Chapter 22: Chapter 22 Edward Murray
Editor: Exodus Tales
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The big red lanterns in the bungalow area are reset.
Due to the dark night and the heavy rain, the light from these lanterns could only reach within a range of a few meters around the bungalow.
Han Dong was observing and waiting in the second floor of the bungalow.
He was waiting for Edward Murray to be killed by the evil spirit…then he would proceed to the final step of the plan.
However, his plan did not go as smooth as he had thought.
In the heavy rain, a youth drenched in oil hobbled towards the bungalow.
This man was none other than Edward Murray.
Furthermore, his expensively constructed and installed 'Steam Prosthetic Limb' seemed to have suffered damage, making it less agile than before.
"Arkman is the evil spirit, the event character is also an evil spirit... No! Why are there two evil spirits? There was no such information in the intelligence."
Major negligence put Edward into a predicament.
Edward thought that "Possessed" Chen Li was the possessed one by the evil spirit, therefore, he never suspected the other members of the team.
Of course, this mistake was also partly due to Han Dong.
When the team members acted separately, Han Dong ordered Chen Li to dress in red and hold a kitchen knife to follow Edward.
This made Edward firmly believe his assumption that 'Chen Li is the evil spirit'.
Therefore, when he encountered Arkman later, he was totally off guard.
That he didn't die was already an incredible thing.
It is known that strong men like Bald Derleon, who used to swing a big hammer in the factory, would simply disappear without making a sound when they encountered an evil spirit, even when they were fully alert.
But Edward Murray managed to escape from a 'surely fatal situation' through some method.
And even made his way to the bungalow area.
Gazing at the bungalow which has once again set up lanterns.
Add to this the system notification he received - 'Team Survivals: [3]', including the evil spirit Arkman... essentially only Edward and one other person are alive.
Edward is a meticulous man, thought rapidly and tried to remember some details of his experience during these days.
At this moment, some words of a certain person echoed in Edward's mind.
"My name is Valen Nicholas... I was born physically weak and jobless at home. However, when I am bored, I have some understanding of linguistics. I should be able to serve as a translator."
"Captain... I'm not feeling well."
"Captain, I need to rest for a while."
"Let's divide into groups like this... I'll team up with Miss Arkman."
The image of this weak young man, Valen. Nicholas, who would stop and pant after walking a short distance up the mountain, appeared in Edward's mind.
As for 'Nicholas' positioning.'
From the beginning, Edward considered him as a 'translator tool that doesn't need to worry about', Nicholas' physical fitness was not possible to survive.
Leaving Nicholas to the end as a tool to buy time was Edward's plan.
But, Edward was completely wrong… a person might be weak physically does not mean he has lost the chance to live.
Monica is dead, Arkman is the lurking evil spirit.
Facing the bungalow with high-hanging red lanterns.
Edward's 'sunshine' and 'friendly' face were completely wiped out, revealing a savage expression, gnashing his teeth and saying:
"Brother Nicholas, you are really not kind!
Considering your weak body, I let you rest in the room every day. I led the team to complete all the basic preparations... at the end, you actually plotted against me.
With your condition, you still want to become a 'returner'?
You are destined to die... it's better to be my stepping stone."
However, facing Edward's roar and mockery, Han Dong didn't show up.
Instead, a woman in red, holding a baby toy in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other, slowly walked along the second-floor corridor, returning to her 'room number 6'.
This strange scene made Edward sweat heavily.
Until now, he couldn't confirm whether 'Chen Li' was a ghost or a human.
At the same time.
Between the muddy mountain roads, a crawling 'evil spirit' was also slowly approaching the bungalow.
However, the evil spirit seemed a bit off, and moved slower than before.
The face is injured, it seems to have been cut by some sharp object and burned by high temperature, that the corners of its mouth were completely split and pitch black, extremely horrifying.
A thin tongue spat out from the burnt mouth, and a somewhat non-standard British pronunciation could be faintly heard:
"This man...really has some ability! It hurts so bad, just like when my father treated me with a hot iron. But, such a feeling is really nostalgic."
…
Not necessarily fatal.
Edward Murray learned from his elders who passed through the Fate Space that all kinds of events in the Fate Space, no matter how dangerous, there are 'ways to survive'.
One way to survive is 'limitation'.
And another way is the natural weakness of the dangerous creature itself. Once the 'weakness' is revealed or perceived, it can repel the opponent to some extent and earn opportunity to escape.
Most 'evil spirits' are 'afraid of fire', this is also the intelligence Edward bought … but there are a few exceptions which are not only not afraid of fire but can absorb flame.
If it was the latter, then Edward must have been done for.
However, under normal circumstances, luck won't be too bad.
Edward's Steam Prosthetic Limb, besides the normal steam drive that greatly increases strength and punch speed.
It also has an internal combustion device and a small nozzle installed inside.
Combustible.
That's right... this is Edward's backing.
Once he couldn't control the 'timing issue', leading the evil spirit to find him, he needed to use this 'trump card'.
But because the built-in 'Flame Thrower' is expensive, Edward could only afford to implant a smaller common type inside, which had already run out of fuel in the direct confrontation with the evil spirit just now.
Even the combustion pipeline has been damaged, he could not continue to spout flames even if he had time to refill the fuel.
Edward standing in front of the bungalow, tried to stay as calm as possible… to think, to come up with a way to break the situation.
"The only way for me to survive is to find Nicholas and kill him directly!
Now I can 100% confirm that Arkman is the evil spirit, but whether [Possessed Chen Li] is the evil spirit or not, I can't confirm.
An event for beginners, even at Four-Star, absolutely doesn't have two evil spirits! This special event character Chen Li likely received instructions from Nicholas, pretending to be the evil spirit to mislead me.
It must be like this!
It's all Nicholas's conspiracy!
This dirty and cunning rat... where is he hiding?"
Edward indeed has talent, he has the qualifications to survive... being able to analyze calmly at this critical moment, is considered 'excellent'. And his preparations were also very thorough.
Unfortunately, he had already made a big mistake.
...
Just as Edward began to search the bungalow, Han Dong on the second floor was sitting on the bed, fingers interlocked to form a triangle, pondering.
"Edward surprisingly could survive even after confronting the evil spirit face on... indeed, encountering an 'evil spirit' doesn't necessarily lead to death.
No choice, since Edward didn't die, I have to change the plan temporarily."
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