"Are you up so late?"
Jenkins asked curiously, and looked at the stick in the old elf's hand again.
"Didn't you sleep too?"
said the Genie, beckoning Jenkins into the living room. The living room was brightly lit. Not only were the three gas lamps turned on to the maximum brightness, but also the three candlesticks on the coffee table, the portable kerosene lamp placed in the corner, and the floor gas lamp near the bedroom door were all providing light.
There are also teapots, snacks and the upside-down book "Horizontal Flowers 1866" on the coffee table. It seems that the old elf is ready to stay up late.
"What are you doing?"
Jenkins carefully studied the stick in the elf's hand. Although the wood is just ordinary wood, I don't know how it has been treated by the old elves. The aura representing life on it is many times stronger than that of living plants.
"Prevent evil spirits from attacking me."
"Evil spirit?"
Jenkins sat down and laughed:
"Stop joking, are you afraid of evil spirits?"
"It's not an ordinary evil spirit, it's a monster. Speaking of what you want to do with me, finish speaking as soon as possible and leave as soon as possible, don't be involved in this matter."
"The fact that I came to you can't be finished in a few words. Why don't you tell me what kind of evil spirit it is. I can't deduce much from your description."
Strictly speaking, the old elf's encounter with a monster was not a pure accident, it should be said that he was just bad luck. About last week, while the elves were out, they found a very beautiful pendant in a remote shop in the alley, so they bought it.
As a result, I had a nightmare that night, and then the nightmare reappeared for many days in a row. Each dream was connected to each other, and the terrible thing in the dream was getting closer and closer to the elf.
In Jenkins's opinion, this is a fairly cliché horror story plot, but in fact this is a characteristic of the creepy A-12-2-0965 [Rebirth in Seven Days].
The pendant itself is the body of the monster, and the curse on it makes the ghost turned into a monster look for a reborn body. In essence, whether it is the old elf or the evil spirit, they are all unlucky guys affected by the power of strange things.
The elves may die because of this, and the souls of the evil spirits have undergone irreversible changes after being infected by the power of the strange things.
Once the nightmare is performed seven times in a row, the old elf's body will be occupied by evil spirits. Then the body turned into a strange object, spreading the curse of nightmares to all people who came into contact with it. At the beginning, it could only be spread to one person at a time. As the number of spreads increased, the number of nightmares spread at one time also increased.
But this monster is not a very dangerous level "1", because as long as the person who has the nightmare insists on not sleeping for 24 hours, the power of the monster, including the nightmare that has been spread, will disappear immediately. It was for this reason that the old elf planned to stay up all night. According to him, he had successfully spent 20 hours. As long as he persisted until dawn, this unlucky incident would be resolved smoothly.
"Don't worry about my affairs. Now let's talk about your affairs. It's best to cheer me up. Oh, I'm too old. Staying up late is simply a torment for me."
Jenkins thought for a while, and instead of asking about the soul of the tree and the seeds of the World Tree, he recounted the strange scene that night the Son of the Mist appeared. Facing the old elf, he had nothing to hide, even the last guess about the identity of "Sigrid" was revealed.
Hearing Jenkins describe the tone and content of the woman he was talking to, the elf shrank back on the sofa in horror. When Jenkins expressed his conjecture, the elf clasped his hands together, lowered his head and closed his eyes, praying softly.
When he opened his eyes and looked at Jenkins, judging from his expression, Jenkins thought that he might really not be able to sleep all night.
"What an honor."
The old elf said tremblingly.
"What an honor it is?"
He said it again.
"Sorry, I wanted to ask you about when you will be able to return to your hometown. But after giving me the gift, He left, and I don't have time to ask."
Jenkins said sheepishly, feeling like some hairless vegetarian who forgot to ask the turtle's age.
"No, don't worry about my affairs. I'm just an ordinary elf. Even if I stray into the material world, there is no need to use my affairs to delay the time of the great. Jenkins, you know what an honor it is, remember that time Go through it, it's something the elves can't even imagine."
Originally, the elf was a little sluggish because of staying up late, but now he is completely in a state of excitement. I'm afraid there is no way to make him fall asleep.
After talking about the experience of the strange land, Jenkins brought up the matter of the soul of the tree again. The old elf knew the legend of the four king souls, but he didn't even know as much about the details as the red dragon. Just as the elf said, he is not a scholar, but an ordinary elf, and he cannot help Jenkins more.
But for the World Tree Seed, the old elf had a lot to say. He was glad Jenkins had finally got all three parts of the seed, and he agreed with Jenkins' caution when he heard that Jenkins hadn't snapped them together.
"Of course you can't combine them rashly. Just like the old professor you mentioned said, the World Tree seed represents the World Tree. Once it is complete, the spirit of life that erupts is enough to destroy any living body. After all Too many life spirits are not a way of natural balance. If you want to combine them, it is recommended that you find a forest with a lot of vitality, or a wasteland with almost no vitality, which can effectively reduce the burst of seeds when they are combined. The impact of the spirit of life."
"How about Evergreen Forest, that is..."
"I know it's there, and it's really good. But I still recommend that when you put the seeds together, you must not have any living animals standing near. You can withstand the washing of the spirit of life, but others must It’s impossible. Or arrange a suitable ceremony to evacuate the erupting spirit, but this kind of ceremony is usually very troublesome, I suggest you ask the Church of the Sages to help.”
The old elf's suggestion was very reasonable, and Jenkins nodded to show that he remembered it. He also talked about what happened yesterday when the dragon's soul was awakened, hoping to find out the law of the king's soul's awakening from this incident.
It's a pity that after discussing with the elf for a long time, there was no result, so Jenkins could only stand up and leave regretfully. But thinking of the evil spirit that the old elf was encountering, he suggested that he take out the pendant that he bought by accident and have a look.
There was indeed a black aura on the pendant, but besides connecting with the elf, the aura actually extended from the window into the distance. After thinking about it for a while, Jenkins knew that the one who was implicated by the aura of the strange creature was also the other protagonist who was involved in this matter, that is, the evil spirit.
PS: "Vegetarian without hair" refers to Tang Seng.