Chapter 203: An Unprecedented Catastrophe
Like the Vartu Desert outside, the town of Vartu was also full of yellow sand, and his eyes were squinted by the wind, and as soon as he walked to the door of the town, Duang was suddenly mixed with something under his feet, and almost fell to the ground.
No way!
When Duang looked down, he was startled to find that what had tripped him was actually a dried corpse.
It was a human corpse, looming in the sand, with a name on it: Leonard, a commoner.
Although it was just the corpse of an NPC, Du Ang still felt a little chill when he saw his face.
It's miserable.
The corpse of this civilian named Leonard had a hideous face, full of horror and fear, and the facial features on his face were distorted together, looking very terrifying and terrifying, and it can be imagined how much pain this civilian Leonard endured at the moment of death.
Moreover, on the side of his neck, Duon also found a shocking wound, in the middle of which was a circle that was concave inward, and there were more than a dozen sunken blood grooves around it, as if there were many petals in bloom, and it seemed that something was about to burst here, and on closer inspection, the body of this civilian Leonard was emaciated and shriveled, and all the muscle tissue and bodily fluids on his body were gone, except for a relatively intact skin, clinging to the bones, that look- Duon suddenly remembered the ancient mummies in the Egyptian pyramids that he had seen on Earth.
The corpse on the ground is not the only one.
The farther he walked into the town, the more corpses he found on the ground. And it's all in this shriveled form, each corpse is like this civilian Leonard, with a desperate expression on his face, and the muscles and blood all over his body have disappeared, and he can't see it at all.
It's all mummy-like dried corpses.
This moment. Duang wanted to scold the designer of the trial illusion again, how dark must he be for the person who could design such a terrifying scene? How twisted is it? Du Ang even suspected that this person was likely to have some mental illness, otherwise, who would have been able to make such a perverted thing?
Can you die with something sunny and positive?
Depend on......
When Duon walked into the town of Valtu, he found that the streets were empty, not a single pedestrian could be seen, but there were many houses, but the doors were closed and the silence was like death, on the walls of many houses. You can see a deep, long and terrifying scratch, and patches of blood splattered out. Dead bodies were everywhere, as well as the bodies of equally shriveled livestock that had fallen on the road...... Duang had a palpitation, wondering if he was here to find treasure or to watch a horror movie?
This place of the hell. It's so inhuman.
Obviously, there was a big, terrible disaster here.
And now. This small town of Valtu. It's a dead city!
Damn, where to find treasure in this kind of place?
Duon shook his head, sat up on the front steps of a large house, and sighed.
Suddenly, faintly. Suddenly, Duang heard the sound of someone talking in this house.
"Someone!"
Someone can do it, and Duang's spirit is suddenly lifted.
Listen carefully. There was more than one person in it, there seemed to be a lot of people, but judging from the tone and content, they seemed to be arguing, their voices were high and low, and the speed of speech was getting faster and faster.
"I'm fed up, I don't want to hide anymore, I don't want to live like an animal on these moldy oats and peas every day...... Get out of the way, don't stop me, let me out, I'm going to drink, I'm going to ......"
It was the voice of a man who was very emotional.
"Please, calm down, I beg you, dear Barron, don't go out, it's too dangerous outside, you're going to die!" A woman ceases to cry out and plead.
"Fuck off, don't stop me, hide and hide here every day, do you think I'm a mouse? No! I'm about to go crazy, just die, what's so terrible about dying? I'd rather be bitten to death by those damn scarabs than stay here and stay up for time! ”
Smack.
It's the sound of a slap.
"You reckless bastard, you sit down for me, don't go anywhere, no one is allowed to leave here until help arrives!" The majestic voice of a middle-aged man.
The voice of the woman before "Barron......," she cried.
"Cry, cry, you know crying!"
"Stop arguing, stop arguing!" An old man's voice came out.
At this time, the middle-aged man with a majestic voice suddenly said, "Quiet, there seems to be a sound outside!" ”
All of a sudden, the room fell silent, and even the weeping woman stopped crying, and almost at the same time, the door of the room opened a crack, and a gaze swept out of it, and fell on Duang outside.
Faintly, Duon barely read the name of the middle-aged man: "Mills, the mayor of Valtu Town, a level 26 NPC."
"Are you a rescuer sent by the Lord of Asuka Castle?" Mills asked, looking at Duang.
Du Ang was stunned, where did you say this? But he immediately reacted that he had triggered the plot.
So he immediately climbed down the pole and followed Mills's words and said, "Yes, it was the Lord of Asuka City who sent me to help you, you see! Duang took out his wand and waved it in his hand: "I am a magician!" ”
Du Ang is a shame, bullshit city lord, he hasn't even entered Bird City yet!
As soon as he heard this, Mills's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly opened the door. At this time, Duang realized that there was a thick iron chain locked on the door.
