Restarting the myth.

Chapter 12: Castle on a Rainy Night

"About fifty years ago, one night, the Nelson family held a grand dinner. In addition to family members who returned from other places, they also invited important figures in the town, such as the priest, the mayor, and members of the town council..."

The innkeeper recalled: "In the middle of the banquet, members of the Nelson family suddenly launched an attack. They locked the gates of the manor and attacked every guest present. They killed, set fire, drank blood and hung the bodies of the victims on the flagpole."

"The priest and several members of the parliament escaped from the manor, but the crazy Nelson family did not intend to give up. They rode their horses to the town and continued the massacre. That night, the town was filled with flames and the victims' cries for help..."

"I was a terrified kid, so my parents took me to a church in the middle of the night, where all the kids in the town were."

"In order to resist the inhumane Nelson family and to protect their homes and children, the townspeople organized a counterattack. At the moment of dawn, they successfully drove the lunatics of the Nelson family back to the manor."

"At that time, the manor was already engulfed in flames, and the flames devoured the group of vicious lunatics. It is said that they were still singing and laughing while bathing in the flames, dancing hand in hand, as if death was the destination they longed for..."

"Afterwards, the people from Lundan investigated for a long time. After experiencing this great change, the priests and councillors became strange in character. The townspeople were also like this. Many of them left and moved to other places to live, and never returned to their hometown."

That crazy night happened fifty years ago. It is a horrific taboo that the town of Kafuno is reluctant to mention. This incident directly led to the decline of the town, and it has not recovered to this day.

Because it happened so long ago and the innkeeper was only a child at the time, the information he could provide was very limited. When Veronica asked whether any members of the Nelson family survived that night, the innkeeper looked confused.

There should be one, otherwise it would be difficult to explain Mike's last name.

……

Outside the window, the heavy rain continued and was about to intensify.

Wayne was very upset. The sky was clear in the morning, but suddenly it took a sharp turn for the worse. If the weather continued to be so bad, it would turn into a snowstorm in the mountain resort.

The innkeeper and the two young ladies had already left. After eating mushrooms, they would sleep soundly tonight and would not remember the interrogation process tonight. Just in case, Wayne played a full role and stuffed the toll into the young lady's collar according to the market price.

He paid and Veronica treated.

Veronica held the black cat in her arms and stood in front of the window, thinking. Based on simple information, it can be inferred that the Nelson family were loyal believers of the goddess of death. They committed killings to win the favor of the goddess, and then passed it on to Mike, who once again received the favor of death.

This also explains why Michael suddenly became a Death Walker and mastered powerful magic.

The question is, did Mike return to the town of Kafuno really to get married?

"Compared to getting married, the biggest possibility is to continue the unfinished work of our ancestors and sacrifice the entire town to death in exchange for powerful power." Wayne frowned.

I will complete the unfinished work of my ancestors, and I will slaughter the sacrifices that the family has not yet slaughtered. This is the routine, and it won't be wrong.

William nodded and put down the chocolate in his hand, indicating that Wayne and he had the same idea, which is called tacit understanding.

Wayne didn't want to, so he looked at Veronica, wanting to have a tacit understanding with the beautiful girl.

Veronica hesitated for a moment and decided to go to Nelson Manor immediately. Time waits for no one. No one knows how far Mike's sacrifice has progressed. In order to prevent innocent townspeople and them from becoming victims, the Death Walker must be dealt with tonight.

At this point, Veronica gave up the idea of ​​lifting the curse. In terms of priority, preventing the sacrifice was more important.

It was raining heavily and a blue car was driving through the oak forest under the rain. In order to avoid disturbing the target, Wayne drove in the dark without turning on the headlights.

Oak Forest Road is the only road leading to Nelson Manor in the town. After the manor was burned down and became a horrific taboo, the townspeople never set foot here. Years of disrepair have led to the road being overgrown with weeds, and the accumulation of rotten fallen leaves has made this broken road muddy and slippery.

It took Wayne ten minutes to drive the two miles.

