Krafft's Notes on Anomalies

For Kraft, what he wants to do most right now is to have a good talk with his students. However, the current situation does not allow him to put this matter at the forefront of his schedule, even if Yvonne is sitting in the restaurant next door, enjoying a meal. An extra-heavy breakfast to put your mind at ease.

He needs to first check on the intruder whose integrity is worrying, receive a report on the specific details of last night, comfort Dr. David and the patient who are confused, and find someone to clean up the traces on the walls and floors upstairs.

After getting over the initial period of shock, David felt a little ashamed of his reaction last night. He felt that he should have done something stronger and befitting the status of the owner of the clinic, instead of stuffing his body into the oven like a suckling pig. In the closet - that's what he said.

But the courage and hard words afterwards could not stop the hand holding the hot tea from shaking. As an ordinary doctor who lives too far away from such fierce confrontations, his lips are still a little pale, as if part of the blood in the corridor was drawn from him.

The professor briefly comforted David and said that what he did at that time was absolutely correct. No matter what, a living person in a closet is better than a dead person appearing anywhere.

As for the dead being placed in the backyard for the time being, the nearby coffin shop should be grateful for their timely help. After all, the shop's sales have declined since someone came.

Speaking of which, will Green reimburse his monks for the coffin? This strange idea danced in my mind for a while. After all, the priest does not look like the kind of person who is particularly well-off financially, nor is it possible for him to violate the commandments and use his status for personal gain. I wonder if the church will give them funds for special operations.

When the cover is opened, the strong rusty smell dissipates, and the mask cannot relieve the discomfort.

There were no monks inside this time. The most seriously injured among them was resting in a single room in the clinic, and his life was not in danger for the time being.

Of the three people lying here, the one who was relatively intact died from a sharp injury, while the remaining two were not so dignified. The one with normal body proportions was missing one side of his jaw, frontotemporal skull, and his right hand.

As for the intruder who was obviously taller and had slender arms, almost half of his left rib area had disappeared. This effect came from secondary injuries, and even his altered body structure could not save him.

Thanks to his injuries, Kraft could see that his tall physique actually came from some kind of "elongation", with the bones on the longitudinal axis of the body replicating extra parts - the thoracic vertebrae, and The corresponding ribs are exactly the same as the arms being extended.

His alienation was more obvious, and it was more advanced than the previous guy who cast some kind of magic on a rainy night.

On the bent forearm, Kraft found a gray-white foreign object. It was small in size, only about the size of a thumb knuckle. It was embedded in a part that did not affect the activity of skeletal muscles, and the position was very shallow.

It seems that Kraft did not discover the solid form of the black liquid by deliberate design. Perhaps the difference between the two is that the transformation of the last one was a side effect, while the alienation of this body was due to deliberate laissez-faire.

"I think we found out who he is." The monk in charge handed Kraft a hammer, which almost landed on a piece of his skull.

A simple tool composed of an iron block and a wooden handle, it is more suitable to be called a tool than a weapon. There are some traces of carbonization on the surface of the smooth handle, as if it has been in frequent contact with high-temperature objects.

"Sparks are flying, aren't they? A hammer for blacksmithing. It's not difficult to find a blacksmith shop that has been closed in recent years. The owner is still a good craftsman and has supplied goods to many people, including Morrison."

"Probably last winter, the mistress of the shop passed away. The neighbors thought he was just going to live temporarily in a place that would not easily arouse sadness. They didn't expect to show up here."

"People need to find support when their hearts are weak, and evil often takes advantage of it." The monk commented with some regret, "Maybe this is not entirely his fault."

"Maybe." Kraft nodded and put away the dark gray stone insert. "Their scope of influence is much wider than previously thought."

I thought it was just a cult spread mainly among scholars, but two attacks completely changed this idea. It is obvious that the membership is more complex than imagined, and has the ability to promise something to attract more people.

What is worse than paganism, of course, is that paganism really has the ability to produce "miracles".

And it doesn't stop there. Even if the city's ground is under control, the other party also has an unrestricted traffic system.

Several monks gathered around the uncovered stone slab in the back alley, wondering if they should search for it. The dirty water had erased all traces. There was no value in tracing back, and they didn't know where those people came from.

This is the first time that it has been truly confirmed that pagans are using sewers for their activities. This level of utilization is far greater than that of other counterparts. They arrive at the exact location like ants familiar with their underground palace. The degree of unbelievable is even more incredible than being killed by a big hammer-wielding guy in the middle of the night. Touch within the cordon.

"It's a bit outrageous." Not to mention underground, even the streets above Dunling can stun people who come here for the first time. Perhaps staying underground for a long time has really allowed them to develop some special skills.

"It's not necessarily true when I think about it. Have you searched the area? Maybe they entered somewhere nearby and only walked a short distance down there." Rather than starting from some secret gathering place buried deep, Follow the underground waterway to get here.

"We will." The monks agreed. "I'm sorry for this. I believe you also understand that this is a protective... observation."

They were too busy trying to figure out where the attacker came from, and they couldn't explain why a group of church members happened to appear near the clinic last night and quickly dispersed.

Having said that, things are still weird. Kraft had not forgotten the malicious peeping he felt when returning from the cemetery at night not long ago. It came from the sewer, and even his sudden attack without warning could not be caught.

Facts have proved that Dunling underground does have a complex structure that is not inferior to that on the ground, but now someone has taken advantage of it.

The pagans showed unusual familiarity with this underground system, and how they found the hexagonal hall was also a mystery.

[There can’t be a map, right? 】

The more Kraft thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility existed, but where could there be such a map that could depict such a huge underground three-dimensional structure, and the pagans could find it but he could not find it.

It is estimated that the answer is still waiting to be discovered underground.

But now it was difficult to advance the experiment due to lack of conditions, and the only things he had at hand were the clinic. Instead of staying on the ground and doing repetitive work, he might as well take the time to walk in the sewers with Green himself.

The weather has been fine recently, and the risks are under control. Maybe we can take Yvonne along with us, so that the harsh environment and boring search work can dispel the girl's unrealistic enthusiasm for the mysterious world.

Speaking of which, most knight squires start training at roughly the same age. If she is really interested in this aspect, now is the time for initial contact. Some formal training guidance is better than groping in private.

Even if it doesn't work out, an internship can temporarily satisfy her desire to get involved and realize what she will face in the future.