Chapter 171 Lantern, Blackbird, Scarecrow

"Yes, I'm here!"

"I can hear."

"Is that you, Chavez?"

The villagers recognized that the voice was that of the blacksmith Chavez.

David was deeply impressed by the blacksmith, a big man with a full beard.

Just heard his voice again.

"Everyone listen!"

"I've come up with a plan."

There was silence for a few seconds, and everyone was waiting for his next words.

"This place is less than a hundred meters away from my stable. I can ride to Amberfield to ask for help from the guards."

The words fell.

The villagers responded excitedly as if they had grasped a life-saving straw.

"is it?"

"Great, we are saved!"

"Go ahead, Chavez."

"You have to be quick. I dare not move at all. I am almost scared to death."

"The hope of the whole town depends on you!"

Chavez, the blacksmith, responded and then traveled through the fog following the route he remembered.

rustling --

The villagers heard footsteps.

"he's gone"

"I really hope he doesn't get lost."

"Please, Winged Guardian God, please don't let anything happen to him."

"Mom, I'm so scared."

"Don't be afraid kid, I'm here."

At this time, the mayor loudly reminded: "Everyone stay where you are, don't run around, we are waiting for the guards to rescue us."

Da da--

Da da--

After a while, the sound of horse hooves hitting a rapid rhythm on the stone road.

Hearing the sound, everyone's face showed expressions of surprise and excitement.

"He made it back successfully!"

"Wow, thank goodness."

"Everyone, hold on a little longer. It takes half an hour to get from Amberfield to our town. You must hold on and don't panic."

Da da--

Da da--

The people present could clearly hear the sound of horse hooves getting farther and farther away, as if they were galloping on the old trade road out of the town.

however--

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the horse let out a terrified neigh, followed by a muffled sound, as if someone was ruthlessly thrown off the horse.

"Chavez?!"

David's face changed drastically.

Before he could speak again, he saw a dark shadow rushing through the fog and dragging something into the darkness of the row house.

"Chavez?"

David was frightened by the black shadow just now. His face was pale and he called the blacksmith's name again with a trembling voice.

"Are you okay?"

At this moment, all the villagers held their breath and trembled with panic.

After a while, I heard something in the row room.

The horrible voice sounded again, still hoarse and distorted, and it said: "I will rush all the way to Amberfield to call the guards over."

David couldn't believe his ears, so he asked again.

It continued in response: "I will rush all the way to Amberfield to call the guards over."

The sound was so eerie, like twisting a pin in a person's head, stirring the brain and poking into the darkness below.

There was even a hint of teasing and cruelty that froze everyone’s blood.

Fear and despair were reflected on the faces of the villagers. They were so scared that they almost collapsed, and the cries of children echoed in the air.

"No, it's impossible!"

"Chavez, you're okay." "Right?"

Some people still refused to believe it, so they heard even more horrifying and terrifying responses.

【I'm lost.】

【Run! 】

【It’s coming!!】

This time.

Everyone's expressions changed.

The adults hugged the children tightly and backed away slowly, and some even ran home.

That voice is enough to strip away all a person's defenses, leaving only his naked soul.

Even in the scorching sun at noon, I was frightened and trembling.

It felt like something was being taken away from it. Yes, something it longed for.

With someone taking the lead.

In the fog, everyone began to flee frantically, and the scene became more and more chaotic.

At this moment, everyone heard a crying voice. It sounded like a little girl. She said tremblingly:

"Look."

"There's someone standing in the field, right where we planted the scarecrow."

The girl's voice was very weak, although everyone could hear it, but at this moment everyone was overwhelmed by fear and fled in panic.

No one cares about what she says.
No one cares about the scarecrow.

[“Fuck, this is exciting!”]
[“My heart is beating in my throat.”]
[“What on earth is causing this trouble? Su Shen, please reveal the secret. I feel itchy inside, as if countless ants are crawling around.”]
[“Why does it say I have to go all the way to Amberfield to get the guards here.”]
[“This guy can imitate?”]
[“Wait, it’s not just imitating what the person it killed said before they died.”]
[“It’s terrifying when you think about it.”]
[“Also, the last little girl, could it be…”]
[“That scarecrow?!”]
[“Right!! Didn’t Su Shen draw a scarecrow at the beginning?”]
[“Fuck, it’s true now that I think about it.”]
[“Finally solved the case!”]
"Night is falling."

The town was shrouded in an unprecedented fear. Every household closed their doors and windows, with only faint lights flickering behind the windows.

That sound, that terrifying sound, seemed to still echo in the night sky.

For a moment, everyone in the town curled up in the corner of the room, unable to fall asleep.

“We were so stupid.”

"It was getting dark, and half of the houses in the town had their windows and doors shut."

""I can hear.""

"People were whispering, mumbling, and giggling inside."

"Like a madman."

“But what exactly is it talking about?”

""I am not sure.""

""Probably--""

"Snakes, lightning, darkness, collapsing walls, blades, the sea. Something like that."

"They were laughing and screaming and it sounded like everyone was crazy."

“It’s like being trapped in a room with a terrifying version of myself.”

"It sounds like everyone is trapped in the same nightmare."

"Then the lights started to go out."

"One after another."

"The doors and windows were all tightly shut, but the lights were all extinguished helplessly."

"Then their voices began to disappear. People suddenly became quiet, leaving only one voice."

"Something was croaking behind the old smithy, mumbling to itself about snakes, lightning, and darkness."

""Davil, that poor fool, rushed in with the militia.""

"Then I joined him. I had a knife and I had a lantern."

“But the rowhouse was long and deep, and the light from the lanterns cast shadows in all directions.”

““I don’t know what happened. I saw a face—””

"It should be the face."

"Something is looking at me, right in front of David."

"But he seemed not to see it."

“It was as if I was the only one who could see that face, a burlap face that was completely crooked and twisted, with rusty fangs sticking out of its mouth.”

"Behind it."

"Some kind of giant creature."

"Spread out on their backs, supported by long, thin legs, hundreds of lively black birds fluttered in an old cage."

"I recognize that cage. It's the one we dumped in the woods last year."

““Then I saw the eyes.””

"Many, many eyes."

(End of this chapter)