11. Death's sacrifice to the stars, may it shine on our way forward
In the train carriage that was heading along the tracks towards Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it was spring in the back compartment, and Bomb Girl, wearing only a small black vest, was trying to "check his body" for the vertigo earl.
It's clear that she's a good girl who cares about the mental and physical health of her teammates.
Having served in Afghanistan, she knew very well the terrible consequences of being crushed by pressure, and she herself was under a lot of pressure at this time, so the empathetic lady chose a way to dissipate the stress of the two of them as quickly as possible.
This is ample proof that proper indulgence is good for mental health.
By the way, it proves that humans are really terrible creatures, and even in a dangerous world full of zombies, they still can't stop the instinct to estrus.
"Maybe we should close the door."
Count Vertigo whispered, but was soon silenced by the condescending finger of the Bomb Girl who had the initiative.
But just when he was about to sweep away the pressure in his heart, he saw a black shadow flash into the box.
"What's that? Wait! Something is coming in! ”
He shouted, and Bomb Girl, who was busy relieving her stress, turned her head to see a tail that was erected and snorted, complaining:
"It's just a cat, you coward."
"There are no living cats in this damn world!"
At the critical moment, the vertigo Earl, a former member of the suicide squad, was still calm enough.
He pushed Bomb Girl off his body and placed his fingers on his temples, activating the device implanted there.
It was originally a device used to treat an inner ear infection, but it was later converted into an electromagnetic emitting device, which was also the source of his vertigo other life abilities.
Of course, as a supervillain who has participated in the sale of fans, he also has a special "drug" that can make people instantly dizzy and out of control.
This would make Bomb Girl so crazy because she just knocked some of the medicine he gave.
Although the vertiginous Count reacted quickly, and a runaway electromagnetic wave was smashed into the tiger cat that rushed into the box, he clearly underestimated how high the mental resistance of a zombie-like high-level wizard and Animagus was.
The zombie cat that pounced on him was indeed stunned, but the latter still completed the ferocious action of pounce.
It's just that the landing point shifted from the earl's neck to the arm he raised to block.
"Ahh
The zombie cat's paw slashed across his arm.
Not only did it leave a blood stain and even directly took a small piece of meat away, but the smell of blood immediately stimulated the zombie tiger cat, making the scarlet in the eyes of this thing even more striking.
A terrible hiss rang out in the box, along with the screams of the vertigo Count, and the drugged Bomb Girl didn't react until this moment.
She screamed.
He didn't even bother to put on his pants and rushed out of the box with his head in his hands, almost colliding with Mason, who rushed over in a Hagrid coat.
"Help! There are monsters out there! ”
The delirious Bomb Girl yells at Mason and is knocked to her ground with the butt of her rifle.
But this is not a deliberate outrage.
Because behind her, the zombie cat with a mouth full of blood has already pounced on her second target.
"Huh"
Mason let go of the shotgun and let it be pulled by the harness and hung behind him as he pulled out the penguin's umbrella and propped it forward.
The umbrella-shaped shield perfectly blocked the deadly pounce of the zombie cat, and pushed the deadly "little devil" to the back of the car in the fierce push of the young man.
In this cramped and inaccessible area, the agile zombie cat is almost a mortal threat.
It was overthrown in the air, and its limbs tensed in a swift flip to the ground, and it pounced on Mason and Bomb Girl again in a terrible howl.
Instead of closing the umbrella, the young man twisted the handle, and the flames erupted from the tip of the umbrella, causing the zombie cat to let out a piercing hiss, and took the initiative to step on the carriage next to it and fall into a safe area.
"Stand back! Don't get in my way! ”
Mason stepped back with his umbrella and distanced himself from the damn thing, and kicked at the body of Bai Huahua, who was still trembling while holding his left leg.
This brought the delirious bomb girl back to her senses, crawled to the box in front of her with her hands and feet, opened the door, rushed in, and locked the door in the next moment.
This reaction was expected by young people.
He didn't expect this high-spirited guy to be able to help, it was already good if he didn't make a mess.
"Meow!"
But the zombie cat, which had already smelled the sweet smell of flesh and blood, naturally refused to give up like that. It walked forward with its tiger body, its eyes fixed on the unfurled armed umbrella in front of it and the young man behind it.
Those scarlet eyes sparkled more than just murderous gluttony.
It just looks like a cat.
But in reality, this is another form of Hogwarts Deputy Headmaster, Lady Minerva McGonagall.
The special shape-shifting ability called "Animagus" is very similar to that of the legendary druid who walked with the beast, and although it cannot use magic, such a cat can definitely do far more than a real cute kitten.
It's waiting.
A few seconds later, the moment the fuel in the armed umbrella ran out and the dangerous flames stopped spraying, the zombie tiger cat pounced instantly.
Instead of walking in a straight line, it jumped three times in a row in the corridors on either side of the carriage, like a bolt of lightning trying to bypass the umbrella and hit its target.
But just as it swooped down from the air, the armed umbrella instantly retracted, and Mason, who was hiding behind the umbrella, turned the muzzle of the gun and raised the muzzle in a hip-fire posture.
