"Hahaha!"
Charlie was very proud of himself as he swung his legs down the hole while laughing.
What an idiot...did he really think this was his first time dealing with a monster?
No one is more familiar with this place than him. Even if it is a real nightmare evil spirit, it is impossible to catch him here!
Thinking triumphantly, Charlie leaped down, intending to use the impact to ride on Lori's head and knock him out with a swing of his elbow.
And then with that gun... he can fight this mummy!
It’s a nice thought, but the feeling it conveys is not right.
After the short fall, he felt extremely nauseous and dizzy.
After blinking, Charlie was surprised to find that he was still on the third floor, squatting beside the hole, and the big rock in his hand had not been thrown out, as if everything before was an illusion!
What on earth is this...?
"It seems that you have done a lot of bad things."
Along with the voice, a girl in a black dress slowly emerged from the shadows.
"So many secrets have been revealed... Well, at least the Phantom Scale Powder wasn't used on good people..."
"who are you?"
Charlie looked at the man in horror.
No matter how stupid he was, he realized that the other party possessed some strange means.
"I am Aisun Hitzfeld."
The girl introduced herself politely.
"If possible, I would like to know more details about what you just said."
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Chapter 38 Charcoal and Firewood 1
Hitzfeld arrived a little late—they were guided by the sound of gunfire.
But fortunately, she was in time and didn't let Lori get hit by the stone. The stone could be felt to be extremely heavy at first glance. Even if it didn't hit the head but only the shoulder, she suspected that Lori's entire arm would be torn off by it.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about…” Charlie slowly backed away with a gloomy face, while thinking quickly about how to escape.
From this perspective, the mummies and flesh monsters just now were all illusions, created by the "illusion scale powder" that the girl mentioned.
Was it that gust of wind? The sound of the wind that happened to be heard before seeing the hallucination of old Johnny... In other words, she did have extraordinary means, so she was most likely a "superhuman", but I didn't know how good she was.
"You have dealt with extraordinary people before." Hitzfeld said affirmatively, "It is impossible for ordinary people to remain so calm when facing mummies and monsters, not to mention that you even have the mind to laugh at them."
Charlie's face changed again, and he finally realized how much he had revealed because of his habitual arrogance.
"And your reaction to me shows that you have dealt with more than just monsters. You also know very well how to best defend yourself against an extraordinary human being."
Watching Charlie's cautious steps back, Hitzfeld was not in a hurry, but just made an analysis patiently.
"You found a place that is shielded from the wind... This is not the first time you have been troubled by the poison powder. You are so experienced, but you were not born in a school of poltergeists or aristocratic family. I guess you got this knowledge from your own people, and there is an extraordinary person among your companions."
“……!??” Charlie’s face was no longer just dark, it was simply terrified - who on earth was this woman?
What the hell, she probably doesn't even know me, but why does she seem to know everything?
"And his level can't be very high." Hitzfeld finally concluded, "Otherwise you wouldn't be stupid enough to try to fight me like this, but should have jumped down immediately."
Charlie suddenly let out a strange cry, took out something from behind and threw it at her, and at the same time rushed towards the cave entrance as if jumping into the sea to survive.
But it was too late... He only heard a "ding" sound - that should be the dagger he threw being blocked - and then the sound of something glass breaking... Something was suddenly wrapped around his waist, and he was dragged and lifted into the air.
With a wide eye, he saw that it was a long bloody and bone snake as thick as a bowl, with an uneven surface.
The whole body was dark red, with muscle tissue attached to the skeleton, and the body was probably close to ten meters when unfolded. Part of it was wrapped around the girl's feet, slightly raised to protect her in the middle, and the other part was wrapped around his waist, and he was lifted up like this.
"Goddess!" He couldn't help but scream, "What kind of illusion is this!... Put me down now!"
He tried to pry the restraints apart with his hands, but his skin was cut by the bone spurs.
"..." The pain was real, and Charlie was suddenly horrified - this strange skeleton snake was not an illusion?
Oh my God, he actually met someone who could manipulate this kind of monster at will. Judging from the hideous and bloody appearance of this strange snake...could she be the most evil and terrifying Eclipse Cultist in the legend?
"I'll tell you!" Charlie screamed in the sky, "I swear I'll tell you everything! Dear God's messenger, please don't kill me!"
It seems I was misunderstood...
Hitzfeld was stunned at first, then slightly speechless.
The methods she had used from the beginning to now, whether it was the "Phantom Scale Powder" or the "Household Bone Snake", were actually the results of her learning during this period of time.
