Chapter 2: The Night Watch
Night watchmen generally do not call themselves "night watchmen", they have their own name. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
But they do fit the image of the "night watchman" in people's mouths.
They were the only people in the Imperial City who could go out when the black fog was thick, and they wouldn't be afraid of the black fog and whatever it brings.
When the bell rang, they would pack up their outfits and go out, carrying lanterns in their hands, some of them with handy weapons, bells hanging from their waists, and patrolling the deserted and silent streets with the sound of footsteps and bells.
Under normal circumstances, they are the only ones who will sound at this moment when the black fog clears, and the sound of bells and footsteps will also reassure the inhabitants of the house.
The Lynch family was looking forward to hearing the Night's Watch in action. It wasn't known if the Night's Watch would be able to rekindle the extinguished flames, but if no one did anything about it, the black mist would seep in from the outside of the house.
Outside the house, there is only a lantern at the door.
The first to come to his senses was Lynch, who was actually much older than his parents in this world, and he hadn't seen anything terrible about the Black Mist. To be honest, he had seen a lot of things through the Internet in his previous life, and the supernatural abilities he had seen seemed to be only a faucet that could continuously produce water wrapped in a piece of rune paper, although he was excited for a long time to see this magical supernatural phenomenon, but he was still skeptical about the level of force in this world.
He took a step and walked towards the crystals that were still glowing red.
However, his mother grabbed him directly by the collar: "What are you going to do?"
Lynch was so strangled that he even stuck out his tongue, and his voice was a little hoarse: "I'm going to throw that red thing out!"
"Don't move!" his mother was nervous.
Lynch had just tried to comfort her mother when her father spoke again.
"Ah Fang, you take good care of the child, maybe it's really this thing, I'll throw it away. His father's voice was shaking, but he had calmed down.
Lynch watched his father walk toward the bed through the glimmer of the light of the doorway lantern through the window. At this time, he was firmly held by his mother and couldn't move. Lynch could feel his mother shivering. At the same time, her mouth was also full of words, comforting her ten-year-old child in her eyes: "Don't be afraid...... Don't be afraid ......"
I'm not afraid, Mom, calm down. If you're really holding an eight-year-old child, you're going to be scared to death by now. Lynch sneered, and at the same time felt a little moved in his heart.
At this time, his father also took the crystal.
Lynch then reminded, "Dad, after you throw that thing away, bring in the lantern hanging at the door." ”
But after Lynch said this, his father stopped, slowly put the crystal back on the bed, and turned around and walked over to them.
This time, Lynch was also confused. He couldn't understand the significance of this cheap father's actions.
His mother also called, "Lin Yuan, what are you doing?"
They are destined to be unanswered. Lynch and his mother watched as the former human let out an inhuman roar and lunged at them.
At this time, Lynch's mother was no longer panicked and trembling. The mother of the eight-year-old, the pregnant woman who became pregnant again, did not know exactly what was happening now, but she wanted to protect her child. She knew that the monster in front of her, as she should have called it, was no longer her husband.
She pushed the child away from her arms and shouted to him, "Run!" before meeting the monster that was pounced, crushing it to the ground. She looked at her former husband's face—bleeding from all his orifices, only the whites of his eyes remained, his skin seemed to have rotted for a long time, and his mouth made a muffled sound.
But it's very small, and it's a good thing.
Lynch, who had just been pushed away, was a little overwhelmed on the sidelines.
It was impossible for him to run, and there was nowhere to run. He didn't dare to touch the crystal fragments, because his father had just come into contact with them. He was going to turn around and help his mother, who had just pushed him away.
He knew that there was a knife in the house, which was placed in his parents' bed.
I just don't touch the crystals. Thinking so, he turned around and ran towards the bed. But the moment he turned around, a hand was placed on his right shoulder.
So cold hands. That was his first thought. Then he looked to the right.
All he saw was a mouth, which opened wider and wider until it could completely enclose Lynch's little head.
His mother screamed in despair. She couldn't pull out, but her eyes kept looking at her child, and she saw the monster that suddenly appeared from the red crystal. A monster with long hair and half of its body, the missing half of its body covered with waving arms.
Lynch couldn't move now, his brain felt like it was frozen. watched as the big mouth got closer and closer to him.
The night watchman in charge of the area, who had just broken down the door, saw this scene. A desperate mother and a child who is about to be eaten.
He immediately raised the lantern in his hand, and the lantern began to glow blindly, and the monster that was about to eat Lynch immediately closed its mouth and covered its body with all its right half of its hands, like a bird that covered itself with its wings.
The Night's Watch didn't stop, the words in his mouth as the paper incantation in his other hand began to crackle and burn, and he threw it at the monster.
The "boom" rune exploded into a ball of fire the moment it touched the monster.
