Chapter 17 The Horror of Visiting the Lake

 Even if it is daytime,

 The surface of the lake is also filled with dense fog.

 Let alone looking at the other side, even the center of the lake is out of reach.

This old-fashioned pedal boat is very laborious, and the shaft will make a hard friction sound every time it turns.

 The stepping feeling transmitted to the legs gives people a feeling of being trapped in the mud,

As the boat gradually penetrated deeper into the lake, everyone became more and more aware of the hugeness of this green lake...like a huge mouth with no visible edges, which could swallow up intruders at any time.

 on board a ship

 A huge man carrying a big sword sat in front with a woman wearing a feather-decorated hat.

Yi Chen and the blond Edmund were side by side and at the back.

The staff sat on the bow of the boat, staring at the four people with wide eyes, especially the stamping behavior of their feet. It felt like they were supervising slaves.

“Although nothing happened to the boat riders in front,

 But this lake always gives me a very bad feeling ~ If something goes wrong along the way, we may need to be forced to cooperate.

 Let me introduce myself again,

 My name is Edmund, from the Mariano family. "

 He continued to introduce the two companions, reaching out to pat the broad back muscles of the man in front of him.

“His name is Dagbert, and he is a warrior from the north. Part of this body comes from blood, and part comes from the carving and polishing of the extreme cold... He will definitely be a powerful gentleman in the future.

 As for this beautiful lady, she is a good friend I met at the training ground, Yuliana. "

 “William.”

 After Yi Chen softly announced the name of the original owner of the body, he continued:

 “Besides, I don’t recommend making small talk here…”

"OK."

 The introduction is over,

 Everyone focuses on the lake,

Due to the potential risk of illness and boating rules, everyone was very honest and did not commit suicide by touching the lake water. They just observed the lake surface with the naked eye.

While Yi Chen stared at the lake for a long time,

 Unexpectedly, I felt a sense of peeping from the depths of the lake... It was as if something terrifying was staring at me from the bottom.

 When this feeling was conveyed to the little grape, it was so greedy that it oozed out a lot of saliva.

 “There seems to be something delicious down there!”

 While everyone was observing and wary of the situation between the lakes.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

The pedal boat suddenly got stuck, and the main oar seemed to be entangled in something.

 “Water plants? Or some other debris?”

 Taking into account unknown dangers,

Yi Chen did not stick his head out recklessly to observe the water, but stretched out his right arm to observe the situation under the boat through the small grapes hidden in his sleeves.

 Through the relatively clear lake water,

 A disturbing amount of something is revealed—hair.

Thick black hair entangled in the oars,

 Under the hair also corresponds to a swollen corpse.

After Yi Chen briefly explained the situation, the three members of Edmund's team also became alert, and one of them had already held a weapon.

at this time,

The staff member who did not blink the whole time and had a glassy eye performed his duties instinctively.

He put on a pair of plastic gloves that reached up to his elbows, leaned half of his body out of the stern of the boat, and began to clean the tangles on the oars.

 Seeing the situation,

Yi Chen and Edmund, who were sitting in the back row, also held on to the younger brother's clothes to prevent him from accidentally falling into the lake.

Seeing each black hair being pulled out, everyone was about to get out of trouble.

 The staff member’s body suddenly froze.

 An unimaginable strange force came... It was so powerful~ Hiss!

Yichen and Edmund only had torn pieces of cloth left in their hands.

 The employee fell into the water instantly and disappeared.

Snapped!

The blond Edmund changed his usual friendly look, his eyes were determined, and he snapped his fingers at the same time.

 Everyone is on alert,

Be alert to your surroundings,

However, nothing scary has emerged from the calm lake yet.

A drop of sweat slid down Edmund's forehead, and he said with some embarrassment:

“Obviously all the previous tourists were fine, but something happened to us... Is it a coincidence? Or is one of us being targeted by something in the lake?”

These words immediately reminded Yi Chen of his walk by the lake last night, where he accidentally threw the 'sheriff' into the lake.

but,

Edmund soon confessed on his own,

“The three of us killed several pathological individuals in small towns after the party last night, which may have angered the being behind them.

 I'm really sorry that I accidentally implicated you, William. "

Yi Chen responded coldly:

 “Think about how to get out of this lake.”

