Chapter 2: Kill Me
The giant was supposed to be a burly human at the time of his death, his skin similar to that of any other resuscitated living corpse, with burns and melts, except that his skin had turned green and was covered with lacerations.
Because the muscles under his skin were high and bulging, and the swelling was quite exaggerated, and the pieces had become convexing to the point of disgusting, and these muscles made his body swell several times, turning into a gray-green bald giant.
The swollen body tore through the clothes on his body. The quality of his clothes seemed to be much better than the other resuscitated corpses, and they were not completely decomposed, and they could still be seen in their original form. It was supposed to be a dark blue uniform of some kind, with a matching hat and a swarthy stick hanging from his waist, but at least it was still hanging from his waist, just waving the log in his hand, and striding towards a few survivors, as well as Monica and Babu.
"Bang", the giant has not yet run, and the other monsters have already arrived first.
The former mage now has four tentacles growing on his back, and his body is also covered with sarcomas, and the festering sarcomas are flowing with yellow and green pus, exuding a disgusting smell. Even the once smooth cheeks are now occupied by sarcomas and abscesses, and the original appearance can no longer be seen, only the contour of the chin can still be faintly seen, and the rest of the body is no longer human-shaped. Behind her, the tentacles with spikes constantly writhing irregularly in the air, whether they are whipped on the scrap car or on the ground, they can leave a mark with a casual pull.
The mage's mutated monster leaped upwards with his hands and feet, jumped past the surviving crowd, and landed directly behind Monica and Babu, and the giant one after the other, forming a trap on the survivors.
"Run away with the boss."
The remaining two heavily armed combatants with their weapons raised, one after the other, met the two special monsters, ready to delay as much time as possible for the other three civilians, but the one who faced the giant, the war hammer in his hand was only wiped by the log, and the war hammer flew far away, and the man staggered back several steps, and even his arm was a little inflexible.
Taking advantage of the momentum, the giant took another step forward, getting closer to the few surviving civilians, Monica and Babu sighed, preparing to evacuate with a few civilians, although even if they did, they would soon mutate, but at least they lived up to the courage of a few combatants. However, at this moment, the mage's mutated monster also joined the fight.
She jumped up on her hands and feet again, and then ...... Fell directly in front of the giant.
With its back to the survivor and facing the giant, the mutated monster propped up on all fours, its tentacles stretched straight forward, pointing at the giant it wanted to approach, and the head of the human figure was raised, and the sarcoma-covered face grinned and roared threateningly at the giant.
"Roar, roar, roar."
The giant reflexively took two steps back, but immediately picked up the log and forced it again, and the mage's mutated monster began to rush forward, and the two sides collided hard.
"Bang", the newly mutated tentacle mage monster quickly flew back upside down, a tentacle has been torn off, spewing out a lot of yellow-green liquid, she rolled all the way, almost hit the survivors before stopping, several survivors looked at her with a look of horror, but she has become a monster She seems to have no interest in the humans around her, just a casual glance, and then rushed to the giant again, without letting the giant get closer.
"Don't get out yet." Behind a few survivors, Monica whispered, "She's mutated and wants to protect you, how long are you going to see the excitement?" Don't run yet. ”
Monica's words woke up several of the survivors, who picked up the dying wounded and began to evacuate towards the position of Babu in the direction of the guide, but only after a few steps had passed, the touching mage monster flew back again, this time even knocking down two survivors before stopping.
The moment it stopped, it immediately rushed back again, but it could be seen from the back of rushing back that not only was it torn off a tentacle again, but even one arm was softly dragged to the ground, and it was thrown around with the movement.
"Don't stop, your escape is the greatest help, or are you going to watch it be killed alive again?"
Seeing the survivor stop again, Monica urged loudly, but as soon as the shouting came out, she knew that there was no point.
The second flight back and impact became the last straw that crushed reason.
