Chapter 11 Blood After walking out of the door, Lumian seemed to have entered another world. What he saw before him was no longer the familiar Koldu village, but dark red mountains and circles of collapsed buildings surrounding it, which together formed a strange ruin. The fog in the sky was thick and pale, making it difficult for light to penetrate. The ground was broken and there were many rocks. Lumian was holding an axe and moving forward carefully. He could not find a place to hide along the way. There are no weeds and no trees here. Lumian walked with some fear, and could only hunch his back and comfort himself - at least if there was any danger in this area, it would be obvious and could be discovered in advance. Finally, he reached the ruins and came to a half-collapsed building that had been burned. Lumian observed for a while and made sure that there were no other living creatures inside. Then he walked in cautiously, avoiding the charred wood that could fall from the air at any time, and began searching. He glanced around and saw a golden color coming out of a broken pottery jar in the corner of the house. Lumian moved closer and found that it was a gold coin. Is it so real? There is treasure in the ruins in the dream? He muttered as he picked up the gold coins and rubbed them on his body.
The pattern on the surface of the gold coin was revealed. On the front is a man's head carved with a thin face, hair parted in a 20: ratio, two mustaches on his lips, and a firm gaze. On the back is a bunch of irises surrounding the number "". Lumian knew that man, he was the first president of the Republic of Intis, Levanx. "It's actually one gold Louis..." Lumian was quite surprised. Firstly, he did not expect that the currency of the real Republic of Intis would appear in this strange dream ruins. Secondly, what he picked up casually turned out to be such a valuable item as the Gold Louis. The current legal tender of the Republic of Intis is Fergin and Kopek, with 1 Fergin equal to 100 Kopek. Among them, copes exist in two forms: copper coins and silver coins. The copper coins are divided into three categories: 1 cope, 5 copes, and 10 copes, while the silver coins are 20 copes and 50 copes. 费尔金既可以是银币、金币，也能是钞票，银币有1、5、10费尔金三种，金币则分5、10、20、40、50五种。 钞票的面额更为多样，分别有5、20、50、100、200、500、1000费尔金的。 In real life, the people of Intis are still accustomed to using some old currency units. For example, they call the most widely used 5-cope copper coin "rick". Likewise, a gold coin worth 20 fils was called a Louis d'Or. Of course, in the old currency era, the Gold Louis was actually called the Gold Roselle. After the establishment of the Republic, in order to eliminate the influence of Emperor Roselle, it was changed to the Gold Louis. As far as Lumian knew, although it was impossible in the city, in a rural place like Cordu Village, one gold Louis was enough to allow a poor family with land to live well for a month. If Aurore had not had a good income, he might not have seen what the Louis d'Or looked like. In the entire village of Cordu, apart from them, only the parish priest's family and the administrator's family had seen and owned the Louis d'Or. For any villager, this gold Louis is a reward worth cherishing. "What a pity, this is just a dream..." Lumian sighed in his heart with a little disappointment. This doesn't involve anything supernatural, so it shouldn't be able to be "brought" out of the dream. Despite this, Lumian still solemnly put away the gold Louis. His past wandering life made him cherish every piece of gold. One gold Louis is equivalent to 2000 copecks, which is roughly equivalent to one gold pound in the Kingdom of Loen. Of course, it is slightly less. According to the newspaper, 1 Fel golds can be exchanged for one gold pound.
