Red Moon Returns

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not crazy yet. Don't pinch here, and don't pinch there. Stop it. I said I'm not crazy."

"Tsk, what a pity, you're back alive." Lynch patted Terry's shoulder with a look of regret, and he was actually a little happy in his heart, "What thrilling stories happened? Tell me in detail."

In fact, it was not thrilling.

Mr. Knight went to the City Lord's Mansion to report his work as he did every time he reported his work.

In order to avoid eating in the City Lord's Mansion, he deliberately chose seven o'clock. He waited until the smoke from the Wan family's cooking had dissipated before he entered the City Lord's Mansion.

First, he met with the other two knights who were responsible for the safety of the City Lord's Mansion as usual. The two knights were drinking and wanted to take him to drink two glasses.

In compliance with Lynch's instructions, Terry refused the invitation on the grounds that there might be a madman wreaking havoc in the city at any time. He had a brief exchange with his two colleagues for a while, informed them of the situation in the city, and repeatedly reminded them that once someone was found to be suddenly crazy, no matter who it was, even if he could not be shot on the spot, he must be controlled as soon as possible, and he must not be allowed to hurt others.

The two of them also heard vaguely about the situation outside from the soldiers, but what a joke, I have heard of the resurrection of the dead, but I have never heard of it being contagious and making people crazy. The two wanted to laugh, but seeing Terry's serious face and thinking of his usual behavior, they also murmured in their hearts and dared not disbelieve it.

However, the situation in the City Lord's Mansion is still stable, like a safe haven in the raging sea. Nothing has happened in the past few days. Even if there are rumors of ghouls outside the city, Mr. Rocky, the butler, still arranges the work of the City Lord's Mansion in an orderly manner without a trace of chaos.

Forget about the corpse and the culprit behind the scenes. I am here to report my work normally, just to report the plague in the city and confirm the safety of the mansion.

Knight Terry repeatedly reminded himself in his mind, resisting the idea of ​​further inquiry. After confirming that there was no madman in the City Lord's Mansion at least on the surface, he went directly to pay a visit to the Lord of the City.

As soon as they met, he realized that the Lord of the City was a little bit wrong today.

He was particularly happy today.

Not only did he gather the whole family for dinner, but he also specially summoned musicians to play and sing, making the mansion more cheerful.

This was the first time that the city lord was so interested since the death of young master Jack half a year ago.

This should have been a good thing, but the possibility hidden behind it made Terry feel cold in his heart, and the ominous premonition became stronger and stronger.

The city lord Jackson's family was not large. His younger brothers and sisters were in the capital, and only he, the eldest son, lived in Norfolk.

He was fifty years old this year. He was energetic and strong, but he had aged a lot since his youngest son died half a year ago, and his hair was gray.

The people in the city lord's mansion had passed away, and there were three daughters, two sons-in-law and their children left in the family. The family atmosphere was quite harmonious. In the past six months, except for more than a dozen failed assassinations against several boys, no major conflicts had broken out.

The family dinner tonight was also a happy one. Although the family members didn't know why the city lord was happy, it was at least better than having a gloomy face. Everyone was very happy. When Terry came in, the two sons-in-law personally moved a chair for him to sit down, and the city lord even happily poured him a glass of wine.

If everything was normal up to this point, then the next situation would make Terry mutter in his heart.

He was going to report the epidemic in the city to the city lord first and then propose some countermeasures, but the city lord had no interest and interrupted his report before listening to it, asking him to deal with it himself. This made Terry quite embarrassed, and his suspicion became more and more serious. He couldn't help but mention that four soldiers from the South Gate were also infected with the plague, but the city lord had no reaction to this. It seemed that he didn't know who the four people were at all. He just said that Terry would deal with the army himself.

Terry wanted to say something, at this time, the butler Mr. Rocky came in and whispered in the ear of Jackson City Lord for a while. The city lord laughed on the spot, and the joy on his face couldn't be concealed at all. He repeatedly asked Rocky to invite people in, and then turned his eyes to Terry.

Terry knew how to advance and retreat, and immediately stood up and said goodbye. However, the city lord, who was in a good mood, regained his usual wisdom at this time, and repeatedly said that he just had other things to do tonight and really didn't have the energy to listen to his report. Simply arrange a room for Terry to stay overnight, and wait until tonight's things are dealt with, and listen to the report tomorrow morning.

