Chapter 24 Half Man Half World
Chapter 24 Half Man Half World
"Don't be rude."
The man who was obviously the master said: "You are a member of the shogunate, you should pay attention to your words and deeds when you go out, so as not to damage the face of the shogunate."
The speaker stood dignified, with a square face and thick eyebrows. Although he could not be called handsome, he had the majestic appearance of a leader at first glance.
He was accompanied by two attendants, a man and a woman. He was dressed in a dark blue kimono, which was quite simple, and the slightly shiny high-quality material showed his unusual identity.
"It's just a piece of clothing, there is no need to argue." He said, "Since this little friend is so well dressed, let him wear it."
"But my lord..." The attendant disagreed very much, "The shogunate must be distinguished from ordinary people and even samurai. Besides, if they have ulterior motives and take this opportunity to poison their clothes, then they deserve death .”
His master didn't say anything to stop him anymore, he looked a little hesitant.
The entourage strode up to the eyes and said sharply, "Take off your clothes!"
Lin Qingquan pulled his eyes behind his head, raised his chin slightly, and said to his followers: "Don't take it off."
The entourage became annoyed, and then sneered: "Do you know who my master is? He is the son of the general today, and the person who will rule the world in the future. If you see the son of the general but don't be polite, you will lose your blessing. Now grab If you don’t return the clothes and try to take possession of them, you don’t deserve virtue! If you don’t deserve virtue, there will be disasters!”
He jumped over, trying to forcefully pull the kimono off Mumu's body.
Scarred hands grabbed him.
The attendant was taken aback, and through a layer of translucent veil of the bamboo hat, he could vaguely see the face under the bamboo hat.Its skin is uneven, dense and dark scars stretch across the entire face, as if it has been swept by a fire, it is very terrifying, it has nothing to do with a human face.
"Monster... monster!"
The entourage was shocked, and quickly clamped the hanging yarn with his fingers, trying to take off the bamboo hat.
At this moment, the corpse spot spread rapidly, like a billowing dark cloud, covering his whole body in a surging momentum.
The attendant was covered in bruises and fell to the ground, dying.
The maids in the silkworm house were all terrified, and they screamed again and again.Especially the maid who came with him fainted from fright.
The general's son's face was pale, but his family education from the shogunate still allowed him to maintain his majesty.He just staggered back a few steps, at least he didn't slump on the ground.
"It's the Corpse Spot Demon!" Watermelon exclaimed, "That's it, the one that killed the gypsy and Jing Ani's guards! Up to now, Jing Ani has corpse spots on her body."
Lin Qingquan squatted down, grabbed the hand of the entourage, observed it calmly for a while, and then put it down.These corpse spots that can flow to death look no different from ordinary corpse spots.
Looking down, I saw the feet of the entourage.
The attendant's straw sandals were soaked in water, dripping wet, and water continuously seeped from the seams of the straw weaving, forming dark watermarks on the silk floor mat.It seems that the rash is rooted in it. It is painful and itchy, and it slowly expands and gradually infects the surrounding area.
On the sole of the shoe, a pink and white cherry blossom petal was stuck.
Watermelon slapped his head, jumped up and said, "Isn't this cherry blossom petal from that floating corpse in the stream?! Speaking of which, how come there are cherry blossoms on the soles of his shoes?"
The general's son spoke from the side: "When we crossed the bridge, we found a floating corpse at the bottom of the bridge. To be safe, my entourage went into the stream to check the situation. It must have been touched at that time."
Lin Qingquan frowned suddenly, "What's the season now?"
"Of course it was summer, early July." As soon as Xigua's words came out, he realized something was wrong, his expression changed, and he said in horror, "No, there are no cherry blossoms at this time. Cherry blossoms only bloom in late spring. It has faded away long ago..."
Something went wrong—
There must be a demon.
At this time, the sound of gurgling water came from outside the silkworm house, and the sound of water was getting closer.
Finally the sound of water reached the door.The dark brook poured in, gilding it with gold in the warm firelight of golden orange.There are pieces of cherry blossoms floating on the water, fluctuating faintly, like a few pink and white paints dotted on the gilt, the scene is quite beautiful.
