Sean moistened his throat, and asked as if confirming with his steady voice: "You just said that the painting did not depict the three explorers repelling the Wendigo, but that they summoned it?"

The old man's original words were "creation", but Xiao En can understand that ordinary people cannot distinguish between "creation" and "summoning".

The old man put down the teacup, his eyes behind the thick glasses were a little joking: "Yes."

Moonlight shook his head, blinking his eyes again and again: "At that time, you should only be ten years old. Did you become confused because you saw such a monster and mistakenly thought that..."

Gamel would wave his hands, then lean back, hugging his head, body movements like a child, and he shook his head: "No, I can't make a mistake.

"I was trying to get out of the woods that day, and I saw some carrion in the woods. I remember it very well. There were moose, there were wolves, and there were even some smelly rats...

"While I was wondering if I could find edible meat inside, I heard movement and hid behind a rock in the distance.

"The three questers—the hunter, the dark wizard, and the singing woman—appeared." Apparently Gammel didn't know the correct name of the mask, "they were still arguing in low voices about the consequences of doing so. ..."

"Then, not long after..."

Jiamer's eyes widened slightly, and his soul seemed to return to the snowy forest more than sixty years ago in an instant.

"Not long after, I saw them chanting a spell that I couldn't understand together, that thing..." The old man covered his eyes with his hand wearing a torn woolen glove, as if trying to avoid something, "The thing stood up.

A monster made of the carrion of moose, wolf and rat.

A raging hunger that walks.

Wendigo.

"I don't know why..." The old man struggled to control his breathing, trying to tame the fear that had tormented him for many years, "After seeing that thing, a surge of anger rose in my heart...

"I want to attack others, I want to bite flesh and blood.

"I feel like I have become a wolf that has been hungry for days..."

After saying this, Mr. Garmel seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and his figure became sluggish, and he kept covering his eyes with his hands—I don't know if it was to block the light or to cover up his expression.

The three of Sean sat silently, looking at the old man whose breathing was disordered due to being trapped in memories.

They wanted to find out the truth, but found that they had walked into a deeper fog.

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"If what Garmel said is true, what does all this mean?"

Moonlight was lying on the bed, looking at the ceiling—they waited until the old man calmed down, said goodbye to the old painter, and returned to Berg's tavern.

Sean was silent, and the pianist continued: "Why did the three explorers summon an evil divine thing?

"They're trying to master the power of the Wendigo, so what evil ritual is performed?"

If you think about it this way...

Moonlight sat up suddenly, and turned to Xiao En with a terrified expression: "Could it be that they deliberately let everyone get lost?!"

Moonlight quickly got out of bed, sat next to Sean, and lowered his voice: "In order to be able to create Wendigo and obtain some kind of evil power, they deliberately led a team of more than sixty people into the dense forest, causing everyone to get lost , making them inescapable sacrifices?"

Unable to deny Moonlight's conjecture, Sean slowly turned his head and stared into his partner's eyes—at this time, although Olivia was in the next room, she was also listening through the crimson link.

"Then," Moonlight felt that he couldn't sit still, stood up from the bed, and paced the room, "then, someone, like Mr. Gammel, knew the truth, and in order to get revenge, he began to search for the people who committed the evil deeds that year. Mystics, or descendants of mystics?"

If you think about it this way, then their previous "revenge conjecture" fits perfectly.

The death of Evan Burns is to repay the debt of the ancestors.

Sean was silent for a while, then slowly said: "All of what you said is possible, but...

"But why did more than 20 people leave the forest in the end?

"Since they summoned Wendigo, they should harvest all the remaining souls to make this divine thing stronger—after all, in this conjecture, their purpose is to pursue power, isn't it?

"Besides, anyway, the Northward Brigade has been trapped in the mountains by the heavy snow, and no one will know the truth if Wendigo harvests everyone. Such a witness exists in the world?"

What Sean said made Moonlight fall into deep thought again. He couldn't explain Sean's question after much deliberation. He could only piece together various possibilities: "Maybe, when they were implementing the last step, the rescue team Arrived, in order not to expose the matter, they can only stop..."

Sean held his head and looked at the ceiling without speaking.

There is no big problem with the whole story of Moonlight, but Sean just feels a little unnatural.

Many details don't make sense.

For example, after summoning the Wendigo, what specific benefits can the three explorers gain?

And, he couldn't believe it anyway, the interruption of this "evil plan" was because the rescue team arrived...

However, right now he doesn't have any ideas.

Maybe it was a tiring day, but soon, Moonlight also stopped thinking due to fatigue, lying on the bed seemed to be about to fall asleep.

Just as Sean was closing his eyes and listening to the "Midnight Confession" of the believers, both he and Moonlight heard the sound of the door opening downstairs.

The two looked at each other and turned over. Just as they got dressed and walked out of the room, they saw Pansha walking up the stairs step by step.

There had been some snowfall in the evening, and his hat and coat were still covered with unmelted flakes.

Looking up and seeing Xiao En and Moonlight coming out, Pan Sha opened his hands happily, his voice was obviously a little tired: "It seems that you guys have a smoother day than me..."

"What happened?" Moonlight asked, "Why did you come back so late?"

Panza sat on the chair and began to take off his boots: "The forest ranger in the town was the last witness to the teacher's trail. According to her description, I went to find him in the woods...

"It turned out... alas~lightnovelpub.net~Panza pulled off one of his boots—the sock inside was wet and seemed to be frozen, "and got lost in the woods—"

"Let me tell you!" Jack raised his head, his tone slightly terrified, "The woods near Mistani Lake are a bit strange, it's easy to get lost!"

Sean and Moonlight exchanged glances: Obviously, they both thought that it was a little risky for Possessed Panza to go into the woods alone.

After all, what happened in the forest that year has not been clarified, so if you go in rashly, you don't know what you will encounter.

Fortunately, however, this reckless guy was lucky.

"Let's warm up to the fire, don't catch the wind and cold." Sean suggested in a low voice.

Panza nodded gratefully, lifted his boots, and walked lightly.

He finally came to the unextinguished fireplace, put down his boots lightly, felt the residual heat of the remaining fire, seemed to have finally ended the difficult day, and sighed with enjoyment.