Giant of Light: I am the Old Ones

Chapter 15 The Premonition of Disaster in the Town

"Light, what light?"

Pearson looked confused.

Amanda then asked: "Tell me about what you saw when you first boarded R'lyeh?"

Pearson was originally prepared to remember what they saw on the island for the rest of his life, but in order to test whether Amanda had something to do with the death of Soderlin who turned into a monster, he still said:

"When we first landed on R'lye, there were some strange-looking men who were attacking a matriarchal clan. After we helped them repel those weirdos, the women of this clan were willing to marry us in order to have a baby. Give birth to strong males. No males were born in their tribe a long time ago.”

Pearson began to talk about what they experienced on R'lyeh, with some throbbing in his eyes:
"It's hard for you to imagine how beautiful the women of that primitive tribe are. We are like ugly monkeys in front of them, but those angelic women still accept us. And they are willing to give up the traditions of the island and return to the land with us. Life."

Amanda said: "Then after you brought the women back to your hometown, you didn't give birth to a single child, and those women died one after another?"

Pearson nodded sadly: "Yes, it was Chief Black who told you. Maybe you think the three of us are cowards now, but I can guarantee that when our wives were still there, each of us They are the top sailors and fishermen, possessing courage and strength. But after they left, it seemed that they took away our hope of survival and no longer expected how much better life could be."

Amanda continued to ask: "Then why did you organize the second operation to board R'lyeh? Isn't your wife already dead?"

Pearson glanced at Amanda thoughtfully and replied:

"It's because of you, or rather, because of your mother. Well, if you are really that lady's child. The last male among us, with his dying wife, that lady, tried to Returned to Raleye to save her life. He succeeded and when he returned, his wife was pregnant."

Pearson continued:
According to him, there is a way to resurrect their wives on the island.

In the pain of missing their wives, people set off.

But before finally landing on the island, the three of them seemed to see that their wives had turned into the same appearance as those weird men they had defeated before, as if they were covered with a layer of fish skin, disgusting and ugly. .Because of fear, they did not go up.The other men who came up received no response for a long time.

Some people still died on the island, and the remaining people noticed that the ecological environment of the island was becoming weak and they could not find their loved ones, so they decided to return.

In the following time, everyone kept it secret.Moreover, because of the attack by cultists 12 years ago, which specifically targeted people who had boarded Raleye, this matter was slowly covered up.

Even after the cultists are defeated, few say these things publicly.

Only Andrew was stubborn and insisted on going to sea, but rarely communicated with others. Everyone seemed to have quickly forgotten about Raleye.

This is why Amanda has lived in the town for almost 12 years, but it was only after Andrew's death that she came into contact with this secret involving her own life experience.

Amanda didn't get the answer she wanted. In his opinion, except for those people who described themselves as living in the water and having skin similar to fish, there didn't seem to be anything special about the Raleye who appeared here. place.

If Pearson had told him everything, then this R'lyeh would be compared to the place where the evil god sleeps as described in the Cthulhu novels he had read in his native world. It was a weird building with geometric rules that directly violated the laws of physics. Compared with the great city of R'lyeh, which hides a lot of forbidden knowledge, it is really a child's play.

After dawn, Pearson came to his senses and realized that he was just telling the story. He still knew nothing about whether Amanda had supernatural powers to kill Soderling.

But there's no time to care about that now, because Sheriff Black is taking them back to town.

Without a carriage, they had to walk.

Blake got up early and looked at the horse bones that had been chewed on the ground, with only some trunks and rotten meat left. According to Pearson, even the largest beast in the forest, the leopard, could not eat a horse into pieces. so.

Maybe it was the hordes of wights.

They were walking on the road from Mammoth Mountain to the town,
Watching some of the blood stains gradually fade away, it was impossible to tell whether a monster was heading to that town.

But it's better not to be in such a terrible situation. Many ghouls attack residents who have no means of self-defense. If the losses are heavy, Black, as the police chief, has a great responsibility.

Blake's self-confidence seemed to have been extinguished along the way. He was too confident and regarded the cultists as gang members who could be easily caught in the past or pirates and bandits who sneaked into the town. He had always won every battle before.

But it's only the first day, and he has lost two capable patrolmen, and he may also cause the town to be attacked by some ghouls.

Amanda could see that Blake had a tendency to be decadent, so she took the initiative and said:
"Sergeant Black, everyone has recognized you all these years. And more than ten years ago, didn't the seniors successfully wipe out those cultists? We can definitely do it too. We can't be afraid of those people who are neither human nor ghost. Guys, we have to teach them a lesson and let them receive the punishment they deserve!"

There was no movement on Blake's face, and he sighed:

"I have not lost the courage to fight, I am just afraid that more people will die because of me."

No one took the initiative to speak anymore along the way, and as they got closer and closer to the edge of the town, flat stone slabs appeared on the deserted dirt road.

Half of the carcasses of several wild dogs were hanging on the curb stones on the roadside. It was obviously not the work of normal carnivores.

This sight undoubtedly stimulated Sheriff Black. He began to quicken his pace, clutching the only two revolvers left in his hand, and rushed back to the town.

In front of the town is a small residential area on the side of the mountain, which is more comfortable than the shanty town, but the location is too remote, with only a dozen families.

They originally made a living by hunting, but with the arrival of factories, most of the men went to work in factories, lived in dormitories, and came back once or twice a month.Usually only the women stay here.

The children went to the town's public school every day, and Amanda was supposed to go there too.But he ran out of the orphanage early just to apply for the future college entrance examination.

In other words, there were only old, weak, women and children here last night.

Running quickly across the path, the residential area came into view.

There was calm in the scattered houses, and there was no smell of blood. It seemed that people had not woken up from the late night.

But in Amanda's heart, a terrible premonition flashed again.

It was much stronger than the premonition when Soderling transformed into a Wendigo!

Several people walked quickly through the alley, banging on the door of the house, but no one responded. They came to the small square in this residential area and looked around.

Here, there is no one.

(End of this chapter)