Belvoir Inn, 3rd floor corridor

In the quiet corridor, there are cold corpses lying horizontally, and the dim light shines on the corpses, like the last point of light at the end of the human journey, which may be extinguished by the wind and rain whistling outside the window at any time.

Ogar walked along the wall, little by little.

Wearing small red cloth shoes, she carefully avoided the congealed blood, constantly drawing crosses on her chest, praying for those who had died. The whistle on her chest swayed slightly, and her other hand clutched a fruit knife that she had just picked up in a room.

She held the knife, holding the last straw, and the slightly trembling tip of the knife revealed the fear in the little girl's heart.

"Roar—"

Suddenly, a zombie sprang out of the next room, a large piece of flesh had been bitten off its face, its mandible hung on its face half-detached, its eyeballs bulged out as if it was about to fall to the ground in the next moment, black veins were clearly visible on its gray-white cheeks, and it pounced on the little girl with its mouth wide open and the smell of rot.

[Warning, warning, hostile creatures in front of you]

[Creature Name: Zombie]

[Target location: 3 meters]

[Creature Level: A-]

"No, don't—" Ogal froze in fright, and as soon as she let go of her hand, the fruit knife fell to the ground.

"Bang-" The next moment, the zombie in front of him was instantly shot in the head, its torso shook a little, and it fell next to Ogar. Ogal looked up and saw two people standing at the end of the hallway—Lorraine and J.

The man, codenamed [J], was holding a gun in the direction of Ogar, and it was clear that he had killed the zombies.

"Ogar—" Lorraine stepped forward and hugged the little girl, "are you alright?" I've finally found you......"

"Sister......" Ogar's voice was crying, "I thought I was going to die." ”

"This time it's [reincarnation], according to the rules, even if you die, you can be reborn somewhere." J put away his pistol and walked over to the two sisters without hurrying.

Ogar looked up and met J's deep eyes.

He had black hair, a few strands of hair falling down his forehead, and his pigtails tied back were gently blown by the breeze in the hallway. The tall figure was draped in a black coat, the elbows of the coat were rolled up, revealing the forearms, and along his forearms, Ogar saw a scar on the back of his right hand.

Ogar silently stepped back.

Sensing the vigilance of the little girl in her arms, Lorraine glanced at J behind her: "Don't worry, he saved you just now and won't hurt you." ”

“…… Uncle, why did you save me? ”

Hearing this, J smiled faintly: "Do you still need a reason to save people?" I just wanted to do it, and I just did it. ”

"......" The little girl nodded, and her heart, which had been hanging, settled down a little.

Lorraine picked up the fruit knife from the ground and held it in the palm of his hand: "Ogar, the knife, it's not like you just held it straight, the attack part of the knife is the blade, you should turn the blade outward, facing the enemy." ”

"If you have enough strength, you can also use it as a dagger and stab your opponent directly." J added, "But according to your ability, I'm afraid that someone will solve it before you get close, and this knife will not be able to come in handy." ”

Hearing this, Lorraine sighed.

"It's cruel to let a seven-year-old wander the world......"

“…… Maybe we did something more cruel to get here. J raised his eyes and looked at the window at the end of the hallway, the endless night, and the sound of thunderstorms was still loud.

The three of them paused for a moment, and then moved forward together.

After all, for newcomers, it is better to help each other and have more people than to be alone.

"Sister, have you found Pandora's Box?"

"Nope." Lorraine shook her head regretfully, "We just went to room 6212, but there was nothing noteworthy in it except for the corpse of a huge monster and the blood that had congealed on the ground. ”

"We're late, three minutes have passed, and the box is gone."

"yes, now we can only wait for the next time the box appears, the system prompts." Lorraine looked at J walking beside him, for some reason, at this time, there was an extra man by his side, which really made people feel a little relieved.

Especially since this person does not belong to the kind of man who looks fierce and vicious.

For some reason, Lorraine conjured up Mars's scarred face.

She shook her head, distracting from the distractions.

"J, could the huge scorpion-like monster corpse we just saw be the unknown creature that the judge said was guarding the box?"

"Mostly."

"Who killed it?" Lorraine dragged his chin in confusion and thought, "The person who can have this ability to slay monsters should be old players, and maybe the three in the upper circle." ”

"Whoever it is, Pandora's box, has not been opened. We still have a chance. ”

"Not bad."

"It's just ......" J turned his words, he took out his pistol and checked the magazine, "With our ability, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to kill such a big monster." ”

"Ogar doesn't count, both of us are A+, if we join forces......"

"Do you know marksmanship or martial arts?" J looked at Lorraine with a sideways face.

Marksmanship or Fighting ......

Lorraine frowned when she heard this.

"What about melee combat? Or will you use a blade or a dagger? I just heard you teach Ogar how to use a dagger, and you don't seem to be the one who knows anything about fighting. ”

“…… I just subconsciously said those words just now, and you said that...... I seem to know a little bit about it, but I can't remember the details. Lorraine frowned and shook her head.

