Restarting the myth.

Chapter 110: Mist, Black Mountains, Insect Plague, Black Magician

Cam River County is located in the north of Lendam, less than a hundred kilometers away. It can be reached in an hour by train from the Cathedral Railway Station.

But if the train is delayed, everything will be different.

If you drive yourself, it takes about two hours to reach the Church of Nature's base in Jianhe County from the west district of Lundan.

In the days without automatic navigation, it took even longer to find your way on the road for the first time.

Taking all the above considerations into account, Wayne chose to drive.

In addition to worrying about train delays, he has many other considerations. He goes to Jianhe County to check in twice a month, and it is good for him to be familiar with the road conditions.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the black car drove out of the city of Lund and headed north.

Wayne drove according to the map, not very fast.

He did not call the base, he had already planned that this trip would be a surprise inspection of the leaders. If he found anyone slacking off at work, earning the church's civil servant salary but leaving work during working hours, then sorry, he would be accused of making a new official's three major mistakes.

What, the leader is also slacking off?
It's so funny. How can doing the leader's job be called slacking off? That's called a business trip, that's called further study.

Half an hour later, the car drove into a road marked 'No. 114'. The air pressure gradually dropped and a gloomy fog gradually spread.

Wayne stepped on the brakes and stopped the car on the side of the road with the lights on. He took out the map and started looking at it.

On the passenger seat, a white pigeon jumped back and forth, cooing and sorting corn kernels and wheat grains, as if it was counting its own possessions.

"The road is correct, but..."

Wayne looked at the rearview mirror. The fog around him was getting thicker and thicker, giving him a very uneasy feeling.

I can't put my finger on it, but it feels weird.

"As soon as you leave the city of Lundan, there are monsters and demons everywhere. How can this be called the God's Chosen Continent? It's more like the Demon Continent." Wayne complained speechlessly. Faced with the mysterious foggy area, he decisively chose to turn around and go back.

It’s not advisable to go out today. I’ll take the train to Jianhe County tomorrow.

Highway 114 twists and turns, and as vehicles pass by, it tears a hole in the veil of fog, causing ripples, but soon returns to calm.

As the fog grew thicker, the trees on both sides of the road became more and more blurred, and the car lights struggled to penetrate the haze. Everything seemed exceptionally peaceful and mysterious.

Wayne had turned around twice. The car seemed to have entered an unknown area. The front, back, left and right were blurry. The headlights opened up a narrow passage in the fog, bringing him the little light.

Wayne didn't continue staring at the map. It had nothing to do with being lost. If he was right, he might have encountered an urban legend.

To be more precise, this is not the urban area, it should be called an out-of-city legend.

The last time he encountered a similar situation was the last time. Besides him, there was a woman, a cat and a gay guy in the car. This time, there was only a stupid pigeon.

Wayne looked down and saw the white pigeons counting, paddling the grains of wheat with their little claws, as if there would be more grains if they were paddled a few more times.

The fourth time he turned around, he was unable to leave the foggy area. Wayne released a white dove and entered the other party's perspective. Looking down from high in the sky, he saw a mysterious and hazy sea of ​​fog.

No one knows where the sea of ​​fog ends.

"It's so evil!"

Wayne took back the dove and frowned, saying, "If I had known this would happen, I should have taken Valkyrie with me when I went out. It's not like the trunk can't hold all the space."

He raised his head and chin, white light flickered in his eyes, black smoke rose from his whole head, his flesh and blood disappeared, and he logged into the Death Knight's account.

Today the knights don't ride horses, they drive cars.

Wayne was wearing heavy black armor and squeezed into the narrow driver's seat. He felt very uncomfortable, but felt extremely safe.

No matter how thick the fog was, he had nothing to fear anymore.

"Jiejiejiejie——"

He raised his hand and waved, and the white dove on the passenger seat instantly turned into a skeleton bird.

"Cuckoo!!"

