Chapter 256 What is going on?
Vic felt like he was having a very long nightmare.
He was lost in a pitch-black fog.
He didn't know who he was or where he was.
There was only a vague idea in his mind.
He is searching.
Looking for what?
He frowned and began to think.
Looking for...Ade.
So he recalled who he was and what he was doing.
He was looking for Ade, the one closest to him——
"A dog?"
A teasing voice came from nowhere.
"No! Ade is not a dog!" He retorted subconsciously, "It's a wolf!"
Also look around.
But all I could see was still a vast expanse of white. I couldn't see anyone, and there was no sound at all.
It was as if everything that happened just now was just his illusion.
"Ade is a wolf." He whispered, "And more than a wolf, he is my...family."
Just as he finished speaking, a slight "whimpering" sound was heard in the fog.
The sound was very small, as small as a breeze.
But Vic still knew who the voice belonged to.
Belongs to Ade!
It's his Ade!
As if he had found the only ray of light in the endless darkness, he quickly took a step and walked towards the source of the sound.
"Ade, are you there?!" he asked loudly, and his voice kept echoing in the pale world, "Is it you?!"
He heard the sob again.
The sound made him tremble all over.
Ade, that's Ade.
So he quickened his pace, from walking at first, to running, and finally to sprinting.
But this is still not enough, still not enough!
Too slow, still too slow.
He had to be faster, faster, as if that was the only way to catch Ade.
So he risked everything.
Unconsciously, his sight was getting lower and lower, but his speed was getting faster and faster.
There was only the sound of whistling wind in his ears, but in front of his eyes, the shadow of "Ade" was becoming more and more obvious.
It’s right in front, it’s right in front!
Finally, he rushed out of the fog, and the vague and illusory black shadow finally became clearer in his eyes little by little.
He finally saw it.
But the end of the fog is not Ade.
But it was a very familiar young man.
That's... Vic.
"Ade." The "Vic" on the other side smiled and opened his arms towards him, saying softly, "I've been looking for you... for a long time."
Vic lowered his head subconsciously.
I realized that since some point, I was no longer using my legs to run.
But... black claws.
The two are about to embrace.
Then, an abrupt mechanical sound interrupted everything, accompanied by an almost ruthless male voice.
“It’s time to wake up.”
In an instant, the white mist surrounding "Vic" disappeared in an instant.
He suddenly opened his eyes.
Bai Wei, covered in wounds, was sitting in front of him, holding the worn-out music box in his hand.
The spring on the music box is turning slowly.
"Finally woke up." Bai Wei shrugged, "It was really not easy."
…
It took Vic a while to recover from the strange dream that had a lasting effect.
Although he really wanted to ask Bai Wei what was going on and why he heard the sound of the music box in his dream.
But before that, there are obviously more important issues.
"Uru...what happened to you?! Who hurt you?" Vic looked at the injured Bai Wei in shock, and then looked around, "Where are we...?"
Vic's last memory was of the dilapidated cottage. He only remembered that he was sleepy and wanted to take a nap, so he locked the door and fell asleep.
Then I had the same dream as before.
When they woke up again, they were already in an empty field, and Bai Wei was just like when they first saw him in Senluo Church two days ago, with a strong and pungent smell of blood emanating from his whole body.
He really didn't know who could hurt Bai Wei like this.
"A lot of things happened last night." Bai Wei said calmly, "To put it simply, your enemies and my enemies all showed up."
His enemies...are they the pursuers from the Wildfire Cult?
Then who is Bai Wei’s enemy?
"Why didn't you wake me up?" Vic said hurriedly, "I also have some fighting ability, at least I can help you!"
"We'll talk about whether to wake you up later." Bai Wei leaned against the hillside and said slowly, "Now there is something more important that I want to explain in advance."
"…More important things?"
"Yes." Bai Wei nodded, "That's about my enemies. They sent a very troublesome thing to hunt me down."
"A very troublesome... thing?" Vic noticed Bai Wei's adjective, "Not a 'person'?"
"It's hard to describe that thing as a 'human'." Bai Wei said, "I'm not even sure if it can be considered a normal creature."
What Bai Wei was talking about was naturally the "Devourer" sent by Rhine.
That thing is definitely the greatest malice of the Rhine Church.
They were a group of creatures that could not be killed. Even if their bodies were completely destroyed and turned into dust, they would still be able to revive. In fact, every time they revived, they would become more individuals. For example, if one of them was cut in half, the two remaining halves would complete the missing body and become a new individual.
And they share memories, vision, and combat experience.
So every battle, every defeat makes them stronger until they completely devour their target.
After listening to Bai Wei's story, Vic couldn't help but tremble.
"How can such a thing exist in this world?"
"Yes." Bai Wei said, "That's why I said it is the greatest malice of the Rhine Church."
Speaking of this, Bai Wei couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.
Because the Devourer is also related to Visas.
It's not that it was created by Visas' power, but because its power comes from Visas' mortal enemies, the gods.
The introduction of the Devourer in the game is "the last trace of resentment and curse left by the gods killed by Visas who were unwilling to be completely annihilated."
In this world, only the gods and Visas possess the characteristic of "immortality".
But their immortality is like a beggar's version compared to Visas'. Thousands of years after Visas' soul was annihilated, his body is still indestructible, and the cut parts of his body still contain his former power, which has not changed in thousands of years.
After death, the gods can only leave behind the so-called "grudges and curses."
But even "grudges and curses" are still very troublesome in this world.
Rhine gathered these troublesome things together and mixed them into an extremely dark thing called "Devourer".
It's really hellish, it can be said to be a special attack on Visas' power, and its instinct of existence is to hunt Visas.
Of course, it does not have the ability to really hunt Visas. After all, they were all killed by Visas when they were alive, and after death they lost all their power and memory, leaving only the last bit of resentment and curse.
