Chapter 8: The Screaming Journey
Woo——!
The airship whistled again, and the sound of the propellers clattering and spinning slowly sounded, and as the rhythm of the sound became faster and faster, the airship began to move slowly forward, faster and faster.
Soon, you will be able to overlook the panoramic view of the entire airship station from above, and the carriage will be a little more lively at this time.
Yare flipped through a blank page and recalled some information Charlene had given him yesterday.
This time they are going to Bucharest, which is the most famous place in the province of Upper Dakia, where the legendary vampire ancestors are buried, and there is a monastery dedicated to the souls of the ancestors, the Snakov Monastery.
A few days ago, around the time of their invasion of the Highland Kingdom, the Soundnest organization invested a lot of manpower and material resources in excavating the underground ruins of the monastery. Just when the excavation work was progressing, an unknown disaster occurred, and the entire engineering team was almost wiped out, and only the reformed soldiers escaped with zero luck, and they are still seriously injured and still do not wake up.
Judging from the results, regardless of whether or not the Vampire Ancestors were buried in the Snakov Monastery, it is worth exploring.
Putting aside the convent for a moment, Yare looked out of the airship window on the left.
Patches of soft white clouds continued to sweep back, and the air currents in the air above hit the fixed glazed windows, making a subtle creaking sound. Occasionally, a group of goblins flew by in the sky, dragging glittering particles of light, curiously sticking their faces to the glass window and peeking in.
At this time, the gray-white sky was a little cloudy, and it seemed that it was about to rain, and two swallows streaked across the sky, chasing after each other.
Airship in order to avoid lightning. He gradually lowered his altitude and flew over the spire of the towering bell tower below, and began to glide slowly at low altitude.
"It's also great to fly low on a rainy day. ”
Bruno leaned against the glass window with great interest. Casting his eyes on the shadows of the airship below, he suddenly saw a bare-bottomed albatross flapping its wings and resting on the pedestal of a church statue of the Son.
"Look, there's a bald-tailed albatross!" he exclaimed quietly.
It's childish - that's what Jarre says about him.
At this moment, the young man sitting opposite fell asleep, and the girl took the opportunity to get out of her boyfriend's arms and secretly looked at the silver-haired boy. Then he turned his gaze to the black-haired knight. Smiled amicably at the two of them.
Aree closed his note and smiled back.
"Are you going to Dakia too?" asked the girl in a low voice.
"yes, are you too?" replied the black-haired knight casually.
"Hmm. So what are you going to do there?" the girl reached out and swept the hair on the side of her face, covering the shallow kiss marks: "Is it to investigate the affairs of the Snakov Monastery?"
"Do you know what's going on there?" he asked curiously.
"Of course, it is said that the treasure of Grand Duke Vlad has been found there, and many mercenary groups and large consortia have visited it. Recent times. There was also an excavation team of a large consortium that was completely wiped out there. Rumor has it that only one person survived. ”
The other party seemed to know a lot of inside information, and said in a chatter.
"Looks like you know very well. Arei looked surprised, and his gaze narrowly surveyed the girl.
With short soft brown hair reaching only the neck, and a leaf-shaped lady's glasses on the bridge of her nose, the girl gave a shrewd and well-behaved ladylike temperament, wearing a light blue lace skirt, and her skin was as white and tender as mutton fat jade, so delicate that there were almost no flaws.
The girl was like a scholar on a long journey. With a strong bookish atmosphere, it gives people a very educated person. It's a simple taste. Although the face is not very beautiful, the vigorous temperament on the body is very pleasing.
This feeling of a young girl, this reminds the black-haired knight of the girl he once loved, and unlike the girl in front of him, that guy is a fool who loves to be strong.
"I'm a reporter at Paris Newspaper, and I know all the big news there. She blinked triumphantly, glanced at Bruno again, and whispered:
"I've seen many, many powerful big people, and the two of you have a similar temperament, shouldn't you...... It's also the people who went to investigate the monastery, right?"
"What do you think?" said Are.
Seeing that he didn't answer positively, the girl smiled and acquiesced to the guess. It seems that the two of them are regarded as "big shots" who are ready to compete for Vlad's treasure.
