My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 136 Bran Castle
"Haha, we win, we win," Del shouted excitedly.

He saw Crown's harvest, two pheasants, a turtle dove, a hare and a deer.

Crown was puzzled: "What did you win?"

"Hey, I made some extra money." Del's cheeks were red and he hurriedly helped to get the prey.

When they returned to the campsite, many people's faces turned ugly.

"Yeah," Nick coughed twice and stretched out his hand in front of Liya.

"I didn't expect him to be a master. I was mistaken." The beauty captain gritted her teeth, took out three golden spirit coins and put them in the priest's hand, and then took out three more and handed them to Del.

Crown smiled and said: "To make money so easily, Father, you two must give me some benefits."

"Go back and buy you a drink." Nick took the gold spirit coin that Del returned and put it in his pocket, patting it with satisfaction.

"How could he beat me? I saw his shooting skills when we were in the car. His bullets never hit the prey. The most powerful shot was when it grazed the body of a hare." Lucas shouted in dissatisfaction.

"What if I'm aiming for the grass blades on the path where the hare passes?" Crowen said leisurely, his eyes looking at the jumping flames, his face showing neither sadness nor joy.

"You must have used some evil method."

"That's enough, Lucas," Liya reprimanded coldly: "If you're not convinced, you can compete again tomorrow, don't look like you can't afford to lose. Besides, it's not you who loses."

Jason took a deep look at Crown and looked away.

As night falls, during dinner, some people are happy and some are sad.

. . . .

After dinner, everyone sat around the campfire.

Fokine returned to the tent to sleep after nightfall, while Buster squatted at Crown's feet and ran around him happily.

Liya was holding a cigarette in her mouth, sitting on the gray leather cushion with one leg flat and the other upright.

Her body was as straight as a birch tree, and her eyes were as sharp as an eagle.

"According to the gathered intelligence, Bran Castle was abandoned 120 years ago. Its last owner was named Vlad, and he was a brutal lord. Rumor has it that this lord liked to impale his enemies entirely with long wooden sticks. around the castle.

After the death of this cruel lord, the place was abandoned. Some people say that you can see the lights of the castle lighting up at night, and all those who dare to break in will sleep there forever. "

Liya's voice had a hint of coldness, which was completely different from the carefree way she behaved in the afternoon.

She paused and continued: "According to the information from the surviving investigator, a powerful evil spirit and some vampires are now entrenched here."

Jason asked: "Why not let the surviving investigator join us in the investigation? He understands the situation, and many details may not be accurate enough."

Liya was silent for a while, then slowly said: "The investigator became alienated not long after he returned."

Alienation refers to changes in life forms, which can be divided into many types.For example, humans become werewolves, vampires, etc., or humans completely lose their consciousness as intelligent creatures after being possessed by evil spirits and become bloodthirsty evil things.

The saddest thing is that warriors who are dedicated to killing evil creatures have become the targets of death.

The air at the scene seemed to have become thicker, and the night wind could not dissolve the solemnity here.

After a while, Jason asked: "What kind of alienation?"

Understanding what kind of creature has been mutated can help make targeted defense and offensive arrangements.

Liya sighed: "Vampire, he transformed into a vampire, and then he was taken away by the church."

Being taken away by the church may lead to death.The warriors who have fought for this world will only say their final farewell to the world in the flames of the holy fire.

"My plan is to enter the castle to search during the day and try to keep the battle in the daytime. If no evil objects are found during the day, we will choose to enter at night. However, only second-level extraordinary beings will participate in the night operations. What do you think? Father?"

Nick nodded slightly and said: "A good plan, simple and effective. We will wait until we have more information to make other plans. I will add information about Bran Castle."

"Vlad did not die. In his later years, in order to pursue immortality, he performed several bloody rituals. He sacrificed most of his people and transformed himself into a vampire. He also transformed three of his lovers into vampires. , making the remaining territorial citizens into blood slaves.

Unlike that kind of hybrid vampire, Vlad has the ability of hallucination, hypnosis and telepathy. He can command animals such as mice, owls, bats, moths, foxes and wolves.The weather can also be manipulated to cause fog.He can change his appearance and transform into bats and mist.

