The boy shook off the sawdust from his body. The strong smell of alcohol on his body was probably impossible to dissipate without going to the bathhouse and rubbing it for half an hour.
Of course, this problem is nothing compared to the guy standing in front of me.
"What on earth is it?"
The guy who was making a strange "gurgling" sound was about three to four meters tall and could reach the ceiling when he raised his head. The top of the white skull was pointed, like a goose egg.
Although the head is slightly deformed, its body is more like a super deformed body that was stitched together by a crazy alchemist.
In addition to the four extra-long skeletal hands about two meters long that were used to capture humans in front of the cave, this monster also has several skeletal hands extending the length of ordinary human arms on its huge body. Its huge and bloated body is made entirely of
It is pieced together from different parts of human bones including ribs, ulna, leg bones, etc.
Perhaps because the flesh and blood have been corroded by the long years, its whole body is pale and without any flesh and blood.
Judging from the number of bones and the size of its torso, the boy estimated that it had at least five human corpses fused together.
But its strength may not be as simple as matching five ordinary humans.
Katis, who was huddled behind the stone statue with Lan Ji, asked softly: "What should we... do now?"
The young man stared at the multi-handed undead in front of him who had not made any other actions yet. After taking a deep breath, he said: "You guys get out of here first."
Behind him were two non-combatants, Lan Ji and Katis. If he had to fight this undead, then he had to get these two people safe first.
And Lan Ji said with a trembling voice: "What about you? You are injured, so you can't deal with this monster, right?"
Lan Ji's voice sounded a little weak. Katis on the side noticed something strange about Lan Ji. She was shocked and said: "Miss, your shoulder."
At this time, Lan Ji's right hand was pressing on her left shoulder, and blood was flowing out from the gaps between her fingers.
"It's okay, just a little injury."
Lan Ji gritted her teeth and pulled out the foreign object stuck in her shoulder in one breath. It was a sharp wooden thorn, two inches long, and the small half including the tip was stained red with blood.
"You go first, don't worry about me, I know what's going on."
The young man noticed that Lan Ji was also injured, so the two people behind him were both wounded, and he himself was also seriously injured.
No matter how you look at it now, the three of them are not in a suitable state to fight. Here, only you have the possibility to fight against this undead. Even though your chances of winning against this undead are not great, it is still better than annihilating all three of them.
"good."
At this time, both Lan Ji and Katis had complicated expressions, but neither of them refused the young man's proposal.
After all, there is no room for humility at this time.
However, just when Lanji and Katdis tried to get out of the altar, this strange undead suddenly moved!
A white shadow hit them with a shrill sound of wind.
"Well!!"
Boom!
A hideous and terrifying bone hand hit the two of them on the road leading to the iron gate, and a terrible dent was made on the hard stone floor in front of them.
As a result, no one dares to take another step.
"Is it possible that this altar can prevent this guy from approaching?"
The young man was startled when he saw the undead that had been standing there suddenly making a move. Fortunately, this guy's target was not the two of them, otherwise he wouldn't be sure enough to be able to block this unusually thick bone hand.
"It should be. The formation of the altar should not be completely disabled. Although this monster can enter the basement, it cannot attack us in the altar."
Lan Ji, who was still in shock, also realized this important information. Up to now, the undead had not actively attacked them. They only responded when they were about to leave the altar. There must be a correlation.
Katiss's face turned pale and she said: "Doesn't that mean that we... are trapped here like this?"
The young man smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid yes, we can observe it again."
Then the three of them stayed in the altar in silence for a full quarter of an hour. During this period, this weird multi-handed undead made almost no other movements except occasionally shaking its oval-like head and making weird laughs.
At this time, the skeletal hand lying beside the iron door had been retracted, but the nearly half-foot-deep depression in the floor still made them dare not move rashly.
After a long silence, Lan Ji broke the calm first. She said: "It seems that as long as we are in the altar, we will be safe for the time being."
"That's how it should be."
The young man also relaxed slightly, but he still held the dagger in his hand and was always ready to fight. After carefully observing the multi-handed undead, the young man asked the two of them: "Do you know what this thing is?"
What? Why does it look so strange?"
Katdis said: "I only know that there are skeletons, evil spirits and corpses among the undead, but I have never heard of this thing."
Lan Ji pondered for a moment and then said: "I have heard of the 'Giant Skeleton Monster'. It is said that they can swallow other undead souls and let themselves grow. I don't know if this is just the case."
"The Giant Skeleton Monster? Do you know anything else about it?"
It was also the first time for the young man to hear this unfamiliar term. The undead is a taboo in this world. Almost all books on the study of the undead are classified as banned books. The people only retain some superficial knowledge of the undead through word of mouth.
Teenagers are no exception.
"They should be like other undead. They don't have any intelligence. They attack creatures based on instinct, but I don't know the rest."
Lan Ji actually didn't know much about the weird undead in front of her. Although she was well-read, the undead scholarship that touched on black magic was not allowed to be spread in orthodox books, so Lan Ji could only read some ancient books.
I learned a little bit about the undead from the ancient books.
It is said that the undead are jealous of the living that they have lost their vitality, so they will actively attack the living and sacrifice the living flesh and blood to the God of Death to calm their jealousy and gain the favor of the God of Death.
Therefore, this weird undead should not have self-awareness, it is just a killing machine that kills people on sight, so there is no possibility of negotiating with it.
After thinking for a moment, the young man said: "In this case... Judging from the previous reaction, this guy is very fast. If we can't find a way to hold it back, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave here."
After finishing his conclusion, the young man thought: How many seconds can I hold this guy off?
He was sure of stopping a long bone hand, but the opponent's most threatening bone hands had as many as four. Not to mention that this monster might have other attack methods, he could really do it now that he couldn't use his dominant hand.
Facing this terrifying undead alone?
After just thinking about it for a moment, the bloody image of himself being torn apart by those four skeletal hands popped into the young man's mind.
That's right, against this multi-handed undead, he has no chance of winning now. Once they fight, he may not be able to fight for a second before being torn into pieces.
Katis said tremblingly: "Then...then aren't we going to be trapped and die here?"
Although the boy did not express his judgment, Katiss did not think that any of them could hold back this monster. Regardless of the difficult question of who would be sacrificed, the more important thing at hand was: even if someone is sacrificed, it is very likely
There is no way to buy any time, they will be destroyed as soon as they leave the altar.
But staying within the protection range of the altar is not an option. Even if they can rely on the small amount of food stored by Lanji in the space bag for a while, they will starve to death here when the food and water are exhausted.
"Ah! That's right!"
Katis suddenly remembered something, and she said in a brisk tone:
"Others also know that we went down to the basement. If we don't go back, someone will definitely come looking for us."
Lan Ji retorted with a serious expression: "No, Katdis, by that time, I'm afraid something worse will happen."
Katis, who was still in a daze, repeated in confusion: "What's worse?"
The young man knew what Lan Ji meant. He stared at the iron gate and the corridor behind the iron gate solemnly and said: "Because this monster's attention is on us now, it doesn't want to leave here, but if anyone comes down from above,
If it attracts its attention, it may... run directly to the ground."
Yes, this monster still maintains a delicate balance with them. Although the situation is very bad, at least they are still in peace with each other until now.
However, if someone really comes to the basement to find out what is going on and opens the iron door that is ajar, they may open a door to hell.
If evil and filthy things of this level reach the ground, not only will the brothel be destroyed, but the entire neighborhood will probably be involved in a bloody disaster.
In fact, even if they choose to escape from here, they will probably attract this monster to the ground, and no one will be able to escape in the end.