When Mermaid Raising Dragons

The weather in recent years has been really weird.

Especially this year, the summer has not passed for a few days, and autumn has already declared the end.October has just come to an end, and many cities have already started to snow.The mirage plain to the north of the imperial capital was frozen into a vast expanse of whiteness, and the deadly cold air rolled all the way southward.Danta Province is located in the hilly area in the west-central part of the British Tu Empire.Although it does not belong to the snowfall area, it is not immune to the poisonous hands of this cold current.

And located in the northwest corner of Dante Province, there is a small place called Marsh Town.The town is neither big nor small, with more than 100 people, no special products, and no celebrities. The only thing that is special is the huge swamp next to the town.

It is said that this is the settlement of the last batch of crocodiles in the world.

Crocodile people, like this ordinary town, are just a very ordinary alien race.He is lazy, loves to eat fish, has no offensive power, and does not have a high IQ, and even his appearance is just ordinary and a little scary.All in all, the average mess.But because of the ancient bloodline and the scarcity of the crocodiles, the price of the crocodilians in the foreign race trading market has been raised to a high price of ten gold coins. perish.

However, the residents of Marsh Town never thought of hunting and killing Crocodiles, let alone selling them in the market.There are many reasons, maybe it's because the swamp is too dangerous, or maybe it's because we've been neighbors for hundreds of years and we're too embarrassed to do it... Or maybe it's just because after throwing away the skin of beauty and ugliness, we all go back to our roots, everyone is the same—— Humanity.

All in all, this ordinary ancient foreign race and this ordinary remote town have lived in peace and harmony for hundreds of years.

Until this day...

God has been gloomy all day.It seemed that it had predicted what was going to happen in advance. Before 04:30 in the afternoon, it was already dark ahead of time, and the temperature in Marsh Town was also taken away by the sun.Although there is still light on the road, it is so gloomy that it looks like a ghost town.There was not a single pedestrian on the road, and the doors and windows of the shops were tightly closed, so that the whole town could not feel any vitality at all.

The only living thing was an old black crow, which was standing on the top of the wall, staring eerily from far to near, and a transport team approached.

The purpose of this transport team is to transport more than a dozen carts of goods from the swamp to the Church of Light in the central square.

The cold and raging wind made people panic, and the townspeople didn't know what cargo they were dragging. The black rainproof cloth blocked all curious eyes, and wrapped the cargo tightly into a hill, which was heavily divided among ten wooden carts. superior.They could only smell a cold dampness, and a strong smell of blood, so bad that people almost spit it out.

"Damn, it's so disgusting! What kind of strange smell is this?" Hanges was sweating profusely, grumbling and complaining, "What's in it? It's smelly and heavy. Could it be buried in a cesspit? Is it an iron block?" He was holding on to the handlebars with both hands, so he turned his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead on the clothes on his shoulders.

Each car has two men at the front and back to share the weight, but they still feel that they are too heavy to move their legs.Brothers Hanges and Little Tom were in charge of the same car. Little Tom was so tired from dragging the heavy wooden cart that he suddenly sneezed and was inattentive. The strong wind made him stagger a few steps sideways. Almost let go of the handle of the trailer.

"Be careful!" Hanges turned pale with fright at his reckless behavior, "Don't overturn the car! If the things on it fall off and damage them, those white-clothed demons are absolutely I won't forgive you."

The friend next to him, Pete, was terrified by Hanjes' words: "Don't use the word 'devil', if they hear it...do you know who they are?"

Pete turned back and looked around in fear. The white uniforms of the detainees caught his sight and glanced at him coldly. Pete immediately lowered his head trembling.

Hanjies looked at Pete with a blushing face.He had liked Pete for many years, but unfortunately the latter didn't know it.

At the same time, Hanjies couldn't help being confused in his heart, he didn't understand what identity could not be revealed in public.

Half a month ago, the "devil in white clothes" Hanjiesi called came to the swamp town.

As soon as this mysterious team of more than 30 people arrived, they received the highest-level reception from the mayor of the town.Pete happened to be a guest at the mayor's house, and hid aside to spy on the whole meeting process.

At first glance that day, his eyes were almost blinded.There were five neat rows of cavalry, dressed in snow-white uniforms, embroidered with silver sacred runes, buttoned with pure gold buttons, white horses on their hips, and ten-foot spears in their hands. There was no flaw at all.Although there are more than 30 people, the movements are neat as if there is only one person.Even though the other party didn't say a word, and they were still watching from a distance, their permeable and dangerous aura still made Peter dare not breathe, and his back was almost drenched in sweat.

