Chapter 167 Incident
The dull sound of hammering echoed in the tunnel. Del hammered for several minutes, but the stone door still stood there firmly.
There were no magic patterns or runes on the stone door, so it must be incredibly thick.
Crown jumped into the tunnel and said, "I'll do it."
He took the sledgehammer handed to him by Del and practiced the Giant Bear Breathing Technique, and his arms became as thick as an ordinary person's thighs.
He swung the hammer with both hands, concentrating all his strength, and used the technique of charging a strike.
The hammer hit the stone door heavily and then bounced back. He used the force of the rebound to swing the hammer higher again and began to hit the door rhythmically.
He could also practice charging attacks. Clown was not impatient. He counted silently with interest: "Two, three."
When he counted to seventy-eight, several cracks appeared on the stone door.
He hit it twice more, and the stone door shattered, revealing a somewhat dark cave entrance.
Jason and the other man jumped down, and Clown released the Moon Spirit Shield and Golden Armor.
"Sheriff, Del, the defense outside is up to you," Nick shouted, releasing a fire shield.
Elijah, standing on the flat ground, shouted, "Yes, sir. I promise to complete the mission."
The old sheriff was perfectly content not to have to take any risks.
He shouted to the patrolmen, "Be smart, take out the largest caliber guns, and turn off the safety."
Nick activated the defensive formation on his enchanted armor, picked up his shield and walked in first, followed closely by Jason and the others.
It was very spacious inside, with nothing visible, and pale yellow candles as thick as a human arm burning all around.
Crown smelled the smell of animal fat, and saw a bone altar. When he got closer, he saw a pool of blood inside.
Finally, the three of them came to a small stone statue.
Twisted, absurd, and disgusting, this was Crown's first impression of the statue.
Jason's tone suddenly became anxious: "Don't look directly at the statue."
He pulled his two teammates away from the statue and came to the other side of the altar: "This should be a statue of an evil god. It seems that things are more difficult than we thought."
Nick was confused: "What's the problem? It's just a statue."
Jason's tone became serious: "You have never dealt with this kind of thing before, and you don't know how terrible this evil god is. Even if you just see the statue, bad things may happen.
After some teams encountered evil gods, everyone went crazy and out of control without any warning at a certain time, and mutated into evil creatures. After research, the church believed that they were deeply contaminated.
Damn it, how could I encounter such a difficult thing in this small town. Let's go, leave here immediately and go back to the city to report to the bishop. "
He knew this because he had a good friend who suffered from this kind of pollution.
Because the two had a good relationship, he was also summoned by the church and underwent the most stringent soul purity test. When it was found that he was not contaminated, he was arranged to undergo a high-standard purification ceremony.
From then on, he knew: 'On the night of the full moon, those with keen spiritual perception will be inexplicably spiritually polluted, but some people can truly hear the call of the evil god.
This is also the reason why the church has spared no effort to encircle and eliminate the remnants of the evil god for thousands of years, but there are still evil god believers emerging.'
"How come I don't know about this? My authority can't be lower than yours?!"
Nick pointed at the altar and frowned, "Just leave this thing alone? There are still cultists worshiping evil gods who haven't been caught yet."
"I would rather not know about this kind of thing. I only know some of it because of my friends' involvement."
Jason raised his eyebrows. “I once asked Lord Sith what exactly happened. He told me that the more you know, the more dangerous it is. Give the order, leave immediately, notify the Security Bureau and the Church and make plans.”
Nick stared into his teammate's eyes for a few seconds, "Go! Get out of here and seal this place up."
At this moment, Clown saw ripples spreading out from the calm pool of blood in the bone altar.
"Wow"
A green-skinned upright monster jumped out of the pool of blood.
“Wow.”
Similar monsters jumped out of the blood pool one after another.
It was too late for the three to leave as the monster had already pounced on them.
. . . .
Elijah ordered the patrolmen to be on high alert and he retreated to the back of the team.
He waved to the ordinary people who were recruited and said, "Go back, you are not needed here anymore."
"Sheriff, we agreed that you can get a reward if you participate in the excavation. You can't go back on your word," said a burly man with an open chest, revealing thick chest hair, in a muffled voice.
"Yes," the diggers echoed.
"You won't lose a single silver coin. I'll fulfill my promise once I'm done with these things. Come to the patrol station tomorrow afternoon to pick it up from me."
Ilia waved his hand impatiently: "Let's go quickly, it's not safe here."
