The homeless child froze for a moment.
Watched by those empty eye sockets, an indescribable, deep-cold sense of fear overwhelmed him.
He suddenly felt an itch on his back.
It's like healing a wound.
It's like the bones have sprouted and are growing slowly.
"Ai Lei" touched it lightly. He vaguely felt that there were some protrusions on his originally smooth back. My spine seemed to be wriggling, becoming... sharper, even a little bit tight.
He was very focused, gently stroking his spine. Some couldn't stop, and at the same time felt that their elbows and knees began to itch, as if something was about to burst out—
"What's wrong, Allie?"
At this moment, Amos asked again with some doubts.
The homeless child was startled suddenly.
He snapped back to reality.
When he came back to his senses, he realized that Amos' face was normal.
His face didn't turn into a skeleton, it wasn't any different from before... There were no white bone spurs protruding from the skin on the back of his neck, and the skin was smooth without even wounds or breaks.
As if everything just now was just an illusion.
"... No, it's fine."
Ai Lei replied softly, and continued to change clothes.
Put on those three heavy and scary plush dresses.
Amos felt that her gaze was a little weird, but he didn't pursue it any further. He just scratched his face again and turned back.
…but that was definitely not an illusion.
Street kids are pretty sure.
Not only because of the itching deep inside his body.
And the large barrage that suddenly flashed in front of him also confirmed this for the first time:
"—Fuck, I'm scared to death!"
"—is the ghost father's conviction (referring to the supernatural level"
"—Damn it, this big brother scared me when he turned his head..."
"—Be content, at least your face is clean and free of maggots."
... Just looking at the chaotic barrage, he can be sure that the horrible scene just now was definitely not his illusion.
So what's going on
The homeless child subconsciously opened the properties panel.
Then he froze for a moment.
[Health: 95%]
[Erosion degree: 5%]
... wait, 5%
Wasn't it only 2% just now
It is obvious that death will only increase by 2%... but the erosion rate has increased by 3% just now
The barrage also saw this line of numbers:
"—Is this a san drop?"
"—No, it should be said that spirit vision has been added."
"—This seems to be a more serious punishment than dying once!"
"—Wait, you won't continue to increase the erosion rate, right? Is this just a preparation ceremony?"
... So in the nightmare, can the erosion rate be directly increased
Annan also frowned slightly.
He first checked himself to make sure that he did not increase his erosion rate when he saw this scene through the live broadcast, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is that the skeleton man? Or what?"
He murmured under his breath.
But it's not quite like it.
According to his knowledge in the book, the human body of Skull Lord is a giant skeleton two and a half meters tall:
"He should be clothed in a tunic of blue and white fluff like a duke's - it is said to be the fur of a unicorn, and on his head a holy crown of white brass, on his face a golden mask like a human face, and at his feet They are heavy steel boots, wearing dragon leather gloves on the hands, and the whole body should be covered by clothes. Even the back of the neck will be blocked by the stand-up collar of the robe.
"The main way to identify Skeleton Lord is his height, followed by his attire—his clothes have only bones under his clothes, so he must appear extremely thin. And Skeleton Lord is the god of ancient giants, and the height of modern giants is generally four to five meters. Among the five, only the ancient giants had a short body of less than three meters but more than two meters.
"Remember, don't use any ability to see through or perceive the essence when looking directly at the Skeleton Lord. The Duke costume he wears is a kind of protection for others—if you see the Skeleton Lord without protection, Any bone in the body will be continuously eroded by the curse. At the same time, 'ossification' will also occur, the bones of the whole body will become active, reject the master's will control, and actively devour all the surrounding flesh and blood tissue including the crazy growth... "
—The ossification phenomenon recorded in the book is somewhat similar to the situation of the homeless child just now. The situation of increasing the degree of erosion also coincides with it.
Annan clearly remembered that at the moment when the phantom appeared, the bones at the neck of "Ai Lei" did start to become a little sharp...
But not quite right either.
If it's really the bones, then "Ai Lei" can't possibly be alive.
Now it seems that the difficult nightmare is probably not just a death threat. Even in a dream, if you see something you shouldn't see, the degree of erosion that should be increased will still increase.
In this case, he probably understood... why some people would go crazy after entering the nightmare, when the nightmare would only increase the erosion rate a little.
This should indeed be a silver-level nightmare level...
Annan was a little strange at first, because this nightmare was so simple.
Although he is only a level of the "Gallery", it is the lowest difficulty of the silver level. But looking at it now, as long as the portrait painting is not completed at the beginning... the difficulty will immediately rise to the silver level.
So, what is the mechanism that triggers this
Is it a painting? basement? ceremony? Or Amos mood
"It's all ready, Allie."
Finally, Amos breathed a sigh of relief.
Ai Lei on the side had already changed her clothes.
She wore a three-layer cashmere dress, and now she looked bloated like a rice dumpling. Not to mention fighting, it's hard to move just by moving... I feel covered and even a little out of breath.
But the homeless children felt relieved a lot.
Looking at this posture, at least he doesn't need to be injected...
All good things, all good things.
Amos moved closer to Allie and comforted her in a low voice:
"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt. It's just a very simple ceremony... Fortunately, it's June, so it won't be too much trouble."
"... yes, father."
Ellie paused and said softly.
Seeing that there was no fear on her face, and even a little curiosity, Amos smiled with satisfaction.
Under Alley's gaze, he respectfully lit three thick candles, which were placed on the bone bed at one o'clock, two o'clock and four o'clock respectively.
Then, he motioned Allie to climb onto the bed from three o'clock.
He took out another protractor, and three black ram's horns, three black hey-goat's horns, and three pairs of bull's horns. They were placed on both sides of the three candles, forming three inward angles of 120 degrees, covering the body of "Ai Lei" at the same time.
At the moment when the three angles formed, the candle suddenly shook at the same time.
The warm glow of orange suddenly turned into ice blue.
The homeless child suddenly felt a strange chill descending on him.
It was as if his whole body was immersed in ice water, his body could no longer feel the slightest temperature, but he didn't feel uncomfortable shivering because of it.
Instead, I felt very quiet, very peaceful... I didn't want to move at all, and then slowly closed my eyes.
At the last moment, he struggled to open his eyes.
But saw the flesh on Amos' face falling off in pieces... His body began to decay, but the bones remained forever.
He vaguely heard Amos chanting something in a low voice, but his consciousness was very dim. The body seemed to be suppressed by something, and the limbs could not move.
After that, the homeless child lost consciousness completely.
When he woke up again, he found that he was still lying on the bone bed. And those three candles have been completely burned out.
Not only that, Ai Lei's weak body suddenly became strong and powerful.
Even stronger than his body outside the copy.
It seems as if you can jump to the ceiling with just a little jump—
Only one thing.
There is only one difference.
He felt... some discomfort in his left eye.
He subconsciously reached out to touch it.
But I only touched something cold and temperatureless... as if it had been dead for a long time—
—The eye sockets of the corpse.