my pet is boss

Chapter 52 The Arrival of the Dead

Fuman led Shen Fei through the old pagoda tree.

In Shen Fei's eyes, there is not only a strong death energy here, but also the sound of screaming wind.

All this shows that the place where the gravekeeper lives is very unusual.

"Fuman, if there is any danger later, you can run as soon as possible. I am in a state of nothingness now, and they can't hurt me."

Fuman put the pot cover on his head, holding the black pot as a shield in one hand, and a shovel in the other.

Walking through the long and narrow old locust tree sidewalk, the howling wind still did not stop.Shen Fei looked around, and only saw a restrained cabin with a wisp of gray smoke curling up from the roof.

Behind the wooden house, there was a picture that made even Shen Fei terrified. Countless black fires were burning fiercely, wantonly with infinite arrogance.

The black air represents the dead, so the black flame...

As if he heard footsteps, the door of the wooden house was slowly pushed open, making a piercing creaking sound, and accompanied by the howling wind, there was an indescribable weirdness.

This screaming wind only exists in the soul state, and in Fuman's eyes, there is only the most ordinary sound of opening the door.

Walking out of the wooden house was a crooked, skinny old man, leaning on a crooked wooden cane in one hand, and holding a shiny silver stable lantern in the other.

What impressed Shen Fei the most was his pair of sparkling eyes, which didn't look like the eyes of the seventy-year-old, who were dying, but sharper than the eyes of young people.

"Young man, this is not where you should be."

Fuman, the cemetery keeper, had seen it before. He poked his head out from behind the black pot and said, "Master, this is the new Chief Guard of Tuke County. I am here this time to visit my parents' graves."

"It turned out to be Sam, leave early after sweeping the grave, this is not the place for you to stay."

When Fuman was talking to the gravekeeper, Shen Fei was looking at the place where the black fire was burning behind the wooden house. The place where the gravekeeper lived was surrounded by old pagoda trees. These old pagoda trees have not been repaired all year round, and their appearance is quite wanton. , with teeth and claws.Shen Fei saw many dark bird's nests on the old pagoda tree, almost every tree had one or two nests.

Combined with what Fuman said before, there are ravens in the cemetery, Shen Fei can be sure that these nests belong to ravens.

The ravens in Tuk County where the night fell, the vacant corpses in the cemetery, the surging black flames behind the wooden house, and the west, all these clues were connected at this moment, and Shen Fei suddenly understood.

Shen Fei recovered his senses and walked forward, staring at the tomb guard and said: "Have you heard of the night watchman?"

There was no change in expression on the grave guard's face: "If you want to ask the grave guard, then you are asking the right person. Night watchman, I'm sorry I haven't heard of it."

Shen Fei was waiting for the tomb guard's words, he didn't expect to get a result just by asking.The gravekeeper didn't even show the slightest surprise when he saw the state of his soul, which was suspicious enough.

"Then may I ask why the corpses of those soldiers in the cemetery are gone? And how many people are buried in the open space behind your wooden house, do you need me to read them one by one?"

As soon as Shen Fei said this, the face of the tomb guard finally changed, and he was shocked: "Can you see it?"

Shen Fei didn't answer, he was sure now that those soldiers were buried in the open space behind the wooden house.Even Shen Fei had reason to believe that these undead were the night watchmen of Touk County.

The dead bring a chill of despair.

Flocks of ravens visited the world in order to extradite these undead.

Seeing that Shen Fei had discovered the truth, the grave watchman knew that he couldn't hide it and sighed softly: "That's right, the night watchmen are exactly these dead warriors. Their heroic spirits are buried here, and they stood up when Tuk County was in crisis. , defend the town in your own way."

After confirming the identity of the night watchman, Shen Fei not only did not solve the confusion, but had more questions.

"Fuman, I want to have a good chat with the grave guard, you wait for me outside, and make a bunch of the remaining spider legs by the way."

Fuman happily agreed, as for what the lord is talking about with the old man guarding the tomb, that's not something he needs to care about.

Seeing Fuman leaving Meizizi, the gravekeeper suddenly said: "Sam is a good boy, you already know?"

"So, the real identity of Fu Man's father is not a traveling trader, right?"

The gravekeeper nodded, but did not disclose more details.

"I need to speak to the Night's Watch about something."

The old man who guarded the tomb did not speak, and walked to the open space behind the wooden house on crutches.

There were obvious signs of renovation on the land. As the gravekeeper shook the silver stable lantern in his hand, a cloud of dark clouds suddenly rolled over the cemetery, covering the sunny day.

Whoa!
On the trunk of the old locust tree, there are ravens flying from afar, extraditing the arrival of the dead.

The clearing trembled slightly, and the coffin rose from the ground, shaking off the soil covering it.Light blue rays of light suddenly flew out from the stable lantern, and landed in the coffins with the lids open one by one.

Shen Fei has seen dwarves, elves and even dragons, but this is the first time he has seen undead.

The dead man wrapped in a cloak stretched out his hand from the coffin, and the rotting flesh and white joints were clearly visible.

In Shen Fei's eyes, the burning black flames gradually subsided, the howling wind disappeared, and the deceased got up from the coffin, his whole body was hidden in the wide and rough linen robe, and two blue will-o'-the-wisps in the eye sockets could be seen through the hood.

The last one who came out of the coffin was covered in black armor, covering himself tightly. Shen Fei had heard the sound of armor colliding in the Jasmine Hotel, and it was from this "general".

Now Shen Fei also knew the true identity of this grave watchman. It turned out that he was the ferryman of the night watchman, and was responsible for pulling their souls back to the corpses with a ghost lamp in his hand.

When this "general" came out, Shen Fei saw that in his other hand, he was actually holding a bunch of wild flowers, which was the pansy that Fuman had picked off before.

In this way, the identity of the leader of the night watchman could not be more clear, it is Fu Man's father - Sean.

The gravekeeper has left quietly. He is just a ferryman for the dead. He can live to be 80 years old because he insists on a principle: take care of things that are not his own.

"Thank you, Lord Guard, for taking care of my poor child. I didn't know you called us. What's the matter? The dead don't exist for a long time during the day."

Shen Fei didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Why do you patrol Tuke County at night, and disasters keep appearing? Every time, they only appear after you leave."

The two will-o'-the-wisps under the armor were flickering, and Sean paused for a moment and said: "There is a force in the cathedral that is hindering the night watchman's patrol. Every second in Touk County is a torment for our souls. "

"The power of the Holy Light?"

The bishop holds the power of the Holy Light, which is inherently contrary to the dead.

But Xiao En shook his head, Shen Fei guessed wrong.

"It's an indescribable dark force, even the dead will be affected, as if there are thousands of Gu worms eating away at the soul, that feeling is more terrifying than facing the holy light!"

From Sean's tone, it could be heard that they were still in fear.

(End of this chapter)