Nightmare Assault Chapter 112: Sides

The boss paused like he was thinking back to that tragedy. His expression was coloured with fear. He accepted the bowl of water from Zhou Rong. He gulped it down and finally calmed down.

Chen Xiaomeng leaned forward and asked, “So… is Little Ravine Village cursed by those dead women?”

“Yes.” The boss nodded. “Not long after the police left, people started to go missing from Little Ravine Village. At first, no one connected the two, but as more people went missing, people realised this was the dead women coming back to take revenge. Especially…” The boss’ voice trembled, “When they found the men’s bodies.”

“What’s wrong with their bodies?” It was Ben Fu who asked this question. His body curled up. He was both curious and scared.

“The bodies… were in a horrible state.” The boss pulled his coat around him like there was a sudden chill. “I heard some of them had their eyes and noses gouged out. There were others that were dismembered and had their limbs hung from the trees. There was one case where the man was fully skinned, and his skin was folded neatly and placed under the tree… It was horrid.

“Just imagine. Could a human be behind these atrocities?”

The ghosts and curses had to be real. After all, for the travellers, that was the core of their mission.

CREAK.

A voice came from behind. They turned to look. There was a light in the dark. A woman carrying an oil lamp slowly walked down the stairs. She looked pale and wore simple clothes. Zhou Rong recognised her easily. She was the boss’ wife. The wooden stairs were so old that they moaned as the woman stepped on them.

The boss seemed to be very scared of his wife. Once he saw her, he jumped up and told the travellers, “Listen to me. No matter your reason, do not get entangled with those people from that blasted village!” He studied Zhou Rong’s clothes and said rapidly, “I can see that you are not normal people. However, the issue in that village is not easily solved. The Little Ravine Village has dropped a lot of money to deal with the curse over the years.

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