Pete had never been out of Marsh Town in his life, so he had very little knowledge. He only thought that these knights on white horses were extremely handsome, extremely majestic, and at the same time extremely cold and ruthless.At that time, those arrogant guys in white uniforms didn't even get off their horses, they sat on their horses high above them, took out a sign at random, and showed it to the mayor.As a result, the mayor was almost scared to pee on the spot.The mayor is usually so domineering, but in front of these people, he is even more grandson than grandson.Not only did they eat and drink, but they even personally escorted them to the swamp.

No one knew who they were, nor what their purpose was, except that they never rested in the town, but went straight to the swamp.

And this trip lasted half a month.

During the period, thunder and lightning flashed above the swamp, and all kinds of riots and earthquakes made it seem like the end of the world.It's a pity that the residents of the town don't know what happened in the swamp at all, they only know that all the people who tried to get close to it failed to come back alive in the end.Therefore, although everyone is full of curiosity about their identities, they have never been known.

Half a month later, the mayor of the town came forward and organized this temporary transport team. Only then did they see the devil in white uniform again, and the latter was in charge of supervising them, ensuring that they transported the goods in Hebri safely and confidentially. Church of Light.

Hanges' recollection was interrupted by his brother's earth-shattering sneeze.

Little Tom managed to gain a firm footing, and before he raised his head, he let out a loud "sneeze", and two long dragons flowed out of his nostrils. "Brother Hanjes, I'm a little dizzy, and my head is still hot." Little Tom turned his head, his eyes were lax, and he couldn't find Hanjies after searching for a long time. "Do you think I have a fever?" With a thick nasal voice.

When we set off, little Tom was still alive and kicking, not very healthy.Hanges was sure that he was lying because he wanted to be lazy, so he said angrily, "Don't pretend to be sick, I'm only 5 minutes away from the Illuminati Church, and even if you die, just stick your teeth to the end."

Little Tom still wanted to act coquettishly, but his brother had already turned his face to Pete: "My good Pete, don't be tricky, tell me, who are those people?"

Hanges didn't say anything, but in his heart he also thought that this group of guys in white military uniforms were very handsome. He always felt that they came from the noble, kind and shining upper class society, and he was extremely curious about their identities.

Pete sneezed loudly: "Why is my head so dizzy? I don't think I have a fever." He muttered a few times in discomfort, and looked up at Hanges' worried face.

"Are you OK?"

Whether it's eyes or voice, Hanges is too gentle.Pete was stunned for a while, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.His face was slightly red, and he looked away evasively: "They are saints... saints... saints from the temple... What's wrong with me?" Pete couldn't say the words behind him for a long time. Feeling dizzy in his head, he couldn't help shaking his head vigorously, trying to wake himself up.

Pete suddenly twitched all over his body strangely, feeling that all the blood in his body was about to gush out for a moment, and his entire face twisted into a rather horrified expression in pain.

But this strange state quickly recovered.

Pete didn't take this to heart, but Hanges began to worry a little, because Pete looked really bad.

The man who pulled the same car with Pete was even uglier than him, with runny nose and tears running down his face, his whole face was flushed abnormally, he was trembling all over, and sneezing straight at the same time.

"Forget it, whoever they are, I'm going to leave after today anyway, don't worry about it. Why don't you take a break, it's not too far anyway, I'll finish sending this One car, come back later, and help you pull it again." Hanges looked at Pete worriedly.

"That's so embarrassing." Pete shook his head and smiled, "Your brother is also, ahem, suffering too. You first, ahem, look at little Tom first."

"Brother, I'm really uncomfortable..." Little Tom turned his head again, choked up and asked Hanges for help, "My head is weird, my throat is weird, my whole body is weird, it's so hot. Let's sit down Why don't you take a break, it's been several hours."

"Pampered and spoiled, why do you have so many problems." Hanges interrupted his younger brother in a rough voice, "Do I have a younger brother or a younger sister?"

Little Tom muttered unhappily, and said nothing more.

"Peter, are you hungry? I have some snacks in my pocket, why don't you take them out and eat them. Do you want some water?" Hanges continued to show his courteousness to Sewangdi.