"Then I'll pick it up from you tomorrow!"
The hairy-chested man shouted, "Let's go, guys. The sheriff's credibility is trustworthy."
With that, he turned and left, and the diggers followed him.
Elijah watched the workers leave. He turned around and saw an acquaintance coming from another direction. He subconsciously muttered, "Why is he here?"
The person who came was Acrylic, the town dentist and his childhood playmate.
However, after this playmate returned to the small town after wandering for many years, the two of them did not have close contact, and their once close friendship was diluted a lot over time.
The other party has now become indifferent and his several requests for help have been rejected.
Next to Acrylic, there was another middle-aged man following him.
The two men walked seemingly slowly but actually quickly, and soon arrived near the tunnel.
"Old man, stop." Ilia took out his pistol and said, "The head of the Security Bureau is investigating inside, please don't get close. What are you doing here?"
"Come and help you, old buddy," Acrylic is a skinny old man, but his voice is loud and confident.
"Hey, Elijah, don't you remember who I am?" The burly man next to Acrylic greeted familiarly.
"He looks familiar, but I can't remember where he is right now," Elijah then noticed the burly man's appearance and a familiar feeling rose in his heart.
He raised his hand, pushed up his police helmet, and scratched the few remaining hairs.
"I'm Derby Anglu," an inexplicable smile appeared on the sturdy man's face. He strode out heavily, and the span of seven or eight meters between the two of them was reached in an instant.
His route was not a straight line. Instead, he first took a step of two or three meters to a position slightly to the left, and then suddenly accelerated towards the target.
A shadow appeared in Elijah's eyes, and he fired subconsciously.
"Bang"
The bullet missed its target.
Derby had rushed to the old sheriff. His hands had long, sharp nails and webbed membranes between his fingers.
Elijah lowered his head with difficulty. The other party's hand had already penetrated into his abdomen, crushing his heart.
At this moment, he already remembered why the other person looked so familiar: "He"
In the end, he did not say the name. He felt as if he was falling from a great height, his consciousness falling into endless darkness.
The whisper startled the patrol officers who were on high alert; they had not expected that something unexpected would happen right behind them.
Del and Torres were at the front, and they also did not expect what would happen behind them.
In their subconscious, there is no danger outdoors during the day unless they encounter a deformed wild beast.
"Ah," Derby yelled, his voice wild and uninhibited.
He used the sheriff's body as a shield and charged at the patrolmen.
At this moment, his heart was filled with the desire to kill. He wanted to kill all these people to fill his hungry stomach.
Yesterday, he completely let go of himself and accepted the gift from Shub-Niggurath, becoming a second-level transcendent that he had never achieved in his entire life, and the only price he paid was a voracious appetite.
"Bang, bang!"
The patrolmen turned their guns around and dense gunfire rang out, but most of the shots missed the enemy. The occasional bullets that were fired in the right direction were blocked by the sheriff's body.
"Uncle," James screamed. He saw the sheriff being held motionless in someone's hands. How could he not understand what was happening?
His parents died early, and he grew up in his uncle's house, and the relationship between the two was better than that of father and son.
Fury overwhelmed him, and he took a few steps forward, gripping his shotgun tightly, intending to shoot his enemy in the face.
In his opinion, the attacker was also a human being and should not be able to withstand the close-range shooting of a shotgun.
Derby had already rushed to the edge of the crowd. He pushed away the corpse that was used as a shield, and then lowered his body and rushed out.
"Bang"
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All of James' bullets hit his uncle's body. As soon as he felt something was wrong, he lost consciousness.
Derby raised his claws, smashed half of James' head, and knocked the patrolman away.
The hard skull of a man was like a ripe watermelon in his hand.
Things happened too fast. Del stopped Torres who was about to rush forward and said, "Go down and meet up with the captain and the others."
Derby was like a tiger pouncing on a flock of sheep. In less than a minute, he killed all twenty or thirty patrolmen.
The price was just a few bullets to the body.
He gritted his teeth and exerted all his strength. As his muscles moved, the bullet embedded in his body automatically fell out.
Then, he grabbed a person at random, skillfully used his claws to cut open the prey's abdominal cavity, took out the liver and put it into his mouth.
In his opinion, this organ is the most delicious thing.
"Eat as much as you can and release your wild power," Acrylic opened his arms and laughed crazily.
His laughter was so loud that it reached the sky and spread in all directions.
