Chapter 54 Seal
"Tentacles?" Lumian was stunned for a second before remembering how to define the thing that tied up the lump of flesh and blood.
He is familiar with various novels written by Aurore, has read all the illustrations, not only remembers every bloody scene, but also understands many things that are not usually touched, such as the tentacles of monsters.
Seven or eight dark black flesh-covered tentacles wrapped around the flesh and blood, dragging it towards the ruins of the house on the side.
In the place covered by the messy stones, a figure walked out.
"He" looks like a human, shirtless and feet, and wears a pair of black trousers.
Unlike humans, he has no head, only a section of his neck remains, and his cross-section is covered with sharp teeth in a swirling posture, and bright red skin is clearly visible between the teeth.
It was as if some human had replaced his head and half of his neck with strange mouthparts, making the "decapitation expert" Lumian shake his head again and again, unable to find a place to start.
The seven or eight deep black tentacles covered with flesh membranes extended from the edge of the monster's "mouthparts", and they quickly dragged the lump of flesh and blood in front of them and lifted them up.
The "mouthparts" on the monster's neck opened up like a trumpet flower in bloom.
The sharp white teeth bit the ball of flesh and blood, and swallowed it directly into it like a snake eating prey.
Seeing this scene, Lumian sneered silently:
"I thought you could survive without eating, but you still need to eat......"
He immediately fell into deep thought:
"The most monsters in this ruin should be monsters, and there must be very little to eat......
"In other words, some monsters feed on other monsters, just like just now, or everyone is a hunter and a prey......
"If I encounter a monster that I can't defeat, is it possible to lure it to other monsters, let them hunt each other, hurt each other, and I will end up picking up the bargain?
"Theoretically possible, but it looks very dangerous, who knows if the monsters will join forces to kill me first......"
As his thoughts went, Lumian saw the monster's chest cage with its "mouthparts" as its head and neck begin to swell and contract, as if it was undergoing intense digestion.
This caught Lumian's attention and led him to discover something unusual about the monster's bare upper body.
It has a black thing on its left chest, right chest, and under its neck that resembles seal marks.
"This ......" Lumian's pupils dilated unconsciously, wanting to see more clearly.
He had seen something similar in the priests of this parish!
It was at the end of the Lenten celebration, and the black mark revealed after the priest's body swelled and broke his clothes!
After careful identification, Lumian confirmed that the three seal-like black things on the monster's body belonged to the same type of thing as the priest of the main hall:
They are all composed of unique words and strange symbols, as if they are connected to another world that is difficult to describe.
The difference is that the priest of the main hall has at least eleven or twelve of them, while this monster only has three.
"What does this black mark do? Branded by a certain hidden being? The more you have, the greater the gift?" Lumian was puzzled and dazed as he observed.
He tried hard to memorize the words and symbols that made up one of the marks, but because they were all things he didn't know, he couldn't remember them for a while, and he didn't bring paper and pen to copy them.
The monster finally digested the lump of flesh and blood, and it moved its arm and shook off the seven or eight dark tentacles covering the flesh membrane next to the "mouthparts".
The mark under its neck glowed slightly, and the ribcage followed with a buzzing resonant sound.
The sound grew louder and louder, like a stream of air raging in the hive, entering and exiting one hole after another.
The horn-like "mouthparts" opened, and the buzzing sound became more and more obvious.
Lumian was very irritated when he heard this, and he wanted to beat up the monster:
This sound is hard to hear, do you know?
In the churning of qi and blood, Lumian only felt a wave of anger from his heart and only his head.
He suddenly became impulsive, holding a shotgun, bypassing the stones that obscured his figure, and jumping from the half-collapsed roof.
Bang!
Lumian fell to the ground, and the monster's tooth-sharp swirling blood-colored "mouthparts" Look at me, I look at you.
Lumian, who was going to scold the other party for being an old boar, instantly regained his composure, and the audience was forced to jump onto the stage.
The monster's blood-colored mouthparts were aimed at him, no longer making a sound.
"Can I say, I'm sorry, is it a misunderstanding?" Lumian muttered softly.
He suspected that there was something wrong with the noise just now, and he actually made himself lose his mind, jumped out of the hidden point, and tried to attack!
But the matter has already happened, and the apology will definitely have no effect, he currently has only two choices, one is to fight, and the other is to flee.
And based on Lumian's experience, there is a high probability that he will not be able to escape directly at this time, the other party is not only unharmed, but also prepared, raising those seven or eight tentacles.
Therefore, if you really want to escape, you have to fight first and find an opportunity before talking!
Without hesitation, as soon as Lumian regained his senses, he raised the shotgun in his hand that had been loaded with lead bullets.
Bang!
The monster obviously did not expect the enemy to be so decisive and fast, and lacked understanding of the existence of the shotgun, so he did not have time to make any dodging, and was directly blasted by the multiple lead that burst open.
"Ah!"
His tooth-filled swirling mouthparts instinctively opened and let out a cry full of pain, and many places on his chest instantly became bloody and blurred, including where the black mark on the right was.
