Chapter 434 This Is Part of the Curse [5000 Monthly Vote Please]
The most pig-headed nightmares that have been branded before have three black ring brands, and there are not many of them. The butcher, who has five black ring brands, only has one at the moment.
Therefore, the pig-headed nightmare in charge of branding also had a hint of awe in his expression.
But it obviously has a special status on the ship, so it is not as afraid of the Butcher as other pig-headed nightmares.
But just after it saw the butcher's appearance clearly, it squinted its eyes at first, as if it was remembering something. Suddenly, it remembered it and shivered subconsciously.
Lin Mo has been carefully observing the other party's reaction.
Judging from the current situation, the Butcher and the Glutton are inextricably linked.
A sizzle.
There was another black ring brand on the butcher's thick arm, which tasted almost like barbecue.
In this way, the Butcher has six black ring brands.
Next, it's Lin Mo's turn.
The butcher stepped aside, and Lin Mo and the butcher looked at each other. It was obvious that this mark was something that must be endured, and no one who got on the boat could escape. Moreover, Lin Mo had asked Can Er before that if he escaped from the brand, he would definitely die.
Without exception.
The pig-headed nightmare who treated the butcher in awe was much more casual towards Lin Mo.
Especially when it discovered that Lin Mo still looked like a human being, it even sneered.
Lin Mo stretched out his left arm.
This brand can be used on either left or right hand, it all depends on what you like, just like a butcher, the other person's right arm is already branded, and the next time you brand it, you have to use a different arm.
laugh!
Lin Mo's expressionless face made the pig-headed nightmare look at him with admiration. After all, many pig-headed nightmares had painful expressions even when they were hit like this before.
In fact, Lin Mo was in pain too.
Fortunately, his Iron Curse and Incineration Curse worked.
Therefore, this kind of pain would not make Lin Mo cry out.
In this way, Lin Mo also had a black ring brand.
This brand is not only completely black, but also has lines in it. From a distance, it looks more like a tattoo, with a powerful curse attached to it.
I didn't feel anything else, but I just felt hungrier.
The Curse of Gluttony seems to be strengthened with this brand.
My stomach growled with hunger.
Lin Mo was now very sensitive to curses, so he immediately took out his yellow paper and looked at it behind the others' back.
Surprisingly, there are no new curses on the yellow paper.
It's not that there are no changes at all. In the words of the Gluttony Curse, there is a faint glow of fire flowing at this moment.
Lin Mo's eyes lit up.
"Could it be that this ring brand is part of the Gluttony Curse?"
That's all I can understand right now.
No wonder I'm even hungrier.
Lin Mo swallowed and tried to suppress the feeling of hunger.
Later, Can'er also completed the boarding mark. Under the four black marks, Can'er looked very fierce. Other pig-headed nightmares did not dare to provoke this 'senior boss'.
But in Lin Mo's eyes, Can Er is just a little brother.
"Continue talking about the butcher. Since you remember him, what kind of person was he before?" Lin Mo couldn't know from the butcher's mouth, so he could only let Can Er tell.
As a result, Can Er shook his head: "I forgot the specifics. Maybe this part of the memory was lost on the ship. I just remember that the man was very scary and dangerous... and the knife in his hand was a good thing... If I If I can get it, I can definitely get all my memories back."
knife?
Lin Mo glanced at the large kitchen knife behind the butcher's back.
Thinking about it now, Lin Mo did find something wrong with this knife. Because the shape and workmanship of the knives the butcher was carrying were obviously much worse than the butcher knives he left on the second floor.
Not to mention rust in some places, the blade is also damaged. Although it is sharpened, damage is just damage. That's the problem. There are obviously better knives, so why do you have to carry this one?
Lin Mo thought for a while, took off the tiger bone sickle from his waist, and asked Can'er which one was better than the butcher's knife.
Can'er glanced at Lin Mo's scythe and shook his head.
No words were spoken.
But the expressions and actions already speak for themselves.