 Half of the black hair between the oars has not been removed. If you continue to clean it, you may be dragged down.

 At this time,

 Dagebert from the north took the initiative to stand up,

The broad sword in his hand can be used as a handmade oar, and he also had experience in rowing when he lived in the north.

 The giant sword plunged into the lake,

 Swipe left and right alternately,

 Just one person's strength allowed the ship to move quickly, more than twice as fast as before.

 It is worth noting that

The black hair was entangled in the oar, and the body was also dragged together. The scene was a bit strange.

However,

 The danger has not been eliminated,

The large ripples caused by the stroke of the giant sword seemed to awaken something sleeping at the bottom of the lake.

 As the ripples spread out in circles,

Some black silhouettes about the size of a human body are looming under the water... They swing their soft, slender bodies and approach the ship.

 Seeing the situation,

Edmund gently patted his companion's muscular shoulder with one hand.

 “Dagebert, just keep rowing in a straight line… and we’ll do the rest.”

"Um."

 Having said that,

Edmund picked up the pistol decorated with flight feathers in his left hand and loaded the gun with silver bullets.

Hold the silver-plated dagger in his right hand and observe the surroundings with sharp eyes like an eagle.

　　Juliana leaned over and took out the dagger from between her boots, and also assumed a standard fighting posture.

Yi Chen took out a silver ax from his waist, and the small grapevine was also installed on his shoulder.

"coming!"

　　Wow~ water splashes!

 An arm covered with fish scales and studded with shellfish clung to the edge of the boat.

 When a severely soaked head emerged from the water, the cold muzzle of the gun was already pressed against the top of the head.

   Bang~The sound of gunshots tore apart the curtain of silence on the lake.

 Red body fluids spread on the surface of the water, and the first weird fish-man who caused trouble sank to the bottom of the lake.

 Edmund, who completed the kill, also took the time to give a hint:

“To deal with this kind of parasitic guy, you only need to destroy the brain... They haven’t evolved into a real [sick person] yet, so it’s not particularly troublesome to deal with them.

 But one thing to note,

 Don't let them destroy the boat, I don't want to fall into this dirty, disgusting green lake. "

 As soon as the words fell,

Three pairs of arms stretch out towards the ship from different directions,

It was swollen and eroded, and a head with a protruding mouth and full of fangs also popped out.

The blond Edmund used a precise swordsmanship to send the dagger in his right hand into the target's face, breaking open the brain inside.

Juliana swung her backhand and inserted the dagger horizontally into the target's temple...even faster.

 Compared to two well-trained people,

Yi Chen, a time-traveler who became a monk halfway, is naturally incomparable in many aspects.

but,

Facing the dangerous situation in the lake,

 A strong desire to kill the target is formed in the brain,

 Driven by this will,

Strips of plant roots drilled out from the back of the hand and between the palms, wrapped around the hand axe, and even combined with the hickory ax handle.

 Made Yi Chen hold on tighter,

 Swing more powerfully,

kill!

The silver light flashed across and landed accurately on the mermaid's neck.

 Fish scales,

 Skin and flesh,

 Cervical vertebrae,

 All possible obstacles to the slashing attack have no effect.

　　唰!

 A swollen and ulcerated head was thrown into the air, and landed just on the ship.

 When this head still wants to crawl and cause harm to Yi Chen,

 A ball of black flesh jumped off Yi Chen’s shoulder,

 In an instant, he swallowed two ‘grapes’ from the mermaid’s head, further drilled into the eye sockets, and ate all the fresh sashimi inside the head.

 When seeing this scene,

 Whether it’s Dagbert rowing,

The two other people in the battle all cast surprised glances, and their evaluation of Yi Chen went up a notch.

 …

 With the joint fighting of everyone,

 After killing nearly twenty diseased mermaids from the lake,

 The ship docked.

The corpse wrapped around the oar was also dragged ashore.

 When Yi Chen saw the appearance of the corpse clearly, his body trembled.

This corpse with thick long hair turned out to be the Sheriff who he threw into the lake... But in my impression, the Sheriff obviously had short hair.

 It's like a lake has the effect of a petri dish. The creatures put into it will receive some kind of stimulation and accelerate their growth.

　　　"Is it really because of me..."

 (End of this chapter)