Half an hour later, the road surface was mottled and the road conditions became extremely bad. After passing through a tunnel, the thick fog dissipated a little, and some lonely and short houses gradually appeared around.

The shape is old-fashioned and does not look modern.

Wayne did not stop the car rashly, nor did he plan to get out to ask for directions. The fog was an ominous sign, and it was hard to say whether the people living here were human. If some strange-looking creature came out, the scene would be scary to imagine.

Moreover, in the distance of the road was a continuous mountain range. The black mountains towered into the clouds and had nothing to do with the northern plains of Lundan marked on the map.

He is not in the God-chosen Continent now!
"Keep driving. Maybe he'll leave."

Wayne's curiosity can be big or small. When he was studying magic, he wanted to get to the bottom of it. But in this situation, he would only be cautious. Even if a giant of light appeared outside the window and beat up the little monsters, he would never stop the car.

Suddenly, a voice came from the black mountains in the distance.

The voice was mixed with mysterious and ancient information, deep and powerful, echoing in the air.

Wayne had never heard such a sound before. If he had to think of a similar one, he could only think of whales, and thus inferred that the creature that made the sound was very large.

Ten minutes later, a tunnel appeared again in front of Wayne and he drove into it.

As the vehicle drove out of the tunnel, the light in front of us became brighter and we returned to the original Highway 114. There was no fog around and there was no trace of the tunnel in the rearview mirror.

Wayne released the skeleton bird. The scenery was leisurely and peaceful. From the high vantage point, he could see other vehicles coming and going.

“It’s getting more and more weird!”

Wayne touched his bald head and called back the white dove. They both returned to their original appearance. He drove back to the entrance of Highway 114 and this time did not encounter fog.

When he was still an ordinary person, he couldn't understand this world. After he became a magician, he couldn't understand this world even more.

Mystery always comes unexpectedly, without any preparation or hesitation, it just appears.

Wayne suspected that there was something wrong with his physical condition, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why strange things always came to him. He glanced at the Book of Greed and threw the pot over.

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'County' is the second-level administrative division of Windsor. Below the district is the county-level unit. London is special and belongs to the county-level administrative unit. They are on the same level.

From another perspective, Lundang is even more special, and the county is a secondary administrative unit of Lundang.

The administrative division of Windsor is very complicated and is a historical issue. Wayne has never really understood it. He only knows that Cam River County covers a larger area than London and has jurisdiction over five urban areas.

In terms of population, Lundan is far ahead and can leave Jianhe County behind with ten five-consecutive hairpin turns. The gap is so big that it cannot be caught up even with nitrogen.

The base of the Church of Nature is located in Jianhe City, Jianhe County, a university town with a long history. It has preserved many medieval buildings and is filled with theaters, art galleries, museums, and libraries, and is full of literary and artistic atmosphere.

Wayne wasted a lot of time on the road and arrived at the base at tea time. Like the library at the headquarters in London, this base was also a library.

There are two floors, lush trees and an elegant environment, which is very suitable for sleeping while reading.

In Jianhe University Town, there are more than three digits of similar libraries. The base of the Church of Nature is inconspicuous. After Wayne entered the library, he did not show his ID immediately, but walked around the library.

The library was deserted, with only a few couples cuddling together reading books. The tacky smell of love made Wayne very uncomfortable. He gave up the idea of ​​pretending to be a literary young man and walked into the office on the second floor.

Perhaps it was because it was tea time and there was only one woman on duty in the office.

She was not very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a light green dress and thick bottle-bottom glasses, and she was looking down at a literary masterpiece.

Seeing someone push the door and walk in, the woman slowly raised her head and said, "It's afternoon tea time now, the staff are not here. If you have any questions, you can go to the front desk on the first floor to ask."

Apparently, she considered Wayne a citizen who was borrowing books.

There is no way he is a college student. Wayne's clothes were carefully matched by Fla, and he also had the same slicked back hair as Auston. He doesn't look like a student at all.

