SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 195 - 195 195 The Desire to Eat_1

Chapter 195: Chapter 195: The Desire to Eat_1 Chapter 195: Chapter 195: The Desire to Eat_1 “Lady Helena has already left and should arrive at the Royal City in a few days if all goes well. Meanwhile, Uncle Calder is in Wheat Spike City undergoing punishment and reward, and we are in the process of relocating the common folk…”

“Undergoing punishment and reward?” Colin interrupted curiously while walking towards the position of the third employee.

“Yes, for protecting Lady Helena from danger and for safeguarding most of the nobles and civilians within the city, his merits are sufficient for him to become a first-stage ‘Virtue Knight’. However, the town was leveled, and although not primarily responsible, he cannot escape some blame…”

The Warden’s nephew briefly finished explaining the situation over there and also clarified the current state of the town.

The legions who possessed terrifying powers left around the eighth day, and when they left, the town was once again revealed to everyone, plunging all who saw it into deep shock.

As if recalling something fearsome, the Warden’s nephew looked at Colin with eyes filled with awe, his words laden with palpitations:

“After it reopened, everything turned to dust, the entire city was utterly flattened, and a kilometers-wide, nearly hundred-meters-deep crater appeared at the bottom of which lay magma. Moreover, that area had become a magic-free zone; magic could not operate within it, and someone like me would even be turned into an ordinary person if they approached it…”

And there was a little incident within all this; he thought about it but decided not to mention it—the moment the nobles in Wheat Spike City heard about the incident, they immediately declared the expulsion of all elements detrimental to the kingdom and wanted to put Colin and the other Heretics on trial.

For this purpose, a powerful expeditionary force was organized, swiftly heading towards the town that had been pulverized to dust.

However, when they arrived and sensed the remnants of the aura in the huge crater, the expeditionary force’s captain and everyone else suddenly fell silent. Then, looking at the fearsome pit, they changed their tune, saying perhaps they had misunderstood…

Just by the way they disregarded the act of helping ordinary people, it was apparent they were not bad individuals, and their character must be trustworthy.

They asked Calder to pass on a message, advising him to make good contact with Colin and the others to avoid unnecessary conflicts and misunderstandings that could harm the hard-won friendship between both parties etc…

…

Wow, that’s rough. Did the First Legion drop a nuclear bomb when they fought ‘0-9 Hunger’, or did they keep dropping them over and over?

Colin too was astonished as he listened, eager to see if the place was as exaggerated as the guy described.

At the same time, he couldn’t help but think about the former employee who had been sacrificed at the church.

“What level was that guy, to qualify to bring ‘0-9 Hunger’ here, and what exactly was he doing here? What did he encounter that led to such a pitiable death…”

Colin frowned secretly; he was starting to find the matters of this world a bit complex.

However, he didn’t dwell meaninglessly on these thoughts, quickly gathering his mind and refocusing on the present, knowing that the first thing to do was to take the third employee back to the church.

He would first have her register so that if she were to kick the bucket, she would resurrect at the Bonfire Sacrificial Site, and her future descents wouldn’t be at random locations anymore.

“By the way, where are we heading now, Your Excellency?” asked the Warden’s nephew, suddenly realizing something amiss.

Why does it feel like we’re getting further off course?

However, before he could speak further, Colin raised his hand to interrupt the Warden’s nephew and looked ahead, taking a deep breath.

He could sense that about a kilometer ahead, his third subordinate was there, and there were also numerous refugees close to the subordinate; these refugees were unfamiliar, and some of them emitted an odd scent.

Colin’s expression turned strange for a moment; he wasn’t sure whether the subordinate’s body obtained in the Other World was male or female, but considering some possible situations, he quickened his pace slightly.

Because regardless of gender, if one’s luck were even a bit sour in this ghastly place, their fate wouldn’t be very pleasant.

…

In a long-deserted stone village, a young girl named Vanessa, dressed in the simple white robes of the Church, was kneeling with glowing hands, intently trying to heal a woman lying on the ground.

The woman’s face was pale and her body frail, with injuries all over, appearing as though she was on the brink of death.

The pure white light shining upon her also seemed to have little effect.

Around them, a number of people watched in silence, hoping for a miracle to occur.

But after a while, the holy white light suddenly disappeared, and Vanessa, somewhat weakened, withdrew her hands and looked at the woman lying on the ground, sighing, “I’m sorry, I…”

Through her abilities, she could estimate that the woman on the ground had ruptured organs and widespread failure, and it was very difficult for her to save her with her own powers.

At this moment, only those flesh sages who specialized in this path had a slight possibility of healing her wounds.

Her “Light,” in dealing with the injuries, could only prevent the wounds from festering and decaying, making Thaiveil’s condition slightly better…

“Please, you must save Miss Thaiveil. If she dies, we are finished too; the master will not let us go…” A few men gathered here changed their expression and said in panic upon hearing this.

They had barely escaped from the “Calamity of Monsters,” and now they might be buried along with the death of the young lady.

This was something they couldn’t accept…

Vanessa looked at them, opened her mouth as if to speak, but ultimately couldn’t say “I’m powerless.” Instead, she said, “I’ll do my best, I’ll make sure she lives, as long as we get to Wheat Spike City, just… cough cough cough…”

Before she could finish, she couldn’t help but cough a few times.

“Are you alright?”

“No, I… I may need to rest for a while, sorry.”

Saying this, Vanessa left the room without another word and went to a small hut a short distance away. As she closed the door, she seemed to finally give in to the coughs, her hand covering her mouth while fresh blood seeped through her fingers.

At that moment, she appeared significantly more listless, looking like she could collapse at any second…

After Vanessa left, several servants of the Thaiveil family inside the room looked utterly hopeless.

They faintly felt that Miss Thaiveil might not hold on much longer, which almost certainly meant a dead end for them…

It was at this moment that one of them suddenly showed a fierce expression, with abnormal bloodshot eyes, “Switching to the ‘Gluttonous Feast,’ there’s no other way. We can only do this; otherwise, we’re left with a certain death.”

“But joining the ‘Gluttonous Feast’ requires handing over a sufficient portion of blood food. Are we really going to harm Sister Vanessa? She has helped us a lot. If not for her, we would likely have fallen to corruption…” a servant hesitated, seemingly uncertain about the original plan.

“So what? Without our help, she, a Church nun and an Extraordinary One, wouldn’t have stood a chance to leave. When the young lady was attacked, she was right beside her but didn’t block it. With her physical condition, how could she have failed to block it?” someone said resentfully.

“It’s all because of her selfishness that we are forced to join the ‘Gluttonous Feast’…”

A servant wielding an axe chimed in with agreement, “Exactly, it’s all her fault! Now we’re just making her pay for it! And by handing her over, we might even get a share of her ourselves, taste what she’s like and escape the life of servants for good!”

As he mentioned the “Church of Light” nun, he couldn’t help but lick his cracked, bleeding lips, his eyes revealing a strong desire.

A strong… craving to eat.