Chapter 357: The Sleepless
The moment she turned her head, Thor almost couldn't hold back the blade slashing at her face.
Under her half-length blonde hair, she had a face made of cloth. Well, just like those little children's dolls, make the face out of cloth and sew two buttons for the eyes. The face of the girl in front of her is like that, only the texture of the fabric itself but no facial features.
Something that should have appeared but didn't see it inevitably brought a huge sense of contrast, and Saul's brief moment of horror came from this.
But he quickly calmed down, for he seemed to have seen the girl. It's not a monster, maybe it's not appropriate to call her a girl anymore, it should be called a magic puppet, Thor has seen this kind of product in Ivan's private secret realm.
She turned her head and apparently wasn't responding to Thor, maybe it was just that the work in the area was over and it was time for her to leave. The magic puppet, or puppet, was apparently just cleaning back and forth in the ring according to some predetermined instructions.
Thor walked side by side with her, touching her clothes, which were a little old but seemed to have a good texture. As for the garbage shovel in her hand, Thor found that the bones that had been swept in before were gone, and he didn't know where they had gone.
Well, don't bother with the damn bones anymore, Thor feels like a stubborn idiot.
Watching her disappear into the blue hallway, Thor returned to his room, facing the bones sleeping on the bed.
This skeleton ...... Well, there's not much to say, just like the bones in the cemetery that were dug up by grave thieves and abandoned by the graves. However, the skeleton is relatively intact, and there are many small holes on the surface of the bone that are heavily weathered.
Since he has a magic puppet as a servant, he should be the master. And he can make magic dolls, maybe he's a magician, or maybe he's a magician, and Thor tries to determine the identity of the skeleton in the bed.
He should have slept here for a long time, and the whole bed under him had a sense of decay that had passed through time. Except for the edge of the bed, which maintains the contour of the bed, the middle part has sunken, making the whole bed look like a coffin without a lid.
Turning his head, Thor noticed that the oil lamp on the wall next to the bed was also something special.
The oil lamp had a small base, located on a small platform formed by the inward depression of the wall, and seemed to be a magic lamp, which could burn out of thin air without the need for oil and wick, and it was unknown if the magic crystal was consumed inside.
On the wall at the head of the bed, a small six-pointed star magic array was drawn, and a page like a notice was pasted in it.
Perhaps this magic circle is to highlight the importance of this piece of paper, or is it to protect the paper from the erosion of time?
Looking at the page, Thor suddenly had a hunch, so he reached out and took the page in his hand and began to read.
"You're reading my suicide note, first of all, I want to congratulate you! You must be a damn lucky bastard, it's not easy to find this place, right? ”
Thor laughed at this, apparently the skeleton had a great sense of humor.
"If you want to know my name, then unfortunately I can't tell you because I have forgotten it. Or you could think that I've had a lot of names, but I'm too lazy to pick one out of them to tell you. ”
"Of course, if you want to know more, then listen to my story first. ”
"Many years ago, notice that these many years were not years or decades, but hundreds of thousands of years ago. ”
"In a rich kingdom there was an ambitious knight who had done many great deeds for the king and received many awards. He owned many private estates, a group of women, and a wealth that he had squandered over generations. ”
But all he really wanted was to pull the king off the throne. ”
Later, in a stumbled ruin, he found a library and changed his life when he picked up a moth-eaten magic book in the corner of a tattered bookshelf. ”
When he opened the pages, a devil who claimed to be from the border of life and death popped up, and the devil told the knight that if the knight could help him accomplish something, he would sign a contract with each other. ”
Unfortunately, under the knight's repeated questioning, the devil did not reveal anything about the contract. ”
"The thing entrusted by the devil was as simple as unscrewing off the head of a dragon for the knights of the great position of the time. So he waved his hand casually, and let someone who was reasonably reliable do it. ”
Later, the incident was gradually forgotten by the knight. ”
It wasn't until the years passed silently that the knight finally discovered something strange. ”
The flowery women around him began to grow old, and the servants in the castle changed into strange faces. ”
The knight finally understood that he would not grow old, or in other words, he stopped before the end of his death. ”
Relying on the near-infinite extension of life, he finally took the throne as he wished. ”
In countless bloody battles, he has made new discoveries, not only that his life has no end, but that his body will always recover in a very short time, no matter what heavy damage he suffers. Oh, like tough trolls. ”
Since then, he has laughed wildly and become a truly invincible existence in the world. ”
"Many more years passed, and there was no rival around him worth mentioning. ”
Then, in the eyes of those around him, he became a complete monster. He began to suppress other people's minds with killing, and to lose himself in chaos with drunkenness, but soon he grew tired and everything became boring repetition. ”
