Man in the old days, Lord of the Seven Sins

Chapter 136 Black Goat's Hoof (4k)

At noon on April 1588, 4 in the old calendar, the rain was getting heavier.

The torrential rain poured down instantly, without giving the residents of Old London any time to react. Most pedestrians on the street could only find nearby shops to take shelter from the rain.

Old London XC, along the River Thames.

The rush of rainwater did not flow into the rainwater dredging system of the urban sewer system that the old London government spent nearly ten million crowns to build along the sewer.

Instead, because the manhole covers were clogged with dirt and impurities, rainwater continued to pool on the streets.

The Thames, which was originally calm, also boiled because of the raging rain.

A large amount of filth from the river spread to the shore, and even a large number of dark black worms were mixed with it.

Although the Dagon Church has been dealt with, the seeds they sprinkled in the Thames River have already grown and flooded, becoming alien creatures that coexist with the Thames River.

A large number of fish and shrimp in the river are also parasitized by this kind of organisms.

Cindy sat on the bench under the eaves, hunched over, and squinted at the letter in his hand. This was a letter he had received from his mentor before. Because the text was too small, he needed to read it carefully one by one. .

On the contrary, he has a preliminary understanding of the relevant content of the letter.

About the deep sea that appeared near the old London sky, after the research of the mentor and his friends, it was confirmed that it was caused by the great demon.

Of course, the key factor in this may well be hidden in old London.

The deep sea of ​​the sky will only appear after a special summoning ceremony performed by a secret society of humans.

At the same time, the instructor also told Cindy to run quickly if he could leave.

Because they can't predict the level of the disaster this time.

Perhaps, at the moment when the deep sea dumps, the whole of old London will be destroyed.

This ancient city that stood at the front line against demons in the remaining human history will eventually be destroyed.

Cindy's eyebrows twitched together. In fact, he was informed of the evacuation by fellow wizards in Old London a few days ago.

But Cindy didn't want to leave. Apart from her granddaughter's affairs, she also had an agreement with a big shot.

Cindy smashed a mouthful of the pipe, exhaled a black smoke ring, and looked up silently at the deep sea where a shadow gradually appeared above the distant sky.

A haze flashed in his eyes.

Having experienced several disasters, he knows that the situation this time is different from the past.

After all, even the old London government sent three waves of personnel to investigate, and no news has been sent back even until now.

Of course, this news is very likely that they don't want to tell the public.

After all, the danger of some things, if informed at the beginning, will only cause unnecessary riots.

Cindy sighed silently.

He poured the ashes from the pipe on the ground, took out the shredded tobacco from the pouch on his waist, put it in, ignited it, and started to puff again.

At the same time, a small rune was engraved on his foot using the soot patterns under his feet.

This is the law of use of earth runes.

What can be done is generally some simple changes in the soil of the plot.

Accompanied by Cindy's skillful drawing of runes with his feet.

The magic power on his body was flowing, slowly spreading deep into the black runes under his feet.

The black runes were turning, and small pieces of soil of nearly 1 meter surrounding Cindy's house began to bulge.

It is still necessary to simply make a small waterproof system.

At the same time, Cindy stood up and walked towards the side of the hut along the eaves corridor.

There, in the manhole covers that have been cleared, rainwater is being drained.

After experiencing countless torrential rain events, Cindy has already had a complete logic and coping methods for how to deal with the flooding of the Thames River and the intrusion of rainwater.

As for his identity as a wizard, he didn't mind being exposed.

After all, his neighbors moved away for various reasons in his early years.

No one would want to be on a street where all sorts of spooky ghostly events happen from time to time.

Of course, all of this was made by Cindy.

In order to allow the granddaughter to have a good recovery environment and to be able to breathe fresh air frequently.

Cindy needs to create good conditions for her granddaughter to go out.

And today, as usual, is the granddaughter's day out.

"Grandpa, do you want to go out in this weather today?" Katisse's bloated body was filled with several bubbles, and a large amount of sticky liquid was flowing out. Her half swollen body became swollen again because of the previous experiments. Get weird.

Although the pungent bad smell of the past is gone, the horrible appearance like a pile of rotting meat is becoming more and more obvious.

If it wasn't for the fact that the other half of her body was still in a girlish posture, others might only think that Katisse was a vicious monster.

