The Death List Novel - Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Probe Into
There were a total of five people in the middle of the exorcist squad. Qin Lun and his followers, Frank, who were regarded as logistics personnel, were two official exorcists, Bonny and Oddo. The last one was an 18-year-old exorcist youth, Will.

Will, like Qin Lun, was participating in the exorcist mission for the first time. Qin Lun came voluntarily, while Will had no choice but to come. Will’s father was also an exorcist and died five years ago on a bounty mission.

Fortunately, Will’s father left a fortune for the orphans and widows, enough for them to live on. However, Will had always wanted to inherit his father’s exorcism. Five years ago, he was still too young, so he could only rely on his father’s points to temporarily cancel his annual exorcism mission.

By this year, he had used up all of his points. If he didn’t perform his mission, he would be deprived of his exorcist qualifications. Once he lost his exorcist qualifications, Will didn’t have the confidence to use his own abilities to regain his exorcist qualifications. Adding on that he was already an adult, he made up his mind to go out and carry out the mission.

The only thing he hadn’t expected was that his first mission had encountered a large-scale combat mission.

“Will, is this enough firewood?” Qin Lun stood beside the campfire with a pile of withered branches in his arms, a smile on his face.

“Enough, enough. Thank you, Dr. Stan!” The plainly dressed young man took the dry wood from the side and began to prepare hot water for everyone.

After the small team found an open space in the forest, the five of them set up tents and lit a campfire. In a series of jobs, Qin Lun suddenly realized that he didn’t seem to know anything, more useless than his servant Frank. After messing up the work of the others, he was finally driven to Will’s place by the angry Oddo.

As the campfire lit up, night began to cover the Myya Forest. Without Qin Lun’s help, the others quickly set up their tents, took out the drinks and food from the carriage, and sat down around the campfire.

Bonnie took out some dry grass from a bag and threw it into the campfire. When it burned, it gave off a faint fragrance.

“What is this?” Qin Lun, who had been observing and studying at the side, finally couldn’t help but ask.

“This is smoked vanilla. It can protect us from mosquitoes!” Oddo sighed. “Doctor Stan, you don’t have much experience in the wild. In the future, you need to strengthen your training in this area. Most of the witches’ nests are located in extremely harsh living conditions. The exorcists must learn to survive in all kinds of conditions.”

“Yes, I hope everyone can give me more advice in the future!” Qin Lun smiled nonchalantly.

Perhaps due to the influence of their surroundings, they were not very talkative and ate in silence. Only Will would occasionally raise his head and nervously look at the faint howls of the beasts coming from the darkness.

“Crack!” Just as everyone was slightly asleep and Bonny was about to arrange a night shift, a bolt of lightning flashed in the distant forest like thunder on a rainy day.

“It seems to be the direction of Nova’s group!” Oddo suddenly stood up and muttered to himself as he looked at where the light was coming from.

“Yes, it should be an electric spell!” Bonny’s expression was uncertain. “Today is just the first day. We should still be at the edge. They actually encountered magical creatures!”

As the two of them spoke, the distant sky lit up with a fiery red light once again. This time, it seemed to last for a bit longer, and it slowly dimmed down after about ten seconds.

“Sir Bonny, do we have to rush over to save them?” Qin Lun’s eyes lit up and he was slightly excited. He was very interested in witches and magical creatures in this world.

‘”No need, they can handle it. If there’s any danger, they’ll send out a fireworks signal. Yellow smoke means they need backup, and red smoke means they’re in extreme danger! If there’s no fireworks signal, it means they can handle it themselves. There’s no need for other teams to risk destroying the formation to rescue them!” Oddo stared at it for a while, then sat back down beside the campfire.

“Haha, Doctor Stan, rest early. When it’s almost dawn, you’ll be on duty again!” Bonny sat down beside the campfire, pulled out his knight’s sword, and began to wipe it carefully.

A strange expression flashed in Qin Lun’s eyes as he nodded silently. Bonny’s performance in entering the forest surprised him. The blonde youth put away the noble young master in the castle and turned into an experienced exorcist, not inferior to the old exorcist Oddo.

“Shasha!” Qin Lun suddenly opened his eyes from his sleep. His body tensed up slightly, but he immediately relaxed. He recognized who the footsteps behind him belonged to.

“Young Master, did you wake up?” Frank looked at Qin Lun who was sitting up and scratched his head embarrassedly.

“Is it time for me to be on duty?” Qin Lun looked at the sky and realized that it was just dawn. He recalled Bonny’s words last night and immediately came to his senses.

“Yes, Lord Oddo won’t let me watch the night for you!” Frank said with a grim expression.

“Go and rest!” Qin Lun twisted his neck and walked towards the campfire in the middle of the camp.

