Opening his eyes, the dirty ceiling appeared in his sight, and a heavy but warm quilt pressed against his body.
Unable to feel the presence of Salvation in his waist, Lu Li looked around and saw Salvation and a lighthouse on the bedside table, as well as a woman with a scar on her cheek in the bedroom.
Seeing Lu Li wake up, she turned and left the room without saying a word. A moment later, an elderly woman appeared outside the door.
"Little Elena said you woke up." Her hands were still stained with ashes and she wiped them on her apron and said, "You can call me Aunt Susan."
"Where is this?"
The single bed creaked and Lu Li propped himself up on the bed to sit up.
"Helen Town. Little Elena and the others found you by the lake and brought you back..." Aunt Susan replied with a smile.
A map appeared in Lu Li's mind. Helen Town was on the east side of Guangjing Lake, but he still reached the other shore.
"Is it just me?"
Lu Li looked around the room and saw coats piled in a wooden chair and shoes under the chair.
"Yes... they only found you. It was a terrible disaster..." Aunt Susan sighed.
Lu Li lowered his eyes and recalled the scene he saw before he fell into coma.
Seeing that Lu Li didn't say anything, Aunt Susan's eyes fell on the gun holster on the bedside table and hesitantly asked: "Excuse me... are you an exorcist?"
"Um."
"So do you know what's going on in Belfast?"
Aunt Susan had a hint of hope and more fear. She was afraid of hearing bad news: "I had been living there before, but then I returned to Helen Town when it was no longer safe."
Is it because the town is closed to information, or is it because people around her are hiding it from her?
"Belfast was destroyed by strange things." Lu Li calmly told Aunt Susan the truth.
"What does weird destruction...mean?"
"Weirdos took over there, and a small number of citizens hid in Himfast."
After receiving the result, Aunt Susan left the bedroom in despair. Soon after, an old man who claimed to be the mayor entered the room and asked Lu Li what happened on the lake.
"The riot of the first dead devil? It's really too bad..." After learning what happened, the old mayor's cloudy eyes turned sad. "Susan said you are an exorcist, right?"
Bang——
Lu Li replied before the door to the room was pushed open.
Local townspeople gathered in the corridor outside the door. Because of the crowd, they accidentally opened the wooden door that was just closed.
"Sorry sorry..."
The young man who fell into the room quickly retreated outside and closed the door, blocking a dozen pairs of curious eyes from outside.
"Sorry... there are very few outsiders coming to this town." The old mayor reluctantly apologized to Lu Li.
"It's okay, I am indeed an exorcist." Lu Li said.
"Then are you here to deal with them?" The old mayor's breathing became rapid, showing the same expectation and fear as Aunt Susan: "Or do you have a way to deal with them?"
Recalling the scene on Guangjing Lake, where hundreds of thousands of undead demons roamed beside wooden boats, and their power to pull people into hallucinations, Lu Li shook his head slightly.
"Yes... If they were really easy to deal with, they wouldn't occupy that lake all the time..." The old mayor sighed. "Mr. Lu Li, where are you going?"
"Spin City."
"I went there a few years ago..." the old mayor recalled. "It's far away from the town, and it's getting dark. You can rest overnight and set off tomorrow morning."
Lu Li didn't answer immediately.
He wanted to find Anna as soon as possible. But because of his eagerness to leave, Emin died.
You have learned your lesson, do you still want to continue taking risks regardless of danger?
Bang!
At this moment, the door was knocked open again.
The woman with a single ponytail whom Aunt Susan called "Elena" walked straight to the bed and looked down at Lu Li: "We saved you, you should help us."
"Elena." The old mayor scolded in a low voice and said to Lu Li apologetically: "She and Brother Gus brought you back from the lake. I hope you can forgive her for the offense."
"It's us! We brought it back!" There was a noise outside the door, and a young man loudly showed off to the surrounding townspeople.
The old mayor walked over and closed the wooden door to block out the noise.
Lu Li calmly raised his head and looked at Elena: "I will stay in the town for one night, and during this period I will try my best to help you find a way to end the first demon."
The old mayor expressed his gratitude. Regardless of whether Lu Li could solve the first demon, having an exorcist as a guest in the town always made people feel safe.
Elena nodded, left "I hope you can keep your word" and left the bedroom.
The old mayor had to explain to Lu Li that she meant no harm, and then drove away the curious townspeople outside the door, leaving only Abbey Lodge and Giles.
"It was our brothers who rescued you from the lake."
Abiluoqi took advantage of the opportunity and said to Lu Li, "There is also eldest sister."
"Thank you." Lu Li nodded and thanked.
Abbey Lodge looked excited and shook Giles who looked disgusted: "Did you hear that? An exorcist is thanking us!"
"Okay, let Mr. Exorcist have a good rest." The old mayor who came back had no choice but to drive away the two noisy guys.
"No."
Lu Li lifted up the quilt, walked barefoot to the wooden chair, put on his shoes and woolen coat, took out a stone badge, crushed it, and asked the old mayor for paper and pen.
"Please look for this kind of mark in the town." Lu Li handed the old mayor the paper with Mary Poppins' symbol on it.
Helen Town is not in the direct line between Thunder Castle and Rotary City, it is further up. But maybe Anna or Mary Poppins will pass through here.
Lu Li went to the living room downstairs and waited in front of the red-hot fireplace for the businessman to arrive.
The window outside the window gradually becomes dark, and a new night is approaching.
Half an hour later, the businessman appeared outside the door.
The nearest village to Helen Town is more than an hour away, but the whereabouts of the merchants have always been mysterious.
The old mayor, Aunt Susan, and the Gus brothers took over the upstairs.
Lu Li closed the wooden door and asked the businessman straight to the point: "Is there any information about the First Dead Demon?"
The closed door blocked the curious eyes of the townspeople, so they went to the window to look around again.
"350 contribution points." The downcast businessman replied. Without waiting for Lu Li to reply whether he was willing to pay, he said directly: "They are classified as evil spirits. They only exist in places with water. They usually move in groups and can use illusions.
Confuse humans. Humans dragged into the water by them have a certain chance of transforming into new first dead demons. The social structure is similar to that of an ant colony, with their king.”
"The first dead demon king?" Lu Li frowned, obviously this was not good news. "Does the king have wisdom?"
"1500 investigation points, yes."
"What are their weaknesses, or how to solve them."
"100 investigation points." It's cheaper to know how to deal with them than to understand them, because they are not powerful: "Any offensive homolog can damage them, such as the psychic gun."
"What about it?" Lu Li picked up the silent lighthouse.
The businessman paused for a moment and replied, "Okay."
This answer is sad. If Lu Li had thought of using a lighthouse on the lake, maybe the people on the boat and Ai Min would not have died.