Under the cherry blossom petals, a black and purple swollen corpse with its face down rushed in.
I couldn't see clearly at night.At this moment, by the light of the fire, Lin Qingquan discovered that this floating corpse did not have below the waist, that is, only the upper body.
In the chest cavity of this half-body floating corpse, he saw the internal organs that were still functioning normally, including a beating heart.
This is undoubtedly the devil.
It moved here from the bridge.
"Ahh..." the maids shouted one after another, their faces paled, and they left their kimonos and wooden trays and scattered away, running desperately in the stream overflowing their calves.
The maid who fainted from fright floated on the surface of the water, motionless, her long black hair was like some kind of multi-legged insect, fluttering in the water with its fangs and claws.
The general's son drew his sword in a hurry.But the legs and feet were trembling, it was really a stern look.
"Sure enough, it's a demon." Lin Qingquan said, "But this time the demon is a bit strange, it's different from the ones I've encountered before. How could it be half a corpse with water with it?"
"You don't understand. This is half-human, half-world, which means that the devil is half human and half the body. You can compare it to a monster with a human head and a lion's body, or a half-human, half-horse monster in the legend of the story." Watermelon's eyeball Turning around, there is a kind of pride in learning more information.
"The power of a demon is limited, and its abilities are different in different states. When a demon transforms into a human form, its intelligence is strong and its force is weak; when it transforms into a world, its intelligence is weak and its force is strong. It is necessary to find a balance point in force, and to combine the two to achieve the best effect."
Lin Qingquan understood in seconds.
operations research.This is operations research.
Distribute limited power to different places to achieve maximum value.
"However, how to transform into the optimal half-human and half-world requires the blessing of intelligence. Therefore, only demons with strong magic power can transform into a half-human and half-world state. You really can't have both. Ordinary magic The ability is limited, and I don't even have the consciousness of becoming half-human and half-world, and I don't even have the ability to find the optimal balance point."
"So this floating corpse is the human form of the demon; while its boundary is a brook with floating cherry blossoms." Lin Qingquan said, "The contrast between the human form and the boundary of this demon is too great."
The general's son cried out.He wanted to flee the house, but the stream stuck to him like thick glue.In desperation, he slashed wildly with his knife, only to find that his hands were also stained with corpse spots, just like the dead followers.
As for the maid who had fainted and soaked in the stream, her body was covered in corpse spots.
She also died.
Seeing that the two entourages around him were gone, the general's son couldn't make a sound, he stared blankly at the corpse spot on his hand, his expression was very broken, "No...as the heir of the shogunate, how could I die here... "
Lin Qingquan immediately looked at himself and Xigua's legs.
Sure enough, the spots and bruises have been dyed.
It seems that the corpse spot is stained with stream water.As long as you touch the stream water, it is equivalent to entering the realm of the devil, and you will be infected with corpse spots.
However, this demon has a very special world, and it will chase after it like a leech.Even if the stream comes out, the corpse spots will still stick to the person's body and gradually spread through the person's emotions until they are hanged to death.
The demon I encountered this time was not easy.
The creek water rose higher and higher. It looked transparent and clear, but it was actually like liquefied glass, with a sticky feeling.The maids tossed and tossed for a long time and still couldn't get out. The corpse spots began to spread from the soles of their feet. The more fearful their emotions, the faster they spread. Some timid girls had been swept up to their necks.
Watermelon was scared, and his legs kept shaking.He couldn't stand still, so he just sat down in the stream and said sadly: "If this continues, all of us will die here...including me too. It's really sad, my parents and sister died in the Demon Realm, The death is weird and terrifying. For this reason, I am determined to join Sora, hoping to fight against the recovery of magic power. I never imagined that today, like my family, I will die in the demon world. Maybe this is the same fate..."
The corpse spots spread from bottom to top, covering his waist.
"You have to suppress your emotions, Watermelon." Lin Qingquan said to him, "This corpse spot is linked to emotions. The more excited you are, the faster it will spread."
