is close to the Familiar and can even activate the power of the Old Ones.”
The other three people shuddered nervously, with a premonition of an uncertain future.
But soon, Lynch regained his composure: "Don't worry, an ordinary human like Terry can get rid of mental pollution. Even if the other party is contaminated with the supreme aura, he should not be fully mature yet and wants to confront us head-on. There is also a chance of winning. What's more, what if we really become dependents? We still talk and laugh with dependents every day, worrying that we can't solve any problems, and we have to face any difficulties head-on. "
Actually, these words of Lin Qi are not meant. To his own people, the three girls around him were each more terrifying than the last, and no one needed his guidance. He only wanted to appease Dr. Swain's heart.
"Then according to the information brought back by Knight Terry, the body has been taken away from the City Lord's Mansion and its whereabouts are unknown. But we have successfully followed another tall man, and I estimate that we will definitely find the body by following him."
Lin Qi clapped his hands and called everyone's attention back:
"Ms. Swain, make the medicine as soon as possible, and we...hehe, today is the day of harvest, let's go , let’s pick my head together.”
(End of this chapter)