Calamity Crown

In the dark night, a rabbit appeared in the sunflower field by the roadside.

Possesses all the characteristics of rabbits in Goethe's cognition.

However, it is about the size of a medium-sized dog.

Moreover, the red eyes are like small light bulbs at night.

Roar!

With a roar that a rabbit would never have, this rabbit rushed towards Goethe at an extremely fast speed, which has already exceeded the speed that ordinary rabbits can possess.

More importantly, when the rabbit rushed, Goethe [Heart] started to judge again.

Goethe frowned.

Looking at the judgments that passed one by one, he gave up the idea of ​​raising his leg, but raised his hand and pulled out the [Blood Torture Blade] from the luggage bag.

Clang!

Turning around, the scarlet blade trembled past the rabbit's body.

puff!

After the rabbit's body jumped several meters in the air, it split into two and fell to the ground.

But no blood flowed out, instead the body became much shriveled.

hum!

[Blade of Blood Abuse] let out a pleasant buzz.

【Blood Devouring】!

By devouring the blood of the beheaded, the sword holder's physical strength is restored, and the blade becomes stronger and sharper. When it reaches the limit, it can also upgrade the [Blood Ritual Blade].

Of course, Goethe knew this.

It's just that he never thought that [Blade of Blood Abuse] would have such a big reaction after killing a rabbit.

Look at the dead rabbit on the ground.

Is this really a rabbit?

Goethe was full of doubts.

Then, he controlled the last [Spirit of Blood Raven] to hover under the night sky.

He needs more clues.

He wants to find the rabbit hole.

Wherever you go, there must be traces.

Goethe firmly believed in such words.

Especially a rabbit of this size.

In fact, [Spirit of Blood Raven] quickly found the 'traces' left by the rabbit. Along these traces, Goethe manipulated the third [Spirit of Blood Raven] to move forward along the trace.

Soon, he passed through the sunflower field and came to a dry forest.

It is less than 10 meters away from the sunflower field, but compared with the vibrant sunflower field, it is dead and quiet.

The original sky tree is withered.

The ground is dry gravel.

But it is precisely because of this that the traces on the ground are more clear.

With the help of [Spirit of the Blood Crow]'s vision, Goethe saw the end of the trace at a glance: a tree that was also withered, but it was far taller and stronger than the other trees, and it required at least five people to embrace it.

At the root of the tree, there is a tree hole.

This is where the trail of the rabbit started.

[Spirit of the Blood Raven] One dive and got in.

Then, with the help of [Spirit of the Blood Crow], Goethe saw a backpack, tattered clothes, guns and other items.

"Is this the person who was eaten?"

Goethe's first reaction.

But, immediately, Goethe discovered something was wrong.

In the tree hole, there are no bones.

Not even an iota of bone residue.

With the size of a rabbit, it is impossible to 'swallow' the whole person alive.

Moreover, even if it is 'swallowed'.

Need to excrete too?

There is rabbit excrement on the side of the tree hole, but there are no human-like bones in it.

Could it be?

An idea appeared in Goethe's heart.

Immediately, Goethe took out the 'Pendulum'.

He was going to divination his thoughts.

However, the 'spiritual pendulum' did not move.

Not only this question, but also the rest of the questions did not respond.

"The special environment makes the 'spiritual pendulum' completely useless?"

Goethe guessed, and then, without further hesitation, he manipulated [Spirit of the Blood Crow] to check around the dry forest. After confirming that there was no danger, he picked up his backpack and walked towards the dry forest.

Compared with the "Paradise Hotel" and the "College" that made him uneasy, the lifeless dry forest made Goethe feel safer.

With [Spirit of Blood Raven] as his eyes, Goethe avoided the special 'sunflower' in the sunflower field along the way. When he stepped into the dry forest, he felt relieved.

It was as if a boulder weighing on my heart had been removed.

The whole person is much more relaxed.

Goethe quickened his pace and went straight into the tree hole.

He didn't have lighting, but relied on his superhuman body and a gleam of light at night to check the tree hole again.

