Pale Emblem

Chapter 84 Parasitic Recovery
These days, the rift between Lisson and others and Vertok is deepening.

Vertoc acted independently and never explained to anyone or solicited opinions from others, which naturally caused dissatisfaction and suspicion of the Iron Cross.

The survivors of the Iron Cross found that Vertoc came and went without any need for their help, nor did they take them seriously.They became very anxious, and even began to suspect that Vertok was the legendary vampire.

In fact, it doesn't matter if Vertok is really a vampire, the desperate Iron Cross regiment should just turn to him.However, Vertoc's attitude towards the Iron Cross was cold.This made them feel deeply terrified.

In the eyes of Leeson and others, Huck and Max are both Virtok's minions.Vertoc took Huck to rescue Annie and Katie from the whistleblower group in a hurry, not necessarily because he was kind, maybe he wanted to suck the blood of a pure girl.He also asked the Iron Cross and Max to transfer together, apparently arranging Max to monitor the Iron Cross.

Lison and others stood there without speaking, their faces were full of alertness and alienation.The shrewd Max could see that the survivors of the Iron Cross wanted to leave themselves behind.

According to Vertok's explanation before he left, after dawn, the Orc Bone Collector is likely to attack the Dwarf Hills camp.But Vertok and Huck should not come back, and those who stay in the camp have only a dead end.What's more, Max doesn't have the ability to protect himself now. He didn't want to wait for death, so he said to Lison again: "Hey, man, don't worry about Vertok. He is a master of wild survival, and he will definitely bring Huck to catch up with us. "

Hearing this, Lisen felt a shudder in his heart, with a dry smile on his face, he nodded and said, "Yeah, this ghost place stinks so badly, I don't want to stay here for a moment. We'll be on our way now."

Hundreds of dead goblins were buried around the low hill camp. Due to the large number of dead goblins, it was too late for everyone to deal with them all. Some of the bodies were thrown on the ground. On the soil, hastily.

The weather is getting hotter, and the smell of dead goblins can be imagined, attracting a lot of buzzing flies.The low hill camp is simply a mass grave.Although the noses of the half-elf professionals have adapted to this smell, after Lisen's reminder, everyone felt unbearable.

Vertoc did not explain why he collected the corpses of the claw goblins, and the survivors of the Iron Cross couldn't understand what he did.But, having said that, apart from the legendary ghosts that feed on flesh and blood, how can normal Dissa half-elves have the quirk of collecting corpses?

Vertoc also talked about cutting some dead goblin meat as a food reserve.He actually knew what parts of goblin meat were edible and what parts were poisonous.

Lison and the others dare not imagine such a scene, let alone raise objections.They were afraid that if they objected, Vertoc would reveal himself and eat their flesh.

No matter how you look at it, half-elf flesh is more delicious than goblin's stinky flesh, right?

Go now, go now!
The Iron Cross showed unprecedented efficiency. After grabbing the few remaining supplies, they used a sliding rod to carry Max, who was incapacitated, and hurriedly rushed out of the low hill camp, just like escaping from a ghost's lair.

Not long after they left, a piece of dirt wriggled and rolled in the deserted camp, and it was quiet again.Immediately afterwards, a black and thin arm broke out of the ground.

Captain Rhode, who was obviously dead, climbed up from the grave.His head is still normal, and his facial features have not changed much, but his body has shrunk dramatically, his complexion is dark and dark, like a skinny corpse swaying back and forth in the camp unconsciously.

He... or it, the eyes in the eye sockets are dark and non-reflective, as if connected to a bottomless abyss.It turned its head and quickly locked onto a fairly fresh goblin corpse, its limbs were parallel, it quickly crawled over, opened its mouth, and stabbed the goblin's flesh with the two pointed and long canine teeth of its upper jaw.

With the injection of some kind of toxin, the flesh and blood of the claw goblin quickly dissolved, and then was ingested by this corpse-like monster.Its slender body gradually became plump, the black eyes separated the eyeballs and the whites, the cold heart pulsed again, and the lungs were once again drawn into the air, making a whirring sound similar to pulling a bellows.

The head of the Iron Cross, Rhodes, is alive again!

The daughter of the eternal sleeper replaces the muscles, assimilates the bones and internal organs, and the black and red blood gurgles in the blood vessels, forming a strange symbiotic relationship with the host.At this moment, Rhodes felt an unprecedented powerful ability and additional hunger.

Although the child of the eternal sleeper has no independent consciousness, it expresses to him the desire to continue ingesting fresh flesh and blood through instinct.

The flesh of the dead goblin had become tasteless, and Rhode looked disgusted. He threw away the goblin's corpse with a shriveled hand and shook it a little. The sludge covered his whole body quickly splashed around, hitting the horses surrounding the camp. There was a crackling sound on the wooden thorn.

Rhodes clenched his fists hard. His body has not fully returned to normal, and he still looks scrawny, but the muscles on his forearms are like wires twisted together, full of amazing strength.This is the change brought about by the parasitic progeny. In addition to its powerful strength, it also has extraordinary toughness and regeneration characteristics.Because the parasitic progeny belongs to an alternative life form, and there is no vital weakness of mortal things, as long as his head is intact, Rhodes is almost immortal.

Of course, his memory is also intact, but his soul and will side are polluted by the sub-body of the eternal sleeper, his mental body is distorted, and his emotional cognition has undergone irreversible changes.

Simply put, the emotions of the past have become indifferent, and can no longer touch Rhode's heart.

He clearly perceives the thirst for the flesh and soul of the Eternal Sleeper's child. If he cannot meet the growth needs of the child, the child will invade his head and completely replace his will, which is equivalent to death.

