Ning Feng didn't know anything about the changes on Andrew's side and the outside world. All his energy was now focused on dealing with Bishop Charlie in front of him.
After a period of friendly exchanges, the relationship between Ning Feng and the undead priest, who "sympathize with each other", has reached the point where they can exchange names with each other.
Not only did Ning Feng play a role in bewitching and guiding Bishop Charles, but also because Bishop Charlie had been waiting for someone like him who could talk to him.
The night is getting deeper.
The two of them returned to their original positions, but this time there was no tea on the table that made Ning Feng ashamed.
"I'm just like you. I don't know when I stopped hearing the voice of the gods."
With his head lowered, Charlie finally spoke slowly after a long silence:
"You know, I have been confused about the current situation for a long time..."
"I love my Lord, and even if He neglects and abandons me, my faith has never changed."
A firm and devout believer, he said this without any hesitation.
"I am a servant of the gods, and I am willing to sacrifice everything for the gods, whether it is my body or my soul."
At this time, the gentle voice changed and became deeper:
"I don't know when I started to realize that... I would always lose my memory at night."
Night memories?
Ning Feng, who was listening quietly, raised his eyebrows slightly and asked:
"You mean you don't dream anymore?"
"No, it's not like that... what I forgot was the memory when I was awake."
Charlie shook his head and raised his eyes, letting Ning Feng see the fatigue revealed in them.
"I'm used to praying at night because that's when my mind is at its calmest during the day."
The militia captain told Ning Feng in the same way before that the priest was preparing for night prayers.
"That day was no different from usual. I showered and changed clothes as usual. When I started meditating and praying, I found that I was hallucinating."
His body was trembling slightly. Even if he just recalled the feeling at that time, Charlie could not suppress the trembling of his body.
"I felt like my body was being gradually drained by invisible forces. I lost blood and water, and my body began to become shriveled up."
"It was a hallucination so real that it almost made me cry, but you know what?"
Looking at Ning Feng, Charlie's voice was full of excitement:
"On that day, my first reaction was to be moved...because only my Lord would do such a thing to me!"
"I think it was the gods punishing me! My Lord finally looked at me again! This hallucination is His punishment for the wavering in my heart!"
"He hasn't given up on me yet!"
Even though the other person's eyes had long since rotted, Ning Feng could still see the excitement he recalled in his memories.
It was a feeling of being happy with the punishment of the gods.
And this discovery made Ning Feng feel a little cold on his back.
This is faith.
This is the fanatic believer.
This is one of the products brought to this world by the gods.
Charlie, who was excited by his memories, gradually calmed down, and his voice became hoarse and dark again:
"But when I woke up again, I found that I was lying in bed... I lost the memory of the time after the prayer."
"I didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was part of the punishment. I was still waiting for the oracle to give me guidance, but... I didn't wait."
"The Lord didn't say anything."
After saying this, Ning Feng felt his body become slightly cold.
This is not an illusion, the temperature in the room is indeed gradually dropping because of the smell exuding from Charlie!
"Every day that followed, I had the same dream at night and woke up the next day, and nothing had changed."
"No, there are still changes, but not in me."
Charlie raised his head, leaned his tall body on the chair, and looked out the window in ecstasy, looking at the quiet village at the moment.
"After that day, there seemed to be some changes, and some strange things happened in the village."
"There are always more torn corpses of wild beasts outside the village. Those are huge beasts that we need to be surrounded by many people to hunt."
"But the bodies of those beasts were completely torn apart, as if they had been crushed, and were smeared all over the road leading from the village to the farmland near the forest..."
"The villagers are very scared, worried that more ferocious and brutal beasts will appear nearby. People keep suggesting to me that I seek help from the royal capital to hunt them down."
It's useless, running is the best option.
Shaking his head secretly, Ning Feng expressed regret that the villagers did not leave immediately after such a thing happened, but he also understood that that was impossible.
It is impossible to relocate. The location of villages in that era was determined through the efforts of several generations, and it was difficult to change easily.
The best way is to ask the royal capital to send people to hunt down the possible beast, even if it costs a lot of money.
"I listened to their advice and asked the militiamen with the best equestrian skills in the village to go to the royal capital to ask for help with a handwritten letter with my seal."
