New Gods of North America

"Who are you?"

Looking at the obviously "inhuman" monster, Wayne and Inissa asked at the same time.

"I?"

The human-shaped figure made up of various insects looked at the three people present, then suddenly dispersed into a swarm of insects and flew towards Wayne who was closest to it.

A swarm of insects attacked, then quickly gathered again in front of Wayne, and at the same time swung a claw towards Wayne's body.

"Bang!"

Wayne first took out his gun and fired at the humanoid figure that was about to gather into shape. The bullet slightly dispersed the swarm of insects that made up the opponent's "claws", and then they gathered together again.

Then the "claw" attacked Wayne's chest.

After all, that "claw" was made up of a swarm of insects. After hitting Wayne, its shape changed immediately, but its force remained undiminished.

Wayne only felt that he was hit by a heavy punch, and then his heels were forced off the ground, and the whole person was knocked back for a distance and hit the wall of the cabin.

My chest felt tight, my whole body ached, and then my throat felt sweet.

The swarm of insects scattered and gathered again, and the human figures they formed waved their fists at Wayne again.

Wayne quickly rolled to the side, and his "fist" directly punched through the wall of the cabin, with the sound of insects popping and crackling in between.

The swarm of insects gathered and squirmed again, and new "claws" took shape again as they waved, continuing to attack Wayne.

Wayne used his hands and feet to crawl backwards to dodge, and a red shadow appeared in the corner of his eye.

“Bang!”

The shotgun shells were fired, and the attacking arm and half of the body of the humanoid were shattered by the bombardment.

Countless insect remains fell, and yellow and green liquid exploded on the ground beside the "human figure", leaving a fan-shaped mark.

“Run!”

Lina pulled Wayne, and at the same time, when the human figure was hit and leaned back slightly and dispersed into a swarm of insects again, she fired another shot at the swarming flying insects.

After saying that, Lina turned around and ran away.

The swarm of insects quickly gathered together again and chased after Wayne.

Wayne ran to the wreckage of the carriage and quickly bent down to pick up the lever rifle.

Considering that the bullet had little effect on this guy, he did not hold the handle of the gun, but directly grabbed the front end of the barrel of the lever rifle.

Then he turned around and hit a home run at the swarm of insects that were chasing him.

The soup is watery and broken up into a pulp.

While the swarm of insects was still gathering, Wayne asked Lina, who was a little further away, in a hoarse voice:

"How do you kill this thing?!"

Although the human figures can be temporarily broken up, they can be gathered together again and again.

No one can withstand a few heavy blows from it.

If we fight a protracted war, I'm afraid we'll be doomed.

As Wayne asked, he reached into his body and took out the bottle of holy water, took a sip from it, and sprayed it at the gathering swarm of insects.

It's useless.

So Wayne swung his gun and slashed at the swarm of insects that was about to form again.

"Burn it with fire! Or find its—"

“Bang!”

There was also a swarm of insects chasing Lina, and the action of firing back interrupted her words.

From time to time, the little spider Peter leaped from Lina's body into the pursuing swarm of insects, each time creating a small hole in the swarm, and then he climbed back onto Lina again, repeating this process of climbing and leaping over and over again.

However, a lot of insect remains have already piled up on the ground, but the number of insects gathering in the air does not seem to have decreased at all.

When Wayne heard that fire was needed, he dodged the attacks of the swarm of insects, turning around and attacking from time to time, while trying to find a kerosene lamp on the carriage side.

Wayne saw a corner of a kerosene lamp in the wooden wreckage of the carriage, and after completing another swing, he wanted to bend down to pick it up.

A pain in the side.

The heavy blow finally hit Wayne again.

After being knocked away, Wayne fell to the ground. The swarm of insects quickly gathered into a human form and hammered Wayne's head with heavy blows.

"Go to hell, Wayne."

The humanoid's voice was hollow and unreal, as if it was made from the resonance of the sounds of insects rubbing against each other.

"Bang!"

With a gunshot, the heavy punch that was hammering in quickly broke apart.

The various insects that made up the human shape fell from mid-air and scattered on Wayne's body and the ground nearby, all becoming dying.

Wayne shook off the various insects on his body, turned his head and found that Inissa was standing in the shadow opposite the cabin with a gun.

There was still a faint smoke coming out of the muzzle of the gun.

…

There are two concentric circles, with an inverted pentagram in the middle and a pattern made up of mystical symbols painted all around.

In the center of the inverted pentagram is the corpse of a large moth, which has been nailed to a particularly twisted-looking mysterious symbol with several nails.

The big moth's head had been shot to pieces by Inissa.

Wayne couldn't understand it, but he knew that this thing should be the so-called "magic circle".

Inessa saw Wayne approaching, and probably thought that Wayne would ask, so she explained to him roughly:

“Although the life essence of Extraordinary people will continue to change as their rank increases, the vast majority of Extraordinary people are still basically ‘human’.

"The monster just now has obviously gone beyond the category of 'human' and is somewhere between having a physical body and not having a physical body.

“So, either it was formed by the power of evil spirits, or someone is using extraordinary abilities.

"For something like this, we need to destroy the carrier of spiritual power, such as consuming a large number of those insects just now. Or, find and destroy the source of spiritual power, like this. It is also okay to directly destroy the extraordinary person who exerts the ability."

Lina was bending over, stirring the body of the giant moth with a small branch. "This symbol... is caused by the devil worshippers in the dark realm."

Her pretty face was still covered with traces of yellow-green liquid that had not been completely wiped off, and her red dress was also stained with a lot of stains. It was obvious that she had been made quite embarrassed by the swarm of insects just now.

After saying that, Lina raised her head and looked at Wayne, "Who here believes in devil worship?"

"I'm not sure. But it called out my name at the end, so it must be someone who knows me."

Wayne finished, then asked, "What do you want to do?"

"What do you think?" Lina glanced at Wayne, "Of course I'll settle the score with him."

Peter, who was standing on her shoulder, was already gnashing his teeth.

Inissa stood up and said, "I was assigned by the Exorcist Association under the Holy Spirit Church to investigate the possible cult organizations in the Black Stone Town area.

"Demon worship in the dark realm is usually related to human sacrifice, especially when it comes to those with certain powers. So it seems that there really are cultists lurking here, and their level is not low."

Lina pointed to the magic circle on the ground and said, "If you want to kill this person, I can help you without paying you."

Inissa nodded, "Okay."

Lina squatted next to the big moth at this time, "But how do we divide this thing? Judging from the swarm of insects just now, the spiritual power it contains is not low."

Inissa carried her big gun on her back, "I am bound now and cannot absorb spiritual energy. I can't use such spiritual materials. You and Wayne can divide them among yourselves."

So Lina raised her head and gave Wayne a bright smile:

"Then we each take half?"