Chapter 458 Welcome to Yharnam!
Yharnam, a cold and dignified city.
On this night of hunting, its ruthless side was even more evident.
Groups of beast-like citizens roamed the streets, holding weapons in their hands. It was impossible to tell whether they were hunting wild beasts or had turned into wild beasts themselves.
A beastman citizen slowed down a little and accidentally left the team.
The next moment, a pair of big hands stretched out from the shadows on the street and covered his mouth tightly. With a "click" sound, his neck was broken without him even being able to scream. His powerless body was dragged into the shadows.
Then came the sound of flesh being cut.
"Well"
The beast-like citizen in the team ahead looked back in surprise, and the cutting sound suddenly stopped.
He looked for a while, seemed not to find anything strange, turned his head and continued walking forward.
He was completely unaware that thick blood was slowly flowing out from the shadows, and the beastman's head then rolled out, his jaw still opening and closing unconsciously.
The person who created all this was a hunter whose skills were not yet mature.
Fann.
He shook off the blood on the meat saw, took a deep breath of the polluted air, and his face showed the fatigue that was unique to being in a highly tense state for a long time.
The headless body of the beastman was still twitching slightly. Vann subconsciously stomped his foot hard, stepping directly through his chest. This time, the other party was completely motionless.
"Where on earth are these monsters from? Their vitality is so strong."
You really can't relax for a moment when facing the monsters in the dungeon. Who knows when these guys will be able to get up again. Just now, he was bitten by a beast-like citizen with only the upper body left.
From then on he learned how to last hit.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, but ended up smearing blood or something all over his face, making him look even dirtier.
What happened in the dungeon today was more terrifying than all the nightmares he had ever had in his life combined.
After coming out of Yusefka Clinic, Vann walked into the city called "Yanan".
Just like all hunters would do, he joined in the hunting night, although he did not understand what the so-called hunting night meant.
The first enemy he encountered after leaving the clinic was the beast-like citizens of Yharnam.
This monster has an appearance very similar to humans, but its body shakes like a zombie. There are faint animal features on its body surface. It seems to have some intelligence and can speak some simple words, but most of the time it will just attack people randomly when it sees them.
When he first saw the beastman, Vann tried to say hello to him, after all, he looked too much like a human.
But he had just greeted someone in the previous second when the other party rushed up and slashed at him wildly with a machete in the next second. Although he was prepared, he was still frightened by the enemy's selfless enthusiasm.
It may be embarrassing to say it, but when facing the beast-like citizens, Vann was a little hesitant.
The other party's appearance, which was almost indistinguishable from that of humans, always reminded him of the Red people in the outside world who were controlled by parasites, and then naturally reminded him of every detail of his hometown's past. The faces of the beast-like citizens seemed to have become familiar faces.
However, when he smelled the tempting aroma of the blood of the beastman, the meat saw in his hand reacted before his brain.
With a wave of his hand and a drop of his knife, the head fell to the ground.
Looking at the head of the beastman falling to the ground, Fann was stunned for a moment. According to the plot of the storybook he had read, should he feel that he had killed someone, and then, unable to bear the psychological pressure, he would hold on to the wall and vomit for a while?
But the fact that this thought popped up in his mind meant that he couldn't vomit.
On the contrary, feeling the sensation of killing the enemy, he did something that even he himself thought was perverted:
He licked his lips.
"This dungeon is wrong, this city is wrong, and I am wrong too."
Having come to this conclusion, he continued to go deeper into the city of Yharnam.
He had no idea about the architectural style of this city. He had never seen similar buildings anywhere else. But as long as it was a city built by humans, there would definitely be similarities, such as main roads and criss-crossing alleys.
Vann naturally went into the alley. Only this cramped space could give him a sense of security. It seemed that as long as he stayed here, he could rest assured and avoid the sight of all monsters.
This method of action did bring him an advantage, which was that he was able to avoid the beast-like citizens who were moving in groups on the main roads.
When he first saw nearly ten beastly citizens acting together, he was so shocked that he could hardly express it in words.
His mood translated into modern language is:
Damn, a bunch of monsters! ?
Faced with the absolute numerical advantage of the beast-like citizens, even though the meat saw in his hand was thirsty for blood, Vann did not dare to act rashly. He could only quietly assassinate an enemy like he did just now.
