After Amos left Alley's room, Annan quickly put on his clothes.
But he didn't go out immediately.
Instead, he turned around and locked the door, then took out the book from under the pillow—"The Curse and Seal of the Soul", and read it calmly.
There is no doubt that this is the best time.
Amos is a very smart and gentle man.
For the offense just now, he must be apologetic and embarrassed. Although this won't allow him to do anything according to Annan's words, at least he won't break into Ai Lei's room again.
So at this time, even if he thinks Ellie has stayed in the room for too long, he will not break into the door again.
Because he would think that this was Allie's punishment for him—in his understanding, Allie must be angry. Leaving him outside alone for more than ten minutes is a kind of petty punishment, and it is also a time for Ai Lei to calm down.
Then, Amos won't wander off. Instead, he would stay quietly in the kitchen, waiting for Annan to go out.
Otherwise, if Annan didn't see him when he went out, he might be angry again... Based on Annan's one-sided understanding of Ai Lei, she should have such a reaction.
And because Ai Lei was exposed in front of him, Amos was forcibly reminded by Annan that "the daughter has grown up" and needs some private space. With a sense of moral guilt, Amos would not search Alley's room again.
Then Annan's bloody kitchen knife and the book "Curse and Seal of the Soul" hidden in the cabinet will not be easily discovered.
Of course... the premise is that Annan can't really stay too long.
Fortunately, this book is one of the best investigations.
Because it has a bookmark in it, it happens to be stuck on the most important page. So Annan didn't waste any time, and he could directly see the core content.
"...The seal using painting as the medium also needs to use the rituals of communicating with the bone bone, the burying mother-in-law, and the dragon in the mirror. Among them, the ceremony of the bone bone is more recommended, because the first ritual of the bone bone is almost free. …”
Seeing this somewhat familiar sentence, Annan's heart moved slightly.
Shouldn't it be...
He clamped the pages of the book with his right hand, and turned to the title page with his left hand.
"...Gryanznuha Winter."
Annan slowly read out the somewhat familiar name.
Should it be expected
why is it you again
Is Amos' wife a fan of yours
Or is this author with Duke Winter's bloodline still a bestseller... a bestseller banned book author
Besides, do you have any grudges against the bones? Or is it just the meal of Mr. Bones? Why does every book have to teach its readers how to pluck the skeleton man's wool...
The corner of Annan's mouth twitched, and he turned the book back.
"... If the person performing the ceremony is a painter, the bone bone will ask whether the other party wants 'pigment', 'paintbrush' or 'paper'. At this time, the best choice is 'paper'.
"Because if the person performing the ceremony chooses the paint, the Skeleton Lord will bestow a special paint that can silently strip off a part of the other party's spirit and store it in the portrait when painting the other party's portrait.
"Its advantage is that the opponent will not notice anything, and this part of the spirit can be trained as a guardian spirit or used to curse and kill enemies. The guardian spirit can move freely in all the paintings drawn by this artist with this paint; But the disadvantage is that these spirits cannot escape from the portraits, and the amount of pigments obtained in one ritual is limited, so they cannot form effective abilities.
"And the painting made with this kind of pigment will make the portrait painting extraordinarily real. It is far beyond the normal level of the painter, and it is easy to be exposed. Therefore, it is not recommended to use it.
"Except that the paint cannot be selected, the remaining two options are relatively common. Next, we will describe the differences between the two options, and how to seal the soul and cast a curse in detail..."
The next part just flipped the page.
Annan carefully read the rest of the book before closing the book.
Sure enough... The latter two options are to trick others into signing their names with a "pen", and to write contracts and contracts with paper. None of it has anything to do with painting.
At this time, Annan flashed a reminder in front of his eyes:
[Explore the secret of Amos Morrison] He has successfully completed this branch task.
"As expected..."
Annan murmured.
Everything is clear now.
"Our Mr. Amos should be a well-known talented painter. He has extraordinary persistence and talent in painting and beauty.
"But he was in great pain because of some kind of obsession—maybe he felt the limit of his own talents, or for other reasons. By looking through the collection of books left by his deceased wife, he accidentally found a way to sign a contract with Mr. Bones.
"He doesn't need the power of Skeleton Lord to curse others. He wants to borrow that kind of 'magic paint' to amplify his paintings. Let him paint what he can't paint with ordinary paint and his own ability thing… "
That is, the human soul.
That way, everything makes sense.
After Mr. Amos tried to use this pigment to paint portraits of people, he could no longer get rid of the magic of this pigment, and could not accept his mediocrity before...
He couldn't accept the "garden" he painted, perhaps because he couldn't use this kind of paint to bring out the soul of the garden; he didn't dare to use this kind of paint to paint portraits for his daughter Ailey because he was worried that it might affect Ailey's health.
—but he dared to paint for other people with this paint.
Therefore, Annan had no sympathy for the poor painter who was being targeted by the skeleton man.
Everything is self-inflicted.
From Annan's point of view, his original paintings are already quite good. And he is only in his thirties now... How many painters are famous only when they are old.
But he couldn't wait any longer.
This may be the first bottleneck period in his life. Because of his outstanding talent, he had gone smoothly in his previous life and never encountered setbacks... Even before he got the paint, he was able to be invited to paint the portrait of the Viscountess—even twice.
For Amos' age, this is a testament to his talent.
Although there are still many unsolved mysteries...
For example, why did Amos do this, why did he eat Ai Lei's eyeballs, why Ai Lei was sealed on the painting by him; the whole gallery said where did more than a hundred paintings come from ; Is this Viscountess the wife of the old Viscount in Roseburg... and why the entire Frozen Water Harbor will be cursed.
But those secrets must be hidden in higher-level dungeons.
He only entered the third floor this time, so it was normal that he could not get all the information.
Anyway, Annan can enter the dungeon at any time after that... and maybe he can fool the player to help him decrypt it.
Annan can guarantee that players will love this.
At least in the gallery stage, that kind of excitement... It's like a person with a dull taste, tasting spicy and hot Sichuan hot pot for the first time.
Oh, by the way, you can give them a live broadcast channel. Annan had seen this feature backstage before.
Although it cannot be released to the public for the sake of safety, it can also be posted on the forum, so that other players can come and watch their dungeon strategy. It’s just a good time to try it out. In this way, the players who watched the live broadcast—and Annan who watched the live broadcast—can retain the memory lost when the player failed...
Now, it's almost time to end this dungeon.
Annan looked at the lonely "survive", showing a gentle and kind smile.
—then he took the kitchen knife out of the dresser.