章 13: Beasts in human skin. First Great One?
On one of the tables lay a letter sealed with the emblem of Cainhurst Castle.
Perhaps this will be useful to me, otherwise I'll give it to Alfred.
On the way back to the village, Crowley met a man who gave him a strange-looking stone and then explained its purpose in a mysterious tone.
Step lightly round to the right of the great cathedral, and seek an ancient, shrouded church... The gift of the god head will grant you strength..
Deciding that he would do this after inspecting the village, the hunter continued on his way.
....
As soon as the teenager reached the road in front of the windmill, a cannon explosion was heard, and instinctively the hunter disappeared into the fog and emerged a couple of meters to the right.
{Lucky, if I hadn't reacted I would have been torn to pieces.}
Having collected all the things of interest lying around the houses, Crowley got to the cannoneer and put an end to his life.
The sound of slurping came from the roof of the mill.
- Is it worth checking? I'm afraid I won't like what I see.
And he turned out to be right, on the sloping roof, a menacing-looking man was eating something.
The place of meal was the corpse of the child, lying in the same place with intended parents.
{ Disgusting. I think it's worth destroying this creature. }
Just about to blow the man's head off, Crowley stopped. Seemingly sensing danger, the man turned his head and jumped away with screams.
- Oh! Blimey... Don't scare me like that, on a night like this -- I took you for a monster. Oh, thank the stars, you're fairly normal. Was it you who put down that awful beast? Ooh, that thing had me trembling, frozen in my boots. And then you came along... Well, if you're a hunter... Would you know of any safe havens?
- Monster?! Me?! Don't you think that I don't sa...
{Wait a minute. Iosefka is capable of turning people into completely harmless creatures. What if you send him to her? }
- You know, there is one place... But there are many survivors and space is limited.
A mischievous sparkle began to rise in the hunter's eyes.
- There are many survivors... Just what I n... I mean, I've been accustomed to poverty since childhood, so I won't take up much space in the shelter.
- Then you should go to the clinic, which is located in central Yharnam, Iosefka will welcome you with open arms.
- Well I'll be... Thank you. It's about time I made a move, I can't very well stay out on my own. You've given me hope, terribly kind of you. Take this, it's all I could offer as thanks.
The tramp gave the hunter 2 bottles of blood. The exact same ones are used to attract creatures to a certain place.
{ Symbolic... }
....
*Windmill, lower level*
-Further I go, worse it becomes?
In front of the teenager lay a corpse with a ball of snakes instead of a head.
...
After discovering one type of vile monster, others followed.
Small balls of snakes, large balls of snakes spitting venom, groups of balls of snakes of different sizes.
{I, Cheshire Crowley, declare this place the Valley of the Serpents! }
It seemed that with each new death from poison make hunter's madness become worse and worse.
....
In a remote place, teenager found a group of familiar creatures. Little blue men who look exactly like the residents of Iosefka's clinic. Some of them had white tentacles sticking out of their bodies.
Unfortunately, these particular creatures were aggressive.
Among the interesting finds: Crowley found blood stone chunk and a new arcane instrument - small beast claw, using which the hunter's mouth emitted a primal roar, repelling any projectile or creature within its radius of action.
{ Considering my situation, perhaps I can somehow repeat this effect without using a claw? }
....
Finally, having finished exploring the valley, Crowley reached the entrance to the Byrgenwerth Institute.
His path was blocked by three humanoid creatures in dark clothes. The first held a scimitar, the second held a mace, and the third was armed with an identical to first's one scimitar and candlestick.
The first minutes of the battle were difficult.
As it turned out, two of them, in addition to using weapons, are able to control fire, and the last one was a skilled sword master, the strongest of all Crowley had seen up to that moment.
*Death*
At a certain moment, balls of snakes came out of their chests. And the fire caused by magic became several times stronger.
*Death*
{ Arcane magic AND snakes?! Okay, I can handle it, I hope the situation doesn't get even worse. }
Now each of the opponents was able to release a snake from his hand, which at breakneck speed tried to hit the hunter.
*Death*
After death of both magicians, the surviving sword master knelt down and cast a spell with an eerie chant.
The result of the spell was three fifty-meter-long snakes that emerged from the ponds on the sides of the arena.
*Death*
At some point, Crowley's resistance to poisons increased; now one bite of a tentacle snake did not lead to immediate death, but only greatly weakened the hunter's body. Which, however, in a battle of such intensity still meant....
*Death*
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38. After a large number of deaths, the hunter's body develops partial immunity to various poisons.
P.S. Is it possible to develop complete immunity?
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After a long time, the last of shadow of Yharnam fell.
The winner had been sitting for half an hour, leaning on the monument in the center of the arena. The path to Byrgenwerth was open.
{ It's getting harder every time, I urgently need to find an opportunity to become stronger. }
Taking the green stone out of his pocket, Crowley made a decision.
- It's risky, but I have no choice.
...
*Abandoned Church*
An attempt to open the closed doors at the end of the hall resulted in the stone resonating with some force.
The energy that once grabbed the hunter at the Oedon Chapel gently lifted him into the air. Having reached a certain level, the hunter's eyes seemed to gain clarity.
Before him was a creature invisible until that moment. Monstrous entitie with spider-like body, a short tail and a head which is very similar to a part of the brain called the amygdala. Despite the body untouched by the careful embrace, the hunter's mind was bursting at the seams.
Before losing consciousness, a joyful squeal was heard in the hall.
- Oh Amygdala! Oh Amygdala! Have mercy on the poor bastard.
.... *Lecture Building, first floor*
Crowley found himself in a long corridor on the left and right sides of which were several doors that leads to lecture halls.
{Did he say Amygdala? Great one Amygdala?}
Before starting his exploration, the hunter decided to talk to a man whose head had been peeking through the hole in the door for some time, watching.
- What a joy it is, to behold the divine. it must be such a pleasure. You're in my debt, you know. You're nigh on a beast of the field, but here you are, treading a measure with the gods.
- Fucking fanatic, what have you done?
- Are your feet as fat as your wits?
Oh, cease this dithering! Take the plunge! Throw yourself to the wolves!
Deciding that communicating with madmen was useless, teenager began to inspect the building.
*An hour later*
All lecture halls and their storage rooms have been explored. For the first time in all their lives, the cleansing took place without a single death. In the chests of the lecture building, the hunter found a bloody jelly, the purpose of which has yet to be discovered.
And a new arcane instrument, the use of which summoned a bunch of tentacles from the void, causing significant damage to targets in front of it.
Walking to the end of the corridor, Crowley opened the last closed door. Behind it was only a threatening dark fog.
{ I have nothing to lose, do I? }
The hunter plunged into darkness.
Death count - 6200.
Books read - 411.
Body empowerment - 4.47x
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