“Ooooooo…!!”

With the flash of sword light, the cane blade pierced into the werewolf's head, and the huge werewolf raised its claws and waved them desperately for a few times, then fell to the ground without a sound. At the same time that Fang Zheng killed the werewolf, he felt as if an invisible force entered his body along the blade. And his body, which was originally aching due to the pain in his chest, seemed to become much more comfortable under the effect of this warm current-like force.

What is going on?

Fang Zheng put down the sword in his hand and opened the Dimension Code again, but the system didn't seem to have changed. It still said [System Offline], so Fang Zheng could only close the Dimension Code. Then he walked to the werewolf and picked up the music box that had fallen to the ground. At this moment, Fang Zheng's eyes stopped on a corpse not far away.

It was a woman, wearing a long white dress, her body was bloody and fleshy, judging from the wounds, it should have been torn by the claws of a large beast. But none of this mattered, what mattered was... on the woman's chest, there was a bright red ruby ​​brooch.

“So that’s how it is…”

Seeing this, Fang Zheng had almost guessed the whole process. This woman should be the mother of the little girl, and the man who just went crazy was the father of the little girl. Obviously, this woman found her husband, but was attacked by werewolves and died in front of her husband. That's why her husband was so angry and killed those crazy guys.

But unfortunately, anger destroyed the last bit of his rationality... As for why he became like this, Fang Zheng had no idea. Perhaps he could get some clues by further exploring this town.

"Why……"

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng sighed. He hesitated for a moment, but still walked to the female corpse and took off the brooch. If Fang Zheng's guess was correct, then these things were the remains of the girl's relatives. Fang Zheng couldn't take them back, so at least he should return these remains to the little girl. As for the two bodies, Fang Zheng couldn't bear to let them lie exposed in the wilderness. This happened to be a cemetery with unfilled pits everywhere, so Fang Zheng found two adjacent deep pits and buried the two bodies in them. Then he inserted the hunter's weapon in front of the grave as a tombstone... At least, this was the only thing he could do at the moment.

But the man asked me to go to church? Is there something in the church?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng also walked up the stairs, then opened the iron gate and entered the building in front of the cemetery. When he climbed up the stairs to the second floor, he found that this was a library or reading room, filled with scattered documents. Fang Zheng took a few glances and found that the documents were all written like crazy, such as "Byron Weiss's spiders cover up all the methods of the ritual. This is a pity, I hate spiders..." and other messed up things that he couldn't understand what they were talking about.

"Rather than calling it a church, I feel like this is more like a lunatic asylum. I wonder if this is another escape."

While complaining, Fang Zheng walked to the end, where there was a spiral staircase going upwards, and next to the staircase, there was a... big treasure chest.

“…”

Looking at the treasure chest in front of him, Fang Zheng hesitated for a moment, then he reached out his hand, grasped the cane sword, and stabbed the treasure chest a few times.

The treasure chest didn't respond at all.

It seems that this is a real treasure chest.

"I feel more and more like I've entered some RPG world..."

While complaining, Fang Zheng opened the treasure chest, but to his disappointment, there was nothing inside that made Fang Zheng feel like it could advance the "plot". There was only a very strange tool that seemed to be used to inlay something. Fang Zheng fiddled with it for a few times and then threw it back... This was not a game, and he couldn't carry so many useless things with him.

Then again, this isn’t a game, otherwise who would put such boring stuff in a box? Even if you give me some coins… I can’t seem to buy anything.

After playing the cameo role of a brave man rummaging through boxes, Fang Zheng walked up the stairs. Then he stretched out his hand and pushed open the tightly closed door at the end of the stairs.

“Squeak…”

The heavy door slowly opened, and a strong scent of incense filled his nose. Fang Zheng raised his head, looked around carefully, and then slowly walked in. In front of him was a gorgeously decorated church with several stone statues of various shapes standing on both sides, and a candlestick standing in the middle of the church. The light of the setting sun poured into the church from the window above, bringing a bit of warmth.