That's too late.
Ning Feng sighed slightly, he could guess the result without continuing to listen.
In this kind of film and television works with terrifying unfolding, no matter what the background and settings are, no one who sets out to report the news will end well.
really.
"Days passed by, but the reinforcements did not come back... He never came back."
"We sent people again, but they never came back."
"The villagers have changed. They have become more and more frightened and have more conflicts with each other."
Fear will amplify the darkness in people's hearts, and everyone will become different when they are nervous.
"But I have no other choice but to stop it. I'm just a pastor and can't do more."
"When I realized that things really started to get out of control, when villagers started to disappear..."
Click, click, click...
It wasn't the chains on his feet that were making a sound, but the sound of a layer of frost slowly forming on the table in the room.
The temperature is lower.
"I angrily questioned all the villagers, but no one told the truth... They were all blaming and blaming others."
"Finally, I used whipping to punish all the villagers who had conflicts during this period, but even so, no one came forward to admit it."
"They just looked at me with horror in their eyes, like they were looking at a monster."
Sighing tiredly, Charlie's mood calmed down as the memories progressed.
"Although I punished them, I understand that nothing has been solved."
"It was also that day that I found blood stains remaining on the corners of my mouth."
!!!
His eyes widened slightly, but Ning Feng resisted the urge to ask questions and waited for Charlie to explain.
"I'm starting to get scared."
"In the end what happened!?"
"Did those people really encounter danger on the road? Why is there blood on the corner of my mouth?"
Fear not only engulfs the villagers, but also tortures Charlie's soul.
"Finally, I made the difficult decision not to pray that day."
A devout fanatic gave up the prayers that were engraved in his bones every day just to find out what happened to himself and the villagers.
"That night, I waited nervously, expecting and fearing...but nothing happened."
With deep confusion and confusion in his tone, Charlie grabbed his head with both hands and tore it hard.
"Is everything really just my hallucination? Did they really just encounter danger on the road and fail to come back? What happened to the beast?"
"In order to find out what was going on outside, I made an impulsive move. I left the church with a lantern at midnight and came to the entrance of the village."
A priest who had not given birth all his life and devoted himself to praying to the gods walked into the darkness in the middle of the night.
"I saw it! I saw the ferocious monsters coming following the smell of blood, and I saw them gnawing on the putrid bones on the ground."
"I'm scared, I want to run away in fear, but..."
"They ran away. The moment they found me, they panicked and ran away."
Turning his head, Charlie stared at Ning Feng, his tone was indescribably complicated, and he said with a smile and a cry:
"At that moment, I suddenly realized the difference."
"It turns out that the person who changed is actually me..."
With his terrifying eyes staring at Ning Feng, Charlie paused for a moment, raised his hand painfully but firmly, and finally pressed it on the bandage.
Undoing the bandages one by one, Bishop Charlie showed his true appearance at this moment in front of Ning Feng.
As little as he showed, his body looked like a mummy that had just been taken out of its coffin.
It is ferocious and terrifying, and it makes people feel frightened from the bottom of their hearts just by looking at it.
Staring at Ning Feng, he said:
"I am the real monster."
But Ning Feng did not retreat. Instead, he came closer and observed carefully.
From the texture of the muscles to the degree of decay and shriveling, he didn't miss every detail.
He was a little surprised by Ning Feng's actions, but Charlie did not stop him and continued:
"Moreover, this change has not only happened to me, but also to our villagers... they have also changed."
Clenching his palms tightly, the cold aura exuding from Charlie's body became stronger.
"They turned into a group of walking undead...but unlike me, they have no idea of the changes that have happened to themselves."
"The grain has not been ripe for a long time, but they are still cultivating it."
"Every time the sun rises and the moon sets, I notice a little change in myself."
"We are dead, but we are still alive."
Ning Feng fell silent.
No, he has been silent for a long time.
For the sake of Bishop Charlie in front of me, and for all the villagers in the village.
"Living" in a state of confusion, their state is even worse than death.
Want to help them?
think.
But, what about the method?
In the silence, the same announcement as before sounded in Ning Feng's ears:
[The contestants found the "Prophecy of Merlin VI" and revealed the truth about a corner of the world. 】