Wilderness Redemption Tour

After being messed up by this man, Lin Yan and the other three heroes who had saved the village suddenly became spectators. Seeing that this man was about to leave with Obadiah, Arthur, who was very dissatisfied with all this, stepped forward to block his way, folded his arms and looked at him contemptuously, saying: "You mean, as long as someone destroys all the talismans, this village and these people will be able to return to normal, right?"

Seeing Arthur blocking his way and trying to destroy the talismans in the woods, the man dressed as a charlatan stopped and asked seriously, "You said you wanted to destroy these talismans?"

"Uh-huh." Arthur nodded nonchalantly.

After receiving an affirmative answer, the man's facial muscles twitched and then he smiled.

"Haha...haha..." He laughed sinisterly a few times, then stared at Arthur expressionlessly. "Let's not talk about the fact that you will definitely be cursed if you touch it. There are demons everywhere in the woods. They protect the spell, and the spell also protects them. It's impossible for you, the three of you, to do it. But if you intend to die, that's another matter."

"If the prophet says it's impossible, then it's impossible." A "kind-hearted" villager advised: "You outsiders should leave as soon as possible, and don't let your arrogance get you into trouble in the end."

“Yes, let’s go.” Other villagers also advised: “The longer you stay here, the greater the possibility of being cursed. Once the curse falls into your body, you will not be able to leave even if you want to.”

"I say, you guys..." Arthur was completely speechless to this group of ignorant villagers. He took off his hat, rubbed his forehead and mercilessly revealed the true face of the man in front of him. "There is no such thing as a demon, and the curse is nonsense. This man is clearly a liar. Can't you see that?"

Obadiah, who had just been asked by the prophet to cook, stood up and retorted angrily: "You are slandering us! Naked slander! The prophet came to save us, and we have seen him perform miracles with our own eyes. Moreover, it is a fact that we are cursed. Not only can we not feel any pain in our bodies, but there is also the voice of the devil echoing in our heads. At this moment, that voice is in my head."

"Uh..." Obadiah's self-proof left Arthur completely speechless. He could claim that the miracle was a trick of this charlatan, but the physical abnormalities of the villagers were beyond his understanding.

The prophet saw Arthur's reaction. Looking at the cowboy who was speaking so much just now but was now speechless, he smiled contemptuously, pointed at Arthur and said, "I'll give you one last piece of advice. If you want to live, stay away from this village and this forest. Otherwise, you will die miserably."

After warning the disobedient cowboy, the prophet raised his arms and loudly asked the villagers present: "Everyone! Did I tell you that 'He will come, he will help you, and he will deceive you'? Did I say that?"

"Yes."

"Yes, you did."

The villagers present responded one after another.

The prophet raised his chin with pride and said, "Okay, go away and get rid of these bodies before dark." After that, he waved at Obadiah, and the two of them walked into the village one after the other.

"What do you think about this?" Arthur turned around and looked at Lin Yan and Charles. No matter how he looked at it, the man dressed like a charlatan was no different from other scammers in his eyes. He had followed Hosea for more than 20 years, so he had some confidence, but he had never seen a victim help a scammer prove his innocence, which was something he couldn't understand, so he planned to listen to what others thought about this matter.

"That guy is definitely a liar." Lin Yan answered with great confidence. When Arthur was talking to him just now, he paid attention to his expression the whole time, from his arrogance at the beginning, to the panic in his eyes when he heard Arthur say he was going to find the talisman, to his complacency after seeing Arthur's defeat, and the implicit threat at the end, all of which showed that he was acting, but his acting was a little poor.

Charles shook his head noncommittally: "I don't know. Although I believe there are curses in this world, I have never come into contact with such things. But there is no doubt that some kind of abnormality has indeed occurred in these villagers."

Lin Yan sniffed twice, scratched his face, and said in confusion: "By the way, do you feel that there is a strange smell in this village? It smells sour, but not strong."

"Did you notice it too?" Charles analyzed, "Not only in the village, I smelled it when we rescued people at the Paradise Pool just now, but not on the road. Until just now, I thought it was the smell of these mutant dogs..." As he spoke, Charles walked to a mutant dog that had just been killed by several people, bent down and smelled it carefully, then stood up and shook his head at Lin Yan and Arthur, "Although these dogs also stink, it's not the same smell as in the air."

Arthur thought about it for a moment and understood. "You mean this smell is related to the curse they are talking about?"

Charles spread his hands and said, "I don't know. I was just answering Jamie's question."

Arthur: ...

"Ha..." Lin Yan yawned. He was really sleepy.

Wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, Lin Yan nodded to Arthur and Charles who were looking at him: "I think it is related." Then he asked Arthur: "Do you really want to help these villagers find the talisman in this forest?"

"It doesn't matter whether we find him or not." Arthur said indifferently, "I mainly want to expose the true face of the charlatan in front of these people, and then enjoy his frustrated or panicked look. What do you think these villagers will do to him then? Beat him up and make him roll as far away as possible? Or hang him on a tree? Or tie him up and throw him into the woods to feed the dogs?"

"How about we come back tomorrow?" Lin Yan advised Arthur: "Look, the forest around the village is so big, it's a question whether we can find it before dark. Besides, didn't the prophet say that there are mutant dogs in the woods? It will be dangerous for us to be inside after dark."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Arthur nodded in agreement. "Then we'll come back tomorrow."

In fact, Arthur had planned to come back another day. He had long noticed that Lin Yan's mental state was not very good. If they rashly went into the woods and attracted another wave of mutant dogs, they would all be in danger.

Lin Yan forced himself to climb onto the horse's back and pulled the reins. "Let's go. On the way, I'll tell you my guess about the smell."