Cemetery

The Cemetery.

　　Sort of a separate and special area of the large Stuart estate, completely separated from the town.

　　The outside was surrounded by a five-meter high openwork iron fence, with a dense spiky design at the top to prevent outsiders from climbing over.

　　The entire cemetery covered an area about half the size of the town, and there were a large number of tombstones inside, but all the farm servants who had contributed to the construction of the manor were qualified to sleep here.

　　The cemetery gate faced a road about four hundred meters long that bordered the town, and there were a large number of wooden signs on both sides of the road that read 'no forward movement'.

　　The back end of the cemetery, on the other hand, leads through a pathway that extends out to the castle on the hill.

　　Currently, the 'cemetery area' was completely closed off, forbidding the entry of any knight squads.

　　Several Night Watchmen were in the deepest part of the cemetery, dealing with emergencies.

　　Following the Night Watchman Jon as he approached the cemetery, Han Dong could clearly see a layer of white mist like running water through the hollow iron bars, 'spreading' on the cemetery, the degree of pollution was self-evident.

　　Even the Night's Watchman put his 'goggles' on.

　　"If you guys can't resist even the most basic pollution of the cemetery, you should exit on your own."

　　Jon reached out and pushed the cemetery gate, opening a gap just wide enough to squeeze in sideways and enter first.

　　Abel immediately triggered a nocturnal creature's unique guardian mode.

　　With a burst of green light flashing between Abel's eyes, it greatly protects against this invasion of 'breath' into the body.

　　With the added protection provided by the 'Goggles' and the Destiny Item 'Heart Protection Stone', it was able to completely resist the erosion of the graveyard fog, and there was nothing abnormal about it overall.

　　And Han Dong was only putting on the beak mask alone.

　　Seeing that there was nothing unusual about the two young men, Jon sighed and stretched out his hand to point in a certain direction of the cemetery.

　　"Come with me, we will be heading to the [Grave keeper's Dwelling] in the cemetery to the catacombs to participate in the search and filling of the source of the contamination outbreak.

　　If you fail or if you are infected with more than a moderate level of infection halfway through, all of you will be terminated from your current vigil."

　　"Good!"

　　The three of them carried kerosene lamps and walked among the cemetery covered with white mist, always alert to the situation around them.

　　Han Dong was secretly observing the situation in the cemetery through his 'eye'.

　　About 90% of the graves had traces of having been turned over.

　　Moreover, they should all have been turned over from the inside, as if the excellent farm servants who had once been buried deep here had been given the chance to be reborn once again due to the advent of the Dark Age, climbing out of their graves and continuing to serve the Great Lord.

　　Moreover.

　　The eerie cemetery where a large number of corpses are buried is shrouded in darkness for many years, so naturally, something special is derived from it.

　　The [Ghoul's Lair] was bound to exist.

　　Furthermore, due to its long existence, the size of the lair and the number of ghouls would inevitably reach a rather terrifying level.

　　There might even be ghoul leaders and even some special species.

　　(Ghouls are also categorized as "evil filth", a plague of evil filth that has evolved from dead, unboned corpses, and from the special environment of the graveyard under the influence of "fog".)

　　Coupled with the ability to reproduce, the number of ghouls in this manor's graveyard is probably greater than anyone could have imagined.

　　In addition, since the graveyard had been sealed off ten hours ago, most of the night watchmen were also active in the underground catacombs.

　　So much so that the surface of the cemetery was silent.

　　When Han Dong and his group set foot here, even if they were already trying to keep their voices as low as possible, they would disturb some of the guys wandering outside.

　　"Ghouls, but it's a little different from the ghouls I've seen in the city."

　　Han Dong's vision caught sight of something crawling out of the graveyard in the darkness, having the same strong body as the ghouls, but their bodies were more or less different from those of humans.

　　"A deformed ghoul born from inbreeding? Here it comes! Abel, try not to make a sound."

　　"Okay."

　　The Jon knight leading the way had no intention of making a move at all, and through a kind of 'sneaking technique' combined with the night, he disappeared.

　　He wanted to see how the two young men would handle this most rudimentary ghoul offspring, if they were not handled properly, or even if they were injured, he would immediately disqualify them both.

　　Ah~ Yah huh!

　　Two ghoulish offspring with unusual physiques pounced out of the darkness at the same time.

　　One of the ghouls was huge, and even had a third arm at the navel.

　　The other ghoul presented a 'multiple surrogate' body state, carrying a fivefold amount of plague, which could easily infect the source of the plague while contaminating the individual once it came into contact with them.

　　Only, the battle was done in an instant.

　　As stated before, Abel's action stance allows him to cut into a state of warfare at any moment.

　　The white hair grows noticeably, even as some of the skin in the arm area grows furred.

　　Immediately behind him, a wolf's head figure pattern coalesced.

　　As the strong, three-handed ghoul was about to pounce, a fierce mane flashed between Abel's eyes, His entire demeanor completely changed, and his right arm took the form of a 'wolf claw', thrusting forward.

　　Precise, fast and deadly.

　　A 'Ghoul Heart' was grasped in Abel's hand.

　　As for the ghoul's corpse, it was cushioned by Abel's foot and landed flat on the ground, barely making a sound.

　　The decaying ghoul on the other side had been pinned by Han Dong's head in one hand and lifted in the air.

　　The plague carried on the ghoul was being rapidly transformed into Han Dong's "seed energy", In terms of plague control, Han Dong might be at a four-star level, so suppressing such a ghoul wouldn't be a problem.

　　After sucking up all of the plague's essence.

　　The ghoul nearly turned into a dry corpse, and a gentle twist ended its pathetic life, Han Dong then released the plague to devour the dry corpse without leaving any traces.

　　They performed their impromptu battle flawlessly, exterminating the two raiding ghouls without making any noise.

　　This was a bit of a surprise to Jon the Night's Watch.

　　But, this little degree of threat was no match for the following, and only proved that the two young men were still good at what they did.

　　Jon stepped out of the shadows, lit the kerosene lantern, and continued to lead the way.

　　Due to the size of the cemetery, a total of three waves of ghoul offspring raids were encountered along the way, all of which were smoothly neutralized by the two men.

　　Soon, the stone-built room where the graveyard guards once lived appeared, able to access the area of the catacombs where the incident occurred through a secret passage within the room.

　　It was just as Jon Knight stepped into the room, and Han Dong followed suit.

　　Ta-da!

　　The red-haired, white-faced Joker popped out.

　　"It's a bit dangerous down there, but you're not going to die." As soon as the Joker said that, his body rapidly expanded and exploded like a red balloon.

　　This jumps-scare forced Han Dong to pause a little.

　　"This Joker."

　　"What Joker?" Abel looked curious.

　　"It's nothing, let's go down, the catacombs down there are more dangerous, especially with the concentration of pollution. Abel if you have any means of resisting the pollution, you'd better get it out in advance."

　　"Okay."