Wilderness Redemption Tour

Strictly speaking, they had not officially entered the woods near Butcher River Village, at best they were only at the outermost edge, so Arthur and Charles had not paid much attention to finding the talisman. Not only them, but everyone else had the inertia of thinking that the talisman would be somewhere deep in the woods, so they subconsciously ignored the outer edge of the woods.

If it weren't for the sudden gust of wind, they didn't know how long they would have wandered in the woods.

Charles looked calmly at the top of Lin Yan's head. "It seems that we are lucky."

Arthur smiled and said, "I didn't expect that charlatan was so considerate of us. In case we couldn't find it, he even hung a wind chime under the talisman."

Lin Yan urged his horse to move forward two steps, and only then was he able to see the entire talisman clearly.

The talisman was not hidden somewhere, nor was it a bare figure nailed to the tree trunk. On the contrary, the talisman was not only decorated with many things, but also had a wind chime made up of three small copper sticks hanging below it. No wonder the system did not mark the mission target this time. With such a conspicuous thing hanging on the tree, even if the talisman was blocked by branches and leaves, the ears could always hear the sound of the wind chime.

Arthur used his gun to break the rope that hung the talisman. When he was about to dismount and take the talisman, Charles called him. "Arthur, you're not going to touch it with your hands like this?"

"Don't worry." Arthur took out a handkerchief from his bag and covered the talisman with it, then held it in his hand through the handkerchief and shook it in front of everyone. "I knew some of you were worried, so I borrowed a handkerchief from Hosea before I came."

Lin Yan's mouth twitched, "Do you think Hosea will shoot you in the head when he finds out?"

"How is that possible? He has so many handkerchiefs of the same type. One or two missing is not a big deal." Arthur stuffed the talisman into his bag and got back on his horse. "There must be more than one talisman in the woods. Let's go further in and circle around the woods before looking for that guy."

In the following time, the four people rode their horses and walked around the woods. They were worried about encountering mutant dogs again, so they did not split up. But strangely, after going around, the four people did not see many dog ​​footprints, let alone encountering dogs. Lin Yan had every reason to suspect that the words "the devil protects the talisman, and the talisman also protects the devil" were a lie made up by the prophet to prevent the villagers of Butcher River Village and Lin Yan and others from entering the woods.

Lin Yan and his team walked around the woods and found more than ten talismans in total. These talismans were hung at different heights, some were conspicuous and some were hidden, but without exception, they all had a string of wind chimes hanging underneath them. The string of wind chimes played an important role in their ability to find so many talismans in such a short time.

Two hours later, the four men came to Butcher River Village again with a dozen talismans they found in the woods.

The piles of mutant dog corpses in the village had disappeared, and the land beneath the place where the corpses were originally piled had been turned over. Such a huge amount of work was completed in less than a day, which was enough to prove how deeply the people in this village feared the curse hanging over their heads.

Although the bodies in the village disappeared, the whole village was still filled with the strong smell of barbecue. If he didn't know the source of this smell, it would be fine. Lin Yan, who knew what this smell represented, instantly lost interest in barbecue. And from then on, whenever he smelled this smell, he would unconsciously think of the disgusting appearance of the mutant dog and the piles of corpses. It was just a mission, but he had PTSD.

Walking into the village, Arthur glanced around and found the target they were looking for today. The prophet was still dressed the same as yesterday, sitting side by side with Obadiah in front of the latter's house, talking to him intermittently.

Arthur took the lead and walked in front of the two men. He looked down at the prophet from his horse and said hello. "Hey, do you remember me?"

The other ignored him and touched Obadiah's arm with the back of his hand: "I have a bad omen, send him away quickly."

Obadiah responded and was about to speak when he saw the cowboy on the horse throw a black thing and a piece of white cloth at the prophet's feet.

"Crash..." The mass of stuff fell to the ground with a series of crisp sounds. Obadiah looked over curiously, but the prophet's face changed drastically when he heard the familiar sound.

"These are the talismans we found in the woods. I wonder if we have them all. How about you count them?" Arthur stared at the prophet whose face changed drastically and said with a smile.

After hearing Arthur's words, Obadiah's face was filled with uncontrollable joy, which was in stark contrast to the prophet's expression. "Ahaha! Great! The darkness has finally dissipated, and we are saved! Thank you, thank you, you are really the great benefactors of our village."

The prophet quickly concealed the surprised expression on his face. He stopped looking at the talisman under his feet and said cunningly, "You are not saved yet. You are still cursed. These people broke the talisman... and released the imprisoned ghosts! You will be in great trouble soon!"

"Ah? Then...then what should we do? Are we doomed to fail?" After he said this, Obadiah became the one who panicked.

Arthur pretended to be surprised and said, "But you didn't mention ghosts before. You said the spell was protecting the curse."

The prophet slapped his forehead, "Ah? Did I say that?" Seeing that he was speechless, he quickly changed his words and said, "What I meant was... it is an ominous omen. If ordinary people touch or destroy it, it will cause disaster. You misunderstood my meaning." After that, he reached out and touched Obadiah's arm again, "I said, he has the tongue of a devil. Don't believe what he says."

"I...I..." Obadiah was caught between the two people who were confronting each other, and his brain completely lost its ability to judge. He held his head with both hands and stammered, "You...you don't say anything, my mind is in a mess now, let me sort it out first..."

"Hey! Look at me!" Arthur had no hope for this easily bewitched guy's ability to judge right from wrong. He stopped him and said bluntly, "Can't you see that there is no curse at all? He didn't let you go into this woods because he was deliberately hiding something. I just walked around in this woods and didn't find any suspicious places. Think about it carefully, where does this woods lead to? Which woods do you have to pass through to go to? Is there any other place he never lets you go?"