Of course, in fact, Kadice's current appearance has long been regarded as a monster and demon in the eyes of outsiders.

"Of course, my little friend, lovely Katie, Grandpa has already prepared it for you. Let's go shopping in the street for half an hour and then go home. In the afternoon, a sister will come to treat Katie."

Cindy's tone was full of hope.

Since Miss Margaret said it could be done, it must be done.

Others don't understand the pride of the Golden Lion family, but can Cindy, who has lived for so long, not understand it?
Moreover, regarding the curse, after finding out Margaret's identity, Cindy has already told her everything she knows.

After several exchanges, Cindy was also impressed by Margaret's personal charm and was willing to contribute her own strength to the princess of the Golden Lion family.

"Can't we not go?"

Katisse's figure hovered in the room.

She actually hated herself going out like this.

"Oh, Katie, exercising requires persistence. We can't give up what we insist on because of the weather. Come on! It's like when grandpa passed away, before he became a wizard, when grandpa was an apprentice, it was also because of persistence His outstanding qualities are the ones favored by the wizard."

Cindy smoked silently on his pipe and exhaled a smoke ring.

He naturally knew that his granddaughter refused to go out.

Even when he took his little granddaughter out at the beginning, he coaxed and lied to make the agreement, just to keep his granddaughter from sinking.

Only in this way can it barely resist the harm caused by the curse.

It has been going on for so many years, and Katisse's curse still only pollutes half of her body, which is fortunate.

"grandfather!"

"Isn't it because grandpa was too honest and was arrested by the wizard to do experiments, and he became a wizard by chance?"

Katisse whispered.

The expression on Cindy's face froze.

"Katice, grandpa didn't tell you."

"Okay, Grandpa, Katisse will remember, and she will stick to it, so don't worry."

Katisse tried to put on a strong face, but the years had passed.

She looked up at the mirror in the room that she broke with her own hands.

The cute little girl back then broke the only mirror after she dared not face the truth of everything that day.

She didn't want to see her ugly appearance again.

A trace of black mist appeared in her eyes.

Recently, for some unknown reason, Katisse could always hear some strange voices lingering in her ears.

Especially when I dislike everything my grandfather said.

That inexplicable voice always tried to get her to attack and even kill her grandpa.

It seems that only in this way can Kadice be truly free.

But Katisse has been holding on to herself.

Grandpa is the only one for her.

If grandpa hadn't chosen to stay in old London because of her, maybe grandpa would have become one of those legendary senior wizards long ago.

Instead of being a thin old man sitting at the door smoking a cigarette, hunched over, bent over, like a little old man.

"Grandpa, let's go, I'm ready."

Katisse paced out the door of the room.

At this moment, a vague phantom suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

That.
The weird and awkward voice appeared in Katice's ears again.

In sight, there seemed to be some creatures that looked like black goats.

Those things, it looks weird, like.
Katisse couldn't describe these things in words, it was like a monster like a black goat's hoof, inhabiting the black forest outside the city.

It seems to be calling itself.

The rotten flesh formed by a large number of twisted and bloated black cells gathered together, the sticky mouthparts of the elders and the dark black pupils were randomly combined, and a large number of weird things like tentacles waved in all directions.

"grandfather."

Katisse suddenly felt tired.

A feeling that seemed to want to return immediately poured out of the body.

Another part of Katisse's bloated and twisted body actually moved at this moment.

They are accepting the call from the blood and returning to their original bodies.

At this time, Cindy also discovered the abnormality of her granddaughter.

He threw down his pipe, and ran into the room at once.

"Katice, how are you? Do you feel better?"

Dark runes suddenly appeared around Katisse from four angles.

All the treatment methods that had been prepared were used by Cindy in one go, to relieve Katisse's terrible state at the moment.

Cindy frowned at Katice's current posture.

Think of what happened back then.

The spell from the evil magic book was guided into the body of his granddaughter.

"It really came! It really came! The evil curse blessed by that evil witch!!!"

A deep sense of powerlessness welled up in Cindy's heart.

Although I used the power of a wizard to temporarily control the intact part of my granddaughter's body, the other part of the cursed body that could not be controlled was constantly trying to return under the pull of the unknown body.

The disadvantage of doing this is that when the force majeure reaches its extreme, his granddaughter will be completely divided into two halves.