Hey, I have such good stuff under my command?

Wayne didn't notice it just now, but after the woman raised her head, he could see her face clearly. Her face was clear, her eyes were bright and calm, and she exuded an elegant and intellectual beauty. She was a typical literary girl.

Wayne felt like he was in love all over again.

Because he would fall in love from time to time, and it happened so often that he gradually became numb to it. After a brief surprise, he showed his church pastoral credentials to identify himself.

The literary girl was slightly stunned, put the bookmark in place and closed the book. She stood up, pushed her glasses on the bridge of her nose, and introduced herself slowly.

Otilia Ferdinand.

Ottilia is a disciple of the goddess of nature, but not a church official. However, because she often borrows books, she becomes familiar with the civil servants in the base and helps to look after the office during afternoon tea time.

"Thank you very much for your help, Miss Ferdinand. You are not a civil servant of the church, so you can just call me Wayne. You don't have to add the title of pastor." Wayne stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party politely.

"Yes, Mr. Wayne."

Otilia smiled and said politely: "Everyone calls me Otilia, you can call me that too."

After saying that, she sat down and continued reading, immersed in her own little world. Everything around her had nothing to do with her anymore.

What a weirdo!

Wayne made an evaluation in his mind, and because the other person was beautiful, he added a label of "good-looking".

Good looking weirdo.

Ottilia claimed to be a disciple of the goddess of nature, not a believer. Wayne guessed that she was a magician, but they were not familiar with each other and she was not in the mood to chat, so he didn't dare to ask her.

Afternoon tea time was over, more than a dozen civil servants returned to their offices and looked at the uninvited strangers with confusion.

Wayne showed his ID and looked at his watch. "Afternoon tea ends at three o'clock. You are twenty minutes late. I will record this."

Everyone was wailing in their hearts. The leader didn't come earlier or later, but had to come today when the group was out. It was a pity that they had done enough to show off in the past few days. Now, they were caught in the crossfire. All their efforts in the past few days were in vain.

"Where is the person in charge, and who is Third Deacon Darcy?"

Wayne looked at the staff list on the wall of the office and raised his eyebrows. "You are paid the salary of a third-level deacon, but you are negligent in supervision. How can you be the person in charge if you are so lax? You might as well go to the first floor to watch the gate."

"..."xN
The person in charge was not there, and everyone looked at each other. One of them stood up and said, "Deacon Darcy was invited to go to the Nanjianhe County District, and five colleagues were going with him. There has been some unrest there recently, and there has been an insect plague."

"Insect plague?!"

"Yes, the Bishop of the Holy See of Heavenly Father invited me..."

The villages in South Cambridgeshire are concentrated. Wayne passed by there when he was driving. Some time ago, there was a sudden heavy fog, followed by an insect plague.

Deacon Darcy, relying on his years of experience, believed that there must be a connection between the two. Since there was no pastor in charge of the stronghold, Darcy decided to go there in person to investigate.

If there is indeed a problem, he will issue an investigation report and send it to Lundan, which will be handled by the scalpel agency at the headquarters.

Bishop Keith from the Heavenly Father Church happened to come to visit, and the two hit it off immediately. They thought that there was strength in numbers and they would have more helpers if they had any problems, so they set out together.

It's fog again. Could it be the same fog that I encountered?

Wayne hesitated for a moment, the question was serious, and he looked at the middle-aged man who spoke: "What's your name, can you drive?"

"Andre, I have a driver's license."

"You accompany me to South Cambridgeshire, and the rest of you continue to work. Remember to leave and get off work on time, and don't let me catch you again next time." Wayne picked up the phone and called Fla. He would not go home tonight because he had to work overtime.

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South Cambridgeshire, 5pm. It was still some time before the sun went down, and a thin mist rose on the country road. The mist came out from the woods and was everywhere, but no specific source could be found, which was very strange.

