Chapter 50: The Night Watch
The two froze in place, staring at the eerie light.
After a while, Green took a deep breath, raised his legs and walked towards the school building.
"What are you going to do?" Theseus grabbed Green, "You're not going up, are you? No, it's too dangerous." Maybe we should wait here until tomorrow morning, maybe we can get out. ”
Green shook his head, "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until dawn." ”
Theseus' face froze, "What do you mean?...... This is?"
He looked around and suddenly found that the fog had surrounded and eroded up at some point, and the fog was thick and churning, completely blocking their vision, and there seemed to be countless figures walking around.
A drop of cold sweat dripped from Theseus' forehead and shattered on the ground.
"Let's go. If you are surrounded by these fogs, I am afraid you will not be able to get out. ”
Green pointed to the glowing classroom, "I don't know what's going on, but I think the answer can be found there." ”
Hughes stared at Green for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "Anyway, I've already died once, there's nothing to be afraid of, let's go, let's see who is behind the scenes!"
"My fighting spirit hasn't recovered yet, it's only enough time for me to fight with all my strength for twenty breaths. Green said calmly.
"Okay, I'll take care of the rest. ”
With that, the two turned around and walked towards the teaching building together.
The entrance of the black hole is like a big mouth, slowly engulfing the two of them.
It was dark in the building, but luckily the lights on the road outside barely shone through the glass on either side of the classroom, allowing the two to distinguish their directions.
"Kick... Kick..."
Their crusty shoes stomped on the floor, making a crisp sound that echoed through the empty hallway.
After walking for a while, the teaching building was quiet, there was nothing but the faint sound of the piano coming from the fourth floor.
Through the windows of the hallway, you can see that the fog outside the building is getting thicker and thicker, and it is constantly approaching the building.
Walking cautiously in the corridor for a long time, both of them were vigilant to guard against possible enemies.
Finally, the two of them saw the stairs in the distance, which was hidden in the thick darkness.
The two of them walked briskly towards the stairs, and suddenly, Hughes stopped and grabbed Green.
"Wait......" Theseus whispered, his tone solemn.
Green cast an inquiring look at him, but Theseus stared at a classroom to the left.
Following Hughes's gaze, in a classroom on the left in front of the hallway, through the window, a lonely figure could be seen sitting in the middle of the stepped seat.
It looks like a girl, with her head down, her long hair hanging down in front of her, her face can't be seen clearly, and she doesn't move.
The two stood there for a moment, staring at the girl, but she was like a dead person, not even breathing.
After making eye contact, Green opened his mouth and said "go" silently.
The two slowed their steps and passed the classroom little by little, their eyes wary of the figure in the middle.
Finally, the two of them made their way through the corridor to the staircase, nothing had happened, and Green could feel the long exhale of Hughes beside him.
Standing in front of the stairs, Green raised his head and glanced upstairs, the black hole couldn't see anything clearly, only the staircase handrails, which were touched and shiny by countless students every day, extended from the darkness and refracted a glimmer of light.
The two lifted their legs and walked towards the second floor step by step.
As he reached the middle of the staircase, Green suddenly felt something, and jerked his head back to look at the classroom just now.
The girl stood by the window at some point, her highly decayed face pressed against the glass window, staring at the two of them, her body shaking meaninglessly, as if laughing.
As if trapped in a classroom, she was pressed against the glass, trying to squeeze it out, but the glass didn't move.
Theseus had already turned his head and saw this strange scene.
The two watched cautiously for a while, until they were sure that she was trapped inside and couldn't get out, then they turned around and continued to walk upstairs.
"Whew. ”
At the moment when the two of them stepped onto the corridor on the second floor, the originally faint piano sound suddenly became high, and the rhythm became rapid.
The stairs of the school building are not connected, but two on each floor, like a cross on top of each other.
In the corridor on the second floor, there are many oil paintings, all of which are portraits, of past principals and outstanding students, teachers who have contributed to the college.
No matter which way you go, you will reach the upper staircase. Both of them chose the right side.
After walking for a short distance, there seemed to be a cold aura in the air, enveloping the two of them.
"I feel as if these portraits are looking at us ......"
Hughes whispered.
Green nodded, he had already noticed that wherever the two of them walked, the faces in the portrait would turn in either way.
"Maybe it's like downstairs, trapped inside...... Keep your head down!"
Green shouted angrily, and the sword instantly unsheathed and slashed at the head of Xiuth.
The moment he heard Green's voice, Hughes bent down and lowered his head without any hesitation. A sword light swept over his head, and a terrible cry rang out.
Squatting down quickly, drawing his sword out in front of him, Theseus raised his head to look in the direction of Green's attack.
I saw a figure on the portrait with a hideous face that wanted to pounce out, and a sword mark pierced through the whole painting, stopping his movement, almost cutting the painting in half, and blood gushing out of it like a huge wound.
"Keep in the middle of the road. ”
Green said cautiously.
The two clung to each other, always paying attention to the portraits on both sides, and walked faster.
There was no danger along the way, and the two came to the staircase that led to the third floor.
Walking up the stairs with his legs up, Green didn't take a few steps before he felt someone pull him from behind.
"Theseus, why are you pulling me?"
"I should ask you that...... right."
......
The two fell silent, drew their swords and slashed backwards, but there was nothing.
Glancing at each other in disbelief, the two of them consciously quickened their pace and walked upstairs.
