Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1314 1286. Fear of fire

Just like the difference between church hunters and ordinary hunters.

Church hunters founded by Ludwig mostly use heavy weapons such as [Church Stone Hammer] and [Ludwig Holy Sword].

Because they are under the direct jurisdiction of the Healing Church, they have to hunt more terrifying and weird beasts according to the orders of the Church.

Therefore, the musket in Ludwig's hand was much heavier than the hunter's trumpet gun, but it only fired a single mercury bullet.

Range and power are increased at the expense of portability and stamina consumption.

Henrik felt as if every tiny movement he made was being seen through. Just facing Ludwig's gun, he felt suffocated as all routes of action were blocked.

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The palm that originally held the meat saw slowly loosened, and Henryk's tense muscles also lost their strength.

At the right time, Ludwig also put down the gun in his hand.

Henrik's hand reached under his trench coat, but Ludwig didn't move this time.

As Henrik took out a blood collection bottle and threw it to Mark, Mark raised it with the same ugly expression and gestured towards the hunters.

He also recited the package number written in small words on the bottle.

Being able to decipher the information of this package number is proof that he is an insider of the church.

This is an accurate, church-produced blood collection bottle.

Finally, behind Ludwig, in the eyes of the hunters shining with desire, Mark grabbed Henrik's hand, raised it, and stuck the needle into his arm.

The usual cold pleasure invaded the body from the blood vessels and spread to the deepest part of the body.

But this time, Henrik had a sullen face for the first time, and did not show an expression of intoxication and enjoyment during the process of collecting the blood bottle.

Somehow, the young hunter even disliked this thing.

"Those who are left, those who don't have regular blood collection bottles, and those who came here after the time limit has passed."

Henrik's body was enjoying the abundant vitality brought by the blood collection bottle, and it was simply addictive.

But he felt sick mentally.

This conflict between body and mind made him stutter when speaking.

"They're all going to die, right?"

Henrik's eyes were fixed on Ludwig: "In the entire Yanan, how many people have gone up to the church town? One thousand? Two thousand? And then you are going to block the road and let the remaining people be burned to death?!"

Ludwig did not avoid Henryk's gaze, but instead kept looking at him with tired and pained eyes.

On the one hand, he was observing the reaction of the injection blood collection bottle, but on the other hand, Henryk felt that he was punishing himself in this way.

"Moral dilemma. Yes. Moral dilemma has been repeated countless times throughout the ages."

"Can life be measured purely in terms of quantity? Whose life is nobler and more important than whose life?"

Ludwig pursed his lips tightly and whispered.

"But what can we do in the face of lycanthropy, young man?"

"Humanity has continued to the present precisely because in the long past, there were always people in each generation who made their decisions at a time and place similar to this moment."

"Today, it was the Healing Church who made the decision for Yanan, and I was the one who executed it. I will feel uneasy about this, and even want to die in pain, but I will still do it."

"So yes, young man."

"Everyone who comes after you will die. We will be the executioners."

In addition to exhaustion and pain, Ludwig's eyes also contained extremely rich regret.

"The church has developed [blood therapy], and in the foreseeable future, we will definitely make more and greater achievements, and even bring mankind as a whole to a higher level."

"But the people in Yanan did not catch up. [Blood therapy] was developed only a few decades ago. This technology has not yet developed enough to save everyone."

"But it is precisely to ensure the vision and possibility of the future that we must make a decision to cut off the tail to survive!"

"But luckily, you caught up."

As he said that, Ludwig had already made way for him.

He stood sideways, but his eyes were still looking at Henrik.

There was huge anger in the young hunter's eyes, as well as disgust from the bottom of his heart.

Ludwig looked at this look and accepted it calmly.

"It's good that you don't agree with the decision of me and the church. But it's better that you can enter the church town and continue to live in a pure environment."

"You seem to be very talented. You may become an experienced hunter in the future."

Neither Mark nor Henrik spoke. They just threw the empty blood collection bottles to the ground and walked behind Ludwig.

"You believe in the teachings of the Church, Ludwig."

Henrik said coldly as he passed by the hunter who was as glorious as a hero in Yanan.

"You believe that [blood therapy] will only bring joy and relief to people, but we have seen its terrible side below."

