Chapter 56: Doubts
"Brother Dior, how did you subdue that terrible monster?"
"Where are you hiding your weapons?"
"Did you kill this monster with your bare hands?"
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Along the way, Anatis and Melissa surrounded Dio and asked questions, very curious about what he was doing.
"This is actually a martial arts technique that is specifically used to destroy the joint parts of the enemy. The name of that monster is a ghoul, it has no pain, moves like the wind, and its skin is like a natural thick leather armor, even if it is pierced, it will not do much damage, and the eyes, ears, mouth, nose and other human vital points are even more nonsense to it, so even if a strong adult encounters a ghoul, it will only become a ghoul's dinner if nothing else.
But in the same way, there are advantages and disadvantages, the disadvantage of the ghoul is that because it does not have a muscle layer, there is no way to protect its bones, although its bones are far stronger than ordinary people, but the joints are still very fragile, as long as the targeted force is applied, its joints can be destroyed, and then its mobility can be paralyzed.
In addition, ghouls are less intelligent than beasts, so they move very regularly, and they will only pounce forward when they attack, at best, they are launched from different angles, so as long as you target this, even if it is fast, you can predict the pattern of its action.
I was able to subdue this ghoul with my bare hands, and I used these two aspects to destroy its spine, which seemed thrilling, but when I understood the principle, it was simple......"
Dio explained his experience in fighting ghouls to the two of them loudly and in detail, in fact, he was more of a speaker to Lilia, and in his hidden glance he found that although Lilia who was walking in front did not react on the surface, her ears were pricked up, and her steps slowed down a little, so he knew that she had listened, so he spoke more carefully.
These methods of dealing with the ghouls were observed by him from the perspective of a third person in the strange state of being out of control, and the ghouls were already transparent to him, and he was able to easily subdue them when he regained his senses and consumed a lot of himself, which shows that his methods are very effective.
"That's amazing, how do you know so much?"
"It's amazing. ”
Under his explanation, stars were about to flash in the eyes of the two girls.
At this moment, Lilia, who was walking in the front, suddenly waved her hand and motioned for the people behind to stop: "There is a smell of blood in front, behind that corner." ”
"I'll take a look. Dio stepped forward.
Lilia has no objection to this, and Dior is indeed the most suitable candidate.
Dio took a deep breath and walked gently towards the corner in front of him, calming his breath and raising his vigilance to the highest level, for a moment he seemed to be able to hear his own heartbeat, and he could feel even the slightest fluctuation in his veins.
His eyes narrowed slightly as he walked around the corner and looked to the left, where a tattered corpse was lying on the edge of the wall, and if it weren't for the shredded fabric of his clothes, it would have been hard for anyone else to think that this pile of minced meat would be human.
"And where is the murderer who caused the vision?" Dior thought to himself, looked around again, and then beckoned his companions to come over.
"Come on, it's fine, but I'd advise you to close your eyes when you come. ”
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"The third ......"
Looking at the corpse lying on the ground in front of him, Dio thought silently in his heart.
This is the third human corpse they have encountered along the way, without exception they are all people with thorn barriers, obviously they have not been at peace along the way, and they have not even had time to pack up the guns and ammunition on the corpses, which is completely different from when they left the work area, which shows how embarrassed they are now.
But that's fine, in addition to the broken Anatis, Pomorro, Belindeen, and Melissa each have a pistol, and no matter what they use, at least they have some self-protection.
For these Dior didn't care, what he valued was the way of death of these people in the Thorn Barrier - the corpse was like a punctured water bag and then torn into a pile of minced flesh, the blood and body fluids in it were almost gone, and there were obvious signs of being gnawed by wild beasts.
This is its hand.
Dior is sure.
He had found similar corpses in the passage where he was fighting the ghouls, but the corpses at that time were only a lot less flesh and blood in the upper arms, calves, chest and back and other parts compared to the tragic situation in front of him, and they were the best parts of the muscle fibers, and the overall body was not as tragic as the corpses in front of him. If you make a comparison, in the ghoul passage is a gourmand who likes to enjoy delicious food carefully, likes to pick and choose the best part to eat, and in front of him is a hungry homeless man who eats whatever he wants, and fills his stomach first.
At this time, Dior was suddenly surprised.
Just as Dio fell into a trough because of the battle against ghouls, it should have been in a very weak state because of something it encountered before, sending ghouls to besiege Dio and it itself to avoid the battle, on the one hand, to consume Dior, on the other hand, to buy itself enough time to recover, which is also the reason why it did not appear when Dio was at his weakest, when it was in a worse condition than Dio!
Originally, its hunting behavior had always been unhurried, until it saw Dior, and suddenly became urgent, which can be seen in the two corpses left behind. Now that it had apparently taken the most numerous Thorn Barrier as its nutritional supplement, and was chasing down Dion and the others with all its might, then its current location should be in front of Dior and them.
In addition, what worries Dio is that this enemy obviously has a certain amount of intelligence, not a pure beast, and if he thinks about it in his shoes, Dio feels that he will definitely hunt down the people of the Thorn Barrier while trying to find a way to prevent the advance of his group to buy himself time.
So what exactly will it do?
Dior pondered.
The smell of blood permeated him.
After seeing three horrible corpses in a row, the atmosphere of the entire team also changed.
