ebookland Chapter 153 Leaving the Village
Chapter 153 Leaving the Village
As for the underground cave space, Lin Hun was in no mood to walk around it after he came up.
I had almost walked this path before when I was chasing Brad. It was not only dark inside, but there were also countless forks in the road.
Even while chasing Brad in front of him, Lin Hun felt that he was almost lost. If he walked again, he would probably get killed in it. The time spent and the benefits were completely disproportionate.
However, there shouldn't be many fishmen in the cave. Those in the village were all burned, and they were probably almost dead too. Lin Hun was too lazy to go down another cave specially.
Breathing the much fresher air, Lin Hun walked towards the outside along the main road in the middle of the village.
"Gulu!" (The hunter is leaving! Everyone can come out now!)
The exploring fishman was extremely excited. He tiptoed along the wall and carefully returned to where the villagers were hiding.
The strange thing was that he had only been away for less than ten minutes, and half of the house was originally occupied by villagers, but now it was empty.
"Gu?" (Everyone? Where are they? Did they leave early?)
The thick layer of white ash piled on the ground was too conspicuous, and the fishman became a little anxious.
"Gugu!" (Why didn't anyone call me before they left?)
A warm feeling emerged from inside the body, and the exploring fishman then discovered that his palm was also burning with fire from the inside.
"Gululu." (So it's time for me too?)
Wherever the flames passed, only a cloud of dust was left behind.
The villagers inside the village have been completely liberated.
------
"Byron Weiss...Byron Weiss..."
"A blasphemous murderer... a demon thirsty for blood..."
"Because of your evil deeds... you will be punished by Kos's mother..."
After leaving the village, Lin Hun saw a fishman wearing rags in the distance. Judging from his attire, his status in the village should be almost the same as that of the elder priest. One could clearly feel the resentment permeating around him, and he kept muttering and cursing.
Lin Hun did not face any attack when he approached him. The fishman treated him as air and would only turn around and take a detour when he was blocking the way.
"Uh, hello?"
Since the fishman did not take the initiative to attack, Lin Hun adhered to his personal principles and did not take the initiative to attack, but just patted him on the shoulder.
Anyway, the fishmen had chopped so many people, and Lin Hun actually didn't care too much about their tattered clothes. After all, there was a layer of gloves to block them.
The fishman obviously paused for a moment. Lin Hun could feel that he glanced at him, but he immediately shifted his gaze as if he had seen something dirty. He slumped his waist and slipped away from Lin Hun's palm, continuing to mutter unrelated words.
"Forgive the poor child..."
"To atone for evil deeds..."
. . . . . .
The words spoken by this fishman were still quite clear human language, but he was still unable to communicate with humans. Lin Hun patiently listened to his mumblings while following him to the small stone beach outside the village.
Pieces of flat round stones were piled up into small stone towers, like tombstones. There were also some wooden boats on the water on both sides, and in each wooden boat there lay the body of a fishman like a coffin.
This is the cemetery belonging to the villagers of the fishing village. It was built at the entrance of the village to openly display the evil deeds of the old hunter and Byron Weiss that they denounced all the time.
"Hey! The reflection in the water is a bit strange!" Lin Hun temporarily ignored the fishman who was talking to himself madly and ran to the side to observe the water surface.
The fishman seemed to notice something, glanced at Lin Hun, and continued to move forward aimlessly.
The lake surface, like a silver mirror, reflected not the rock walls on both sides, but tall buildings. At least in the fishing village, Lin Hun had never seen such facilities before.
Lin Hun curiously thrust his sword into the water and stirred it vigorously. The ripples subsided before they even touched the distant reflection, and the distant reflection was not affected at all.
Lin Hun drew out his sword, and the water droplets that brushed across the surface swirled around his fingertips, icy cold and not sticky.
"This is normal water, but it's not that simple. There is a more realistic boundary on the water surface."
It was impossible for Lin Hun to clearly sense something was wrong and jump into the water to investigate. He could only speculate based on limited information that the calm water surface was just the boundary of the old hunter's dream.
This speculation is just a normal upside down reversal in the dream.
"If this is really the boundary between different levels of dreams, then it seems that there are other levels of dreams below. Am I climbing from top to bottom?"
Lin Hun smacked his lips and felt a little curious. According to the direction given by Cos, his destination was obviously under the water. The most direct way was to jump into the water and cross the boundary line. However, this method was not the normal route provided by Cos. It was still unclear whether it would work and required more testing.
Lin Hun looked around for suitable tools, but there was nothing to see on the barren rocky beach except for stones.
Without any hesitation, Lin Hun picked up a flat round stone from the top of the stone tower. This kind of stone with a flat surface is the good stone that everyone who loves skipping stones is looking for.
The fish man stopped talking, raised his feet and walked towards Lin Hun. He was obviously dissatisfied with Lin Hun's behavior, and the first sentence he said was a rebuke.
"You crude hunters, you are still so barbaric even after so long. Aren't you ashamed when you see your masterpiece?"
Lin Hun glanced at the fishman who was no longer pretending in confusion, and played with the stone in his hand, looking for a suitable way to hold it.
"Who told you I'm a hunter? You villagers are always judging people by their appearance."
The fishman was too lazy to engage in such a meaningless argument and tried to appeal to the emotions and reason of this guy who was obviously a new hunter. He just hoped that this hunter had not yet been blinded by killing and blood.
"These stone towers were built by the children in the village. I don't know where they got the news from, but they said that if you build a suitable stone tower with flat stones, you can get rid of the nightmare."
The fishman’s words aroused Lin Hun’s interest, and he stopped playing with the flat stone.
Now that he knew the origin of the stone tower, Lin Hun couldn't bear to destroy it. He put the stone back to where it came from and put it back on the top of the stone tower with a light touch. There was no shaking at all, which slightly calmed the fishman's dissatisfaction.
Talking about the children in the fishing village, Lin Hun found that he had not seen any children after walking around the fishing village. Although he could not tell who were children from their appearance, he had not seen any children who were obviously thin.
“Now tell me where the children of the fishing village have gone?”
"I have nothing to discuss with you hunters," the fishman explained hastily when he saw Lin Hun's hand reaching for the stone tower again. "Originally there were children everywhere here, but they all left the nightmare not long ago. A fire took them away."
This fishman was of a similar status to the priest, and he could more or less sense the nature of fire. Therefore, he was not sad about the disappearance of the children, but was happy that they could escape from the nightmare.
"It seems that what we did was not entirely a bad thing." This was one of the few things in the fishing village that made Lin Hun happy. At least some innocent children could be saved, and this action was not in vain.
Lin Hun, who was in a good mood, did not hesitate to show his kindness and took the initiative to remind the fishman, "Get ready. You should be the last one."
Although the villagers of the fishing village had disappeared, Lin Hun continued to destroy the stone towers that had been built with great effort. He walked through the middle of the stone towers, and the boat coffins on both sides were on fire. This was Lin Hun's promise to the priest, and also a howl of farewell.
The fishman also sensed something was wrong with the strange scene before him. He wanted to continue asking questions, but he didn't dare to open his mouth. He watched Lin Hun disappear before his eyes and the flames in the boat coffin went out one by one.
"You are definitely not a hunter. Who are you?"