Chapter 007 Strange Phenomenon
"It's only a few hundred dollars a month, there's really no need to risk your life."
Colin withdrew his gaze and looked at one of the five pillars of fire. Suddenly he thought of something and picked up one.
It is about the same thickness as an adult's thigh and fits perfectly in the hand. A blood-red crystal the size of a human head is inlaid on the top. It is this blood-red stone that is burning and emitting a strange glow.
"Sure enough... I should be able to escape using this thing."
Colin did not hesitate any longer. He sensed the "Event 1" in his mind, determined the direction, and left the place directly.
Although there was only one pillar of fire, its diameter was quite large, more than thirty meters.
"The remaining time for 'Event 3' is 163 hours, 24 minutes and 37 seconds. It seems that almost four hours have passed since I woke up..."
"I don't know how my former colleague is doing now. I hope he doesn't have so many problems..."
"Well, we have to run faster, lest someone catch up with us. After all, there should be a lot of powerful people in this world..."
Colin held the "torch" in one hand and quickened his pace. He soon found himself walking into a deserted plain...
Moreover, despite enduring the pressure brought by the darkness above our heads, we had been traveling for five hours but had not yet walked out of the plain.
I didn't see my former colleague either...
The guy's location was much farther than he thought.
"I'm not going to run out of oil and die on the way, am I? Oh, this stone seems to be very durable. I don't know how long I have to go. If I hadn't been sure that the distance was getting closer, I would have suspected that I had encountered a ghost wall. But, then again...did I forget to use the 'Book of Numerology'? Forget it, I won't use it for now..."
Colin talked to himself as he walked, trying to ease the depression of walking alone in the dark.
After walking for another hour, he suddenly stopped, looked around with his dark vertical pupils, and anthropomorphic shock appeared on his face.
Just after an inadvertent blink of an eye, the surroundings suddenly lit up. The originally dark scene turned into an uneven plain. There were no animals on the plain, but there were quite a few low bushes. Overall, it looked a bit like the area with plants on the edge of the desert seen on TV.
This is not the point, the point is...
Is it dawn?
Why is it suddenly daylight?
"Is this another natural phenomenon unique to this world? It lights up instantly, just like turning on a light?"
Colin was puzzled and could only attribute it to the peculiarity of this world.
After all, this is a magical world...
Many things that seemed strange to him might just be common sense here.
However, during the day, the torch-like stone pillar in his hand seemed to have little presence.
Colin didn't throw it away. After all, it might get light in an instant, but who knows if it would get dark again in a moment?
He didn't want to know or try what would happen if he went into the darkness without a light...
Looking into the distance, he felt his colleagues getting closer and closer to him, so he lowered his head and quickened his pace.
…
At the same time, at the dungeon entrance, the warden with a bruised face cautiously poked his head out of the dungeon.
Very good, there is no sound from the monster outside, and a pair of distant footprints seem to indicate that the monster has already left...
"He stole a 'night light'... This shows that even in that form, he still maintained his sanity. Also, what form was that? The third stage? Who exactly is he? Where is he going next?"
The warden opened his swollen eyes a little and looked at the direction the other party left. That direction seemed to be...
No man's land?
"Mr. Warden, what should we do...should we chase after him?" a subordinate asked in a low voice.
The warden fell silent after hearing this. After a dozen breaths, he spoke again, "Go back to the city and find the mayor. Ask him to ask the Knights of Virtue to send out members to organize a hunting team."
In this area, only the knights who possess the power of "virtue" and the priests of the church are capable of hunting that monster.
He knew very well that if the other party had gone on a killing spree yesterday, there would not be a single living person in the dungeon now.
After saying this, he remembered something, touched his face which was swollen like a pig, took a breath in pain, and asked his men in confusion:
"Have I ever abused him before? For example, by beating him?"
"Never before! Your behavior is like that of a true knight. You have never abused others like those executioners of the Inquisition. We all respect you from the bottom of our hearts..." the subordinates said with emotion.
The news had already spread in the dungeon. In order to prevent others from getting hurt, the warden silently took it all on his own.
They dragged the monster and fought fiercely in the dungeon for more than ten minutes. The whole dungeon was filled with the sound of loud clanging. This consumed most of the opponent's energy and forced it to escape, thus saving everyone.
If it weren't for the warden's restraint, I'm afraid no one in the entire dungeon would survive.
The guard was touched.
"Bah! What do you mean by like? I am a knight! A knight blessed by the nobility!"
The warden cursed, and then he remembered something. In addition to cursing him yesterday, the other party also said some words that seemed to indicate that he had strong opinions about the "Holy Healing Church".
Especially the sentence "If you hadn't sent me there, I wouldn't be like this at all"...
When did he send the other person over?
What about this?
Could it be that...
The other party secretly revealed to him that there was something wrong with the "Holy Healing Church"?
Although this might be some kind of alienation tactic... But before that, he suddenly remembered that some time ago, when he was in contact with the members of the "Knights of Virtue" above , those adults talked about the "Holy Healing Church"...
There is something so... subtle about attitude that is hard to describe.
…
Colin didn't know that his words had caused the warden to become suspicious of the "Holy Healing Church", nor did he know that a hunting team targeting him would soon set out.
At this time, after another three hours of traveling, he finally finished walking through the long plain and came to a forest.
The rescue signals from my colleagues are becoming clearer and clearer...
But it was not long after entering this forest.
Colin felt something was getting wrong...
It was... too quiet here, and apart from himself, he didn't seem to see any living things, whether plants or insects, there was no sign of life...
However, withered plants and animal mummies are not uncommon and can be seen from time to time.
The strangest thing is that these corpses are basically intact, covered with a thin layer of ash, as if they have never been disturbed after death and no corruption has occurred.
Colin's keen sense of smell told him that at the microscopic scale that was invisible to the naked eye, those tiny microorganisms, like the corpses that could be found everywhere, were given an equal death.
"The sterile rooms in the hospital are not even this 'clean'... I won't just walk out of a wolf's den and into a tiger's den, will I?"
Colin's huge body moved through the forest as if it were flat ground, looking at the large and small corpses of animals and plants that occasionally appeared as he moved forward.
He thought curiously, but had no answer.
There are so many strange things in this world.
Fortunately, apart from the traces of material and death, nothing else happened in the forest.
Another half hour later, Colin stopped and half-closed his eyes to look at the town that appeared in front of him.