The large deer bullet in the chamber of the Critical Shotgun is ready to fire.
The lightning-fast action of drawing the gun is the same shooter talent "Quick Draw" that Mason unlocked when he shot Lv2 before, the effect is simple and brutal, and the attack speed of the first three shots when encountering an enemy at close range is increased by 100%.
With a muffled bang, 8 hot steel balls flew out of the chamber of the gun, covering almost all the space in front of the muzzle.
But Mason didn't stop, and fired a second shot in an instant, and another 8 steel balls swept out, causing the budgie to roll and throw to the back of the car in a painful hiss, dark red blood stains spilled all over the aisle.
Before it could get up, a third deer bullet was fired again.
But in Mason's disapproving gaze, only a steel ball pierced the zombie cat's hind legs, but failed to directly harvest its head.
This "witch cat" reacts, attacks, and dodges at an astonishing speed after being zombied.
The first two quick blind shots hit low, and the third invention was already aiming, but it was still rolled on the ground to dodge most of the steel balls.
Three large bullet casings swirled at Mason's feet, and the young man did not dare to slack off in the face of the zombie tiger cat limping up, inserted the penguin's umbrella back behind his back, and then cautiously retreated to the head of the carriage with a gun in both hands.
Mason felt the pressure.
The enemy in front of him was so fast that it pounced so fast that Mason could only see a remnant.
Lv2's shooting skills can't even lock on and aim at close range, so he can only delay time with a wide range of deer bullets, but the opponent's claws and teeth are contaminated with poison.
Once the skin is torn, even if it is just broken skin, you will experience a "zombie rebirth from another world".
Thankfully, he could barely fend off the claws in Hagrid's fur coat, but if the battle dragged on, he wouldn't be confident that he would be able to defeat the zombie Animagus one-on-one other than blow up the carriage with an engineering bomb.
And Professor McGonagall is a high-ranking witch.
God knows if she will come to a gorgeous second-stage transformation after defeating the cat form, using the body of a zombie to use magic to throw a Avada to nibble on a big melon or a god blade or something.
This opponent is a bit overstepping.
Mason squinted his eyes and thought that perhaps he should give up on head-on combat and choose to outwit?
Also, why hasn't this bastard come yet? Didn't you say I'm the new player you fancied? That's how you treat the backbone of your team? No wonder your previous squad was wiped out!
"Huh"
Just as Mason's "Little Theater Within" opens, the Tigerskin attacks again.
Even if he was hit in the leg by a steel ball, the speed of this deadly hunter did not decrease much, and the zombie body was more bony than normal skin, so it was not a big problem.
The young man could only see the scarlet of the cat's eye, like a beating light, and instantly pounced in front of him, quickly drew his gun and activated it, and fired two shots.
At the critical moment, he turned around and squatted down to wrap Hagrid's coat around his body, like a little funny hugging a quilt.
Such a defense is somewhat unsophisticated.
But it works well.
He could feel the zombie cat scratching wildly at his neck, the fluff flying from the black moleskin's coat, and the rustle of its paws across the leather.
Hooked!
Mason was overjoyed.
Spread the big leather coat with both hands and threw it back, like a net, "netting" the zombie cat, and grabbed the corners and sleeves of the coat with his hands and feet, as if he had caught a fish.
The zombie cat's biggest weaknesses are its size and strength.
Despite being a lap larger than a normal cat, it is not a tiger cub after all, and it also shows that each attack is a sneak attack rather than a frontal hard work.
This would be wrapped in a half-giant coat and scratched wildly in the wrapped coat, making an increasingly terrible scream.
"This little beast has a lot of strength!"
Mason, a young man, couldn't hold on to his wrapped coat, so he could only pick it up and slam it twice at the train bulkhead like a mouse, but it still couldn't calm it down.
At this moment, the door at the front of the carriage was directly cut open by two sword lights, and in the piercing metal explosion, the murderous old K kicked open the cracked door and rushed into the carriage with a flickering attitude.
The old hunter was holding the Golden Eagle one-handed sword in his left hand and the giant hunting knife in his right hand, and it seemed that he was ready to roll up his sleeves and brush the boss alone.
But he looked around and didn't see the attacker, and finally followed the increasingly miserable sound to see the coat Mason was carrying in his hand and the things rolling around inside.
"Put it out! Get out! ”
Old K said coldly while applying some kind of gray sword oil to his sword:
"I'll fix it."
"No need."
Mason tore off the belt of the kite man who ran over with a sweat, wrapped his coat several times with his hands and feet and threw it under his feet, he wiped his sweat, looked up and said to Old K:
"This is my trophy, and I have the right to dispose of it, right?"
"That's a dangerous zombie-turned magical animal! Mason Cooper, I can tell you responsibly, you can't handle it! ”
Old K sternly warned:
"According to the intelligence of the Stellar Society, the wizarding system in this world is very weak, but the magical beasts that live with them are very amazing.
In fact, it is precisely because of this 'special resource' that this weak world is rated as C.