The inside of the tree hole is extremely high.

Goethe didn't need to bend down even when he was standing.

The broken clothes on the ground have long been indistinguishable.

The firearm is a very old-fashioned pistol in Goethe's opinion, but the pistol itself is brand new and well-maintained. The magazine is filled with bullets. Goethe picked up the pistol, pulled out the magazine and tried it. The trigger is normal and can be easily released. pull.

There is no doubt that this pistol can fire freely.

After closing the safety, Goethe inserted the old-fashioned pistol into his waist.

His eyes move.

Next to the vintage pistol are three empty cans and a backpack.

There was no food in the can, and it was piled up there empty, without packaging, it was just an aluminum can.

The backpack on the side is full.

The backpack on the ground is double-shoulder, and the manufacturing process is quite ingenious. A layer of waterproof canvas covers the entire backpack. You only need to press the connecting buckle under the backpack, and the waterproof cloth will be automatically stored in the upper pocket of the backpack.

The exposed front of the backpack is made of leather and cloth, which looks very wearable and durable.

After Goethe unlocked the buckle on the top of the backpack, the contents of the backpack appeared in front of Goethe's eyes.

Canned food, sachets of water, compressed biscuits.

Goethe checked them one by one. Like the previous cans, there was no writing on them.

A total of 4 cans, 4 sachets of water and 8 packs of compressed biscuits.

Besides, that's...

Dynamite!

In the lower half of the food and water, explosives are neatly arranged, occupying most of the space in the backpack.

Goethe tore open a bag of compressed biscuits and smelled it. There was no peculiar smell, and it was full of grease, nuts and flour. After breaking one piece, he threw it into his mouth.

hard.

But when Goethe chewed it, it was crispy.

The taste is slightly sweet.

In such an environment, it is not bad.

However, the taste of the small bag of water is hard to describe. It does taste like water, but it doesn't taste like water, but rather like diluted oil.

But quench your thirst.

After just drinking a small bag, Goethe could feel that he was replenished with water several times.

"Special water?"

"Guns, and this backpack."

Goethe became more and more certain about his previous guess in his heart, and he reached out to the pockets on both sides of the backpack—when he just took out the can, he could clearly feel that there was something in it.

The left pocket is a small package wrapped in brown paper.

In the right pocket is a notebook.

Opening the package, there is a map inside, which depicts the 'College', 'Paradise Hotel', the sunflower field, the dry forest, and the river on the other side of the sunflower field.

The description is very simple, there is no text label.

Notebooks are different.

It is densely written on it.

Goethe opened the first page——

I knew this mission would not be that simple!

After going around in a big circle, it turned out to be that ghostly place!

Why are those bastards still so attached to that damn place?

Just leave it there, won't it?

It won't come out to harm us?

On the contrary, its graduates are always so good!

While its graduates, every one covets it!

I don't covet it, I fear it, even, I started to write a diary, because, according to the news I bought from a special channel, this ghost place is very special, people who enter here should develop the habit of keeping a diary, Otherwise, you may not be able to leave smoothly.

...

"The ghost place refers to this place?"

Goethe guessed, and started to turn the second page——

I got mixed into the 'convoy', and I have to say that the graduate still has some ideas, but that guy is very mysterious, except for talking to another graduate, he doesn't talk to us at all.

How does the 'fleet' work?

Why no horses and no steam engines?

And, why can fly?

I'm curious about this 'team', but no one has an answer for me.

...

Goethe continued to flip through the content behind——

Today is the sixth day of the 'convoy' driving.

We're going to get to that damn place tomorrow.

I'm a little apprehensive.

The same goes for the partners in the same industry, everyone gathered together and chatted.

James, a young guy, is actually engaged. After completing this mission, he will go back to get married.

Another graduate also joined in.

He told us a lot. For example, the graduate who I think is very capable is not a graduate from this ghost place, but a guy who was 'dissuaded'.

As if something was wrong.

I was a little curious, everyone was curious, but no one asked.

There are some rules that everyone knows.

...

