Chapter 520: Aftertaste
When Jack and Lothar find their companions outside the city, everyone is immersed in grief. The Count wanted to ask what was going on, but the Wolfwalker had already seen Mona lying on the ground. Before Elsa could explain to Jack, who had rushed to the side of the female warrior, the werewolf looked at the broken body of his comrade and tried to touch her with his hands, only to find that his palms still had sharp claws.
"Woohoo!" a distant wolf howl rang out from the woods north of Valley City, and it reverberated through the treetops, over the city shrouded in demonic smoke that had not yet dispersed, and reverberated between heaven and earth. The others were silent, not knowing what tone and words to use to appease the lone wolf. As for Jack and Mona, Elsa was the only one present who knew what their past was, but what everyone had seen was that after the monkey turned into Alexander, the only person who could treat him in the same way as before was the female warrior.
Wolfwalker shed his hair and fangs and reverted back to the somewhat emaciated man, who gently picked up Mona on the ground with trembling hands. But sadly, I found that even so, only the sweet smell of blood was particularly obvious in my senses. "The so-called wolfwalkers, after all, are just another kind of monster. ”
"Jack, wait a minute. Elsa walked up to her companion and said to him, "Mona isn't dead yet. ”
"What are you talking about!" the werewolf was immediately agitated when he heard this, and he leaned down to listen to the heartbeat of the man in his arms. But even with such a keen sense of hearing, he didn't hear anything.
"Why lie to me!" Jack roared, his teeth growing longer with rage, and Elsa took a few steps back. At this time, he was completely a beast in human skin, and even Lothar unconsciously put his hand on the handle of the battle axe after feeling this atmosphere.
"She didn't lie to you. At this point, Kelanti stepped forward, and she walked towards the almost out-of-control Wolfwalker with a sad look on her face. "Mona is indeed alive, but only alive. The witch said, flipping her palm and taking a seed surrounded by a large number of vines in her hand. The vines quickly took on the shape of a human, and judging by the lack of an arm, it was supposed to represent Mona. "I replaced her heart with seeds, and now Mona is now dead as most of her human organs, barely surviving with the nutrients of plants. But she was so hurt that I couldn't keep her for long. ”
After listening to Klanty's explanation, Jack calmed down a little. He turned his head to look at the female warrior, and did see some vegetative features near her wounds. And Mona's body temperature is not as cold as a normal corpse. "Can you bring her back to life?" asked the Wolfwalker, "I beg you to bring her back to life." ”
"I'm sorry, but that's the limit of what I can do. The witch bowed her head, she didn't want to see the warrior die, "But you're different, you're the one who can bring her back to life." As she spoke, Kolanty looked at Jack with no joke in her eyes.
"You want me to save her? But how can I... Oh, I see what you mean. "The wolfwalker understands that the rescue in the witch's mouth refers to turning Mona into a werewolf through transformation, so with the wolfwalker's near-immortal self-healing ability, the female warrior's injuries really can't be healed. But knowing the method, Jack didn't act immediately.
This hesitation made Elsa unbearable, "What are you still hesitating about? Save her! Do you want to watch her breath?"
"I... I don't know. Wolfwalker's eyes were blank, he looked at Mona in his arms, and then looked up at Elsa, "I don't know, whether I should do this or not." I don't know if I should turn her into a monster too. I need to know what she thinks, and if she wants to die here, then I..."
"Smack!" a crisp blow sounded. Jack turned his head to look at the red fox with an incredulous expression, and he saw the tears overflowing from the latter's eyes. Then, he understood. "I'm sorry. Wolfwalker said, then said the same thing to the man in his arms. "We will be back soon. Jack picked up Mona and walked deeper into the forest, speaking to his companion.
Elsa watched as the two of them were obscured by the bushes, and fell to her knees in pain. Colandy hugged her from behind, hoping to give her companion some comfort.
"I still don't get it. Is he going to bury her, or is he going to transform her? If it were me, no matter how ugly the monster was, I would have wanted to live. Peg sat on the sidelines the whole time, watching it all coldly, she didn't know Mona well, and she didn't know whether to expect the female warrior who had sacrificed her life to save them, or just die.
As for Jerry, who was sitting next to her, he just watched silently and didn't say anything. The events in front of him and the previous battle were too unbelievable for this apprentice killer, and they made him feel unreal when he had only lived on the side of Molten Iron City not long ago. It was as if what was happening in front of us was just a story from the mouth of some bard.
And the story always has an ending. Around noon the next day, Jack and Mona did not return, but the team of Cursed Ravens found camp with the rescued rats. Somewhat unexpectedly, there was no Qili in the returning crowd. According to Krus and the Raven, Kiri didn't plan to continue with the group after killing Kouira, maybe she went back to Heartbreaker, maybe not, but it didn't matter. A crazy witch is the manager of this country, and this is a problem that should be a headache.
"How many more?" Leon asks Gloria about their number after placing the nezumen. Now that all the members of the Vale Council have been killed, the daughter of Sharon is the true supreme leader of all the nezumi, both in name and in fact.
"There are still a dozen or so Awakened Ones left, and there are about thirty or forty Primitives. "Gloria's complexion is a little better than it was underground. Although the nezumi don't like sunlight, it's good to be able to see the sky at this time. "I think we're going to take a long time to tidy up the crypt, which has been messed up too much by the witch and her minions... Not suitable for living. ”
"Of course, my lady. Of course. The Blood Lion replied with a smile. But there was not the slightest hint of a smile in his eyes. He wanted to tell Gloria that the future she hoped for would not come, and that the kingdom would not allow the nezumi to continue to exist, let alone give them the entire Vale City and even the Salonian Territory to live in. Even with the character of King Sigget, after understanding the causes and consequences of the nezumi plague, the only merciful decision he could make was to establish a shelter and keep the nezumi in captivity. And most of the blue lion people probably only want to kill these aliens.
On the other side of the camp, Raven found Lothar, "I heard that you entered the city with Cheese, but what about the others?"
"I don't know. The Earl shook his head very dryly, and told the sorcerer everything about the situation before the mage disappeared, and in his opinion, as a fellow disciple, the crow was qualified to know this.
Surprisingly, however, the wizard did not show any sadness about the disappearance of his fellow disciples. He knew that Cheese would not die so easily, and that it was probably some kind of teleportation magic that had been used to get the Demon Lord out of here. This was indeed the best solution at the time.
The Raven stood up and patted the dust off her body, "Alright, it seems that there is no longer anything for me here. This plague has been raging long enough, and it's time to end. ”