leonardwarren Chapter 3222 The Shadow of Faraines (XIX)
Chapter 3222 The Shadow of Faraines (XIX)
"Are you feeling better?" Schiller was bandaging the wound on Batman's head while telling him about the conversation he had with Old Silturk and what he found in the laboratory.
Batman listened silently, seeming to be thinking. When Schiller finished wrapping the bandage, he said aloud: "The key to the matter is not the secret hidden behind it, but the person who hides the secret."
"You mean old Siltek?"
"Yes, he is the person we have access to who knows the most secrets. You said that he left Faraines. This is not a good choice unless he has a reason to do so."
"Why do you say that?"
"If he wants to use his information advantage to negotiate with the church, he must ensure that he is the only one who walks out of here alive. Let's not say that we are all still alive. Even ordinary people have survivors. If he rushes to leave without cleaning up this place, he must Something happened."
"What are you going to do next?"
Batman turned around and asked him, "Will you cooperate with me?"
Schiller put down what he was holding, came to the first row of the church seats, sat next to Batman and said, "Tell me your plan first."
"The monsters wandering in the village now are strong evidence that another kind of disaster is coming. Not only can old Siltek use the advantage of information to negotiate with the church, but we can too."
"You want me to contact the church?" Schiller said softly: "But I'm afraid it's not that simple. Although I am a member of the church and theoretically may be the Pope's bodyguard, the church is also divided into many factions. I suspect some The man is in the same league as old Siltek."
Schiller sighed, looked out the window behind the cross and said: "I suspect that there are some cultists within the church who are inseparable from the arrival of the deep divers. Old Silturk may be their ally, and some Maybe it's just their pawn."
"What you mean is that among the weird things that appeared around the world before, which may have been caused by the church, some were actually not caused by them, but by cultists."
Schiller nodded and told Batman about the strikingly similar characteristics of the Prowler and the Outer God, and Batman fell into thinking again.
Obviously, the attributes in the game place great restrictions on him, slowing down his thinking speed and making him unable to think in multiple threads. But fortunately, Batman himself is strong enough, so even if he is weakened, he is still very resourceful. .
"Do you know where Bruce and the others have gone?" Batman had just received a notification from the Beyonder. Knowing that they could chat freely without anyone around him, he asked directly.
Schiller shook his head and said: "Originally, they were supposed to be looking for the survivors, but looking at the current activities in the village, it is unlikely that the survivors will survive. They may have left the village."
"We can't leave the village." Batman said. "The Deep Ones are a big problem. To stay ahead of Old Silturk in intelligence, we must know more."
"It seems that you have set your sights on those three ships."
"Exactly."
Although Batman's emotions were not obvious, Schiller could still see that he was very happy that someone could think of going with him. It seemed that this experience was new to him.
But Schiller can also roughly imagine why. There are really very few people who can be in tune with Batman's thinking, don't need too much explanation from him, and have compatible temperaments.
"We need to prepare some things." Schiller said according to his own thoughts: "The ship must be very dangerous. There are things everywhere that will damage the mental health value just by looking at it. My skills cannot cool down so fast. We need a certain amount of means to combat the dangers that may follow.”
"There are many cars on the street. We can reserve some gasoline." Batman answered naturally. He said: "I know that there should be magical power on the ship. Ordinary flames are difficult to burn, but as long as it does not completely break the common sense, some physics And chemical means are useful.”
"It will be useful." Schiller is not comforting Batman, because the Transcendent has said that this is not a magic copy, there is no heaven, hell and magicians, which means that in fact, the so-called magical power is the traditional Cthulhu In mythology, it is forbidden knowledge that humans cannot access and understand, rather than some magical shield.
Those three ships were not made by magic. It was more likely that they were summoned through some forbidden spells. There must be many dangerous creatures on the ship, which can make people go crazy just by looking at them, but there is absolutely no way that they can breathe fire or spit water. Pokémon, then it does not meet the setting of low magic power levels in this world.
"Let's act separately." Schiller said proactively: "You make physical preparations, and I need to research some things to see if I can add a layer of protection to our spirits."
Batman glanced at him, not expressing distrust. Schiller understood this emotion as a kind of worry, so he said: "The more prepared you are, the less pressure I will have, but if you really find If I can’t find anything useful, I have a last resort.”
The last resort mentioned by Schiller is of course the Book of Water God. This book is certainly dangerous, but if there is nothing restricting it in the book, then it will definitely be ten times and a hundred times more dangerous than it is now.
Batman agreed with his idea, so he left the church. Schiller believed that he, like himself, already had an idea.
After Batman left, Schiller began to take stock of the resources he had. The reason why he dared to boast in front of Batman naturally relied on it.
As far as he knows, the famous Old Seal is in the book "Water God Ktayat".
The so-called investigator has three treasures, crowbar, Old Seal, and good teammates. Now Schiller has got the crowbar, and Batman can be regarded as a top teammate, so now he only needs the Old Seal.
