Chapter 59 - Iola: MMP

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"Eldest sister, I confess, in fact, it's not rot at all, but ...... Belch...... It's because some of the corpses show signs of being bitten by some kind of creature......"

"Huh? So what? Go on. ”

"Come to think of it, of course I'll have to figure out what's going on! Until the truth is found, the Hall of the Dead can only be closed, but the lord is so busy for a while that I don't have a chance to report this to him...... Eldest sister, I beg you, don't tell me when you see the situation inside, otherwise I'll be miserable......"

"Less nonsense, lead the way."

With a bitter face, Verulus led Yura all the way to the Hall of the Dead.

Here I have to talk about the funeral customs of the Nord people, the Nord people don't know what kind of statement has been handed down from their ancestors, they don't make burials, and the corpses are all embalmed and placed in the tombs...... That is, in the depths of the Hall of the Dead, a hollow platform the size of a person's body is carved out in the wall, this is where the corpses rest, and countless corpses are lying in the walls of the Hall of the Dead in layers, and if the space is full, people will continue to dig deep into the hall to dig enough space to continue to place the corpses.

Thanks to the excellent embalming technology of the Nords, most of these corpses do not decay, but are slowly dried and finally become dried corpses.

As for the ghouls and skeletons running around...... That's just because it's cursed, generally speaking, I haven't heard of ghouls in the Hall of the Dead in any city, maybe there is Alkai's power to pacify them, and in general, ghouls generally appear in the wild in those ancient tombs built in ancient times.

Yura first thought it was a haunted ghoul in the crypt when he heard Verulus say that there was some technical problem with the corpse, but then he heard him say that it wasn't actually because of decay, but something more serious......

The corpse was gnawed by some kind of creature?

"Hmm...... I understood. Yura pushed the door open completely, and instead of feeling uncomfortable at the smell of corpses that had spread, she took a deep breath, which made Verulus next to her frown.

She took a breath and continued, "I've been dealing with dead people since I was born, and you probably don't know as much as I do...... Well? I think about it, is this the reason why my sister-in-law asked me to come back instead of letting Liuyin come back? Could it be that sister-in-law, she knew early on that something was wrong with the Hall of the Dead? Why is it the Hall of the Dead? ”

"W-What......" Verulus was about to speak, but she interrupted him.

"Shut up...... I guess I've figured out what's wrong......" Yura said as he walked over to a corpse, it was supposed to be a woman, it was not clear how old she was when she died, but there was no doubt that the closer the corpse was to this gate, the sooner the corpse would be in the Hall of the Dead, and the dead woman might have been around longer than Verulus, probably from the time of the last priest of Arkai.

"yes, that's what I meant, look at this corpse ......" "Shut up." "Yes, yes......"

Yura reached out and felt around the dried corpse, only to find that the side of the corpse against the wall had begun to decompose, and that it was a green, fungal substance that caused it.

"This thing...... It's not something that can grow out of a corpse on its own......" She stretched out her finger and wiped it on the fungus, dipping a little in it and looking at it carefully, "although it's not demonic...... But there is indeed an aura that is not much more holy than demonic energy...... This is not supposed to be something that came naturally, but was artificially created...... Of course, when I say 'artificial', I may not mean 'human'......"

As she spoke, she walked deeper into the tomb for a while, coming to a newer area, where the corpses were not long ago, and even she saw a few Silverblood guys inside, as well as the big-nosed old man named Nepos...... However, it seems that the guy was executed by order of the lord, and the body has been stitched up, otherwise the head and body should be in a state of separation.

But none of that mattered, Yura ignored Napos, who was lying dead (why was he a dead man when he appeared), and instead looked at the corpse of the young girl in front of him.

The corpse was definitely no more than twenty-five years old, and the fatal wound was a huge wound in the neck that had been stitched up - looking at the marks of this tear, it was obvious that it was left by a wolf, and it was a pity that such a young girl was bitten to death by a wolf like this.

But...... In addition to this fatal wound, there were many new wounds on her body.

For example, the thighs are the place where the most muscles are on the body, just like the first thing that comes to mind when you think of eating fragrant chicken is the chicken legs...... Sure enough, Yura found that a large piece of flesh was missing from one of the thighs of the girl's corpse, and even the bones were exposed, and there was no bleeding from the broken tendons, indicating that the wound appeared after her death.

The shape of the edge of the wound - although Yura hated to admit it, she was once a youkai who had eaten people, and she was sure that her judgment would not be wrong - it was clearly a human bite!

At that moment, she heard a voice.

"Few people can walk into the tomb as calmly as you do...... It smells of blood and rust......"

“？”

Yura looked around, but found that there was no one else except Verus, who was squatting in the corner not far away, shivering.

"I can feel the hunger hidden in your heart......"

"Hunger...... Grave...... Marks of human bites...... And this voice......" She rubbed her head and thought about it, and seemed to understand what it was all about, "yes, if that's the case, it should make sense......"

"Hey......" she walked over to Verulus with a calm look on her face and kicked him, "I probably know what to do...... You cooperate. ”

"Huh? With what, with what? Verulus asked stupidly, then she pinched her collar and lifted it up, "Oops! Sister, what are you doing here!? ”

"Less verbose!" Yura carried more than a hundred pounds of Verulus, lifted him up, and then exclaimed, "This guy should be quite delicious...... Do you want to eat together? ”

That's right, this should be a cult that teaches cannibalism, and the voice that sounded in her ears just now was not the evil god of this cult's beliefs, but the high-ranking figures in this cult.

This is Yura's conjecture, even if the guess is wrong, it doesn't matter, if his act of "goodwill" doesn't seduce some beings, it's a big deal to put Verulus down and apologize.

But...... She guessed right.

The tomb, which was supposed to be cordoned off, suddenly ran out of a corner and a figure appeared.

Yura looked at it, heh, she was still a very young girl, and she looked very beautiful.

As soon as the girl came to her, she smiled and opened her mouth and said—

"Goo...... Uh............"

The moment she came out, her throat was pierced by a strand of hair that appeared out of nowhere, and before she could say a word, she fell to the ground with an expression of disbelief.

Verulus was held up in mid-air and looked at the girl who suddenly appeared and fell to the ground to receive a boxed lunch, and his eyes widened and he couldn't speak.

"Well, you see, that's why your well-packed corpse was bitten by some unknown creature...... It was obvious that the marks could only be bitten out by human teeth, after all, there were no monkeys or anything like that in Makas City, so there were only humans. ”

Yura threw Verulus to the ground, then left the Hall of the Dead with a word.

"The body of Tonaru Shiruvabrod (2333 for the name "Tonal-Silverblood] has been delivered, and the problem on your side has been solved, so it's time for me to leave, take care of yourself...... Oh, by the way, you can try to report to the lord, and say that you have found a man-eating cult, and let the lord send someone to investigate this matter, it should be very amazing...... Well, if you need any clues, let's start with the owner of the meat seller in the vegetable market, he buys fresh meat, but the taste is very familiar to me...... Ahem, so be it, goodbye. ”

"Ahh Wait...... big sister," Virulus called to her, "how do you know this?" ”

"Me?" Yura glanced back at him, two red lights shot out of her eyes, sharp teeth poking out from the corners of her mouth, and she grinned, "That's how I used to live...... If it weren't for the heroes of Helgen, I might still be hiding in some cave that doesn't see the light of day, combing the hair of the dead, right? Rest assured, I'm not much of a threat to humanity now. ”

“…… Clams? ”

[To be continued]