The child of the Eternal Sleeper was just in urgent need of replenishing nutrients, absorbing the flesh and blood of dead goblins desperately.

It's a price, and it's a deal.The deal made by Rhodes and the Eternal Sleeper.Through the parasitic daughter, he briefly communicated the will of the Eternal Sleeper.The Eternal Sleeper asked him to capture Vertoc, and then send Vertoc to a secret realm to be absorbed by the Eternal Sleeper himself.If the Eternal Sleeper is not satisfied with this sacrifice, Rhodes will suffer the most cruel punishment.Instead, he will receive rewards from the Eternal Sleeper, including long lifespan, immortal youth, and extraordinary power.

In contrast, the favor of the Dragon King Fei Lumat is nothing but the same.

Rhodes was both excited and terrified, and he could now be sure that the Eternal Sleeper was not a fictional deity of the sect, but a great being who could stand side by side with the Dragon King Ferumart.

"We must find Vertoc." Rhode looked around the deserted low hill camp, and muttered to himself: "No, no, no, there may only be one chance to capture the sacrifice, and I need stronger strength... ..Yes, more power!"

He carefully searched for traces in the camp, found a set of the freshest footprints, and chased in the direction where the Iron Cross and Max were evacuated.

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The next afternoon, Max, who had marched for more than 60 kilometers in a row, took a break to carve a mark on the trunk of a spruce with a knife so that Vertok could find them.

He had left several marks along the way, and the professionals of the Iron Cross didn't like him doing it.In order to concentrate on their journey, they did not stop Max.

However, the increasingly cold faces of Leeson and the others gave Max a bad feeling in his heart.

Sure enough, when Max carved the mark, Lison and several professionals gathered around.They held weapons and looked at him grimly.

Max sighed, put the knife on the ground, indicated that he had no ill intentions, scratched the short hair on his head, and smiled bitterly: "Guys, it seems that there is a misunderstanding between us that needs to be clarified..."

"Young man? I'm just 40 years old this year, and these brothers are not much younger than me." Leeson said sarcastically, "Max, if you think we are liars, then you are wrong!"

"Ha...just 40 years old?" Max said with a pompous expression, "I am 59 years old this year, if a waitress secretly gave birth to me a son when I was 19 years old. He happens to be the same age as you... I just look young, but I might actually be the biological father of one of you."

A bow warrior raised his hand and shot an arrow. The arrow stuck to Max's cheek and nailed into the tree trunk beside him.

"Max, did anyone tell you that your mouth is so disgusting. I really want to sew it up!" he said angrily.

Max was very calm, the sharp arrow slid across his cheek, he didn't even blink his eyes, and said casually: "Boy, is an old and disabled person like me still afraid of death? I just think it's too embarrassing to cut myself off, but it's also a good idea. I don't have you to humiliate me."

Lisson stretched out his hand to stop his companions and said to Max, "You always make jokes out of time... that's fine, at least you're still the original Max, not like Captain Huck."

Max leaned back against the tree trunk and muttered with a smile: "I want to be like Huck, but it's a pity that Vertok forgot how to help me... You don't really think Vertok is a vampire, do you? I use mine The mouth and tongue bet, Vertoc is definitely not a ghost! Even if you don't believe me, you should believe in the Shougangyan of the Tahu tribe, and the vision of Sister Marcy. So, I've won this bet, you see, My mouth and tongue are fine..."

He opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue, looking very funny.

"What the hell, it's your business who you want to bet with, we don't want to risk our own lives."

Lisson shook his head and said, "We saw Vertok's change in appearance; he held the wind in his palm, and we saw it too. I don't know what he is, in short, it won't be a Desa half-elf."

Max thought for a while, and said, "High-level Hemers can summon ice, and high-level tower caves can manipulate lava. You can't conclude that Vertok is a half-elf-eating ghost just because he can catch the wind? Verto Ke has no ill will towards you, he just hasn't recovered from his brain disease...his speech and demeanor sometimes look different from ours."

Lisson said: "It doesn't matter... The important thing is that we have seen Vertok's makeover, and we have seen the secret of his ability to grasp the wind. He has many other unusual things, and we are insiders. If I were Vertok, I would also want to kill people." He shook his left index finger at Max, preventing him from defending: "Don't promise us anything. Your promise is worse than a fart... You are at most Weltok's lackey, and he won't listen to you at all!"

Max said dejectedly: "Well, you're right. Then, kill me and run for your life, praying that Vertok can't catch up with you?"

Lisson threw a wild mud gourd with blue skin, and threw it at Max's feet, saying: "We don't want to offend Vertok, and we don't want to be silenced by him. I know it's not safe here, and the vicious gnoll has Maybe they will come after you. We will leave you some food. If you die here, you will be considered unlucky. The treasure left by Captain Rhode belongs to us, and we deserve it."

The professionals of the Iron Cross turned and walked east.That direction only leads to the outside world, and it is impossible to reach Torrent City.They want to get rid of Max first, and then change the direction of exploration to prevent Max from seeing where he is.

Max picked up the wild gourd from the ground and couldn't help shouting to the backs of Lisson and the others: "There is no safe place in the wild, and you lack experience in exploring the wild, so it's hard to find the outskirts of Torrent City alive!"

Leeson glanced back at Max. He didn't understand the risks he was about to face, but they resolutely left the dark hunters with rich adventures and let Max fend for themselves, and speed up the pace of progress, quickly. Disappeared in an unfamiliar forest.

(End of this chapter)