Jenkins has read 9 different short stories so far, and judging from the catalog, this book contains a total of 13 stories. It's almost two o'clock in the morning. After reading the remaining four stories, it should be just dawn.
"But since the accident will happen at the end of the 18th century, what's the point of letting me continue to go into the past? Is it because of the frightening thing that was born in this land, the root of all tragedies in Blacktown according to legend? But that thing Since it is so powerful, I should not be its opponent? If I have divinity in hand, maybe I can give it a try, but not now."
No one can help him answer his questions. Although the cat knows the answer, it doesn't want to say it at all. It huddled into a ball and lay beside the pillow, quietly looking at Jenkins with a puzzled expression.
Jenkins never had many questions, but at least tonight, he'll have a chance to address one of the more important ones.
The tenth "Adventure of Treasure Hunting" is a long story, which is at least three times longer than the previous "Wishing Flower". This is an adventure story, which is no longer popular in modern times, but hundreds of years ago, the main continent of the material world once set off a wave of overseas exploration of new continents. At that time, it ended with finding a large amount of gold or treasure. Adventure novels were all the rage, very much in the same fashion as middle-class novels of chivalry are today.
Soon Jenkins came to the gloomy Black Town. The town looked dilapidated, and there was no trace of the steam industry. I don't know what era it was.
According to the records in the book, three young people living in the town discovered a strange cave in the forest and found a large number of treasures after entering. The story mainly describes the strange hallucinations faced by a group of people after entering the cave, and the intrigue among the three in order to distribute the treasure. Of course, the ending is good. All three of them obtained their own wealth and lived a prosperous life ever since.
"I haven't heard of such a large cave near Black Town in the 18th century. Could it be that geological changes have destroyed the previous traces?"
With such questions, Jenkins walked into the town. This time he found the church of the Orthodox Church in no time, but because this matter did not need the church's help, he just looked at it from a distance and then turned and left.
The names of the three young men are not described in the story, but they call each other by their respective nicknames. Even if the town is not big, it would be very troublesome for a foreigner like Jenkins to find the three of them, so he adopted the method of sitting on the sidelines and waiting for rabbits, entering the forest in the east of the town, waiting for someone who fits the description to enter here, waiting for half a day, at night , Only then noticed that the three young men held torches and walked into the forest along the path talking and laughing.
"Strange, what are they doing in the woods so late? Have they found traces of the treasure?"
Jenkins climbed down from the tree and followed the three far behind.
The three protagonists of the story are all born in poor families, and they are ordinary rural youths that Jenkins can imagine. They can be regarded as well prepared for their night out this time. Apart from torches, everyone has weapons. Although they are just axes for chopping trees, they are quite lethal.
"Here it is, are you ready?"
After walking in the woods for a long time, the three silent people stopped. The tallest young man at the head asked his companions, and the other two nodded. Jenkins, who was following them, looked at the white light gate in the woods, and for a moment didn't know what to say.
Ordinary people can't see the delusion, even ordinary people who have the talent of the bestower can't see the entrance of the delusion, just like him who just came to this world.
The three of them stopped here so accurately, but none of them were the givers, which meant that someone deliberately told the three of them the location of the deceitful realm. The purpose of Jenkins is not known, but certainly not good.
He wanted to speak to prevent the three young men from entering the strange realm, but before he could speak, the three of them disappeared in the light gate. After a moment of hesitation, Jenkins also wanted to follow, but before he could make a move, almost the second the three of them stepped into the treacherous realm, the three of them walked out of the light gate again, and the light gate collapsed behind them. With the strange situation disappeared.
The three of them were still dressed as before, and everyone looked happy. Among them, the tallest young man was pushing a wheelbarrow used by miners. The body of the cart was covered by a piece of canvas, making it difficult to see what was inside.
They didn't miss this forest, and walked towards Black Town along the same road after leaving the strange place.
So far, except for the appearance of the strange place, everything has happened the same as in "The Secret of Blacktown". If it weren't for his special eyes, Jenkins would have been almost fooled.
It was three mortals who entered the strange realm, but three strange creatures with strong black aura walked out of the strange realm. Although they have exactly the same appearance as the young people just now, it is certain that the three of them did not pass through the deceitful realm smoothly, but let the things in the deceitful realm come to the material world in their appearance.
Combined with the fact that the three of them came here at night for no reason, thinking about the things behind it makes one's scalp tingle.
Jenkins didn't know if he was the opponent of the three monsters, and he also wanted to know who planned all this, so he didn't do anything in the forest, but followed the three monsters into the town.
They behaved exactly like the original owners of the three faces. After carefully hiding the trolley, they returned to their respective "homes".
Jenkins lingered on the roof for a long time, making sure they would not return, before pushing the cart out from behind the piled lumber. Open the canvas and look at the light of the blue moon in the sky, and there are ancient gold coins, gold and silverware stuffed with almost no gaps inside.
"I thought it was a piece of meat or something weirder..."
These valuable antiques have no aura, nor are they cursed items as Jenkins guessed. They really seem to be just treasures. Jenkins really didn't know what happened, so after restoring the scene, he came to the church in the town under the moonlight.
The last time I saw the church, it was the shabby building in Bloodsucking Love. And the church in this era looks at least what a church should look like. After knocking on the door, it is a nun who answers the door instead of a bare priest without any subordinates. This makes Jenkins relieved after a busy day.
This time he still used the name of the so-called "demon hunter", and claimed that he passed by the town occasionally and saw the actions of the three just outside the town. Church priests in this era are all part-time givers, and the priest himself is equivalent to a level 4 giver in the 18th century, so he immediately understood what the scene Jenkins saw meant. .
PS: The current nine stories: "The Ghoul in the Cemetery", "The Tragedy of the Pine Cone", "The Girl in the Lake", "The Devil Between Fingers", "The Man in the Closet", "The Eve of the Wedding", "The End of a Traveler" "Vampire Love", "Wishing Flower".
It's not a foreshadowing, it's just to prove that I didn't count wrong.