Of the five survivors, three civilians suddenly crouched on the ground trembling, curled up with their heads in their hands, and screamed in despair as if they had lost their minds. Before the screams were over, their bodies began to twist and deform, turning into a cloud of squirming and devouring ooze, and although Monica picked up her whip in time to throw the three new ooze monsters into the other mutant hordes, the two remaining combatants also turned ashen and filled with despair.
"It's over, it's all over."
One of them was pulling at his hair in despair, and before he could finish speaking, his armor and clothes had fallen to the ground, and his body had turned into a puddle. The other was more direct, throwing down the dying wounded man he was carrying, letting out an unknown scream from his mouth, and rushing back in the direction where the two special monsters were fighting without reason, but he didn't take the third step, and followed in the footsteps of his companions.
"You can't be afraid, you can't despair." Even though his chest collapsed, the dying still breathed, his eyes were scattered, and he muttered in a faint voice, "The last fire in the town depends on you, you have to hold on to ......"
But he didn't persevere, his eyes were still open, and his whole body lost his strength, and his vitality was completely cut off.
"Bang".
The mage's mutated monster was knocked back again, knocking away the two lumps of ooze that had just mutated, and it got up and looked around, not knowing if it understood what was happening here, and suddenly let out an even sharper roar, and rushed towards the giant again without looking back.
Monica and Babu's hands were clasped tightly, and both could feel the power coming from each other's palms.
No one can help, nothing can be done, you can only watch the lives disappear in front of your eyes, and you can't do anything about it. For a moment, the huge sense of powerlessness made the two of them experience the despair and pain of these survivors before death, and looking at the lonely and strange back of the monster mutated into the mage, both of them read a tragic despair from it.
"Babu." Monica's voice was soft, "I can't stand it anymore, I don't want to watch her be torn apart." ”
"I don't want to."
"That ......"
"It's in your bag, it's up to you."
So, a few seconds later, the heavy bell suddenly rang.
"When, when, when."
The old bronze bell hung on the broken pole on the side of the road and was ringed, and the bell had a strong penetrating effect, and in the blink of an eye it spread throughout the surrounding area. All the mutants present, whether it was the resurrected living corpses that ran out of the building, or the ooze mutated into by the strange survivors, whether it was the terrifying log giants or the monsters turned into mages, the moment they heard the bell, they all stopped their original attacks and looked around blankly.
The giants and the living corpses then turned back to where they belonged, and the monsters turned into the survivors began to wander aimlessly.
And the mage mutated, just as the bell stopped, a hand suddenly reached out, and Monica grabbed the base of her broken tentacle and ran away with her. I don't know if the effect of the Requiem Bell is good enough, or if she still has a trace of sanity, the monster not only did not attack Monica, who made physical contact, but also used her hands and feet very cooperatively, and ran into the red mist with Monica.
"When."
I don't know how far I ran, and in the close distance, another bell rang, and then Babu, who had already put away the requiem bell, hugged little Anna and emerged from a pile of abandoned cars. Monica also stopped, looking back at the building that had become hazy in the fog, and there should be no monsters chasing after her.
But there's one more.
Babu and Monica retreated at the same time, dodging several successive attacks from the tentacles that suddenly rose up. However, neither of them fought back, let alone dodged away, but looked at the monster that attacked madly with sympathetic eyes.
The effect of the bell is not over yet, and monsters without reason will not take the initiative to attack, unless they ......
Seeing that the two of them did not fight back no matter what, the monster also stopped, and grinned on its hideous and terrifying face, and a hoarse and harsh sound like sawing wood came from inside.
"Kill me." The monster clumped on the ground and hissed and roared, "Kill me while I still have a little sense." ”
Babu and Monica stared at the monster and sighed deeply, but neither of them acted.
"Help me, kill me." The monster stretched out its tentacles to the two of them, and its hoarse voice carried a deep pleading, "Please, help me, I don't want to mutate into a monster and let me die as a human being." ”
Monica bit her lip tightly, and Babu sighed softly, the monster's face was already covered with sarcomas and abscesses, and there was almost no human appearance, but the two of them saw her desperation and determination in her inhuman face.