Seeing the ruins of the manor in the distance, Wayne parked the car at the exit of Oak Forest Road, and the three of them and the cat walked forward with an umbrella.

Rumble————

Pale thunder streaked across the night sky, and the manor shrouded in darkness suddenly became bright.

It was more like a castle than a manor, with high walls on all sides and several towers overlooking the distance. The castle gate was nowhere to be found, and it looked like a gaping mouth in the dark. Entering the gate, the original garden square was desolate and messy, with dead grass and withered shrubs, as well as crosses and tombstones everywhere.

The townspeople would definitely not bury themselves here, as they would not have time to hide. If the information was correct, the remains of the Nelson family members were buried here.

Monica was sharp-eyed and saw a bouquet of flowers in front of the tombstone. It looked very fresh, indicating that someone had recently come to sweep the grave.

Then Monica discovered something strange. There were a lot of candle ashes in front of the tombstone. Some of the candles were burned out, and some had small pieces left. There were quite a lot of them, indicating that people often came here to sweep the graves.

If this person is Mike, he will return to the small town of Kafuno every year, if not...

There are other members of the Nelson family still alive.

Veronica took a deep breath and her expression became much more serious. She asked William to protect Wayne and walked in front holding the glass jar.

William followed closely behind, and Wayne walked parallel to him, holding Monica.

Maomao was a little disgusted with Wayne's arms, but the mud and water on the ground were even more unbearable. After thinking it over, he decided that this was the only way.

We are all believers of the Moonlight Goddess, so there is nothing wrong with being close to each other!
The wooden buildings of the manor were burned down by the fire, leaving only ruins covered by weeds. The attic relying on the stone castle was preserved. Wayne was worried about mechanical traps, so he bumped into Veronica while walking.

It's nothing, their magic power is sealed, Veronica is a descendant of dragon blood, her combat power is the strongest in the team, William...

He is a good man!
This position made Veronica very uncomfortable. She turned around and glared at Wayne fiercely, but it was too dark and Wayne couldn't see it because Veronica suddenly stopped and bumped into him without paying attention.

Several people walked forward in the dark in the castle passage. There were several fist-sized observation holes on the outer wall. Occasionally, flashes of lightning could be seen through them. With Monica's guidance, they did not go around in circles.

After an unknown amount of time, Monica suspected that she was lost, so Wayne stopped.

He called Veronica in front of him and pointed at the brick wall beside him and said, "I can smell the scent of a stranger. It's not our scent. We have never been this way before. Look carefully. There must be a mechanism nearby to open the secret passage."

As he spoke, he stroked Monica's cat head and said, "Cats have a more sensitive sense of smell than dogs. You should have smelled it too, right?"

Monica turned her head to avoid it and said nothing. Veronica couldn't help it, rolled her eyes, and said unceremoniously: "What do you mean, do you have a dog nose?"

"..."

Although, it really exists!

Veronica didn't believe Wayne's nose, but she agreed with Wayne's guess that there must be a mechanical passage in the castle and the Death Walker was hiding in a corner.

Several people groped around, looking for the mechanism to open the door. William accidentally touched the mechanism and his feet fell empty. He subconsciously grabbed Wayne's arm next to him, and the two of them fell directly down the slide.

Wayne looked depressed. He reached out his hand to pull someone down with him, but Veronica was too far away and he couldn't reach her at all.

Monica ducked.

As we all know, a cat's speed is 7 times faster than a cat's. At the moment of falling, she stepped on Wayne's shoulders to gain leverage and jumped, landing safely on the ground.

Veronica hurried forward and looked intently at the dark slide. She heard a bright light below and Wayne's vigorous shouting, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s okay to fall, as long as you’re okay.

The heavy rain suddenly stopped, and the dark and gloomy sky seemed to have been switched off, and the unreasonably huge moon cast its silver light all over the earth.

Monica jumped on Veronica's shoulder and looked towards the observation port, sensing the strange atmosphere in the moonlight, her pupils dilated to the limit:
"Small town..."

"Fire!"

(End of this chapter)