Chapter 59: Kazmali had never seen such a scene before. In such a deep...
Mary had never seen such a sight before. In such a dull and dark underground, there was a tree with tangled roots. It was as huge as a whale in the ocean, standing in the darkness, emitting a smell of decay.
It's dead
Died in the darkness without sunshine and rain
The leafless branches looked so grim and monotonous that they reminded Mary of a python stiffened in death.
But she had no time to think about who planted the tree, nor did she have the extra energy to sigh for it.
Her good night vision allowed her to immediately notice something unusual. There was something... strange about it.
A face hidden among the tree roots reminded her of the mythical Medusa. The humming sound of a tuning fork echoed in her mind, and Mary tightened her grip on the dagger, wondering if she had brought too few weapons.
No, more than one face
Countless stone ghost faces were hidden in the big trees, like the heads of sinners hung high in a place that ordinary people could not reach, looking down at Mary like ghosts.
But this is not the most difficult thing for Mary.
A large hole was cut into the belly of the tree, and inside was a stone sculpture, so perfect that it made people hold their breath subconsciously.
Like a statue created by the world's greatest sculptor with his entire life's work, the stone figure that should have been placed in a museum to be remembered by the world, is now sleeping in the form of a baby curled up in its mother's womb.
Pillar Man
Mary felt the sweat on her palms making the handle of the knife slippery.
This is the most perfect and most regrettable work created by God - the Pillar Man who will be killed by the sun
Fanny Valentine's guess was correct, and his fear and persistence were right.
Mary let out a sigh of relief. The Pillar Man's appearance and sleeping posture basically matched the memories Valentine had recounted.
Although Valentine talked a lot about the Pillar Men, the most important information was blank.
What are the conditions for the Pillar Man to awaken?
According to Valentine's description, the Pillar Man from the other world awakened with his own will without relying on any medium. He then killed a large number of people and abducted her and left.
In other words, their waking up was extremely random and accidental. She hoped that she would not be so unlucky that the Pillar Man would open his eyes as soon as she arrived here.
But what comforted Mary was that there was only one Pillar Man in front of her, not three. However, she couldn't rule out the possibility that the other two were hiding in the dark, burying themselves under the roots of the tree.
Hearing footsteps different from those of Jello and Dorothy, Mary knew that another group of annoying guys had also come underground.
Mary twitched her tongue in annoyance, suppressing her inner uneasiness and tentatively jumping onto the tree. She stepped on the hard trunk and smashed the hideous stone ghost mask beside her with one punch.
The crisp sound echoed in the closed environment like water waves. Mary held her breath and stared at the stone statue in front of her. The other party did not move at all and was still sleeping soundly.
It seems that sound is not the key to waking up the other party
Seeing this, Mary no longer hesitated. In her mind, the Stone Masks were far more troublesome than the Pillar Men. The Pillar Men's numbers wouldn't change, but vampires were like a self-reproducing virus. The discovery of just one vampire meant a whole colony had already formed in the darkness, and no matter how hard they tried to eliminate them, they would never be completely wiped out.
They will continue to grow several times, and soon gain an overwhelming advantage and begin to hunt humans unscrupulously.
Just thinking about it gives her goosebumps. Mary doesn't want to have to confirm whether the person next to her is a human or a ghost when walking at night in the future.
Jumping nimbly from branch to branch, she tried to concentrate on her work, but the clamor continued unabated and grew louder. Amidst the chaotic, overlapping echoes, Mary clearly heard Dorothy's voice.
"I never thought the Baron's son would come to a place like this just to look for me. It's truly an honor for me."
A man stomped heavily on the stairs and roared at Dorothy, "You're really here! I feed you, clothe you, and spend so much money on you, yet you don't care about your lowly status! Is this how you repay me?"
What a disgusting sound! For the first time, Mary hated her good hearing. She felt like her ears were being forcefully filled with dirt, and the discomfort gave her goosebumps.
"Enough!" Mary heard Jello's voice: "You are such a despicable guy. I have never met anyone as rubbish as you. You are simply bringing shame to your family!" After a pause, Jello's voice sounded again: "Where are the sheriffs of our hospital? What did you do to them?"
"Oh? You're here too?" the other person exclaimed in surprise. "I thought you were the type who wouldn't lie, but I didn't expect you to tell lies one after another without even having to write them out. As for your sheriff... who knows? He probably knew I was a good person and chose to leave."
"Don't insult my friend!" Dorothy screamed. "You disgusting scum!"
"I think this is your mistress. You two should be burned to death!"
"you!"
The sounds of fighting began to emanate as the last syllable fell, and all Mary could do now was to speed up her hands.
Damn, why are there so many Stone Masks? Is the Pillar Man just that idle?!
How bored, how bad is the aesthetic, and how evil is the mind to create these damn things?!
Cursing in her heart, Mary felt that her hands were leaving afterimages. The cold and solid mask was broken into tiny pieces by her. It could no longer maintain its ferocious appearance and turned into ordinary debris on the roadside.
The heavy object hit the ground and began to roll uncontrollably. Mary pricked her nose and smelled the strong odor of blood.
etc?
