Returning from the abyss

Chapter 283 The Witch's Bones
Edgar is an old man who is very good at telling stories.

"White Lake Town suffered from the witch's disaster, but at the same time, we got the witch's knowledge. We have always had very complicated emotions towards the witch. If it weren't for the restriction of leaving and dying, maybe we would worship the witch as a god. Also a possibility."

That was already an unknown time ago. When people finally realized that there was no point in escaping, a few people with foresight blocked the news.Because if you don't know about it, it's easy to convince the whole town by prestige, but it's very difficult if people realize that they have become prisoners.

In fact, this is also the case. For most people, they will never leave this land to live in the outside world. A few people who travel abroad are safe because they have the idea of ​​coming back. This kind of silence lasted for many years, until the All the people making the decisions are getting old and they think something has to be done to keep the balance going.

Patriarch Herman chose to keep his brain. The planting of the witch's heart is a mature technology for Herman, who is proficient in research, and has also developed many useful medicines, such as the preparation of amnesia medicine. Convenience is an invention of the Hermann family.

The mayor did not choose family inheritance, but selected young people with strong minds and strong wills from the town to succeed him. Outstanding talents are not required, but they must be firm and unshakable, enough to resist the temptation of the witch's resonance.

The Turner family kept a book written by the original witch that most people could not understand. Edgar did not know whether the Turner family studied the book or sealed it forever, but judging from the records, That book is without a doubt the most detailed use of the "Witch's Words" to date, and is completely different from the scattered fragments of places like cemeteries.

The captain of the patrol back then left a piece of the witch's skeleton and made it into a badge.This thing is more commemorative than practical, and it has only been used as a keepsake inherited by the chief of police from generation to generation.

The hunters have another kind of romance, and there are many outstanding painters among them. These people use pen and ink to restore the mistakes of the past as much as possible, and draw a portrait of each victim.This picture book should still be kept by the hunter leader. If it is necessary, it will be a warning from the past.

"The ancestors thought it was meaningful to do so, and Herman was only responsible for the part we preserved. The head of the first patriarch, now there are only three custodians, and we shoulder the responsibility of reawakening him when we think it is necessary."

"I really can't see that this small town has such a past."

"But having said that...Miss Demon." Edgar poured himself a second cup of tea, "I am so polite to you because you represent the witch, the source of supreme wisdom. The Hermann family is The family in this town is closest to the witch, and I am the one who has studied the witch for the longest time in this family. We also have a plan to escape from the witch's control, and at the same time want to get close to that great existence. This is indeed a contradiction things."

"I can't answer you instead of the witch."

Edgar was slightly disappointed, but still nodded slightly.

"Well, I only know that if the witch wants to appear here, this town cannot be destroyed, so you don't have any malicious intentions, do you?"

"That's not necessarily the case. At least the witch gave the order to release the executioner. Although I'm not here to carry it out, you should pay more attention to your personal safety. Besides, I have another purpose, Mr. Edgar, your family Is there a Witch's Bones?"

Lu Ning took out the small package containing clear particles from her pocket, opened it and placed it on the table.

"Oh... the Witch's Bones, one of the several weapons used to deal with witches back then."

"Weapon?" Lu Ning frowned, looking at the pile of ashes.

"Yes, the weapon, of course it is not like this. The production of the Witch's Bones is relatively cumbersome, and now only we can make this kind of thing. If you obtained it normally, then it should have been sealed in a closed box in."

"good."

"Yes, that's the Witch's Bone." Edgar obviously talked about his favorite topic, and his tone became much more high-spirited, "It's unbelievable... When we finish placing all the ingredients in a fixed position and order, and put in the necessary After the machine is closed, the box is sealed, and no one knows whether it is finished, if the witch told us that the preparation time is three days, we would not even know the time limit."

"No one knows it's done? Just these ashes?"

"Miss Demon, before that, please answer one of my doubts. What should the Witch's Skeleton be in the eyes of a witch?" Edgar asked.

"Life and death." Lu Ning remembered Sera's words, and relayed the words.

"So that's how it is..." Edgar showed a look of sudden realization, "No wonder, no wonder..."

"What made you suddenly see?"

"Miss Demon, the Witch's Bones will look like this when you open it." Edgar stretched out his hand and stroked the pile of ashes on the table, "They are so distinct, and they are as stable as stones... No, gold and silver. Most of the known drug treatments have no effect on them, which fits well with the bones. But it's not right, it's not right at all - weapons shouldn't be this stable, you're going to , don't you feel any strange feeling?"

"Strange feeling?" Lu Ning recalled, shaking her head, "No."

"Where did you find this?"

"The mine, I think you know it too."

"So those people are actually demons? I see, it seems that you were lucky enough to escape... That box has already been opened."

Lu Ning also realized that her actions at that time were indeed a bit reckless, but fortunately nothing happened.

"It contains life and death, but what we see are remains, dead remains. Miss Demon, the box is the most powerful weapon until it is opened. After opening, it is just remains. This is a bomb."

"Bomb? You don't mean..."

"I'm almost sure that it's a bomb. It belongs to the Witch, it's the Witch's creation, and the way to detonate it is the simplest—observation."

Edgar clapped his hands and laughed, as if his confusion over the years had been answered.

"How amazing! We have never thought about such a situation, which contains life and death! But what can present life and death at the same time? This is a bomb! It is something that can really touch the witch! But once it explodes , you can only leave these particles... because there are no two outcomes in our world."

Lu Ning looked at Edgar quietly and smiled. She could understand the old man's mood a little bit. In this world where quantum theory and "Schrödinger's cat box" have not yet appeared, being able to understand such a level is enough to be respected. up.

