Chapter 403 Shock

There are two types of ghouls, the crazy ghouls who are irrational, and the ordinary ghouls who are sane.

Those that Lynch had dealt with in the human world before, including the mountain elder Nikolai, were all ordinary ghouls, while those who had recovered from petrification in the ancient city of Zul'Glasar were all crazy. Ghoul.

Ordinary sane ghouls have both human and ghoul forms, and they prefer to maintain their human form and will only transform into ghoul form when fighting.

Therefore, Lynch was startled when he saw two ghouls in the distance. These two guys were maintaining their ghoul form.

He was more than two meters tall, with long claws extending from his fingers and toes, a protruding mouth like a wolf, and sharp teeth that shone like a shark.

Standard ghoul form, which made Lynch think they were about to attack. But it was soon discovered that the two of them were motionless, and seemed to have no intention of launching an attack, but simply maintained their ghoul appearance.

Do they eat fried cakes?

This was the only thought in Lynch's mind.

It's like Ultraman's transformation is not to fight the little monsters, but simply to maintain this form. Have you considered the feelings of the little monsters?

Although he was complaining crazily in his heart, Lin Qi did not act rashly. He just peered at the two ghouls from a distance. The other party seemed to be talking. He had obviously seen the four of them, but he had no intention of rushing over to bite them. , ignoring them at all, the two ghouls screamed for a while, as if they were quarreling. After arguing for a while, they seemed to reach a consensus, and suddenly rushed deep into the woods. After a few ups and downs, they disappeared from private sight. .

what's the situation? Why do the ghouls of the Third Age look like lunatics?

Lynch felt baffled and turned his questioning gaze to Miss Diana.

This girl's family has been dealing with the mountain people for thousands of years. Maybe they understand the other party's state?

However, looking at Diana's expression, she was even more confused than he was: "I've never heard that ghouls like to maintain their animal form. Elder Nikolai said that this is a psychological problem. Maintaining the animal form for a long time will cause the sanity to fade quickly. The longer the form lasts, the weaker the reason will be. Therefore, no ghoul will do this, because those who do so will become crazy ghouls. "

"That's strange. Are those two ghouls idle? And they also intend to hang out outside the city. I heard from travelers that their large army is still wandering a few kilometers away?"

Officer Natalie guessed: "Could it be that you want to scare people and force people outside into the city?"

"It's enough to scare people with a large force a few kilometers away. There is no need to get so close, otherwise you will be easily injured. The mystics of this era can still hurt them. And if you really want to scare people, you should run out and run wildly. There is no need to hide behind It's scary in the depths of the woods. It's more like they want to hide something here. Well, if you think about it, maintaining the ghoul form may have the same purpose. Do the people in the city know their identity? identity?"

Unfortunately, based on the current clues, Lynch could not analyze the ghoul's purpose. He was limited by the range of activities of the strange objects and could not follow them, so he had to give up in the end.

Fortunately, all the seeds that needed to be planted have been planted, and the incoming tasks have begun to progress steadily. The four of them did not stay any longer and rushed back to the city before the city gate closed.

Only when I came back did I realize that I was overthinking it. The quarantine operation at the city gate was still going on. Most of them had been let in, and there were still more than ten people left outside the door.

No wonder everyone loved the privilege. It was indeed a good thing. The four of them held the emblem of Terry Knight and were let into the city without any need for quarantine. When we returned to Dr. Swain's house, it was starting to get dark, but Dr. Swain hadn't come back yet. He was probably still studying the plague in the fortress, and he didn't know when he would remember to go home.

The appointment time with the crazy old man tonight is when the silver moon rises. In this season, it should be around ten o'clock in the evening. It is not yet seven o'clock. There is still enough time to take out the simplest thing from Miss Diana's bracelet. To stock up on food, I had a quick meal with lemon tuna as an appetizer, grilled oysters and pan-fried veal tenderloin as the main course, cucumber as a salad, and quail mince pie as the main course.

As a cannibal, Lynch did not complain about the shabby and fast food in the end. He just endured it very hard. In short, the four of them finally relaxed and enjoyed the rare free time since entering the memory.

It's actually a bit boring.

The key is that none of the four are brave and have no habit of rummaging through things in villagers' homes, so no one went up to the second floor to see Dr. Swain's room. After the four of them studied it, they simply went to the only tavern next to the drying yard. , Lynch was somewhat curious about the ghoul tribe near Norland and wanted to know more about it.

Because Lynch always feels that what is happening now is a bit strange.

The frightening ghoul attacks are now not caused by ghouls, but more and more people have confirmed that there are many ghouls haunting the area, and historically it was indeed the ghouls who invaded the city and massacred the entire city. , if nothing else, it should be the nearby ghoul tribe that did it.

What happened that year that caused the situation to develop in the worst direction? Could the two ghouls I met outside the city today be related to these things? And what is the purpose of the intervention of the Lord of Billions of Glory?

Lin Qi had many questions in his mind, but some of these questions should be answered tonight. Lin Qi was not in a hurry, and the four of them went to the tavern first.

This is the only entertainment facility in the town, and it was full before eight o'clock.

The tavern was full of travelers from other places, sighing and complaining about the helplessness of being in a dangerous place.

However, the four people ignored these travelers, but went directly to the farmers they met in the morning and talked about the nearby ghouls.

If you don't ask, you don't know. If you ask, you still don't know.

Even more confused.

The town of Noflan has been established for more than two hundred years, and the history of the ghoul tribe is longer than that of Noflan. In fact, when the city was established, the ghouls had already lived nearby. When Noflan was first built, it occasionally received help from ghouls. In the past two hundred years, ghouls often transformed into human forms and mixed into the city to live. Even if they were exposed, they just ran away quickly. The two sides have never hurt each other.

The relationship between the two sides is actually not bad. Although humans are a little scared, they can still maintain good neighborliness for two hundred years. In fact, it is not easy.

So no one took it seriously at first, only the travelers were worried, until someone was really killed, the farmers became nervous.

This should be the case in real history, so why would a good neighbor become the god of death? And so cruel, not even sparing children.

Lynch instinctively realized that the most critical secret hidden here is likely to be related to the success or failure of this mission.

Perhaps it depends on the madman who shouts about the arrival of ghouls every day to answer.

But according to the routines in those movies, this old man would not have been silenced.

Lynch was startled by his sudden worry. Seeing that the time was almost up, he hurried to the mill where the crazy old man usually lived, right next to the drying yard.

But as soon as he entered the mill, Lynch found that he had thought too much. The old man was leaning against the millstone, holding a bottle of wine stolen from somewhere and drinking it happily.

Upon seeing Lin Qi, the crazy old man grinned, revealing his half-missing front teeth. The first words he said made Lin Qi's heart sink to the bottom.

"You finally got out of that little ghoul's house."