Real Cthulhu Running Game

By the way, today's ghoul elders don't know where they heard that the real names of mythical creatures like them cannot be known to others, especially those magicians, because they will be killed by magicians using their real names. So Aoki only told Liu Xing the current pseudonym of the elder ghoul—Fujiwara Xuanyin. Of course, this is why Aoki only told Liu Xing his surname.

Closer to home, the ghoul elder Xuanyin Fujiwara, who was still the leader of the mercenaries at the time, wanted to make his mercenary group famous. The Corps went to Ziwu City.

However, at that time, Aoki always felt that something was wrong. He felt that his mercenary group went to rescue Ziwu City, and it was a narrow escape. What Bing said was amazing.

But Fujiwara Xuanyin insisted on his own opinion, and finally sent Aoki away with the reason of "seeking wealth and danger". Therefore, on the outskirts of Ziwu City, Fujiwara Xuanyin led a mercenary group to see Sawada Tomohiko who was going out to ask for help. Naturally, it hit it off, and Fujiwara Xuanyin accepted the employment of Sawada Tomohiko, and continued to go to Ziwu City for support.

In Aoki's eyes, Tomohiko Sawada at that time was a typical kid from a rich family. How did he escape from Ziwu City alone?

That's right, at that time, Tomohiko Sawada was alone, with no servants and guards around him, and he didn't carry any baggage or weapons on him. He was completely unarmed and walked out after dinner. The most important thing was Tomohiko Sawada At that time, he was dressed neatly, fluttering in white clothes, and there was no stain at all. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that something was wrong.

Ever since, this made Aoki feel a little puzzled, did the demons not impose martial law in Ziwu City at all, and just let Sawada Tomohiko go out for a walk?

However, at that time, Fujiwara Xuanyin, who was rewarded by Sawada Tomohiko, had already been dazzled by the benefits, ignored these details, and continued to march towards Ziwu City with the mercenary group in a hurry.

As a result, when there were still more than ten miles away from Ziwu City at that time, heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky, and the rain fell from the sky like a waterfall. The embarrassed Sawada Tomohiko asked to stop the march and temporarily take refuge in a nearby dilapidated shrine.

Aoki never expected that that shrine would become the beginning of his nightmare life.

At that time, Aoki was still complaining in his heart. Although the rain was quite heavy, it didn't have much impact on the march. It only took an hour or two to reach Ziwu City, and this young master Sawada Tomohiko was so supportive of Ziwu. The city is not in a hurry at all, and is still in the mood to take shelter from the rain.

But anyway, Tomohiko Sawada is also an employer. Since the mercenary group has accepted the employment of Tomohiko Sawada, they have to obey all orders from Tomohiko Sawada, and most of the mercenaries are eager to pay more attention to those faces later. Hateful demons.

So, under the guidance of Sawada Tomohiko, the mercenary group came to the dilapidated shrine. The atmosphere of this shrine made Aoki feel very uncomfortable and a little strange, because this dilapidated shrine has a very large area. The building materials are all very particular, and the decoration and carvings are also very exquisite. However, this dilapidated shrine is actually built in the wilderness with no village in front and no shop in the back. No matter how you look at it, it feels wrong.

The most important thing is that a shrine of this size should be well-known far and wide, but Aoki, who lives next door to Ziwu City, has never heard of the existence of this shrine.

Aoki, who was a little uneasy in his heart, wanted to warn Fujiwara Xuanyin, but Sawada Tomohiko had already taken Fujiwara Xuanyin to drink, so Aoki could only choose to let go of his uneasiness for the time being. Anyway, his mercenary regiment has two There should be no problems with more than a hundred people.

Hearing this, Liu Xing looked at Aoki in surprise, because when listening to Kuroba Naoki's story this afternoon, Liu Xing thought that the mercenary group only had a hundred people, but he didn't expect that there were more than a hundred people here difference.

"Liu Xing, I know what you're thinking. I've heard many versions of the story about the great hero Sawada Tomohiko over the years, and almost all of them mention that our mercenary group has more than one hundred people. Left and right, this is actually wrong, because our original number should be two hundred and ten people, but before arriving at Ziwu City, that is, when we were hiding from the rain in that dilapidated shrine, something happened, which caused us to directly The staff has been reduced by half!"

