Volume II: Clouds Rise Chapter 123: Monsters
Time is sometimes really evil, and it always inadvertently sneaks away countless cherished years, leaving only bits and pieces of broken memories.
Before you know it, autumn has arrived. It is said that July is a fire, August is not a month, and clothes are given in September, but for this place of right and wrong, there are some scorching deserts around, and the temperature not only does not drop, but becomes hotter and hotter, which is unbearable.
It wasn't until sunset that many people took advantage of the coolness brought by the night and left home to the long street with lots of traffic to start the melody of nightlife. Whether it is the lively hawkers on the streets, or the greedy customers who are drunk and sleeping on the knees of beauties in the land of red lights and green wine, they have all become a unique scenery, and it is completely impossible to see that this is a place where morality is degraded and wicked people are rampant with right and wrong.
But this is always only a part, limited to the territory of some big forces in Midtown, and in some places, it is not so quiet.
The weather is dry, and for those who don't care, the fire will certainly not be absent. A sudden fire spread to the east of the city, causing many people to flee in panic.
But not everyone was like that, for example, on the edge of the fire, dozens of fierce people were gathering in groups, their weapons clutched in their hands, their eyes staring at a dark alley ahead, their faces full of horror and disbelief.
Of course, they were not guarding against the fire, on the contrary, some people leaned close to the fire, not caring about the scorching heat. It seems that in the hearts of these people, the raging fire is the safest harbor.
And on the other side of them, the alley was pitch black, and there was no extra color except black, like a giant mouth of an abyss.
Not only that, but there were constant sounds in the alleys, like wild dogs gnawing on dried bones, and like rats stealing rice, which fell on the hearts of these people, and they all shuddered and felt very cold. Some people even stared motionlessly at the fire-lit area at the entrance of the alley, where a large amount of fishy, viscous liquid was slowly spreading.
The dark red liquid was like a stream, and it didn't take long for it to approach everyone's feet, and the rich fishy smell made many people feel discomfort in their stomachs, and they wanted to flee immediately. After all, those "streams" are all made of blood!
It's not that they don't want to escape, but when they see their companions who have fled not far before they suddenly die and are dragged into a small alley, they completely give up the idea of escaping. Although they can all die, sometimes it is best to be alive, and there will be miracles in case of accidents.
These people waited for a while, and they were all nervous, but no one dared to go into the alley. In normal times, they like nothing more than to let others see despair, and they really didn't expect that one day despair would come to them.
The funny thing is that these villains who usually call each other brothers, talk about righteousness in the rivers and lakes, and have been doing evil all their lives, have the same desire as ordinary people at this time, which is the expectation of life.
But as the old saying goes, "Man does not perish for his own sake." β
People themselves don't know how to self-denial and self-cultivation and improve their morality, how can God let these guys go.
So just as someone was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, the sound of gnawing in the alley became less and less until it finally stopped.
"Attack!"
I don't know who suddenly shouted among these people, and it immediately affected the actions of other people, thinking that it should be someone in power.
With his order, dozens of people who had been accumulating their killing moves for a long time came out one after another, eager to use their strength to eat milk, and poured all the killing moves into the alley in front of them.
"Boom!"
"Roar!"
First, there was a deafening explosion, and the alley was immediately reduced to rubble under the attack of these people, and even the houses around the alley were also affected. They collapsed to the ground one after another, stirring up dust and smoke.
However, before these people could cheer, they were once again carried into the abyss of despair by an inhuman roar.
Sure enough, just as they were in a hurry to organize a new wave of offensives, a black shadow had already flown out of the small alley and pounced on the crowd.
"Ahhh......h Save ......"
The screams seemed to come from the last bit of life, and they had been extinguished before they could ignite, only all kinds of lumps flew in front of the sea of fire.
No one can see what kind of monster this is, for these people, they just want to take advantage of the night to come out to fight the autumn breeze, and by the way, take some territory and make their organization stronger.
Unfortunately, before they could set off, death crept in. All could see a dark shadow, followed by countless screams, as some found that their bodies were separated, some found that their swords were broken when they slashed at each other, some found that their necks were slashed, and some had deep claw prints on their chests. 31
In just a few moments, dozens of more than 100 people were killed, and someone inadvertently knocked over the oil lamp because of the panic escape, turning the entire shelter into a sea of fire, and there was no choice but to escape from the original location.
However, when they escaped, they saw dozens of corpses piled up in the alley in front of them, and a monster that no one knew what it was hiding in the shadows and sucking something, which scared many people stupidly.
