OBS Chapter 3215 The Shadow of Faraines (2)
Chapter 3215 The Shadow of Faraines (2)
Chapter 3215: The Shadow of Faraines (XII)
Schiller has returned to the ground. He found a map of the village in the laboratory. Old Sirtek marked some important places, including the home of his target Jeff. Schiller decided to go there and take a look.
He has always been worried about the curse that old Sirtek mentioned. If Jeff really mastered the curse and used it to summon the Deep Ones, then the effect of this curse would definitely not just be to attract these half-human, half-fish monsters. This is not the whole disaster, but just some omens.
In order to find out what the curse is, Schiller has to go to Jeff's house and take a look. He thinks this guy will definitely leave some clues.
Walking on the road, Schiller suddenly felt that there were fewer deep divers. He had walked two streets without encountering any patrols, and there were some charred tire marks at the corners of the street.
What happened? The Deep One started karting because he had too much free time?
Jeff's house was not far from Sirtek's house. Schiller arrived there after a short walk. It was just an ordinary two-story building. It looked very shabby and might not have been renovated for decades.
After he walked in, he only found some ordinary daily necessities, but at this moment, he saw the light pole of a car shining from the corner.
That direction is Siltk's home.
Schiller stood on the second floor for a while. The car stopped at the door and he saw old Sirtek wearing a gas mask sitting in the driver's seat.
He knew that this guy was not that simple, but he didn't expect that he would really escape.
Old Siertke also saw Schiller.
"Stay here, great hero. I'm going back to Sigurtek." Old Sigurtek grinned and said, "The troubles that the church can't solve are about to happen all over the world. I have what they want, and soon they will be the ones begging me."
Schiller stood at the window and looked at him silently.
He knew that the Sigeltek mentioned by old Siltek was where the detective came from. It seemed to be the nearest town to here, or at least a city with an airport.
Schiller suddenly realized that the name of this city was somewhat similar to the name of old Sirtek, with only a pronunciation difference. Could this be the base camp of the Sirtek family?
If this is the case, old Sirtek is like a dragon entering the sea this time. On his own territory, even the church may not be able to do anything to him. No wonder he came here specially to remind me.
Schiller guessed that Old Siltek had mastered information that the church did not know, which could be the technique of becoming immune to madness by losing consciousness, the cursed information, or the origin of the Deep Ones.
In short, he felt that the Church was a liar. They could only solve the troubles they deliberately released, but they were powerless against real disasters like the Deep Ones.
This means that the next era will be another turbulent one, and he seems confident that he can go further with the chips in his hand.
During the chaotic years caused by the last church, old Siltek made a fortune from his insurance business for strange events, and this time he seemed to think he would succeed again.
Even if this disaster is beyond anyone's control.
Schiller did not argue with him, but just watched his car go away. He knew very well that in the Cthulhu mythology, the more you know, the faster you will die.
People like Old Sirtek who desperately want to make money by taking advantage of the information gap will only feel that their information advantage is not enough, so they go to explore more, but what awaits them is something more terrifying than death.
Schiller found the cellar in Jeff's house, where feed for the sheep was stored, as well as some souvenirs Jeff brought back from the sea, including an old rudder, sailor suit patterned cloth, a torn sail and a pile of tangled nets.
There was a pile of boxes in the corner, but what made Schiller feel confused was that there was nothing in the boxes. However, in another part of the room, the feed was piled so full that there was almost no more space.
Schiller saw only a tiny bit of feed at the bottom of the top box, which seemed to have been emptied recently.
Schiller immediately thought of the lost sheep.
Schiller moved all the boxes away, and then noticed that the floor tiles right under the bottom box seemed to be loose.
He dug up the floor tiles and found that the soil underneath was abnormally damp and emitted a strange odor that smelled like rotting human beings.
Could there be human debris buried underneath?
Schiller thought about it and started digging the soil with a crowbar, but soon the rotten smell began to mix with some dampness.
The bottom of the crowbar struck something soft.
It doesn't feel like a human corpse, not soft and sticky, but rather quite solid.
Schiller didn't dare touch it with his hands. He continued to dig down with the crowbar, and then pried the thing out.
The moment Schiller saw the cover of the book, he froze in shock, because the cover of the book read "Ketaiat, the Water God".
Why is it you, old man?? ! !
Schiller was really shocked, but even though he was shocked, he immediately stepped back two meters and wondered if he could just pretend he didn't see it and bury the book back, then he could pretend nothing happened.
Anyone familiar with the Cthulhu mythology must have heard of the "Book of the Dead", which is also the most famous book. Schiller also wrote a fake "Book of the Dead", but what he wrote is actually equivalent to the Cthulhu Encyclopedia and has nothing to do with the real "Book of the Dead".