The church conducted a siege, but it was not completely successful. All Vlad's blood slaves were killed, but he and one of his lovers escaped. "

"All parties take this incident very seriously because there has never been any precedent of evil spirits and dark creatures coexisting." After Nick finished speaking, he sighed silently in his heart.

Fanny told him a secret. After the red full moon appeared, it was easier for evil spirits to be born in the world, and it was very different from what the church had recorded before.

In the past, evil spirits would only possess people, devour their vitality, and then leave to find their next prey. They did not have those messy abilities.

But now, the abilities of evil spirits have become all kinds of strange.This situation is especially obvious after the gray fog falls.

After the investigation plan was formulated, the two captains began to determine the night watch situation.

Liya took the initiative and said: "Today we will stay till midnight, and we will take turns tomorrow."

"Okay, let's do it." Nick nodded, "Let's break up."

Crown stood up and asked a little embarrassedly: "Guys, can you sell me some pistol bullets? I practiced too many rounds today, and there isn't much left."

Lucas snorted and got into the tent, while his teammates shook their heads.

Liya said slowly: "Our team's long-range attack methods are all firearms, and we can't sell them to you now. We can only wait until we complete the mission to see if there are any leftovers. At that time, we can consider selling some to you."

At this time, Jason answered: "I have some here. I am equipped with a pistol but I don't use it often. I can give you 50 rounds at a time. Just return it to me when you get back."

"Thank you." Crown bowed. Although he didn't know that the originally cold person had suddenly become so friendly, he was still very happy that the other person lent him bullets.

"You're welcome, I like teammates who can help the team. I have to say, your marksmanship is good, maybe it can be of some use."

Jason took out the bullet, and Crown took out a brush from his backpack and began to draw a golden talisman on the bullet. The firelight reflected his focused face.

The roar of wild beasts sounded, and pairs of green or blue eyes lit up outside the campsite.

Sometimes, these beasts will fight together.

Jason added some dry wood to the fire and said: "When performing tasks in the wild, we often encounter various nocturnal creatures. As long as they do not step into the light range of our oil lamps and campfires, don't pay attention to them. Just keep them safe." Just be alert.

If they come out of the gray fog, don't hesitate to attack immediately, it's best to kill them.

Maybe this is just their temptation, but no one knows how many pairs of eyes are hidden in the darkness staring at us. If we can't quickly repel the first thing that approaches a safe distance from us, we will face endless harassment, and the whole night will be endless. Don't even try to sleep well. "

Jason lowered his voice and said softly: "This is also the reason why Liya chose to stay vigil in the middle of the night. She wanted to measure our abilities."

"I thought they were kind enough to stay up until midnight," Nelson muttered.A sarcastic sneer appeared on idiot Jason's face, and it disappeared in a flash.

Crown drew the talisman very quickly. In less than 15 minutes, all the bullets were painted with golden talismans.

He loaded his pistol with bullets, closed his eyes, and summoned a golden wall.

[Character: 1020/5000; Level [-]]

Drawing Talisman is now a blue skill. After upgrading to the second level, Crown discovered that the pattern of the talisman seal emphasizes the meaning rather than the shape, and does not pay attention to the perfect reproduction of the same proportion, so the speed of drawing the talisman is faster.

"Shua", there was a sound in the air, and something flew past quickly.

"Meow", Buster instantly exploded, ran to Croun's feet, and roared towards the sky.

Immediately afterwards, there were waves of low animal roars coming from all around the campsite.

The beast roared, the sound fading away.

"There are more powerful predators coming, and they can fly," Jason reminded.

"Swish"

"I saw it," Nelson said nervously as he raised his head to look carefully:
"Some are like the demonic bird that once attacked our camp, but its body is smaller, its head is more like a demon, and its speed is faster."

Nick leaned over: "It's up to you, Crown, show your skills."

"Look," Crown put down his pistol and quickly wound up his longbow.

Entering the rooms of the castle and searching, the inconvenience of bows and arrows becomes apparent.There weren't many bullets, so he had to use them sparingly.

