Chapter 473: Mei Gao's Lullaby
"ah?"
Looking at the body of the woman in front of him, Fann was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sat up.
Woman's corpse ruby brooch.
These factors combined together gave him a bad feeling.
"No way?"
Although I knew it was an afterimage, it was still quite shocking that it happened so suddenly.
Even encountering some unexpected events while playing a mini-game across the screen is enough to shock people, not to mention the dungeon afterimages that are so vivid that they almost seem to be happening in real life right in front of you.
He had no mood to watch the battle between his companions and Father Gascoigne. There was no doubt that his side would be beaten in the end.
Carefully examining the woman's body, Fann discovered something incredible:
There were actually two completely different kinds of injuries on the opponent's body!
One is a tear-like wound, like the one caused by a wild beast, and the other is a smooth cut wound.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like it was done by a hunter's weapon. Ordinary weapons are not so sharp!
He quickly looked at the place where the woman fell, and then looked around. Sure enough, he found the chopped-up body of a wild beast not far away. It was the one that Father Gascoigne was chopping when they just entered the cemetery!
A terrible guess emerged in his mind, and he gradually made up a complete and tragic story.
The little girl's mother came out to look for her husband and was attacked by a wild beast on the way. While fleeing in panic, she met the mad hunter in the cemetery, who killed the beast and saved her. She thought things had finally turned around here, but the hunter was so addicted to hunting that he could not distinguish between friend and foe and ended up killing her too.
This was roughly what he guessed happened.
“How pitiful.”
Vann sighed, and was glad that he was the first to discover this. If it was the empathetic Isa or Bell who was obviously emotional just now, they would not know what expression and behavior to make at this moment, and they would probably have to fight with the hunters in the cemetery.
He carefully took off the ruby brooch from the woman's body. The red gem on it was indeed very beautiful, as if it was made of coagulated blood. There were two names engraved on the back: Viola and Gascoigne.
One cannot help but sigh at how wonderful the relationship between the couple is.
By the way, this Gascoigne is also a hunter. He ran out hunting and ignored his family. How sad he must be to hear such bad news when he returned home. He should not lose control on the spot.
Fann was a rare cultured person. He had read so many books that he actually had an artistic temperament in his bones. He had watched many operas, and usually sad music would be played in the parts that revealed the tragedy. So he rummaged around in his clothes and took out the small music box he had placed on him.
Placing the small music box next to the woman's body can be considered as fulfilling the little girl's request.
He had just considered whether he should drag the woman's body back to let the little girl see it, but the moment this thought came to his mind, he was afraid of why he would come up with such a cruel and inhumane method. This was too unreliable. Did he want to cause a mental and internal damage to the little girl?
Could it be that I have gradually lost my humanity because of hunting so much?
"Ka La, Ka La."
The spring of the small music box was wound. It seemed that the more turns this delicate mechanism was turned, the longer the music would last, so he wound it a few more times, and just as he was about to let go of the spring to let the music sound -
"call"
A bloody and wild breath came from behind, and a severe danger warning sounded in my heart.
If you listen carefully, you can find that the sound of the companions fighting with Father Gascoigne has disappeared at some point.
So, there is no need to guess who this dangerous guy who appeared behind him is.
It is said that people's thinking speed will be increased at the critical moment of life and death, and Fann's thinking speed is even more like running wild. A lot of things flashed through his mind in a short moment.
Then, he gritted his teeth and uttered a very unhappy sound:
“Tsk!”
The little girl was looking forward to reuniting with her family, but what happened? Her mother died here, and her father is still missing. Although her mother had injuries caused by wild animals, the fatal injuries were caused by weapons!
He has rescued many survivors in the past few days, but he has also heard a lot of tragic stories. Every survivor has a tragic past that makes the listeners sad and cry. His mood is already depressed enough, and he can only relax by teasing the Yharnam people.
How come even the afterimage of a little girl in the dungeon gets treated like this?
Enough, really enough, I don’t want to hear any more tragic stories!
"You guy"
With one hand he was winding the spring, and with the other he was holding the meat saw. At this moment the atmosphere was like the crackling of lightning, flashing and jumping.
"You are so engrossed in hunting. Do you know how much trouble you have brought to others?"
This was probably the most excited time for him. The high emotions made everything in front of his eyes look blank. Only the feeling in his heart was firmly locked on Father Gascoigne behind him.
