allonlinenovel Chapter 197 You were the first to do it!
Chapter 197 You were the first to do it!
Woo-wah—woo-wah—!
From time to time, the cries of crows could be heard from the eerie woods. Leon and Elliot walked along the path that the older policeman had just "marked" for a while and came to a large double iron gate.
Half of the iron gate was missing, and next to it was a crooked tree with bare branches and leaves, and those annoying crows were perched on the branches.
Although there are signs of human activities, it looks like no one has taken care of this place for a long time.
After entering the iron gate and within 10 steps, the two men saw the body of a dead deer surrounded by flies.
The body was surrounded by flies and the blood had already coagulated and turned black. It was obvious that the deer had been dead here for quite some time.
What is more strange is that there are several burning candles placed in front of the body, which seems a bit like a sacrifice or a sign of respect.
"Is this telling us 'Dead Deer Road'?"
The two looked at each other, and Elliot smiled and said; they didn't believe in any puns from the ancient East.
After pushing aside the branches on the rocky path and crawling through a dog hole in a wire mesh with a bloody cloth strip, a small wooden house in the forest appeared before us.
The crows in the trees flew away because of their arrival; they went straight to the door of the wooden house, looked around and pushed the door open to enter.
"Is anyone home?"
Leon called out, but no one answered.
There was an oil lamp hanging on the wall inside the house, which obviously showed that there was someone here.
I pushed open the first door of the corridor that I could see. In stark contrast to the relatively clean environment outside, this room was so messy that it didn't look like a place where people lived.
Good and bad chairs were thrown randomly on the ground, and quilts and rags were scattered everywhere on and under the bed.
The two found... three wooden sticks beside the bed?
The three wooden sticks inserted together formed a "ж" shape, with a "spell" written in Spanish attached to it.
"The punishment from heaven is coming?"
"The owner of this house should be a religious person or something..."
The two looked at the incomprehensible talisman and speculated that the owner of the house must have some kind of belief.
Other than that, there are no other important clues in this room.
Leave the room and continue exploring along this corridor.
At the end of the corridor is a wooden door with a huge "ж" graffiti on it, and the following words written in Spanish:
[To the offender, you will be consumed by fire.]
There are many metal "No Horizontal Rice" pendants hanging on both sides, and there are also warnings in Spanish on the walls:
[Protect our souls from this weakling who seeks to destroy us.]
[We are willing to live with you until death, without fear.]
The two people who didn't understand at all tried to push the door, but found it was locked. They had no choice but to check the room next door first.
When you push open the door, the first thing that catches your eye is a row of animal traps neatly hung on the wall.
At the innermost part of the room was a burning fireplace with a pot hanging above it where something was cooking. A foul smell hit me straight in the face.
Leon, who was walking in front, endured the stench and entered the room. He seemed to catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.
When I turned around, I saw an old man with a goatee standing in the corner behind the door!
The old man's eyes were a strange reddish color, and veins bulged from under his rolled-up sleeves. He just stood there, looking expressionlessly at Leon and Elliot who had "illegally broken in."
The scene frightened both of them, and they subconsciously assumed a fighting stance, with their right hands placed on the grip of the pistol in the holster.
Fortunately, the old man did not do anything aggressive. He muttered something that the two of them could not understand at all, and turned to walk towards the fireplace.
Seeing this, Lyon and Elliot breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"(English) Sorry, we didn't know there was anyone in the house and came in like that."
After realizing what was happening, Leon first apologized to the old man; but the other man seemed to be hard of hearing, still mumbling something like the whisper of the ancient gods, and tending to the pot on the fireplace.
The two looked at each other, and Elliot, thinking that the other party didn't understand English, asked again:
"(Spanish) We are looking for a girl with blond hair, wearing an orange cashmere coat and long boots. Excuse me, have you seen her?"
The other party still did not answer and continued to cook the unknown and smelly food.
On the chopping board nearby was a half-cooked rabbit with its internal organs removed. Leon moved closer and discovered that the food in the pot was not only rotten and smelly, but there was even a lot of hair on the edge of the pot.
This disgusting scene, coupled with the old man's lack of cooperation, made them lose the desire to continue investigating.
"We're sorry to bother you. We'll be leaving now."
