William recalled his performance experience. The fear he brought to the audience was based on his own childhood experience, and the fear was performed based on the orphanage.
The environment, atmosphere and William's role as several teachers with different personalities constantly bring various pressures to the audience.
What kind of phobia is it
William couldn't figure it out for the time being, but he could vaguely feel that the seed called "fear" had taken root in his body. This seed would grow with the increase in the number of performances, and eventually take shape as his path was completed.
"I still can't fully explain and define what fear is. I'm just 'reading from a script' to imitate the feelings that the orphanage gave me before... This performance was able to achieve such an effect, which was completely equivalent to taking a shortcut. I must find out my own unique fear.
Write the script independently, create a closed scene similar to an orphanage, give rules that can restrain the participants physically and mentally, and then perform original character interpretations.
In this way, I can have my own fear instead of simply imitating the orphanage.
Phobia is a perfect match for my epileptic brain. Once a phobia takes shape, it will definitely assist my epileptic brain, and "education" will become more effective.
By the way... You can ask Mr. Zuo Ke about this. His phobia should be a good mix with epilepsy. 』
Thinking of this, William prepared to make strict plans for the future.
"Catherine, the Sabbat is held before the official performance, right?"
Catherine sat on the bed with her black and white stockings on, tilting her head and moving her fingers, "That's right, there are still 29 days left!"
"Okay, I have to plan my schedule for this period of time and prepare for the upcoming Sabatons and even the official performances."
"Ah? You're still thinking about the official performance. It's incredible that you, a newcomer who has only been here for less than a day, can participate in the Demonic Banquet... The official performance is completely different. It's hard for you to handle it now. The most you can do is help Uncle Jaan pass the props."
“Let’s prepare a little, just in case there’s a chance.
By the way, I am going to Mr. Jan's magic house to ask about the abyss, and then I may go to the zoo to discuss the combination of epilepsy and phobia with Mr. Zuo Ke. Do you want to come with me?"
Hearing the word "abyss", Catherine began to scratch her head rapidly, even accidentally scratching her scalp.
"Hey! You don't need a break, do you? You haven't had a break since you came to the circus.
First we walked around and prepared dishes in the kitchen, and last night we rehearsed the dream sequence all night, and today we had to change our hypnosis strategy due to an unexpected event in our performance."
"Isn't dream rehearsal the same as sleeping?" William poked his head. "My epileptic brain can find various gaps to sleep."
"No... I don't really like the way Uncle Jaan takes off his mask and reveals his true self."
"Hmm? Is there anything different from usual?"
“I simply don’t like it. Being stared at by those eyes feels extremely uncomfortable. Besides, there probably aren’t many people in the entire circus who would like to be stared at by the Abyss.
It is rumored that anyone who is watched by Uncle Jaan will eventually go to the abyss.
As for the zoo, I don't want to go either. I hate that exhibitionist Zuo Ke! You go alone. I'll sleep in bed and wait for you. Anyway, I can do all kinds of rehearsal training just by sleeping."
Catherine was already extremely sleepy. She made a goodbye gesture and fell asleep. She opened her mouth to breathe and black mucus dripped from the corners of her mouth.
At the same time, a strong sense of danger spread within Catherine's body.
William had a very intuitive premonition that if he approached Catherine at this time, he would be attacked by some monster, which would be even more dangerous than when she was awake.
"Catherine has some similarities with Insomniac Garlon.
The 'nightmare tentacles' in her body are likely also related to creatures from another world..."
William stood up and left the room, heading towards the deepest part of the magic area.
Passing through the innermost independent passage, he once again stood in front of the black door that exuded the breath of the abyss. This time, there was no Jaune to open the door himself. When William stretched out his finger and tapped lightly on the surface of the black door.
Buzz!
The straight passage they were currently in actually flipped over. William was sure that this was definitely not an influence of thought, but a real reversal of space.
Until the passage flipped to a vertical state, the black door turned into an opening to the abyss.
Falling into it... Buzz!
The moment the body fell into the black gate, it was invaded by darkness. When it came to its senses, it had fallen onto something soft and was in a sitting position.
Ka! Lights on.
William, who regained consciousness, sat on a leather sofa.