The 'caravan' went through the fog, crossed a bridge, and we finally reached this ghost place.

Then, after breaking away from the 'visiting group', we were divided into two, led by the retired student and the graduate respectively.

Unfortunately, I was assigned to persuade students to retire.

But right away, I feel lucky, because our team is not going to the 'College', but to the 'Paradise Hotel', and me? Not even the ones who entered the inn.

The expelled student and I stayed outside while James checked in with someone else.

They will inquire about everything in the hotel, and we will take care of it.

...

all the best.

This task is easier than imagined.

...

Damn it, James was found when he went up to the third floor, and he was dragged away by that Tom. The remaining companion denied being familiar with James, but the other party chose to believe it.

James should be finished.

When the other guy told me the news, his voice was crying, you can't imagine a guy who has been trained to look like this.

Advising students to quit at this time to stand up.

He asked me to stay alone, and he chose to enter the hotel to try to save James.

...

James is back, mad, babbling all the time.

Another guy told me he found the white ball and didn't hand it over.

The whereabouts of the persuading students are gone.

...

Damn, why did James turn into a rabbit? !

besides!

Why did the other guy turn into a white hamster? !

...

I killed James, I was forced to do nothing.

The white hamster ran away, but I didn't chase it.

I want to get out of here now.

I hope that retired student can come back.

...

The persuading student came back, safe and sound, and he told me that he had found a way to enter the third floor of the 'hotel', and then he looked for another guy.

When he learned that the guy had turned into a white hamster and escaped, he looked very scary and beat me hard.

I'm in a coma.

When I woke up, the other party left.

I thought I was going to be beaten to death.

Didn't expect the other party to be merciful?

whatever!

The 'convoy' is coming soon, and I need to get out of this damn place.

...

The 'team' turned me down.

I obviously took out the notebook and promised to pay ten times the previous price.

The leader of the 'team' just told me that even if I have notes, I cannot enter this team.

damn it!

why not?

I am obviously the same!

...

In the past few days, my mental state has been very bad. Every night, there will always be inexplicable sounds in my ears, some from James, and some from former comrades-in-arms who died.

I can't take it anymore!

...

I can't hold on anymore!

I'm going to blow up that hotel!

I have placed explosives around the hotel, enough to blow it up to the sky!

But nothing happened!

The dynamite did not explode!

Instead, I became more and more wrong!

I have grown rabbit fur!

...

Damn, what the hell happened!

Why did I turn into a rabbit like James?

No!

I absolutely don't want to!

I want to save myself!

...

The persuading student appeared again.

He told me that there was another way to turn me back into human form.

I feel like he is lying to me.

However, I don't have a choice.

I've tried contacting another team, but have heard nothing.

I'm on my own.

I chose the method of persuading students to quit. I went to lure the hotel manager away, and he sneaked into the third floor of the hotel.

There must be a way to turn me back into a human form!

...

The contents of the notebook came to an abrupt end here.

Goethe fell silent.

Without a doubt, the guy failed.

turned into a rabbit.

Most likely it was the one he killed.

"Will attacking the 'hotel' turn me into a rabbit?"

"If you violate the rules of the 'hotel', you will become a rabbit!"

"besides……"

"The third floor of the hotel!"

Goethe flipped through the description on the third floor of the 'hotel'.

"The white ball should be the way to safely enter the third floor of the hotel, but the person holding the white ball will turn into a hamster...do I have to enter it in a short time?"

"What's on the third floor?"

"This guy has become a rabbit, what about the persuasion?"

"Where is another team?"

Goethe sat there thinking.

Among them, Goethe was most curious about the retired students and graduates.

They undoubtedly know more.

However, there is a high probability that the two of them are finished.

But he didn't get nothing.

At least he knows about the white ball and the white hamster!

With a thought, the third [Spirit of the Blood Raven] circled in the dry forest to search for it.

The white hamster should be obvious in this dry forest, right?

Goethe thought, with confidence in his eyes.

No, confident in finding a white hamster.

but...

He discovered a loophole in the rules of the 'Paradise Hotel'!