“Haha…”

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from the side of Fang Zheng, startling him. Fang Zheng turned his head quickly, and saw an old man wrapped in a scarlet cloth on his right side, looking at him with a smile. His hands were slender, and he didn't even look like a human, but his tone was not as crazy as those monsters outside.

"Oh...you must be a hunter..."

The old man raised his head and looked around like a snail crawling out of its shell, then turned his head in the direction of Fang Zheng.

"I'm sorry, the incense covers your scent. Very good, very good, I have been waiting for your arrival. These hunts have made everyone hide indoors, waiting for the end... It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and forever... But all this will not end easily, at least not this time. Even some townspeople hiding indoors have worsened. The screams of female townspeople, the stench of blood, the roar of monsters, these are no longer uncommon. I can tell you that Yharnam is finished... But if you can still see people who have not lost their minds, bring them here, to the Orton Chapel. They will be safe here, incense..."

As he spoke, the old man waved his hands desperately, as if trying to grab something.

"...The incense will drive away the wild animals. They dare not come in here..."

Finally I met someone who is relatively normal.

Although the appearance of the old woman in front of him was not quite in line with the aesthetic standards, at least she was one of the only two people Fang Zheng could have a normal conversation with after he woke up from this world!

Although strictly speaking it's not very normal.

"I'm sorry, I'm not a hunter. In fact, I just strayed here by accident."

Fang Zheng spread his hands and made an apologetic gesture.

"To be honest, I have no idea what happened here. If possible, I hope you can answer my questions... What exactly is Hunting Night? What is going on here?"

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the old man was silent for a moment, then he waved his hands again.

"This place... is cursed. Humans... have been blinded by their greed. They are cursed. Yharnam was born of blood and thrives on blood. But now, it is about to die. But it cannot die completely. It can only linger on like this, struggling hard to avoid the blade of the Blade of Destruction..."

The old man sighed softly and lowered his head.

"Blood brings everything and destroys everything. They become monsters and are hunted by hunters, but hunters are also attracted by blood... So there are people who hunt hunters... This is the night of the hunt. Everything, everything becomes different. Everything is in chaos... It was so in the past and it is the same now... All we can do is pray..."

At this point, the old man stopped and lowered his head, as if he was lost in long memories and thoughts, or maybe he just fell asleep. Seeing this, Fang Zheng shook his head. Although the old man's words were still a bit confusing and full of all kinds of literary and artistic expressions that Fang Zheng hated the most, at least he could get some information from the few words the old man revealed.

At least for now, the name of this town is Yharnam. It was once glorious, but because of the endless thirst of humans for a certain kind of blood, it has become the dilapidated state it is now. Those infected by the blood have become monsters, so hunters appear to hunt them, and the hunters themselves seem to be infected by the power of that strange blood during the hunting process... The man I just met may be one of the hunters who was confused and crazy by blood. Thinking about it carefully, he seemed to be mumbling something about blood and the fragrance of blood at that time...

"Can I rest here for a while?"

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng looked at the old man again, and the old man nodded.

"Of course, Hunter, you can rest here, please..."

I've already said that I'm not a hunter...

Facing the old man, Fang Zheng was speechless. Although he wanted to go back and find the little girl as soon as possible, after such a long period of fighting and exploration, Fang Zheng was already a little tired. So he found a place in the corner of the church, leaned against the wall, and then closed his eyes.

Soon, he felt extremely sleepy, and before long, Fang Zheng fell into a deep sleep...

Soon, Fang Zheng opened his eyes again.

At this moment, there was only darkness before his eyes.

"This is……"

Fang Zheng stood up and looked in front of him in surprise. He originally thought that he had just taken a nap, but now it seemed that it was dark here. And... this place did not look like the church he was in just now.

So, what exactly is this place?

At this moment, suddenly, a voice that Fang Zheng was very familiar with sounded from not far away.

"Lord Ashes, can you hear me?"