"If it appears again, I will kill it..." Anna withdrew her mental projection and aura and whispered coldly.
The exorcists were observing from a distance. Lu Li lowered his head and stared at the indelible mark on the back of his hand.
The bloody tentacles saved him.
But we must not think that the bloody tentacle is harmless because of this. Its essence is still a strange thing parasitic on Lu Li, and the act of exorcising the devil is just to compete for the host.
In any case, the threat of the devil has been reduced to a minimum, leaving only the curse that "will appear after Lu Li's death and take away his soul" that can be ignored.
At least for Lu Li.
Anna gradually disappeared. The exorcists who were sure that the incident had calmed down looked at each other. The leader of the night watchman walked up to Lu Li and handed Lu Li his investigator badge.
"The incident has been resolved, you can continue on your way." Lu Li took the badge without covering up the inverted pentagram mark on the back of his hand.
"Is it the devil's curse... You can go to the church to try your luck." The night watchman said, asking Lu Li's destination and then turned around to maintain order.
The commotion gradually subsided and the convoy returned to order. Only when they passed the place where the devil once appeared, they would speed through with worry.
During the farewell ceremony of the captain of the knights stationed in Luoye Town, Lu Li left the town and followed the convoy back into the desolate and lonely wilderness.
After driving for a while, knights on horses galloped past the convoy, and their shouts resounded in the night sky.
"There is a swamp road for more than ten miles ahead, so as not to disturb the people in the swamp, all vehicles should keep quiet and don't make any noise!"
The car curtain opened a corner as if being blown by the wind.
Anna, who sat back in the car, glanced at the black cat sleeping in the corner, and said to Lu Li, "We are almost reaching the swamp road."
"Um."
"Will the Swamp Mother take action now?"
"Probably not." Lu Li couldn't find a reason for the Swamp Mother to do this after she had become a human being.
Nodding slightly, Anna glanced at the black cat again, and sat on the edge of the carriage, so that she could observe the outside world and pay attention to the state of the carriage.
Anna likes the black cat, but seems reluctant to touch it.
Lu Li knew the reason. She was worried that her aura would harm the black cat and herself.
But so far, Lu Li has no way to stop the breath of the other world from penetrating.
Every once in a while, the knights outside the carriage would rush past with reminders. Half an hour later, the last group of knights passed by, bringing news that they were about to enter the swamp road.
People in the convoy consciously lowered their voices and even reduced the brightness of the oil lamps hanging outside the carriages. A few minutes later, the convoy, which stretched for several miles and was destined to be impossible to hide, quietly entered the swamp road.
Lu Li sat outside the carriage and his eyes briefly paused on the dark stone monument in front of the swamp road.
[Welcome to Allen Peninsula]
【Swamp Road】
It seems to be a coincidence, or some kind of metaphor, not long after setting foot on the Allen Peninsula, a chilly drizzle fell.
Some people who had torches on the wall of the carriage extinguished their torches and replaced them with oil lamps hung on the wall of the carriage. Only the sound of horse hooves and the rustle of drizzle could be heard as the dim convoy drove slowly on the swamp road.
Occasionally, the sound of a child coughing could be heard from the carriage in front. Lu Li looked at the Southern Shadow Swamp. The vague outline of the dark jungle was difficult to see in detail, and he could not detect the gaze of the Mother of the Swamp hidden in it.
rustle--
The umbrella was opened to block the drizzle falling around Lu Li. Anna sat next to Lu Li and looked towards the dark swamp with him.
Two hours later, Lu Li's convoy left the swamp road.
Soon after leaving the swamp road, the depressing atmosphere in the convoy dissipated, and then they passed the Shadow Town, which had been reduced to ruins.
The sleepless people on the carriage opened the curtains and looked at the once noisy shadow town, but now only the outline of the dark ruins was left, and remained silent.
At this time, Lu Li returned to the carriage and laid out a blanket to rest.
There are less than three hours before dawn. If the convoy is not delayed on the road, they will arrive in Belfast near noon.
"Good night."
As Anna greeted him softly, Lu Li fell asleep.
…
The quiet night passed.
Lu Li opened his eyes. The early morning light shone into the car through the curtains, and there was a dark plush object curled up next to him.
"We just passed Himfast." Anna said to Lu Li who sat up.
When I opened the curtain and walked outside, the gloomy sky did not change. The carriage with the children in front of me turned into a strange carriage.
The length of the convoy shrunk a bit, and some carriages left the convoy and headed for their destinations.
But more people want to go to Belfast and then leave the Arran Peninsula from Rodster Harbor.
Lu Li looked at the sky ahead again. Under the clouds, two solid, blood-colored tentacles were swaying in the wind as if they were real.
Even if they are not in Belfast, they are not far from the Arran Peninsula.
…
Near noon, the convoy arrived in Belfast.
Lu Li's carriage left the congested street and headed to the detective agency in Sailor Street to stay temporarily.
When he arrived, an unexpected figure and a letter were waiting for him.
Anna looked at the motionless gray sculpture sitting on the sofa and smiled: "It doesn't seem to want to stay at the refuge."
There was a lot of mud on its body, and it must have been difficult to run back to Sailor Street from the Elm Forest.
"Then take it and leave."
Lu Li said, bending down to pick up the letter that was slipped in through the door.
The letter did not have a strong scent of perfume, and since the Jimmy brothers and sisters had already settled on the cliff, Lu Li could not imagine who would send him a letter.
Opening the envelope, the scrawled, unreadable handwriting appeared in front of me.
【You are a damn bastard!】
[Did you do those things before? You did it, right? You ruined my hard work. I really regret not killing you directly! 】
[Now, get away from me and stop ruining my good deeds! Otherwise I will make you feel a hundred times, a thousand times more pain than you can imagine! You son of a bitch!]
The content of the letter can make one imagine the hysteria and embarrassment the writer felt at the time.
"Who sent it?" Anna asked.
"That person behind the scenes." Lu Li handed the letter to Anna.
Anna picked up the letter with a cold expression and a touch of weirdness: "The person who wrote the letter is like a madman..."
"He was originally crazy." Lu Li said.
Such an obvious hint is enough for Anna to guess roughly: "Is it Richard?"
"If this letter didn't deliberately lead us in the wrong direction, the man behind it is probably Richard."
"No wonder he's so angry."
Lu Li destroyed more than just this tentacle.
Anna threw away the letter and her red eyes flashed: "Since he has been angered, we will destroy the remaining two tentacles in one go and force him to appear."