The armed knight was actually a little reluctant. He already felt that this place was a bit dangerous, but when he thought that he couldn't expose himself, and he could stay to see more of the situation, he agreed.

Just as the knight stood up and left, Rocky had already invited the visitor in.

Two mysterious people covered in black cloaks, one tall and one short, could not see their specific figures and appearances at all.

The tall one was about two meters taller than Terry, and the short one was only a little over one meter, which made Terry feel like falling into an ice cellar.

When the young master Terry died, he was only ten years old, about this height.

From the short man, a strange pungent smell was quite obvious. Terry had never smelled it before. It was not a bad smell, a bit like wine, but more pungent than alcohol.

When they passed by, the short man raised his head slightly, which was covered by a hood. His face was still unclear, but Terry still remembered the two blood-red eyes. When their eyes met, the other man lowered his hood again and followed the tall man to the city lord.

Terry's heart was pounding and his back was covered with cold sweat, but he didn't dare to show any abnormality. He walked out with stiff steps, and only heard the city lord's hearty laughter behind him.

"So, you think that's the city lord's youngest son?"

Lynch handed Terry a glass of water, and his slow voice calmed the armed knight's nervousness slightly.

"Yes, I still remember the height of the young master. They are so similar. I suspect that he is the young master." Terry drank the wine in one gulp and said bitterly, "His eyes are red, exactly the same as those of those crazy people. But he can walk around like a normal person, and even when he passes by me, he doesn't pounce on me, which is completely different from those crazy people. I'm a little doubtful, is the young master really resurrected and not bitten? Crazy?"

"So you didn't see clearly in the end whether that was the city lord's youngest son?"

"Yeah, very similar."

"So can you be sure whether he has become normal and doesn't want to bite you, or whether he is under control and doesn't bite you?"

"This..." Terry was speechless for a moment, hesitated for a while before shaking his head and said, "I'm not sure."

Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully: "You continue, what happens next?"

"I didn't dare to say anything, but I didn't worry about going back to the lounge, so I wandered around the restaurant. After a while, several family members of the city lord came out. They looked unhappy, as if they had been kicked out. The two of them The son-in-law was still cursing, and he didn’t know who he was cursing. He didn’t stop until he saw me, said hello and left.”

"It seems that my guess is correct." Lynch shrugged to several ladies, "What Mr. Knight saw should be the young son who was pulled up. As for whether he was resurrected or infected, I am more inclined to the latter. Judging from their Judging from his performance, the city lord must have known about it and was waiting for his son last night, but the rest of his family probably didn't know about it. But that's right. If they knew about it, there would be no need for those dozen assassinations. As for the housekeeper. …”

After bumping into the city lord's daughter and son-in-law, Knight Terry was embarrassed to hang around the door anymore, but just as he was about to leave, he saw the butler Mr. Lodge also exiting the city lord's restaurant.

When he saw Terry, the butler did not shy away. Instead, he happily dragged the armed knight to have a drink.

Terry was almost frightened to death. With the fate of his subordinates in front of him, and having seen something that looked suspiciously like the young master, how could he dare to touch the food in the city lord's mansion again? He quickly said that he had to be in the best condition to be prepared for the outbreak of the plague at any time. Rejected an invitation to drink.

However, he was pulled into his room by the excited Mr. Lodge. Terry would not drink, but the butler could help himself. After a few glasses of wine, the middle-aged butler began to chatter.

He didn't know who those two people were. The city lord asked him to bring them out from the basement, but the figure of the short man looked familiar to him.

As a result, the city lord was so happy that he almost lost his temper when he saw the two people coming in. The two sons-in-law wanted to ask who they were, but they were kicked out by the city lord with a burst of curses.

This is the first time in half a year that the housekeeper has seen the city lord so excited. He thinks that he has finally overcome the pain of losing his son, and is happy for him. The city lord is also a little carried away and praises the housekeeper profusely, saying that he has helped a lot. The housekeeper was inexplicably praised, but he was also full of joy. He pulled Terry and talked about it for a long time. He didn't stop until it was almost midnight and the city lord summoned him.