Pete exchanged glances with him, blushed again, and lowered his head shyly: "You..."

Hanges didn't listen to the latter words, because of the loud sneezing and nose blowing sounds from the side.

Hanjies was slightly annoyed, thinking it was his younger brother, but when he turned his head angrily, he was surprised to find that it was another person.

No, several other people.

There were coughing and moaning sounds all around, one after another, as if everyone fell ill at the same time.

Hanges looked around in a daze, and the more he looked, the more confused he became.

What's the matter today?How do you go to the swamp and get everyone sick when you come back?

What's even more strange is that Hanjies looked around and found in astonishment that among the townspeople who shipped the goods, he was the only one who was not sick.This is really strange.

"Brother, is there any water? I, cough, cough, I feel so uncomfortable..." Little Tom called Hanges sadly.

Hanjies was about to look at his little brother, but the person next to him twitched suddenly, then jumped forward and fell face down on the ground.And Pete, who was pulling the same car with him, staggered and thumped forward when he was surrounded by the suddenly out-of-control car... and then couldn't get up again.

"Peter? Pete! What's wrong with you, Pete!?" Hanges yelled in surprise, let go of the handle of the car, and temporarily parked the car aside.Little Tom kept coughing in front of him, he stuffed the kettle to his younger brother casually, then pushed his younger brother away, rushed to his friend, grabbed his shoulder and turned hard...

"Ah!" Hanges' face faded, and he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

By the gods, Pi, Pi, how did Pete suddenly...

A knight in a white uniform riding a golden-haired white horse noticed the movement here, jumped off the horse, walked up to them, kicked them over with his boots, revealing two bleeding faces.

That face was so terrifying, Hanjes' body trembled uncontrollably and retreated, but the knight stepped forward, squatted down, and stretched out his white-gloved right hand to the artery on the side of their necks.

After 1 minute, the knight stood up and announced blankly: "Dead."

Hanges' expression went blank for a moment.

Dead... dead... dead... dead?

What does dead mean?

It happened so fast and suddenly that his brain stopped completely and he couldn't react at all.

As soon as the knight in white picked up his spear, he easily picked up the hundreds of kilograms of flesh, drew a long arc in the air, and finally landed on the cargo of the cart.After he put the two corpses on the car at random, he waved his hand to the side: "Another curse broke out, you two come over and deal with it."

"Yes, Captain." The other two knights jumped off their horses, covered the body with a black cloth, and after doing the basic cover-up work, they dragged the cart and trotted forward, as if nothing happened.

Things happened very quickly, but they were processed even faster. In addition, it was already dark, and the people behind couldn't see what happened in front at all. The commotion caused by the sudden death was compressed to a minimum.

"You can rest soon, everyone, don't stop! Keep going!" Someone in the distance ordered loudly, the captain looked around coldly, and winked at the deputy mayor in the distance. The deputy mayor yelled for everyone to go on go forward.

The stagnant team began to move forward slowly.

Only Hanges stayed where he was, in a daze.

Little Tom called him: "Brother, cough cough, I feel uncomfortable, cough cough cough, what's wrong with Brother Pete? Brother, brother, did you hear my voice..."

Hanges still didn't respond at all.

From Pete's death to the present, the whole process took no more than 5 minutes.The white knight's processing speed was too fast, and the corpse was dragged away without giving Hanges any time to react.

Hanjies only felt that he was daydreaming, without a sense of reality, and only felt that the whole thing was indescribably absurd.

Fell down and... died?

Ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha... not funny.This joke is not funny at all.

Hanges stared blankly at the wooden cart that was drifting away.Under the raised black cloth, what was covered at the moment was a young horse and a bamboo horse who wore a pair of trousers with him.

Hanges's mind was in a mess, sometimes it was Peter's shy smile in his memory, and sometimes it was the cold black cloth in reality...

This matter is really too ridiculous, so ridiculous that everything is just a joke.

Hanges sat on the ground in a daze, with loud coughing in his ears. After a while, he was pulled back and forth by Little Tom, and his world seemed to be shaking along with it.

"Woo, brother, wake up, brother, I have a nosebleed..."

These were the last words little Tom had spoken to him.

However, at that time, Hanges didn't realize this, because he suddenly remembered a gift.A gift that he bought after saving money for a long time.