Duon entered the house and found that there were about thirty NPCs inside, including the innkeeper Morakot, the blacksmith Hans, the waitress Hingis, the cleaner Enrique, and the butcher Gombos...... They are all survivors of the apocalypse, and now, they are all hiding in the house that was originally the mayor's hall, and only after the disaster has passed will they return to their respective jobs and continue to take on the duties of NPCs.
"Don't be afraid. This Mr. Magician was sent to help us by the lord of Asuka Castle. ”
"Oh my God, Lord Castle has received our distress letter...... So, what about Pauletta? Why didn't he come back with you? A haggard-looking woman in the corner suddenly stood up and asked with a look of horror.
Duon looked at the woman, then at Mills, not knowing what to answer.
Now, the poor woman misunderstood. I thought something had happened to the guy named Pauletta. She collapsed in an instant, her body went limp, she sat down on the ground, and cried: "Pauletta." My husband ......"
A few people next to her hurriedly went over, helped her up, and comforted her in a low voice.
Mills said to Duon, "Come with me!" ”
Walk through the mayor's hall, in front of which is a deep promenade, at the end. In a flash, the heavy black door was pushed open, and Doon followed Mayor Mills inside.
It's a big room. Hanging from a high dome. Hanging from the surrounding walls are a row of ornate metal candlesticks, and the white candles flicker, emitting a soft glow.
There was a hardwood chair next to the door, and a simple-looking man was sitting there sighing, and when he saw Mills come in, he quickly stood up. He saluted, "Mayor Mayor, you're here!" ”
Duang sees the name of this NPC: Doctor Cech, level 15 NPC
There were many makeshift wooden beds in the room, on which many people with bandages were lying. There were men, women, old and young, but strangely enough, all the people who were lying here were quiet, no one spoke, not even a single moan of pain could be heard, everyone lay there quietly, looking groggy.
"How's it going, Doctor Cech?" Mills asked anxiously.
Cech glanced at Duang, then shook his head: "The situation is very bad, if it drags on any longer, I'm afraid it will be ......"
"Okay, I know, I've worked hard for you these past few days!" Mills thanked him sincerely.
"That's what I'm supposed to do." Cech bowed to Mills and ducked away.
"You see, our town has just experienced an unimaginable catastrophe!" Mills turned to Duon and said, "Three days ago, suddenly thousands of scarabs appeared in our town and attacked everyone, many were bitten to death on the spot, and some were seriously injured......"
"What an unfortunate thing!" Duang sighed.
Although this is the plot in the trial fantasy realm, Du Ang has seen the scarab beetles with his own eyes in the big forest, and he knows deeply that those little things are terrible, just a few, so those horse thieves change color when they hear it, and listen to the mayor of the town, they were raided by thousands of scarabs...... What's the difference between this TMD and the end of the world?
"I was born here, I grew up here, and I know the scarab!" Mills clenched his fists and said bitterly, "It is a timid and docile creature that only wants a peaceful life, and they never attack humans if no one provokes them...... Damn, I really can't figure out why there are so many scarabs overnight, why they attack us like crazy...... Oh my God, that horrible sight, I don't think you'll ever be able to imagine what it would be like for thousands of crazy scarabs to gather together. It's horrible, it's horrible, I wish it was just a nightmare...... Our town, our lives, have been ruined! ”
Mills couldn't go any further, crouched down, and began to weep bitterly.
"It's all going to pass!" Duon comforted.
"Nope! It's far from over! Mills led Duon to the bed of a wounded little girl, pointed to the wound on her arm, and said to Duon, "Scarabs are poisonous creatures, they will be poisoned if they bite them, and if they are not healed in time, they will all die!" ”
Du Ang saw that the NPC little girl was lying on the bed, unconscious like a dead person, her eyes were closed and her face was pale, and her breathing was already very weak.
The wound on her arm was tightly wrapped in bandages, but this could only temporarily relieve the toxin from reaching the rest of her body, her arm was very swollen, but there was not even a little trace of red blood, what appeared in front of Duang's eyes was a kind of poisoning that would only appear, a very strange blue.
"She's pathetic!" Mills shook his head, his expression very sad.
Then, he took Duon to an old man's bedside: "This is Pauletta's father!" ”
It is said that the warrior who risked his life to deliver a letter for help.
His wound was on the left side of his chest, very close to his heart, and the injury was more severe, to the point of dying, Mills held out a finger under his nose to try his breath, and then whispered, "Still alive for the time being......"
"They are all residents of the small town of Valtu, kind and simple, and they should have lived a peaceful and happy life, but this disaster ruined it all." Mills' eyes darkened, and he sighed heavily.
Suddenly, Mills jerked his head up, looked at Duang and said, "Mr. Magician, on behalf of all the inhabitants of this Valtu town, I formally ask you to help us ......" (to be continued......