Chapter 420: Another Outbreak

The fire was not big, but it was particularly conspicuous in the ancient night.

Even the veil of the goddess of night was reflected red by the fire.

There shouldn't be so many people gathered in the city center at midnight, but unfortunately, there was the only tavern in the city next to the drying yard, and dozens of travelers who were driven to Noflan gathered in the tavern.

These depressed people were trapped in a dangerous city, everything was delayed, and they didn't know when they could leave safely. They drank to relieve their sorrows and stayed in the tavern every day until the early morning before returning to their residence to rest.

And tonight, the tavern caught fire.

The wooden tavern burned quickly, and it didn't take long for the flames to engulf the entire tavern, and there was a tendency to spread to the surrounding buildings.

In the blazing flames, dozens of people fled frantically on the drying yard, and screams of terror were heard.

The city's arson facilities were actually very complete, and there were firefighting tools everywhere, but no one was fighting the fire at this time. Most people were panicking on the drying yard, and the chaos around the drying yard seemed like the end of the world.

Because behind these dozens of people, there were seven or eight crazy attackers chasing.

With blood on the corners of their mouths, red eyes, tireless and swift steps, they closely chased after the fleeing people, occasionally knocking one down, and biting wildly amid the screams of the other party. For a while, crazy roars and desperate screams became the main theme of the drying yard.

Yes, the infection broke out among the travelers who were drinking in the tavern. The companions who were drinking and cursing loudly in the last moment suddenly turned into cannibalistic madmen in the next moment. The sober travelers fled everywhere, kicked over the wine barrels and knocked over the oil lamps in a panic, causing the tavern to fall into a sea of ​​fire, and finally rushed out of the tavern with the infected and ran into the drying yard.

Dark night, flames, swaying light and shadows, fleeing figures, infected people gnawing flesh and blood, and victims howling miserably.

When Lynch rushed to the drying yard with Judy, he saw such a nightmare scene, which made him feel like he was back in Raccoon Town.

"Don't put out the fire yet. Let the other brothers who come to support surround the scene, kill all the infected on the spot, and control all the injured. Don't let any of them escape."

Lin Qi came with the soldiers left behind in the fortress to reinforce the troops. When he saw this scene, he immediately gave orders loudly.

The soldiers were a little overwhelmed and wanted to prioritize firefighting according to their original training. Now, when they heard Lin Qi's order, they immediately became confident and shouted at their comrades who were patrolling the street, drew their weapons and rushed towards the infected.

The infected had no intelligence at all, and were driven entirely by appetite. Now there was food all over the ground, and they didn't care about the soldiers rushing over. The soldiers killed an infected person with a few axes, and soon calmed down the eight lunatics forever.

At this time, the travelers who were stopped in the drying yard felt safe. They didn't care about the blood and stains everywhere. They sat on the ground one by one, and many of them burst into tears on the spot.

But the soldiers were not idle. Many people had escaped from the drying yard before, and it is very likely that some of them were scratched and bitten, which were all dangerous hidden dangers. Fortunately, it was midnight, and most of the citizens had gone home to rest. The streets were empty, with only the frightened victims and patrolling soldiers, so they quickly gathered all the people who had run out of the tavern together again.

This was the fault of the city manager, and Norfolan would definitely take responsibility. Now the victims were counted on the spot, but those who were frightened could go home directly, and the City Lord's Mansion would send a verbal apology later. Those who were injured tonight could register their wounds on the spot, not only to enjoy free treatment, but also to receive a large amount of compensation tomorrow based on tonight's registration.

This was announced by the soldiers after listening to some people's mutterings. The victims who were crying and making a fuss immediately quieted down, and more than a dozen people immediately squeezed in front of the registered soldiers, vying to show their wounds.

No matter how big the wound was, they showed it to the soldiers. Some people pointed to the old wounds that were almost healed and said that they were caught today. Some people even secretly scratched their skin to disguise the wounds, and were proud of their cleverness while registering. After all, that was a large amount of compensation. These soldiers were like fools and could not tell the difference at all. It would be a waste if they didn't lie.

Lynch stood with Judy, watching the people in the square in the shadow of the building, without interfering. Everyone has the right to choose, but they must also accept the consequences of their choices, so I wish them good luck.

Soon, a soldier reported the results of the investigation.

Among the travelers who drank in the tavern, in addition to the innocent ordinary travelers implicated, there were also two real businessmen, both of whom were very rich.

The two usually lived in a good condition and were used to being pampered. Now they were trapped in this border town, and could only drink with inferior white bread and monotonous vegetables every day. They were fed up with it for the past two days.

As a result, one of the merchants got a lot of fine white bread, fresh fruits and bacon from somewhere today. The two of them were just like celebrating a festival. They took it to the tavern that night and called a few travelers who had been getting along well with them for the past two days to drink together.

So, in the envious eyes of dozens of stranded people, the eight people drank all night, ate all the exquisite food, and ate for three or four hours. When they were ready to leave, the eight people fell on the table one after another.

Then there was the lively scene just now.

Lin Qi could only shake his head helplessly. When the soldiers checked the batch of food in the afternoon, they visited almost all the citizens, but they obviously neglected these travelers, which almost caused a disaster.

But it was good this way, at least Lynch didn't have to worry about where the missing food went.

Seeing that the situation had been completely controlled, Lynch finally felt relieved, handed the scene over to the soldiers to deal with, and returned to the fort with a few people.

The fort was still dark, no different from when Lynch left.

The entire military camp was as quiet as a tomb, with no people at all. After all, the soldiers who stayed behind went to support the emergency scene. When the group left, only four soldiers were left in the camp.

However, when the group arrived at the door, they realized that something was wrong. The two sentinels standing guard at the door had fallen down, leaving two shocking huge wounds on their throats, almost cutting off half of the sentinels' necks.

At first glance, it was the wounds left by sharp claws. The victims dissected today all had such marks on their bodies.

Claw marks of ghouls.

Seeing that the comrade who had said goodbye to him an hour ago with laughter had turned into a corpse, the soldiers who had just returned were shocked and angry, shouting non-stop. Lynch ignored their reactions, motioned Judy to protect himself, and then approached the corpse.

Killed with one blow, clean and neat, not at all like those dead people imitated with tools. And the hideous wound was still bleeding, and the blood had not yet coagulated, obviously he had been dead for less than five minutes.

Lynch's heart sank, this might be done by a real ghoul, could it be the one hiding beside the city lord?

But what did he want to do by killing the guards and sneaking into the barracks? What attracted him in the barracks?

Did he want to destroy Dr. Swen's work? Or...

Thinking of the dozens of crazy infected people in the dungeon, Lynch subconsciously shuddered.