So he fled the kingdom he had painstakingly built and embarked on a wandering journey. ”
In the days that followed, he worked as a slave and a chieftain, and even frequently ventured into areas that he was not interested in before, and then relied on the accumulation of time and wisdom to finally reach the peak and achieve countless brilliant achievements. ”
"There's no reason for him to do so much, just to try all sorts of new things. ”
"In the end, he could do anything, but he was still alive. ”
"He has lived through a century of despair plague-ridden and a savage age of the Lich Scourge. He has also buried countless beloved with his own hands, from the initial sad crying to the last crazy laughter, finally, he can't love anymore, and he can't hate anymore. ”
He was finally numb, and there were no more ups and downs in his life. ”
"But he's still alive. ”
So he began to drink all kinds of poisons, jumped from the highest spire of the castle, and bathed in the hot volcanic lava. ”
"But he's still alive. ”
In the end, he sadly discovered that his life was not as happy as a child's childhood. So he found a place that he thought was quiet and secluded, hid himself there, and slept peacefully in a small bed. ”
"At the end of the day, he just hoped there would be no end. ’
"You must have guessed that the knight in the story is me. ”
"In different eras, people called me 'Sleepless,' but I actually preferred the title 'Anonymous'. ”
"Anyway, I've done anything you've ever done, hear me, anything. Of course, if you ask me if I've ever shoved my head in my ass, I haven't done it, because I can't. Or maybe it's not that it can't be done, it's just a little disgusting. ”
"Alright, I'm done with my story, thank you for listening. ”
"I quit the bad habit of accumulating wealth thousands of years ago, and I have nothing to give you. ”
"If, after listening to my story, you still want to go on with your miserable life, then you can look around, and if you find something pleasing you can take with you. But remember to leave quietly and don't wake me up. ”
After reading the page, Thor was a little silent.
This seems to be another guy who has not rested in the river of time, oh, like the immortal Claude.
Strictly speaking, Thor himself is a sleepless, but his curse only occurs once every two or three days, and the so-called sleeplessness is only not sleeping at night. And the anonymous in front of him is the real one who never sleeps, the kind that never closes his eyes.
Frightened by this guy at the end of the letter, Thor wasn't sure if the skeleton would be woken up, or if there was a possibility of waking up, but it was really scary to think about that kind of scene.
In the end, Thor couldn't tell if this guy was the great alchemist Frenza himself.
Immortality is a good thing, but it is said that this ring was made by him to mourn his deceased wife, and the problem is that he did not mention anything about his deceased wife in his will. Maybe he had forgotten it over time?
I have to say, that also seems to be a kind of sadness.
Although the Sleepless said in his last words that he could take whatever he liked, Thor was not in the slightest bit happy. He's not a thief who wants to make a fortune, he's just here to find an exit, and if you can't find an exit, everything is meaningless.
But since the owner said it, let's take a look, what if the clues to get out are hidden around?
There were bookcases, desks, and a wardrobe around the perimeter, and Thor naturally stayed on the bookcase first.
The bookcase was filled with old-looking books, one of which was marked 'Alchemy Notes' on the side cover of the book in the lingua franca of the old road. Thor glanced at it, and raised his hand to pull the book out.
These old monsters who have traveled through time, the notes and knowledge left behind must be the most valuable.
Unfortunately, as soon as Thor's fingertips touched the corner of the book, the entire book and the entire bookcase suddenly collapsed, and most of them instantly disintegrated into powder. This is...... Rotten?Thor was a little speechless.
Fingertips swept over the desk top, and then opened the wardrobe, well, it was all dust.
It's a few dresses in the closet, maybe because of some special material that has escaped the erosion of a long time, the problem is obviously the clothes of the doll maid, and it is useless for Saul to take it.
You said you took it when you saw it, and you ended up giving me a lot of garbage and dust? Well, maybe blame yourself for coming too late.
Turning around, Thor suddenly found that the skeleton had a small notebook of unknown material in his hand. Thor subconsciously stretched out his hand, and then the whole skeleton and the entire bed did not escape the fate of crumbling into dust.
I'm sorry, Thor apologized.
However, he felt that this was obviously a good thing for the bones, and the sleepless was finally at rest.
Open the little book left by the sleepless, and the first few pages are some incomprehensible alchemy formulas.
Flip to the back again, and there are actually a few potion recipes!?
After seeing the content clearly, Thor's eyes widened suddenly, and the whole person trembled in shock.
Then he felt the heat and flames of the little notebook, and the thing seemed to start spontaneously combusting.
Damn!" Thor cursed, then forced his teeth to endure the burn, reading as fast as he could, then closing his eyes and remembering. Until the entire small book burned to ashes in his hand, Thor didn't care about the burns on his hands, and quickly used his mental power to summon pen and paper to write.
Whew~ finally saved, and when the pen stopped, Thor finally exhaled in surprise.