His robe seemed to be filled with wind and swelled up in an instant.
“Quack.”
A crow roosting in the woods near the town flew over.
Hundreds of crows circled above the tunnel, creating a spectacular sight.
. . . .
There are five green monsters in total, about two meters tall and covered with mucus.
The head looks like a ferocious fish head, with a pair of huge red eyes and a bloody mouth.
There is sticky saliva in the mouth and the teeth are sharp triangles.
There are things like fish fins on its back and forearms, and a thick tail. The black mane, which is as upright as steel needles, extends from the waist to the tail.
They also have three-toed hooves and four-fingered hands with webbed fingers between them.
As soon as the monsters appeared, Crown smelled a stench like corn leaves that had been rotting for a long time in a cold barn.
As the monsters pounced, the stench became stronger.
"Quick victory, then leave immediately," Nick shouted, hurling his shield.
The shield flew out and was hit by a monster's claws, returning at a faster speed.
The monsters were highly intelligent, and they split into three groups, one heading toward Nick, two heading toward Jason, and two heading toward Crown.
Klauen dodged to the side, avoiding the attack of a monster. He used the Giant Bear Breathing Technique, raised the Star Steel Sword and slashed at another monster.
He used the technique of charging a power attack, hoping to inflict heavy damage to the monster directly.
The charging time is very short. Crown has calculated that it is only 0.1 seconds.
But it is this short 0.1 second that gives the monster time to react.
The target dodged to the side a short distance and swung out with its claws.
The Star Steel Sword hit the monster's upper arm, but to Crown's surprise, the weapon did not cut through the monster's muscles, but slid down through the monster's muscles, only shaving off a thin piece of flesh.
The monster's sharp claws broke his golden armor and left three wounds on his thigh.
If he hadn't retracted his legs in time, the injury would have been serious.
The monster's attack power is very strong and its speed is very fast, so it is not suitable to use charged attacks; the mucus on its body has a strong lubricating effect, so it is not suitable for chopping.
Crown made a judgment in an instant. He released bullet time and ran away, with the two monsters chasing him relentlessly.
While running, he released a long-lasting golden light to protect his body.
In this way, as long as the monsters cannot directly break his defense, he can keep fighting them.
He released his armor, sealing a wound with a stream of iron essence.
Everything was ready, and Crown immediately turned around and rushed back.
He used his secret skill, Cutting the Wind, to stab the monster that was slightly faster.
The monster did not expect that its opponent would suddenly become much faster. It was unable to dodge and the Star Steel Sword had already pierced into its mouth and came out from the back of its neck.
Klauen was also hit by the monster's claws, but the enemy's attack was already weak and powerless.
He continued to rush forward and to the side, letting the monsters coming from behind pass by, while at the same time chopping off the monster's head with his sword.
As he didn't know whether the monster's fatal wound was in the head, he stabbed it again, holding the sword with both hands and stabbing it into the injured monster's abdomen.
Feeling the blade hit the monster's spine, Crown twisted it hard and crushed that section of the spine.
In a flash, a monster died under his sword.
The death of the monster did not cause any impact on its kind, and the other one still rushed over fiercely.
The monster, without its speed advantage, was killed easily and neatly by Crown using the same method.
He turned to look at his companions' battlefield. Nick's defense was strong enough that he slowly suppressed his opponent, but Jason was in a more dangerous situation.
The monster was faster than Jason. Under the double attack, his clothes on the back were torn into tatters, revealing deep wounds that could be seen to the bone.
Fortunately, he cut off the forearm of one of the monsters, otherwise the situation would be even more dangerous.
Klauen rushed forward, and when the monster hit his teammate's back again, he used both hands to hold the sword and cut off most of the monster's neck.
With the cooperation of the three, the remaining two monsters were killed without causing much trouble.
Crown took out holy water and sprinkled it on the wound on his leg.
Nick helped Jason deal with his wounds: "Can you still fight?"
There was a burst of gunfire outside just now. Something must have happened.
But when he saw the wounds on Jason's right arm and back, he couldn't help but feel worried.
“Probably not.” Jason drank a bottle of holy water and grinned. “The wound is poisonous. I feel my back and arms starting to go numb. Damn it, my armor is not repaired yet, otherwise I wouldn’t be so depressed.”
Two people ran in from the cave.
Torres shouted in panic: "Captain, the sheriff and the patrolmen have all been killed."
(End of this chapter)