"Uncle Duncan? Who is he? He can also kill dark creatures? What does the monster he killed look like?" Thomas asked curiously.
"Uncle Duncan is a blacksmith in the village. He is very strong. He used such a big hammer and smashed a guy covered in bones into pieces." The little girl used her hands to make the shape of a big hammer.
"Where is that Uncle Duncan now?"
Hearing Thomas' question... The little girl was a little disappointed. "Not long after killing that monster, several identical monsters rushed out of the black fog. One of them was riding a horse. Uncle Duncan could not defeat them and was killed by them."
Hearing the little girl's words, Thomas could not help but sigh.
According to the little girl's description, that Uncle Duncan was just an ordinary person. Facing three or four level 1 Skeleton Soldiers and a Skeleton Knight with unknown strength, he would definitely die.
Even Thomas himself, without the cover of a building, might not be able to defeat so many dark creatures, let alone a commoner blacksmith.
"Then, why are you hiding here?" Thomas continued to ask.
"My father is the miller. Sometimes, I like to stay here. On the day that it happened, my family was here. I saw the monsters from the window. My parents were downstairs, and then the monsters rushed in. I was afraid that the monsters would find me, so I hid in the cupboard. But later, during the day, I couldn't find them," the little girl said.
"Do you know where my parents went? Is everyone okay?"
Seeing the hopeful look in the little girl's eyes, Thomas didn't want to tell her that the people in the town were likely killed.
However, he had no choice.
Because the village was only so big, as long as the little girl went out to take a look, the lie would be exposed.
"I don't want to lie to you. Your parents and the people in the village may have already died. You are the only survivor."
As expected, when the little girl heard the news, her eyes instantly turned red.
She covered her face with both hands.
"Okay, they just returned to the embrace of the Goddess. Don't be too sad. I will find an opportunity to send you to the main city. There, you will get a job and a safe life," Thomas said while rubbing the little girl's head.
The little girl suddenly wiped her tears and said resolutely, "No, I want to stay here!"
"Stay here?" Thomas looked at the little girl in surprise.
"Do you know what this sentence means? Although we have eliminated most of the dark creatures in the town, the surroundings of the town are still shrouded in dark fog. At any time, dark creatures will invade this place. If we stay here, we might die," Thomas said in an unusually serious tone.
"I'm not afraid. I want to avenge everyone!" the little girl said as she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"For Father, Mother, Sister Sophie, Aunt Mary, Uncle Phelps, Uncle Duncan, and spotted-face Poki. For everyone, I want to stay here and kill those monsters. Can you help me?" The little girl blinked her eyes that were full of tears. She looked at Thomas.
"Are you serious?" Thomas looked at the little girl in surprise. "You will suffer a lot, suffer a lot of injuries, and may even die."
He felt that the little girl was not just saying that.
"I am not afraid." The little girl wiped her tears. "As long as I can help everyone get revenge, I will do anything. Even if I die, I will just be reunited with everyone. There is nothing to be afraid of."
Thomas thought for a moment and said, "Alright, since you've come to this realization, then you should train with Arya for a period of time. If you can persevere, I can consider it."
"Really? That's great!" The little girl was excited.
"Oh, right. I still don't know your name," Thomas said.
"Emma, just call me Emma," the little girl said.
"Okay then, Emma. We are searching for the dark creatures in the mill, but we haven't found them. I can feel that they are here. Do you know what places in this mill are relatively more hidden and not easy to find?" Thomas tried to ask.
"The cellar!" Emma blinked her eyes and said loudly, "If there is any secret place in the mill, it must be the cellar. This mill used to be a winery, and there is a wine cellar below where wine is stored. After the windmill was built, the wine cellar was sealed because it lost its use. My father deliberately hid the door under the stairwell, and ordinary people can't find it."
"There's actually such a place! Quick, show us." Thomas was very excited. He guessed that the dark creatures that annoyed him must be hiding in the wine cellar.
"You guys follow me." Emma immediately led everyone to the wine cellar.
The location of the wine cellar was a little hidden. It was in the corner under the first-floor stairs.
If one was not careful, it would not be easy to find it.
Emma reached her finger into a small hole, hooked it, and lifted it up. A large piece of wood was lifted up, revealing the dark cellar below.
As soon as the wood was pulled open, Thomas felt a strong, uncomfortable smell.
Although he had not entered yet, Thomas was sure that this must be the lair of a dark creature.
Arya and O'Neill were also on alert. They both smelled something unsettling, as if there was something bad down there.
"What the hell is down there? It smells bad," Arya whispered.
"I guess there must be an evil presence down there," O'Neill said firmly.
"Prepare the torches. Let's go down and take a look," Thomas said coldly as he looked at the pitch-black hole.
"Yes, Sir Thomas." O'Neill immediately went out to prepare. Very quickly, a few torches were finished by O'Neill.
Everyone held the torches and stepped onto the stairs leading to the bottom of the wine cellar.
This wine cellar was very large. After walking for more than fifty steps, they finally arrived at the bottom of the wine cellar.
In front of them, there was a wooden door that was more than two meters tall.
Pushing the wooden door open, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.
At this moment, this pitch-black wine cellar had long been transformed into a nest by the dark creatures.
On the walls of the wine cellar, giant cocoons filled with mucus were hung everywhere.
These cocoons squirmed from time to time.
Not far away, a cocoon just happened to break open. A giant black worm that was more than half a meter long crawled out of the cocoon.
After the black worm crawled out of the cicada cocoon, it crawled towards the center of the wine cellar.
There, countless human bones were piled up, and countless black worms were feasting on them.