Bourville scratched his head, looked in the direction Karin had left, and said in embarrassment, "Should we help her?"

Kellogg spat out snake letters: "We can't help, we'll just mess with her." ”

Randall was silent for a moment, then spoke, "Take all the children, let's go." ”

As the group set off towards the safe house, Karin followed the passage from the roof to the central street of the upper town of Tyro.

Karin leaned over the edge of the roof and looked down at dozens of walking corpses covered in black parasites, roaming the streets, looking for the living.

Karin looked down at the terrain around her, she was in a tavern in a bustling commercial district, and the streets were littered with debris—broken carriages, collapsed houses, and miscellaneous supplies.

One of them rolled over and jumped off the roof to the balcony on the second floor of the tavern, where Karin crouched behind the low wall of the balcony and looked carefully inside.

The ground was littered with broken tables and chairs, and dried bloodstains, all suggesting that there had been a tragic massacre here.

However, she could not see a single body.

Karin was about to enter the tavern to take a closer look, when the vibration from her feet alerted her.

Standing upright, she looked into the distance through the balcony fence on the second floor of the tavern, and in the center of the city, tens of thousands of parasite-covered corpses gathered together like a huge black wave, destroying everything in its path.

Those beautiful sculptures and elegant buildings that embody wisdom are scattered at the touch of a tsunami, like a lonely boat in a tsunami, under the impact of the tide of corpses.

It's really hard for Karin to imagine what kind of force would be able to stop the entire city's population if it were to transform into such a monster.

Forcing herself to calm down, Karin began to think about how she could slow down the tide of corpses and help Randall and them buy time.

Turning and walking into the tavern, a familiar scent entered Karin's nose.

Walking up the stairs to the first floor, Karin tiptoed past the obstacles to the back kitchen of the tavern.

A sealed bucket on a shelf catches Karin's attention.

Karin walked over to the barrel and carefully pried open the lid on the top of the bucket.

The dark viscous liquid swaying inside the barrel and the pungent smell that hit her face made Karin quickly recognize the contents of the barrel - whale oil.

This viscous, flammable material is commonly used for lighting and is common in coastal cities like Twilight, but is a rarity in the Papal States deep inland.

Lifting the whale oil, Karin made her way to the tavern door.

Placing the bucket near the doorway, Karin turned around and picked up a broken wooden table, using her abilities to teleport to the door.

Dozens of back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, Karin was piled up with all kinds of tables, chairs and benches at the door of the tavern.

When everything was ready, Karin turned to get the whale oil again, when a gloomy wind blew from the inside of the tavern, causing her hair to stand on end.

A black parasite as thick as an arm, crawling like a giant snake on the floor, suddenly bounced and pounced as it approached Karin.

Almost with her long-trained combat instincts, Karin popped a pebble and teleported several meters backwards, evading the parasite's attack.

Soon, the attacker's true body slowly appeared in the sunlight.

Dozens of parasite corpses were either entwined or cannibalized, hugging each other tightly, turning into a monster that looked like a "sphere".

This "sphere" made of corpses and parasites rolls forward on the ground with parasite limbs that stretch out like arms.

Karin looked intently at the corpse ball, and the corpses inside the corpse ball contained the bartender of the tavern, the woman who accompanied the drink, and the guests who patronized it, and she now finally understood why she couldn't see a single corpse in the tavern just now.

Looking at the chilling 'thing' in front of her, Karin shuddered and muttered, "What the hell are you?"

With the swing of the parasite's limbs, the parasitic orb suddenly slammed into Karin like a ball with a spring attached.

Unaware of the enemy's speed, Karin leaned back in a panic and dodged the enemy's attack.

With the force of the impact, the parasitic orb smashed through the walls of the tavern, and rushed into the street.

This movement not only woke up the parasites roaming the streets, but even attracted the attention of the distant corpse tide.

Listening to the piercing sound of parasites grinding in her ears and the terrifying screams coming from the corpse's mouth, Karin immediately made a decision and rushed towards the iron barrel of whale oil in the doorway.

A parasite corpse burst through the tavern door, confronting Karin as she ran, and the black parasite stretched out from its entire body and swept towards her.

A pebble popped out of Karin's fingertips, and the pebble struck the tavern wall through the parasite's encirclement.

In the next second, Karin's body fell from the wall, just next to the barrel of whale oil.

The parasite spun around and let out a scream at Karin, its legs bent downward, and then leaped to its feet, lunging at her once more.

Karin grabbed the bucket with her right hand, and with her left hand popped a stone out of the window, teleporting out into the street, and the parasite that pounced on her slammed into the wall.

Stepping on the street tiles, Karin instantly attracted the attention of all the parasites.

Hundreds of parasitic corpses ran out of the surrounding buildings and besieged the only living man.

Karin glanced up ahead, and in the distance, a huge tide of corpses was approaching at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Turning the lid of the bucket open, Karin popped out the stone and flew into the air.

With a flash of stasis, Karin spilled the barrel of whale oil onto the ground.

In the blink of an eye, the ground in the middle of the street was covered with a thick layer of whale oil.

Dodging the attack of a parasitic corpse, Karin looked at the tide of corpses that had already entered the block, took the flint from her bosom and lit the iron bucket.

Seeing the enemy's position, Karin threw the burning bucket to the ground. In the blink of an eye, a raging fire rose.

The debris, carriages, ruins, and even the parasitic corpses that had been ignited became the catalyst for the expansion of the fire, turning the entire street into a purgatory of red flames in a matter of moments.

Karin, who had done all this, teleported to the rooftop, and she let out a long breath as she watched the rushing tide of corpses enter the fire like moths to a fire.

Just as she was about to turn away, Karin inadvertently touched her chest with her hand, and suddenly her face turned pale and she exclaimed, "Wait a minute!

Thinking back to what had just happened, Karin suddenly remembered the fight in the tavern.

She had fallen to the ground when the parasitic orb attacked, and the pendant in her mouth should have been lost at that time.

Karin glanced down, and the tavern in her memory was already on fire.

Do you jump in and look for the pendant now, or turn away?

Karin made her choice almost instinctively.

I saw her jump from the roof of the house and jump into the fire.

Tongues of blazing fire, hot floors, and thick black smoke made Karinden surrounded by heat and smoke as he entered the tavern.

She covered her mouth and nose with the corner of her clothes as she knelt on the ground and groped for the ground with her hands.

The flames scorched her hair, the heat scorched her skin, and the smell of burnt flesh filled Karin's nose, but it didn't stop her from moving.

After a long search, Karin finally found a rope with a pendant attached.

Holding the pendant in front of her, Karin's eyes widened, and she took it into her arms and smiled happily.

The pendant is a translucent crystal that reflects a colorful light as long as it is aimed at the sun.

"Karin, listen, this is the lens of the microscope. With it, I can magnify things 100 or even 1000 times, so I can see a lot of things that I wouldn't otherwise see. 』

A voice from the depths of her memory soothed Karin's body like a breeze.

The pain caused by the burning flames, the fear caused by the tide of corpses outside the door, were already insignificant compared to this small happiness.

Karin felt her body getting heavier and heavier, and she placed the pendant on her chest, clasped her hands together to protect it, letting the flames engulf her body little by little, and finally slowly closed her eyes.

In the firelight, Karin seemed to see a great shadow that extinguished the flames, dispersed the enemy, and led her into a pure white paradise.