Night World Players

Chapter 57 You city people are really playing tricks

The words in the diary became sloppy and messy.

[May 5th, how could it be May 11th? ]

[I frantically confirmed the date with the residents of Frozen Water Town over and over again.]

[However, the answers I got were all the same, two months ago, on the third day of the heavy fog.]

[Perhaps because I revealed my identity as a shore keeper, after learning that the food and fresh water on the lighthouse were running out, the mayor warmly invited me to stay at their home, but I was not in the mood for that at all.]

[I ignored the townspeople's surprised looks and ran back to the lighthouse desperately, repeatedly checking the scratches I made on the wall to record time, as well as the number of broken bottles and discarded cans. Fortunately, I wrote a log to meet the requirements above! ]

[No matter how I confirm it, the time I spent in the lighthouse was definitely July 7rd.]

……

[July 94, 7th year of the Cataclysm Calendar]

[I drank the last bottle of wine in the lighthouse last night, and thought a lot of things through.]

When writing this, Last noticed that the originally scribbled words in the diary had become neat again.

The edges and corners are clear and the writing is sharp.

[There is no doubt that something strange has happened in Dongshui Town. Perhaps it is related to the fog... This reminds me of the pollutants I have heard of before.]

[In addition to sending out his followers to directly destroy cities and countries, the evil god sometimes also casts his sights on certain specific places, creating coincidences and causing pollution to fall silently... It is said that the fall of Deep Blue Harbor and the outbreak of the Iron Cross Plague were caused by this.]

[And perhaps some kind of pollution has occurred in Dongshui Town now, and the thick fog is a means for him to conceal his tracks. I don’t know what will happen if I leave Dongshui Town alone, but if it leads to the same disastrous consequences as Deep Blue Harbor…]

[The lighthouse several thousand meters away from Dongshui Town should be safe and out of the range of the mutation and pollution.]

[Theoretically speaking, perhaps staying in the lighthouse, relying on the nearby stream water and fruits, hunting wild animals to survive, and waiting for rescue from headquarters is the most rational choice. ]

[My abilities and sequences are not specialized for combat, otherwise I should be standing at the forefront of resisting the dusk tide, instead of being an insignificant lighthouse keeper here.]

[But, even so—]

【I am also a "shore keeper"】

After reading this, Last could feel that the owner of the diary was no longer as frightened and nervous as before.

Instead, he regained his composure, as if he had made some kind of decision.

[I will return to Frozen Water Town to investigate possible pollution out of control and do everything I can to prevent the situation from spreading.]

I left my journal in the lighthouse, filling in as many details as I could remember.

[I don’t know if I will have the opportunity to write this diary again. If not, I hope this diary can provide some help to those who come after me.]

The writing in the diary ends here.

After turning the page, a silver winged emblem that was sandwiched in the diary fell onto the table.

Compared to the badges of Rast and Hiltina, this shore guardian wing badge is obviously much older, and traces of corrosion by sea breeze can be seen everywhere.

Rast picked up the old wing emblem and saw words carved with a knife on the back of the wing emblem.

[No. 63301, Foden] This is the name of the owner of the diary and his number among the shore watchers.

Last put away the old wing emblem, then turned around and looked at Hiltina beside him.

She had finished reading the diary and was now scanning the old cans and broken bottles in the lighthouse, as well as the knife marks on the wall, as if trying to determine whether they matched the contents of the diary.

After a moment, Xiltina nodded gently: "The contents of the diary should be credible."

"It seems that this lighthouse outside the Frozen Water Town, as our birthplace during this catastrophe, should also be a safe zone in some sense."

Luster said, "How about this? We should wait in the safe zone for a while and see what changes will happen?"

"I've already said what's in the diary. There may be some kind of pollution or mutation happening in Dongshui Town. If we continue to wait in the safe zone, the situation may deteriorate further."

"I think the previous reconnaissance team was wiped out because of this idea."

"Besides—do you think it's in line with my character to stop just because there's danger?"

Hiltina dug out a rope from the pile of old things in the lighthouse, tied it around her slender waist, tied a knot, and then handed the other end of the rope to Last.

Rast looked at the rope that Hiltina handed over, his eyes became a little subtle: "Ms. Hiltina, it seems that our relationship has not yet developed to the point where Ace loves her."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Xiltina was slightly stunned. "There may be something wrong with the fog around Frozen Water Town. According to the cases provided by the Mystery Tower, people may get separated in the fog... or even meet again after being separated, only to find that their companions have been replaced by another creature."

"So, connecting them with ropes is a necessary measure."

"In theory, the safest connection is a chain. Ropes also have the risk of breaking, but there is no such thing in the lighthouse, so we have to make do with it."

"Nothing, I just didn't expect you city folks to have more fun than I thought."

Rust calmly took the other end of the rope and wrapped it around his hand.

"Let's go."

The two walked down the lighthouse and headed towards the Frozen Water Town in the thick fog.

……

As a third-level "Chariot" series, Hiltina's physical fitness is naturally needless to say.

Since Rast awakened the Night Blade, he felt that his physical fitness had also improved to a certain extent as he equipped the "Chariot·Hiltina" card in the "Fool's Library".

Although Last himself is only at the first level, this increase is negligible compared to Hiltina, who has reached the limit of the third level and is qualified to be promoted to the fourth level.

But for Last, whose physical fitness was previously equivalent to that of an ordinary person, this is already a considerable improvement.

Walk along the winding path shrouded in thick fog.

In just a few minutes, they arrived at the Frozen Water Town shrouded in the fog.

……

PS: The second update still needs to be revised, so it will be posted later. You can read it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)