“……”

Sighing silently in his heart, J's face became a little more gloomy, he withdrew his gaze and walked forward in silence.

The three of them turned a corner and came to a wider hallway.

This is one of the central walkways of Belvoir Inn, with an elevator at the end of the walkway flanked by taller wooden doors. The corridor is richly decorated, with beige wallpaper on both sides of the wall, and a row of oil paintings, huge paintings of some medieval paintings, each of which depicts some cherubs or women with soft light, and a painting of the Virgin Mary, on the wall in the middle of the corridor, with kind eyes and gentle eyes, looking at everything tenderly.

But what is frightening is that the entire corridor is full of blood.

Large and small blood stains, splashing, dripping, throwing...... All kinds of blood stains stained the wallpaper red, and also stained the oil paintings, these dazzling blood stains formed a sharp contrast with the oil paintings depicting the holy angels, and the lightning outside the window showed a bit of violent aesthetic beauty.

"What the hell happened here......" Lorraine looked at the bloodstains and couldn't help but clench Ogar's hand.

Ogar followed them past the oil paintings.

For some reason, although these oil paintings were stained with blood, she seemed to have seen them somewhere.

"These paintings......" Feeling some pain in his head, Ogar's eyes narrowed slightly, and fragments of fragmented memories flashed through his mind......

……

White canvas ......

Wooden easel ......

Colored dyes ......

Paintbrushes soaked in buckets......

A palette with a corner missing......

The voice of a woman talking......

Pungent smell of disinfectant water......

……

Ogar was stunned for a moment, and suddenly let go of the hand holding Lorraine.

"Huh? Ogar, what's wrong with you? Noticing the little girl's abnormality, Lorraine stopped, crouched down, and looked at her.

“…… No, nothing. Ogar shook his head and gave Lorraine a somewhat pale smile, "I...... I was a little scared. ”

(Don't trouble my sister...... ）

Ogar thought so and diverted the subject: "It's so scary here......"

"yes." Lorraine's gaze fell on the blood stains on the wall beside her, and she reached out, she touched the bloodstains, "Some of the blood has dried, but some of it hasn't dried yet...... It seems that there are a group of people who died here at different times. ”

"Don't you think there's something missing here?" J stood right in front of the huge portrait of the Virgin, his brow furrowed and his face gloomy as he took a few steps forward and unconsciously pulled out his pistol.

"What's missing?" Ogar tilted his head and looked at him in bewilderment.

"Corpses."

At this moment, the huge image of the Virgin suddenly oozed blood.

First little by little, then these small droplets of blood fused, expanded, joined into pieces, and even overflowed the frame.

In the portrait, the originally gentle and kind Madonna, suddenly the eyes began to turn red, the white skin of the Madonna, gradually became gray and chapped, and the original two-dimensional portrait, as if some creature was drilling out of the canvas little by little, making the canvas bulge forward, gradually showing a silhouette......

Blood, more and more, blood spilling from the frame, flowed through the walls and accumulated on the ground.

Lorraine stepped back as she escorted Ogar, looking in shock at a monster with no hair, no eyes, and only a diamond-shaped mouth on its entire face.

It stepped on the blood on the ground, turned slightly sideways, and roared at Lorraine, about two meters tall, its long and slender hands and feet with spikes at the tips, its arched back with lizard-like fins, a tail dragging, folded skin, no fur, and a diamond-shaped mouth full of canine-like sharp teeth, and human flesh residue in the gaps between the teeth, its cry was as piercing as a woman's scream, and its pitch was as high as bursting through the eardrums.

All three subconsciously covered their ears.

[Warning, warning, hostile creatures in front of you]

[Creature Name: Corpse Eater]

[Target location: 3 meters]

[Creature Class: V-]

Belvoir Inn, 3rd Floor, Center Corridor

The corpse eater roared, causing Ogar to tremble in fright.

The two-meter-tall monster seemed to be a little more excited when he saw the tender flesh of the child. It took a step towards Lorraine and Ogar, blocking the light from the hallway, a slender shadow enveloping them at once.

Lorraine's head briefly froze for a few seconds, and the next moment, she immediately pulled out her pistol and opened fire on the corpse eater.

"Bang-" The first shot missed, grazing the corpse eater's shoulder.

"Bang-" The second shot was dodged by the corpse eater, its speed was extremely fast, and the next second it pounced on Lorraine, it raised its upper body, and the sticky saliva from the diamond-shaped mouth sprayed on Lorraine's face, like glue on her skin and hair, Lorraine struggled frantically, but the corpse eater inserted a hand into her shoulder, pinning her to the ground, the huge pain made Lorraine's expression distorted and pale, at this moment, the corpse eater raised another straight hand, the spikes closed into a bunch, and was about to stab Lorraine's head!

"Sister!!"

"Help—" Lorraine screamed, subconsciously closing her eyes.

"Bang-"

Gunshots rang out, and the Corpse Eater was shot in the head in an instant.