But Lin Mo wanted to hear a more precise answer. Under questioning, Can Er muttered: "It's too far off, and besides, you, you don't know how to use a knife!"
This is a big blow.
Lin Mo had always thought that his tiger bone sickle was a very powerful knife, but Can'er said that it was far inferior to the butcher's kitchen knife.
Not only that, but he also said that he didn’t understand knives.
Why!
This seems to be true.
Lin Mo didn't understand.
If he understood, he wouldn't feel that his knife was better than the butcher's.
Can Er said something again.
"Whatever his sword kills, you can eat..."
What does it mean?
Could it be that you can’t eat the things you kill with your sickle?
Suddenly, Lin Mo remembered the scene when he got on the boat just now. A pig-headed nightmare who overestimated his capabilities took the initiative to attack the butcher, but was killed by the butcher with a knife. The other pig-headed nightmares immediately came up to share the food.
At that time, Lin Mo thought that those pig-headed nightmares were hungry and devoured their own kind, but now it seems that it is not that simple.
I continued to ask Can'er, but the other party couldn't tell me the reason.
This guy's memory seemed to be chopped up and incomplete. He seemed to remember a lot of things, but he forgot more.
All it knows is that there are all the memories it wants on board.
In order to regain the lost memory, this is the fourth time Can Er boarded the Glutton.
But the previous three times, they all obviously failed, and each time they failed, more memories were lost.
It feels like this is a bad stock. I bought it for the first time, got trapped, covered up my position, got trapped again, continued to cover up, and got trapped again.
It seems like this is an endless cycle of misery.
In the end, until he became a 'monster' with no memory and only knew how to satisfy his appetite.
It ends in tragedy.
And soon, Lin Mo knew that his speculation was not groundless, because when he walked forward, he encountered an even fatter pig-headed monster.
There are seven black marks on this monster's arm.
More than butchers.
And it looked more like a huge fat pig, with almost no human characteristics.
Because he was so obese, it was difficult to even walk. He could only collapse on the ground and gasp for breath.
What impressed Lin Mo the most was the look in this monster's eyes.
Empty, without any emotion inside, only greed, as if he still wants to eat.
It can be seen that apart from appetite, the other party may have no other thinking ability, and is just a body that is about to die.
But what's interesting is that, faced with such a large piece of 'fat', many pig-headed nightmares around them had no intention of sharing the food, which was completely different from the greedy scene Lin Mo had seen before.
Lin Mo suddenly realized something.
Can'er said that only things killed by the butcher's knife can be eaten...
Could it be that the gap between knives mentioned by Can'er refers to this?
While thinking about it, Lin Mo found that the butcher had already walked over.
Seeing the butcher walking over, all the pig-headed monsters around stopped and stared at the kitchen knife in the butcher's hand with burning eyes.
Some pig-headed monsters have saliva flowing down from their mouths uncontrollably.
"Kill it and eat the meat!"
Said a pig-headed monster.
Soon, this sentence seemed to be contagious, and the pig-headed monsters around him began to growl.
"Kill it!"
"Eat meat!"
"Kill it and eat the meat..."
From the beginning in twos and threes, to the end, dozens of pig-headed monsters roared together. Lin Mo had never seen that scene before. Mainly Lin Mo himself felt more and more hungry.
He even hoped that the butcher would kill the fat pig-headed nightmare, so that maybe he could grab a piece of meat to eat.
Lin Mo used to feel disgusted when thinking about flesh and blood.
But at this moment, his mouth was drooling.
Hunger was corroding his sanity.
At this moment, the butcher stabbed his knife into the heart of the pig-headed nightmare on the ground.
The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.
It was obvious that the butcher was a professional and did not make any unnecessary movements. The pig-headed nightmare kicked off its legs and was completely freed.
The butcher took a few steps back, and the pig-headed monsters around him couldn't help but rush forward.
The same kind killed by the butcher has become food in their eyes.
Became a delicacy.
It seems that the transformation between 'similar' and 'food' is completed with just a knife.
