Chapter 52: The Dilapidated Monastery (Part I)
To be sure, there were no vampires among the group that Caterina had arranged for herself, otherwise, with the professionalism of the Moors, they would not have been undetected for so long. However, it cannot be ruled out that there is a queen's eyeliner among these people. Caterina is the best at doing this, and Rhodes knows very well that in general, the important officials in every city, and the large and small counts and marquis in the kingdom, have her people around them.
And his current identity as the Chosen One, if you want to say that Caterina doesn't arrange eyeliner by her side, Rod won't believe it. It's just that there is a lack of evidence, and even if evidence is found, there is a lack of effective ways to get rid of them, if you get rid of the people arranged by the queen around you openly, then it will inevitably cause the queen to have deeper suspicions, and then, the next life will still be difficult.
Rhodes had to come up with a way out of this predicament.
"According to the markings on the map, this is the lair where the Ghoul King is entrenched. ”
Pirno, the knight of the kingdom, said, holding a tattered map. It was a map that Caterina had given to Rhodes before leaving, and some short but useful information, and with the help of this messy information, the "Ghost Hunt" team arrived in Ulak, a small town in the heart of Kislev. If it weren't for the parchment sign, Rhodes wouldn't have known about this place, because it was so small, smaller than Blackhammer, and had no walls, just an abandoned town.
It should be said that this place was not abandoned until the arrival of the ghouls, and when the Ghoul King arrived with the ghouls, it was completely turned into a dead city. The scene was similar to that of a cemetery, full of desolate and abandoned houses, the yard in front of the houses was overgrown with weeds, and some of the bones were still badly rotted and discarded in dirty corners.
"I don't think you're using the right word, the nest is supposed to be a place for bugs and something, but where are the wormholes in this town?"
Bogur retorted. Rhodes didn't take Celta out and let him lead the Norsca Marauders in his place, otherwise, with Celta's character, he would have said more.
"He's probably right, just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and the Ghoul King and his bloodthirsty ghouls are essentially like beasts, hiding in any dark corner, using nezumi or greenskins to dig tunnels. ”
Captain Dafert, who had been silent all the way, said. And when he spoke of the nezumi and the greenskins, Bogul's face was filled with hatred. He clenched his axe, his teeth rattling.
"Most of the corpses have been badly decomposed, proving that the village was looted a long time ago, and judging by the degree of decay, it is estimated that it has been at least half a month. ”
Dafort examined the corpse and calmly explained to the crowd.
Rhodes crouched down and looked at the hideous-looking corpses as he picked open the carrion with his knife, and could see that it was full of maggots, white worms wriggling between the carrion, gnawing at the unrecognizable remains. Caroline immediately hid her face, and a feeling of nausea kept pouring out, as if she was about to vomit all the food she had eaten in the morning.
"Then we're a step too late. ”
Said the Knight of the Kingdom.
"Not necessarily, as I said, these ghouls and ghoul kings are no different from beasts, they think differently than humans, and besides, they may not know that someone is hunting them. Dafert continued.
"You mean it's still possible for them to be here?" Parkway
The knight Summer Night continued to ask. Rhodes listened to the conversation between the two and could see that the knight of the kingdom was sincere in hunting down vampires, he could be the Ice Queen's gap and eyeliner, but at the same time, he was also a warrior who came to hunt down the Vampire of Stryger.
"It's possible. ”
Raven said, pointing to the corpses along the way, which were distributed like irregular graveyards, however, a closer look reveals that all the corpses showed signs of being dragged along, and the blood stains left by the dragging all pointed in the same direction - the Sarak Monastery in the middle of the town.
"They're in the monastery!"
Bogur let out an angry roar.
But Rhodes motioned for him to calm down, after all, the Moors were experts when it came to "ghost hunting".
I saw Daft nod and say, "They're beasts." ”
Rhodes knew the meaning of Dafert's repeated words, that the beast's favorite thing to do was to drag food into its burrow and eat it slowly. In nature, whether it is a lion, a cheetah or a variety of wild wolves, wild dogs are like this. The Vampires of the Streigh family have become indistinguishable from animals after a long period of sucking animal blood, and it is only natural that they will do such things, which means that there can still be lucky people in the town, after all, vampires love fresh blood more than the stinking black blood of the dead......
After some reconnaissance and deducing, everyone drew their weapons and cautiously approached the monastery like a tomb. Presumably, the goddess Sarak did not appear here, and endless darkness and evil overwhelmed this place......
As the evening sun had dimmed, the sky was a vivid blood red, and in the misty yellow, Caroline recited a brief incantation and cast a light spell, and the white glow of a flashlight immediately bloomed on the ice crystal spear. She and Rhodes stood together, walking in front, while the others lit torches and marched together.
The closer you get to the monastery, the denser the corpses become, some of their limbs already shattered, others having their throats cut off on the spot, and coagulated blood dripping the cold floor beneath them. You can imagine how tragic and bloody the scene was when the Ghoul King led the ghoul into the city...... People in despair wailed and wept, longing for the mercy of the gods, and yet, in this dark place, the gods did not hear their call......
Rhodes saw a dead little girl curled up in her mother's arms on the steps of the convent, her emaciated mother tried to protect her at the last moment of her life, but to no avail, the woman holding the girl had her neck bitten off by a ghoul, and her whole head was gone, leaving only the mutilated body. Although the girl survived the whole body, she was probably frightened to death in her mother's arms in the hellish scene......
Stepping on the messy corpses, the group came to the dilapidated monastery. The scene here is the same as in countless ghost movies, under the blood-red sky, the dilapidated monastery looks like a devil's lair, and the top of the pointed monastery tower reaches into the sky, staring at the flowing flying clouds and the blood-colored sky.
The Night Raven Catchers stopped in front of the monastery gates, pulled some small potions from their clothes, drank the potions inside, and handed the rest to the rest of the group.
"Life Potion. This makes you immune to undead attacks for a short period of time, but keep in mind that it is not immune to necromantic magical attacks. ”
Daft, the leader of the Ravens, said seriously, his expression was very serious, this kind of expression Rhodes had only seen on the night of the attack on Grizzly Castle, presumably the Moorish cultists had sensed the dangerous undead lurking in the monastery......