As I stepped onto the third floor, the sound of the piano from upstairs grew louder and louder, and the climax of a piece was repeated at a very fast speed, without stopping for a moment.
This time, the two still chose the right side.
After walking in the circular corridor for a long time, an invisible pressure in the darkness made the two of them a little breathless.
"There seem to be people in front of them, or a lot of people. ”
Green keenly heard a frolicking sound coming from ahead, and the sound was very mixed.
But who will frolic in the school building in this situation?
The two of them didn't stop, but the long swords in their hands each emitted a trace of sword light, and their fighting spirit was uncertain.
Passing through a corner, dozens of figures appeared in front of the two.
As if made of ink, all the figures were pitch black, but the silhouettes were the same as those of ordinary people.
They chased each other in the hallways, laughing and laughing, just like the students during the recess during classes on weekdays.
Then, the moment Grimm and Hughes appeared, all the figures stopped, as if they were frozen.
Immediately, everyone's heads creaked like rusty screws, twisted at an eerie angle, and stared at the two Greens.
The staircase to the fourth floor was just behind the figures.
As if receiving an order, dozens of black figures moved in an instant, like puppets, their joints twisted in strange directions, and they either walked or crawled towards the two.
"Platinum World!"
"Feng Lan hurry away!"
A dazzling fighting spirit erupted from the long sword, and the two of them greeted these strange figures.
A figure was slashed by Grimm, and his body flew out upside down in an instant, smashing against the wall, turning into a pool of black ink.
The fingers of these figures somehow became extremely sharp and shimmered with cold light. I don't know what will happen if I am caught by this claw, so the two of them can only try their best to dodge.
Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of these figures is very low, and the two of them have been wiped out in just a few blinks.
"They're recovering!" Hughes roared, slashing a lunging figure in two.
Green looked to the ground, and sure enough, the puddles of thick ink were gradually wriggling, slowly turning into figures and continuing to rush up.
"Rush directly, go up to the fourth floor, or you will be dragged to death!"
Green didn't care about the consumption at the moment, and the Desolate Dragon Elephant King Kong body opened, rampage all the way, and rushed up the stairs from the crowd.
Hughes followed, rushing up the stairs with an arrow and slashing the figure that rushed up with two swords.
All the way to the corner, the two looked back and saw dozens of figures crowded at the staircase, stretching out their hands and waving constantly, but they could not step on the stairs.
"It's safe......" Theseus gasped.
"The real danger is not yet there. Green said gloomily.
From the time the two of them walked up to the fourth floor, the already high piano sound seemed to be out of control at this moment, playing frantically, which was no longer at all the speed that humans could have. There was no pattern, it was almost like noise, and the violent sound of the piano echoed in the hallway, making the two of them feel distraught.
As they walked along, the two of them got closer and closer to the sound.
Finally, a door that shone through the crack appeared in front of them, and the sound of the piano came from within.
Standing in front of the door, Green felt as if something was calling to him inside, urging him to open the door.
Almost at the same time, both of them involuntarily reached out and grabbed the bronze handle on the door together, and with a slight force, they were about to unscrew it.
"What are you doing!!"
An angry shout came from the side, waking the two of them up instantly.
I saw a tall figure, hurrying towards the two of them with broad steps, carrying a faint oil lamp in his hand.
As they got closer, the two of them could see the man's face clearly, and Hughes drew his sword and pointed it at him on the spot.
I saw that the faces of the people who came were extremely terrifying, all the facial features were deformed and crowded together, half of the scalp was lifted off, and one eyeball was exposed, and the blood vessels in it could be seen beating.
"Who are you?" asked Green in a deep voice, taking a slow step back.
"I'm the Night Watchman. ”
His voice was hoarse, like a fire in his throat.
"Don't you know that you can't go out at will at the end of every month, and you almost opened the door!"
He asked as he stared at the two of them angrily, the bare veins on his head beating even more intensely.
"We're freshmen and we don't know the rules. ”
The night watchman stared at the two men for a long time before his heaving chest slowly subsided.
"Come with me. ”
He turned and walked straight up the stairs, as if he didn't hear the piano in the room.
The two looked at each other and hurried to follow.
When he walked down the stairs, Xius finally couldn't help but say, "There's something blocking down there, it's a monster that can't be killed......"
Hughes stopped before he could finish his sentence, for the corridor below was empty at the moment.
However, at some point, a faint mist had risen. The night watchman ignored it, and led the two of them downstairs.
A faint mist approached the two of them as if they were alive, and a cold and damp feeling stuck to the two of them, shivering coldly.
Follow the night watchman all the way to the first floor, and all the strange phenomena disappear along the way.
Walking out of the building, the strange phenomenon outside the building made Green can't help but blow up his hairs.
The white mist had solidified together like substance at this time, and countless vivid white faces emerged and squeezed together.
Pain, confusion, hatred, curse, hatred, pleading, lamentation, weeping, jealousy, resentment, fear, doubt, greed...... Hundreds of negative expressions are listed on it like ukiyo-e, frantically squeezing outward, as if trying to escape.
The night watchman lifted the oil lamp in his hand and walked out slowly. The faint light shone out, and the fog spread out.
The two of them followed him closely, and after walking on the ring road for a while, an outward junction appeared in front of them, and the dormitory area was not far behind.
The night watchman sent the two men to the intersection, and his cloudy eyes scanned them for a moment, then turned away without looking back, and disappeared into the fog in a few moments.