It can't just appear out of thin air, right?
A group of more than ten people were walking on a country road. The two men leading the group were dressed in suits. They were Bishop Keith from the Heavenly Father Church and Deacon Darcy from the Natural Church.

Due to their different beliefs, their relationship should have been very cold, but these two were obvious exceptions.

As a grassroots deacon, Darcy only wants to focus on his career. Bishop Keith is not like the bishops of other dioceses who put on airs. He treats people with a friendly face and does not have any special hobbies like little boys.

Of course, another possibility cannot be ruled out. The Church of the Heavenly Father is gradually declining in Windsor, and he cannot establish it even if he wants to, let alone have the courage to develop special hobbies.

Both of them were experienced magicians. They followed the clues all the way, exchanged opinions and soon found clues.

"I remember that the fog started to break out in July. A major event happened during that time. The Death Knight appeared in Lundan," said Bishop Keith.

"Yes, ever since the Dark Knight appeared, the church has suffered heavy losses, the position of pastor has been vacant for a long time, and the cult's minions hiding in the dark are not as honest as before." Darcy kicked away the earthen wall in front of him.

The rustling insects crawled around and burrowed into the soil along the cracks in the ground.

This is a striped arthropod that looks very similar to a centipede. Its scientific name is "Millipede", also known as millipede. It has multiple segments, each with a pair of tentacles.

Millipedes are both arthropods and carnivores. Smaller ones are mainly herbivores. Because they damage crops, they are generally regarded as pests.

What makes people most uncomfortable is the appearance of millipedes.

Darcy frowned as he watched the millipedes disappear into the soil. "A few days ago, the university released a report in which entomologists detailed the causes of the millipede outbreak. The reasons were so convincing that I almost believed them."

"I've also read that report. It's said to be a new species with a strong reproductive capacity. The city government has formed an extermination team for this purpose..."

The two looked at each other and shook their heads.

If it were really just a new species, it would actually be a good thing.

"Darcy, do you think it was the fog that changed these insects, giving them unprecedented reproductive capabilities, or was it the work of pagans?" asked Bishop Keith.

Darcy said nothing, standing on each other's side, they were all pagans.

Keith realized his own grammatical error and corrected himself, "Death and the dark faith playing with bugs?"

"As far as I know, no one likes bugs, and there is a high possibility that the fog will mutate..."

Darcy didn't dare to assert that he was just an ordinary silver wizard, and this question was a bit beyond his scope.

"I do know that a few evil gods of hell are related to bugs."

"..."

Darcy looked at Keith unhappily and told him to just say what he wanted to say and not to hide it. It would not be good for anyone if he delayed reporting to his superiors.

"It's impossible. The evil gods are sealed in hell. Their power cannot affect the human world. Even if there are believers spreading, the number of people is pitifully small. In comparison, I am more inclined to two possibilities."

Keith explained his speculations. The first one was that the fog had mutated and there were many similar examples. The second one was that a black magician was conducting a forbidden experiment.

The black magician is not a magician who believes in the Dark Goddess. It mainly refers to the wanted criminals in the magic world who pursue the so-called true meaning of magic and use any means to achieve their goals.

At first glance, they sound very similar to magicians who believe in freedom, but black magicians are much more brutal and greedy. In order to gain powerful strength, they often perform cruel evil sacrifices, and their targets for gaining power are mostly evil gods from hell.

The two talked as they walked, and soon they came to a ranch. The owner of the ranch was cleaning bugs from the hay. When he learned that the group was investigators from the university's entomology department, he immediately complained.

"These bugs are no longer satisfied with grass, they also eat meat. Last night, they came to the cowshed in large numbers. The densely packed scene makes me scared just thinking about it now..."

"I heard that there was a dead body in the next village that had not been buried. Half of it was eaten by bugs overnight. When it was found the next day, its stomach was full of bugs."

The rancher described the situation vividly and showed everyone his exploits of the previous night.