Those were two expensive silver necklaces, and there was a line of cryptic confession on the necklaces.Hangers has an identical one.Hanges is going to give Pete a gift on his birthday.If Pete is willing to accept him, he will wear this necklace.

At this time, the necklace was in Hanjies' arms.

Hanjies's chaotic mind suddenly became sober the moment he realized the necklace.

I'm going to give the necklace to Pete.

This idea instantly occupied all of Hanges' thoughts.

He had no time to think about the corpse he saw just now, nor could he listen to his younger brother's voice. He was possessed like a madman, and only one thought remained.

I'm going to give the necklace to Pete.

right!I'm giving Pete the necklace!I must give Pete the necklace!

Hanges stood up abruptly, and then chased after him wildly.

I'm so stupid, how could Pete die before receiving the gift?He likes receiving gifts the most.I'm so stupid, the person just now must not be Pete, and the person who died must not be Pete!Definitely not Pete!Definitely not Pete!

Hanges chased like a lunatic, passed through the coughing crowd, the wind howled and blew backwards, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly, and finally stopped at the small square in front of the Church of Light.

The Bright Church at this time is different from usual.There was a strange smell in the air, and the surrounding atmosphere was also very strange. There seemed to be many dangerous men in white clothes standing beside them, and they seemed to be performing some strange ritual...

But never mind, never mind, never mind...

Hangers only had eyes for the wooden cart.

Pete.Pete!Wake up soon, I have a present for you!

"Hey! Where did this man come from? Go, go, this is not where you should come."

Hanjies' consciousness had gradually become numb, and he vaguely felt that someone was walking towards him, but he didn't care about it, and rushed towards the wooden cart crazily, and at a speed that others couldn't resist, he slammed the black cloth off.

Before the white knight next to him could stop him, the secret under the black cloth was revealed to the public.

Time seemed to have stopped, and everyone's eyes were focused on the wooden cart. For a while, no one spoke, and the scene was eerily quiet.

That turned out to be a cart...the corpses of alligators! ?

Hanjies was dumbfounded, and he was dumbfounded.

What the hell does this happen?

He staggered back a few steps, and overturned another car, sending a mountain of goods rolling down.

Hanges turned his head in horror, seeing bloody corpses one after another.

A gust of wind blew off the black cloth of several other cars, revealing car after car of crocodile corpses.

Hanges looked up in a daze, only to belatedly realize that the small square in front of the Church of Light was full of corpses!

And the monks wearing church robes, representing light and holiness, cast mysterious spell patterns on the body of the crocodile while casting spells.After a series of rituals were completed, the corpses of the crocodiles were hung upside down to collect their blood.

What was even more frightening was that the monks had a holy expression full of faith on their faces during the entire massacre.Although his hands were bloody, he didn't think what he was doing was a cruel thing. On the contrary, they were just obeying God's will and saving all living beings from suffering.

This is really... disgusting.

Hanges could no longer stand up, his knees gave way, and he fell heavily to the ground.

Why Pete died suddenly, why the townspeople fell ill collectively, and everything, in front of the bloody corpse, instantly had the answer.

The curse of the crocodile.

This is the legend, the curse of the crocodile man!

The weird smell of blood that followed from the swamp until now finally had an explanation.No wonder he felt a little familiar, because it was the smell of crocodile blood!

And the purpose of the white-uniformed knight coming to Marsh Town was finally explained.These damned demons, god damn executioners, they came to slaughter the crocodiles!

He should have thought of it earlier.

Hanges stared at the corpses piled up into a hill with his eyes wide open, his eyes gradually turned red.

The crocodile will only issue the curse of the crocodile when it is on the verge of genocide.Because, that is at the cost of life, not hesitating to perish with the enemy, the curse of death.

After these white-clothed demons killed the crocodile, they somehow transferred the curse to the townspeople.And along the way, the collective illness of the townspeople was precisely because of the curse.

Ruined.It's all over...

Then, he turned his head inadvertently, and saw Pete's bleeding face.

After being stunned for a full minute, Hanges vomited.

Do not……

The vigilant guards approached Hanges on alert, but did not encounter any expected resistance.

Hanjiesi's whole body was like a puppet that was suddenly hollowed out, his brain completely stopped functioning, and he was dragged away from the scene by others like a dead dog.

At this moment, the sound of two people arguing violently came from the Church of Light.

"No matter how many living sacrifices there are. No way! No way! Just no way! How many times do I have to say no way is enough!?"