In the hood of the car, the three female investigators were not asleep and were talking quietly.

"Captain, do you think they can handle the vigil in the first half of the night? People in the church don't like to use firearms, and there are always violent beatings during the vigil."

"It must be possible. They have at least two second-level transcendents. How could they not be able to watch the night? It depends on whether they are beautiful or exhausted when they complete the task. The person who defeated Lucas has good marksmanship and may be able to do it easily. A little bit."

"Hey, captain, how much did you lose today?"

"It's just over 100 gold shields, a small amount of money. I'm the banker."

Crown stood up, drew the bow string and looked at the sky. He dispersed his eyes and watched the movements of the entire sky.

Suddenly, the gray fog stirred in his vision, and a monster appeared.

What Nelson said was wrong. This was clearly a large bat. It has a body length of about 1.5 meters and a wingspan of three meters.

The bat was extremely fast. After diving, it pulled up and submerged into the gray mist again.

Crown's eyes immediately focused like an automatic aiming plug-in in a shooting game. After he predicted the monster's flight path, a golden light flew out.

The bow strings sounded softly, and the lingering sound lingered.A black shadow fell at this moment, landed on the top of the car hood, was bounced up again, and fell to the ground.

When the big bat fell onto the hood of the car, Liya immediately rolled over and exclaimed: "Enemy attack."

"Bang", the sound of a real object falling to the ground sounded.

Jason whistled: "Awesome."

Everyone in the tent and car hood rushed out.

Crown smiled and said: "Sorry, I don't have the ability to choose the landing place for my prey."

Liya approached the monster that fell to the ground and saw an arrow entering from its lower jaw, passing through the skull cavity, and shooting out from the top of its head.The arrow was shining with golden light, and there was a trace of white steam steaming from it.

The little episode of the vigil passed quickly, and the whole night was silent.

. . . .

In the early morning, the sun disperses the fog.

The two teams drove as close as possible to Bran Castle. When the steam locomotive was unable to enter, they left two team members to look after the vehicle while the others walked forward and entered the castle.

Crown recalled the terrain of this land and the distribution of the jungle. He remembered that there used to be a small river flowing from the edge of the castle, but now there was no sound of water at all.

Geography skills brought him this convenience, but geography cannot record the changes of time.

Everyone moved forward without saying a word, occasionally stopping to exchange information.

They must arrive at the castle as early as possible, otherwise, there will not be much time left for them to conduct reconnaissance, and they must leave time to return.Fortunately it is spring and the days are much longer than in winter.

Crown leaves Buster in the camp with only Raven Forkin.

He left the kitten in Nelson's care, but he was worried that the cat would encounter any sudden danger and could not escape from the animal bag, so he let it out and warned it carefully for a while.

He didn't expect that within half an hour, Buster would catch up with him and run around him like a puppy.

The extraordinary ones climbed for nearly two hours and finally arrived at the gate of the castle.

The door had long been damaged and decayed, and the nails on it were completely corroded by the weather.

One door panel is lying on the ground, and the other one is leaning against the wall. The green door knocker above silently tells the story of the past.

The high walls of the castle are covered with gray-green moss.Several juniper branches stretched out from the cracks in the high wall, and the branches were tightly entangled with wild grapevines.

Some tree roots covered with tumors and twisting and circling came out from the high walls, like the tentacles of the devil in hell extending out to threaten death.

There is a moat at the entrance of the castle, but it is only more than five meters wide and has long since dried up, leaving evidence that the missing river may have existed.

Crown felt a slight sting on the skin on the back of his neck, as if he had been bitten by an invisible mosquito.

"Quack, quack," Fu Jin called out impatiently.

At the top of the high wall that no one could see, a 'person' hidden in black clothes slowly stepped back and jumped from the high wall.

He seemed to be weightless, his black clothes floating in the air, and he entered a certain room in the castle.

"Meow", Buster growled lowly and made an attack motion.

"Let's go in, we'll have to investigate after all." Nick clenched the flail in his hand and walked into the shadow of the door.

Crown seemed to notice that the priest's body shook slightly.

(End of this chapter)