Chapter 92: Peeping
The woman’s skin was dry and yellow, with a few green vine patterns on her face. Her eyes had no pupils and were filled with twisting bloodshot.
A few black fangs were exposed in her mouth, and blood was still flowing out.
Only then did Crowne notice that she was holding a girl of about eight or nine years old in her arms, and the girl's neck was covered in blood.
The wind blew up the woman's long hair, making the whole picture look weird and evil.
The woman suddenly threw the girl in her hand, and the girl's head hit the pillar at the door of the wooden house. Her brain immediately burst and an abstract painting was imprinted on it.
The monster jumped on all fours towards the wall of the cabin. Its hands and feet had been visibly deformed, with sharp nails growing on its fingers and toes, allowing it to easily grab the wooden boards.
With the help of the force, it jumped high with ease and pounced on the person approaching from the roof.
A cold light flashed in Clown's eyes. He took a step and jumped up, and the sword in his hand flashed an orange-red halo.
After swinging his sword, he turned sideways, took two steps in the air, and landed steadily on the ground.
On the other hand, the mutated woman suddenly fell from the air to the ground and broke into two pieces when she fell. A meaty smell and a faint fishy odor began to diffuse in the air around her.
When Del ran over with a crossbow in his hand, he just saw the monster fall and break into two pieces.
Several paralyzed people struggled to get up and dodged backwards, looking at Crown with gratitude, awe and fear in their eyes.
Crown turned around to check the situation and found that the woman's abdominal cavity was covered with green velvet threads after the mutation. These threads were still wriggling, trying to stick the broken organs together.
This situation is probably caused by the body being contaminated by water, which happens to be caused by parasites entering the body through the mouth, nose, eyes or other organs.
He held his breath and used breathing techniques to inject the source of life into the sharp blade which stabbed into the monster's body. The green hairs were extremely afraid of fire and soon burned out, and the fishy smell in the air became even stronger.
"Find some dry firewood and burn her right here," he told Del and walked back to the next place that needed checking.
. . . .
The inspection work lasted for a whole day and was not completed until nightfall. Nick and others were making summary plans in the room.
Geralt stood up and said rather nonchalantly, "I can do the fighting and shouting, but you guys can just worry about the stuff."
He didn't stay and left. After he opened the door and went out, he stuck his head in again and said, "Remember to pay the employment fee for these few days tomorrow."
Clown stopped him and said, "You need to wait a few days. The materials for the talisman are not yet complete. If you want to get it as soon as possible, please do me a favor and make some talisman paper."
The demon hunter frowned: "Trouble?"
"It's not a problem at all. I have the materials. Take off the eggshell and the white part of the straw, wash them, dry them and grind them into powder. Remember to make sure they are completely dry. Mix the eggshell and straw in a 1:1 weight ratio, add egg white and stir into a paste. I have a mold. You can use a brush to apply it to the thickness of a fingernail. There should be no gaps when brushing.
Finally, press it with heavy objects for three days and dry it in the sun and moonlight respectively. "
"I can help you, but you have to give me an extra Qingxin Talisman as a reward."
"I'll find an ordinary person to help me. It will only cost ten silver coins at most."
"Okay, I'll take the job for One Gold Shield." Based on the principle that even the smallest bit counts, Geralt said he would accept the commission. "Are the materials in your house? I'll go get them now."
"In a bag under the bed."
After the demon hunter left, Klauen asked, "It's been raining for so long, will the situation in a big city like Rhine City be very bad?"
“Not at all. With the Holy Fire Cathedral as the center, the nearby blocks are all covered by the purification array. With other small churches as nodes, the entire main city area will not be troubled by pollution. It is our small places that are in trouble.
More than 200 people died in the town during this rainy day, and the total death toll in the huge Rhine City will not increase much."
Crown was silent. The red moon had been here for more than a hundred years, so it was more than enough for a powerful church to build several cities with key defenses.
Nick continued, "It will snow heavily soon at this time of year. We still need to stockpile enough wood, and we need to mine more ore. We must also make more crossbows and arrows to arm ordinary people.
Since the population has decreased significantly, the food is basically enough, but it would be better to search for more outside. Before the heavy snow, we must organize people to go out and prepare as much supplies as possible. "
"Geralt and I will go to the mines tomorrow and cut some wood there. The cultists haven't shown up yet, and they pose a great potential threat to us. If they want to attack, I think they will do it before the snow."
Clown wanted more strongly to become a part-time animal trainer. If he didn't ask for anything else, he could raise some falcons and nocturnal birds to serve as round-the-clock scouts, which would make the situation much more proactive.
He can provide golden talisman water, and the night bird can also resist the invasion of gray fog.
"That's good. The possibility of being attacked during the day is not high. If you are attacked, the most important thing is to protect yourself. Protect ordinary people within your ability."
"Don't worry, I will do my best to protect ordinary people, but I won't act tough."
Crown agreed that without ordinary people to continuously provide the power of faith to create holy water, the lives of the extraordinary people would be difficult.
He felt that the world's future situation would be one in which the extraordinary people would defend towns and shelter ordinary people, while ordinary people would contribute their own strength to give back to the strong, and the two groups would form a benign cooperative relationship.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
There has always been a saying in the church that pastors are God’s shepherds, and there is some truth to this.
Nick nodded and said, "Take the two pigeons with you when you go out tomorrow and notify me if anything happens."
. . . .
The next day, when the sun shone on the earth and the gray fog dissipated, everyone who had been prepared walked out of the town with their weapons.
Each of the men carried a basket on his back. Geralt and his apprentice rode in the front, while Clown followed behind. The remaining horses in the church pulled the cart, on which were placed two large pots, several buckets of water, and dry food for everyone.
"Old Hans, you don't have to go out to work, why are you following everyone?"
"It's going to snow soon, so I can still pick a batch of herbs," the old man smiled, and the wrinkles on his face were like a blooming chrysanthemum.
"There may be a lot of unknown dirt after the heavy rain. If you don't come with us, I'm afraid you can't guarantee your own safety. Go back," Crown advised.
"Hey, I bought two bottles of holy water," Hans said boastfully.
"Okay, be safe."
After arriving at the mine, everyone split into two groups. The witcher led half of the people into the mine, and Clown led the rest to cut wood nearby.
After the rain, the mountains are full of green, and many grasses and trees stubbornly sprout green buds. New life and withering coexist among the dead branches and leaves on the ground. It looks more like early spring than early winter.
The woodcutters' legs were wrapped with oilcloth to prevent their bodies from getting wet by the dew and causing unnecessary trouble.
Clown walked to an open space on a high ground, cleared away the stones and other debris on the ground, and began to practice the cross sword.
In order to maintain his strength, he did not practice breathing techniques together.
After a moment, he stopped and looked around vigilantly. He felt that he was being stared at with malicious eyes.
(End of this chapter)