What just happened?
Who on earth had the accident?!
Mary's body stiffened for a second, but she chose not to look back.
She had made up her mind to destroy the Stone Mask and would not allow any accidents to happen.
Mary knew that she was being cruel, but she also knew that a brief moment of weakness would not only fail to solve the problem, but might even bring about a catastrophe.
Besides... she didn't have the ability to bring the dead back to life. An ordinary person would have no chance of surviving a fall from such a height.
Fortunately, evildoers will eventually be punished, and Mary heard the stranger's incredulous cry: "You, how dare you?! He's the Baron's son!"
"God knows, he rushed over and grabbed Dorothy's hair, then accidentally tripped and fell. Don't accuse others casually, man." Jello's voice was louder than the other man's. "Or do you feel that you have failed in your duty and want to find a scapegoat?"
"You...you...don't try to slander me!"
"Whether it's slander or not, you can take that guy's body and examine it yourself to find out, right?" Jero said calmly, "Medical technology is much more advanced nowadays. I think the royal family's doctors can tell."
"Kara!" The last stone mask was ruthlessly smashed by Mary, and her tense heart finally had room to relax.
Jumping down from a height, Mary saw Feisa rolling down to the ground.
When he was alive, he was extremely delicate, with every hair meticulously crafted. But now, he lay on the ground with his limbs twisted, his facial features bruised and swollen from the repeated impacts of the stairs, blood oozing out, and swollen like a waterlogged corpse.
This guy got away with it. Mary took a step back to avoid the other person's blood staining the soles of her shoes.
Strangely, the expected scene of blood flowing did not occur. Instead, the blood was absorbed by the withered tree roots on the ground. They became visibly fuller and firmer.
what the hell? !
Mary felt her scalp tingling at the sight. Without hesitation, she kicked the man's body back onto the steps to prevent the tree roots from coming into contact with the blood.
But it's too late
How could the long-dead tree trunk give up? The roots pulled themselves out of the ground and began to slowly stretch upwards, chasing the fresh red. Mary stood in front of Resa's body and cut off the tentacle-like roots with force.
Fortunately, although they are weird, their texture has not changed much and they are easier to cut than expected.
Now that she could cut it off, Mary's heart was relieved. She kicked the stubborn veins with her feet, but her heart skipped a beat the next second.
That guy
Where is the Pillar Man sleeping in the tree?
When was he not here?!
The center of the tree was empty, as if the stone statue had never existed. Mary instinctively pressed her back against the stone wall, raising her dagger to her chest, feeling her heart beating erratically.
Where is he?
Mary looked around, preparing herself for the worst.
That guy... maybe he'd already escaped while she was fighting the tree roots. If it was dark outside, then it would be the Pillar Man's home turf, and there was no way she could find him!
Although Mary was extremely nervous, Jello and his group knew nothing about it. They were still shouting and throwing dirty water at each other, completely unaware that danger was about to come.
"You are responsible for this matter, little boy from the Zeppelin family. Why did you build such a long passage under the hospital? What is your intention?"
"If you think there's a problem, go down and see if there are any weapons down there." Jello disdained the other party's contrived words. "This underground passage might have existed before the hospital was built. Don't slander me." He pointed at the guilty guard and said, "Again, don't expect others to take the blame for you."
"Then you come down with us!" The guards would never let them slip away. They came here today without informing anyone, it was just an unintentional act.
In other words, once Jero and Dorothy went out and blocked the passage, no one would know they were there. Even if someone in the hospital knew, they could just bribe them with some money and use their power to shut them up.
"Okay." Jello's cheerfulness surprised them, but this cheerfulness made them hesitate again, and a disturbing suspicion appeared in their eyes.
But Jero and Dorothy had already gone down, and now they had no choice but to go on.
“Don’t come down!!!”
Before they were halfway through their walk, they heard the roar of a strange woman coming from underground, which frightened them so much that they froze in their tracks, not daring to move.
Dorothy and Jero also showed hesitation in their eyes. They both knew that Mary wouldn't let them go without a reason. However, in their understanding, there were no terrifying creatures beyond human beings, so they couldn't understand Mary's anxiety.
"Do you want to... go down?" Dorothy whispered to Jello.
Jero bit his lower lip with his gold teeth. He involuntarily put his hand close to the iron ball at his waist and wiped away the dusty shoe prints on it with his fingertips. "We have to go down. If there is really danger down there, we can't let Mary face it alone."
"Um!"
The two men no longer hesitated, but ran downstairs in the dim light of the oil lamp. The guards also ran downstairs with gritted teeth, praying that the body of the baron's son would not fall too ugly.
Mary naturally did not miss this movement. She was so angry that she wanted to kick these disobedient bastards away.
"Are you looking for me, human?" A deep voice came from her left ear. Mary stabbed the dagger directly at the source of the sound, but missed. The dagger sank directly into the stone wall, and Mary pulled it out with an expressionless face.
The young man in front of him didn't miss this. He tilted his head hesitantly: "This is not a power that humans can possess. Are you... the daughter of a pillar?"
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