Chapter 35: Semi-Undead
In the history of the development of the undead, there is a special existence called semi-undead, which refers to the creature that has not yet become an undead, but looks like an undead, and its appearance is usually reflected in the ugly appearance of mild corruption, and can also speak vague language, has a certain ability to think and inherit a part of the memory before death, so it is called a special existence among the undead.
And it struggled in John's arms, under the illumination of the light, it was a semi-undead human monster, ugly and vomiting, it was probably afraid of this light, and couldn't help but raise its hand to cover its eyes.
Seeing the object in his arms clearly, John was also stunned, no wonder he felt a little slippery and not easy to catch, it turned out to be the same kind.
"By the way, do you have any thicker ropes?"
“…… Well. Laudeira was stunned, and handed John a thick rope that could bind a mad cow.
"Thanks!" John took the rope and skillfully tied up the semi-undead human under his crotch.
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"Say, don't hide it, the semi-undead human should still be able to speak and think, and I speak the most common language on the mainland." John leaned the bound half-undead human against the wall and patted it on the face with a smile.
"........." The half-undead human bowed his head in silence.
"Look at me!" John was upset, he pinched its chin and lifted it up so that its scarlet eyes and corroded face were in front of him, and his eyes met as he said sincerely, "Please, I really want to know what this place is." ”
The half-undead human seemed to be moved by John, its scarlet eyes flashed a little fluctuation, and it slowly spoke, and the jerky and ugly language sounded: "...... I%#@¥%......"
"Huh? What did you say? John was stunned, he didn't understand the language.
“…… My name is Cohen&*%......#" The jerky and ugly language is starting to get a little clear, but the second half still doesn't understand, oh, anyway, I know your name is Cohen, are you introducing the name?!
"Well, Cohen, hello, just call me John, please give me a lot of advice, I know you haven't spoken for a long time, don't worry, just say it slowly." John smiled with a good-natured, understanding smile.
John seemed to be able to feel the emotion in Cohen's scarlet eyes, no way, he was a lich anyway, as a high-level existence among the undead, a hard-working experimenter, he had never seen any emotions such as despair.
Laudra who was watching was silent, John's performance was too amazing in her eyes, she really didn't think about being able to communicate calmly with the undead, and at the same time, she became more and more curious about John's identity.
When Cohen was able to organize the language smoothly, John threw the question at him: "What is this place?" What do you know? ”
Cohen shook his head: "I don't know, I already released myself here when I woke up, and I became this ghost, woo-ah-ah!" ”
It seemed that he really couldn't remember the second half of the story, and he let out a painful sound in the middle of speaking.
Is it the pain caused by the loss of memory? Seeing Cohen like this, John thought.
"Okay, you don't have to force yourself to think about it, so just pick what you know and say it." It's useless to force Cohen, it can't get it back to memory without the help of any magic and props, it's better to use this gentle way than to stimulate him, John is a little regretful, he thought Cohen would know more or less about this place.
"My name is Cohen, that's my name."
"Hmm."
"I used to be a businessman."
"Uh-huh."
"I also have a beautiful wife, two lovely children, a boy and a girl, and I can't remember their faces anymore."
"Uh-huh."
"I remember that at that time, because of something, I had to pass by a terrible place, and finally I was swallowed up by the army that covered the sky, and when I woke up, I found myself ...... here"
"Uh-huh, what else?"
“……… I can't remember, sorry. ”
“………”
Well, that's all there is to the clue at the moment, and there is still no way to guess where this place is, John is a little annoyed.
"Then I ask you, is this place just you? Anyone else? ”
John asked, and Cohen remembered, "Well, there are other people like me, but they're almost all crazy." ”
"What do you mean?"
"They've become mindless monsters, they can't communicate with words, and whenever I get close to them, they come and bite me hard, so I get around them every time I see them." Cohen seemed to remember something, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.
"So, did you put the Eternal Light Bead on?" Laudeira spoke, and she asked, pulling out her shiny bead of eternal light.
Cohen admitted: "Yes, I put it up, I think it's really too dark here, I have nothing to do, so I just let it go." ”
"Where did you get these things from? You said you used to be a businessman, how did you get this thing? ”
Laudera's questions flew one by one, and Cohen's head was short-circuited, and he was speechless, apparently caused by a lost memory.
At this time, John came out to relieve him: "Okay, don't be so pushy, the missing memories can't be remembered by stimulation." ”
"Hey, I said you, how much do you believe what this half-undead says, what if what he says is false?" Laudera naturally had a reason to ask so much, she was afraid that these half-undead were lying, and the undead who could talk in her memory were not good goods.
John said helplessly: "Don't worry, senior, his intelligence has not yet reached that level, if he really wants to deceive us, he should know that the lie must be made up a little rounder, not to mention that the information he provides now basically does not threaten me, so don't worry about it." ”
"Ah, I'm too lazy to care about you!"
Laudeira seemed to be a little angry, to be more specific, she should have made an angry expression, she thought to herself, how much do you trust the undead you just met, could it be that you are the same kind? Sure enough, it's a milky little kid!
Looking at the inexplicably angry Laudera, John was a little confused, well, forget it, since you have asked everything you want to ask, let Cohen leave, it's not good to always tie him up.
"Wait?! What are you doing! ”
"What? Of course, let him go. ”
John's natural answer made Laudella angry, and she pointed at John's nose and said, "Is your brain empty?!" It's not clear whether he's friend or foe yet, so what if we suddenly attack or retaliate against us?! Are you aware of security? ”
"Well, I'm sorry, I really didn't think about the possibility that he would retaliate against me, after all, I'm very confident in my own strength! No problem! John said confidently.