At the end of the Middle Ages, the supernatural forces on this planet ushered in the last recovery in history—although the growing strength of the demon hunters and the church made it more difficult for aliens and wizards to survive, the gradually emerging tension between the church and the demon hunters The divergence also gave some small families and tantric schools who are good at concealment a chance to breathe. According to Vivienne's recollection, the tenth century AD to the fifteenth century AD was the period when the dark side forces of this world were re-divided. Inner) are dead or dormant, after the decline of alien rule, churches and demon hunters have launched a series of debates on the new order of this world. Among them, the church represents the power of human beings themselves. Although the demon hunters are theoretically biased towards "human beings", they are still a different race from human beings, so it is natural for the two sides to have differences.
The history of this divergence is not important, Hao Ren just expresses his feelings after seeing this lost town that was exiled. The whole town was completely wiped out by black magic. The commotion back then must have been a big deal. Baptiste (that is, the wizard Hao Ren and the others were looking for) was able to succeed obviously because he took advantage of the battle between the demon hunters and the church. Moreover, he not only exiled the whole town with magic, but even studied witchcraft under the eyes of ordinary people—this abandoned house is full of traces of his magic experiments.
All kinds of magic books are scattered at one end of the long table. Without exception, these magic books have a creepy texture and an unsettling atmosphere. Most of them are made of black goatskin or special paper soaked in grease. Written in ink made of blood, the content inside is difficult and obscure, and usually has abstract and weird illustrations. Without Vivienne helping to decipher it, Hao Ren would hardly know what these ghostly symbols are.
The magic book he saw for the first time was a handwritten work, the main content of which was to discuss various spatial phenomena and secret summoning rituals, and its author was obviously not Baptiste. A disgusting stench constantly permeates the heavy pages of this book. The black and red cover depicts a twisted gate and an eye peeking out of the gate. There is a signature of DR on the title page. It should be left by the author of this book. Baptiste should read this book often, he has left a lot of notes and memo entries on the pages. The handwriting is surprisingly neat and beautiful. According to these annotations, Hao Ren could see at a glance what the wizard was most concerned about: the method to open the gate of purgatory, and the secret technique of using soul power to maintain the stability of the space channel.
He found the most frequently read part of the book. The paper in this part has been severely worn and blackened. In this seven-page chapter, the author of the magic book discussed in detail the historical records of the gate of purgatory and his The guessed method to open the gate of purgatory. Baptiste left almost more annotations on the side of the page than the text, and Hao Ren read them one by one with curiosity:
"...the records of the gates of purgatory in ancient times are not reliable enough. The rulers of the world in that era were the old gods, and they did not allow others to inherit too much knowledge. It is best to ignore this part...
"Master Auburn Moore's statement about the 'Seven Obsidian Ceremony' does not match here. The oil that makes obsidian produce magic power may be more critical than the obsidian itself. According to my own experiments, Master Auburn Moore's point of view should be more reliable Letter. Information related to the test is in...
"Unique insight, the essence of the gate of purgatory is completely different from other gates leading to different spaces, and the process of opening purgatory is naturally the same. Strictly speaking, our goal is not to 'open a door', but to attract purgatory. There will naturally be a gap in the process of two spaces colliding, so the basis of the experiment is not the portal structure, but the summoning ceremony...
The most important task after connecting the two spaces is to ensure the stability of the channel. And to recognize the signs that this passageway is collapsing. I must at least set aside time to go to the second layer of purgatory, and also consider that once the gate of purgatory collapses early. How to rebuild the path back to the Prime from the other side of the door. Master Fradkov's calculation formula is not accurate enough, so the grass on his grave is already half a meter high, I should redo the data... "
Hao Ren muttered to himself while flipping through these difficult records: "Why does this feel like scientific research? Is he a wizard or a space scientist?"
Vivienne was holding up a dark glass bottle to look around, and after hearing Hao Ren's words, she casually replied: "Wizards themselves are very knowledgeable guys, regardless of worldview, they will be thrown to ordinary people." All of them are true polymaths."
Hao Ren casually put the book back to its original place: "This Baptiste seems to have devoted himself to opening the gate of purgatory a long time ago, and all the materials he left here are related to space magic. But there is no mention here. Why did he summon the Blood King, and he didn’t mention what’s going on in Dormir Town. What are you researching? There’s something good in this bottle?”
"It's sulfur spring water, a specialty of the Purgatory Dimension. Although there's only half a bottle left," Vivian threw the small bottle to Hao Ren. "Combined with the specimen of the Purgatory Ripper that Hesiana found before, this Baptiste must have successfully opened the gate of Purgatory once, but his attempt to open the gate this time should have failed, probably because the maintenance time was too short, he only had time Bringing some materials from the first floor of purgatory, this obviously did not meet his initial expectations."
At this time, Nangong Sanba came over with a thick notebook, and took Vivienne's words: "You are right, he did open the door once, and the result made him very dissatisfied. He summoned the blood king should I want to use the power of the ancients to help stabilize the gate."
Hao Ren pointed to the thick notebook in Nangong Sanba's hand: "What is that? A diary?"
"No, it's the record of the magic experiment, which happened to mention the successful opening of the gate of purgatory. The gate of purgatory he opened for the first time lasted less than an hour, and he himself almost died in it. Apart from the experimental records, There are also a lot of curses and complaints. According to the statement above, the reason for the early closure of the gate of purgatory is that there is not enough energy and the surrounding environment is not stable enough. The continuous rejection of purgatory in the real world has caused the gate to collapse. He mentioned the need to accumulate More abundant magic power to open the door, and there is a meaning of turning to those ancient aliens between the lines... I think this is why he summoned the blood king."
"He wants to use the power of the evil spirit Vivienne to open the passage of purgatory?" Hao Ren blinked. "But the key to the problem is how did he know about this ceremony—where did the red-haired evil spirit come from?"
"It didn't say that," Nangong Sanba shrugged, "This place is too messy, I guess we'll have to writhe around for a while."
Hao Ren snorted, and asked Vivian curiously, "What is there on the second floor of Purgatory? This Baptiste is so obsessed with wanting to go there."
"In fact, no one knows," Vivienne shook her head. "It is already very difficult to be able to move on the first floor of purgatory, let alone go deeper. Moreover, the connection between purgatory and the earth is too unstable. There are not enough people to go to the second floor to make a round trip, so no one knows what's in the depths."
Hao Ren rubbed his nose: "An unknown place? I really don't know why this kind of place is so attractive... By the way, why do I always smell a strange smell?"
"It seems that something is burnt," Lily raised her head from the pile of debris beside her sniffling, "I smell it too!"
At this time, the others also raised their heads from their busyness, and the strange smell in the surrounding air was so strong that everyone could notice it. It wasn't just the smell of burning something, it was also mixed with a stench and a strange sour smell. Hao Ren raised his head to look for the source of the smell, but suddenly found that the fog outside had invaded the house at some point , A layer of pale mist is drifting in from all the gaps in the windows and the cracks in the door. The mist squirms and fills the entire interior space as if it is alive. It looks so weird and weird.
"It seems to be the smell of some kind of magic grease..." Nangong Sanba murmured while reaching into his arms subconsciously, "I don't think it's right."
Heatherana's first reaction was to look up at Hemerwin who brought everyone to this place, only to find that the man was sitting on the chair as stiff as a rock, and she stepped forward and tapped him on the shoulder with the handle of the long whip : "Hey, this is..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Haimowen collapsed silently into black ashes.
At the same time, a piercing sound came from outside the house.
Hao Ren immediately yelled: "The situation is wrong, everyone get out!" (To be continued~^~)