The water in the river is flowing fast and violently, and the forces of nature interfere with the information perceived by the flies that come in pursuit.
Angus did not dare to emerge from the water rashly, so he used the force of the river water to swim forward underwater.
The cold temperature irritated Angus's skin.
"None of this was a dream. This is horrible."
Aengus thought.
Since Angus couldn't open his eyes, he bumped into some rocks at the bottom of the river and bled a little, but compared to facing those hateful flies, these minor wounds were nothing to worry about.
The flies above my head hovered on the river surface for a while and then left in dissatisfaction. Instead of waiting on the river surface, I might as well go back to the welfare home to hunt other prey.
The sense of crisis in Angus' heart gradually disappeared as the flies left, but he still cautiously waited a little longer under the water, holding his breath before taking action, in case the flies returned with a surprise attack.
Angus prayed silently in his mind for ten seconds and then prepared to float to the surface.
Angus pushed his feet hard on the riverbed and began to float up, but his face changed drastically the moment he floated up.
He was so shocked that he almost screamed.
"What?!"
He felt as if something was quietly wrapped around his legs, trying to pull him under the water; that thing did not look like water grass, but more like an ancient and extremely evil existence.
That kind of evil came from a scope that was beyond human comprehension. If Angus opened his eyes at this moment, he would see that what was wrapped around his legs was a dark green tentacle, and on the tentacle were cysts. Some of the cysts had exploded, revealing eyes without eyelids.
The original starry sky appeared in Angus' mind, and an indescribable existence appeared, sleeping in the starry sky.
There are equally strange creatures around him, playing rhythmless and strange music to keep him sleeping.
This illusion only flashed through his mind, but it had already pierced deeply into his heart.
Angus was unable to understand this indescribable existence, and even began to question the legitimacy of his own existence. The breath he had been holding finally let out at this moment.
The cold river water poured into Angus' mouth and nose, and the ancient and evil creature wrapped around his legs was about to devour Angus.
Angus's consciousness slowly faded away, and at the moment before he fell asleep, he felt his body being hit hard.
A powerful external force hit Angus' body, accompanied by a sticky feeling. Although it felt disgusting, it had a sacred power.
The powerful impact caused Angus to faint completely and slowly fall to the bottom of the water. The ancient and evil being fled in panic after encountering the sacred power, as if it had encountered something extremely terrifying.
The large mass of sticky stuff carried Angus's body at the bottom of the water and slowly floated up to the surface; after reaching the surface, it bent its body and threw Angus's body onto the river bank.
Angus lay unconscious on the rocks on the river bank, and a thick fish tail hit Angus in the stomach.
The sudden severe pain caused Angus to instinctively bend his body and spit out the river water he had previously inhaled.
After doing all this, the owner of the big fish tail dived back into the water and continued to maintain his innate mission until the last day of his life.
The swarm of flies completed the harvest of lives in Arkham Orphanage and finally gathered in front of Marlin.
Mariner had stopped vomiting. Everything in his stomach had been vomited out. His throat was burning and there was a sour and bitter taste in his mouth.
Marin wiped his mouth with his sleeve and spat on the ground.
He was not afraid of the swarm of flies in front of him. Instead, he had a sense of awe towards them, because those flies represented the will of the One behind them.
From the dream, Mariner had understood the meaning of the words on the last page of "Vatek".
Malin's crazy appetite came from that person, who symbolized gluttony, one of the seven deadly sins of mankind. He was the god of the Philistines, the Lord of Flies, and the source of the plague feared by the Ugaritic people.
He is Baalzebub.
"You are very brave, mortal."
The swarm of flies formed a humanoid shape in the air, and uttered words with a buzzing sound by changing the frequency of the flies' flapping wings.
Marlin ignored the dirty vomit on the ground, knelt down on his knees and kowtowed to the King of Flies hovering in the air.
"Great Lord of the Flies, Marlinl shows you loyalty."
"I have received your offering. It is very good flesh, blood and soul. I am very satisfied."
Along with a buzzing sound, these words came into Marin's ears.
This was a trap that Mariner set up after learning the truth in his dream.
Everyone in Arkham Institution is a chess piece on the chessboard, but the only one who wins in the end is Marlin.
"Then just as I promised you, I will tell you the truth about the world, but you can only digest it slowly."
After Baalzebub finished speaking, he waved his hand and a fly flew out.
The fly circled around Marlin, slipped into his collar, and turned into an inverted five-pointed star mark on his back.
The moment the mark fell, Marinel fainted on the ground.
He vaguely heard the sound of many flies flying around, and then his consciousness fell into a deep sleep.
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"Hurry, hurry, there's a live person here."
The noisy voices woke Marlin up, and he found himself on a stretcher being carried out of the warehouse by the crowd.
He was still pretending to be unconscious, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
On the other side, Angus was found by a kind fisherman and taken home to recuperate.
When Jobtran and Tristana received the bad news about Arkham Asylum, they both fell silent, followed by Tristana crying.
Although Jobtran did not stay in Arkham Asylum for a long time, Tristana grew up in the orphanage. The friends there were not brothers, but they were more like brothers.
At this moment, Jobtran didn't know how to comfort Tristene who was crying in front of him, so he could only hug him in his arms and let him cry.
Arnold sighed as he watched the two of them. The tragedy that had happened in the past led to the Arkham Welfare Institute setting a rule that only two people could be adopted at a time.
Arnold, who had originally planned to take Angus away, felt a little regretful, but he noticed a key piece of information from the news, which was that the number of corpses was inconsistent with the number registered.
At the same time, a person miraculously survived the crime scene, and Arnold told this information to Jobtran and Tristana.
This information gave Jobtran and Tristana hope that their friend, Aengus, was still alive.