Speaking of this, Aoki's tone was full of anger and helplessness.

The story continues.

Hitting children on rainy days is also idle.

I don't know where Sawada Tomohiko took out a few bottles of good wine, and called Fujiwara Xuanyin to drink and eat meat, and Aoki, as the second in command of the mercenary regiment, naturally went to accompany the wine.

After drinking for three rounds, Tomohiko Sawada began to complain to Aoki and Xuanyin Dao of Fujiwara. It turned out that Tomohiko Sawada had left Ziwu City with a team of guards. The demons fought and chose to flee one after another, so only Tomohiko Sawada was left alone.

In this wilderness, Tomohiko Sawada, who came from a wealthy family, naturally did not dare to act casually. After all, bandits from the island country were rampant at this time, so Tomohiko Sawada finally chose to stay in this shrine, waiting for someone like Fujiwara Xuanyin to come Rescue the mercenaries in Ziwu City.

Then Sawada Tomohiko, Fujiwara Xuanyin and Aoki mentioned the demons in Ziwu City.

The demons in Ziwu City first appeared around the ruins of the Kingdom of Tindalos, and their image is somewhat similar to zombies. Although it cannot be said that they are invulnerable, weapons of slightly lower quality can do little damage to the demons, and these demons are all He has good intelligence and can carry out tactics such as encirclement and penetration without command.

The most important thing is that the leader of the demon clan is even more able to speak out, and can use words to kill the fighting spirit of the defenders of Ziwu City, and even instigated an official of Ziwu City, so the defenders of Ziwu City After successive defeats, half of Urumqi was quickly given up.

However, according to the leader of the Demon Race, they were originally criminals from the Kingdom of Tindalos, and they were imprisoned in the secret prison of the Kingdom of Tindalos and underwent surgery to transform them into this ghostly appearance. The gate was opened, so they broke out of the cage, but they still felt that they belonged to humans in their hearts, so they wanted to occupy a corner of Ziwu City, so they asked all the residents of Ziwu City to leave Ziwu City, and they would not There will be a killing spree.

Therefore, the officials of Ziwu City took their troops and fled directly from Ziwu City. After all, they were not in Ziwu City at all, and there was no harm for them to leave Ziwu City.

However, as the natives of Ziwu City, Tomohiko Zetian and the others are naturally reluctant to leave Ziwu City. After all, their industries are all in Ziwu City. Even if the demons are willing to let the Zetian family take away everything they can The Zetian family's capital will also shrink by more than half, not to mention that the Zetian family's network resources can only be used in Ziwu City.

Moreover, the Mozu really planned to set up camp in Ziwu City. When a small family wanted to take some cloth from a shop in the occupied area, the Mozu flatly refused. After all, the Mozu had lost their sense of hunger and taste. I don't plan to go to other places, so I go to the middle two for basic necessities, and the demons plan to enjoy "clothing" and "living".

In the island country at that time, cloth was also regarded as hard currency and could be used for equivalent exchange. Therefore, the Zetian family stored a lot of cloth, and the total value accounted for one-third of the assets of the Zetian family.

Therefore, there was no room for negotiation. The patriarch of the Zetian family, that is, the father of Tomohiko Zetian, decided to give it a go and called on the local families and civilians in Ziwu City to unite against the demons.

The other families thought similarly to Tomohiko Sawada’s father. If they gave up the property in Ziwu City, the family would be wiped out, and those commoners were also reluctant to part with the land they cultivated, so the rest of the people in Ziwu City decided to continue to resist the demons. family.

But although the idea is good, the gap between the two sides cannot be ignored.

According to the information known by Sawada Tomohiko, the number of demons has reached 500, and all the people are soldiers. Kill with sound from a hundred meters away.

Hearing this, Liu Xing felt that the weapons of the Tindalos Kingdom period in the hands of the demons should be weapons like pistols.

On the side of Ziwu City, because the officials of Ziwu City left with their troops, only the guards of various families and some strong farmers can fight. The number is about 800 people, but because they lack the necessary military literacy With weapons and equipment, the defenders of Ziwu City must not be able to defeat the demons.