And you, a newbie, are about to challenge those enemies that veterans will find tricky. In my opinion, you're either stressed out and crazy, or you're out of your groove when I pick you up.
But that's understandable, after all, there aren't many normal people from Gotham. ”
"I'm not trying to challenge it."
Mason blinked.
Judging from Old K's attitude, he can basically be sure that Old K and the Stars Society don't seem to know much about the Animagus, a special inheritance that is also extremely secret in the wizarding system.
So he said nonsense:
"I'm going to keep it! It's really cool to have a zombie cat as a pet, isn't it? By the way, do you have a magical magic cage? I can pay for it. ”
"You're crazy!"
This would be embarrassed to whisper to Mason by the kite man with his pants, but the opinion of the younger brother has never been important in this kind of big guy negotiation.
Mason stared at Old K, and Old K looked at him.
After a few seconds, the old hunter let out a strange laugh, unsheathed his sword, and took a small black birdcage-like ornament from his rucksack and threw it to Mason.
He said:
"It's good for young people to have hobbies, and I'm very supportive. But if you take this from me, you can't take any more loot after that. Deal? ”
"Well, deal."
Mason grabbed the small birdcage in his hand, and before he could take a closer look, he heard a scream from Bomb Girl.
"No, Werner, what's wrong with you?"
This lady, who has been scared silly since the beginning of the war, will finally come back to her senses, probably because of the arrival of Lao K, who gave her the courage to push open the door and walk out of her delirious mind because of drug addiction.
As a result, I saw the dizzy Earl, covered in blood, crawling out of the door.
That guy was miserable.
His chest was almost scratched, and several of his fingers were bitten off.
He trembled and fell to the ground and stretched out his hand to the Bomb Girl, and the Bomb Girl didn't know if she was really moved or her mind was not clear, so she reached out with her bare ass and tried to pull the Earl up.
But before her hand could touch the Earl Vertigo, there was a muffled thud, and the Earl Vertigo's head exploded in front of her eyes.
It was a disgusting scene.
Let the kite man cover his mouth and turn around, and Mason also turned away with a disgusted face, and the bomb girl who was pounced on her face was even more sluggish and fell to her knees in front of the convulsive headless corpse.
It wasn't until then that she saw that the vertigo Count's hands, lying in the flesh, had twisted into zombie claws.
Behind her, the old K looked away from the golden bomb controller with a blank face, and then, the guy picked up his pipe and glanced at the bomber girl who was sitting in a pool of blood.
The old hunter shook his head, his tone was complicated and a little heavy, and he held his hand on something on his chest like a heart, and said like a eulogy:
"May this death please the dark stars and light our way."
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Ten minutes later, Mason, who was back in the carriage, was chewing on a pack of beef jerky in his mouth, while the Kite Man next to him, wrapped in Hagrid's coat, was already napping.
It is not difficult to guess from the way he hums and chirps comfortably, and the magical effect of this coat is likely to be to maintain the most comfortable body temperature at all times, as comfortable as a bed at home.
In a sense, this coat is also a must-have artifact for home travel.
Unfortunately, wearing it too bulky can greatly affect the speed of movement, which is completely unacceptable for a shooter like Mason.
After making sure that the kite man was asleep, Mason quietly took out the set of keys he had gotten from Hagrid the Zombie and put it in front of his eyes to examine it closely.
There are two keys in this bunch of keys, but their item information labels are very concise, and they are all only one line of words:
Hagrid's Flying Motorcycle Key
Effect: Activate Sirius' magical Flyer that was given to Hagrid.
Hint: Getting the key is just the beginning, you need to find the vehicle first.
Hagrid's Ranger Key
Effect: Open the Forbidden Forest Passage at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Hint: This key is stained with the owner's blood, please be careful when keeping pets near Hagrid.
"It's all useful stuff, but it's not needed right now."
Mason bit down on the jerky and thought about his next course of action.
He put the key away in his pocket, looked left and right, and then sneaked out something that was still bloody from his shoe.
It was a very peculiar device.
It looks like it's the size of three coin cell batteries stacked on top of each other, but it's full of a sense of precision.
The young man held it in his hand, and after a moment the item label popped up:
"Advanced engineering artifacts have been detected, and the analysis is ongoing... This item is the 'Stun Earl's Intracranial Disruptor'.
The effect is that it can emit a unique electromagnetic wave that affects the senses of balance to all life or individual within thirty yards of the surrounding area, and can also be used to release EMP shocks to destroy nearby electronic devices.
The branch of engineering has a low level of knowledge and is unable to parse complete drawings. ”
Mason stared at the small thing in his hand, touched the wound on the back of his neck, and then he skillfully disassembled the double-barreled hand cannon in his hand to maintain it, and by the way, he considered whether to change the structure of this gun, he was extremely relaxed and even hummed a song.
Now all that's left is the last medicine that can heal the wound in an instant.
He looked at the kite man lying opposite him sleeping soundly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became brighter and brighter, fine, everything was going according to plan.
Your head will be handed over to you for safekeeping, old K, and I will pick it up soon.