However, as long as you have a certain understanding of the Cthulhu mythology system, you must have heard of this book "Water God Cthulhu", because it records the horrors in major rivers, lakes and water systems. As we all know, Cthulhu is sleeping in the ocean.
It clearly records how to communicate with many authentic Old Ones, and even includes summoning spells.
In a group role-playing game, this thing can be called the engine of group destruction. Everyone who has clicked on the reading skill wants to read it, and everyone who has read it wants to summon it. Once it is summoned, it is certain that they cannot defeat it, and of course they will die as much as possible.
What's even more outrageous is that there is a spell in this thing that can directly summon an outer god named Ibo-Zter.
When many people stack boxes with characters from the Cthulhu mythology, they feel that except for characters like Azathoth, Yogg, and Black Goat, the others are trash.
But in fact, at least in the world setting of Ai Shouyi, the upper limit of human contact is basically the level of the Great Old Ones. Even except for the Legendary Investigators, most people have a hard time dealing with a Deep One, and the Outer Gods are just background boards.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that many role-playing games seem to be full of enthusiasm for fighting Naija, but in fact, what they are fighting is not Naija himself, but some clones or images, or even his followers.
Let me put it this way, the fantasy level of the setting of The Hobbit is almost comparable to that of Mr. Ke. If you want to go higher, you will have to look for it in Journey to the West.
But this crappy book can directly summon outer gods. Not to mention the success rate, the fact that he dared to write this spell already has a kind of beauty that disregards the life and death of human beings.
Let’s talk about Ipo-Zter, he is called “The Great Dark One”, he is a humanoid demon wearing a cloak, with countless breasts and black bat-shaped wings.
Schiller recalled his information in his mind, and suddenly remembered that this Outer God had a very special feature, which was that he used his own blood as a weapon.
The Book of the Dead also recorded that as long as the spell to summon him is spoken, the blood of Ipo-Zter can be summoned, and this blood can leave the body, devour the soul, and suffocate people.
The only way to escape drowning is to hide in the water.
If the Wanderer is also hidden in the blood, isn’t the overlap between these two zodiac signs a bit too high?
But according to old Sirtek, these so-called weird things were probably created by the church to scare people. Even if they really existed, they were man-made strange disasters and should have nothing to do with foreign gods.
The church creates anomalies in order to reshuffle world power and gain a place for itself. It can be said that it has been blinded by fame and fortune.
But what if someone really wants to go public through a backdoor listing?
There is indeed an essential difference between the man-made eye-catching weirdness and the tragedies caused by foreign gods, but in fact, if weirdness is assumed to be a common phenomenon in daily life, then wouldn’t the disasters caused by some foreign gods mixed in it be less easy to distinguish?
Schiller realized that the situation of the church might be more complicated than he had imagined. These monsters whose attributes were surprisingly similar to those of the Outer Gods might not really be completely man-made disasters. The church might have been infiltrated by cultists long ago.
But this is not what Schiller is considering now. He is hesitating whether to take up the book "Ketaiat".
This thing was of no use to Schiller, because he had no intention of reading it, let alone summoning any outer gods. The main reason he wanted to hold the book was that he was afraid that the book would be picked up by someone else.
This cellar is actually not particularly hidden. Someone might find it, especially old Sirtek. It looks like he has left, but what if he comes back?
It would be really troublesome if he got hold of this book.
Schiller speculated that the ancient book that Jeff stole might be this "Latin Volume". This thing is very rare. There are only three copies in the world now, two of which are still in the hands of private collectors. If this book was successfully transported to the UK, it should be stored in the British Museum, but unfortunately it was intercepted by Jeff halfway.
This thing is dangerous, but also very valuable. Assuming he can bring the book back to the church, he will definitely have the capital to negotiate with the Pope, especially when the disaster has already occurred.
In other words, even if he was really a traitor who was expelled and hunted by the church, he could still use this book to borrow the power of the church and definitely disrupt the negotiations between Huang Lao Sirtek and the church.
After thinking about it, Schiller decided to take the book with him.
He had no intention of actually giving the book to anyone. Destroying it was the best option. But before that, he had to make the most of the book's value, other than summoning outer gods.
After finding this thing, Schiller no longer dared to stay in the village.
Although the Deep Ones are troublesome, they are far from destroying the world. However, the appearance of the Water God Ktayat and the emergence of a way to directly communicate with the Old Ones mean that this disaster will not only affect a small village and port.
Schiller looked at the map and decided to visit the important buildings in the village as soon as possible.
Bruce: Woohoo!