After looking around the room and finding no clues, the two prepared to leave.
The moment they turned around, the old man stopped whispering, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his scarlet eyes. He quietly picked up the axe hanging on the wall.
Leon, who was walking behind, was just about to help the owner of the house close the door when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind him.
He turned around suddenly and saw that the old man was already behind him, holding the axe high and ready to chop down his head!
Swish—dang——!
In a hurry, Lyon quickly pulled out the M9 bayonet from his waist, pushed the back of the knife with one hand, and used the blade to block the bottom edge of the axe.
Elliot just turned around after hearing the noise, but before he could help, Leon pushed the old man away with force.
Seeing the old man raising his axe and about to attack again, Leon used a quick, accurate and ruthless high sweep kick, kicking the old man on the side of his neck, kicking him against the wall and falling down.
But... the force of this kick seemed a bit too great.
The old man's neck was twisted almost 90 degrees when he fell, and his mouth was full of blood. Seeing this, Elliot immediately stepped forward and felt his carotid artery.
no response.
"Alas... He is dead forever."
Seeing Elliot looking at him with some accusatory look, Leon waved his hand innocently:
"No way, he was the first to do it."
"——Forget it, let's just kill him. The most urgent thing is to find Ashley and complete the mission as soon as possible."
Leaving the old man's body behind, the two men left the room and had not taken a few steps when they saw the locked door at the end of the corridor suddenly open.
"(Spanish) is a foreigner!"
An old man holding an axe also walked out of the door, but when he saw the two strangers, he immediately acted as if he had seen a ghost and threw the axe at them.
Easily dodging the flying axe, Leon quickly reached out to the old man:
"Wait! Please listen to our explanation! We didn't mean to break in!"
These words really seemed to calm the other person down, and the old man really stood there motionless.
Squeak, squeak, squeak——!
Before Leon could continue explaining, Elliot was suddenly hugged tightly from behind.
Looking closely, it turned out that the old man whose neck was broken just now was "alive" again!
There were some disgusting tentacles on the broken part of his neck that kept surging and making some noises like the sounds of mice, which was very uncomfortable.
"Lyon, shoot!" Elliot yelled.
Seeing this, Leon no longer had any scruples and quickly drew his gun and blew up the heads of the two old men.
"Fuck, this makes me sick."
Elliot, who had broken free from the old man's arms, immediately touched his arms and got goose bumps all over his body.
Not knowing whether these two guys would be resurrected again, the two immediately entered the door with the "ж" sign from which the second old man came out and locked the door.
This seems to be an intelligence room, with various photos and a topographic map of the area near the "lake" covered on the walls.
What caught their attention most was a photo of Ashley tied up in the middle of the wall. On the map below, there was a big cross drawn on a place called "Church".
Elliot immediately put his hand on the headset: "'Live', this is 'Vulture 1' and 'Vulture 2'."
"——This is Hannigan, what's going on?"
A young female voice came from the other end of the headset, and Leon continued:
"The president's daughter, 'Young Eagle', is most likely in this village.
"——Hmm...it seems the information is correct, very good."
"We need the location of a nearby lake, there's a good chance she's there."
"——Understood. I'll see what I can find out."
"——By the way, the organization responsible for assisting you is currently deploying troops at the Spanish Royal Air Force Base, which is more than 100 kilometers away from you. They may not arrive until later."
Hearing this news, Leon and Elliot looked at each other helplessly again.
First the irresponsible national police, then the assisting organization that arrived only later, really nothing is reliable.
"Okay, but try to be quick. No one here knows what's going on. This mission..."
Dong dong dong dong…!
Before Leon could finish his words, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, followed by an axe hitting the wooden door.
"We have to go, we'll talk later!"
boom--!
After being hit several times in succession, the wooden door finally couldn't bear it anymore and was kicked open by someone outside.
Three villagers walked in with unfriendly faces, holding an axe, a machete, and empty-handed(?).
"Very good, Hunter's House welcomes us."
Hearing Leon's complaints, the leading axe villager seized the opportunity, rushed up and swung an axe at him without saying a word.
The two of them had no time to fight the villagers here, so they just broke the window glass and rushed out of the house.
Strangely, the villagers in the house just looked at the two people who were running away fiercely from the window and did not chase them.