"You should give me an explanation! Mark! ”

Henrik grabbed the clergy's shoulders and became emotional. But then, he was shocked to find that the old acquaintance in front of him actually shook off his palm.

That power. Not ordinary people!

"I don't have any explanation for you. The spread of bestiality has intensified, it has become more difficult to control, more difficult patients have appeared, and that's it. ”

Mark immediately withdrew his hand after shaking off Henrik, shrunk into his robe, and spoke calmly.

By this time, the place where they were had been piled up with supplies from the Church's Hunter's Workshop.

The Healing Church's notification of the night of the hunt was limited to the hunters who were going to work, and did not inform the population on a large scale.

But the people living around the supply point are neither blind nor stupid, and when they see so many things hurriedly transporting and debugging, a nervous tension still spreads throughout the area.

The hunters and church personnel who were in charge of carrying the supplies looked a little tired.

Similar work, they have already done it during the day yesterday, and during the day today, they have also disposed of the corpses and fires on the streets, and they have not finished it until now.

And now, they have to do it all over again.

In the chaotic flow of people and anxious atmosphere, the confrontation between Henrik and Mark continues.

"'That's it'?" Henrik's tone suppressed anger.

"Back in the old Yanan, do you remember how the two of us escaped? At that time, the Healing Church closed the road from Old Anan to Church Town, and the two of us slipped through the crack in the door! They locked up those who were not sick and those who were sick in a sea of fire! ”

"Have you forgotten the scene? Have you forgotten the scene of human fat being heated to a liquid state and then flowing to the feet and accumulating? ”

Mark ticked another checklist and responded flatly.

"It was the church's attempt to lock up the serious bestiality, and there was no way to do it at that time. For the sake of more lives, we must make a choice. ”

"I'm also trying to convince myself that it's a choice that has to be made, otherwise I won't be able to get a good night's sleep for decades."

Henrik said coldly, but then, his tone softened.

"You should at least give me a thorough understanding this time, we're old friends, aren't we? Where has the zoonic disease progressed now? People think that hunters are on the front line of hunting, and hunters know best. But you and I both know that only the church responsible for integrating data knows the full picture today! ”

"You should at least let me know what level of preparation I have to be on this hunt night! Mark! For the sake of so many years of friendship! ”

The old hunter's affection seemed to shake the clergy, they had indeed known each other for decades, and had crossed the fire together.

So Mark's lips twitched a few times, then turned around and began to walk again, arranging the deployment of supplies.

The old hunter understood and hurriedly followed his footsteps closer, only listening without speaking. Listen attentively to the words that are like the fluttering wings of a mosquito.

The chaotic footsteps of the people around him caused him a lot of trouble, but he finally heard a rough idea.

"The red-eyed beast is especially afraid of fire, the earliest. Three hunting nights before it was discovered that seventeen hunters had encountered red-eyed beasts last night, and ten survived. ”

"This sign is indeed very similar to the old Yanan's time, so it is difficult to say whether the night of the hunt will start urgently today."

"You have to be fully prepared, the night of the hunt has been brought forward so much, tonight must not be good."

In Mark's mouth, the word 'sorry' was not finished

"Oh~~"

A distant bell rings from the cathedral of the church town, reverberates through the intricate Victorian architecture of Yanan, and finally reaches the ears of every Yananan!

Mark and Henrik, who were walking on the road, opened their mouths wide in unison and looked in the direction of the bell.

"It's ahead again!?"

It's not even night!

A bell that signifies the official start of the hunt night sparks a riot in the ears of the people who have just survived the night of the hunt.

The huge mountain city fell into an eerie silence for a moment.

People are still wondering if they have heard it wrong, if they have been forced into auditory hallucinations by the high-pressure environment of the hunt night.

But this dead silence itself has already given people the answer.

- Everyone, heard!

Then came the cries and wails of a tsunami of mountains, the steel windows slamming shut and the thick wooden doors slamming shut!

The scattered inhabitants who walked the streets, after a burst of excitement, immediately let go of all that they were holding in their hands and in their arms, and ran towards their dwellings as if they were being chased by wild beasts.

And those who felt too far away from their homes pleaded with the doorway by the side of the road, and made the most humble plea to be taken in for the night.

A Yanan man who was poking his head out and pulling up the steel window bar saw Mark downstairs.

His mental state, which was already close to madness, made him no longer have respect and humility for the clergy of the healing church.

He cursed.

"Shit! Swindler! Do you have better blood hidden?! Isn't it! You killed my downstairs family yesterday! Are you going to kill me today?! ”

Neither Henrik nor Mark paid any attention to the man who was already on the verge of collapse.

The old hunter carefully observed the old friend's expression, and found that he was also surprised that the alarm was in advance.

This alarm didn't even tell the people who healed the church themselves!

Mark, who has always been indifferent, suddenly looked difficult at this time.

"Go to Church Town, Henrik! Come on! ”

Mark took the stack of supplies in his arms and dragged Henrik up a roadside ladder.

The link between the church town and Yanan is a huge stone bridge, and on the opposite side of the stone bridge there is a large and beautiful iron gate, and behind the iron gate is the center of Yanan - the church town.

Mark's call immediately brought back bad memories to Henrik.

That long night full of fire, scorched beasts, scorched humans.

His old face froze in shock almost immediately.

"Mark, you mean."

They will still be like the night of the destruction of the old Yanan. Locking people out of the church town?!

Mark didn't speak, but the ladder was more hurried.

As the last rays of daylight are about to disappear into the sky, Henrik and Mark finally see the bridge to Church Town.

There were many people on the bridge, many four-wheeled carriages, waiting to enter the church town for refuge.

This is the welfare of the people who live close by, and it is often easier to survive the night of the hunt in the church town than outside.

The two young men looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that the church town was still letting people in, which was much better than they expected.

"You put the knife away."

Mark tugged at Henrik's cuffs. He knew very well what this old acquaintance was going to do when he held the knife just now.

If he bumps into someone who is about to close the gate, it is estimated that he will cut it directly.

Henrik retracted the sawblade as Mark led him through the crowd and squeezed in the direction of the iron gate.

And just as the two of them were almost a few steps away from the heavy iron gate, and even Mark was able to greet his colleagues, in the direction of the church town, the roar of the bell rang again!

"Oh~~"

Henrik's face was pale, and he didn't know why he rang the bell twice, so he turned to look at Mark, who was a clergyman. But he found that his old acquaintance was also pale at this time.

There was a 'squeak' sound from the metal gate, and the civilians, hunters, and clergy who were crowding in front of them all looked at the gradually closing gate with horrified expressions.

Henrik was the first to react, and he rushed forward to push the door open.

But to no avail, even with several hunters, the gate was still closed by the power of the machine.

The blood-colored sunset finally disappeared behind the gate, and for a moment, the entire stone bridge fell into dead silence.

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