The monster was immediately ignited, its wing-like arms protecting itself sizzling, and black mist came out like steam. It screamed, gave up on Lynch, and pounced on the Night's Watch.
The night watchman wore a hood and robes, and his face was hidden in the shadows. Still holding the lantern, he didn't move as he watched the monster pounce.
Timkey, who had just come to his senses, didn't bother to pay attention to the monsters and the Night's Watch, and immediately ran to his mother, who was kneeling on the ground, gasping for breath, covered in blood.
Lynch's infected father was reduced to a puddle of black ash the moment the night watchman raised the lamp.
And then the screams of the monster attracted his attention again. That's when he realized that it was the second night watchman to make the multi-handed monster scream.
The second night watchman to arrive was dressed completely differently from the former. He was dressed in black leather armor with a lantern hanging from his waist, and he held a half-hand sword surrounded by black flames.
Looks like a male young warrior from an RPG.
His speed is much faster than that of monsters, and he is agile enough to dodge monsters' attacks again and again, and from time to time swing his sword to cut off the monster's arms, which seems to be at ease.
The monster hissed, screaming louder with each severed hand, and his severed arm would soon disappear into a black mist.
On the other side, the hooded Night's Watch walked slowly towards the red crystal fragments.
Lynch was taking care of his mother at this time. His mother was not in good shape, her arm was covered with scratch marks, mixed with bite marks, and the skin around the wound had turned black and was still spreading at a visible rate.
Lynch tried to ask for help from the night watchman, who was still hooded, but was stopped by his mother, who motioned him to remain silent.
The Night's Watch stooped down and picked up the crystal, which glowed a blinding red and began to merge automatically, turning itself into a complete hedron again.
Lynch watched the scene dumbfounded, then noticed that the Night's Watch was facing his side, as if looking at him.
"Huh?" Before Lynch could react, the Night's Watch threw the lantern in his hand at him, not caring if a child could catch it.
Still, Lynch barely caught the lantern.
Red flames began to erupt from the Night's Watchman's free hand, and he placed the hedron on top of the flames, and the light emitted by the hedron became more and more dazzling, and it began to hum like a mosquito.
Only then did Lynch see his face clearly through the light of the fire in the night watchman's hand, and it was actually a delicate and beautiful girl, who looked like she was in her teens, very young.
At this point, the spar began to absorb the flames from the girl's hand, and quickly absorbed the flames clean. After all this was done, the hedron stopped glowing, and the humming sound disappeared.
The girl then threw the hedron in her hand at the RPG warrior who was still fighting.
The warrior caught the hedron very neatly. After receiving the hedron, he stopped ravaging the monster and held the hedron directly in the direction of the monster, and the hedron once again emitted a dazzling red light.
After a flash of red light, the monster was gone.
Lynch was relieved to see the monster disappear, and realized that the female night watchman had gone to the other side of his mother.
Before Lynch could open her mouth to inquire about the situation, she pointed to the night watchman outside the door to Lynch, and her voice was crisp and cold: "Go and call him, your mother is going to die." ”
"What?!" Lynch was incredulous, his mother had the strength to stop him.
He held up the lantern in his hand, trying to make himself see better.
Only then did he realize that the black skin on his mother's arm had spread to his face. Lynch's face became ugly, he didn't expect this thing to spread so quickly.
Lynch was about to turn around and call someone, but was grabbed by the girl next to him.
What does this mean? Lynch struggled to get out of it, but was suppressed and unable to move.
"This woman's condition is a bit serious. "It turns out that the warrior also noticed the situation here, and came over himself, and his speed was much faster than that of Lynch, the child.
Lynch didn't care about the hand on his head at this time, and hurriedly asked the fighter, "Will she survive?"
"I could have made her last longer, but she's still going to die, you're too weak, and she's pregnant. My way of treating you doesn't make sense to you. The young warrior turned to the expressionless girl and asked, "Can't you flame repeaters?"
The girl shook her head: "I can't help it. ”
Lynch's heart was cold. He slowly walked to his mother, who was already lying on the ground. Although he is a time-traveler, he has in fact fully identified with his parents in this life.
"Don't come closer. The girl grabbed him again, but this time she didn't press his head: "It might be dangerous to get closer." ”
Lynch had to stop.
His mother smiled weakly at Lynch, and then spoke to the two night watchmen as best she could, "My child...... ...... of you."
The young warrior nodded at Lynch's mother, "We know, don't worry. ”
Lynch's mother was relieved of her heart, tilted her head, and went.
The young warrior sighed, untied the lantern hanging from his waist, and walked towards the corpse of Lynch's mother.
The girl explained, "If you don't dispose of the corpses that have been corrupted and infestation, your mother will be like your father before, understand?"
"Hmm. Lynch responded.
"Aren't you crying?" the girl looked down at the little Shota.
Lynch stared at the ignited flames and pursed his lips: "Don't cry." ”