Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1284 1256. Chase
"This is the most dangerous and deepest hidden nightmare."

Simon said to Lan who was half sitting on the tombstone.

"The answer found in this nightmare must be extremely important. That's why I came here and worked hard here."

"You can't even remember how many times you've been relived by this nightmare." Lan En exclaimed, "How far have you found out about this nightmare?"

Simon shook his head and whispered a little frustratedly: "To be honest, I still don't understand."

Everyone in the alley died of gray blood disease.

The gloomy sunlight outside could not shine in. Only from time to time a cold wind blew the weeds growing in the cracks between the tiles of the alley floor, carrying the unique bloody smell of gray blood disease patients.

"All I know is that this nightmare lasted from yesterday until the night of the hunt that burned down the entire Old Yharnam."

"During this period, many sudden and drastic changes must have occurred."

"But hundreds of times, I haven't been able to get to the heart of the matter and see what's really going on. And..."

Simon said with a self-deprecating smile.

"I rarely live to see conflicts and changes."

Lan En looked up, a little surprised: "What do you mean?"

Every sober hunter is aware of the reversal of time and is able to accumulate experience continuously.

Even among the Yharnam hunters, few have had as many experiences of fighting to death as they have.

So their level is completely higher than the general level of hunters.

Hunters like Henrik, who even Irene has to go back several times before they have a chance to take down, are outliers among outliers.

Although Old Yharnam was suffering from the Gray Blood Plague, the situation was not chaotic. How could Simon not live to see the chaos in such a peaceful situation?
"This nightmare is dangerous, Lan."

Simon did not directly answer the other party's question, but just repeated his original words meaningfully.

"The secrets in nightmares. Secrets always have their reasons for being secrets, and there are always people who don't want secrets to be revealed. Especially those secrets that are particularly shameful."

Someone was chasing him in this nightmare.

Lan En immediately understood what he meant.

Simon said to Lan with a warning and reminder: "The closer I get to the secret, the more dangerous it is. He can always find me, no matter where I am. I don't know how he does it, but every time before he appears, I hear the sound of a bell ringing."

If Lan En also wanted to explore the secret of this nightmare, then there is no doubt that he would have the same experience as himself.

"Ring Bell"

The demon hunter frowned, puzzled, and could only conclude that this was some kind of Yharnam technology that could target those who wanted to explore a secret.

"It is because exploring secrets is dangerous, and those hidden knowledge are dangerous enough in themselves, that I wear these things."

Simon said this with a self-deprecating laugh as he pulled at the bandage on his head that had become dirty and turned yellow and black.

"I suggest you prepare yourself. If you feel something is wrong, close your eyes immediately. Don't listen to anything or see anything."

Because of the inherent dangers of that knowledge, it should be treated with caution.

But how can we solve the mystery without looking at that knowledge?

Yanan, the irrationality, contradiction and danger reflected by the current disaster in this city are fully revealed.

The hunter's actions here are like performing acrobatics on a tightrope.

If we are not careful, that precious lucidity will turn into irreversible depravity and madness.

But Lan En was not too worried about this.

The [Hymn Gland] in his brain has demonstrated resistance to mental oppression and distortion in the World of Fire.

At that time, Lan En's heart and spirit were infected by the power of the depths just because he caught a glimpse of the inner nature of [The Deep Saint] Eldridge.

During this process, he showed an endurance beyond that of an ordinary person, until he finally killed Eldridge and completed the purification of his body and mind.

Moreover, Mentos had already developed a way to deal with scenes of mental pollution when he was dealing with Dagon.

The biochemical intelligent brain will intelligently filter images to ensure that those things that may cause pollution are filtered out in Lan En's eyes.

With double insurance, the demon hunter felt that he had a much better chance of winning than these Yharnam hunters who were fighting with their lives.

“Nightmare.”

Lan's fingers tapped lightly on the tombstone where he was half-sitting. The touch and the people he saw on the road, young Henrik, Mark.
Can the dreams created by the ancient gods really be called "illusory dreams"?

But then, Lan En shook his head.

"Is there any news that can be communicated?"

The witcher asked Simon cautiously.

Because this information might attract unknown enemies, or the information itself might be dangerous, Lan En asked for confirmation.