The black-haired knight was also happy to see the other party guess like this, anyway, if he really found any treasure there, he wouldn't mind grabbing it.
"Now that you know so well, what are you going to do, write an investigation report?" he remembered the calluses on the girl's fingertips
"Yes, we're interested in what's going on there, but we're not going to stay long, just leave with a quick interview. The newspaper has already arranged the specific things for us. The brown-haired girl smiled in response to Yalei's inquiry.
The black-haired knight nodded in understanding.
"If you agree, we can also write a short story for you, if there is enough information, and there is no problem with medium and long articles. She seems to be very interested in the identities of the two, and even begins to take advantage of the temptation of privilege.
"We just want to be as low-key as possible. Yare declined the request.
"It's a shame that my sixth sense tells me that your experience is sure to make a super hot story. The girl pursed her lips regretfully, reached out to cover her mouth, and yawned slightly.
"Hmm...... I'm so tired, flying so low, it makes me a little dizzy. ”
"No way, it's raining. The black-haired knight watched her yawn and felt like he wanted to sleep.
The brown-haired girl quickly got back into her lover's arms, Yare leaned back in the chair, and then closed his eyes, Bruno felt a little tired after watching the scenery for a long time, so he simply leaned against the glass window and closed his eyes and slowly dozed off.
I fell asleep in a daze, and I don't know how long it took, but the black-haired knight slowly woke up.
It was already dark outside the window, it was pouring rain outside the window, the cockpit was a little noisy, and in the middle of the aisle, a flight attendant was pushing a small cart selling food and food slowly.
A young couple on the opposite side had woken up and were holding a comedy novel and reading it softly. When you read something interesting, the two of them will laugh and hug each other.
Bruno was rummaging through his suitcase and took out two dry towels, one around his neck. One in your hand:
"Shall I go take a shower, shall we go together?"
"I'll go too. ”
Life on the airship is boring, the two have nothing to do except chat with the couple across from each other every day, and Bruno has to deal with the curious gaze of the brown-haired girl from time to time.
......
Five days later.
Due to the tailwind, the airship arrived at its destination several days early.
With the sound of a shrill whistle, the airship slowly descended to the ground.
Bang bang. The side of the cockpit popped open, and the flight attendant stood on the side of the door and smiled:
"The final stop, Bucharest, has arrived, welcome to this airship. ”
"It's finally here. ”
Yalei retrieves the suitcase from the luggage rack. Gragging Bruno's arm, passing by the flight attendant, he walked down the ladder one after the other, and a hot wind suddenly hit his face.
The sky is scorching. Yellow sand raged all around.
There are two or three wooden houses on the station square. The cracks that looked old were not so much the walls as the walls of the fence were planted with a row of poplars, sick under the scorching sun, and the branches and leaves were curled.
Compared to the Gallic post station, it is even worse than the station.
"Mr. Lucar!
The young couple trotted all the way over, and the brown-haired girl with an oversized straw hat ran behind them out of breath, and said breathlessly:
"The car that picked us up was right outside the station. Anyway, the destination is the same, let's go together. ”
"Miss Gogorela. Actually, we don't need a car. Bruno rejected the other man's kindness.
Through the past few days together, they can be regarded as familiar with each other, and the young couple are both from the newspaper Paris in Gaul. The young man's name is Charr and the girl's name is Gogorella, and this time she goes to the Sinakov Monastery to interview a pair of legendary mercenaries.
The brown-haired girl didn't expect the other party to refuse, so she pursed her mouth unwillingly, and pointed to the camel cart outside the gate of the post station: "There is an ice furnace in our car, and the four of us will not feel stuffy." ”
"Still ......"
The silver-haired boy was about to continue to refuse, but Arella pulled his arm and nodded in agreement:
"Let's go together, then. ”
"Okay!"
Gogorilla beckoned happily in the direction of the camel cart, and the camel cart outside the door immediately dragged the smoke and dust into the square, and an old man with a beard walked to the door and pushed open the door of the carriage with a click.
"Let's go. ”
Charles smiled shyly.