The two nodded to each other, and under the monster's expectant gaze, Monica held the monster down and Babu reached into Monica's purse.
The monster closed its eyes in peace of mind, let out a soft sigh, and waited quietly for death to come, until it ......
Until a bottle was stuffed into her mouth, and a potion that made her extremely painful was poured down her throat.
Then the two of them completely ignored the hideous sarcoma and disgusting abscesses on her body, carried her and ran, and under the torture of the potion, she was in pain and weak, and for a while they actually let the two of them run away with her.
"She's starting to mutate, almost dead." It was Monica who was carrying the monster, and it was she who spoke, "It's impossible to save it again, and complete mutation is just the difference between sooner or later." ”
"Yes."
"With this level of pollution and mutation, even if she bathes her in purification potion, it is unlikely to be recovered." Although she was covered in pus, Monica's interest was quite high, and her volume increased a lot, "What's more, we only have a bottle of purification potion left, and you feed her almost no effect, it's meaningless." ”
"I know, but in this life, people will always be stupid enough to do something meaningless." Babu led the way in front of him, and saw that the caravan was already in front of him, "And you are obviously happier than me when you smile, and you are also happy to run with her." ”
"Because I found out that some guy who claims to be stingy and selfish is a dead child with a hard mouth."
Monica carried the monster on her shoulder, not worrying about being attacked at all, and just ran all the way to the caravan and put her in the car with a thud.
"I know you're still awake, and I know you still want us to kill you." Monica pulled out a few rags and put them under her and whispered, "You're a mage, you know better than me, this bottle of medicine will keep you sane for a maximum of one to two more days, and it's in this terrible state for a day or two." For you, it's just a day or two more of torture, and you still have to die in the end, it's better to die sooner. ”
The monster didn't answer, didn't move, and couldn't tell if it was still awake.
But Monica didn't care, she suddenly grabbed the collar of the monster burqa, pulled her in front of her, and no matter how disgusting the other party's appearance was, she just stared at the other party and shouted: "I don't care if you want to die or not, but since you were saved by us, you must obey our orders, I haven't said to let you die, you will give me an honest life." ”
The monster still didn't speak, only the only two eyes in his body that could still see human nature, staring at her brightly.
"Sometimes it is true that being alive is greater suffering, and dying is a relief. Indeed, our efforts are likely to be in vain, and the end result will be that you will suffer for a few more days before you die. Babu followed, echoing behind Monica, "But we all believe that as long as we are alive, we must not give up hope, even if it is only for one day, and we must hold on with hope." ”
"Hope?" The monster finally spoke, his hoarse voice filled with endless ridicule, "Those people just now are all people who still have hope, and when their town was destroyed, they fled with me to the edge with hope, but what happened? I watched them die in front of me one by one, and as a result you tell me now that I believe in the so-called hope? ”
"Yes, the edge is so big, anything is possible, what if a miracle happens, for example, we quickly found the entrance to the present world, and we just happened to find a purification potion that can give you a bath inside, and finally we just happened to save you back." Babu patted Monica on the shoulder, stopping her from continuing to reassure, "Why don't we make a bet, you keep going, if a miracle happens, I win, if it doesn't, you win, how about it." ”
"Alas, I'm just mutated, not stupid, as long as I promise to bet, no matter who wins or loses, you'll get your wish, right?" The monster sighed, but its body softened, and it lay motionless in the carriage, and said in a low voice, "Okay, maybe I've really become stupid, you guys won, let's see together, will hope come suddenly, heh, even if you are tortured by pain, but as long as you have a chance to live, as long as you can still see hope, who wants to die immediately...... Yikes. ”
She screamed as she saw that the little girl in Babu's arms, who had somehow crawled up to her, suddenly grew so big that it was threatening to swallow her in one gulp.