The dead bugs were piled up into a small hill, one meter high, with sticky juice flowing and emitting a foul odor. The scene was a perfect example of overeating.

The group watched from a distance, unwilling to get closer.

Darcy's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't know what he had discovered. He picked up a stick and inserted it into the pile of insect corpses.

Wisps of barely detectable white mist spread out, instantly attracting the attention of Bishop Keith.

Fog is related to bugs, they can create fog!
The two men looked at each other, then led their men out of the ranch, quickening their pace.

"The first heavy fog changed these bugs. They have become part of the fog, including their offspring. The city government's pest control team can't deal with these bugs. I'm going to report to the headquarters in London and ask them to send people to completely eliminate these bugs." Darcy was worried. The fog was very dangerous and there was no guarantee that the bugs would not continue to mutate.

If you dare to eat a corpse today, you will dare to eat a living person tomorrow.

"I still think it has something to do with the black magician. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why the fog only mutated the bugs and did not change other creatures." Keith holds a different opinion.

The two had their own guesses, but both planned to report to their superiors. There were too many bugs and they couldn't clean them up due to limited manpower.

……

As the sun sets in the evening, the fog thickens on the country roads. As the last ray of light fades, the rustling sound of crawling becomes louder.

The group boarded the bus and headed back to Jianhe City along the highway. The crackling sound of the tires rolling over the road made everyone's stomach churn.

Just then, the bus stopped suddenly.

The driver stared ahead in amazement, the headlights shone on the road ahead, countless insects were spreading and crawling, gathering into thick lines, covering the entire road like a fishing net.

Darcy's heart went cold, and his scalp went numb with fear at the dense scene. Keith, who was standing by, closed his eyes and sensed, "There is no fluctuation of magic power. It doesn't look like the work of a black magician. If we rush over, there will just be a few more bugs."

The driver nodded, raised his hand, made the sign of a cross on his chest, started the bus and began to accelerate.

There was a constant crackling sound. There were so many bugs that everyone in the car could clearly feel the bumps from the tires. The driver had to slow down because the tires were slipping.

Millipedes seemed endless, crawling out from the farmland and woods on both sides, filling the road with a black mass.

Keith's face became increasingly gloomy: "Something is wrong. Everyone, get ready for battle. These bugs are coming for us."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless millipedes piled up into a high wall, blocking the direction of the bus.

"Don't stop, speed up and drive forward."

Keith jumped out of the window and climbed onto the roof of the car, holding a Bible in his arms and reciting psalms silently.

The white light illuminated the night sky, and the warm holy will dispelled the filth and evil spirits. The vast momentum stretched for miles, and wherever it passed, the millipedes disintegrated and quickly fled into the shadows.

The wall of bugs collapsed on its own, and Keith held up the Bible to light the way forward.

Behind the bus, a swarm of insects, unwilling to accept defeat, rolled in and soon gathered into a large irregularly rolling ball. The rustling sound continued, eroding Bishop Keith's mind and making him feel slightly dizzy.

Darcy jumped onto the roof of the car and slapped Keith in the face.

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Keith was slapped in the face with an unknown magic material. The pungent smell refreshed his mind and had the effect of burning his nerves, making him no longer sleepy.

"What is this? My trachea is about to burn." Keith was choked and tears were streaming down his face.

"How do you feel about the Hell Pepper I cultivated? Is it more energetic?"

"Damn it, I'm a clergyman, how can you give me hell's chili!" Keith became even more angry.

It's not really hell pepper, it's just an analogy.

Darcy didn't waste any time and said directly: "You watch the front, and I will take care of the bugs in the back."

As a disciple of nature, Darcy has mastered a lot of faith magic, but unfortunately his talent is average, and he finds it difficult to deal with the big scene before him. Based on the principle of saving magic power as much as possible, he chose the elemental magic for entry-level magicians.

A wall of fire rose from the ground, five meters wide and ten meters high, blocking the movement of the swarm of insects.