However, just because it cannot hunt Visas, it does not mean that it cannot hunt the holder of Visas' body parts.
In the game, as long as it senses Visas' body parts, it will immediately hunt down the holder of the body parts.
Even if the players at that time were still on Rhine's side, they would still chase after him, which was completely irrational.
Only the bell ringer can use the power of the Rhine to slightly curb their actions. Once the bell ringer is gone, they will follow their instincts - hunting Visas, hunting Visas by any means necessary.
Of course, Bai Wei did not mention Visas when he was talking to Vic, he only said that these guys were here to hunt him.
When Vic heard this, he immediately said, "So if we can control the bell ringer, we can control them all?"
"That's the theory."
"That's great..."
"But the bell ringer is dead."
Vic's expression froze.
And he was killed by you.
Bai Wei added in his mind.
Yes, when Vic launched his sudden attack last night, the first person he killed was the bell ringer.
And a bell ringer controls a devourer.
So Vic's claw last night caused the Devourer to lose control on the spot, but before the Devourer started chasing Bai Wei, Vic slapped it to pieces with another slap.
However, the Devourer had no way to regenerate instantly like Caesar, so Bai Wei was able to evacuate with Vic.
But what happens next is hard to say.
The Devourer's rebirth is not without cost. If it wants to grow flesh and blood, it needs to devour flesh and blood. And on the battlefield last night, there was too much flesh and blood for them to devour.
It will soon complete its rebirth and catch up again.
They won't be so easy to deal with next time, especially after they know Vic's fighting style.
As for Bai Wei...
Bai Wei rubbed his left eye in distress.
Among his existing rules, the best way to deal with these guys is [Contemplation], but the problem is that he has not yet recovered from the cost of [Visas Phantom], and all the rules are sealed. The only thing he can use is [Disturbance] won from that stupid brother Rocky.
But he didn't see any point in giving those guys a thumbs-up.
And if I must say, [Contemplation] is not that useful, because unless you erase them directly upon contact, once they split and evolve into a large enough number, it would be quite difficult to destroy them one by one.
But fortunately, this land has a [rule] that is best for dealing with them.
It seems we need to speed up the progress.
Bai Wei looked at Weike and said, "I'm thirsty."
Vic's mind was still on the Devourer: "What?"
"I said I was thirsty." Bai Wei shook the empty bottle in his hand, then pointed to the pond not far away, "There is water over there."
Vic hasn't responded yet: "Then go get some water, why are you telling me?"
"I see." Bai Wei said calmly, "I didn't expect that after I spent so much effort to rescue you and got injured all over, and now you can't even walk, you are unwilling to help me get a bottle of water."
At this point, Vic finally understood what Bai Wei meant. He took the bottle with a strange expression on his face and walked towards the pond next to him while muttering, "Why do you have to beat around the bush just by saying no?"
Bai Wei said nothing, just looked at him quietly.
This look made Vic feel a little uneasy, so he quickened his pace and walked to the edge of the pool.
Come to think of it, he was just busy asking about the Devourer and seemed not to have asked about the dream and why Bai Wei didn't wake him up last night.
Be sure to ask when you get back, don’t forget.
Vic thought so, and then bent down to get water from the pool.
But then he was stunned.
Because he saw the reflection on the water.
"Ade..."
Vic saw Ade.
He subconsciously thought that Ade was underwater, so he hurriedly buried his body lower, trying to pull Ade out of the water.
But the movement stopped halfway.
Because Ade only has half a face, and the other half of the face... is himself.
Time seemed to stop at this moment.
Until two drops of saliva oozed out of the wolf's fangs and dripped onto the water.
Ripples appeared on the water surface, and everything became blurred, as if everything I saw and heard was just a bubble.
However, when the water surface returned to calm, the half-human, half-wolf face was still in Vic's eyes, with unspeakable fear.
"...Mr. Uru."
He slowly turned around and faced Bai Wei with his human half, his voice and the muscles on his face trembling at the same time.
"Can you tell me? What on earth is going on?"
Bai Wei just looked at Weike quietly without saying a word.
…
“Why did it become like this?”
When the Wildfire Cultists' support arrived, the scene was already in ruins.
“What on earth is going on here?”
No one could answer.
"Where is Pastor Lauren? Have you seen Pastor Lauren?!"
As soon as the leading cultist began to shout, a response came from the other side.
"Priest Lauren...seems to be here."
His voice was full of shock and insecurity.
So the believers gathered around, and then they understood why the believer had such a tone.
They found Lauren.
But it's only half Lauren.
And still... after fully transformed into a wolf, she is still only half Lauren.
"How... is this possible?" The leader of the cult began to tremble. "Who can kill Priest Lauren who has completely transformed into a wolf?!"
No one could answer him.
Patriarch Lauren is already one of the most powerful people in the entire Wildfire Cult. They simply cannot think of anyone in this land who can kill him while he is completely transformed into a wolf.
"Go report to Priest Wood!"
"yes!"
A believer took the order and left quickly.
The leading cultist shook his head, then bent down and wanted to check Lauren's body.
It would be fine if I died.
Why does the corpse look like it has been eaten?
When he thought of this, he felt a little chilly again.
However, when he turned Lauren's body over, an even more horrifying scene appeared.
Because there was a huge wound on Lauren's back, you could see directly into her body.
And Lauren's body... is empty.
All my internal organs...are gone.
The leader opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he heard a scream.
He subconsciously turned his head and saw an extremely thin guy who came from nowhere and opened his mouth that seemed bigger than his face.
He bit off the head of one of the believers and began to chew it slowly.
Everyone was stunned.
The man made vague syllables while chewing, which could be barely heard if you got close.
It shouts.
"Visas..."
(End of this chapter)
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