And this situation is not what Cindy wants to see.

Now there is only one way.

Cindy took a deep breath.

He took out bottles and cans from the room and put them all in his pocket.

After confirming that everything that should be taken has been taken, Cindy removed the restrictions on Katice.

"grandfather."

A weak voice sounded from Katie's mouth.

"Grandpa, I have always loved you. Without your care, I would have gone to see my mother that day. You have allowed me to live for so long. I am sorry that I am unable to make you live a happy life, but I hope that after I leave, you will be able to realize your past dream, Kadice, who has always hoped to see her grandpa become a powerful wizard."

"Grandpa, remember our agreement, Katisse will definitely work hard to survive, and Grandpa must live well too!!!"

Katisse's voice faded away.

The call from flesh and blood completely caused Katisse's demon half body to go into a runaway state. She rushed to open the door of the hut and headed for the forest on the outskirts of Old London.

Cindy's eyes were red.

"Katice, grandpa will prove to you that grandpa has long been the most powerful wizard, and in your heart, grandpa has always been the strongest."

After Cindy left a message on the paper that she had something to go out temporarily, she took her luggage, left the hut, and disappeared into the rain.

In the afternoon, the rain got heavier.

The rapid torrential rain slapped on the galloping carriage.

Old Moore, who had replaced the coachman of the Golden Lion family, was driving the carriage crazily under the rain.

There were hardly any pedestrians on the street, and his face showed excitement and carefree emotions.

It's been a long time since I ran like this.

In the carriage, Rhodes sat as firmly as a mountain.

He has long been accustomed to the driving habits of Old Moore, and he has been able to skillfully control his body to follow the movement of the carriage to perform relative movements to maintain the balance of his body.

As for Margaret, it is hanging on Rhodes at the moment.

How should I put it, after all, compared with embarrassment, at least it is more stable than making a fool of yourself. Anyway, she can't suffer any disadvantages if she is blocked by armor.

On the contrary, Rhode's chest felt a little uncomfortable.

"Sorry, Rhodes, I'm just curious, where did you find such a coachman?"

Margaret asked quietly.

Rhodes chuckled and shook his head, and whispered something about Old Moore in Margaret's ear.

Margaret immediately turned serious.

"There will be such a thing, but it's good now, let him follow you, at least you can have a thought."

Margaret nodded, affirming Rhode's behavior.

"Mr. Rhodes, here we are."

Old Moore's voice came from outside the carriage.

Rhodes took out his pocket watch to check the time. It took a total of 13 minutes to travel from the orphanage to the XC district of Old London. It took an ordinary driver 30 minutes to complete the journey, and it was still raining.

Margaret followed Rhodes out of the carriage, and at the same time gave Old Moore a thumbs up.

"Sir, your skills surprised me. If Mr. Rhodes hadn't hired you, I would have hired you as my grandfather's coachman. He has always been a quick-tempered man, and none of the coachmen in the family is satisfactory to him. "

Margaret said quite solemnly.

"Are you talking about Mr. Adams? He also rode in my car when he was young, and he almost beat me up at that time, hahahaha."

Old Moore seemed to know Margaret's grandfather, and actually started Adams' joke.

Margaret didn't expect that the coachman would know her grandfather, so she covered her mouth and laughed.

The two chatted for a moment, and Rhodes, who had walked into Cindy's house earlier, came out again.

He handed a piece of paper to Margaret with a solemn expression.

"Cindy's granddaughter had an accident and he went to the suburbs."

What happened was recorded in detail on the paper, but it was necessary to find out where it was outside the city.

"It seems that we have to continue on our way, Old Moore, are you still in spirit?" Rhodes glanced at Old Moore, the little old man touched his red nose, and secretly took out an iron from his pocket. pot.

"If you let Old Moore take a sip, Old Moore can lead you to find that gentleman. This is Old Moore's intuition, or a special talent, and he has never made a mistake for so many years."

Old Moore said seriously.

After drinking, he has a driving state in a daze, and in this state, he can find the target he needs to find.

Under such circumstances, Old Moore could always hear some strange voices coming from his ears, as if guiding him to find the truth.

Rhodes looked at Margaret, and Margaret nodded.

"Well, that's settled then."

"Oh, Old Moore will definitely complete the task successfully!"

(End of this chapter)