Mr. Jan, wearing a mask, walked over from the side, holding two cups of freshly brewed tea in his hands. He handed one of the cups to William and sat on the opposite side of the sofa.
This is exactly Jain's magic house, but the process of entering the door is simulated as falling into the abyss.
"How does it feel to fall into the abyss? Although you don't feel any fear, your spirit and consciousness are instantly deprived of the extreme darkness."
William scratched his head, "Yes... This feels different from the original tomb."
"Of course it's different. The abyss of the original tomb is directly controlled by the original dead. It is stable and very friendly to the dead. The abyss formed by the darkest land is not controlled by anyone and is a completely unknown area.
The Dark Land was originally listed as a forbidden area in the old world. Only treasure hunters who were not afraid of death, or a very small number of people who were truly in tune with darkness and had a need for the abyss would go there.
The abyss that appears in the darkest place with a tiny probability is extremely dangerous.
You came to me on your own initiative to seek knowledge about the abyss. In view of your good performance today, I will give you a brief introduction to the history of the formation of the abyss.
This is very necessary for you to touch the abyss later."
"Okay!" William's epileptic brain was fully activated, ready to record every word of Jann.
"Before the Evil Sun fell, the light it spread could penetrate 99.9% of the area in the Old World. The remaining 0.1% of the area that could not be illuminated was called the "corner."
There is a pile of sin, disorder and chaos. It is an absolute dark area and even the monastery's pursuit will not involve it.
Therefore, many wanted criminals and patients with serious diseases choose to go to the "corner" and spend the rest of their lives there.
As the war in the old world breaks out, wanted criminals, villains, anonymous people, etc. from the "corner" also join in this war.
Brutal by nature, they regarded war as a rare gift that only comes once in a thousand years. They fought the invaders to the end at all costs, so that the overall death rate of "The Corner" ranked among the top three death zones in the entire Old World.
The evil sun fell and the war ended.
The already dark "corner" became even darker, with the ground littered with the corpses of sinners and foreign invaders.
Under such extreme circumstances, some unknown epidemic related to darkness, chaos and evil was generated inside.
This plague will devour all light and hope, covering any object with a layer of darkness and continuing to erode it.
The "corner" where this unknown disease was spreading was officially renamed the "Darkest Place". As time went by, the accumulation of the unknown disease formed large and small pits in the Darkest Place.
The abyss was formed by the evolution of these pits, but the evolution rate is very low, only 0.001%.
As for where the abyss leads to, the nature and meaning of existence, you need to find the answer yourself. My oral explanation is useless. "
William drew an important inference from these words.
"The corner, the dark area, could it be that you, Mr. Jia En, were..."
Jaan waved his hands, "No, no, no. I'm not a wanted person, nor am I a bad guy. I was simply born in a "corner".
Although the survival rate of newborns there is less than one in ten thousand, I was lucky enough to survive and learned magic skills that were enough to make a living in the "corner", always remaining neutral.
Since I was instilled with the idea that I would be captured by monks if I left the corner, and I didn't know much about the outside world, even if the war broke out and Xie Yang fell, I still chose to stay in the corner.
Until the formation of the Dark Land,
Until I was swept into the abyss that was accidentally formed in the area along with a large number of war corpses.
I don’t know how long it took, but I climbed out, and it seemed that I was the only one who had completed the climb... But this does not mean that I have completely escaped from the abyss.
Because I have been in the abyss for a long time, the darkness there has corroded and changed my physique.
The most intuitive one is the eye child, which assimilates it into an abyss.
Although such eyes allow me to see the scenes in the abyss clearly, they also bring me a curse that I cannot remove. If I don't wear the mask, I will spread the abyss and allow more patients from the outside world to be affected and fall into it.
The magic that I was originally proficient in was also changed into a unique abyss magic, which would bring disaster if it was not controlled well.
But I am lucky.
When I climbed out of the abyss, lost my nature, lost my goal and direction,
The boss appeared in front of me, giving me a sense of belonging and direction, as well as the home I had always dreamed of.
So I love everything about the circus, and I am willing to train more talents for it, such as talents like you, William, or clowns with incubus qualities like Catherine. Even if she does not belong to my department, I will ensure her steady growth. "