There are actually many different opinions about the real origin of the Old Seal, but it is nothing more than the restrictions left by the mortal enemies of the Old Ones on them, usually a small pattern painted on the stone.
This setting also first appeared in the book "The Haze of Innsmouth". The book mentioned that the residents of Innsmouth would use some small stones with strange patterns to resist the attacks of the Deep Ones, and that was the prototype of the Old Seal.
Later, other authors expanded this setting and set the Old Seal as something hated by the Old Ones and the Outer Gods. "The Old Ones encountering the Old Seal is like a person encountering shit" has also become a classic description of the relationship between the Old Seal and the Old Ones.
This actually shows that for the Old Ones and the Outer Gods, these small patterns may be a bit annoying, but if he can tolerate it, or if you have a deep connection with him, he can also kill you with the Old Seal.
Even so, this can be said to be one of the few means of human resistance in the Cthulhu mythology, specifically used to fight against the Outer Gods like Naya who have to annoy you even if you don't provoke him. For Naya, the Old Seal is also known as "eating shit together".
But Naya is obviously very good at eating shit, and the Old Seal is basically useless to him, otherwise there would not be so many victims.
Later, as the settings gradually expanded and enriched, almost every Outer God and the Old One had his own exclusive symbols, which were not used to fight against them, but to contact them, with the same effect as the summoning spell.
It's just that if you want to summon them using symbols, the process is more complicated, and you have to carry out activities similar to sacrifices, and you have to correctly place symbols and other ciphers, which is almost not a field that humans can study.
Even if Schiller roughly knew what the old seal looked like, this was knowledge outside the game and could not be used directly. He had to investigate the old seal in the game before he could use this magic weapon.
They were now in Faraines, not Innsmouth, and there were no locals who could use the old seal. The only thing Schiller could count on now was the book "Water God Ketayat" in his hand.
This book should contain the old seal, and its function was to prevent the filth in the book from spreading further.
But if he wanted to investigate the old seal, he had to open the book, which was very risky for Schiller, because the book was full of crazy and filthy taboo knowledge. Schiller did not think that he could successfully read the book with his willpower.
Then he could only take a gamble and guess which page the old seal was in the book, or more precisely, guess whether it was in the front middle or the back. The book was not very thick, so as long as he guessed the approximate location, he should be able to find it after reading two or three pages.
Please...you...collect_6Ⅰ9ⅠBookⅠBar (Six\\\\\\Nine\\\\\\Book\\\\\\Bar!)
Schiller held the book in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, and soon he found that the cover of the book began to become a little damp, but this was not because the air in the church was humid, but because the human skin wrapped around the book cover was sweating.
Although this was expected, Schiller's mental health value was still inevitably reduced. This time the way it decreased was slightly milder. He broke out in a cold sweat and was in a trance for a while before it ended.
"Transcendent, are you there? I've decided to read the book."
"Are you sure?" The voice of the Transcendent sounded, and he said: "I must remind you that you obviously don't have the ability to read this book, so the dice test will be very pessimistic. If you unfortunately throw a big failure, your probability of death will be 100%."
"I said I decided to read it, but I didn't say to read it now." Schiller stood up and said: "Of course I will make some preparations."
"What are you going to do?"
"Summon Nyarlathotep."
"What???"
Schiller sighed and said: "Is there any better way to deal with the current situation? Dealing with Nyarlathotep is like trying to get the skin of a tiger, but dealing with other foreign gods is even worse. Tiger's mouth. "
"The church will not sit back and watch the situation develop. Once they know about the situation of Faraines, whether I am one of them or not, they will definitely not want me to leave here alive. To fight against the endless means of the church, I must rely on something. "
"No, you can't do that. "The Transcendent said: "You have no reason to come into contact with the name of Nyarlathotep in the game. If you don't know his existence, you can't summon him. "
"So I have to find a way to know his existence first." Schiller walked out of the church and said: "Who was the host of the game during the time when Pride came to the door?"
Seeing the silence of the Transcendent, Schiller sneered.
"I am seeking the skin of the tiger, and you are inviting the wolf into the house."
Schiller came to the outside of the church. At this time, the deep divers who were dragged away by the Bruce monster before had basically returned to their original positions, and they began to patrol the village again.
Schiller went around the side and back of the church and saw two deep divers walking together towards the east side of the street.
Schiller did not choose to use a gun, because the sound of the gun would easily attract other deep divers. He rushed forward at lightning speed and hit a deep divers on the back of the head with a crowbar.
Strength test 30\u003e20, great success.
Schiller raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect to be able to throw a big success. This was also his best luck in this game.
With a "bang", the Deep Diver's skull was smashed directly, and the brain splashed on his companion's face, which made the monster stunned for a moment.
"The battle begins..."
The sinister voice sounded again.
Schiller did not attack the other Deep Diver again, but after this voice sounded, he immediately asked in his heart: "Who are you?"
"You finally found out..."