Why did only five people die in total when facing the Skeleton Master's heirs?
Why did the two people who "suffered a huge mental shock and went crazy on the spot" died because of "excessive injuries"?
Does it mean that the brain damage was too serious? Or did they know too much and were executed secretly?
This is a question that Annan has been puzzled by before.
Now Annan finally understands.
It's because the two people who were hit by the dirty blood bullets suffered the injuries of everyone else.
"So, you were also..."
"Yes."
Joseph nodded: "The bullet suddenly appeared in front of me, flowed back, penetrated my chest and back, and was sucked back from the back.
"That's when Amos stole my curse bearer. The two people who were hit in the shoulders and arms did not faint. Amos appeared behind me and took away my bracelet...
…I don’t know why he takes such a risk.
"But just because he was trying to steal my bracelet, Hiram came and hit him in the abdomen with a throwing knife. After that, I fainted.
"It is said that what happened later was that Amos called his 'painters' to cover him, and the police officers were dragged in place. Fortunately, Amos had no medical knowledge... before he escaped, he pulled out the throwing knife
He got out. This caused a lot of blood loss and he could no longer escape the police dogs - although he didn't escape in the first place..."
The wizard, who didn't know how long he lived, sighed.
"The reason why I am alive now is all because Hiram arrived in time and saved me. A police officer who was shot in the abdomen by a bullet, although he could not be saved, did not die immediately... This is the delay.
A short period of time will allow Hiram to transfer my injuries to him in time."
I see.
Annan understood.
Joseph was hit in the back by a dirty blood bullet... He was able to survive only because of Hiram's emergency milk.
Without this mouthful of milk, Joseph would have been completely cold by now.
"What happened next?"
Annan asked.
Hearing this, Joseph's expression became a little strange.
"later……"
He was silent for a moment and then answered: "By the time we got rid of the entanglement of those magic paintings, Amos had already disappeared.
"But for some reason, after he trapped us, he kept running upwards. No matter how long we were trapped, he would never be able to escape. Moreover, his internal organs had been damaged, and he had not healed them at all.
The ability to deal with injuries.
"To be on the safe side, we spread out our formation and searched carefully upwards layer by layer. But we didn't encounter any other traps after that. Until we reached the top floor and went up to the rooftop..."
Having said this, Joseph paused slightly.
He said softly: "That's when we saw Amos' body."
...corpse?
Annan was also stunned when he heard this.
"Is it because of... internal bleeding?"
"Certainly not."
Joseph answered with certainty: "It took more than half an hour from the time we were attacked on the fourth floor to the time we found Amos' body. But his body had been dead for some time.
"Judging from the time, Amos was already dead when we were still on the fourth floor."
Mr. Barker said slowly: "The pistol in his hand still had the last bullet, and the final cause of death was that he was hit in the heart by a dirty blood bullet. But the problem is that he was shot in the back...so we can only think that
, he was killed by his accomplices. And my carrier also disappeared at that time.
"After that, we encountered the monster burning with colorful flames. It was very scary... When it didn't attack, all our attacks could not hit it; and when it attacked, the person it attacked
The consciousness will be completely eliminated - from before it launches the attack to the end of the attack, they have no consciousness at all, no memory, and are completely unable to struggle or resist...
"Fortunately, we have more people. After a very hard battle, we used the two companions to share the fatal damage, and we were able to barely defeat it. But we couldn't really kill it, so we could only seal it.
"Fortunately, its attack was not strong. When it was attacked by us, it was just crying, and when it attacked us, it did not specifically attack its vitals. Its name is 'Angelo'...
"——We think it should be the unborn fetus in Ai Lei's belly."
Speaking of this, Joseph's voice was a little dry and hoarse.
His voice was choked, and he cleared his throat gently before continuing: "We sealed Angelo in the frozen water port. As for where...even I don't know. For this scene, he became
Nightmares, or memories retrieved by soul-stealing wizards, the Sheriff and I are responsible for half of the sealing. What I am responsible for is breaking up its soul and burying it in the earth. The Sheriff is responsible for hiding its body."
"...So, the curse of Frozen Water Port is the nightmare of Angelo's transformation after his death?"
Annan couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, Angelo, it is the curse spread in this land, but it has not completely died. The process of purifying this nightmare is the process of slowly eliminating it."
Joseph smiled bitterly: "You may call me weak... Since then, I have indeed not been as decisive as when I was young.
"I know that only by purifying the curse wrapped around Angelo can this matter be completely ended, and only then can Airei's resentment return to the earth. But I...
"...I'm still a little reluctant to part with it. After all, it is the last evidence that 'Ai Lei' has survived."
He sighed softly: "It's a lie to say I don't care. I know that purifying the nightmare will be good for Elle, Angelo, and Frozen Water Port. I just... hope that I can go back to the nightmare when I want to drink.
Take another look at Ai Lei."
After listening to his words, the room was silent for a brief moment.
Annan stared at this man.
Feeling Annan's gaze, Joseph sighed and looked away without any trace.
On the one hand, Joseph wanted to let Elle rest in peace, so that "Angelo" with his own blood flowing in his body could die simply, no longer lingering in the world full of resentment like a ghost. He also knew that the nightmare was just a nightmare.
The afterimages left by past events are not real history, nor are they another world...
But on the one hand, he still has an obsession with this past and cannot forget it.
Annan once asked Salvatore.
The police sergeant had already left Frozen Water Port a long time ago. It seemed that he was promoted the year after the incident ended, but it is not clear where he went.
Now in Frozen Water Port, the last survivor who experienced the events of that year...should be Joseph.
If he wanted to, it would be easy for him to purify this nightmare himself.
As for the nonsense about "if you don't have the carrying object on your body, you won't be able to gain power by purifying nightmares"... it's probably just an excuse to deceive yourself and others.
The curse on him that prevents him from traveling far and the sealed object he lost are not completely unsolvable events. As the mentor of the Wizard Tower, if Joseph activates his own connections, it is impossible for him to be trapped in the frozen water port for forty years.
Five years.
——Unless he doesn’t want to leave.
He wanted to watch the nightmare be purified, but he didn't want to do it himself.
He does not prevent others from purifying their nightmares, but he does not actively offer help to others.
Because he wants to end it all... but he can't forget it all.