Watching the beast-like citizens walking away, he breathed a sigh of relief and tiptoed in the opposite direction of them, still walking along the wall if possible, and preferably going into the alley.
As soon as he heard any movement, he would immediately hide in a nearby hiding place, never giving the monster a chance to discover him.
Relying on this method, he managed to avoid many wandering beast-like citizens along the way, and occasionally assassinated a few of them.
However, it was impossible for someone to just watch Vann continue to be so cowardly.
Every road you can take after leaving Yusefka Clinic will eventually lead to one place——
“Crackle!”
The sound of a burning bonfire came from the front, accompanied by the crackling of oil, flesh and blood being burnt by the flames and even exploding, forming unpleasant music.
Fann stopped moving forward. He couldn't help but raise his head, as if he had seen something incredible. He widened his eyes and muttered to himself:
"Bonfire night?"
What appeared before him was a broad road with absolutely no place to hide.
A huge torch stood on the street. A closer look revealed that the torch was actually a hideous and twisted monster. Although it had been dead for a long time under the scorching flames, one could tell how terrifying this guy must have been when he was alive just by looking at his huge body.
And now, this horrible monster has become a decoration at the bonfire party?
At a glance, the streets were filled with wandering beastmen, holding torches high, weapons dripping with blood, lingering on this must-pass road, just like the people participating in the witch hunt in stories and legends.
There were more enemies crowded into this bonfire party than Vann had seen all day!
Anyone seeing this scene would recoil.
Of course, he was no exception. The atmosphere of this bonfire party was too bad. He felt that if he just barged in casually, he would be roasted on the fire like Bruno!
Just as he was showing signs of retreating, at this moment, a beastly citizen who was standing on the carriage with a shotgun in his hand and guarding the surroundings suddenly turned his head and looked in his direction as if he had received some guidance.
Then he raised his hand and fired a shot.
"Bang!"
A sound like thunder exploded here, and the entire bonfire party fell into silence for a few seconds, as if the uncle had paused time and used his ability to pause time.
Vann looked at the bullet that hit his feet. The corners of his mouth, eyelids, fingers, and all the parts of his body that could twitch twitched. He raised his head slowly with a stiff neck.
Dozens of pairs of eyes from the beastly citizens were also looking at him.
The two sides looked at each other.
The uncle who paused time released his ability and time began to flow.
“Ahhhh!”
The strongest-looking beastman pointed at him and let out an incomprehensible cry.
The next moment, the sound of footsteps so dense that it could cause an earthquake rang out on the street, and they rushed towards Vann like a swarm of demons!
What else could Fann do? He could only turn around and run!
"Something's wrong, that monster obviously can't see me!"
He had tested it on the way here. The eyesight of the beast citizens should be very poor. They might not be able to spot him even if they were several meters away. So why could the beast citizen who was dozens or even hundreds of meters away from him spot him!
Don't tell him what a good look he has for playing with a gun!
Groups of beast-like citizens chased after Vann, looking very hospitable and eager to invite this stranger to the bonfire party.
Vann wanted to find a place to hide. When he came here, he walked through a few hidden places that looked good. He should be able to hide -
“Ahhhh!”
As soon as he turned into the alley that he had set as his hiding place number one, a machete came down on his head, almost cutting his head open.
When he looked up in panic, he saw that four or five beast-like citizens had suddenly crowded into No. 1's hiding place!
Vann cursed "bad luck" inwardly and turned around and ran towards hiding place No. 2.
However.
“There’s one here too!?”
He ran towards hiding place number three in disbelief.
"How did you get in?!"
The places where he had marked No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 were now all filled with beastly citizens!
It was as if they were targeting him on purpose!
“Well, that.”
Seeing that the last hideout No. 7 had also fallen, he sighed, turned to face the beast-like citizens behind him, whose number might have exceeded a hundred, and forced a smile:
"How about we reconcile? I'm actually pretty good at grilling on bonfire night."
He was answered by the familiar shouts of the beastmen:
“Ahhhh!”
“I knew there would be no reconciliation!”
Many years later, when Vann recalled the past, this memory often came to his mind.
When telling others about this experience, he would habitually refer to the bonfire party experience as:
"The warmest welcome ceremony from the Yharnam people."
(End of this chapter)
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