"My identity? Oh, I'm actually a..."
While thinking about it, Jenkins forcibly created a vocabulary:
"Demon hunter, yes, I am a demon hunter, and I specialize in hunting demons. I heard rumors that demons appeared in this town, so I came here on a special trip. Things are more complicated than I expected, and I am not here Smelling the disgusting sulphurous stench of the demon, I think it’s not as simple as the demon that exists in the shadow of the town, right?”
"Witcher?"
The captain of the night watchman glanced at Jenkins, but did not question the profession.
"I'm afraid you're going to waste your trip this time. The strange thing in the town is definitely not a demon. It is a more terrifying existence than a demon. I can't tell what it is, probably an event or a phenomenon. "
"Strange thing? It's really tricky."
Jenkins nodded:
"If it's not a demon, then it's not my job. I will leave the town as soon as possible, and I won't cause you trouble... Speaking of which, have you reported this matter? If the monster gets out of control, I think the power of the town alone , should not be enough to suppress or resolve."
"It has been reported to the Central Diocese, but you also know that various strange things have happened frequently around the world recently. In a remote rural town like ours, unless there is an uncontrollable disaster, it is difficult to wait for it in a short time. support... ”
Having said that, he suddenly looked at the young man in front of him who claimed to be a witcher:
"Are you good at anything other than demons?"
"That depends on how much I can get paid."
Jenkins said seriously.
It was quickly settled that Jenkins would be paid by the local church to investigate the strange happenings in town. The church probably didn't think that he could solve this problem completely, so the reward was not very high, but according to Jenkins' conversion and guess, the money should be considered very generous in this era.
The advantage of cooperating with the church is that it can obtain more information. It was only at this time that Jenkins learned that the "devil between fingers" did not appear recently. This is a long-standing legend in the town.
"We don't know whether it is the legend that makes something that does not exist, or whether the finger demon was actually noticed by people in the long past. Most of the townspeople who lived here in the era knew this legend, but the bold people in the past no matter No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t see it successfully. Until three months ago, the youngest son of the Boko family who lived in the east of the town tried to summon it at night, and then the whole family went crazy. We also spent a lot of effort. I just learned what he did from the crazy little Boko."
"Has anyone tried a similar summon after this?"
Jenkins asked.
"After this incident happened, we used some means to warn the townspeople not to make similar attempts, but this had the opposite effect. Those bold people always like to try exciting things. As the number of crazy people gradually They realized that the church was not aimless, but the demon seemed to have the ability to appear in the town at any time through multiple summons. Even if no one actively called, sometimes the townspeople who walked at night would appear mouth to touch it."
Apart from the appearance and witness records, the church can't provide more effective help, and it doesn't know what ability or weakness that thing has. However, numerous folklore studies and literature records have vaguely described to Jenkins what the so-called "finger devil" is.
In his opinion, even among all the monsters he encountered, the finger demon should be the most dangerous one. This kind of demon spirit, which was most likely born in folklore and has the ability to make wishes, is weirder and more dangerous than any other kind of weird thing.
Dad has told Jenkins many times to be careful of similar things, but in the relatively stable eighteenth century, almost all such weird things have been sealed or contained, at least in the records of the Church of the Sages, there has never been such a thing in a thousand years of tricks.
"So how did people in the past era deal with this kind of thing?"
While picking out ritual materials in the church, Jenkins chatted up the subject with the Night Watchman, who told Jenkins he didn't know either.
That night, Jenkins came to an intersection in the west of Blacktown alone. Just before midnight, he put the thumb and index finger of his right hand together in front of his eyes, and then made the gap between the fingers even with the intersection.
The moon was covered by the dark clouds for a few seconds, and when the light came back on, a tall and thin man with a slender face, a bald head and hands behind his back appeared in the field of vision between his fingers.
He wore a tan robe with a cloth belt around his waist holding a water bladder and a rolled parchment. The feet are ordinary cloth boots, and the overall dress looks like a desert area.
"Oh, it looks like we've had some serious visitors in town."
Before Jenkins could open his mouth, he said, with a particularly emphatic tone, like a drama actor on stage. Compared with the face, the big eyes with extremely unbalanced ratio looked at Jenkins with interest, and raised his hand to stroke the extremely short furry beard on his chin while speaking.
"I'm here to make a wish with you."
Jenkins said.
"Yes, people always come to me to grant wishes, but not this time, I can't grant your wishes."
"Why?"
"Because you want to expel me from here, but I don't want to leave here yet. Maybe you can change your wish, let me guess, maybe you want more powerful power, or a brand new weapon?"
Hearing this, Jenkins narrowed his eyes. The thing on the opposite side who doesn't know what kind of creature it is actually provides options related to power, but he is using his real appearance now. The wish corresponding to this face should be "blazing love" or "Successful Career".
Since the other party said such words, it meant that he believed that Jenkins, who seemed weak, needed strength. That is to say, the other party was very likely to know the false identity he made up in the church today.
The church is blessed by the power of the gods, and there is no possibility of the conversation being eavesdropped, so...
"My mentor has told me many times, never make a wish lightly. Sorry, I don't think I need any wishes from you."
"Well then, stranger, I will give you a piece of advice: get out of here as soon as possible! There are more secrets in this town than you think."
As he said that, the man stepped back into the shadow behind him, and the black aura dissipated with his disappearance, but it still enveloped the sky above the town.
PS: Someone asked me to recommend the book: "Sick Raiders Notes", author: Old Believers Can the three girls experience the Shura field at the same time
Yes, even in just three steps.
First of all, we need a sick person, a pervert and a normal person.
Then, they form a stable reverse triangle love relationship and a stable positive triangle love relationship.
Finally, let them stay together.
You see, that's how it happened.
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A vampire who walks alone, the sunny and kind discipline committee member hides the sick and delicate student president.
This is the story of three people who have flaws in their understanding of love but yearn to be loved, and pursue their own happiness in a world of hidden madness and mystery.
A unique and warm romantic comedy staged among many tragedies.