"I also want to control..." Watermelon's tears fell, "But I just feel uncomfortable..."
Lin Qingquan's heart moved.
Along the way, Watermelon helped him a lot and was considered his friend.
He didn't want the watermelon to die.
But he himself is in trouble.
"Mumu." He subconsciously called out a name.
Lin Qingquan asked for help, those eyes composed of eyes, eyes and bodies should have no charm, but under the blessing of his facial features, they had a wet and bright luster, which seemed a bit pitiful.It's as if everything would go wrong without a purpose.
Although he really didn't put any emotions in it.That's just a deceptive illusion caused by looks.
His eyes froze for a moment.
At this very moment, it was not stained with corpse spots, and bruised and purple corpse spots suddenly appeared on the soles of its feet.
The corpse spot is like wet and sticky moss, rooted on the sole of the foot, and slowly expanding, covering its entire feet.
Lin Qingquan looked at its feet and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?"
At this time, the half floating corpse moved a few times, opened its swollen eyes, and sat upright.
Under the warm yellow light, it sat blankly on the surface of the stream, like a rotten statue.
Its bulging eyeballs rolled around, wandering around everyone's face, and finally fixed on Mumu.
As if the stream was ebbing, the bruised and purple corpse spots on everyone's bodies also faded away, and even the dead attendants and maids returned to normal skin color.
The ground returned to dryness, and the stream flowed back, converging into the lower body of the demon, forming a complete corpse.
A living corpse.
It walked in step by step, passed the trembling general's son and a group of pale maids, and stood in front of Mumu.
It knelt heavily and kowtowed to Mumu.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
No one thought it would do this.
The demon turned back to the world in a kneeling posture, turned into a stream with cherry blossoms floating, and flowed away from the door.
Everyone escaped with this unexpected ending.
The demon actually left voluntarily.
"Mumu, do you know it?" Lin Qingquan asked, "Why does it kneel down to you?"
Mu Mu shook his head.It also looks dumb.
The general's son calmed down, took off the jade pendant on the hilt of his sword, held his breath, bowed to his eyes and said: "Mingtaro, I will remember the kindness of saving my life today. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, just take it Yupei came to the shogunate to look for me. I will definitely help with everything I can."
First, he glanced at Lin Qingquan.
After Lin Qingquan nodded his approval, it accepted it.
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The white kimono, known as the sky|cloth, was paid for by Mentaro in full, and was presented to Meme as a small and unrespectable gift.
Lin Qingquan said with a smile that this is the clothes that Mumu took with his strength.
Until they finally left, they didn't see the legendary tailor who had the magic eye.
But that doesn't matter anymore.
Because they saw even more powerful demons.
On the way back, Lin Qingquan asked a question: "Under what circumstances would a demon capable of transforming into a half-human and half-world would kneel down and worship an unawakened demon fetus, and voluntarily withdraw the world?"
The three of them passed the small bridge under the moonlight again.
It turned out that the stream didn't exist at all.This bridge was originally a dry bridge.
"How do I know that?" Watermelon walked briskly, blowing the melody in his mouth.The experience of narrow escape made him feel unreal.
"There are always some things we can't understand." He said happily, "But I said, I can get this life back because of your little monster. When the Corpse Demon knelt down to it, My blood is rushing, the scene is really exciting! By the way, the third round of assessment will start soon. With the little monster by your side, you will definitely be able to pass safely."
"It's too early to talk." Lin Qingquan said, "There are too many variables. It's like we wanted to find a tailor, but we met the corpse spot demon by accident, and we didn't expect the corpse spot demon to kneel down to Mumu. No one can say for sure what will happen in the future, and it is impossible to think of it in advance.”
He suddenly thought of something, his eyes darkened, and he turned his shoulders to look at it head-on.
Under the moonlight, the eyes fluttering in white clothes are like gods.
Lin Qingquan could keenly smell a trace of pure and kind divinity from Mumu.
He finally understood why Mumu looked best in this kimono.
Because the color white is born for the eyes.
He looked into its eyes and said, "Mumu, can you stop eating me when you wake up?"
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