But the black mark seemed to be engraved in the blood and flesh, and it was still clearly visible, and it was not affected by the condition of the wound.
Lumian didn't care about appreciating the screams of his prey, and as soon as he finished firing, he immediately shifted his position and reached out to take out a new buckshot from the cloth bag around his waist.
Just as he re-aimed his target, the black mark on the monster's left chest glowed slightly.
The humanoid creature with its head and half of its neck turned into a huge "mouthparts" disappeared.
It just lost its trace in front of Lumian!
Run away? Invisibility? Lumian sought answers from the various novels written by Aurore and the occult knowledge she taught.
He quickly glanced left and right, but the monster seemed to have really disappeared out of thin air.
This scene and difficulties that he had never faced before made Lumian a little panicked for a while, and he wanted to take the opportunity to get out of here, so he subconsciously took a few steps back.
Suddenly, his ankles tightened, and his whole body suddenly lost his balance and was turned upside down.
The dark black tentacles covered in flesh membranes appeared in the air, and they were wrapping around Lumian's legs, lifting him into the air.
The monster also showed its traces, not far from the side of Lumian.
At this time, the black mark on its right chest was shining, and the swirling "mouthparts" full of white teeth were opened to the limit, revealing the blood-colored interior, as if it wanted to swallow Lumian in one bite with the help of its tentacles.
An indescribable fishy smell erupted from the "mouthparts", making Lumian's head hanging upside down in mid-air a little dizzy.
What caught his eyes was the blood-colored skin of his mouth and countless sharp white teeth.
His heart moved, he grabbed a tentacle wrapped around his arm and aimed the shotgun at the monster's "mouthparts" in an upside-down state.
Bang!
The monster screamed again, blood and flesh flew in the "mouthparts", and lead black was everywhere.
It threw Lumian out suddenly, and its body quickly became transparent, disappearing again.
Lumian plopped to the ground and rolled a few times in a row before getting back up, concentrating on finding traces of his target.
The next second, he twitched his nose, only to feel that a certain smell of blood was quickly approaching him.
Without thinking about what this meant, he rushed out and threw himself in the opposite direction.
Where he was standing, dark black tentacles covered with flesh membranes drilled out of the air, but did not entangle anything.
Three or four meters away from them, the monster revealed its figure, its swirling "mouthparts" wide open, as if waiting for food.
Lumian hurriedly loaded a buckshot on the shotgun, but the black mark on the left chest of the monster lit up and disappeared from his sight again.
Invisibility, indeed invisibility! Lumian instantly made a judgment.
Combined with the experience just now, he believed that this kind of invisibility could not cover up the smell and would be ineffective as soon as it entered the attack state.
After thinking about it, Lumi was at ease and secretly laughed:
"What kind of invisibility is it that can't hide the smell?"
Capturing various traces is the strength of the "hunter".
No longer panicked by the encounter, Lumian, who had a lot of confidence, calmed down and observed his surroundings as he wandered.
Soon, he saw the footprints left by the monster, smelled the smell of blood on its body and the original stench.
Relying on these traces, he avoided the monster's attack again and again in advance, and hit the opponent again and again with his shotgun.
But the monster didn't seem to have a vital point, and after being shot multiple times, it was just a lot weaker.
Seeing that the buckshot was about to run out, Lumian's mind was racing and he thought about what to do.
In just a few seconds, he had the answer:
On the way here, he did not forget to observe the environment and found several natural traps that could be used, one of which was suitable for dealing with the monster now.
Seeing two shallow footprints suddenly appearing not far away, Lumian turned his body and ran wildly.
The dark black tentacles covered with flesh membranes failed again.
Lumian ran and stopped from time to time, sometimes looking back to observe, so that the monster would not give up chasing, and dodged the attack in advance.
Buzz!
The "noise" from the monster's chest cavity once again reached Lumian's ears, causing him to be annoyed, and his anger became extremely strong, and he wanted to stop running away immediately, turning around and giving the guy a few axes.
Fortunately, he remembered that the purpose of his madness was to kill the guy, and the current was not a real escape, anger and annoyance failed to change his plan, but only made him more mobile.
Kick!
Lumian finally saw the half-collapsed building.
He rushed straight in, came to the edge of the other side, and stopped there, pretending to be ambushed.
It didn't take long for shallow footprints to appear inside the half-collapsed house, and the smell of stench and blood was getting closer and closer to Lumian.
Lumian estimated the distance of his tentacles, took two steps back suddenly, raised the axe he had pulled out earlier, and slashed at a stone pillar that was about to break.
Immediately afterwards, he kicked the stone pillar hard and rolled backwards.
The half-collapsed house, which was already in a fragile balance, could no longer support it and collapsed with a bang.
Wow, a large number of heavy stones fell down, completely filling the interior space that could have been passed through.
The monster that was hiding there and ready to go suddenly let out a fierce scream.
Its scream lasted less than a second before it came to an abrupt end.
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