Although Lady Yusilian was only a drop of blood in the great title she mentioned, she knew a lot. With such an expert as a mentor who taught the use of flesh and blood spells, and she also had the blood seed in her hand, it was natural for her to innovate on the original pile of spells.
The "Fantasy Scale Powder" was inspired by those dream potions. The diluted liquid and the poison powder of the "Dead Butterfly" were mixed in a certain proportion, and combined with the chill brought by the Dead Bone Ice Needles, it can make people fall into a dream without knowing it.
Strictly speaking, the "Household Bone Snake" is a failure. From the name, we can guess that it was created by Hitzfeld just to be lazy... The imagined housework bone snake should not have such a bloody appearance. The attached flesh and blood tissues should be transformed into the purest blood energy and absorbed by the skeleton. At least it should not be so dirty - otherwise, how can such a thing do housework if it bleeds while crawling?
"Ha! He thinks you're a cultist." Ms. Yusilian said, hoping to create chaos. "Isn't it great? Look! When you start to be a bad guy, all problems are solved!"
"...Do you really want me to be a bad guy?"
"That's not what I meant, dear. Look, I'm against those things too... But sometimes our moral bottom line needs to be flexible, such as the definition of what a good person is - who says that a good person can't kill people indiscriminately?"
"Footsteps." Hitzfeld interrupted her, "Xia should be here soon. If you don't want to be locked up by her, keep quiet during this period."
Xia Yibing came up with Lori. At the same time, Daryl also climbed up from the other side of the corridor outside the third floor. The three of them entered the room almost at the same time.
"It's him?" Xia Yibing looked up at Charlie with a disgusted expression on her face, "You were almost killed? By this kind of bastard?"
"It was just an accident..." Lori tried to explain.
"It's not an accident." Hitzfeld interrupted him. "He has been infected for a long time and has seen extraordinary powers. His ability to deal with various emergencies is far superior to that of ordinary people. In addition, he is more familiar with the terrain here. It is reasonable for you to die in his hands."
Is that right?
Lori said thank you reflexively, then started to get annoyed as he thought about it.
...What do you mean my death at his hands is justified?
Am I being underestimated?
And what is this horrible basilisk...?!??
He stared at the "Housekeeping Blood Snake" that had wrapped around Charlie, wanting to show fear or even terror. But he found that neither Hitzfeld himself, Xia Yibing, nor Daryl were indifferent to the snake.
If he is too nervous, will it appear unprofessional?
"Mr. Radice." Hitzfeld woke him up. "Before you question the prisoner in depth, please describe the content of your previous interrogation of him."
"Ah! All right..."
The girl's steady tone always soothes people to a certain extent. Lori was guided by her into the role of the narrator and told them what he had asked before.
"Two years ago!" Xia Yibing grasped the time information, "Charcoal Gang!"
She looked at Charlie the monkey fiercely: "You are indeed the ones who escaped from the suburban execution ground after the second golem curse!"
"I..." Charlie opened his mouth and found that it was meaningless to defend himself.
These people have found this place, and he thinks that he has not revealed too much identity information and their guesses are pretty close. It is obvious that they have been prepared and knew that they would settle here.
The "policeman" was in cahoots with them, and it seemed his identity information was also forged... The Eclipse Church was indeed as terrifying as the legend said. Now he could only rely on betraying others to save his life.
"Yes..." So he admitted it with his head down.
"We came from there... We thought we were going to die, but someone saved us along the way... and guided us to Wayne."
"Who?" Xia Yibing pressed, "Who saved you?"
She was nervous.
On the one hand, she was afraid to hear the person identify himself as "Alfred"; on the other hand, she hoped that Alfred was the real murderer behind the incident.
No matter how good a relationship they had, no matter how great a friendship they had, if Alfred did something wrong, then he was wrong.
The most important thing is - he is dead!
If he was the source of all these troubles, and if these refugees were rescued because of his guilt caused by his feelings, then the case would have actually been half solved.
There is no need to have any psychological burden in judging a dead person, so the remaining work is to sort out the timeline and details, and then arrest all the refugees one by one, and test them again according to the new technologies and methods currently available.
It's not difficult.
Compared to the possibility of "not Alfred", this is the best outcome imaginable.
Chapter 39 Charcoal and Firewood 2
But the facts were contrary to what Xia Yibing thought. They clearly heard Charlie say, "I don't know who they are... I don't know who they are. I only know that they call themselves the 'light of salvation'."
"?" Hitzfeld searched his mind carefully, but couldn't remember the existence of such an organization, so he looked at the woman inquiringly.
