Life is like a stagnant pool of water.
Stagnant water, left for too long, will also accumulate some unexpected garbage.
Clayton held a candle to illuminate the cellar, his amber eyes shining brightly in the dim light with just a little illumination.
Many iron chain hooks hung from the top of the cellar, which he used to hang raw meat to prevent rats from stealing.
But this couldn't prevent people.
A man was standing with his back to him, gnawing on the frozen meat hanging there, his shoulders moving as the chewing sounds continued, and the iron chain attached to the meat block was also trembling.
Clayton had previously guessed that the Holy Grail Society had the ability to control the living dead, and now this has been confirmed.
There are many similar rumors in the colony, along with photos of unknown authenticity, those half-dead guys suffered torture before death, their deaths were more painful than others, so their souls were bound to their decaying bodies full of anger, and the wizards knew how to awaken them to serve themselves.
It is said that they exude a stench all over, and their diet is similar to that of werewolves, and their hunger can never be satisfied.
That's why they are attracted to raw meat.
But Clayton never thought that the other party would lose control in front of raw meat.
The surveillance mission hasn't been completed yet, and they have started to steal, without any professionalism.
Feeling the change in light, the chewing sound stopped, and the man turned his head, revealing a pair of lifeless eyes like glass beads and corners of his mouth covered in blood.
Clayton recognized his scent because he had seen him in the theater.
"What are you doing here? If you don't leave, I'm going to call the sheriff!"
It is said that the living dead cannot speak, but Clayton saw him in the theater and he was quite active, able to make complex expressions and movements, so he tried to communicate.
The living dead did not speak, he pulled out a dagger from his waist, slightly bent his knees and exerted force, then pounced up.
Clayton raised his free right hand to grab his wrist, preventing the blade from hurting himself.
The living dead have much greater strength than an average man, if it were the old him, it might be a bit difficult to deal with.
But for him who has become a werewolf, the strength of the living dead is definitely not enough to break free from his shackles.
The monster that has lost its humanity did not give up because its right hand was restrained, it turned its left hand to grab Clayton's wrist, and then bit towards him - the teeth were surprisingly neat.
Clayton had no intention of letting it succeed, he turned his waist, transferred the weight to his right leg, slightly raised his left leg, and gave a quick and powerful side kick to the living dead's knee.
After the crisp sound, the right leg of the living dead folded horizontally.
Its body tilted after losing balance, and it didn't bite Clayton's hand, but still held his right hand tightly.
On Clayton's left hand, the small flame on the candle flickered rapidly with the disturbance of the airflow.
Although Clayton has night vision, it's just that his eyes are more capable of gathering light, in a place with no light at all, such as in the cellar, he still can't see clearly, so he still needs to bring lighting tools.
If the candle is accidentally extinguished and the other party can still move freely, he will be at a disadvantage.
No mercy can be shown.
After making the decision, he raised his left hand holding the candle, but his right hand that was grabbed suddenly pulled back, causing the living dead who had already lost the mobility of one leg to tilt towards him, then shifted his center of gravity, stood firmly on his left leg, and delivered a heavy knee strike from right to left on the temple of the living dead.
After the body fell, the cellar was plunged into darkness.
Clayton's movements were too large, and the candle was extinguished.
He untangled the hand that was still tightly grabbing him in the dark, and when he touched it, he felt the soft skin with residual warmth, and his mind went blank for a moment.
He remembered that in the legend, the bodies of the living dead are cold.
The next morning,
Clayton's mood was unprecedentedly bad as he came out of the security office of the Saint Mellon Parish.
Being a sheriff is not a job, but a part-time job that ordinary people do out of a sense of justice,
Sheriffs in various cities are elected by citizens and funded by them, so their power is not great, and the way they enforce the law is also inconsistent.
As a well-connected antique dealer, he is also a prominent figure in the city, and the sheriffs did not even go to his house before deciding his innocence. Now the body has been sent to the morgue of the security office, waiting for his family to claim it.
The deceased person was illegally intruding and had violent tendencies, so even if he died, he would not be convicted of murder.
But things are not calculated this way.
Killing an enemy with a clear stance, he would have no guilt, but killing a person whose spirit is not under his own control and is controlled by the evil behind the scenes is another matter.
This person may have been an upright person before, but now he has died with a criminal record.
This is all the fault of the Holy Grail Society.
The rotting smell misled him, and he originally thought it was just a living dead, but he didn't expect it to be a complete living person.
After close contact, Clayton found that the layer of rotting smell on the body was strong, but it was on the surface and not the smell of the monitor himself.
That smell should come from the black hand behind the Holy Grail Society.
Clayton believes that the other party has the ability to drive people crazy and then exert mental control, otherwise it is impossible to explain the fact that this poor person would also eat raw meat - his body is just an ordinary person.
Now that things have come to this point, the monitor has not returned, and the messenger sent by the Holy Grail Society to Sasha City should also know that there is a problem here.
Whether it is an accident or not, the other party may increase the intensity of intervention.