Path of the Dead Prequel: Wings of Silver

In front of him, Krys calmly finished smoking a cigarette, then put his hands behind his back and paced in front of him, waiting for our final decision. Looking at her, I knew that she was hiding more secrets besides that. As long as she was not discovered, she would continue to lie. The most taboo thing about teamwork is for each other to have ulterior motives. Of course, she has her reasons, and she may eventually reveal them, or she may not at all.

I don't know what kind of feelings I have for her at this moment. If I look at the shocking glimpse I saw in the cat's blood shackles a long time ago, I should love her. It was a solitary figure, and the tears of joy after seeing an old friend made me want to hold this poor girl deeply in my arms and say,"My wife, you have suffered." However, it was the same woman who held Krys' body hostage and ordered her around like a mother, which made me both repelled and disgusted. The world of Xiaoying can span a long time, even before she was born. She must have another ending trapped outside the pocket universe. What she has experienced and how much she has lost is hard for me to imagine. So, I didn't want answers from her, just honesty and a tiny bit of respect for me.

Thinking of this, I nodded heavily and asked her to promise that everything from now on would have to be made clear and she would not have any evil intentions. The waitress was a woman with no independent opinions. When she saw my promise, she nodded along with her and planned to open the rotten iron door.

"Wait, it's not too late to heal your injuries before chasing after you."Krys raised his hand, pointed at us who were bleeding profusely, and said:"Give me the salt bombs. Don't think that ghosts are inherently indestructible. People have pain, dizziness, and profuse blood flow. After appreciating them all, he will also fall to the ground and die! The same goes for us old monsters. So, let me witness some miracles for you."

We didn't know what she wanted to do with the salt bombs. Krys took it and moved it to the mimeograph machine. He found a vise and clamped the bullets and twisted them left and right to remove the rough salt grains. She tore the linen skirt and asked me to lift it with my help. Take the back of a boning knife and apply a little on the incision on the lower abdomen. When the salt particles touch the skin, they immediately burn and create a choking smoke. After removing the blade, the wound actually closed and stayed in its original position. There was a scar like an earthworm, and after another half a minute, it had disappeared without a trace except for blood stains.

"As long as you control the amount, you can always repair yourself. The ghost does not need to be hospitalized and put on an intravenous drip. Anything that can damage the structure, like a soldering iron, can quickly sterilize and stop bleeding. She dipped a little of it with her finger, put it in her mouth, and smiled:"And this is not real blood. It is actually a kind of sweet honeydew. If you don't believe it, try it.""

I don't have the hobby of sucking my own blood, but I still took a lick curiously. Sure enough, there was an indescribable sweetness, which was much more acceptable than the stench of Skullcrusher crab egg yolk. Following Krys' explanation, the three of us I found a corner and filled all the wounds all over my body. Although it couldn't help anything, at least the blood was contained and the person would not walk tremblingly.

I was just marveling at this magical physique when suddenly Feeling a chill on my cheeks, I looked sideways. Krys came over quietly, picked up Ingram's half-cut finger, and pressed it against my cheekbone. Then she stepped away, covering her mouth and smiling evilly.

"You're starting to be mean again, aren't you? Is this fun?"The severed finger just touched the melted flesh and quickly merged into one. When I stretched out my hand to pull it, it was as inseparable as a root. Who has half a middle finger on his face? How can I pick up girls with this look? Angry and anxious, he shouted:"You have to have a sense of moderation when joking, I don't care, you silly girl must get it off!""

"Please beg me more." She deliberately pretended to be scared, her mouth opened wide and her eyes widened, then she patted my back and laughed and said,"Unless you use a knife, but then you will be disfigured, go to I won’t be able to get any girls in the end, so I’d better save my money."

When I was about to have a life-and-death quarrel with her, the widow raised her eyes and suddenly asked:"Are you planning to use him as bait?"

Krys nodded silently, pointed at the three of us and said that I was the only male. It turned out that this guy was not joking, but had planned it. Seeing that they are all knowledgeable people, I will press the widow to answer , what happened to the human bait?

"I don’t understand something as trivial as touching my finger, so I’ll explain it to you."Seeing that the widow was thinking about it and couldn't come up with an answer, Krys looked at the excitement as if nothing happened. She held my shoulder and said proudly:"Don't be surprised, this is actually a kind of magic that our Dharma masters are good at. , called Azusa. The demon spirit that first appeared in the nightmare was Ingram, is there no doubt about it? This man is inseparable from him, whether in reality or in fantasy. That's why it has to graft its severed fingers onto your body. Then you will naturally become Ingram in the eyes of the sheep. So when it sees you, it will actively chase you!"

"I don’t care about my life, so what are you two doing? Do you want to see me make a fool of myself? Seeing that the wound was filled up, I stood up and walked towards the rotten door and asked,"One more thing. We have fought with Ligeia several times. We don't necessarily want to keep playing with her, right?""