It's amazing.
This should be one of the many secrets on board the Glutton. The eater is also the food.
Lin Mo finally controlled his desires.
He did not rush to eat the dead pig-headed monster, even though he was almost going crazy from hunger.
You know, Can'er also rushed forward.
At this moment, Zhan Er was extremely ferocious.
The butcher cleaned the kitchen knife and glanced at Lin Mo, a little surprised and a little appreciative.
At this time there was a shrill whistle.
The ship moved.
The Glutton should be setting sail.
This mysterious huge iron ship left the shore, slowly sailed into the unknown darkness, and soon disappeared into the endless ocean.
The butcher patted Lin Mo at this time and motioned Lin Mo to follow him.
Moreover, other pig-headed monsters cannot be alarmed.
Including residual ears.
Although Lin Mo didn't know why, he still nodded.
Now all the pig-headed monsters here are eating meat, and there are only the sounds of biting and chewing in their ears. None of the monsters noticed Lin Mo and the butcher leaving.
Passing through the previous passage, the sound of those pig-headed monsters eating could no longer be heard.
The butcher led Lin Mo to the fork in front, but he pulled on the wall next to him.
There was a sound of metal mechanism moving.
On the other side of the wall, there was actually a ladder sticking out.
Straight up.
The butcher climbed first, followed by Lin Mo, and climbed all the way to the upper level.
Here, the sound of rumbling wheels can be heard.
The butcher replaced the cover on the floor and retracted the ladder.
It was obvious that the Butcher was very familiar with the Glutton.
Maybe even the pig-headed monster below doesn't know there is this ladder.
At this time, the butcher looked at Lin Mo and remained silent for a long time.
"Brother Butcher, just tell me if you have something to say. If you look at me like that, I'm very panicked." Lin Mo was still a socially strong person, so of course he lied.
He didn't panic.
Not only did he not panic, but he also held the brick.
If the butcher had any evil thoughts about him, Lin Mo would hit him with a brick.
The kind without hesitation.
Even though he calls him big brother, if the big brother behaves inappropriately, Lin Mo will also fall out.
"I can't see any panic in your eyes, and you are ready to take action." The butcher's deep voice said many words this time.
Compared with the past when the other party was taciturn and cherished words like gold, this time it was a record.
Lin Mo could tell that the butcher had something to say to him.
"Brother Butcher, you misunderstood. We have been neighbors for so long. You know who I am." Lin Mo took out the brick and touched it: "You know me. What I love most is this brick. , not to mention eating and sleeping, I even carry it with me when I go to the toilet. When I have nothing to do, I will take it out and plate it. Please don’t misunderstand me just because of this.”
The butcher's eyelids twitched.
He was probably trying hard not to kill Lin Mo with a knife.
"Let me ask you, where did your gluttony curse come from?" the butcher finally began to ask.
Obviously, the butcher is an extremely patient person. He has long discovered that Lin Mo has a gluttony curse, and he is also very concerned about it and is very curious, but he has not asked until now.
"I was injured before. In order to save me, a friend gave me a little bit of her blood to drink, so I got infected." Lin Mo didn't lie either.
He was attacked at that time, and Nie Hong did pass on the gluttony curse to Lin Mo in order to save him.
"Blood?"
The butcher's eyes lit up.
"There are very few people who can possess the source of the gluttony curse, and even fewer who use blood as the medium. What is your friend's name?" the butcher asked again.
"So beautiful!" Lin Mo didn't tell the truth this time.
After all, not many people knew the name Nie Hong. It was even said that except for Lin Mo and Yu Ning, no one else actually knew the name.
Nie Hong had many codenames in the past, so it doesn't matter if she has a pretty one.
"Woman?" The butcher narrowed his eyes.
Lin Mo nodded.
"I know." The butcher nodded.
This time Lin Mo was confused.
Hey, I made up the name Da Meiliang, and you guessed it just because you knew she was a woman?
Did you guess wrong?
