Man in the old days, Lord of the Seven Sins

Chapter 74 Although they are alive, most of them are dead
The demon crawling in the black mist wrapped around Rhodes, roaring and ready to attack at any time.

Herbert raised his hand and said in a low voice:
"Can you put the gun down? I hope we can have a chat. After all, you don't want any accidents on Reiner's side, do you?"

"Accident? Why is there an accident?"

Rhodes reached out and pinched Herbert's head with the black leather glove in his left hand.

"Aesop, restrain him."

"Follow your orders, great master."

Countless black tentacles gushed out.

Under Herbert's shocked gaze, he was completely restrained and entangled.

"you"

"A boring threatening trick can only be crushed in the face of absolute power."

The whispers echoed in my ears like the evil spirits of hell.

Herbert found that his ability was like encountering a natural enemy, and at this moment it completely lost its effect.

"Fear, you stupid mortal, you actually want to threaten Aesop's master?"

The weird tone sounded in Herbert's ear, and the octopus head of Aesop's incarnation looked directly at Herbert.

"Let Master Aesop let you experience the horror of Tentacle Hell!"

The black tentacles swept across the black substance covering Herbert's body.

The purple and green light balls representing lust and greed floated from Aesop's body and poured into Rhodes' body.

Rhodes frowned, and under the mask, he looked at Aesop with a strange look.

This guy is getting better at playing.

"The poor-quality body transformed by the shoggoth meat is only worthy of being the lowest cultured body."

Aesop seemed to have discovered the secret of Herbert's body. The black tentacles forcibly pierced and tore the black substance trying to resist, and finally took out a black sticky ball from Herbert's body.

"Great master, this guy is really just a copy."

Aesop, who had participated in Rhode's experiment, could easily distinguish the ancient characters engraved on the black ball.

Herbert's body also gradually changed into another person's appearance after the black ball was taken out. His face even showed a look of relief before death melted away, and finally turned into a puddle of sticky black liquid.

Rhode squinted, put away the black ball, and looked towards the clinic not far away.

At this point, the guess in his heart was basically clear.

It was exactly as he expected.

The mouse hiding in the dark sewers deceived all the townspeople in Harlow with cheap and seductive words.

And all those who were deceived paid a high and cruel price for this.

in the forest.

The rain splashed on Lena's face.

With a pale face, he looked at everyone in the clearance team.

Anger and cruelty filled their faces.

"You bloody murderer!!"

"Reiner, you bastard, Dr. Herbert did so many things for us, why did you kill him!!!"

"Apologize with death!!!"

"Crack!"

The sound of the shotgun being loaded was accompanied by cursing.

A member of the clearance team pointed the shotgun at Reiner.

Reiner swallowed, although he was afraid, but he was ready to be killed.

Since it doesn't make sense, then prove your innocence with your life.

Bang!
Gunshots sounded.

The shotgun fell to the ground.

The team member covered his hand that was shot through with black mucus, and looked behind Reiner in fear.

John came out of the bushes.

His face was indifferent, but his tone was firm.

"You idiots! Reiner is not wrong, it's you who are wrong!"

"Look at each other, what have you become now!!!"

In the rain curtain, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and screams sounded.

Human skin seems to be peeling and falling off for some special reason, like sticky flour softened after being soaked in rain.

The black sticky substance slowly fell from the bodies of everyone.

Death is never far away, death is always there.

Ugly faces and grotesquely twisted figures swayed in this dark, gloomy forest.

At this moment, everyone in the clearance team seemed to have turned into the bad meat that had no bones and was completely corroded, piling up and merging, and a strange wail sounded in the black forest.

Fear permeated the hearts of everyone.

They couldn't even imagine why a person who was upright one second turned into a puddle of black sticky substance as if fused the next second, and still retained residual consciousness.

It's just that this consciousness became crazy after realizing that he had already become a monster.

Even including John, although before seeing this scene, he had some vague guesses in his heart, but after actually seeing this scene, what emerged in his heart was still fear.

Fear of the unknown.

Fear erodes the heart more than facing death.

Lena looked at the people around him.

Seems to realize something.

Everyone in the clearance team had died a long time ago.

Only my own luck was relatively better. I was only used as an experiment for ghoul poison, and after being reversed by that gentleman, I became a human again.

The murmur of ancient writing echoed through the forest.

A gray-robed figure came out of the darkness.

At this moment, the madness and gradually dissipating consciousness seemed to be artificially retained.

Light blue fireflies floated from the black sticky liquid.

The wandering of dead souls turned into a light blue sea of ​​souls, hovering around Margaret.

"Guided by destiny, the seven virtues will illuminate your progress."

Margaret put away the soul orb, and a black butterfly flew from the shadow of the forest and landed on Margaret's shoulder.

John leads Reiner towards Margaret.

"Let's go, he is waiting for us, the truth about this town will be revealed soon."

Looking at the soul hovering in the soul orb, Margaret's eyes flashed a trace of guilt.

"The truth? What truth are you talking about?"

John was puzzled. Although he knew that the person had conducted a night of research last night, he didn't know what the person had done.

"The town of Harlow is actually a dead town."

"Death town?"

John's pupils shrank.

He was shocked by what Margaret had said.

Although he was puzzled in his heart, John would not doubt the authority of that person at all.

Therefore, such a conclusion made John even more terrified.

As for Reiner, he's basking in the horrific truth right now.

Margaret shook her head, her eyes still full of confusion.

Even though Rhodes had told her everything this morning, she still hadn't absorbed the information she had gained.

"Although they are alive, most of them are dead."

This was the first sentence Rhodes spoke at that time.

"If it is not stopped, this small town will be completely swallowed by madness and darkness."

This is Rhodes' second sentence.

Margaret was puzzled, why Rhodes said they were all dead when most people seemed to be alive.

It wasn't until Rhodes showed her the truth that Margaret really realized what happened in this town.

"The truth hidden inside these black substances is like a heart that can swallow everything."

"The heart gives the townspeople new life, but when they are completely swallowed by the heart, they will be completely turned into the living dead."

"In the manuscript provided by West, the content of the last sentence is what that guy did to the people of Harlow."

"The dark heart controls the path of destiny, the dead are resurrected in the years, and the things that sleep in the eternal winter death mad mountain will be summoned."

(End of this chapter)