Two hundred and sixty-five. Nightmare shrouded Queen's Island
The burning fire disperses the coldness brought by the storm.
The sound of wind and rain outside poured into the room, bringing an illusory figure.
The silhouette sitting by the fire should not be called a human being - his shoulders are drooped, his melted face is piled around his mouth like candles on a stove, and a black-red sarcoma as big as a human head hangs between his shoulders and jaw.
The posture is also deformed, but it is not obvious due to the sitting position and shadow.
It was unaware of the figure breaking into the ruins until Lu Li made some noise.
"ghost?"
The mouth that melted down to the chin made a slurping sound. It wanted to do something but then stopped, "I don't seem to be qualified to do that now..."
"I'm an exorcist."
Lu Li revealed his identity to this "unconverted person" who appeared in the Demon Slayer Association and could communicate with him, and briefly described his title, "The One Who Rings the Death Knell of the Evil God", a title that could make the other party believe him as quickly as possible.
"Then do you know who I am?" Its head twitched unnaturally and burst into blood bubbles.
"Who are you?"
"The Legendary Exorcist."
After a brief silence, Lu Li observed it. Although his facial features were about to melt, he could still tell that he was a young man: "You are too young."
"Do you believe it?" The unconverted person showed a ferocious and twisted smile: "Such a nice lake must be a night watchman."
"I'm an investigator."
"That's really rare."
Lu Li couldn't tell that it didn't believe it or that it was mocking, but he saw it extending its arm that was ulcerated and covered in black mucus: "Palmar Rosen, you are one more time away from becoming a senior investigator. Are you not a local?"
"I'm here to investigate the missing incident on the Lennon Islands."
"So you were killed by those cultists?"
Lu Li found a new clue, but now was not the time to ask: "Your lesions are spreading."
"Yeah, they're drilling into my head."
Parmar Rosen slapped the throbbing black sac on his shoulder, the pain making his facial features physically come together.
"Would it help to get rid of it?"
"Don't even think about cutting it off. I tried it and it turned out that I was about to die and it was alive and well."
"Is there any other way I can save you?"
A living investigator is more useful than a dying one.
"You're too late, this island is hopeless. The queen is dead, the exorcists, investigators, the sneaky night watchmen are dead, the ones running to higher places are dead, and the ones looking for the boat are also dead..."
Parmar Rosen took a deep breath. The tumor on his neck was compressing his trachea and spreading into his body.
"So what do you want to know, come on!"
Lu Li sorted out the existing clues and asked about all the unknown key points: "Is there more than one force attacking the Lennon Islands?"
"Lennon Islands? Oh no, they not only attacked Queen's Island..." Desperate Palmar Rosen complained: "You shouldn't have told me this... This bad news shortened my life by dozens of seconds."
"Yes, there is more than one... Those who spread the plague are one group, those who seal off the island are one group, and those who warn to run to higher places are one group..."
"Who are they?"
"The controlled officials, cultists, and...are gone? No...no, it's more than these...there's something affecting me..."
Parmar Rosen's thinking was chaotic and he talked about whatever came to mind, which caused many details to be missed. What was worse was that something was affecting him. Parmar Rosen, who realized this, took a deep breath:
"Ask me instead, hurry up."
Lu Li had too many questions. The entire Queen's Island was shrouded in fog, and asking for details could only reveal a certain building.
He must know what happened on the island: "Suppose you experienced a nightmare. As an experiencer, how would you tell the people around you what happened on the Lennon Islands when you wake up?"
But the confused Palmer Rosen was sharper than expected: "All this is false... no, is it an illusion?"
"No wonder why I've never seen you..." Palmar Rosen, who muttered in confusion when he didn't get an answer, raised his head, "Can you change all this!?"
"……cannot."
Emotions hope that it is possible, but reason directly says: This is impossible.
Parmar Rosen suddenly grabbed the burning wood from the fire and inserted it into the tumor in his neck. He screamed in agony as he screamed, and black mucus stained with blood flowed from the wound where turbid green smoke rose.
Parmar Rosen, who used this to wake himself up, began to say:
"A group of heretics first targeted Queen's Island. They wanted to spread the plague on September??. The heretics lurking in the palace and the Exorcist Association covered up their actions, sealed the port, and hid all the ships to ensure that no one could escape.
go out."
"There is also a group of pagans who know their movements. In order to compete for... sacrifices, they spread rumors of running to higher places."
"The night before, the plague began to land on Queen's Island. The group of pagans began to take action. The plague spread... Didn't you say that they attacked the entire Lennon Islands? Elsewhere, another group of pagans may have gained the upper hand... Help the residents, they...
…Uh-huh——!”
Palmer Rosen trembled and growled, his saliva dripping with blood, because the branch inserted into the tumor again and turned.
The consciousness that was sinking into the abyss was briefly pulled back, and he growled: "What else do you want to know... tell me quickly!"
Lu Li had already learned the truth from his confused answer: many gods and gods were strangely involved in this feast, and now only the last question remained.
"Why did the Lennon Islands break up?"
"What?"
"The Lennon Islands broke up into hundreds of islands."
"Two-faced God...it's...made by Two-faced God! The church is also a traitor - cough cough cough -"
Palmar Rosen began to cough violently. At first, it was blood, then mixed with black threads and minced meat, and finally, turbid black bodily fluids spurted out like mud from the ground.
"I can't hold on...Gulu...kill me..."
Parmar Rosen gasped as if he were drowning.
"Wait a minute..." Before Lu Li could move, Parmar Rosen quickly stopped him: "Better... say goodbye, I'm afraid of pain..."
He grinned awkwardly, dirty mucus leaking from the gaps between his teeth.
"Queen's Island... is full of monsters, and it doesn't matter if I have one more... right...?"
Parmar Rosen, enveloped in flames, convulsed in pain.
"You will feel less pain if I kill you."
"Really? It hurts... then... come..."
The convulsing Parmar Rosen was completely melted and could no longer form a complete sentence. He was like a beast covered in a sack, squirming and struggling in front of a campfire.
The sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and the flames swayed slightly.
The painful figure with his head rolling down gradually became peaceful.
But perhaps soon, a new abominable life will be born from his remains.
Lu Li left the Exorcist Association and returned to the lighthouse.
Regarding the pure black stone that recorded the eve of the destruction of the Lennon Islands, Lu Li was both an observer and a disruptor.
He observed the truth of what happened on the Lennon Islands, and now it's his turn to try to change everything.