The Death List Novel - Chapter 45

Chapter 45 Intervene
After Bly left, Qin Lun and the others began to pack up their tents and set off again.

The next day, the magical creatures created by the witches continued to harass the exorcist squad, and at night, the attack reached its climax. The exorcist squads in all three directions sent out yellow smoke signals that they needed reinforcements.

After the experienced Oddo and Bonny discussed it, they had the last group of exorcists come forward to support them. They also began to shrink the formation, reducing the distance between the small groups by half a kilometer, so that they could support each other easily.

By dawn of the third day, the evil creatures had finally retreated, and all the exorcists were forced to gather behind them. When they returned to the central camp, Qin Lun found that his work was getting heavier.

There were casualties among the exorcists. Two of their companions were killed, and five others were seriously injured. The two exorcists who died belonged to the team that was originally in charge of cutting off the rear. Originally, this team’s strength was the weakest. Last night, halfway to support them, they were ambushed by some evil creatures and suffered huge losses.

Two corpses died tragically. One corpse was sliced at the waist. His companion only brought back the upper half of his body. As for his lower half, it was estimated that it had already entered the stomach of an evil creature.

Qin Lun noticed that the wound on the corpse’s waist was serrated, and its muscles and organs seemed to have been torn apart by brute force. It was hard to imagine how much pain this unlucky man suffered when he died.

According to his companions, they had been ambushed by a scorpion in the darkness. This unlucky man was caught off guard and was chopped at the waist by the scorpion with large pliers.

This scorpion-body human was one of the evil creatures created by witches. It was different from stone statues and ghosts that were completely magical creatures. It was also different from the native evil creatures like trolls. The scorpion-body human was a synthetic life with a broken soul.

Stone statue ghosts were magical creatures that used magic cores as their source of power. They were unable to accept complex orders. Moreover, due to the lack of resources, witches were unable to create many of them. The Giant Demon was too rare, and its fertility rate was too low, so it could not become the main fighting force.

After a thousand years of agreement, the witches began to study the combination of creatures’ souls and magical runes to create a hybrid life form with broken souls.

These creatures were called Halflings or Orcs. They possessed the bodies of animals and the incomplete souls of humans. They could receive complex orders to complete the tasks assigned by various witches.

There were many types of halflings, with the lower half being deer horses and the upper half being human archers; A beast-shaped predator with a tiger leopard in its lower body and a human head; There were hawkmen who combined with raptors, human-faced spiders and scorpions who mixed genes with large spiders and scorpions.

These halflings possessed broken human souls and were even more cunning than pure magical creatures like stone ghosts. Moreover, their incomplete souls caused them to often fall into a state of agony and madness. Therefore, they were even more cruel and ferocious in battle. Often, after killing their enemies, they would tear their corpses into pieces and make a mess of them.

The appearance of the Scorpion Body Man proved that Witch Maya had indeed noticed the existence of this group of exorcists, not the encounter with evil creatures in the forest.

Qin Lun shook the syringe in his hand and injected a tube of medicine into Nova’s shoulder. The extremely powerful Overlord Flower was also injured last night. He was bitten on the shoulder by a leopard. If it weren’t for her extraordinary talent, her bones were as hard as steel, and if it was an ordinary person, she would probably have suffered a comminuted fracture.

“Thank you, Dr. Stan!” Nuova looked at the shoulder that was wrapped into a dumpling with a strange expression.

Qin Lun’s surgery to remove rotten meat and correct bones was very professional and his movements were very smooth. However, the bandage bandaging technique was very rough. In some respects, it was even inferior to the exorcists like them.

“You’re welcome, Miss Nova!” Looking at his zongzi “masterpiece”, Qin Lun shrugged his shoulders mockingly.

He couldn’t tell Nova that he didn’t even know how to bandage his wounds. As for the skilled surgical movements, it was just that there were too many “anatomical exercises” in the past, and they were self-taught.

“Miss Nova, are we going to leave Maya Forest?” Qin Lun rolled his eyes and asked with concern.

“We haven’t decided yet. Wait for everyone to breathe a sigh of relief, we need to discuss it!” The flesh on Nuova’s face trembled and she frowned.

Unlike the rest of the previous two days, Qin Lun became the busiest person in the camp on the morning of the third day. After removing the two victims and five seriously injured people, the team of exorcists had less than twenty people, and most of them had suffered minor injuries to some extent.

“Doctor Stan, let’s have a drink first! It’s great to have you with us. Otherwise, some of those five seriously injured companions might have already died!” Oddo handed Qin Lun a cup of hot cocoa and said with a heavy expression, “The leaders of the squads want to discuss it. Come over as well. There are some aspects that we would like to hear from you!”

