Why did only five people die in the face of the heirs of the Skeleton Man
Why did those two people who "suffered a huge mental shock and went crazy on the spot" die because of "excessive injuries"
Does it mean that the brain is too damaged? Or did they know too much and were secretly executed
This is a question that Annan has been puzzled by before.
Now Annan finally understood.
It was because the two people who were hit by the dirty blood bullets suffered the injuries of everyone else.
"So, you were also..."
"Yes."
Joseph nodded: "The bullet suddenly appeared from in front of me, flowed back, penetrated my chest and back, and was sucked back from the back.
"That's when Amos stole my curse-carrying object. The two people who were hit in the shoulder and arm didn't pass out. Amos appeared behind me and took my bracelet... I don't know why, he took such a risk.
"But just to steal my bracelet, he was hit in the stomach with a throwing knife by Hiram who came here. I passed out after that.
"It is said that in the subsequent development, Amos called his 'painters' to cover him, and the police officers were dragged in place. Fortunately, Amos has no medical knowledge... Before he fled, he pulled out the throwing knife Get out. This caused a lot of blood loss, and he couldn't escape the dogs anymore - although he didn't escape in the first place...”
The wizard who didn't know how long he had lived sighed.
"I'm alive now only because Hiram arrived in time and rescued me. A police officer who was shot in the abdomen, although he was not saved, he didn't die immediately... just this short delay Time, so that Hiram can transfer my injury to him in time."
I see.
Annan understood.
Joseph was hit in the back of the heart by a dirty blood bomb... He was able to survive only because of Hiram's emergency milk.
Without this milk, Joseph must have been completely cold by now.
"Then what happened next?"
Annan asked.
Hearing this, Joseph's expression became a little strange.
"Later..."
He was silent for a moment, and then answered: "By the time we got rid of the entanglement of those magic paintings, Amos had already run away and disappeared.
"But for some reason, after he trapped us, he was running up. In this way, no matter how long we were trapped, he would not be able to escape at all. Moreover, his internal organs have been damaged, and he has not healed the wound at all. ability to hurt.
"To be on the safe side, we opened up the formation and searched carefully up layer by layer. But we didn't encounter any other traps after that. Until we reached the top floor and went up to the rooftop..."
Having said that, Joseph paused slightly.
He said softly: "We saw Amos's body."
... dead bodies
Annan was also stunned when he heard this.
"Is it because of... internal bleeding?"
"Certainly not."
Joseph replied very positively: "It took more than half an hour from the time we were attacked on the fourth floor until we found Amos' body. But his body has been dead for a while.
"According to the time calculation, when we were still on the fourth floor... Amos was already dead."
Mr. Buckle said slowly: "The pistol in his hand still has the last bullet, and the final cause of death was that he was hit in the heart by a dirty blood bullet. But the problem is that he was shot in the back... so we can only think that, He was killed by his accomplices. And my carrier also disappeared at that time.
"After that, we met that monster with colorful flames. It was very scary... When it was not attacking, all our attacks could not hit it; and when it was attacking, the people it attacked Consciousness will be completely eliminated - from before it launches an attack to the time it ends the attack, they have no consciousness or memory at all, and they are completely unable to struggle or resist...
"Fortunately, we have a large number of people. After a very hard battle, we used those two companions to share the fatal damage, so we could barely defeat it. But we couldn't really kill it, we could only seal it up.
"Fortunately, its attack is not strong. When it was attacked by us, it was just crying, and when it attacked us, it didn't deliberately attack the vitals. Its name is 'Angelo'...
"—We think it should be the unborn fetus in Ai Lei's womb."
Speaking of this, Joseph's voice was a little hoarse.
His voice was a little choked, and he cleared his throat lightly before he could continue: "We sealed Angelo in Frozen Water Harbor. As for where... even I don't know. Because of this scene, it will become a nightmare after death , or being retrieved by the Soul Reaper, the Sheriff and I are responsible for half of the seal, and I am responsible for breaking up its soul and burying it in the ground. The Sheriff is responsible for hiding its corpse."
"...So, the curse of Frozen Water Harbor is the nightmare of Angelo's transformation after death?"
Annan couldn't help asking.
"Yes, Angelo, it is the curse that spread in this land, but it has not completely died. The process of purifying this nightmare is the process of slowly eliminating it."
Joseph smiled wryly: "You can call me weak... Since then, I am indeed not as decisive as I was when I was young.
"I know that only by purifying the curse lingering on Angelo's body can this matter be completely ended, and Eileen's resentment can return to the earth. But I...
"... I'm still a little reluctant. After all, it is the last evidence that 'Ai Lei' has survived."
He sighed softly: "It's a lie to say that I don't care. I know that purifying the nightmare is good for Ai Lei, Angelo, and Frozen Water Harbor. I just... hope that when I want to drink, I can go back to the nightmare again Take a look at Ellie."
After listening to his words, there was a brief silence in the room.
Annan stared at the man.
Feeling Annan's gaze, Joseph sighed, and looked away without any trace.
On the one hand, Joseph wanted to let Ai Lei rest in peace, so that "Angelo" who had his own blood in his body could die simply, and no longer stay in the world like a ghost full of resentment. He also knows that the nightmare is just an afterimage of past events, not real history, nor another world...
But on the one hand, he still has obsession with this past, and he can't forget it.
Annan once asked Salvatore.
The sheriff had already left Frozen Water Harbor. It seems that he was promoted in the second year after the incident, but it is not clear where he went.
Now in Frozen Water Harbor, the last survivor who experienced the events of the year... should be Joseph.
It must be easy for him to purify this nightmare himself if he wanted to.
As for the nonsense that "you can't gain power even if you don't have the load on your body, you can't purify the nightmare"... it should be just an excuse to deceive yourself and others.
The curse that prevented him from traveling far, and the sealed item he lost were not completely unsolvable events. As his wizard tower mentor, if Joseph mobilized his connections, it would be impossible for him to be trapped in Frozen Water Harbor for forty-five years.
—Unless, he doesn't want to leave.
He wanted to watch the nightmare being purified, but he didn't want to do it himself.
He doesn't prevent others from purifying nightmares, but he doesn't offer to help others either.
Because he wants to end it all...but can't get it out of his mind.
I don't want to say goodbye to all of this.
Annan sighed.
Such a pathetic man.
Such a poor father.