"I can't say too much." Simon spoke lightly as if he was out of breath. "All I know now is that the Healing Church is organizing a large-scale hunting activity. They have gathered many old hunters. There may be the shadow of Byron Weiss among them." "It's better for us not to investigate in one direction, so that we can collect more clues. Maybe in the end we can piece together the whole picture."

Lan nodded, indicating his understanding of this statement.

Lan En stood up with the sound of "Ka La La".

"Be careful, Simon." He looked down at the hunter who looked miserable. "Don't die too early, or if you can escape the nightmare this time, you won't be able to catch up."

"You'd better stop bragging." Simon chuckled.

"I don't know how powerful you are, but I told you, this is Yharnam's most dangerous and hidden nightmare. You will die dozens of times. Are you trying to say that you have never died before?"

"You look like you've never even seen the [Blue Elixir]? I don't think you're some old hunter I haven't met, but more like a novice who was recently dragged into a nightmare."

As he spoke, Simon took out a bottle of [Blue Elixir] from his backpack and threw it to Lan En.

It seems that this is the method that even Lan En could hardly detect when he was standing still just now.

"I've definitely never died before." Lan En waved his hand, took the glass bottle thrown at him from mid-air without looking back, and walked out of the alley.

"I haven't undergone the [Blood Healing], and I don't have any sacred blood in my body, so when I die once, I really die. And I'm still standing in front of you now, right?"

Lan put the hood of his cloak back on and walked out of the alley.

But Simon, who was deep in the alley, suddenly widened his eyes and looked at the tall figure in astonishment.

Wait, he said he didn’t undergo [blood therapy]?
In other words, he had entered such a deep nightmare and had not even been injured? !

No, no, no, that’s not the point yet.

Simon just wondered if he had heard it wrong.

——Why is it that someone without sacred blood in his body could enter this nightmare?
He was just about to rush over, grab Lan En and ask him clearly.

But at this moment, "Ding-ling-ling~"

A clear and distant echoing sound of a bell rang in Simon's ears.

But Lan En, who had just walked to the entrance of the alley and turned out, seemed to be unaware of anything.

It seemed that the sound of the bell was completely beyond his hearing range.

Simon knew that this was because he knew nothing yet.

Only those who want to explore the secret and have already gained something can hear the ringing sound.

The steps that were about to take to chase someone suddenly stopped.

Simon first looked at the entrance of the alley, then lowered his head, exhaled silently and shook his head.

And in the alley, a faint red light was already coming out of a door that was smashed open by the mentally retarded giant.

The disheveled hunter pulled out another bottle of [Blue Elixir] from his bag and drank it.

While drinking, he walked quickly out of the alley, but after leaving the alley, he turned in a completely opposite direction from Lan En.

Just two or three seconds later, a soul body glowing red walked out of the house where all the people had died of gray blood disease.

This soul body looks similar to the soul body that attacked Lan En in the Fire World. Both have a translucent texture that emits hostile red light.

This is a male hunter wearing a suit lining, a vest, and suit pants, holding a one-handed hammer that seems to be made of many jagged and messy blades combined together.

But the suit coat that was supposed to match was gone.

Instead, there was a piece of skin that seemed to have been ripped directly from the deer's head, connected to the neck and back, and the fur was wet and bleeding.

Cover his back from the top of his head to his waist.

The rough fur was topped with twisted, asymmetrical, winding antlers that grew right on his head.

In one hand he was holding a rattle. There was no bell in the rattle at all, but he was shaking it casually. Then, as if he had determined the direction, he walked out of the alley holding the ferocious one-handed hammer.
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After walking out of the alley, Lan En was walking while sorting out his thoughts with Mentos in his mind.

The old Yharnam today is a nightmare from the past. After clarifying this, his many concerns about the power of time can be temporarily suppressed.

But that didn't make the situation much better.

The dream world is not a place that can be solved by brute force. In other words, even if you have to use brute force, you have to be rational and clearly understand how to use it and where to use it.

The key to dreams often lies in those hidden secrets.

According to Simon, the night of hunting in Old Yharnam that burned down the entire city is not far away.

His main line of investigation was the Healing Church's gathering of hunters during this period.

Lann thinks
"I really have a problem with the plague."

The witcher curled his lips in the shadow under his hood.

Then, Mentos marked on the map he constructed along the way several medical treatment centers built by the Healing Church to treat severe gray blood disease patients.

(End of this chapter)