The corner of Qin Lun’s mouth curled slightly. Of course, he knew what Oddo and the others wanted to ask. They only had opinions on how to deal with the severely wounded and see if they could persevere. This was related to whether the team would send people to escort the seriously injured, and whether the others would be able to move forward.

Otherwise, in front of these experienced exorcists, he would not have the qualifications to attend the meeting.

“I think we should retreat from Maya Forest. Stone Ghosts, trolls, and Halflings. This has already formed a complete system of evil creatures. Their appearance at the outskirts of the forest is enough to prove that Maya Witches are peeping at the human settlements outside the forest. It’s not far from the time when they officially attack!”

When Qin Lun entered the tent, several leaders of the exorcist squad were arguing fiercely. The one who suggested returning was a middle-aged exorcist with a face full of cheeks.

“No, we haven’t confirmed whether the disease was caused by the witches. Once we leave the forest, our mission will fail. It won’t help solve the current predicament in the Audi region!” Bonny raised his eyebrows and immediately objected.

“But if all of us fall here, the exorcist forces in the Audi region will be paralyzed and will no longer be able to stop the witches from invading Audi. The best option now is to return to Albert Castle immediately and report the situation to headquarters.” The bearded man retorted loudly.

Hearing his analysis, the exorcists in the tent fell silent. They did not lack the courage to sacrifice, but they did not want to sacrifice in vain. The current situation was indeed as the Cheek Exorcist had said. This was the first time they had encountered so many evil creatures outside the forest. No one believed that there was no witch behind this.

The key question now was whether they should abandon this reconnaissance mission and temporarily abandon the search for the source of the epidemic. After retreating from the forest, even if the witches launched a large-scale attack, they could still rely on the terrain of Albert Castle to resist for a period of time. However, if they gave up on tracing the source of the epidemic, the epidemic in a few small towns would surely become even more serious.

“Doctor Stan, how long can those five heavily injured exorcists last?” Seeing Qin Lun enter the tent, Oddo broke the silence.

“I have already treated their injuries, but there is a lack of suitable medicine here. Their injuries are not allowed to travel long distances. I think it’s best to send them back to the castle to recover. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee their lives!” Qin Lun said indifferently.

Although Qin Lun wanted these exorcists to continue deeper into the forest, he did not intentionally conceal the situation of the injured. These exorcists were experienced, and even if he didn’t say anything, many people still knew.

As he spoke, Bonny fell into a daze and leaned against the chair in frustration. This was the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. If the other five injured people were unable to hold on any longer, and they still needed someone to escort them, the remaining strength would no longer be enough to go deep into the forest. There was no point in dying in vain.

“If that’s the case …” A struggle appeared on Oddo’s face.

“Please wait a moment. Lord Oddo, respected senior exorcists, can you listen to my opinion?” Qin Lun’s eyes lit up as he interrupted Oddo.

“Doctor Stan, please speak! Although you are a newbie exorcist, as a team doctor, your opinion is also very important to us!” Nova said in a deep voice.

“Thank you, Miss Nova!” Qin Lun smiled and nodded at Overlord Hua. “I don’t have much experience in judging the current situation. What I want to say is that there is an epidemic in the Audi region!”

Qin Lun’s words immediately attracted everyone’s attention. The other exorcists would only scoff if the doctors rashly expressed their views on the operation. However, he was a well-deserved authority on the development of the epidemic. No exorcist dared to ignore his opinion.

In all seriousness, the ultimate goal of the exorcist’s mission was still to protect the ordinary humans in the Audi region. It doesn’t matter if they can’t complete the mission. At most, the mission points will be deducted from the headquarters of the exorcists. However, if the epidemic affects the safety of the entire region, they will truly fail to live up to their duties as exorcists.

“Based on the information you have given me so far, I predict that a major outbreak will occur in the entire Audi á region within two weeks. The accumulation of patients with previous outbreaks has reached a critical point. Once the outbreak continues to spread, the outbreak will no longer be suppressed.” Qin Lun said expressionlessly.

“Doctor Stan, are you saying that we must find a final solution to the disease within two weeks?” Oddo’s eyes lit up. This middle-aged man, who had always behaved like a good person, was emitting a terrifying aura.

‘”Doctor Stan, can’t you control the spread of the epidemic? Your medicine” Bonny’s expression changed as he hurriedly asked.

“The prescription of that medicine is extremely complicated, no one else can interfere. I’m just one person. Even if I prescribe the medicine 24 hours a day, I won’t be able to save a few people!” Qin Lun said casually, “We must find the real antidote to the disease virus. Otherwise, why do you think I, a doctor, have to participate in your combat mission?”

“Doctor Stan, you should have told us this earlier!” Oddo’s face was ashen as he said in a deep voice.

“It’s not too late, is it?” Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a flickering gaze, “Actually, I have some ideas about the predicament we are currently facing. Seniors, you can take a look …”