"I haven't heard of it either." Xia Yibing shook her head. "It's either made up on the spur of the moment or it just popped up in the past two years."
Hitzfeld nodded in understanding.
Compared to the means of transportation in this era, Sara's land area is too large. There are some areas that the Security Bureau cannot take care of, so it is normal for some messy organizations to emerge in the local area.
Some organizations are more benign, mostly a group of poor people who can't survive and gather together to ask for supplies. The worse ones are contaminated by evil spirits, and no one knows what kind of "light of salvation" this is.
Hitzfeld himself guessed it was the former, because from the existing information, the "Light of Salvation" has existed for at least two years.
Two years ago, the evil remnants of the Blackwood City were already operating in secret, so they at least existed at that time. For two years, they did not do anything out of the ordinary, and they were so law-abiding that even the police chief Xia Yibing had never heard of them. This was obviously not in line with the usual style of the "evil organization".
This was indeed the case. As Charlie revealed everything he knew, the group finally had a basic understanding of the origins of the Charcoal Gang.
"I was in the refugee camp at the time," Charlie said. "Everyone I knew was dead... They went crazy first, and kept buzzing something... Then they shook me off and ran towards the city center. I couldn't catch up with them at all. It was only when I got to the refugee camp that I realized how terrible things had happened... It turned out that they were all cursed by a terrible force and turned into all kinds of wooden monsters!"
"So, you were lucky enough to avoid the infection." Hitzfeld squinted at him, wanting to hear his answer.
"What infection?" Charlie was stunned and twisted his body. "Can you put me down first? It's uncomfortable to talk like this..."
This performance shows that he does not know the conditions for the spread of the Golem Curse... That is to say, he has never been infected, and we can even boldly speculate that the people in this settlement are very "healthy".
Relieved, Hitzfeld was not reluctant to be lenient with him. He controlled the bone snake to put him on the ground so that he could sit down and talk.
He had to sit down - Charlie was very weak and had exhausted all his strength after several fights. He had to sit down to have the strength to speak.
"Where were we talking about?" He licked the wound on his palm, his eyelids rolled up. "Oh, right... the refugee camp... We arrived at the refugee camp. At first I thought I was saved. Although there was no one I knew here, at least they were all human beings. I was very happy and willing to live with my compatriots who also had hands and feet, especially... especially after experiencing those nights, I really didn't want to sleep alone anymore..."
"Get to the point!" Lori reminded him impatiently, "Where are the 'Light of Savior'? Where are they?"
"Right next to me." Charlie spoke faster. "They seem to be everywhere! Everywhere! We heard the noise when we were sleeping on the first night. I thought it was just the usual refugees making trouble, but soon someone rushed in and said that someone was dead! Several people were killed in their sleep!"
"Then?"
"Then something very horrible happened! Another piece of news came that the people who were killed had turned into wooden sculptures!"
At this point, Charlie shuddered: "I have seen those wood carvings with my own eyes. They can only barely maintain their previous outlines, and all the facial features have been squeezed and deformed..."
"Why did they turn into wooden sculptures?" Xia Yibing asked the key question, "Is there a curse in the refugee camp? Someone deliberately spread the curse? Is it someone from the 'Light of Salvation'?"
"No." Charlie shook his head, "On the contrary... they are killing those who spread the curse."
what?
Xia Yibing was stunned. She had never expected this to be the answer.
"Let me put it this way..." Charlie sighed, "That is... although it is called a refugee camp, and it seems that everyone has escaped death and should be united together and thankful that they are still alive, there are some people - they heard the news from somewhere that everyone in the refugee camp will be executed - of course now I know that those who are going to be executed are actually those who are contaminated by the curse, but that was how they spread the word at the time... They may be the ones who deserve to die, but they just want to drag everyone down with them!"
Xia Yibing pursed her lips and said nothing.
"So they spread the curse?" Daryl grinned. "Like spreading rust, spreading the dirt on their bodies, hoping that others will die with them?"
"That's it!" Charlie nodded vigorously. "That's it! Miss! Some people are just so bad! In this regard, we really have to thank the 'Light of Savior'! If they hadn't started assassinating those bastards from the first day, I might have been infected!"
What’s going on…?
Hitzfeld and Xia Yibing looked at each other.
It sounds like the "Light of Salvation" already knew someone would do this... They were more skilled in post-disaster response than the most professional police and soldiers, and they were able to accurately identify the people who were actually contaminated and kill them.
But how could an organization with such capabilities remain unknown?