"Now I have to give you a general lesson on demon souls. Don't worry, let our main force, the half-demon, rest for a while."She also climbed up with me, came to the iron gate, kicked it, and said with a smile:"As long as we go out of this gate, we will never come back again. A particularly powerful demon like the Yiyang is better at shackles than ordinary demon spirits. So what the hell is this heart-shackle square mirror? It is actually a solidified body in space like an ice cube, which contains the special memory of the sheep, so it can use it as its home field. Of course we won't fight it endlessly, but how do we tell how many home games are left? The specifics depend on how many times the engraving has been performed. In other words, the next battlefield is the final Heart Shackle Square Mirror!"

"Are you saying that the next fierce battle will determine the winner?"The waitress also got up quickly, started sorting weapons and adjusting her lapels, and said:"We can't afford to waste time to deal with it in one go, and we don't know what the situation is over there with the Soul Scythe."

"They were actually in a similar nightmare environment, but because I was the first to be trapped, they were on the next level. If it's hard to understand, just think of it as the second level of hell. What danger can arise when there is strength in numbers? Grant's crown-haired cloud will surely be at your fingertips! Hey, it’s us who should worry! Seeing that we were ready, Krys straightened his chest and took a deep breath. Suddenly he turned to look at me and asked,"Eh?" I just remembered that when you were fighting with that black-robed sheep, you said you had a question"

"Yes, there was one thing that I still couldn't figure out, and then I didn't have time to take care of it when the fight started. I thought for a moment, lit three more cigarettes, handed them to the two women respectively, and said,"For the first time, the engravings took us to the park in the middle of the street. Do you remember?""

"Yes, why is this strange? The widow took a deep breath, put her hands behind her back and asked,"I was jumped on my own by the sheep's flash.""

"The problem lies in this! So that you two old bitches can keep up with my unfathomable wisdom, let's label this whole nightmare. For example, the Xinshao Square Mirror is divided into first, second and third. The third mirror was the cellar, and I waited until it was bleeding profusely and finally broke it; the second mirror was here, and it made me, who was experienced and courageous, beat me away. Naturally, we have one last critical hurdle left, which is the first square mirror."Having said this, I turned to stare at Luna and asked:"Since you, the genus of the zodiac, move with the sheep, why are we not at Downton Bookstore, but near Ingram's house? Why?"

"What do you want to say? Eh? Is it because the Bone Scavengers and Black Orders are nearby?"Krys bit his lower lip and thought, and said to himself:"This is certainly very strange, but what I think is even more strange is, why are they there? This is not the hall they manage. Could it be that someone is pretending to be a thug from the dark world and mingling among the rough guys?"

"The point is not about the skinny priest and the fat man who likes to shave his head. What I mean is that no matter how powerful the sheep are, they can't eat Dead Sea coarse salt. This rare thing is more terrifying than black iron filings, so Eubisio needs to prepare it in large quantities. hair. But I fired at least fifteen shots at Ingram and hit him with bullets. Why didn't this guy react at all? It's like hitting an inflatable doll! From this point of view, I can't help but wonder, could it be that he is a genius at lying and can even tell lies about nightmares? Did he actually die in a certain section of the vortex?"

"It would be terrible if it were as you surmise. Krys shuddered, hugged my arm, and clucked his tongue:"Actually, the love triangle between a man and a woman has always been a mystery. People of your time, people of my time." , unable to figure out the whole story. Precisely because it is difficult to understand, we will put it aside and ignore it. However, in fact, this mystery always exists and cannot be avoided. Besson, I know what you're afraid of, and yes, I'm scared too. And if he is the murderer of Ligeia and Grant, then I don’t dare to think deeply about what this guy will evolve into."

"Okay, stop rambling on and on, why don’t you just go and witness it with your own eyes? Even if we have friendship with you, we can't compare with our companions who are trapped in unknown predicaments!"The widow didn't wait for her to finish speaking. She opened the door suddenly and kicked me out.

Luna's vague shout passed through her ears, and then nothing more happened. When her eyes were clear and she could distinguish her surroundings. , I found myself standing in the stairwell of a five-story dilapidated building for no reason, with paint buckets and scaffolding piled around, and the air was full of the smell of wood. There was no one inside or outside the door, except for an old-fashioned floor-length quilt. The person was thrown into the pile of debris, but the hour hand could still move, showing the time as twelve noon. Looking outside the building, the sun was strong, a group of spotted pigeons were flying in the sky, and there were obviously a lot more people walking around. Everyone is wearing autumn clothes, it should be an autumn afternoon

"This is strange. I clearly remember that it was an evening when the sun was setting after I was dragged into the nightmare. How come it turned out to be broad daylight after a few minutes?"I scratched my head and walked to the window sill to take a look. The scenery in front of me was very familiar. Eighty steps away was a garden in the middle of the street, with a strip of white water behind it. The tourists had changed a lot, and there were obviously more people. The only thing that remained unchanged was the old-fashioned The priest and the fat man with oily and sweaty faces still stayed where they were. They didn't seem to get up and chase us deeper into the alley.

I hid behind the door panel, poked my feet outside the building, and then moved half of the body out. It didn't matter. The magic can restrain me. Seeing this, I felt at ease, retracted my back and turned to look at another window, and soon saw the alleyway where I was waiting to stand.