Therefore, Sawada Tomohiko was sent out to find reinforcements.

After listening to Sawada Tomohiko's introduction, Aoki also began to retreat. After all, Aoki was just an ordinary person at the time, and he still felt a little guilty when facing a terrifying creature that he had never seen before.

After the other mercenaries heard that the demons they were about to face were so terrifying, they also started clamoring for Fujiwara Xuanyin to give up this mission. After all, even mercenaries who licked their blood did not want to accept such a mission that must die .

However, after Tomohiko Sawada raised his salary and guaranteed a high pension, Xuanyin Fujiwara finally persuaded other mercenaries to accept this mission.

Because the heavy rain did not show signs of stopping, Tomohiko Sawada asked the mercenaries to continue to rest in the shrine until the heavy rain stopped. As for Aoki asking why Tomohiko Sawada waited until the rain stopped before starting, Tomohiko Sawada just hesitated perfunctory in the past.

With more and more doubts in his heart, Aoki could only choose to follow the instructions of his employer, Tomohiko Sawada, and lead the mercenaries to set up camp in the shrine.

Although this shrine is a bit dilapidated, the space is large enough, and it can accommodate more than two hundred mercenaries after tidying up. However, people like Sawada Tomohiko, Fujiwara Xuanyin and Aoki, as well as senior members of the mercenary group, live in the shrine. In a row of wing rooms at the back, other ordinary members crowded into the main hall of the shrine and made beds on the floor.

Because he drank a lot of wine, Aoki came to his room, tidied up a bit and then fell asleep.

Early the next morning, the heavy rain still did not stop.

When Aoki came to the main hall of the shrine, he found that there was something wrong with the number of people in the main hall.

After Aoki's inventory, more than 20 mercenaries disappeared, and after asking other mercenaries, they did not get any clues.

But at this time, Aoki didn't pay too much attention to this matter, because Aoki thought that these mercenaries were afraid of fighting the demons, so they chose to escape in the rainy night.

So, after Aoki taught other mercenaries to keep their word and not to run away, they didn't take this matter to heart.

It was still raining heavily.

Aoki, who had been bored all day, went back to his room to rest after drinking with Tomohiko Sawada for a while.

As a result, Aoki, who got up urgently to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, suddenly heard a strange sound, as if someone was chanting, but Aoki, who was still a little drunk, chose to ignore it and went back to sleep.

Then on the third day when he woke up early in the morning, Aoki found that more than 30 mercenaries were missing. Only then did Aoki realize that something was wrong, and recalled the weird voice from last night.

Ever since, because of the heavy rain, Aoki continued to stay in the shrine, and Aoki deliberately pretended to have a cold and went back to the room to rest early, and then paid attention to the movements in the shrine.

In the middle of the night, Aoki heard that weird sound again. Although it was mixed with the sound of rain, Aoki was still sure that the sound came from Sawada Tomohiko's room.

Therefore, when Aoki took the weapon and was about to go to Sawada Tomohiko's room, his eyes suddenly went dark and he lost consciousness.

When Aoki woke up, it was already the morning of the fourth day, and this time more than 30 mercenaries were missing, but at this time, Sawada Tomohiko suddenly took out a big sword, claiming that he was enshrined in this shrine With the favor of the Great God Sulu, he obtained divine power and artifacts.

At this moment, the heavy rain stopped abruptly, and the sky cleared after the rain.

At this time, Aoki began to suspect that Tomohiko Sawada had sacrificed the more than one hundred missing mercenaries to the so-called Great God of Sulu in his mouth, but because there was no evidence, and Sawada at this time Tomohiko showed amazing strength, Aoki could only choose not to mention this matter, and began to secretly observe Sawada Tomohiko's every move.

Speaking of this, Aoki looked at Liu Xing and said, "Now I want to ask you a question, do you believe what I say?"

Liu Xing nodded without hesitation, and said seriously: "Of course I believe your words, because you don't need to lie to me, because you won't get any benefit from lying to me."

Aoki chuckled, and said, "That's very good, then I'll continue to tell you the next story."

PS: It’s not easy to break the chapters, so the two are combined into one. These stories are mainly to enrich the character image of the NPC, and also pave the way for the subsequent plot.