Or did the butcher and Nie Hong know each other?
"Everyone who comes to the Gluttonous Number does it to satisfy their desires. Lin, what is your desire?" The butcher called Lin Mo for the first time.
Lin Mo was very moved.
"I just came to see someone and take a look at what's on the ship."
The butcher did not continue to ask.
Instead, he changed the topic.
The level of jumping ideas is higher than that of Lin Mo.
"Do me a favor!"
"What's the deal?" Lin Mo thought to himself. Come on, the real purpose of why the Butcher brought him along to the Gluttonous Eater is finally here.
"Help me, grab a knife!"
Lin Mo was stunned.
He thought it was a request similar to 'hijacking a ship'. The last time he wanted to do it was to kill an enemy or something, but he didn't expect it was just to grab a knife.
But Lin Mo reacted quickly.
The 'knife' in the butcher's mouth must be something serious.
Because things like ‘knives’ seem to be a rather special kind of prop on the Glutton.
In the eyes of those pig-headed monsters, the scythe that was more than one meter long was not a knife, and the broken and battered kitchen knife in the butcher's hand was actually a knife.
This is simply unreasonable.
But I have to say that this is really the case. After careful observation, Lin Mo discovered that his knife was indeed different from other people's knives.
The knife is like a light.
The pig-headed monster only eats things that have been killed with a knife.
No wonder those monsters respect and fear the butcher so much, because the butcher can make meat for them and kill them at the same time.
Of course, Lin Mo understood that these things were probably only a small part of the truth about this ship, including the 'knife' itself, and its role was not just to 'make' edible meat.
There must be other uses.
Otherwise, why would the butcher help to seize the knife himself?
The word the butcher used just now was 'rob'.
That is to say, the knife he was interested in is now in someone else's hands.
"Brother Butcher, there is no problem in snatching the knife. I can even rob a ship. Don't worry, since we are here together, my business is your business. Your knife, isn't it my knife? I will definitely snatch it back. "
Lin Mo said seriously.
The butcher was stunned.
He nodded subconsciously.
Mainly because I didn't react right away.
"By the way, are there any other things to note? I know nothing about this place. Tell me what else you know about this ship." Lin Mo started to talk. The butcher must know a lot of things.
For example, the situation in this boat, whether there is a master, whether there is any threat to them, and where they will go next.
Also, how did the pig-headed monster come about?
Lin Mo discovered that most of the gluttons were pig-headed monsters.
This is obviously not normal.
According to the rules of nightmare creation, no one would be afraid of the same pig-headed monster. In other words, these pig-headed nightmares were created later.
These need to be clarified.
I thought the butcher could answer it, but the other person said: "I forgot!"
His tone was sincere, not like he was lying.
Lin Mo remembered.
Can'er said that every time you get off the boat, you will lose a piece of memory. A ring brand represents the loss of a memory, so the Butcher now has six brands.
Doesn't it mean that the other party has lost his memory six times?
It seems that what the butcher said is true. There are probably only a handful of things that the other party can write down. It is indeed difficult to answer these questions.
"By the way, I just remember not to eat meat on the boat. If you eat it, you will turn into those monsters." The butcher remembered something and warned.
Lin Mo narrowed his eyes.
If you eat meat on the ship, will you turn into those monsters?
Refers to the pig-headed monster?
If you say that, Lin Mo will understand why there are so many pig-headed monsters on this ship.
Because they were not originally like this, but became like that because they were infected with the gluttony curse and ate the meat on the ship.
Lin Mo thought of something at this time.
"You think you are a hunter, but in fact, you are also the prey!"
Lin Mo forgot who said this sentence, but he can adapt it now to suit the current scene.
"You think you are a eater, but in fact, you are also food!"
Perfect fit!
Lin Mo saw that the butcher was silent again, so he took the initiative to ask: "Besides not eating meat, are there any other taboos on the ship?"
"have!"
The butcher thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
"By the way, if you meet the captain, never look at his face, let alone talk to him!"