Chapter 163 The dark shadow (this cat is biting its tail and rolling over)

Rocks Town is located in the forest canyon to the west of Falkreath. It is very remote and has only one path connected to the outside. The people here rely on crops, deforestation and mining to make a living. They have lived here for generations, and they are just ordinary people.

Common people work at sunrise and rest at sunset, living an ordinary life.

But recently, this small town has been shrouded in a gloomy haze, making people breathless. It is as if the god of death has shrouded this area, and all life seems to disappear completely in front of it.

"Why……………"

Glancing at the dim sky outside, Old Bente sighed. The sun had just set. Logically speaking, people had just finished work at this time. Normally, you would see people finishing their work everywhere on the street.

The men were carrying tools and planning to go home, as well as their wives and children waiting for them on the street. But now, the town was deserted, with almost no living people in sight.

To be honest, if you just stand at the door and look out, you will even have the illusion that you are the only living person in the whole village.

Maybe this is not an illusion, maybe when you wake up tomorrow morning, you will see that the whole village is empty, and there will even be no living people in the whole world, and you will be the last person alive in the world, and then

...Only death and destruction remain.

Thinking of this, Old Bente shuddered, then shook his head, throwing the horrific fantasy behind him. Then he picked up the oil lamp, lit it, put it on the table next to him, and picked up the book next to him - maybe

Reading a book will make you temporarily forget the nightmare that this town is currently experiencing.

Maybe... maybe when I wake up tomorrow, everything will be back to normal.

"Dong dong dong."

However, at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Hearing the sound, Old Bente's hands softened in fright, and the book he had just picked up fell directly to the ground.

"Yes, who is it?"

Soon, a voice came from outside.

"Sorry to bother you, I am a traveler and I have something to ask..."

Traveler?

Hearing this, Old Bente tiptoed to the door and carefully looked out through the gap. He saw a petite red-haired girl with a hat and a big bag on her back standing at the door.

She seemed troubled and uneasy.

"What's the matter?"

"It's like this. I've finished my rations. If possible, can you sell me some dry food? I have been to the inn, but it was closed..."

What a young girl.

Hearing the other party's answer, Old Bente hesitated and sighed slightly. Of course he knew the reason why the inn was closed, but it might be strange for travelers from far away.

Thinking of this, Old Bente stretched out his hand and gently opened the door a crack.

"So Miss, do you want to..."

However, before Old Bente finished speaking, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the side and pressed on the door panel. Before Old Bente could react, he felt a huge force pushing the door panel open, and then he saw

A tall black figure appeared in front of the girl, a pair of scarlet eyes flashing with a strange red light.

It's a devil!!

Seeing this scene, Old Bente opened his mouth to scream, but the opponent's big steel hand directly covered his mouth.

The next moment, this huge black figure bent over and came in from outside the door.

"Huh... It's not easy to finally find someone who doesn't pretend to be dead."

Duanmu Huai walked into the room in front of him almost half-bent, and then raised his head to take a breath. His head was almost touching the ceiling. There was nothing that could be done about it, after all, most of the houses in this era were short.

, to be honest, Duanmuhuai has to keep his head down right now.

"Really, Mr. Knight, why do you have to use this method!"

At this moment, Gu Leya also hurried in and quickly closed the door before complaining.

"There's nothing I can do. People won't let me in if they see me. If I don't use this method, I won't be able to find anyone."

"I think it would be better if Mr. Knight changed this costume..."

Looking at Duanmu Huai, who was wearing black power armor and a skull-like helmet, Gu Leiya murmured her opinion.

"Then should I go back and paint the armor pink?"

"Uh......let's forget it."

After chatting casually with Gu Leya, Duanmuhuai turned to look at Old Bente again. At this moment, the latter was pale, sweating profusely, and his eyes were red. It's no wonder that such a sudden appearance appeared.

A huge black steel giant had himself in his hand. Old Bente even felt that the opponent could crush his head with just a slight force!

"Listen, I have something to ask you next. As long as you answer me obediently, I'll be fine. Don't worry, I'm not a devil or a devil. I'm just an adventurer. I came to you on the order of Lord Frederick.

Those who are conducting the investigation, do you understand what I mean? If you do, just nod."

“……………!!!”

Old Bente almost used all his strength to nod his head vigorously, but Duanmu Huai then put him on the ground and let go of his hand.

Almost immediately, Old Bente collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

"Scared you? I'm sorry, because we had no choice but to use this method because we couldn't open the door no matter what we told others. I'm sorry."

"You, are you really adventurers here to investigate?"

Old Bente took a breath and then came back to his senses. He looked at Duanmuhuai tremblingly, and then at Gu Leiya - I have to say, the gap between the two is too big!

"Yes, you also know that I have no reason to lie to you, uncle."

Duanmuhuai sat down on the floor and stared at old Bente.

"If we were really demons, we would have chopped you up and eaten you long ago. Why would we be talking nonsense to you here?"

"Wait a minute, Lord Knight, your statement is not quite right..."

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Guleya hurriedly wanted to say something, but Duanmuhuai just stretched out his hand, grabbed Guleya's tail, and then gently rubbed her tail belly. The next moment Guleya

Ya just groaned, collapsed to the ground and stopped moving.

"Okay, shut up the troublemakers."

After glancing at Gu Liya, Duanmu Huai retracted his gaze and looked at Old Bente.

"Do you mind telling me about what happened before?"

"Of course, what do you want to know?"

Although looking at Duanmu Huai at this moment, Old Bente was still a little scared, but because of this, he felt that there might be hope this time. After all...the adventurers who came this time were so...unusual.

, maybe they can actually solve the problems this town is facing?

"Let's start from the beginning. When did you notice something was abnormal? What were the symptoms?"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you everything I know."

At this moment, Old Bente was holding back too much and nodded vigorously. Then he recalled a little before he spoke.

"If you ask me, the beginning... it should have been two months ago... I don't remember the specific day very clearly. I only remember that day, the carpenter Carl died..."

"Dead? How did you die?"

"I don't know either."

Old Bente shook his head.

"It's strange to say that Karl went up the mountain to cut wood that day, and then he came back to have lunch and then rest. Then in the afternoon, we heard Karl's wife crying, saying that Karl was dead... We were all shocked at that time,

After all, he was fine when he had lunch before, so why did he suddenly die..."

"What was the specific cause of death?"

"I don't know. Pastor Allen, who was in charge of taking care of the body at the time, couldn't tell. In short, there didn't seem to be any trauma. I just suspected that it might have been poisoning or some other reason..."

Recalling what happened that day, Old Bente couldn't help but sigh.

"I also went when Carl was buried that night. When I looked at Carl lying in the coffin, it was as if he was asleep. To be honest, at that time I also doubted whether he was simply asleep, but he was indeed not.

Breathing...and his body is as cold as ice, which is not human body temperature at all."

"Um……………"

Duanmu Huai nodded.

"Then what?"

"Then...something weird happened."

After saying this, Old Bente also shuddered.

"Strange to say, just two days later, Karl's wife also died. No one knew how she died. Her good friends went to visit her at the time, but no one answered the door. Looking from the window

I saw her lying on the bed, and then I asked everyone to open the door together, and when I broke in, I found that she was already lying on the bed and lifeless. As for how she died... no one knows."

As he spoke, Old Bente sighed helplessly.

"At that time, everyone thought that Carl's wife was too sad and might have taken some poison and died, so she was buried quickly, but..."

"Let me guess, will that good friend die next?"
To be continued...