But no matter what time it is, life is the most important thing, and these people have nothing to do but run away. As soon as they ran out, the first person suddenly fell to the ground and left the world, and the rest of the people were frightened back by the desire to live.
There are wolves in front of them and tigers in the back, and these people can only fight with their backs, trying to find that slim glimmer of life.
But the other party does not seem to be in a hurry to attack, but every time he kills some people, he will drag those people into the alley, and after a burst of infiltrating movements, he will reappear and continue to chase and kill everyone.
Now the monster swooped into the crowd again, undoubtedly reaping the lives of several more, and just as the rest of them tried to continue their attack, the monster fled into the alley.
However, the alley had been shattered, leaving only a ruined wall, and the monster returned to its original place only to find that it was still exposed to the eyes of others, and it was a little stunned. Slowly raised his head to look at the sea of fire in front of him, his eyes were full of tyranny and bloodlust that only wild beasts have.
And those who are alive like lambs waiting to be slaughtered finally see what the monster in front of them is at this time.
This is a person, but this person is a little thin, on all fours, squatting barefoot on the rubble like a monkey, and his appearance is also very terrifying, some do not look like people, or just like people.
Dressed in bloodstained linen clothes, his yellow and long hair was stained with a lot of blood, sticking together and scattered on his body, and he had dragged it to the ground.
When he looked up, a bloodless face appeared in front of everyone, pale and oozing, if there was anything to describe it, perhaps it was the kind of corpse that had drowned and soaked for days to complement each other.
Not only the complexion, but the monster's eyes were blood-red, and there were two sharp fangs on the top and bottom of its mouth, and the mouth was all red, and blood was dripping from it, and it looked exactly like an evil vampire.
And his hands seemed to be longer than the average person, his fingers were like the claws of a goshawk, his long nails glittered in the night, and he kept scratching unnaturally on the stone slab beneath him, as if the life he had harvested before was not enough to make his claws stop.
"This ...... What's so ...... What the hell is it?...... Ahhh......h
A slightly younger teenager asked loudly in disbelief, and subconsciously let go of the weapon in his hand, and the whole person stepped back like crazy.
However, he seemed to have forgotten that there was an endless sea of fire behind him, so he didn't take a few steps back before he slipped and fell into the raging fire, and only had time to scream a few times before he stopped moving.
His behavior was like dominoes, for a while, half of the remaining twenty or so people gave up resistance, and sat on the ground stupidly, and even a few people's psychological defense line had completely collapsed, and they attacked others like crazy, and after being blocked, they laughed and threw themselves into the fire, the scene suddenly became very chaotic, the breath of despair kept spreading in the air, and the houses that were constantly burning kept making a strange crackling sound, as if they were laughing at the scene in front of them, which was more harsh than the sound of the monster's fingernails scratching the stone slabγ
"Roar~"
People have emotions, it doesn't mean that monsters have, keenly aware that the threat of these people in front of them quickly decreased, the monster roared, saw the opportunity, and instantly jumped up more than a foot high, condescendingly to those people below.
There was a light rain in the sky with a tearing sound, but the rain lasted for a short time, and the rain was red and came from the ground. Many of them were sprayed into the fire, making a sizzling sound, and finally turning to black ashes, with only a few lucky raindrops able to produce the slightest hint of moisture.
Except for these voices that should be in the world, no one of those people struggled anymore, nor did they shout anymore, completely accepted their fate, and was taken to the unknown world by death.
The monster who had done all this was no longer threatening, and slowly stopped in front of the sea of fire, not caring about anything else, there was a little more fear in his eyes, and he was more curious about the fiery thing in front of him.
Sticking out his fingernails carefully, he tried to touch the dancing flames, but he retracted them instantly, once, twice, three times......
I don't know how many times I tried, but the monster seemed to find that this strange thing didn't do any damage to him except for being glaring. So he was a little bolder, and he put his whole hand into the fire, and his whole leg into the fire, and finally his whole body jumped into the fire.
The monstrous fire was fatal to others, but it did not affect him at all, except for the burning of all his clothes, not a single hair on his whole body was touched.
The crisis was eliminated, and the monster was not careful, and began to jump up and down in the deserved recklessly, sometimes rolling on the hot ground and dyed with black ash, sometimes suddenly jumping on the beams and stepping on the beams that were already burned to the brittle, and sometimes stomping on his bare feet, so that countless sparks sparked in the sea of fire, and the play was unpleasant.
Of course, where he couldn't see, his behavior was seen by some people and seemed to be satisfied.