Lumian continued his search. He wanted to find some written materials to confirm the specific situation of the ruins, to see if it corresponded to a certain place in reality, or if a village in the Republic of Intis was "moved" into the dream as a whole - the appearance of the gold Louis made Lumian have these speculations. As he moved step by step, Lumian saw that the edge of the stove was stained with a little dark red. "Blood?" His pupils dilated and he quickly came up with a guess. Then he made a judgment: Although the blood was not fresh, it was not old either and had not turned black. It looked like it had just dripped two or three days ago. Even shorter! As his heart tightened, Lumian felt the light around him suddenly dim. It was as if something had silently crept up to the half-collapsed roof, blocking the little bit of light that was shining through the thick fog! The experience of being attacked while wandering was like a raging wave, instantly flooding into Lumian's mind, causing him to respond like a conditioned reflex. He suddenly lunged forward, then curled up his body in mid-air and rolled over when he landed. thump! Something heavy fell behind him. Lumian rolled to the left side of the broken stove, reached out and pressed a stone, using the force to turn his body. He raised his axe and saw a figure appearing where he had been standing. In the dim light, Lumian couldn't be sure whether it was a person or a humanoid creature. "He" had a hunched back, no clothes or shoes on, and his skin seemed to have been peeled off by someone, revealing red muscles, blood vessels and yellow fascia. Drops of sticky liquid were flowing on it but did not slide to the ground. This is a monster! "His" eyes, which were mostly white and less blue, seemed to be embedded in his face, his mouth was opened as wide as possible, his teeth were uneven, and his saliva was hanging out, stretching out. In the past few years, Lumian has made up many ghost stories, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing as an evil ghost today. call! The bloody wind blew towards him and the sound of panting reached his ears. Lumian subconsciously moved to the side and avoided the attack of the blood-red monster. If he hadn't often received Aurore's "guidance" and hadn't had years of experience in martial arts training and street fighting, he probably wouldn't have been able to react to the shock he had suffered physically and mentally. Calming himself, Lumian chased after the monster that had pounced over his head, raised the axe in his hand, and chopped it hard on the vest. boom! The monster was knocked to the ground as it was about to turn around, with pus and blood splattering everywhere. Lumian did not hesitate, he knelt on one knee decisively and raised the axe again. puff!puff!puff! He struck several times with the axe, each time penetrating deeply into the flesh, leaving deep and wide gashes, and destroying the back of the monster's head, neck and back beyond recognition. Finally, the monster stopped struggling and crawled motionless. “Huh, huh! You’re not as scary as you look…” Lumian breathed a sigh of relief and whispered half in a mocking tone. He wiped his face with his left hand, wiping off the blood.
“Is the monster’s body fluid poisonous? I haven’t felt any pain from being corroded yet…” Lumian began to worry about another problem. Just when he mustered up the courage to search the monster's body, the skinless bloody monster pushed up with both hands and suddenly bounced up again! It's not dead yet? He’s been chopped into pieces, yet he’s still not dead? Lumian was shocked and frightened. I have to say, he was scared and timid. If he encountered normal humans, beasts or monsters, he would not be so scared even if he could not defeat them. But the guy in front of him seemed to be impossible to kill, and everything he did was in vain! While the monster seemed a little "dizzy" and couldn't find the enemy, Lumian acted decisively, pushed his feet forward, pushed hard with his knees, and ran wildly. pedal!pedal!pedal! He ran at his best level, but he could still feel a faint puff of air coming from his neck and his ears were filled with heavy breathing. The monster was hot on his heels. Lumian gritted his teeth, feeling the fear giving him more strength out of nowhere. He ran faster, beyond his previous level. He was delighted to find that the monster was not getting any closer to him. pedal!pedal!pedal! Lumian finally ran back to his two-story half-underground building. He opened the unlocked door and rushed in quickly. Bang! He slammed the door shut with his backhand. Without taking a break, Lumian went straight to the stove and picked up the steel fork leaning against the wall. Then he looked intently toward the door. The sound of the monster running disappeared nearby, but after more than ten seconds, it did not try to break down the door. "It knew I was lying in ambush here?" Lumian couldn't believe that monsters could be so intelligent. He moved slowly to the window near the gate and looked out quietly. There was suddenly a face on the glass! A face without skin, bloody flesh, and with jagged teeth! Lumian's heart nearly stopped and he froze for a moment. The monster did not take the opportunity to break the glass and launch an attack, and it stared into Lumian's eyes. Lumian came to his senses, stepped back quickly, and raised the long fork with both hands. The monster then left the window area. Lumian was extremely cautious and alert, watching. He saw the monster wandering in the light gray mist for a long time, then leaving its own building and slowly returning to the ruins. “……”Lumian was very confused.
He was ready to find a way to trap the monster and quickly escape from the dream, but the monster just left like that... After thinking for a while, he thought of a possibility: “That monster doesn’t dare to enter my home? “Yes, there is no sign of damage at home… "In the dream, this is an absolutely safe place?" Having made this guess, Lumian immediately relaxed a lot. The next second, he felt extremely tired. Such a short pursuit was even more tiring than practicing fighting for an entire afternoon. Carrying the long fork and the axe, Lumian went up to the second floor, entered his bedroom, and tried to fall asleep. ………… In a daze, Lumian opened his eyes. It was still dark outside the curtains and the room was gloomy. If there hadn't been any faint gray mist, and if he hadn't already "changed" into pajamas, Lumian wouldn't have been able to tell whether this was reality or a dream. "Was he frightened and woke up early?" He subconsciously touched his pajamas pocket, but did not feel the gold Louis. This made him a little disappointed, and once again confirmed a fact: Money really can’t bring you dreams! Calming down his mind, Lumian began to think about a serious question: How to deal with that undead monster? Although he could bypass that area and sneak deeper, he still had to consider the possibility of encountering similar monsters in the future. He had to be prepared accordingly and not joke with his life. PS: Thank you for the reward from Xiao Langjun (End of this chapter)