"Hmm. ”
Bruno's silver eyes narrowed like a big cat, and he quietly stopped talking, and followed the black-haired knight into the carriage.
A thick curtain covers the windows, making the light in the space dim and gray. There were two copper ice furnaces by the door, and the freezing air of Bai Sensen was shining, and even the floor was chilling.
There are a total of eight seats in the carriage of the camel cart, and there are currently three people, an old man with a beard, an old woman wrapped in a white robe and headscarf showing half of her face, and a middle-aged man who bows his head and does not speak.
After Guo Guorui got into the car, he said hello to several people, then walked to the empty seat in the last row and sat down. Yalei stood in the narrow aisle of the carriage, glanced coldly at the three passengers, and sat down as well.
Charles took his girlfriend's hand, whispered hello to his colleague, and sat down beside Gogorella with his head bowed. As soon as his buttocks touched the seat, he felt a chill rushing to his heart, and he shivered subconsciously.
"It's cold. ”
He muttered softly, resting his back against the cold, hard backrest.
The camel cart slowly began to move, and Gogorella, who had always been very energetic, suddenly began to feel sleepy, rested her head on her lover's shoulder, and fell into a deep sleep.
“......”
Charles was also sleepy for a while, his head swaying back and forth with the rolling of the wheels, and in his drowsiness, the body of the car suddenly jolted.
Smack——!
His forehead instantly hit the back of the front seat, grinning in pain, and subconsciously raised his head, his gaze happened to meet a pair of cold eyes.
The young man's heart thumped, and with a hint of luck, he slowly raised his head.
In the field of vision, the three passengers in the car raised their heads at an angle and looked at him strangely, their eyes glazed and numb on their bloodless faces, like several shells filled with strange shadows.
How so?
Charles lowered his head like an electric shock, his heart was beating wildly in his chest, he squeezed his girlfriend's soft palm, and found that the other party was sleeping too deeply, and there was no response.
I don't know if it's an illusion, he feels that the temperature in the carriage is getting colder and colder, and the eerie cold is like drilling into the bone marrow.
The young man was chilled by the cold, and shrunk around his shoulders, and at this moment, his body suddenly stiffened—his back was suddenly pressed against five hard things, and he moved slowly.
I'm sitting in the last row.
Charles was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his throat, his body trembled violently, his body trembled, and the ancient monster body behind him moved faster.
He didn't dare to turn his head to look behind him, but he trembled and grabbed Gogorela's purse, took out his girlfriend's makeup mirror, and slowly raised it to his side.
The white flower flashed through the mirror, and Charles held back his fear and quietly turned the mirror, which emitted a faint light that reflected the scene behind him.
Cords, back pads, hanging ornaments...... The young man slowly turned the vanity mirror, the scene slowly changing, and finally fixed on the top of his head, where a bloated face hung as if the muscles of the face had melted and drooped downward......
Charles stared at the face in a daze, and an extreme chill and fear slowly crept up his heart along every capillary, wrapping it in it, and then squeezing it harder and harder.
The young man stiffened his neck, his eyes fixed on the mirror, and a cool air hit his back, seeping into his bones.
"Ahh
Charles broke down completely, jumped out of his seat like crazy, screamed violently, turned around and slammed his fists into the car behind him.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Gogorella was startled by his actions and looked overwhelmed.
"There's a problem with this car! There's a problem with this car! There's a problem with these two cars!" he repeated nervously, his fist pounding the car repeatedly.
The brown-haired girl stood up in fright and took a few steps back, and was about to pounce on him to stop him, when suddenly there was a creepy and her legs trembled in fright—there was a blood-red palm print on the other party's back.
"Gogorella, we have to leave, we can't stay here any longer. ”
The young man suddenly came to his senses, gritted his bleeding teeth, grabbed his girlfriend's hand, and stepped to the car door.
"Let's go now!"
He stretched out his hands to grasp the doorknob and tugged hard, and then tapped the window glass with his elbow, and the muffled sound of thudding echoed in the car, making it even more deadly silence.
(The author assures with Ding Ding that the patch demon king will not be thick.) (To be continued.) )