Feeling the sticky liquid splatter all over his body, Lorraine opened his eyes and saw the head of the corpse eater shattered in front of him. Its skull was shattered, but it was not dead, its head had been torn in two by a gun, but fine fangs soon sprouted from the torn parts on both sides.

The Corpse Eater slowly stood up and looked at J behind him.

J was holding his gun up and pointing it at it.

Then, as if enraged, the monster abandoned its original goal and rushed towards J!

J's heart sank, and he secretly screamed that it was not good, and he held the gun in both hands and fired several shots at the corpse eater!

"Bang bang bang-"

Fierce gunfire rang out from the spacious corridors.

The shots hit the corpse eater in the head, chest, abdomen, and legs, but each shot only brought it to a halt, and the next second, even finer spikes grew from the wound, covering the wound, as if to protect the mother from the same damage.

The corpse eater climbed over the oil painting on the wall, jumped forward, and directly bit J's shoulder, receiving this momentum, J's center of gravity was unstable, and he fell backwards.

“J！” Lorraine stood up, picked up the gun that had fallen at his feet, wiped the foul spit off his head, and fired a shot at the corpse eater.

The shot struck the corpse eater in the head, which was now split into several petals, but like a man-eating flower, with dense fangs on the petals, and deep in the scarlet throat.

It swallowed J's head whole!

"Uncle!" Ogar's face was bloodless with fright.

Without giving its prey much time to struggle, the corpse eater violently bit J's skull and burst into a pulp, and the corpse eater bit off J's head, swallowing his brain, along with nerves, blood vessels, and bone fragments.

The body, which had lost its head, fell to the ground weakly, with only gurgling blood gushing from its neck.

Lorraine gave up her hand and lowered her gun.

It can't be killed.

Whether it's a headshot, or a shot in the body.

"Click-" The corpse eater ate the rest of the corpse intently, biting out J's heart and swallowing it.

"Ao, Ogal......" Lorraine took Ogal's cold hand and was about to leave quietly.

"When." Unexpectedly, the knife in Ogar's hand fell to the ground.

The sound alarmed the devouring corpse eater.

Oh, this "little dessert" is really sweet.

Gave it a wake-up call.

There's more to food today.

The corpse eater turned its head to their sides, its long thorny hands gently raised, its upper body tilted—that was its position before it attacked.

Lorraine gritted her teeth and raised her pistol.

At a time when the two sides are at a stalemate-

At this moment, the sound ......of an elevator suddenly came from the other end of the corridor.

"Ding-" The elevator door slowly opened.

The sound made the corpse eater who was about to attack move for a moment, as if sensing something, and it turned in the direction of the elevator.

Lorraine followed the movement of the corpse eater and saw a sturdy man with a scarred face standing in the elevator - Mars!

He didn't seem to have come at the right time, he just randomly pressed the elevator button and came to the third floor, but he didn't expect to bump into this "feast".

As soon as Mars in the elevator looked up, he saw a corridor covered in blood. In the middle of the hallway, the corpse eater was sitting on a headless corpse, and Mars's headset sounded.

A hint of surprise flashed in Mars' deep eyes when he heard the system's prompt, but he was quickly suppressed by him, because he saw Lorraine and Ogar behind the corpse eater, their faces were pale, Lorraine holding a gun, and Ogar was trembling and hugging Lorraine's legs.

“……”

Seeing this scene, Mars's eagle-like eyes couldn't help but be a little gloomy, and his murderous intent was revealed.

The corpse eater straightened up and let out a shrill cry.

Unaffected by the shrill voice, Mars pursed her lower lip, raised her double-barreled Bonelli M1 shotgun, and pulled the trigger on the corpse eater.

The shotgun has a greater fire suppression power than the pistol, and in a burst of strafing, the corpse eater is knocked to the ground by the bullet, and there are many bullet holes in its body. But it didn't die because of this, the bullet hole in its body healed instantly, and spikes grew from the wound. It moved its slender limbs, swayed, and rose from the ground, its massive form once again filling the gap in the hallway, and the next moment, screaming, it lunged at Mars!

It seems to be particularly fond of attacking those who are going to kill it.

It's as if this kind of fun with life can increase its appetite.

"Mars! You can't shoot it! Lorraine shouted nervously.

Mars' gaze brushed over the corpse eater's body and landed on Lorraine behind it.

At that moment, he remembered the tattoo on his body.

……

[Find her, protect her]

……

"Run!" Mars let out a low growl and pressed the elevator button—he was controlling the elevator doors not to close.

(Why?!) ）

Lorraine was stunned, not understanding the meaning of his move.

The corpse eater opened its mouth wide and lunged at Mars with its arms outstretched.

Moments before being knocked down, Mars backhanded the elevator door button.

In the elevator, the Corpse Eater bit Mars's arm, tearing off his forearm in one bite.

"Ding-" The elevator door closed.

Then, I heard the sound of shotguns firing wildly in the elevator, and then I regained my composure.

After Lorraine reacted, she hurriedly pulled Ogar to turn around and flee the hallway.

"Sister...... Is that big brother named Mars okay? ”

"He's dead."