Chapter 493: The Headless Horseman
In the misty mountains and forests, the muddy dirt road is paved with dead branches and leaves, and in the center of the road are rut marks and horseshoe tracks.
Bleak! Secluded! Isolated!
A carriage came slowly from a distance, and the coachman couldn't help but look twice when he saw ten strangely dressed strangers on the side of the road. A priest, two handsome guys, two beautiful women, and five strong men, all strange faces that they had never seen before.
"Lucian, you said the air here smells pleasant?"
"Yes, the world makes me feel like I'm back home." Lucian began to like this place, and his revenge was avenged, and he had no nostalgia for the other world, and began to consider staying and settling.
"What about you, how do you feel?"
Russell asked the others, and the answers were similar, compared to the smoky London, the air here is a pleasure.
"I got it......"
Russell nodded secretly, his magic power reached his eyes, and there were traces of black lines in the air, a world favored by darkness. In other words, the dark creatures are too active, causing the world to become demonized, and it is very easy to breed monsters that are biased towards darkness, and then the cycle repeats, falling into a dead cycle.
To ordinary people, the world is terrible, with demons and monsters running rampant, squeezing them from the top of the food chain.
The good thing is that because there is too much free energy, the human physique will become stronger, and with a little exercise, you will be able to master the mysterious power. Even ordinary people who don't have magic in their bodies can use some witchcraft proficiently......
Well, it seems that survival is even harder, after all, the terrifying Homo erectus is the most terrifying creature compared to the devil!
Walking along the dirt road for two kilometers, there is a sizable village in front of you, which is very old and full of medieval European towns.
Seeing this, Amelia and the others were shocked, in addition to Michael, a modern person, the youngest of this group of people also lived for four hundred years, and was very familiar with the style in front of them.
It was precisely because of the familiarity that they were deeply surprised, and they had no experience in crossing for the first time, and mistakenly thought that they had crossed the long river of time and returned to the past.
On the contrary, Michael, a young man who has lived in a modern city since childhood, was the first to accept the reality of crossing. Not because of the bombardment of the information age, but because Serena was by his side, it didn't matter where he went.
Russell looked at the wooden planks nailed to the trees, and his brows condensed into a Sichuan character, on which was written the name of the town, a very familiar name.
Guillotine Valley!
"My lord, is there anything wrong here?" Seeing Russell standing under the tree for a long time, Amelia couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing, go to the front to find out about the vampire, and by the way, ask Alexander and his son if they have ever appeared."
Alexander and William entered the world first, but as if they had disappeared out of thin air, the werewolf's nose could not smell where they were going.
A group of ten people walked into the town, and the townspeople were slightly uneasy by their modern costumes, seeing them as outliers, and closed the doors and windows of their homes and hid behind them to peek.
Normally, to survive in this dangerous world, when you see a strange person appear, your first reaction is not curiosity, but hiding as far as you can.
A few people found a hotel in the town, the tavern on the first floor was in a depression, the middle-aged owner was drinking alone, and when he heard the sound of pushing the door, he hurriedly greeted people with a smile, but when he saw the strange outfit of Russell and others, his face was instantly wrong.
There was fear and uneasiness in his eyes!
Russell smiled lightly, raised his hand to take off the necklace around Amelia's neck, and slapped it on the bar counter with a click: "Hello sir, don't be nervous, we are passing exorcists, not bad people, and we want to ask you for some news." ”
The shiny jewelry shook the middle-aged boss's eyes for a while, and when he heard Russell calling himself an exorcist, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he spoke a lot more politely, and asked the clerk to entertain Lucian and the others.
The boss smiled and stretched out his hand, but Russell held down the necklace, and asked with a smile: "With all due respect, you are a priest, right?" ”
"Fake, work needs!"
"Are you here...... Is it for the Headless Horseman's bounty? ”
"No, I'm not interested in the Headless Horseman, I want to inquire about vampires."
"Vampires?"
"That's right!"
With the conversation with the middle-aged boss, Russell gradually came up with some information, this was the end of the eighteenth century, the Valley of the Guillotine was located in a small country in Europe, the name of the country was not important, he had never heard of it at all, and later asked Amelia, and he had not heard of it either.
However, from the middle-aged boss, he has a general understanding of the world background, and the alternate history adds a dark and magical worldview, where the fairy tales of Grimm and the story of the Thousand and One Nights are traced and real.
For example, in the story of Snow White, the Valley of the Severed Head was part of the kingdom hundreds of years ago, and the witch queen ruled here for a time, and after her death, the kingdom split into several small kingdoms.
"Is there anything else I can do for you, sir?" The middle-aged boss rubbed his hands, looked at the jewelry necklace in Russell's hand, and smiled very flatteringly.
Without hearing from the vampire, Russell shook his head, took the necklace into his arms, and snapped his fingers to beckon his little brother to leave.
"Wait a minute, sir, you haven't given me the necklace yet."
"Why did I give you the necklace?" Russell looked sullen, just because the boss chatted with him for a while?
"You just said ......" The middle-aged boss was dumbfounded, Russell just put the necklace on the table, and really didn't say anything about giving it to him.
Well, even if you haven't said it, you have to pay for your meals!
The middle-aged boss was aggressive, stretched out his hand and pointed to the table where Lucian and the others had sitting, and was dumbfounded again, the food he was entertained didn't touch, what was it like when it was served, and what it was like now.
Werewolves and vampires live on blood, even if they are mixed, and no matter how delicious the human food is, they can't afford it, let alone a few pieces of hard bread and low-quality beer.
"Damn, it's already on the table." Under the gritted gaze of the middle-aged boss, Russell and his party walked away.
"My lord, where are you going next?"
"Buy a few horses, and a map, and we'll go to the nearest big city......" Russell held the cross necklace on his chest: "Maybe the church has information about vampires." ”
As he spoke, a warning bell suddenly sounded over the town, and the wind blew, and the heavy trampling of horses' hooves hit the entrance of the town.
In an instant, the already bleak town became even more deserted, and the people quickly returned to their homes with their faces locked, locked their doors and windows, and closed their eyes to read the Bible and pray.
Da! Da! Da————
The sound of horses' hooves approached, and the black horses rushed out of the fog carrying the knights, and when one man and one horse charged, there was an unstoppable spirit.
Except for a missing head, this black knight has nothing to spray!
As the intent of killing grew, Lucian stood in front of Russell, raised his hand and drew his pistol, and the werewolves were on guard and clenched their ultraviolet weapons.
Russell pressed on his shoulder, shook his head slightly, and motioned to everyone: "Don't meddle with things, the Headless Horseman kills people and designates targets, and it has nothing to do with us." ”
Lucien nodded, still protecting Russell behind him with a few werewolf warriors, his muscles tense until the Headless Horseman rode away, and then withdrew his weapon.
"I'm right, the Headless Horseman doesn't attack casually......"
"Sigh Rhythm ~~~"
The tall horse raised its front hooves and turned around under the control of the knight, a sharp sword pointed straight at several people.
Russell: (a??) a)
"Your Excellency!?"
"Stop talking nonsense, kill him!"