“Dr. Stan, are you awake?” When Oddo saw Qin Lun, he smiled and greeted him, “Your attendant wanted to watch over the night for you, but I refused. I think since you’ve become an exorcist, you should familiarize yourself with the adventure of living in the wild!”

“Yes, I also think so. As an exorcist, you should stay alert all the time in the wilderness!” Qin Lun nodded in agreement.

In fact, even if Qin Lun was asleep, it was still very difficult for anyone to get close to him. When he was still in Handan Prison, the inmates who were in the same room with him in the early days were all felons, and there were even quite a few death row inmates.

In that kind of environment, Qin Lun had already developed an unparalleled vigilance. In fact, Qin Lun hadn’t killed anyone in the same cell as him in the early days of the prison. However, felons in the same cell are like dogs in a cage, always fighting.

As time passed, Joey started to appear frequently in this situation. After that, the prisoners in the same cell as Qin Lun would basically die in three days, and their deaths would be tragic, just like the cattle and sheep that had been slaughtered. Within a few years, there were only a handful of prisoners who lived in the same room as Qin Lun and could survive another week in Handan Prison.

It was during this period that Qin Lun and Joey earned themselves the nickname “Decomposer” and became truly a terrifying murderer. In some cases, murderers have even become imperial killers in Handan prisons and official institutions that “deal” with certain prisoners.

This was also one of the reasons why Qin Lun was given preferential treatment in prison before the Handan court approved his death sentence.

“Has Sir Bonny gone to rest?” Qin Lun turned around and asked.

“Yes, he and I are the only ones in our team who have more experience. He is in charge of the first half of the night, and I am in charge of the second half.” Oddo nodded in agreement, his brows seeming to be very worried.

“Are you worried about something?” Qin Lun’s heart skipped a beat as he asked.

“Haha, you can tell?” Oddo looked into the distance with a serious gaze. “Last night, the three squads in front of him were attacked to varying degrees!”

“All three teams have been attacked?” Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly. “Isn’t this abnormal?”

“Yes, more than two years ago, we organized a five-member team to scout the outskirts of the forest near the Audi region.” “We didn’t get attacked outside the forest that time,” Oddo recalled. “It wasn’t until the fifth day that we went too deep into the forest that we were harassed by two statue ghosts.”

“Don’t worry too much. Didn’t they ask for help? Perhaps they were just harassed by some wild beasts last night.” Qin Lun’s eyes lit up as he smiled and comforted.

“I hope so! In another two hours, they will send people over to inform us. At that time, we will know what is going on!” Oddo’s expression was not relaxed at all.

Compared to Qin Lun’s indifference, the old exorcist knew that it was not the wild beasts that attacked the vanguard last night. A few wild beasts weren’t enough for the exorcists to cast spells. If they could allow powerful exorcists to cast spells, they would definitely be thick-skinned magical creatures that didn’t fear death.

Oddo’s prediction was correct. When the sky lit up and everyone woke up, a messenger was sent from the three teams in front of them.

The exorcist who was in charge of communicating the news was covered in dust and blood. His left arm was hanging on his neck with a cloth strip, and it seemed that there was smoke from the battlefield on his body.

“Bly, what happened up ahead?” Bonny and Oddo immediately stepped forward.

“We ran into three Stone Statue Ghosts and fought fiercely. Fortunately, no one was injured except me!” The middle-aged exorcist named Bly looked at Qin Lun’s three rookies and said casually.

Bonny and Oddo looked at each other and smiled, “The three statue ghosts also have quite a few points. Looks like your harvest is not bad!”

The three exorcists’ relaxed words caused the solemn atmosphere to relax.

“Doctor Stan, can you help Bly with his arm?” Oddo turned around and asked.

“My pleasure! Sir Bly, please follow me!” Qin Lun smiled and brought the injured messenger into the tent.

“Sir Bly, it’s just a dislocation. The bone is fine. But in the next few days, this arm better not be too hard!” Qin Lun helped the exorcist connect the bones and said with a smile, “The other external injuries have also been treated for you!”

“Thank you, Dr. Stan. It’s great to have a doctor on the team!” Bly waved his arm and said happily.

“Sir Bly, those three statue ghosts are only the attackers that your team encountered, not including the attacks that the other two teams encountered last night, right?” Qin Lun bent down to tidy up the medical supplies and asked softly without raising his head.

Bly’s expression stiffened slightly. After a moment of silence, he replied, “Yes, Nova and the others encountered a troll!”

“Is the situation serious?” Qin Lun expressionlessly closed the medical kit.

“If this isn’t a coincidence, yes, it’s serious!” Bly said solemnly.

“There are no coincidences in this world. There is only certainty!” Qin Lun sighed and borrowed what he had heard a few days ago.