Terry didn't hear anything useful. It was basically trivial matters in the house, and Terry knew all about it. Hearing this made Terry feel sleepy. As soon as the butler left, he immediately fled from the butler's room. But before he could return to his lounge, he saw the tall cloaked man leaving alone. His steps were extremely fast, and he disappeared from Terry's sight in the blink of an eye. Then it was discovered that the housekeeper and the city lord, together with a person suspected of being the young master, left the mansion and went to an unknown place.

Terry immediately wanted to follow him, but he was still wearing a metal ring armor and walked as if he was leading an entire symphony orchestra. He stopped after taking only two steps, pretending to meet by chance, and looked back at him. The city lord and the housekeeper said hello.

At this moment, he saw the short man looking up at him again, and inadvertently looked into his blood-red eyes.

He seemed to see a ferocious beast, crazy but calm, looking at him as if he were staring at a delicious prey.

After just one glance, the city lord coughed slightly, and the cloaked man lowered his head again, hiding his blood-red eyes. But just this glance made the brave knight tremble and freeze, and he stood there without moving for a long time.

When he calmed down, he felt that his heart was still beating violently. When he looked up, the three of them had already gone away, leaving only three vague silhouettes.

However, as soon as Terry closed his eyes, those eyes seemed to reappear in front of him and stared at him, making him feel like he was being targeted by a predator.

He just felt that it was too weird, and his mind was in chaos. Terry Knight instinctively fled back to his lounge, locked the door, and got under the quilt.

The warmth of early summer couldn't resist the coldness that came from his soul. He covered his head with a quilt, and his body was shaking like fallen leaves in the wind. Even with the protection of the quilt, he still felt that there were countless pairs of blood-red eyes dying around him. Staring at him, as if he was going to pounce on him and tear him into pieces the next moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Mr. Knight fell asleep in a daze.

He had countless nightmares that night, in which he was constantly being torn apart by infected people. Time and time again, fear made him desperately struggle to wake up, but he could never do it.

"When I woke up again, it was already this morning." Knight Terry exhaled a cold breath with lingering fear, with undisguised fear and happiness on his face, "I can't even believe that I can still survive Seeing the sun this morning, I quickly left the city lord's mansion, but before I left, I asked the guard that the city lord came back early yesterday morning, but the housekeeper Rocky was not there yet. I don't know where he took the thing. "

When Terry finished narrating, the four of them looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.

This situation may not be understood by ordinary people, but it is by no means unfamiliar to the four of them.

They have all come into contact with evil gods, either fighting against or following them. It is not that Knight Terry is timid, but that when mortals face the Supreme, the ancient memories engraved deep in their souls inspire the instinctive fear of mortals.

"No, it's not the evil god." After a moment of silence, Officer Natalie immediately corrected him, "If it's really the evil god, it's impossible for him to wake up so quickly. No, it's impossible to wake up at all. With his will I'm afraid I'll go crazy on the spot."

"But this reaction is indeed very similar to the feeling of facing the evil god." Miss Diana's face turned red, as if she remembered something indescribable. Under Natalie's fierce glare, she bit her lip and whispered softly, "I faced the evil god directly. It’s the same thing.”

As he spoke, he looked at Knight Terry's frightened eyes, handed over a cigarette, and motioned for him to light it and inhale it.

"It's really not like facing an ordinary mysterious creature." The wise version of Judy added, "It should be contaminated with a hint of the aura of the supreme, and it was revealed when they looked at each other that he captured it. In other words, that thing It’s close to being a dependent, and it can even activate the power of the old rulers.”

The other three people shuddered nervously, with a premonition of an uncertain future.

But soon, Lynch regained his composure: "Don't worry, an ordinary human like Terry can get rid of mental pollution. Even if the opponent is contaminated with the supreme aura, he probably isn't fully mature yet. If we fight head-on, we still have a chance of winning. What's more, even if it's true, So what if we become dependents? We still chat and laugh with dependents every day, worry about not being able to solve any problems, and have to face any difficulties head-on. "

In fact, Lynch didn't say these words to his own people. The three girls around him were each more terrifying than the last. No one needed his guidance. He was just trying to appease Dr. Swain's heart.

"Then according to the information brought back by Knight Terry, the body has been taken away from the City Lord's Mansion and its whereabouts are unknown. But we have successfully followed another tall man, and I estimate that we will definitely find the body by following him."

Lin Qi clapped his hands and called back everyone's attention:

"Ms. Swain, make the medicine as soon as possible, and we...hehe, today is the day of harvest, let's go and pick my head together."