At this moment, Edgar's body suddenly began to twitch. He clutched his heart in pain, rolled off the chair, and fell to the ground panting heavily.Lu Ning was startled, and hurried over to help Edgar up, and found that his eyes had begun to congest, and his face was ashen. It seemed that excessive excitement had caused cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

"Edgar! Edgar!" Lu Ning felt a little troubled for a while. Although she is a doctor, such sudden diseases are not included in the type of treatment.

"No...need...Miss Demon Man." Edgar panted intermittently, but the words he spoke were very calm, "I've been... confused... unraveled... it's just what we... saw... ...remains. Tell people...it's a...time bomb...tell...Cadrina."

Then, the old man's expression suddenly became serene—the serenity of death.

Lu Ning laid Edgar's body flat, stood up slowly, and turned to look at the door.Cadrina, who was dressed in white, stood there. She had just arrived, and there was a trace of sadness in her eyes, but now her clothes really became filial piety.

"Did you hear that?"

"Yes."

"Then I think you should also know why your grandfather told you this."

Kadrina nodded, then untied a key from her waist, and stretched out her hand to Lu Ning.

"In my room, there is a Witch's Skeleton in a black box on the table. You can take that away. Grandpa has studied everything about witches all his life. No, it should be the way to escape from the witch... Now it’s time to die without regret.”

"Okay." Lu Ning took the key and only said this one word.

"Does the witch have good intentions or malice towards us?" Kadrina asked when Lu Ning left.

Lu Ning smiled and shook her head.

"You are such a smart person, can't you think of it? Can a river have any kindness or malice to the plankton in a drop of water?"

Pointless.

She got the Witch's Bones, left the Herman family's house, and walked outside the town.

In the woods near the cemetery, Qiu Yiyun and Zhu You had been waiting for a long time.

Zhu You was very patient, it was not difficult for her to squat for a day and a night, but Qiu Yiyun's temper became more and more irritable.There is no need to continue to pretend that delicate appearance, now her bad temper is completely undisguised, but fortunately, it is just a bad temper, and her brain can still move.

When Lu Ning appeared with the box in her arms, Qiu Yiyun almost asked her why she had dragged it on for so long, but the box was followed by Lu Ning's "bomb, pick it up" and she swallowed all the words subconsciously, even He hugged the box in bewilderment.After realizing the meaning of the bomb, he turned his head immediately, only to find that Zhu You had hidden ten meters away at some point.

"Lu Ning! What is this? A bomb?"

"Bomb, a special attack on demons, the kind that is enough to blow us up to nothing." Lu Ning reached out and took the box back from Qiu Yiyun's hand, and Zhu You stepped back two times after hearing this. step.

"What the hell did you do? Zhu You told me that my identity had been exposed, so I ran out in the dark. When I got here, I told me to wait for you. It took me a long time to wait. My time is not used Fishing!"

"Otherwise? What else do you want to do during the day, a devil?"

Qiu Yiyun was at a loss for words.

"I don't care whether the fall down the stairs on the first day was intentional or accidental. If you failed to attack Fujii at night and go back, don't heal all the wounds. At that time, everyone in the restaurant could hear you fall down the stairs. No injuries on your body. Nothing can be said.”

"Okay, my negligence." Qiu Yiyun did not evade the mistake she made, "Zhu You said that you have a plan to help me cover up this mistake, what exactly is it?"

Lu Ning turned her head to look at Zhu You: "You told her that I will help her cover up her mistakes?"

Zhu You hurriedly shook her head: "I told her exactly what I said, make it up."

"So it seems that Karl's plan to overturn the sun is not unreasonable, and the meaning of the words of the two people has changed." Lu Ning muttered.

"What did you say?" Qiu Yiyun asked with her ears pricked up.

"I can't cover it up for you. I said Fujii is my friend. I won't kill her for you, a stranger. So I just made up for it... Now the identity of the three of us, Fujii, is known." .”

"What?"

"Yes, I told her."

Now Qiu Yiyunsheng has torn Lu Ning's heart.

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In the afternoon, Baihu Town was still unable to get rid of the tense atmosphere. Edgar's death almost ignited the suppressed panic of the people. Fortunately, Fisher came out and announced that Edgar died of a sudden illness, which calmed people down a little. .

And the coffin ordered by the old man before his death finally became his final shelter.

The funeral was held in a hurry in a manner that did not conform to the noble status, and there were not even many guests present. In other words, those who came to the funeral were all people who had to come.

Naturally, Daniel and Levin participated, important figures from the Turner family had already arrived, and Sivis also came to the scene with his body braced for a few days of recuperation.No one knew what these people were talking about. Some people who peeked outside Hermann's house found that these people were discussing something in a low voice, and it seemed that they were arguing fiercely.

But towards the evening, a big event happened. No one who went out to farm today came back, and several farmers who lived in the south of the town ran to the town together, stopped the people who had just attended the funeral, and said in a panic that they All the pets died.

Someone poisoned.

This is almost obvious without much investigation.Daniel and Levin immediately went outside the town with their people. The water area of ​​White Lake Town is semi-closed, and the water in the town is basically well water and river water. If someone poisons it, it will be an extremely serious problem.

All this chaos was captured by Mi Nan who was hiding in the observation deck. He spread out his luggage on a small platform, and some glass jars encapsulated human internal organs, lined up like an exhibition. , and at the end of the column is a bound man in a coma.

There was no emotion on Mi Nan's expression. He just paid attention to the unconscious person from time to time. Holding a dagger in one hand, he slowly sliced ​​off a piece of dry beef and put it into his mouth.

(End of this chapter)