It seems like I'm finally serious after a long time.
There has never been such a moment since he became a hunter. He thought he was serious about his daily life, but he didn't expect that he was still a half-baked one.
The extremely high emotions brought about extreme calmness. It seemed as if an electric current was running through Vann's blood. He suddenly turned around and slashed at Father Gascoigne!
The latter also swung the transformed axe at this moment, carrying enough strength and momentum to split mountains and rocks.
If nothing unexpected happened, Vann, who was not as strong as Father Gascoigne, would have been knocked away by this blow, no, he might have been directly split in half!
"Bang--"
The violent crash instantly spread throughout the cemetery.
"What's going on? What are you doing over there?"
On the other side, the hunters who had managed to survive heard the noise, looked over, and their eyes widened.
"Am I seeing this correctly?"
They raised their arms in disbelief and pointed over there.
"Vann blocked it!?"
Vann turned around and chopped with the meat saw in one hand, and it collided steadily with Father Gascoigne's axe.
The weapons of the two were in a stalemate, and it seemed like they were evenly matched!
It was incredible. People found it incredible and therefore shouted out.
Vann was in high spirits, and his vision was blank except for Father Gascoigne. However, when he heard people shouting, he suddenly came to his senses and looked at the weapons.
He suddenly widened his eyes in shock, and the words that described his mental activity were very simple:
I (a plant), how did I block this guy's attack! ?
When I realized this, the inexplicable power in my body disappeared instantly.
Just like Bigan, who was still alive after his heart and liver were dug out, suddenly died after seeing water spinach and realizing his own condition.
Father Gascoigne swung his axe with a little force, and Vann was blown away by an irresistible force. He drew a perfect parabola in the air like a broken sack, and the small music box in his hand fell to the ground.
Vann fell heavily to the ground, his stomach pierced by the sharp fragments of the tombstone on the ground, but his eyes were still filled with deep doubt.
How on earth did I do that just now?
My left hand is empty. Damn it, the music box fell down!
He struggled to get up and suddenly heard the sound of music. It was the unique tune coming from the music box, that quiet and eerie lullaby called Mega's Lullaby.
Broken, what if the little music box is destroyed by that crazy hunter?
"Uhhhhhh!"
Just as Fan En was trying desperately to get up, he suddenly heard a crazy and painful roar. It was not the madness of a human being transformed into a beast, but rather it was like a madman having a brief moment of clarity. However, this brief moment of clarity made him realize something painful and irreparable!
The person who cried out in pain was Father Gascoigne!
Not only Vann, but everyone else was stunned when they saw this scene.
"you."
There seemed to be a flash of clarity in Father Gascoigne's eyes. He briefly stared at everyone, but his gaze was immediately attracted by the small music box next to him, and naturally he looked at the side of the small music box.
The body of the little girl's mother.
Memories came to his eyes like a wave, and Father Gascoigne's body trembled.
Vann's brain was also working rapidly. What was going on? Why did this guy suddenly wake up from his frenetic state after hearing the music? Didn't the little girl say that this music could wake up her father?
Wait, Vann suddenly discovered a blind spot.
Oh, shit, I get it.
Should I say something to Gascoigne at this time to calm his mental state?
Fann finally remembered what he should do, but when he looked up, it was too late.
Father Gascoigne's eyes, which had just regained some clarity, recalled something when they touched his wife's body, and were immediately filled with madness again!
This madness is even stronger than before, and I'm afraid even the little music box won't be able to wake him up again.
"It's over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Father Gascoigne, who was even more crazy than before, seemed to have grown in size. Something strange was happening in his body, and he finally pounced on him with a roar like a beast.
Unfortunately, before people could see clearly what had happened to him, he was torn to pieces by his suddenly more ferocious attacks.
Not long after, the hunter's dream was still filled with white flowers blooming everywhere.
The hunters opened their eyes and saw the familiar puppets. The puppets would always watch over them when their bodies were revived but their consciousness was not yet clear, giving them a full sense of security.
But now, the moment people opened their eyes, they surrounded Fann, their eyes flickering with curiosity, and asked, "What happened just now?"
"I"
Fann took a deep breath, his expression twisted as if he had a stomachache, and said:
“I’d rather not know anything.”
(End of this chapter)
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