Before Annan entered this advanced dungeon, he never thought that the biggest gain of this dungeon...
... It turned out to be these banned books that I saw in Amos's study.
Due to time constraints, Annan first glanced through the book "Belief in These Gods is Dangerous", and quickly found the entry about the bones.
Then he received this information:
"...Skeleton Lord is a new false god that appeared in the third era. Because of the change of eras, a lot of information has been lost. But through archaeology, we can know that Skeleton Lord was at least in the fourth era—that is, the last era. , once had a friendly relationship with the protector of January, the god of death and the earth, and the righteous god 'Grandma Buried Bones'.
"However, in the Fifth Era, the Lord of Bones was inexplicably alienated from the Church of the Burial Bones and other righteous gods, and was even denounced as a false god. The head church in the United Kingdom was also forcibly disbanded under the order of Javon, and was forced to become a underground.
"According to the author's investigation, it may be because the bones are related to the collapse of the Great Barrier at the beginning of this century..."
This information was something that Annan had never seen from his seniors before.
In particular, the chronology of the "Third Era" and "Fifth Era" has never been seen before. The statement about the Great Formation is also vague.
Seeing this, Annan couldn't help but open the title page.
Then, he saw the author's name.
A name that gave him a sense of déjà vu...
"...Gryanznuha Winter."
Annan read the somewhat convoluted name twice, and remembered it in his heart.
This doesn't seem to be the name of Annan's father, the current Grand Duke... is it his uncle or grandpa
He didn't think too much, just turned the book back to that page.
Annan quickly found the ritual of Lord Skeleton—because it was marked with a wavy line:
"Bone Lord's ritual domain involves death, mystery, concealment, and art, so it is necessary to avoid January, which is protected by Granny Bone, February, which is protected by the mysterious lady, and April, which is protected by Jawon.
"If it is a long-term ceremony, it is recommended to perform it in May and cut it off in January. But if it is a short-term borrowing of power, then March is also acceptable. April 1st is a good end date. Javon is the protector of artists and can Use Javon's Holy Light to sever the ritual bond with Skeleton Lord. This is a technique to break free from ritual bondage.
"Because the rituals of Lord Skeleton are all deceptive, the price to be paid will gradually increase every time the ritual is performed. Once dependence is formed, death is certain.
"No matter what kind of power you pray to Lord Bones, it usually costs almost nothing the first time. But the second time, he will ask you to pay 'half of your conscience' or 'friendship from now on'. Is a trap: be sure to choose the former, because the latter means that the person performing the ritual will be hated by everyone for no reason. To remove this state, they must perform a third ritual that is of no benefit...
"And in the third ceremony, Skeletal Lord will ask to 'swallow a certain part of someone's body' or 'the remaining half of life', which is still a trap. Because what he needs is not the second half of half life ... but the first half, and it is calculated based on the maximum lifespan, that is, no disease and no disaster.
"Because of the previous requirement, both 'person' and 'part' are designated by the Skeleton Lord, and are usually fatal. Therefore, it is recommended that before the ceremony, the person performing the ceremony must permanently sever ties with their parents and children, divorce their current husband and wife, and use a silver The ceremonial knife injures all friends and lovers, at least with blood on the blade, so as to show the end of friendship, and never communicate with each other again.
"After that, it is necessary to find a suitable victim for a ritual marriage three months before the ceremony, and be inseparable from him within three months. In this way, the original goal of sacrifice can be deviated. But the best The choice is still not to perform the second and third rituals—Skeleton Lord is a very generous false god, if he only performs one ritual, he will almost only get benefits.
"The author suggests: People should be content."
The author warns so.
This is the end of the book about the skeleton man. Just looking at the content and knowledge in it, you know that this is knowledge that is absolutely impossible to make public.
Annan frowned slightly.
He remembered... the part that "self" coughed up when he was in the gallery.
It was an emerald green eyeball.
... I'm afraid, that's Ellie's eyes.
Could it be that Amos performed the third ceremony with Skeleton Lord without holding the sacrificial transfer ceremony
But it is clear from Ai Lei's diary that he has a very close relationship with Ai Lei. It is impossible for him to let Ai Lei be selected by the ceremony...
With such doubts in mind, Annan opened the "Ritual Encyclopedia".
This book is searched in a dictionary-like manner by field as a keyword. Annan searched according to the keywords of "death", "mystery", "hidden", and "art" one by one, but he could hardly see anything. The entire dictionary was foggy, and only a few rituals could be seen …
Annan originally wanted to use his powerful memory to forcefully memorize the rituals in this book. However, the information about these ceremonies is the same as what Klaus taught Annan before, and it doesn't just need to memorize the words.
This knowledge has weight—
After Annan tried to understand the first ritual in the realm of death [curse and kill the living], he gradually lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, he suddenly found that nearly fifteen minutes had passed—you know, it didn’t take him so much time to search and read the files of Mr. Bones before.
He immediately realized that this was a trap. As long as I am obsessed with watching other rituals, I have no time to investigate the truth. And as long as his mission fails, these memories will be deleted...
So Annan no longer hesitated, just continued to read. In the end, he found the ritual belonging to the skeleton in the entry in the field of "art":
He lost consciousness again... and this time, when he lost consciousness, a system character appeared in front of his eyes:
[True God Communication - Bones]
[Ritual requirements: the tailbone of a black bull, the horns of a ram, the complete ribs of a boar that died naturally, a color palette/carving knife/string/pen (core sacrifice) that has been used for at least ten years, and the Fragments of created artwork (cannot be destroyed for more than three days)]
[Requirements for the ceremonial person: art professional practitioners, aged no less than 30 years old]
[Income from the ceremony: career-related blessings, usually physical gifts]
[Cursed: Nightmare and Whispers]
[Nightmare and Whispers (Persistent Curse): Before the ritual connection is cut off, the ritual performer will occasionally fall into nightmares at night, and will occasionally hallucinate whispers from unknown sources during the day]
"I see… "
Annan regained consciousness and realized that more than 20 minutes had passed this time.
He muttered in a low voice, and wrote down the second ceremony he saw today.
"Ailey, Ailey... huh..."
But just as he was about to open the third book, he suddenly heard a woman's chuckle... or rather, a sneer.
The light in the study suddenly became dim, and strange colorful smoke slowly rose.
"Where are you laughing at your mother?"
Annan gave elegant feedback immediately.
Without hesitation, he picked up the kitchen knife in his hand and threw it in the direction of the laughter.
The laughter turned into a scream of pain in an instant:
"-ah!!"
The smoke dissipated instantly.
Annan immediately saw that it was a painting—a portrait that was originally hanging opposite him, smiling at him gently and motionless.
At this moment, a kitchen knife was precisely piercing the center of the painting, and the woman in the picture looked at Annan angrily.
Blood slowly flowed down the kitchen knife.