Just as the swarm of insects dispersed and prepared to move to the left and right, a storm came. The fire took advantage of the wind and the wall of fire turned into a rolling heat wave that spread out fiercely, burning with a crackling sound and filling the sky with black smoke.

Faced with the scorching fire wave, the momentum of the swarm's attack came to an abrupt halt.

Darcy breathed a sigh of relief. The situation was still under control. If nothing unexpected happened, after this wave of effective blocking, the swarm of insects would not be able to catch up.

Rusty! ! !
Intensive crawling sounds were heard from all directions. Darcy's face changed suddenly. Within the perception of the spreading spores, countless millipedes crawled out from the ground.

There are so many of them that it is impossible to count them. It seems as if all the millipedes in the world have gathered here.

Darcy couldn't bear to see such a crowded scene, so he put up three walls of fire to block the left, right and back, and shouted, urging the driver to step on the accelerator.

Good news: The report has been found, there is a black magician nearby.

Bad news: the black magician has no intention of letting them go.

Millipedes attacked from all directions, no longer afraid of the light and flames, and rushed into the speeding bus. Seeing this, the magicians in the bus each used their own methods, such as fire wall storm or holy light to exorcise evil spirits, to help their leader.

From a distance, we could see a bus with flames blazing and speeding along the road at night.

If there were only a few insects, facing such a scene, they would undoubtedly be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and overestimating their own capabilities. However, there was no end to the sea of ​​insects and their numbers were simply too large.

Insects began to rain sparsely from the sky. Swarms of insects from the left, right and rear broke through the fire wall again and again, slamming fiercely into the car windows, leaving a layer of sticky, smelly juice on the glass.

As the stench spread, the magicians in the car staggered and were about to fall down. The driver forced himself to stay awake and took out the custom-made hell pepper from his arms to refresh himself.

Darcy and Keith on the roof of the car were a little exhausted, especially the former, whose magic power was seriously depleted and it was difficult for him to continue to control the wall of fire to block the attack of the swarm of insects.

The defensive flames were drowned by the insect swarm, the coverage of the fire continued to shrink, and countless insects fell from the sky.

At this critical moment, Bishop Keith burst out with magic power, and the holy light turned into a heavy hand. He waved his sleeves to block the disaster.

Darcy was at the end of his rope, and Keith's remaining magic power was in danger. The two stood on the roof of the car, looking at the roaring sea of ​​insects behind them, and they all smiled bitterly without saying a word.

The sea of ​​insects rolled in, suddenly climbed up, and a huge wall covered the night sky, blocking the pale full moon, and pressed down hard on the slowing bus.

Darcy and Keith closed their eyes, feeling regretful in their hearts. Being eaten by worms was such a terrible way to die.

boom! !

The violent hurricane rolled through the city, shattering the bus windows and sweeping away the pungent stench.

The wind pressure was so strong that it blew the bus backwards, causing the tires to slip. The sea of ​​insects that was about to cover the bus broke apart in an instant and fell to the ground like raindrops.

Darcy and Keith managed to steady themselves and opened their eyes in surprise.

Is that you? x2
How is that possible? x2
There are experts! x2
In the darkness, a figure rushed over at high speed, rushed to the front of the bus, jumped up, jumped over the two people on the roof who were looking up, and jumped directly to the back of the bus.

Boom! !

The ground was shaking continuously, and earth walls rose up on all sides, blocking the sea of ​​rustling insects that were pouring in from all directions.

Wayne stood on the earth wall, looked at the swarm of insects rolling over like a rolling ball, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The restless fire elements gathered from all directions, easily tearing through the mist and drilling into the soil.

After a brief silence, flames burst out from the ground.

The sea of ​​fire stirred the vortex curtain, rumbling and blooming with a scorching red light, slowly spreading in the air...

The flames lit up the night sky.

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Asking for monthly pass at the end of the month.

(End of this chapter)