Red Moon Returns

Lin Qi tightened his grip on his cane, but his wrist was immediately grabbed by the policewoman beside him: "It's not an ambush, it's more like surveillance."

"Surveillance of us?"

"No, surveillance of this position, otherwise we should have noticed the sight long ago."

The sight only lasted for a few seconds before disappearing in the sense, and the surroundings returned to normal, with workers full of energy everywhere.

They shouldn't come for us.

Seeing the ignorant look of the mountain people leading the way in front, the three looked at each other and didn't say anything, but they were all alert in their hearts. However, until they stepped onto the path into the mountain, nothing unusual happened. Everything just now seemed to be just an illusion.

Let's wait and see. If it has something to do with us, the other party's purpose will always be exposed.

Without getting entangled in the sight, the three followed the mountain people along the trail all the way. At the beginning, there were still many workers on the side of the road, widening the path into the mountain, but after walking for a while, there were no traces of people. Birds and animals were running around among the dense trees, full of vitality.

Lynch felt familiar and immediately realized that he had seen it in Maya's photo. The three of them, like Maya and the others, passed through the lush forests and went deep into the rugged mountain trails. After crossing two gentle slopes, a cliff appeared before their eyes.

The rocky cliffs were bare, and the two sides extended into the distance, like a natural high wall, blocking the way ahead.

Mount Best, part of the Carlos Mountains, has a minimum thickness of five kilometers and is the most suitable location to break through the north-south barrier. It is estimated that only a total of eight kilometers of tunnels will be needed to make the Norin-Rhine Railway unobstructed.

This mountain is rich in minerals, not only iron and copper, but also several silver veins. Lynch immediately asked excitedly where the silver veins were, but was glared back by the Countess, so he had to follow behind and drill into a giant mine at the foot of the mountain.

The mine cave has obvious traces of human intervention and extends all the way inward. Kerosene lamps are lit on both sides of the wall. The bean-like flames make the mine cave look dark and deep. There are waves of dirty air unique to the cave and faint digging sounds coming from inside.

Ghouls who are good at digging holes are miners. It seems that there is no race more suitable for this profession than theirs.

"In fact, there are also burrowing worms deep underground that are more suitable for digging than us, but their intelligence is too low, just like ordinary animals."

The sound of the ghouls, like a crying baby, came from the dark cave. The long-lost elder Nikolai came out with a few tribesmen.

...

However, the image of the ghouls made Lynch's mouth tremble. Even if it was a familiar territory, it was quite scary to see such a group of things coming out of the darkness.

The old mountain people were quite enthusiastic about Lynch.

Since Lynch broke his leg after leaving Zul'Glasar, Elder Nicolai led the mountain people back to Mount Best, and the two sides have not met again. After two months of reunion, Elder Nicolai thanked Lynch repeatedly, saying that Lynch had realized the tribe's long-cherished wish, solved the great crisis of Mordiggian, and allowed the tribe to no longer be bound in this deep mountain. Now the young people in the tribe can go out and move bricks at will, all thanks to Lynch's credit.

Huh? So the clown is actually me?

After teasing Diana for a long time, it turns out that I am the culprit?

Amid the snickering of the two ladies, Lynch tried to shirk the credit expressionlessly, but the words of the old ghoul made him more hopeful. They were indeed specifically targeting Mordiggian's clone, and maybe his guess was right.

With the previous contact and the relationship with Miss Diana, he didn't need to be too tactful. He didn't ask directly about the whereabouts of the Book of the Dead, but asked indirectly why the tribe moved here and had been guarding here for thousands of years to fight against Mordiggian.

This made the old ghoul a little confused, but Lynch understood it. It was like someone asked him why his direct ancestors followed other apes down from the trees in ancient times. Anyone who heard it would be confused and want to hit people.

However, Elder Nicolae didn't do it. He just pondered for a while and took the three people into the cave.

There are more than a thousand mountain people, distributed in several hollowed-out mines nearby. The place where the elders are located belongs to a place like the town government, and only the upper class of the tribe lives here.

Once Lynch entered, the familiar feeling became stronger. The width and layout of the tunnels and caves here are almost exactly the same as those dug out by Old Sven in his memory. It is said that this is the living habit of their tribe. Elder Nicolae doesn't know when it was passed down.

He led the three people into the depths. On the walls of the last few caves, the three saw dense murals. There were similar patterns in Maya's previous photos, but they were not as clear as they are now.

It was useless to see them clearly. Those abstract murals were not understandable to normal people. Fortunately, Elder Nicolai was looking at the pictures and telling them a long story.

In the story, the high priest of the tribe was bewitched by Mordiggian and completely lost his mind. He wanted to sacrifice a large number of lives to the King of Ghouls to order his clone to wake up, so as to guide the evil god to come. Crazy behavior will cause huge disasters. Once successful, half of the ancient continent may be affected, and the people in the tribe will not be spared.

Fortunately, the daughter of the priest stood up. The daughter was originally loved by all members of the tribe. It is said that she has lived among humans for many years. Her personality is as kind and amiable as humans, and she is powerful and capable.

Although she failed to stop the high priest's crazy behavior, she still succeeded in destroying her father's plan at the last moment by asking the tribe to thoroughly purify all the sacrifices, including herself, before the sacrifice.

The ritual failed, and Mordiggian's clone fled to the holy well in the holy city and fell into a deep sleep, and their tribe chased him all the way.

The three people had complicated expressions after hearing this story. It seemed that Lynch had guessed correctly. These people were indeed descendants of Doctor Sven's tribe, and the Book of the Dead was likely in their hands.

But the three people were not happy at all, but looked disappointed. This story was not beautiful, and the ending was even more sad.

Lin Qi sighed and said, "You hate Mordiggian for bewitching your priests, so you have been chasing him here and entangled with him for thousands of years?"

"That's not the case." Elder Nicolai didn't look at the mural this time, and sighed, "That was the last request of the ancestor."

"Huh?"

"The end of the story is remembered by all the high priests of all generations. The ancestor suddenly woke up before her death and left a last word. She said that she had just had her last dream, in which she dreamed of several powerful friends who helped her resolve the disaster. Although it was just a dream, she was still very happy. She hoped that we could chase Mordiggian's clone and let him never have the chance to wake up, until... It is said that she left with a smile, and she was really happy in the end."