"You believe in what the Healing Church calls a 'greater vision,' but I just feel horrible."

Ludwig didn't express any reaction to the young hunter's words. He just shook his head tiredly.

"Whatever you think, young man. But besides the church, who gave the Yharnam people the ability to fight against lycanthropy?"

Young people passed Ludwig.

But it was completely different from their first meeting just a few minutes ago. Mark felt cold in his heart and even his fingertips.

He and Henrik walked into the passage behind the hunters led by Ludwig.

This passage leads all the way up to the church town. There was a torch stuck in the dark passage a few steps away.

Mark looked at the fire flickering in the darkness, his dull face suddenly twitched, and then he quickly tilted his head to keep his sight away from the flames.

"What’s wrong with you?"

"No, it's nothing, I just..."

Mark was evasive, but as he spoke, those cities in flames, the corpses in flames, and Ludwig standing outside the flames...

Those scenes were like the afterimages left by the eyeballs after looking directly at a bright light spot. Even if they closed their eyes and shook their heads hard, they would still leave a chaotic colorful halo in the darkness.

There is no way to get rid of it.

It wasn't until the sound of the closing mechanism began to be heard in the passage that Henrik quickly grabbed Mark and rushed in towards the closed mechanism.

Mark suddenly found that he was a little afraid of fire.

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Ludwig stared blankly at the pocket watch in his hand, the delicate hands ticking until they crossed a certain limit. He took a deep breath before closing the watch cover.

As if taking this action as a sign, the hunters who were originally standing behind Ludwig began to move forward in unison.

Their noses were twitching excitedly, as if they were never satisfied, and they greedily breathed in the smell of blood in the air.

He was muttering something about hunting in a low voice.

How to bleed prey and cut them into pieces

'But they are normal. ’

Ludwig was so sure in his heart.

It's not because he knows every hunter here and is familiar with their character and past that he has trust and confidence in them today.

He was just certain that these hunters had been injected with many regular blood collection bottles produced by the Healing Church, and [Blood Therapy] would cure all their problems.

The body, and even the spirit, everything is not a problem in front of [Blood Therapy].

But thinking about this, Ludwig made a 'pop' sound and held down his shaking head.

"Woo!"

The muscles in his cheeks were trembling and twitching uncontrollably.

This beastly disaster could not have come at a worse time.

He had just participated in the hunt for a strange beast and struck the final blow.

The beast might have done something to him at the end of his life, causing him to feel extremely uncomfortable and even unable to control himself.

With a 'pop' sound, another blood collection bottle was pierced by Ludwig on his neck, which made him feel a little more relaxed.

"This is such an unfortunate coincidence."

Ludwig gasped and murmured quietly.

If you give him a few more days, no matter how stubborn the problem is, [Blood Therapy] will surely cure it.

And now, Lawrence and the others must still be studying the monster's body, right?

If their research yields results, their own situation will definitely be solved directly.

However, it happened to be now that he had just returned from hunting!

The hunters have gradually gone away, and they will intercept all those who want to enter the upper church town on the road.

Although the church has closed the road, once the number of people increases, who knows whether the damage caused will reopen the road?

As these hunters began to leave Ludwig's control and received permission to kill at will, the strong smell of blood and gasoline began to come from afar.

Old hunters not only like to make their prey bleed, but they are also very old-school and agree that ‘fire should be used to deal with wild beasts’.

In the flames that almost set the entire city on fire, the air was heated to the point of making it noisy.

The crazy and hysterical laughter and yelling of the old hunters during the hunt, as well as the screams and wails of humans, were all faintly heard in the trembling flames.

Ludwig only felt that the right side of his face began to twitch uncontrollably, and it became more and more frequent.

But because he didn't feel much discomfort, he didn't continue to inject himself with the blood collection bottle.

The smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and the sound of killing became farther and farther in Ludwig's ears.

until

There was a 'crash' sound.

With a regular, steady pace, stepping on the blood that had accumulated deeper and deeper, he walked not far away from Ludwig.

"Before I ask, 'Is this road still possible?' I have to confirm it first, just to be on the safe side."

Lan En tilted his head, looked at the 'thing' not far away opposite him, and said.

"Do you still know what you look like now, Ludwig?"