Among the others, Lilia stood aside with an ugly face, barely able to support it; not far away, Pomorro, a noble child who had seen the market, was leaning against the wall and vomiting, and he held back the two corpses in front of him, but now he finally couldn't hold on; as for the remaining three girls, they couldn't do it when they saw the first corpse, and they reacted more than Pomorro now, and now they were softly gathered together, far away, and they didn't dare to look at it.
Dio's thoughts involved secrets that he couldn't make public, and they weren't suitable for discussion with others, so he thought about it for himself and didn't share the information he had with others.
After sorting out the information, he looked at Lilia on the side and said, "Let's get out of here first, it's not safe here, there may be monsters near us, we can't stop." ”
"I agree. Lilia replied with a blank face.
"How are you?" Dior's gaze turned to Pomerro, who was limp in his hands.
Bomo vomited a few times, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, and nodded at Dio: "I'm fine." ”
"That's fine. Dio looked at the other three girls and said casually, "Girls, ......" The words stopped abruptly, because he saw only Anatis in his sight.
"What about the two men?" Dior frowned.
Anatis whispered with some embarrassment: "It's convenient for them to go, it's been one night." ”
As soon as her words fell, Dio felt a hot sensation in his chest, and a misty white light suddenly lit up in the corner of his eyes, which was the long sword in Lilia's hand.
"Not good. ”
Dio and Lilia's faces changed, and they immediately realized something from their anomaly.
At that moment, the sound of thumping gunshots came from a short distance behind them, followed by the screams of the maiden.
"I'll go over and see, you guys are together, don't be separated!"
Dio threw down a sentence, and his figure flashed sharply, and he was already rushing out of the back passage.
1,2,3......
By the time he had reached seven, he had already rushed around the corner of the passage, just in time to see Bellendeon's head slip from his neck to the ground, and his young face tumbled in the air several times before falling to the ground, and happened to be facing Dior, the horror, despair, and unwillingness on his face as if he were about to die etched in his mind.
But there was no time for him to think about it at this point, and the ghoul who had killed Bellendeon was pounced on Melissa, who was trembling and firing indiscriminately.
Seeing that Dio was too late to catch up, and there were no extra objects at hand, he subconsciously tore off the pendant on his chest and threw it at the ghoul.
The pendant drew a fluorescent light in the air, accurately hitting the ghoul's body, and then a scene that Dior didn't expect appeared, the moment the pendant came into contact with the ghoul, a dazzling white light burst out from the pendant, and disappeared after a while, at this time, the ghoul's body maintained the action when it was hit, and the body flickered and dimmed, as if switching between virtual and real.
At this time, Dior, who caught up with him, threw a punch, and as a result, it felt like it had hit a ball of water, and then saw the ghoul's body turn into countless fine particles as if it were made of sand, and fell to the ground, turning into dust.
Dio was slightly stunned, he just felt that this pendant sent by Maya might have some restraint ability on the ghouls, and might be able to interrupt the ghouls' culling of Melissa, as long as he bought him a little time, he would naturally be able to rush to block the ghouls and protect Melissa, but he didn't expect that the power contained in this pendant was so powerful that it directly killed the ghouls in seconds.
He lowered his body and found the pendant in the pile of dust left by the ghouls.
At this time, he noticed a line of words emerging from the center of the pendant.
"Hista Guglio, the second fundamental law of ritual - holiness. ”
"What is this?"
Before Dior could take a closer look, the words slowly disappeared, and the pendant itself became a little worn and dull as if it had been placed for decades.
It seems that the energy contained in the pendant has been consumed a lot, and I don't know if it can be recovered in the future.
Dio thought, carefully putting away the pendant.
"Wow, Brother Dior......" Seeing the nightmare ghoul turn to ashes, and Dior's savior appeared in front of her eyes, her mentality tightened and relaxed, Melissa suddenly burst into tears, and the gun in her hand fell to the ground.
"It's okay, it's okay......" Dio took the girl in his arms and patted her on the back to comfort her.
But at this time, there were also gunshots and shouts from Lilia, and it was clear that there was also an enemy on that side.
"Hold me tight!"
In a hurry, Dior didn't care whether Melissa agreed or not, he directly picked her up sideways and rushed straight to where she came. As he ran, Dio suddenly felt that his hands were wet and smelly, and he looked at Melissa in surprise, and the girl seemed to realize something, and buried her head in his chest, just from the red ears and cheeks to know how she was feeling now.
But these were the details, and all he cared about now was Lilia's safety.
Fortunately, when he rushed back, he saw Lilia bravely decapitating the head of the attacking ghoul under the cover of Pomerro's marksmanship.
Seeing this, Dio breathed a sigh of relief, walked up and put Melissa next to Anatis a little further back, and gave Lilia a thumbs up.
There was no joy on Lilia's face, she frowned and looked behind Melissa and Dio, and asked, "What about Bellene Dean?"
Dio didn't speak, just shook his head.
Receiving Dio's wordless message, Lilia was stunned for a moment, the sadness on her face, and the white teeth couldn't help biting her lower lip tightly.
Dio knew that it was difficult for her to accept the death of her companion like this, but he didn't know how to comfort her. At this time, he seemed to see a flash of surprise in Pomero's eyes when he learned of Belindeon's death, and then when he looked more closely, Pomero's expression had returned to normal, and he showed the same sadness as the rest of the people.
But Dior was sure he had been absolutely not wrong.
But now was not the time to delve into it, and he kept the doubt to himself, but he began to feel more about Pomorro's behavior.