"Could it be that this is a broken building?"I was secretly surprised, and started comparing with my hands. After some calculations, I found that this overhauled slab building was actually Ingram's residence, but this scene happened earlier, and the iron fence had not been installed at that time. Yes, I remember this correctly. I once possessed him and went out to ride a bicycle to a church in the distance.

Thinking of this, I could only return to the stairwell in despair and search for traces of Krys and Luna. These two people won't kick me out and still stay in the printing room, right? They seem to have said that they want to use me as bait. Although I am brave and strong, I will still be somewhat timid when facing the sheep alone. As long as this thing appears , there would be a frightening cold wind blowing in my heart, which was hair-raising.

I checked the weapons and ammunition again and again, making sure the safety was on, and started to climb the stairs slowly, trying to keep myself under the sun. Although on Oushizhu Street At a glance, I knew they were not afraid of natural light, but I always felt that it would give me some confidence. Not far away, I saw a torn-down board wall with a big hole in the center, mixed with rotten and burnt I finally understood why it needed to be overhauled. This kind of burn marks showed that this building had been struck by lightning not long ago, which happened to hit the main core wall, causing the dilapidated building that was already dangerous to collapse, so it was Hire someone to make emergency repairs to ensure it can still be inhabited.

Ingram in The Nightmare lives in a dilapidated attic, which also indicates that I should keep going up, reaching the top floor and then climb higher. Go up another floor , this place is even worse than the ground below. Half of the wooden walls are empty, so that the stairs collapsed, and people need to rely on the connecting wooden boards of the scaffolding to pass. Looking at the closed doors around, I estimate that there are ten people living on each floor. There must be many people, including young and old. How did they get downstairs? I was thinking wildly when I suddenly felt the broken door behind me being opened, and a dark figure flashed out. My scalp was numb and my white hair was sweating. He got up and hurriedly slashed backwards with the boning knife, only to hear a click. The back of the knife was three inches below the door frame. The figure was extremely flexible and had already moved in front of me, holding a sharp blade against my neck.

"Are you crazy, just killing me without even looking? My eyesight has not recovered yet!"The old woman in mourning clothes pushed me angrily, put away her scythe, looked around, and asked:"Where are the Freesia people? I thought you were walking together."

I walked side by side with her and started heading towards Ingram's residence. Along the way, Luna said, after pushing me out the door, they didn't waste a moment and followed me out. However, when they understood the environment, she discovered I am sitting on a wicker chair in a certain house. So, if I have walked downstairs, Krys should be on the upper floors. Obviously, the surprise attack failed, and the sheep did not show up at all. Maybe he is hiding now He was observing us in a dark corner, racking his brains to plan a trap.

As we were chatting, a head popped out from the corner of the stairs on the fifth floor and waved at us. When we got closer, we saw that it was Krys. For some reason she Her whole body was wet, and her linen skirt was tightened around her body, showing her graceful lines. After she said angrily, she walked out of the door and fell directly into a bathtub, making her whole body smell of washing powder. No matter what, everyone was here. , then the last thing to confirm is to go to Ingram's attic. If nothing happens, this broken house should be the place for the decisive battle.

Across the corner of the fifth floor is a crooked wooden ladder, which can be moved. , people who climb into the attic will pull it back when they are about to fall asleep, and put it back in the same place the next morning. This is the first time I have seen this structure, and I feel particularly weird, but for the waitress It's not so unfamiliar. Luna said that in the long past, this kind of attic was used by homeless people as a home, also called a pavilion. It was originally used as a useless place to pile up debris in the whole building. If it was rented out, it would only cost One-third of the rent of other people's homes, so most of the people living there are very poor. The reason why they have to close the stairs is because they are worried about others going up to steal things. This also shows that the stairs in his home The lock on the house door was broken, or maybe not locked at all.

However, when I pushed the broken door open with a creak, I was dumbfounded. This place must be the place I visited in the nightmare, but the residents had already moved away, and the whole house was The house was empty, and the rotten wood was full of tooth-yellow furniture indentations and wall plaster. Except for a few rattan boxes at the corners, there wasn't even a piece of paper in the room.

"Eh? It’s hard for me to say anything about this. I clearly remember that the whole room was full of clutter, so why was no one living in it? Could it be that the era is wrong? Or is it not fifty years at all?"I was confused. I walked into the shabby room and lay down on the ground to check.

"Could it be that the window was open and the sheep were afraid of light and hid? This is unreasonable. It desperately wants to return to the Vortex, and its desire to kill us is extremely strong."Krys followed him in and reached out to close several transom windows. The dilapidated house without light suddenly became pitch black, so much so that I had to turn on my headlamp to see the surrounding environment clearly.

"I suddenly remembered something, which Soul Scythe mentioned yesterday,"The widow dropped four flying scythes on the ground, each with its blades pointing in one direction. According to her, this formation was called Spider Cutting, and it was specially used to warn against sneak attacks by evil spirits.